SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27

Opera: WFMT Opera Series 2025: Turandot by Giacomo Puccini

PUCCINI: Turandot

Sondra Radvanovsky (Turandot)
SeokJong Baek (Calaf)
Gemma Summerfield (Liù)
Adam Palka (Timur)
Hansung Yoo (Ping)
Aled Hall (Pang)
Michael Gibson (Pong)
Royal Opera House Chorus & Orchestra/Rafael Payare

Royal Opera House, London 08/08/25 (WFMT)

Dvořák, Antonín: String Quartet No 10 in Eb Op 51 - Alban Berg Quartet (EMI 5 57013)

Bach, Johann Sebastian: Concerto in D minor for oboe & violin BWV1060 - Vesa-Matti Leppänen (vln, dir), Robert Orr (ob), Bethany Angus (hpchd), New Zealand SO (RNZ NZSO 2022-03-17) (3 hrs.)

[source: Radio New Zealand Limited]

SPECIAL PROGRAM: Els concerts de Catalunya Música
TEMPORADA DE L'ORQUESTRA SIMFÒNICA DE LA RÀDIO DE L'OEST D'ALEMANYA, 2024-2025
"De Puccini a Strauss amb la soprano Magdalena Lucjan"

Giacomo Puccini:

Suite simfònica de l'òpera "Turandot"
"Quando me'n vo", ària de l'acte 2n de l'òpera "La Bohème"
"O mio babbino caro", ària de l'òpera en un acte "Gianni Schicchi"

Franz Lehár:

"Vilja", cançó de l'opereta "La vídua alegre"
"Meine Lippen, Sie Kussen So HeiB" (Els meus llavis, besen tan ardents) ària de l'opereta "Guiditta"
Johann Strauss (fill): Obertura de l'opereta "Die Fledermaus" (El ratpenat)
"Mein Herr Marquis" (El meu senyor Marquès), ària de l'acte 2n de l'opereta "Die Fledermaus" (El ratpenat)
"Die Libelle" (La libèl·lula), polca-mazurca, op. 204
"Polka furioso", op. 260, "Frühlingsstimmen" (Veus de primavera), vals, op. 410
"Spiel' ich die Unschuld vom Lande" (Interpreto la noia innocent del camp), cuplet d'Adele de l'opereta "Die Fledermaus" (El ratpenat)
"Auf der Jagd" (De cacera), polca ràpida, op. 373, "Im Krapfenwald'l", polca francesa, op. 336
"Unter Donner und Blitz" (Sota llamps i trons), polca ràpida, op. 324
"Sei mir gegrüsst, mein liebes Nest" (Ben retrobat, refugi estimat), ària de l'opereta "Wiener Blut" (Sang vienesa)
"Feuerfest!" (Resistent al foc!), polca francesa, op. 269

Magdalena Lucjan, soprano.
Orquestra Simfònica de la Ràdio de l'Oest d'Alemanya.
Dir.: Manfred Honeck.
Enregistrat per la Ràdio de l'Oest d'Alemanya (Colònia) el divendres 17 de gener del 2025
Philharmonie, Colònia (Alemanya). Concert d'intercanvi. (85 min) (2 hrs.)

Saturday Opera: Monteverdi's L'Orfeo

Alongside composers like Peri, Caccini, and Cavalieri, Monteverdi was inspired by ancient Greek music and myth; especially the story of Orpheus, the legendary musician whose songs could charm animals, move stones, and even defy death.

When he wrote L'Orfeo, Monteverdi raised the bar with its rich instrumentation, expressive rhythms, and deep connection between poetry and music. The chorus plays a vital role, often made up of the same singers as the soloists, blurring the lines between character and commentary.

At its heart, L’Orfeo is a celebration of music’s power; not just to move hearts, but to challenge fate itself. It’s a landmark work that helped shape everything we now call opera.

Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo tells the moving story of Orfeo, a gifted musician whose songs can charm all living things. At the start, Orfeo is full of joy because he has just married his beloved Euridice, and the air is filled with music and celebration.

But the happiness is short-lived. Euridice dies suddenly, and Orfeo is heartbroken. Refusing to accept her loss, he bravely travels to the underworld to bring her back. With the beauty of his music, he softens the hearts of the gods of the dead, who agree to release Euridice on one condition: Orfeo must not look back at her until they’ve both returned to the world of the living.

Just before they reach the surface, Orfeo, overcome with doubt and longing, turns to look, and Euridice is lost to him forever.

In Monteverdi’s version, the opera ends not in despair but in transcendence: Apollo, Orfeo’s divine father, appears and lifts him to the heavens, where he can gaze upon Euridice’s image among the stars.

Recorded in Main Hall, TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht on 31 August 2025. Recording courtesy of Euroradio.

Program
Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, favola in musica in five acts, SV 318

Artists
Mauro Borgioni (baritone, Orfeo)
Monica Piccinini (soprano, La Musica)
Anna Piroli (soprano, Euridice)
Alena Dantcheva (soprano, Messaggera)
Yetzabel Arias Fernandez (soprano, Speranza)
Salvo Vitale (bass, Caronte)
Francesca Cassinari (soprano, Proserpina)
Alessandro Ravasio (bass, Plutone)
Riccardo Pisani (tenor, Apollo / Pastore 3)
Massimo Altieri (tenor, Pastore 1 / Eco)
Andrés Montilla-Acurero (tenor, Pastore 2)
Cristina Fanelli (soprano, Ninfa)
Matteo Bellotto (bass, Pastore 4)
Massimo Lombardi (tenor, Spirito 1)
Roberto Rilievi (tenor, Spirito 2)
Angelo Testori (tenor, Spirito 3)
Guglielmo Buonsanti (tenor, Spirito 4)

La Fonte Musica
Michele Pasotti (conductor) (4 hrs.)

GMT 1200/EDT 8:00AM

SPECIAL PROGRAM: NTR ZaterdagMatinee
Live vanuit het Concertgebouw in Amsterdam: Karina Canellakis leidt haar Radio Filharmonisch orkest in een ‘tragisch’ programma met als hoogtepunt Eine florentische Tragödie, een zelden uitgevoerde eenakter van Zemlinsky.

Radio Filharmonisch Orkest

Karina Canellakis dirigent
Attilio Glaser tenor (Guido Bardi)
Nina van Essen sopraan (Bianca)
Josef Wagner bariton (Simone)

Johannes Brahms - Tragische ouverture
Sergej Rachmaninov - Dodeneiland
Alexander Zemlinsky - Eine florentinische Tragödie (3 hrs.)

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SPECIAL PROGRAM: Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani (Sisilialainen vesper), ooppera
(Cheryl Studer, sopraano, Giorgio Zancanaro, baritoni, Ferruccio Furlanetto, basso, Chris Merritt, tenori, Enzo Capuano, basso, Francesco Musinu, basso, ja Gloria Banditelli, mezzosopraano, ym. sekä Milanon La Scala -oopperan kuoro ja ork./Riccardo Muti).

Britten: Serenadi tenorille, käyrätorvelle ja jousille
(Vitali Bujanovski, käyrätorvi, Karlis Zarins, tenori, ja Leningradin kamariork./Lazar Gozman). (3 hrs., 47 min.)

Opera: Charles Gounod: Faust - Ötfelvonásos opera
Szövegét Jules Barbier és Michel Carré írta
Vez.: Maurizio Benini
Ea.: Londoni Covent Garden Operaház Ének- és Zenekara
Karig.: William Spaulding
Szereposztás:
Faust, híres tudós – Stefan Pop (tenor)
Mefisztó, az ördög – Adam Pałka (basszus)
Margit, Faust szerelme – Carolina López Moreno (szoprán)
Valentin, katona, Margit bátyja – Borisz Pinhaszovics (bariton)
Wagner, diák – Ossian Huskinson (basszbariton)
Siebel, Valentin barátja – Hongni Wu (mezzoszoprán)
Márta, Margit szomszédja – Monika-Evelin Liiv (mezzoszoprán)
(London, Covent Garden Operaház, 2025. május 30.) (3 hrs., 17 min.)

Opera on 3: Verdi's Il Trovatore

Recorded earlier this year at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, Giacomo Sagripanti conducts a performance of Verdi's dramatic opera, Il Trovatore, the Troubadour.
One of the most popular of Verdi's operas, it's full of wonderfully memorable music, a complicated plot involving family conflict, and the inevitable doomed lovers. Rachel Willis-Sorenson and Michael Fabiano lead the cast as the tragic Leonora and her lover Manrico, the Troubadour.

Martin Handley presents this performance in conversation with the music writer and broadcaster Flora Willson.

Verdi: Il Trovatore
Manrico, the Troubadour ..... Michael Fabiano (tenor)
Leonore, his lover ...... Rachel Willis-Sorenson (soprano)
Azucena ..... Agnieszka Rehlis (mezzo-soprano)
Count di Luna ..... Aleksei Isaev (baritone)
Ferrando, his aide ..... Riccardo Fassi (bass)
Inez, Leonore's confidante ..... Valentina Puskas (mezzo-soprano)
Ruiz, soldier ..... Ryan Vaughan Davies (tenor)
Old gypsy ..... Dominic Barrand (bass)
Messenger ..... Andrew O'Connor
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Conductor Giacomo Sagripanti (3 hrs., 30 min.)

Directe a l'òpera: FESTIVAL D'AIS DE PROVENÇA 2025
Francesco Cavalli: "La Calisto", òpera en un pròleg i tres actes
Lauranne Oliva, Alex Rossen, Dominic Sedgwick, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Giuseppina Bridelli, Anna Bonitatibus, Zachary Wilder, Théo Imart i Douglas Ray Williams
Ensemble Correspondances
Dir.: Sébastien Daucé
Enregistrat per Ràdio França el dijous 10 de juliol de 2025
Teatre de l'Arquebisbe, Ais de Provença
Concert d'intercanvi (190 min) (3 hrs.)

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Oper: Live aus dem Kammermusiksaal der Philharmonie Berlin

Maria Herz
Rundfunkmusik für 8 Instrumente

Paul Hindemith
Anekdoten für Radio. 3 Stücke für 5 Instrumente

ca. 20.45 Konzertpause

Boris Blacher
Die Flut op. 24, Funkoper
Libretto: Heinz von Cramer nach der Erzählung
„L’épave“ (Das Wrack) von Guy de Maupassant

Radiosprecher – Stefan Lang
Das Mädchen – Josefine Göhmann, Sopran
Der junge Mann – Miloš Bulajić, Tenor
Der Fischer – Bruno Meichsner, Bariton
Der alte Bankier – Simon Robinson, Bass
KammerchorVokalensemble
Kammersymphonie Berlin
Leitung: Jürgen Bruns (2 hrs., 30 min.)

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NTR Opera Live: Die Bayreuth Richard Wagner Festspiele
Besestzungliste 2025
Parsifal See our Bayreuth 2025 Festival Page (4 hrs.)

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Fila cer0: No opera this week (3 hrs.)

P2 Live opera: Rusalka på Kungliga Operan
Rusalka
Opera i tre akter av Antonín Dvořák.
Libretto av Jaroslav Kvapil.
Regi: Netia Jones

I rollerna:
Rusalka – Lauren Fagan (sopran)
Prinsen – David Butt Philip (tenor)
Den främmande furstinnan – Julia Sporsén (sopran)
Vattenanden – Kristian Flor (basbaryton)
Ježibaba – Katarina Leoson (mezzosopran)
Skogvaktaren – Jesper Taube (tenor)
En kökspojke - Ebba Lejonclou (mezzosopran)
Jägaren – Niklas Björling Rygert (tenor)
Skogsnymf – Vivianne Holmberg (sopran)
Skogsnymf -  Annie Fredriksson (mezzosopran)
Skogsnymf – Maria Sanner (alt)

Kungliga Hovkapellet och Kungliga Operans kör.
Dirigent: Alan Gilbert

Direktsändning 27 september 2025 från Kungliga Operan i Stockholm (3 hrs.)

WFMT Radio Network Opera Series: Rigoletto / Verdi*
From LA Opera in Los Angeles, California

Quinn Kelsey (Rigoletto)
Lisette Oropesa (Gilda)
René Barbera (Duke of Mantua)
Blake Denson (Count Monterone)
Peixin Chen (Sparafucile)
Sarah Saturnino (Maddalena)
Hyungjin Son (Marullo)
Nathan Bowles (Borsa)
Vinícius Costa (Count Ceprano)
Madeleine Lyon (Giovanna)
Gabrielle Turgeon (Countess Ceprano/Page) (Approx. 2 hrs., 35 min, but durations vary)

Operaaften: Die Bayreuth Richard Wagner Festspiele
Besestzungliste 2025
Die Walküre: See our Bayreuth 2025 Festival Page (4 hrs., 43 min.)

Concert du soir: Nouvelle saison lyrique

Programme musical
Giuseppe Verdi, Temistocle SoleraI Lombardi alla prima crociata = Les Lombards. Opéra en 4 actes: Preludio, III
Lamberto Gardelli, London Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Philips

Giuseppe Verdi, Temistocle SoleraI Lombardi alla prima crociata = Les Lombards. Opéra en 4 actes: Qual voluttà trascorrere
Rosario Bourdon, Beniamino Gigli, Elisabeth Rethberg, Ezio Pinza Vocal Archives

Camille Saint-Saëns, Louis GalletLa Princesse jaune. Opéra comique, en 1 acte: Vision dont mon âme éprise. Vision (Kornélis) op. 30
Leo Hussain, Toulouse / Orchestre Théâtre du Capitole, Judith Van Wanroij, Mathias Vidal, Anaïs Constans Palazzetto Bru Zane
Konstantin Schilowski, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky(aus:) Oper: Eugen Onegin - Jewgeni Onegin: Kuda, kuda, kuda vi udalilis - Wohin seid ihr entschwunden (Arie des Lenski)

Claudio Abbado, Neil (Tenor) Shicoff, London Symphony Orchestra Enr. RSR

Camille Saint-Saëns, Lucien Augé de LassusL'Ancêtre. Drame lyrique en 3 actes
Kazuki Yamada, Monte Carlo Théâtre National de l'Opéra, Jennifer Holloway, Hélène Carpentier, Gaëlle Arquez, Julien Henric, Michael Arivony, Matthieu Lécroart, Yui Yoshino, Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus, Hiroyuki Mito Palazzetto Bru Zane

Lucien Augé de Lassus, Camille Saint-Saëns L'Ancêtre. Drame lyrique en 3 actes: 16. Prélude, II
Kazuki Yamada, Monte Carlo Théâtre National de l'Opéra, Jennifer Holloway, Hélène Carpentier, Gaëlle Arquez, Julien Henric, Michael Arivony, Matthieu Lécroart, Yui Yoshino, Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus, Hiroyuki Mito Palazzetto Bru Zane

Aram KhachaturianSpartacus: Spartacus, suite
Orchestre du Théâtre du Bolshoi dirigé par Alexander Gauk Brillant

Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovski: La Fille des neiges, Op.12
Orchestre du Théâtre du Bolshoi dirigé par Alexander Gauk BRILLANT (3 hrs., 30 min)

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Opernabend - Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2025: Gustave Charpentier: "Louise"
Mit
Elsa Dreisig (Louise)
Adam Smith (Julien)
Sophie Koch (La Mère)0
Nicolas Courjal (Le Père)
Grégoire Mour (Un marchand d'habits)
Annick Massis (La Balayeuse)
Marianne Croux (Irma)
Carol Garcia (Gertude)
Karolina Bengtsson (Camille),
Marie-Thérèse Keller (Madeleine) u.a.
Maitrise de l'Opéra de Lyon,
Chor und Orchester der Opéra de Lyon
Dirigent: Giacomo Sagripanti
(aufgenommen am 11. Juli 2025 im Théâtre de l'Archevêché in Aix-en-Provence im Rahmen des "Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2025") (2 +hrs., 45 min.)

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Opera: Tobias Kratzer und Omer Meir Wellber
Live aus der Staatsoper Hamburg
Robert Schumann - "Das Paradies und die Peri"

Peri: Vera-Lotte Boecker
Sopran / Jungfrau: Eliza Boom
Mezzosopran: Kady Evanyshyn
Alt: Annika Schlicht
Tenor: Kai Kluge
Bariton / Gazna, Mann: Christoph Pohl
Engel: Ivan Borodulin
Jüngling: Lunga Eric Hallam
Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper
Chorleitung: Alice Meregaglia
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Leitung: Omer Meir Wellber

Live aus der Staatsoper Hamburg (3 hrs., 5 min.)

ARS - 3. PROGRAM RADIO SLOVENIA
Ljubjana, SLOVENIA

Opera: Unsuk Chin: Temna stran meseca iz Hamburga (2 hrs., 30 min.)

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RADIO3 RBB
Berlin, GERMANY

ARD Oper: "Mut zum Risiko"

Opern-Uraufführungen in Chemnitz und Schwetzingen
präsentiert von Bettina Volksdorf (MDR Klassik) und Bernd Künzig (SWR Kultur)

Ludger Vollmer: "Rummelplatz"
Oper nach dem Roman von Werner Bräunig (Uraufführung)
Peter Loose - Thomas Essl
Christian Kleinschmidt - Etienne Walch
Ingrid - Marlen Bieber
Ruth Fischer - Elisabeth Dopheide
Herrmann Fischer - Jaco Venter
Polotnikow/Richter - Felix Rohleder
Nickel - Tommaso Randazzo
Spiess/Bote 3 - Daniel Pastewski
Opernchor sowie Kinder- und Jugendchor der Theater Chemnitz
Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie
Leitung: Benjamin Reiners
Aufnahme vom 20. September 2025 im Opernhaus, Chemnitz

Mike Svoboda: "Adam und Eva"
Musiktheater in einem Vorspiel und drei Akten (Uraufführung)
Gabriel - Morgane Heyse
Sathanael - Manuela Leonhartsberger
Eva - Tina Josephine Jaeger
Adam - Alexander York
Einhorn 1 - Génesis Beatriz López Da Silva
Einhorn 2 - Felix Lodel
Projektchor des Landestheaters Linz
hr-Sinfonieorchester
SWR Experimentalstudio
Leitung: Mike Svoboda
Aufnahme vom 2. Mai 2025 im Rokokotheater, Schloss Schwetzingen (4 hrs.)

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Operní večer: Matouš Hejl: Nešpory na Svatováclavský [Vespers for St. Wenceslas] chorál pro sedm zpěváků, dechový ansámbl a varhany
Premiéra kompletní nahrávky, pořízené v kostele Svatých Cyrila a Metoděje v Praze v roce 2025
Účinkují vokální sólisté, varhaník Ondřej Valenta a Orchestr BERG
řídí Peter Vrabel
Hostem u mikrofonu bude ředitelka Orchestru BERG Eva Kesslová
Připravil a uvádí Vojtěch Babka (1 hr., 29 min.)

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Samedi à l'opéra: No opera this week (3 hrs.)

Soirée Opéra: No opera this week

RADIO CLASSIQUE
Paris, FRANCE

SPECIAL PROGRAM: Le grand concert du samedi soir
par Laure Mézan
Concert La nuit de la Voix

Featuring
Amel Brahim-Djelloul, soprano
Blaubird, singer
Philippe Jaroussky, countertenor
Adrien Fournaison, bass-baritone
Adèle Charvet, mezzo-soprano
Célia Kameni, singer
Léo-Vermot Desroches, tenor
Lauranne Oliva, soprano
Anousha Nazari, mezzo-soprano
Axelle Saint-Cirel, mezzo-soprano
Dahamane Kalfa, percussion

RADIO KLASSIK STEPHANSDOM
Vienna, AUSTRIA

Opernabend: Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)
Pimpinone

Vespetta: Marie-Sophie Pollak
Pimpinone: Dominik Köninger

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Leitung: Georg Kallweit

Diese Aufnahme entstand im Jahr 2020.
CD: cpo, 555 394-2 (1 hr., 17 min.)

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Il Cartellone: No opera this week

Prima Fila all'opera: No opera this week

WFMT Opera Series: Rigoletto / Verdi*
From LA Opera in Los Angeles, California

Quinn Kelsey (Rigoletto)
Lisette Oropesa (Gilda)
René Barbera (Duke of Mantua)
Blake Denson (Count Monterone)
Peixin Chen (Sparafucile)
Sarah Saturnino (Maddalena)
Hyungjin Son (Marullo)
Nathan Bowles (Borsa)
Vinícius Costa (Count Ceprano)
Madeleine Lyon (Giovanna)
Gabrielle Turgeon (Countess Ceprano/Page) (3 hrs.)