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Interview: Christine Weidinger

This interview with TheClassicalStation.org follows Christine Weidinger from an unlikely beginning in folk singing and skepticism about opera to a major international operatic career. She recounts her training, her Met auditions win, her years at the Metropolitan Opera, and the major singers and mentors who shaped her artistic life.

Christine Weidinger
Operatic Soprano

Bob Chapman
Host @WCPE

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Catalog Number

1087

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1:01am Symphony in C

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Georges Bizet (1838–1875)

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Royal Concertgebouw/Haitink

1:31am Symphony No. 104 in D, "London"

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Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Fischer

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Louise Bessette

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Hudgins/Boston Symphony Chamber Players

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3:10am Manfred Symphony, Op. 58

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London Symphony/Goosens

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Mayer/Potsdam Chamber Academy

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Jan Krumpholz (1742-1790)

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Steve Gray (1944-2008)

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Williams/London Symphony/Daniel

6:14am Silent Woods, Op. 68 No. 5

Composed by

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)

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6:31am Piano Trio No. 4 in E Major, K. 542

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Kaori Muraji

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Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

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Philharmonia/Karajan

7:42am Bassoon Concerto in A minor

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Smith/English Chamber Orchestra/Ledger

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Bruggen/Bylsma/van Asperen

8:24am March from The Nutcracker, Op. 71

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Slovak Philharmonic/Halasz

8:29am Liebestraum No. 3 in A flat

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Anatol Ugorski

8:36am Over the Rainbow

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Harold Arlen, arr. Tom Poster

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Ma/Stott

8:40am The Neapolitan, a waltz

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Joseph Lanner (1801-1843)

Performed by

Ensemble Vienna

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9:01am Suite from Pelleas et Melisande, Op. 80

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Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)

Performed by

Mexico City Philharmonic/Batiz

9:21am Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041

Composed by

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

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9:37am Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in B flat, Op. 1

Composed by

Bernhard Henrik Crusell (1775-1838)

Performed by

Hartman/New York Scandia Symphony/Matson

10:01am Symphony No. 088 in G

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Josef Haydn (1732-1809)

Performed by

Vienna Philharmonic/Bohm

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Isbin/Zurich Chamber Orch/Griffiths

11:01am Fantasie in F minor, Op. 49

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Ruth Slenczynska

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Composed by

Johann Strauss, Jr, (1825-1899)

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Vienna Philharmonic/Nelsons

11:28am Piano Concerto No. 25 in C, K. 503

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Barenboim/Berlin Phil./Barenboim

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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)

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6:20pm Concerto for Harp and Orchestra in E flat, Op. 74

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Performed by

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6:47pm Music selected by the announcer

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Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)

Performed by

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9:01pm Raymonda, Op. 57 (Music from the ballet)

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Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

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Milton Keynes Chamber Orchestra/Wetton

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11:09pm Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 in F minor

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Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

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Composed by

Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)

Performed by

Pepe Romero/Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble

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