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Rossini's La Gazzetta
Rossini's La Gazzetta
Arias and Barcarolles
Host Cathy Fuller talks with musicologist Philip Gossett about Gioachino Rossini's comic opera La Gazzetta and the critical edition he prepared, which receives its American premiere at the New England Conservatory, April 6-9, 2013.
On the program:
from Rossini's La Gazzetta, including
Overture
Cavatina: "Presto, dico"
Duetto: "Pe'da gusto a la Signora"
Franco Federici, baritone; Gabriella Morigi, soprano; Orchestra Sinfonica di Piacenza; Fabio Luisi, conductor
(image of Rossini by Giorces, via Wikimedia Commons)
Gerald Finley Sings Stanford
Gerald Finley Sings Stanford
Arias and Barcarolles
On the program:
From Waves of the Sea, Six Irish Lyrics for Medium Voice and Piano: The Fiddler of Dooney; When You Are Old; Sweet Dancer; (W. B. Yeats)
Joe Dan Harper, tenor; Anne Kissel Harper, piano
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford - Songs of the Sea, op. 91
Gerald Finley, baritone; BBC National CHorus and Orchestra of Wales; Richard Hickox
(photo of Gerald Finley by Sim Canetty-Clarke)
Franz Xaver Mozart
Franz Xaver Mozart
Arias and Barcarolles
Cathy Fuller hosts an program of music composed by Franz Xaver Mozart, the son of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
On the program:
Romance
Barbara Bonney, soprano; Malcolm Martineau, piano
From 12 German Songs:
"The Piano"
"The Satisfied Man"
"From the Greek"
"Gravedigger’s Song"
Barbara Bonney, soprano; Malcolm Martineau, piano
Seven Variations on the Minuet from the opera Don Giovanni
Cyprien Katsaris, piano
(image of Franz Xaver Mozart by Karl Gottlieb Schweikart, via Wikimedia Commons)
Richard Rodney Bennett's Songs Before Sleep
Richard Rodney Bennett's Songs Before Sleep
Arias and Barcarolles
On the program:
Richard Rodney Bennett - Songs before Sleep
1. The Mouse and the Bumble-bee
2. Wee Willie Winkie
3. Twinkle, twinkle little star
4. Baby, baby, naughty baby
5. As I walked by myself
6. There was an old woman
Jonathan Lemalu, bass-baritone; Philharmonia Orchestra; Richard Hickox, conductor
Ottorino Respighi - From the song cycle Deità silvane ("Woodland Deities")
1. I fauni (the fauns);
3. Musica in horto (Music in the garden);
4. Acqua (Water)
Ingrid Attrot, soprano; BBC Philharmonic; Richard Hickox, conductor
(photo of Richard Rodney Bennett by Katie Vandyck, courtesy Chester Novello)
Deborah Voigt Sings Beethoven
Deborah Voigt Sings Beethoven
Arias and Barcarolles
On the program:
Ludwig van Beethoven - "Abscheulicher, wo eilst du hin?", Recitative and Aria from Act I of the opera Fidelio
Deborah Voigt, soprano; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Sir Colin Davis
Ludwig van Beethoven - Six Songs on Christian Furchtegott Gellert, Op. 48
Peter Schreier, tenor; Walter Olbertz, piano
Rautavaara with the Chameleons
Rautavaara with the Chameleons
Arias and Barcarolles
On the program:
Anna Netrebko, soprano; Joshua Bell, violin; Orchestra of St. Luke's; Michael Stern, conductor
Einojuhani Rautavaara - Die Liebende (A Woman in Love), from the cycle Die Liebenden ("The Lovers")
Charles Blandy, tenor; Members of the Chameleon Arts Ensemble: Joanna Kurkowicz and Katherine Winterstein, violins; Scott Woolweaver, viola; Rafael Popper-Keiser, cello; Anthony D'Amico, double bass
Franz Schubert - "Ave Maria" (Ellens Gesang III), D. 839; "Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt", D. 877/4; "Kennst du das Land", D. 321
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Sicily or Washington, politics are politics. Boston Lyric Opera’s Music Director David Angus leads us through a portion of John Musto’s witty opera The Inspector with a riotous libretto by Mark Campbell.
On the program:
"If I had my violin," Act I, Scene III
David Kravitz, baritone; Brett Hodgdon, piano
Duet: "I'll take it!," Act I, Scene II
Neal Ferreira, tenor; David Kravitz, baritone; Brett Hodgdon, piano
"I have a suspicion," Act I, Scene III
Meredith Hansen, soprano; Brett Hodgdon, piano
Excerpt from Act II, Scene I
Neal Ferreira, tenor; David Kravitz, baritone; Meredith Hansen, soprano
(Baritone Jake Gardner as The Mayor in Boston Lyric Opera's production of John Musto's The Inspector; photo by Erik Jacobs.)
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