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**THURSDAY, *DECEMBER 8***

GMT 0025/EST 7:25PM (Wednesday)				GMT 0025/EST 7:25PM (Wednesday)
	METROPOLITAN OPERA New York City, New York, USA		128K AAC	128K MP3		schedule
	0025 7:25PM	SPECIAL PROGRAM: Puts' 'The Hours' Kevin Puts' 'The Hours' is an opera adapted from Michael Cunningham’s acclaimed novel. Inspired by Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway and made a household name by the Oscar-winning 2002 film version starring Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, and Nicole Kidman, the powerful story concerns three women from different eras who each grapple with their inner demons and their roles in society. Cast: Clarissa Vaughan: Renée Fleming Laura Brown: Kelli O'Hara Virginia Woolf: Joyce DiDonato Barbara/ Mrs.Latch: Kathleen Kim Kitty/ Vanessa: Sylvia D'Eramo Sally: Denyce Graves Man under arch/ Hotel clerk: John Holiday Louis: William Burden Leonard Woolf: Sean Panikkar. Richard: Kyle Ketelsen. Dan Brown: Brandon Cedel. Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Approx. 3 hrs., 5 min.)

GMT 0030/EST 7:30PM (Wednesday)				GMT 0030/EST 7:30PM (Wednesday)
	ARS - 3. PROGRAM RADIO SLOVENIA Ljubjana, SLOVENIA		256K MP3			schedule
	BARTOK RADIO Budapest, HUNGARY		128K aacPlus [WINAMP] If you hear a white noise while playing this stream we suggest you change (at your own risk) the output driver in WINAMP to the directSound Driver. See instructions for this on our Internet Radio for Techies page	128K MP3		schedule
	BBC RADIO 3 UNITED KINGDOM		96K aac 128K MP3	48K aacPlus [This links to a 320K stream in the U.K. only]		schedule
	NRK KLASSISK Oslo, NORWAY		192K MP3 128K aacPlus [WINAMP] If you hear a white noise while playing this stream we suggest you change (at your own risk) the output driver in WINAMP to the directSound Driver. See instructions for this on our Internet Radio for Techies page	96K MP3	32K MP3 M 22K aacPlus [WINAMP] If you hear a white noise while playing this stream we suggest you change (at your own risk) the output driver in WINAMP to the directSound Driver. See instructions for this on our Internet Radio for Techies page	schedule
	NRK P2 Oslo, NORWAY		192K MP3 128K aacPlus [WINAMP] If you hear a white noise while playing this stream we suggest you change (at your own risk) the output driver in WINAMP to the directSound Driver. See instructions for this on our Internet Radio for Techies page	96K MP3	32K MP3 M 22K aacPlus [WINAMP] If you hear a white noise while playing this stream we suggest you change (at your own risk) the output driver in WINAMP to the directSound Driver. See instructions for this on our Internet Radio for Techies page	schedule
	RADIO DEVIN Bratislava		audio link			schedule
	RADIO ROMÂNIA MUZICAL Bucharest, ROMANIA		256K MP3 128K MP3	128K WMP 9 64K WMP 9	64K+ AAC 48K+ AAC	schedule
	SVERIGES RADIO P2 Stockholm, SWEDEN		192K MP3 192K aacPlus If you hear a white noise while playing this stream we suggest you change (at your own risk) the output driver in WINAMP to the directSound Driver. See instructions for this on our Internet Radio for Techies page	96K aacPlus If you hear a white noise while playing this stream we suggest you change (at your own risk) the output driver in WINAMP to the directSound Driver. See instructions for this on our Internet Radio for Techies page	32K aacPlus If you hear a white noise while playing this stream we suggest you change (at your own risk) the output driver in WINAMP to the directSound Driver. See instructions for this on our Internet Radio for Techies page	schedule
	0030 7:30PM	SPECIAL PROGRAM: Euroclassic Notturno Mahler's Resurrection Symphony Through the Night Recorded in Guangzhou, China, Daye Lin conducts the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra in Mahler's Second Symphony in C minor, 'Resurrection'. Presented by Jonathan Swain. Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) Symphony No. 2 in C minor (Resurrection) Yuanming Song (soprano), Hongyao Wang (mezzo-soprano), Shenzhen Opera and Dance Theatre Chorus, Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra Chamber Choir, Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, Daye Lin (conductor) (1 hr., 24 min.)

GMT 0100/EST 8:00PM (Wednesday)				GMT 0100/EST 8:00PM (Wednesday)
	VivaLaVoce (a service of WETA) Washington, DC, USA		128KAAC	128K MP3		schedule
	0100 8:00PM	Opera at Eight: Tristan und Isolde Richard Wagner Thomas Moser [Tristan] \| Deborah Voigt [Isolde] \| Petra Lang [Brangäne] \| Peter Weber [Kurwenal] \| Robert Holl [König Marke] \| Markus Nieminen [Melot] \| Michael Roider [Ein Hirt] \| In-Sung Sim [Ein Steuermann] \| John Dickie [Ein junger Seemann] \| Vienna State Opera Chorus \| Vienna State Opera Orchestra \| Christian Thielemann (conductor) (No duration given)

GMT 0200/EST 9:00PM (Wednesday)				GMT 0200/EST 9:00PM (Wednesday)
	ABC CLASSIC FM Sydney, AUSTRALIA		64K aacPlus	96K MP3		schedule
	0200 9:00PM	SPECIAL PROGRAM: 2022 Australian Singing Competition Our most exciting up and coming opera stars compete in the Australian Singing Competition for ‘The Mathy’, the Marianne Mathy Scholarship, which has launched many careers in the opera world. Recorded live in concert by ABC Classic at The Concourse, Chatswood (Sydney), on 1 October 2022. Engineers Joshua Craig and Andrew Edgson. Producer André Shrimski. Program Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture, from Le Nozze di Figaro Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:Tutto e disposto...Aprite un po’, from Le Nozze di Figaro Sergei Rachmaninov: Vyes tabar spit, from Aleko Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Parto, ma tu ben mio, from La Clemenza di Tito Gioachino Rossini: Una voce poco fa, from Il barbiere di Siviglia Vincenzo Bellini: Or dove fuggo io mai, from i puritani Giacomo Puccini:Questo amor, vergogna mia, from Edgar George Frideric Handel: Piangero la sorte mia, from Giulio Cesare Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Tatiana’s letter scene, from Eugene Onegin George Frideric Handel: Da tempeste from Guilio Cesare Gioachino Rossini: Una voce poco fa, from Il barbiere di Siviglia Francesco Cilèa: Io son l’umile ancella, from Adriana Lecouvreur Emmerich Kálmán: Heia, heia in den Bergen, from Die Csárdásfürstin Johann Strauss II: Éljen a Magyar, Op. 332 Artists Kristin Astouroghlian (mezzo) Jake Bigwood (bass) Jeremy Boulton (baritone) Billie Tumarkin (soprano) Younji Yi (soprano) Eleanor Lyons (soprano) Opera Australia Orchestra Vladimir Fanshil (conductor)
	Classical WETA Washington, D.C., USA		128KAAC	128K MP3		schedule
	0200 9:00PM	SPECIAL PROGRAM: Händel - The Messiah The National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D,C. has a December tradition: each year, a new conductor leads the ensemble in performance of Handel’s Messiah in the Kennedy Center’s Concert Hall, offering a personal interpretation of the beloved masterpiece. This year’s broadcast features guest conductor Jeannette Sorrell in her 2017 NSO debut performance. Sorrell is renowned as the founder and music director of Apollo’s Fire, one of the country’s premier early-music ensembles. Sophie Daneman, soprano Ann McMahon Quintero, mezzo-soprano Karim Sulayman, tenor Christian Immler, baritone University of Maryland Concert Choir National Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell Recorded December 2017

GMT 0800/EST 3:00AM				GMT 0800/EST 3:00AM
	VivaLaVoce (a service of WETA) Washington, DC, USA		128KAAC	128K MP3		schedule
	0800 3:00AM	Opera Encore: Hamlet Ambroise Thomas Thomas Hampson (baritone) [Hamlet] \| June Anderson [Ophélie] \| Samuel Ramey (bass) [Claudius, Roi du Danemark] \| Gregory Kunde [Laërte] \| Denyce Graves [La Reine Gertrude] \| Jean-Philippe Courtis [Le Spectre] \| Gerard Garino [Marcellus] \| François Le Roux [Horatio] \| Michel Trempot [Polonius] \| Thierry Felix [Premier Fossoyeur] \| Jean-Pierre Furlan [Second Fossoyeur] \| Ambrosian Opera Chorus \| London Philharmonic Orchestra \| Antonio de Almeida (conductor) (No duration given)

GMT 1400/EST 9:00AM				GMT 1400/EST 9:00AM
	BBC RADIO 3 UNITED KINGDOM		96K aac 128K MP3 48K aacPlus [This links to a 320K stream in the U.K. only]			schedule
	1400 9:00AM	Afternoon Concert - Opera Matinee: Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier Suite Afternoon Concert Penny Gore with recordings from BBC ensembles and performances from across Europe. Today's highlight comes from the BBC Philharmonic with Eva Ollikainen conducting Strauss' suite from his opera Der Rosenkavalier. The orchestra also plays Walton's suite from Troilus & Cressida, under the baton of John Wilson. Music by Schubert is played by pianist Arthur Jussen, from last year's Schubertiade in Schwarzenberg, Austria, and Bach's Cantata No. 128 is performed by the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Including: Hans Krasa: Overture for Small Orchestra BBC Symphony Orchestra Alpesh Chauhan, conductor Schubert: Rondo in A, D. 951 Arthur Jussen, piano Tallis: Spem in Alium BBC Singers Stephen Cleobury, director Dvorak: Carnival Overture Philadelphia Orchestra Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor JS Bach: Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein, BWV 128, cantata Petra Mullejans, violin Vox Luminis Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Leila Schayegh, concert master Lionel Meunier, conductor Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Suite BBC Philharmonic Eva Ollikainen, conductor Artist’s choice – BBC Phil player Schubert: Impromptu in E flat, D 899/2, and Impromptu in G flat, D 899/3 Arthur Jussen, piano Schubert: Mass No. 6 in E flat, D. 950: Credo Golda Schultz, soprano Katharina Magiera, contralto Julian Prégardien, tenor Maciej Kwasnikowski, tenor Tareq Nazmi, bass Vienna Singverein Johannes Prinz, chorus director Camerata Salzburg Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Walton: Troilus & Cressida suite BBC Philharmonic John Wilson, conductor (3 hrs., 1 min.)

GMT 1700/EST 12:00NOON				GMT 1700/EST 12:00NOON
	WHRB Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA		64K AAC+	128K MP3		schedule
	1700 12:00 NOON	SPECIAL PROGRAM: THE DONIZETTI ORGY (cont.) Gabriella di Vergy; Andrew, Du Plessis, Arthur, Tomlinson, Win- field, Harrhy, Jones, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Francis, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Opera Rara) String Quartet No. 9 in d; Revolutionary Drawing Room (cpo) Concertino for Clarinet in B-flat; Kovács, Kovács, Camerata Budapest (Naxos) Oboe Sonata in F; Holliger, Berger (Decca) Largo for Cello and Piano in g; Bonucci, Spada (ARTS Music) Sonata for Flute and Harp; Verhoyen, Verhoyen (Etcetera) Olivo e Pasquale; Giordano, Beltrami, Adaini, Macchioni, Milletti, Romeo, Taddia, Morace, Bergamo Donizetti Teatro Chorus, Sardelli, Accademia d’Arti e Mestieri dello Spettacolo Teatro alla Scala Orchestra, (Dynamic) Il borgomastro di Saardam; Caoduro, Gatell, Concetti, Dubrovskaya, Wakizono, Bianco, Scircoli, Ravasio, Donizetti Opera Choir, Brignoli, Donizetti Opera Orchestra (Dynamic) Le convenienze teatrali; Peters, Scaltriti, Trimarchi, Rigacci, Te- desco, Cicogna, Brunetti, Orecchia, Sarti, Macciantelli, Coro del Teatro Rossini di Lugo, Orchestra Sinfonica dell’Emilia Romagna (Bongiovanni) (9 hrs.)

GMT 1800/EST 1:00PM				GMT 1800/EST 1:00PM
	BARTOK RADIO Budapest, HUNGARY		320K MP3	128K aacPlus [WINAMP] If you hear a white noise while playing this stream we suggest you change (at your own risk) the output driver in WINAMP to the directSound Driver. See instructions for this on our Internet Radio for Techies page		schedule
	1800 1:00PM	SPECIAL PROGRAM: Tiszta forrásból - Csodaszarvasok és szirének - Kapcsoljuk a Pécsi Kodály Központot A Pannon Filharmonikus Zenekar hangversenye Vez.: Eötvös Péter Km.: Rab Gyula (tenor), Balla Sándor (bariton), Sung-Won Yang (gordonka), Magyar Rádió Énekkara (karig.: Pad Zoltán) 1. Eötvös Péter: a) Sirens' Song (Szirének éneke), b) Cello Concerto Grosso (Sung-Won Yang), 2. Bartók Béla: a) Négy zenekari darab op. 12, b) Cantata profana (Rab, Balla, énekkar) (Ism. december 27., 12.35) (2 hrs., 30 min.)
	BR KLASSIK Munich, GERMANY		192K AAC			schedule
	1800 1:00PM	SPECIAL PROGRAM: BR-KLASSIK - OPERNABEND Modest Mussorgskij: "Boris Godunow" Gesamtaufnahmen oder Liveübertragungen von den großen Opernbühnen wie München, Mailand und New York - samstags ab 19.05 Uhr auf BR-KLASSIK Kurz nachdem Verdis "Aida" in Kairo herauskam, kurz bevor Wagners "Ring"-Zyklus in Bayreuth uraufgeführt wurde: Da hob man in St. Petersburg die vielleicht bedeutendste russische Oper aus der Taufe: "Boris Godunow" von Modest Mussorgsky! Er fokussiert unsere Aufmerksamkeit auf das Innenleben eines von Halluzinationen und Schuldgefühlen geplagten Zaren. In der komplizierten Aufführungsgeschichte dieses "musikalischen Volksdramas" wird unterschieden zwischen diversen Bearbeitungen, auch zwischen dem "Ur-Boris" und dem wesentlich umfangreicheren "Original-Boris". Der Musikdirektor Riccardo Chailly und der dänische Regisseur Kasper Holten haben sich entschieden, für die Mailänder Inaugurazione (Spielzeiteröffnung) am Teatro alla Scala die erste Fassung der Oper von 1869 von neuem zur Diskussion zu stellen. In der Titelrolle agiert einer der heute profiliertesten Bassisten: Ildar Abdrazakov. Oper in vier Teilen In russischer Sprache Boris Godunow - Ildar Abdrazakov Fjodor - Lilly Jørstad Xenia - Anna Denisova Fürst Schujskij - Norbert Ernst Andrej Schtschelkalow - Alexey Markov Pimen - Ain Anger Grigorij Otrepiew - Dmitry Golovnin Warlaam - Stanislav Trofimov und andere Coro del Teatro alla Scala Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala Leitung: Riccardo Chailly Aufnahme der Eröffnungspremiere der Saison 2023 "Teatro alla Scala di Milano" vom 7. Dezember 2022 (3 hrs.)

GMT 1900/EST 2:00PM				GMT 1900/EST 2:00PM
	Radio 100,7 Trifolion (Atrium), Echternach, Luxenbourg		128K MP3			schedule
	SR 2 Kulturradio Saarbrucken, GERMANY		128K MP3	56K MP3		schedule
	1900 2:00PM	SPECIAL PROGRAM: Berlioz's 'L'enfance du Christ' with Schmitt, Scherrer, Winckhler and Eiche from Luxembourg Maximilian Schmitt, narrator. Letizia Scherrer: Maria. Matthias Winckhler: Joseph. Markus Eiche: Herode. Gaechinger Cantorey. Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg. Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann.
	RADIO KLASSIK STEPHANSDOM Vienna, AUSTRIA		128K MP3			schedule
	1900 2:00PM	Opernabend: Alaleona, Domenico (1881-1928) Mirra Mirra: Denia Mazzola-Gavazzeni Cecri: Julia Gertseva Euriclea: Hanna Schaer Pereo: Mario Malagnini Ciniro: Franck Ferrari Choeur de Radio France, Maitrise de Radio France, Orchestre National de France Leitung: Juraj Valcuha Diese Aufnahme entstand im Jahr 2003. CD: naive, V 5001 (1 hr., 28 min.)

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