Apr 19 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm 6:00 pm AIDA:Verdi Original Air Date: 02/25/1967 Schippers; Price, Bergonzi, Bumbry, Merrill, Hines SID.19160534On paper this performance looks like the dream cast. It is not. Price who sang possibly her very best performance ever in the opening … Continue reading "AIDA" Apr 19 @ 9:00 pm – 11:55 pm 9:00 pm LOHENGRIN:Wagner Original Air Date: 01/31/1959 Schippers; Sullivan, Della Casa, Harshaw, Cassel, Edelmann SID.19160535This has been on before, and is a solid peformance from all concerned, not one for the history books, but especially fine work … Continue reading "LOHENGRIN" Apr 20 @ 12:00 am – 3:00 am 12:00 am MACBETH:Verdi Original Air Date: 02/21/1959 Leinsdorf; Warren, Rysanek, Hines, Bergonzi MOD Audio SID.19160636This is the Met premiere broadcast of Macbeth, and at least three of the principals are as good as you’re going to get. … Continue reading "MACBETH" Apr 20 @ 6:00 am – 9:00 am 6:00 am LE NOZZE DI FIGARO:Mozart Original Air Date: 02/09/2002 Runnicles; Furlanetto, Uecker, Isokoski, Mattei, Jepson SID.19160637 This is a distinguished group of 21st century Mozarteans. In fact, Furlanetto and Mattei show up together on the Met’s … Continue reading "LE NOZZE DI FIGARO" Apr 20 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm 9:00 am LA SONNAMBULA:Bellini Original Air Date: 12/21/1968 Bonynge; Sutherland, Alexander, Giaiotti, Boky MOD Audio SID.19160638 This is Sutherland’s second Sonnambula broadcast and well equal to the 1963 supporting cast for Sutherland of Gedda and Flagello; Both … Continue reading "LA SONNAMBULA" Apr 20 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm 12:00 pm Various:Various Original Air Date: 01/01/9999 Various Artists SID.19160639Various selections between scheduled operas. Siriusxm Radio and web player will show the Composer and Title. Apr 20 @ 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm 1:00 pm LA CLEMENZA DI TITO:Mozart Original Air Date: 04/20/2019 Koenigs; Fang, van den Heever, DiDonato, Murrihy, Polenzani, Van Horn SID.19160640 Apr 20 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm 6:00 pm IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA:Rossini Original Air Date: 03/19/1966 Varviso; Herlea, Grist, Shirley, Corena, Siepi MOD Audio SID.19160641This is Reri Grist’s debut year, and the broadcast comes three weeks later. Herlea had some success debuting in … Continue reading "IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA" Apr 20 @ 9:00 pm – 11:55 pm 9:00 pm ?1435764702 SIMON BOCCANEGRA:Verdi Original Air Date: 01/28/1950 Stiedry; Warren, Varnay, Tucker, Székely, Valdengo MOD Audio SID.19160642Reissued on Sony Classical in the Met’s Verdi box for his bicentennial. This is Warren’s only broadcast of the title … Continue reading "SIMON BOCCANEGRA" Apr 21 @ 12:00 am – 3:00 am 12:00 am ELEKTRA:Strauss Original Air Date: 02/27/1971 Böhm; Nilsson, Rysanek, Madeira, Stewart, Nagy MOD Audio SID.19160743This performance marks Madeira’s Met farewell, and reveals some of the vocal weakness that is surely partly resultant from her illness and … Continue reading "ELEKTRA" Apr 21 @ 6:00 am – 9:00 am 6:00 am FIDELIO:Beethoven Original Air Date: 04/10/1982 Haitink; Meier, Sooter, Roar, Macurdy, Blegen, Atherton SID.19160744This is Haitink’s only Met season, and Meier is pinch-hitting for Verrett who was sick for two other performances (also sung by Johanna … Continue reading "FIDELIO" Apr 21 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm 9:00 am TOSCA:Puccini Original Air Date: 04/16/1994 Badea; Guleghina, Pavarotti, Morris SID.19160745I don’t keep track of when these three were at their best in these roles. This is Guleghina’s second of four matinee Toscas and she might … Continue reading "TOSCA" Apr 21 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm 12:00 pm DON GIOVANNI:Mozart Original Air Date: 03/13/1954 Rudolf; London, Harshaw, Corena, Steber, Conley, Conner SID.19160746The unusual casting is for the two leading ladies with Harshaw in her first Anna broadcast (the second comes a year later … Continue reading "DON GIOVANNI" Apr 21 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm 3:00 pm DAS RHEINGOLD:Wagner Original Air Date: 02/15/1975 Ehrling; McIntyre, Dunn, Peterson, Rintzler, Rundgren, Macurdy SID.19160424This performance marks Donald McIntyre’s Met debut (broadcast debuts are not so common) and the farewell of Glade Peterson who had made … Continue reading "DAS RHEINGOLD" Apr 21 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm 6:00 pm SUSANNAH:Floyd Original Air Date: 04/03/1999 Conlon; Fleming, Hadley, Ramey MOD Audio SID.19160529This is the Met’s only broadcast of Susannah, and finds all three principals on especially fine form. I’ve seen the opera four times, and … Continue reading "SUSANNAH" Apr 21 @ 9:00 pm – 11:55 pm 9:00 pm MACBETH:Verdi Original Air Date: 02/21/1959 Leinsdorf; Warren, Rysanek, Hines, Bergonzi MOD Audio SID.19160749This is the Met premiere broadcast of Macbeth, and at least three of the principals are as good as you’re going to get. … Continue reading "MACBETH" Apr 27 @ 11:00 am – 5:45 pm 11:00 am GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG : Wagner Original Air Date: 04/27/2019 Jordan; Goerke, Haller, Schuster, Vinke, Nikitin, Konieczny, Owens Media: Live Broadcast SID.19170000 Tags: LIVE; 2019, Wagner May 1 @ 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm 7:30 pm RIGOLETTO : Verdi Original Air Date: 05/01/2019 Luisotti; Feola, Zaharia, Hymel, Gagnidze, Ivashchenko Media: Live Broadcast SID.19180000 Tags: LIVE; 2019, Verdi May 3 @ 7:30 pm – 11:45 pm 7:30 pm DIALOGUES DES CARMÉLITES : Poulenc Original Air Date: 05/03/2019 Nézet-Séguin; Leonard, Pieczonka, Morley, Cargill, Mattila, Portillo, Croft Media: Live Broadcast SID.19180000 Tags: LIVE; 2019 May 4 @ 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm 1:00 pm LES PÊCHEURS DE PERLES : Bizet Original Air Date: 05/04/2019 Villaume; Yende, Camarena, Kwiecien, Testé Media: Live Broadcast SID.19180000 Tags: LIVE; 2019 May 9 @ 6:00 pm – 11:45 pm 6:00 pm SIEGFRIED : Wagner Original Air Date: 05/09/2019 Jordan; Goerke, Morley, Cargill, Vinke, Siegel, Volle, Konieczny, Belosselskiy Media: Live Broadcast SID.19190000 Tags: LIVE; 2019, Wagner |
