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Opera

  • October is French Opera Month

    Sep 6th, 2021 | By Tim Snider
    Tags: Classical music, Opera, Programming

    October is French Opera Month on the Sunday Opera Matinee, which airs at 2 P.M. Sundays throughout the year. We will celebrate the great body of 19th Century Romantic French opera during our broadcasts next month. Apart from Carmen, the French repertoire is underrepresented in the repertories of many of the world’s great opera companies outside France. […]

  • Auber Overtures Volume Four – The Hits Keep Coming

    Jul 6th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Classical music, Daniel-François-Esprit Auber, Dario Salvi, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Naxos, Opera, Orchestral music

    Like the other three volumes, this Daniel-François-Esprit Auber release delights. Kudos to Dario Salvi for some innovative programming. Volume Four features three opera overtures, plus an unusual orchestral work. Most of these receive their world premiere recordings here. Fra Diavolo is Auber’s best-known (and most recorded) work. Dario Salvi’s interpretation of the overture compares favorably against […]

  • Classical Interviews – Miriam Gordon-Stewart

    Mar 8th, 2021 | By WTJU
    Tags: Classical music, interview, Miriam Gordon-Stewart, Opera

    Australian soprano and Victory Hall Opera’s Artistic Director, Miriam Gordon-Stewart, spoke with WTJU about La Traviata, Unsung, and some upcoming projects. For more on Miriam Gordon-Stewart, visit: miriamgordon.com For more on Victory Hall Opera, visit: victoryhallopera.org These interviews air as part of WTJU’s Classical Sunrise, weekday mornings from 7-9am. VHO and Unsung La Traviata Chamber […]

  • Classical Interviews – Christina DeMarea

    Oct 30th, 2020 | By WTJU
    Tags: charlottesville opera, Christina DeMarea, Classical music, interview, Opera

    Christina DeMarea is the General Director for Charlottesville Opera. She spoke with WTJU about the history of Charlottesville Opera, how COVID has impacted the organization, and how they select which works they’ll perform. These interviews air as part of WTJU’s Classical Sunrise, weekday mornings from 7-9am. For more on Charlottesville Opera, visit: CharlottesvilleOpera.org History of […]

  • Classical Interviews – Miriam Gordon-Stewart

    Jul 31st, 2020 | By WTJU
    Tags: Classical music, interview, Miriam Gordon-Stewart, Opera

    Miriam Gordon-Stewart is the Co-Founder and Artistic Director for Victory Hall Opera. In our interview she talks about VHO’s mission, its exploration of deaf opera as well as her childhood, and her career. For more on Miriam Gordon-Stewart, visit: VictoryHallOpera.org or MiriamGordon.com These interviews aired as part of Classical Sunrise, weekday mornings from 7-9am. Deaf […]

  • Second volume of Auber opera overtures distinct improvement

    Jul 8th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, Classical music, Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice, Daniel-François-Esprit Auber, Dario Salvi, Markéta Cepická, Opera, Orchestral music, Romantic period

    Volume two of Daniel-François-Esprit Auber overtures builds on the strengths of the first. As before, maestro Dario Salvi and the Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice present several world premiere recordings — including a violin concerto. While I enjoyed the performances of the ensemble in volume one, I had some complaints about the quality of the […]

  • Opera and the Arts in the Age of Novel Coronavirus

    May 26th, 2020 | By Tim Snider
    Tags: Classical music, Coronavirus, Opera

    The world is suffering through a terrible pandemic, the most catastrophic in a century. Apart from the impact the virus has had on public health, the effect on the arts, particularly the performing arts, has been devastating. Museums and performing venues have closed, performances have been canceled, and the very survival of arts organizations has […]

  • Boffo performances of Wolf-Ferrari “Il segreto di Susanna”

    May 28th, 2019 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Àngel Òdena, CD Review, Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Friedrich Haider, Judith Howarth, Naxos, Opera, Oviedo Filarmonía

    Spoiler alert: “Il segreto di Susanna” è che fuma sigarette.* Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari perfectly captured the spirit of opera buffa with “The Secret of Susanna.” As the genre dictates, the cast consists of only three roles (one non-singing). The action is quick, farcical, the story concise. Wolf-Ferrari’s work follows the consequences of Suzanna hiding a secret […]

  • Letter from Salzburg 4: Ariodante

    Sep 22nd, 2017 | By Tim Snider
    Tags: Cecilia Bartoli, Christophe Dumaux, Nathan Berg, Opera, Rolando Villazón, Salzburg Festival

    How can a baroque opera from 1734 be squared with 21st Century sensibilities? That was the challenge for director Christof Loy in staging Handel’s Ariodante. Fortunately, he had available the formidable resources of the Salzburg Festival and the estimable mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli, who not only remains one of the world’s great singers but also now […]

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