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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4

   
GMT 0000/EDT 8:00PM (Friday)
GMT 0000/EDT 8:00PM (Friday)
  VivaLaVoce
(a service of WETA)
Washington, DC, USA

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Opera at Eight: Madama Butterfly
Giacomo Puccini
Mirella Freni (soprano) [Cio-cio-san] | Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) [B. F. Pinkerton] | Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano) [Suzuki] | Robert Kerns (baritone) [Sharpless] | Michel Sénéchal (bass) [Goro] | Marius Rintzler [Il Bonzo] | Elke Schary [Kate Pinkerton] | Giorgio Stendoro [Il principe Yamadori] | Hans Helm [Il commissario imperiale] | Wolfgang Scheider [Lo zio Yakusidè] | Siegfried Rudolf Frese [L'ufficiale del registro] | Evamaria Hurdes [La madre di Cio-cio-san] | Erna Maria Mühlberger [La zia di Cio-cio-san] | Martha Heigl [La cugina di Cio-cio-san] | Vienna State Opera Chorus [Parenti ed amiche di Cio-cio-san | Marinai] | Vienna Philharmonic | Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
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GMT 0300/EDT 11:00PM (Friday)
GMT 0300/EDT 11:00PM (Friday)
  ABC CLASSIC FM
Sydney, AUSTRALIA

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11:00PM

SPECIAL PROGRAM: QSO: Verdi's Requiem

From the terrifying Dies Irae to the serene Libera Me, Verdi’s Requiem is a journey through grief, hope, and transcendence.

It's a work that is based on the traditional Roman Catholic Requiem Mass, with each movement exploring the themes of death,  judgement and redemption, but it was never intended to be performed in the church, but was always intended as a concert work.

Recorded on October 4 2025 in QPAC Concert Hall by ABC Classic. Producer Lucas Burns. Sound Engineers Shelley Bishop and Costa Zouliou.

Program
Giuseppe Verdi: Messa da Requiem

Artists
Eleanor Lyons (soprano)
Deborah Humble (mezzo-soprano)
Matteo Desole (tenor)
Warwick Fyfe (baritone)
Brisbane Chamber Choir Collective
Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Umberto Clerici (conductor)

Credits
Stéphanie Kabanyana Kanyandekwe, Presenter

   
GMT 0700/EDT 3:00AM
GMT 0700/EDT 3:00AM
  CONCERT FM
(Radio New Zealand)
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND

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3:00AM

Opera: WFMT Opera Series 2025: Die Walküre by Richard Wagner

WAGNER: Die Walküre
Christopher Maltman (Wotan)
Elisabet Strid (Brünnhilde)
Natalya Romaniw (Sieglinde)
Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Siegmund)
Soloman Howard (Hunding)
Marina Prudenskaya (Fricka)
Maida Hundeling (Helmwige)
Katie Lowe (Ortlinde)
Lee Bisset (Gerhilde)
Claire Barnett-Jones (Waltraute)
Catherine Carby (Siegrune)
Alison Kettlewell (Rossweisse)
Monika-Evelin Liiv (Grimgerde)
Rhonda Browne (Schwertleite)
Royal Opera House Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano
Royal Opera House, London 15/08/25 (WFMT) (4 hrs.)
[source: Radio New Zealand Limited]

   
GMT 0700/EDT 3:00AM
GMT 0700/EDT 3:00AM
  FRANCE MUSIQUE
Paris, FRANCE

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3:00AM

SPECIAL PROGRAM: Les Sagas musicales

Série « Pavarotti, ténor superstar »
Épisode 6/7 : Le dieu du stade (1990-1999)


Dans les années 1990, Pavarotti, Domingo et Carreras forment un trio inédit, les Trois Ténors, qui devient un véritable phénomène mondial. Mais les concerts géants et contrats toujours plus exorbitants n'empêchent pas les scandales.

oici - en sept épisodes - l'itinéraire de ce fils de boulanger de Modène devenu le roi du contre-ut. Luciano Pavarotti a régné sur les scènes d’opéra du monde entier avant de se transformer en star mondiale enchaînant les concerts dans les stades, touchant des millions d’auditeurs hors du cercle classique de l’opéra. Un destin hors-norme que vous conte Côme Jocteur-Monrozier.

ans cet avant-dernier épisode, nous apprenons comment Pavarotti et Domingo soutiennent leur ami Carreras, et voilà que l'immense aventure des trois ténors est lancée ! Pavarotti aborde des grands rôles verdiens, donne d'immenses concerts populaires, s'occupe de concours hippiques et, s'intéresse à ses secrétaires...

Il était jovial et doté d'un sens de l'humour aiguisé. Dépourvu de fausse modestie, il connaissait sa valeur. Il a assurément réalisé son ambition de faire découvrir l'opéra à de nouveaux publics, et ceux-ci l'ont récompensé. »
Alan Blyth. The Daily Telegraph

Programmation musicale :

GIUSEPPE VERDI
I vespri siciliani : Ouverture
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, Chef d’orchestre
WARNER 2021

IUSEPPE VERDI
La Traviata : Prélude (instrumental)
Orchestre d’État de Bavière
Carlos Kleiber, Chef d’orchestre
EMI 1977

ESARE BIXIO
Vivere
Luciano Pavarotti, Ténor
Henry Mancini & His Orchestra
DECCA 1984

INO ROTA
Huit et demi : 3. Discesa ai fanghi – suite pour orchestre
Orchestre Philharmonique de la Scala de Milan
Riccardo Chailly, Chef d’orchestre
DECCA 2019

ALVATORE CARDILLO
Core 'ngrato
Orchestre du Mai Musical Florentin, Orchestre de l’Opéra de Rome
Zubin Mehta, Chef d’orchestre
DECCA 2010

IUSEPPE VERDI
Otello : Una vela, una vela (Acte I Sc. 1)
Alan Opie, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Leo Nucci, John Keyes
Chœurs du Chicago Symphony et du Metropolitan Opera de New York
Orchestre symphonique de Chicago
Georg Solti, chef
DECCA 1991

IUSEPPE VERDI
Otello : Dio, mi potevi scagliar (Acte III Sc. 2)
Otello : Cassio è là (Acte III Sc. 2)
Luciano Pavarotti, Leo Nucci
Orchestre symphonique de Chicago
Georg Solti, chef
DECCA, 1991

IUSEPPE VERDI
Don Carlos : Tu che le vanità (Acte IV)
Daniela Dessì
Orchestre du Teatro alla Scala di Milano
Riccardo Muti, chef
EMI, 1992

IUSEPPE VERDI
Don Carlo : Sire, egli è tempo ch’io viva (Acte III, première partie)
Luciano Pavarotti, Samuel Ramey, Daniela Dessì, Paolo Coni
Chœur et Orchestre du Teatro alla Scala di Milano
Riccardo Muti, chef
EMI, 1992

IUSEPPE VERDI
Don Carlo : E dessa un detto (Acte IV)
Luciano Pavarotti, Daniela Dessì
Orchestre du Teatro alla Scala di Milano
Riccardo Muti, Chef d’orchestre
EMI 1994

GIUSEPPE VERDI
Don Carlo : Ma lassù ci vedremo (Acte IV)
Luciano Pavarotti, Daniela Dessì
Orchestre du Teatro alla Scala di Milano
Riccardo Muti, Chef d’orchestre
EMI 1994

GIACOMO PUCCINI
Donna non vidi mai (Acte I), Air de Des Grieux
Luciano Pavarotti, Ténor
Philharmonia Orchestra
Leone Magiera, Chef d’orchestre
EMI 1994

CESARE BIXIO / LUIGI CHERUBINI
Mamma
Luciano Pavarotti, Ténor
Henry Mancini & His Orchestra
DECCA 1984

LUCIO DALLA
Caruso
Luciano Pavarotti, Lucio Dalla
DECCA 1992

GAETANO DONIZETTI
L’elisir d’amore : Voglio dire, lo stupendo elisir (Acte I)
Luciano Pavarotti, Enzo Dara
Orchestre du Metropolitan Opera de New York
James Levine, Chef d’orchestre
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 1990

OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Gli uccelli P 154 : 5. Il cucù (d’après Pasquini)
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields
Neville Marriner, Chef d’orchestre
WARNER 1976

GIUSEPPE VERDI
Rigoletto : La donna è mobile (Acte III)
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields
Neville Marriner, Chef d’orchestre
Arrangement : Andrew Pryce Jackman
WARNER 1988

GIACOMO PUCCINI
Madame Butterfly : Chœur à bouche fermée (Acte II)
Chœur de l’Opéra d’État de Vienne
Orchestre Philharmonique de Vienne
Herbert von Karajan, Chef d’orchestre
DECCA 1973

ENRICO CANNIO / CALIFANO
’O surdato ’nnammurato
Luciano Pavarotti, Ténor
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Giancarlo Chiaramello, Chef d’orchestre
DECCA 1979

Programmation complémentaire :

UMBERTO GIORDANO
André Chénier : Al mio dire perdono (Acte I)
André Chénier : Colpito qui m'avete ov'io geloso / Un dì all'azzurro spazio (Acte II)
Luciano Pavarotti, Montserrat Caballé, Astrid Varnay
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, Chef d’orchestre
DECCA 1984

GIUSEPPE VERDI
Otello : Già nella notte densa (Acte I Scène 3)
Luciano Pavarotti, Kiri Te Kanawa
Orchestre symphonique de Chicago
Georg Solti, Chef d’orchestre
DECCA 1991

GIUSEPPE VERDI
Don Carlo : Io l'ho perduta (Acte I Scène 1)
Don Carlo : Carlo il sommo imperatore (Acte I Scène 1)
Don Carlo : Io la vidi al suo sorriso (Acte I Scène 1)
Luciano Pavarotti
Orchestre du Théâtre de la Scala de Milan
Riccardo Muti, Chef d’orchestre
EMI, 1992

LALO SCHIFRIN (ARRANGEMENT)
Finale medley : Mattinata / Wien, Wein, nur du allein / Amapola / ’O sole mio
José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti
Orchestre de l’Opéra de Rome, Orchestre du Mai Musical Florentin
Zubin Mehta, Chef d’orchestre
DECCA 1990
(1 hr., 30 min.)

  VivaLaVoce
(a service of WETA)
Washington, DC, USA

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3:00AM
Opera Encore: Beatrice di Tenda
Vincenzo Bellini
Edita Gruberova [Beatrice di Tenda] | Vesselina Kasarova [Agnese] | Igor Morosow [Filippo Maria Visconti] | Don Bernardini [Orombello] | Branko Robinsak [Anichino] | Daniel Sumegi [Rizzardo] | Wiener Jeunesse-Chor | ORF-Symphonieorchester | Pinchas Steinberg (conductor)
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GMT 1000/EDT 6:00AM
GMT 1000/EDT 6:00AM
  ABC CLASSIC FM
Sydney, AUSTRALIA

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6:00AM

Saturday Opera: Mozart: Don Giovanni

“Who’s dead, you or the old man?” Leporello’s terrified question to Don Giovanni following his duel with the Commendatore seems farcical, and yet there is a lingering sense of doubt. At the beginning, an elderly man is killed by a younger one who then seems to want to escape him; and at the end, the older man returns and leads the younger one to his death. What is the connection between these two beings – one seemingly an extension of the other, like the stages of life? More than ever, our consciences are torn between two facets of the seducer: the libertine with his appealing charisma, and the punished reprobate whose infamy reverberates on us all. But what does it mean today to be dragged down into hell? In a bed of love and agony, a heart beats, too weak, too strong, cast on a delirious journey to the edge of limbo. This eighth production of the Festival’s most emblematic work is an opportunity for Sir Simon Rattle to return to Mozart at the head of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, with a sumptuous cast led by Andrè Schuen; and, renowned for his insightful adaptations of the classics, English director Robert Icke will be making his operatic debut.

Program
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni

Artists
Don Giovanni: Andrè Schuen
Leporello: Krzysztof Bączyk
Donna Anna: Golda Schultz
Donna Elvira: Magdalena Kožená
Don Ottavio: Amitai Pati
Il Commendatore: Clive Bayley
Zerlina: Madison Nonoa
Masetto: Paweł Horodyski
Stuntman: Marc Sonnleitner
Child: Daphné Guivarch
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Choirmaster: Aarne Talvik
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle
(4 hrs.)

   
GMT 1510/EDT 11:10AM
GMT 1510/EDT 11:10AM
  LRT KLASIKA
Vilnius, LITHUANIA

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1510
11:10AM
Operos vakaras: Ved. Jūratė Katinaitė
Georges Bizet „Karmen“ iš Romos „Teatro dell’Opera“ teatro
Dalyvauja Gaelle Arquez, Joshua Guerrero, Erwin Schrott, Mariangela Sicilia, dirigentas Omer Meir Wellber
   
GMT 1700/EDT 1:00PM
GMT 1700/EDT 1:00PM
  BARTOK RADIO
Budapest, HUNGARY

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1700
1:00PM

Opera: Leoš Janáček: A ravasz rókácska [Cunning Little Vixen]- Háromfelvonásos opera
Szövegét — Rudolf Těsnohlídek folytatásos regénye nyomán – a zeneszerző írta
Vez.: Charles Mackerras
Ea.: Bécsi Állami Operaház Énekkara (karig.: Helmuth Froschauer), Bécsi Filharmonikus Zenekar
Szereposztás:
A rókácska – Lucia Popp (szoprán)
Róka – Eva Randová (mezzoszoprán)
Lapák, a kutya – Libuše Márová (mezzoszoprán)
Kakas – Gertrude Jahn (mezzoszoprán)
Béka – Peter Saray (fiúszoprán)
Tücsök – Miriam Ondrásková (szoprán)
Erdész – Dalibor Jedlicka (basszus)
Az erdész felesége – Éva Zikmundová (mezzoszoprán)
Iskolamester — Vladimír Krejčik (tenor)
Pap – Richard Novák (basszus)
Harasta, a házaló – Václav Zítek (bariton)
Pásek, a fogadós – Beno Blachut (tenor)
A fogadós felesége – Ivana Mixová (mezzoszoprán) (2 hrs.)

  BBC RADIO 3
UNITED KINGDOM
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1:00PM

Opera on 3: Handel's Semele

Handel's Semele from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, with Pretty Yende, Alice Coote and Ben Bliss, conducted by Christian Curnyn.

A live performance recorded earlier this year of Handel's masterful treatment of a story from Ovid's Metamorphoses concerning the mortal Semele, eventual mother of Bacchus, and her doomed relationship with the god Jupiter. Handel's dramatic setting of a libretto by William Congreve was not originally staged, but is essentially an opera in all but name, widely considered one of his greatest works.

Georgia Mann presents, in conversation with opera writer and broadcaster Sarah Lenton.

Handel: Semele
Semele ... Pretty Yende (soprano)
Jupiter ... Ben Bliss (tenor)
Juno ... Alice Coote (mezzo soprano)
Athamas ... Carlo Vistoli (countertenor)
Cadmus and Somnus ... Brindley Sherratt (bass)
Ino ... Niamh O'Sullivan (mezzo soprano)
Iris ... Marianna Hovanisyan (soprano)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Ballet and Opera
Christian Curnyn (conductor) (3 hrs., 30 min.)

  CATMÚSICA
Barcelona, SPAIN

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1700
1:00PM

Directe a l'òpera: Händel: "Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno"
FESTIVAL KISSINGER SOMMER 2025.
Georg Friedrich Händel: "Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno", oratori en dues parts.
Julie Roset, Rebecca Legget, Jasmin White i James Way.
Les Arts Florissants.
Dir.: William Christie.
Regentenbau, Bad Kissingen.
Enregistrat per la ràdio de Baviera el 10 de juliol de 2025.
Concert d'intercanvi. (157 min)
(4 hrs.)

  CBC MUSIC
Toronto, CANADA

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1700
1:00PM
Saturday Afternoon at the Opera with Marion Newman: Thomas: Hamlet (special guest: Sarah Dufresne)
Thomas Hampson, June Anderson
(3 hrs.)
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  DEUTSCHLANDFUNK KULTUR
Berlin, GERMANY

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1:00PM

Oper: BBC Proms
Royal Albert Hall, London
Aufzeichnung vom 30.08.2025

Georg Friedrich Händel
„Alexander's Feast“, Ode nach John Dryden HWV 75

Hilary Cronin, Sopran
Hugh Cutting, Countertenor
Stuart Jackson, Tenor
Irish Baroque Chorus
Irish Baroque Orchestra
Leitung: Peter Whelan (1 hr., 55 min.)

  ICI MUSIQUE CLASSIQUE
Montreal, Quebec, CANADA

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1700
1:00PM
Samedi à l’opéra: No details available before airtime (4 hrs.)
  LATVIA RADIO KLASIKA
Riga, LATVIA

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1:08PM
Sestdienas vakars Opera: Floriana Leopolda Gasmaņa (Florian Leopold Gassmann, 1729–1774)

L'opera seria Milānas operā La Scala 29. martā:

Pjetro Spanjoli (Pietro Spagnoli, baritons), Matija Olivjēri (Mattia Olivieri, baritons), Džovanni Sala (Giovanni Sala, tenors), Džošs Lovels (Josh Lovell, tenors), Žilī Fuksa (Julie Fuchs, soprāns), Andrea Karola (Andrea Carroll, soprāns), Serēna Gamberoni (Serena Gamberoni, soprāns), Alessio Aruīni (Alessio Arduini, baritons), Alberto Allegreca (Alberto Allegrezza), Lorencs Dzadzo (Lawrence Zazzo, kontratenors) Filipo Mineča (Filippo Mineccia, kontratenors)
Les Talens Lyriques
La Scala orķestris un diriģents Kristofs Rusē (2 hrs., 40 min.)

  RADIO 4 NETHERLANDS
NETHERLANDS
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1:00PM

NTR Opera Live: George Enescu – Oedipe
Opname van 17 juli, gemaakt tijdens de Bregenzer Festspiele

Praags Philharmonisch Koor en Wiener Symphoniker o.l.v. Hannu Lintu

Paul Gay – Oedipe
Ante Jerkunica – Tirésias
Tuomas Pursio – Créon
Mihails Čulpajevs – Herder
Nika Guliashvili – Hogepriester
Vazgen Gazaryan – Phorbas
Nikita Ivasechko – Thésée
Michael Heim – Laïos
Marina Prudenskaya – Jocaste
Anna Danik – Sfinx
Iris Candelaria – AntigoneTone Kummervold – Mérope (4 hrs.)

  RADIO CLASICA DE ESPANA
Madrid, SPAIN

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1:00PM

Una tarde en la ópera: Ópera celebrada el 2 de octubre de 2025 en el Teatro Real de Madrid
Inauguración de temporada 2025/2026

VERDI: Otello, ópera en cuatro actos
B. Jagde (ten.), G. Viviani (bar.), A. Hernández (ten.), A. Casals (ten.), I. Sim (baj.), F. Radó (baj.-bar.), A. Grigorian (sop.), E. Shkoza (mez.)
Coro del Teatro Real
Dir.: J. L. Basso
Pequeños Cantores de la ORCAM
Dir.: A. González. Orq. del Teatro Real
Dir.: N. Luisotti.
(4 hrs.)

  RADIO ROMÂNIA MUZICAL
Bucharest, ROMANIA

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1:00PM
Opera prima: Din Stagiunea Euroradio 2024-2025
Spectacol înregistrat în 30 mai 2025 la Opera Regală din Londra
Charles Gounod – Faust
cu: Ştefan Pop, Carolina Lopez Moreno, Adam Palka, Boris Pinkhasovich, Hongni Wu, Monika-Evelin Liiv, Ossian Huskinson
Corul şi Orchestra Operei Regale din Londra, dirijor Maurizio Benini (3 hrs.)
  SVERIGES RADIO P2
Stockholm, SWEDEN

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1:00PM

P2 Live opera: Pärlfiskarna av Georges Bizet

Från en konsert i Aix-en-Provence hör vi Bizets opera Pärlfiskarna, med älskade nummer som ”Nadirs romans” och operahistoriens kanske mest kända duett.

Musikfestivalen i franska Aix-en-Provence är känd för sina nyskapande operauppsättningar och är årets mottagare av Birgit Nilsson Prize. Detta konsertanta framförande av Bizets Pärlfiskarna kommer från festivalens ambitiösa konsertprogram i somras.

Operan hade premiär i Paris 1863 och var den blott 25-årige Georges Bizets första stora opera. Librettot av Michel Carré och Eugène Cormon är inspirerat av tidens smak för det exotiska och utspelas i forntiden bland pärlfiskare på Ceylon, nuvarande Sri Lanka.

Handlingen kretsar kring vänskapen mellan Zurga (baryton) och Nadir (tenor), som båda förälskar sig i den mystiska prästinnan Leïla (sopran). När förbjuden kärlek och religiösa plikter kolliderar sätts vännernas lojalitet och mod på prov, med dramatiska konsekvenser.

Bizets musik är lyrisk och rik på melodier, stundtals med österländska klanger som förstärker den exotiska miljön. Operan innehåller flera musikaliska nummer som ofta framförs separat, t.ex. den berömda vänskapsduetten mellan Zurga och Nadir, "Au fond du temple saint" och Nadirs drömska aria där han minns Leïlas röst, "Je crois entendre encore", även kallad ”Nadirs romans”.

Georges Bizet: Pärlfiskarna (Les Pêcheurs de perles), opera i tre akter.
Libretto av Eugène Cormon och Michel Carré

I rollerna:
Leïla - Elsa Benoit (sopran)
Nadir - Pene Pati (tenor)
Zurga - Florian Sempey (baryton)
Nourabad - Edwin Crossley-Mercer (bas)

Stor-Avignons operakör. Les Musiciens du Louvre.
Dirigent: Marc Minkowski. 

Föreställning 19 juli 2025, Stora Teatern, Aix-en-Provence

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GMT 1900/EDT 3:00PM Riddar Blåskäggs borg av Béla Bartók

Hör ett av den ungerska operans största mästerverk - Bartóks symbolladdade och mörka enaktare om Judiths och den gåtfulle Riddar Blåskägg.

Béla Bartók komponerade sin enaktsopera Riddar Blåskäggs borg (A kékszakállú herceg vára) 1911 men fick vänta ända tills 1918 på ett första framförande. Det är ett mörkt psykologiskt drama där vi möter vi Riddar Blåskägg och hans unga hustru Judith, vars envisa nyfikenhet tvingar Blåskägg att avslöja de hemligheter som döljer sig bakom borgens sju låsta dörrar.

Béla Balázs byggde sitt ungerska libretto på sagan om Riddar Blåskägg i fransmannen Perraults klassiska sagosamling Gåsmors sagor från 1697, men inspirerades också av det gryende 1900-talets fascination för de mänskliga psykets dunkla vrår.

Bakom borgens första dörr finns en tortyrkammare, den andra döljer Blåskäggs vapen, den tredje skattkammaren och den fjärde öppnas mot en underskön trädgård. Men allt är fläckat av blod. Bakom dörr nummer fem finns Blåskäggs väldiga rike som han stolt förevisar medan dörr sex leder till en sällsam sjö, en sjö av tårar. När den sjunde dörren öppnas skrider Blåskäggs tre tidigare fruar över tröskeln. Var och en representerar en tidpunkt på dagen: morgon, middag och kväll. Judith är natten, den vackraste av dem alla säger Blåskägg och klär henne i en tung juvelprydd mantel. Judith sällar sig till de andra kvinnorna, Blåskägg stannar ensam kvar i mörkret.

Bartóks musik är både romantisk och impressionistisk, men bär även spår av ungersk folkmusik mästerligt kombinerat med mer modernistiska klanger.

Detta konsertanta framförande från en av sommarens Proms-konserter i Royal Albert Hall i London inleds med att dirigent Iván Fischer reciterar prologen på ungerska, där ridån som går upp liknas med våra egna ögonlock som öppnas. Men är skådespelet framför oss eller inom oss?

Béla Bartók: Riddar Blåskäggs borg (A kékszakállú herceg vára), opera i en akt.
Libretto av Béla Balázs efter en saga av Charles Perrault.

I rollerna:
Riddar Blåskägg - Krisztián Cser (bas)
Judith - Dorottya Láng (mezzosopran)
Budapests festivalorkester
Dirigent: Iván Fischer
Konsertant framförande 6 augusti 2025, Royal Albert Hall, London (3 hrs.)

  WFMT OPERA SERIES
New York City, New York, USA
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1700
1:00PM
WFMT Radio Network Opera Series: Così fan tutte / Mozart
From LA Opera in Los Angeles, California
Erica Petrocelli (Fiordiligi)
Rihab Chaieb (Dorabella)
Ana María Martínez (Despina)
Anthony León (Ferrando)
Justin Austin (Guglielmo)
Rod Gilfry (Don Alfonso)
James Conlon (conductor) (Approx. 3 hrs., 30 min. but durations vary)
   
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GMT 1720/EDT 1:20PM
  DR P2 KONCERTEN
Copenhagen, DENMARK
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1:20PM

P2 Operaaften: Perlefiskerne
Venskab over kærlighed - eller omvendt? Vennerne Nadir og Zurga har svoret, at ingen kvinde skal komme imellem dem. Men da Leïla dukker op, bliver deres begær og loyalitet sat på prøve. Er der plads til både venskab og kærlighed, eller må én af dem ofres? Som perler på en snor falder arier og duetter i en lind strøm fra tenor Pene Pati og baryton Florian Sempey i rollerne som perlefisker-vennerne Nadir og Zurga. Edwin Crossley-Mercer høres i rollen som den autoritetstunge ypperstepræst Nourabad, mens sopranen Elsa Benoit forfører alle som den uimodståelige Leïla.

Kor: Grand Avignon Operaens Kor
Orkester: Les Musiciens du Louvre
Dirigent: Marc Minkowski

Gæst: Psykoterapeut, Martin Østergaard
(Aix-en-Provence, 19. juli) (2 hrs., 40 min.)

   
GMT 1730/EDT 1:30PM
GMT 1730/EDT 1:30PM
  DWOJKA POLSKIE RADIO
Warsaw, POLAND

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1:30PM
Opera pod gwiazdami: No opera this week (3 hrs., 30 min.)
  ESPACE 2
Lausanne, SWITZERLAND
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A l'OpéraNo details available yet (3 hrs., 30 min)

  RADIO OESTERREICH INTERNATIONAL
Vienna, AUSTRIA

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1:30PM

Opera: Giuseppe Verdi: "I vespri siciliani"
Mit
Montserrat Caballé (Elena)
Nicolai Gedda (Arrigo)
Sherrill Milnes (Guido di Monforte)
Justino Diaz (Giovanni da Procida)
Cynthia Munzer (Ninetta)
Douglas Ahlstedt (Danieli)
Paul Franke (Manfredo)
Nico Castel (Tebaldo) u.a.
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Dirigent: James Levine
(aufgenommen am 9. März 1974 in der Metropolitan Opera New York) (3 hrs.)

   
GMT 1800/EDT 2:00PM
GMT 1800/EDT 2:00PM
 

ARS - 3. PROGRAM RADIO SLOVENIA
Ljubjana, SLOVENIA

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1800
2:00PM

Opera: No details available yet (2 hrs., 30 min.)

  AZPM Classical
Tucson, Arizona, USA

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1800
2:00PM
WFMT Radio Network Opera Series: Così fan tutte / Mozart
From LA Opera in Los Angeles, California
Erica Petrocelli (Fiordiligi)
Rihab Chaieb (Dorabella)
Ana María Martínez (Despina)
Anthony León (Ferrando)
Justin Austin (Guglielmo)
Rod Gilfry (Don Alfonso)
James Conlon (conductor) (3 hrs., 30 min.)
  BR KLASSIK
Munich, GERMANY
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Frankfurt, GERMANY

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Berlin, GERMANY

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Germany

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  WDR3
Cologne, GERMANY

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2:00PM

ARD Oper: Gaetano Donizetti: "Dalinda"
Oper in drei Akten
In italienischer Sprache
Acmet - Franco Vassallo
Dalinda - Lidia Fridman
Ildemaro - Jose Simerilla Romero
Ugo d’Asti - Simone McIntosh
Garniero - Lucas van Lierop
Ubaldo - Giuseppe de Luca
Ridolfo - Frederik Bergman
Guglielmo - Antonio Mandrillo
Corboga - Jasper Leever
Elmelik - Mark Omvlee
Netherlands Radio Choir
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Leitung: Andrea Sanguineti
Aufnahme vom 13. September 2025 im Royal Concertgebouw, Amsterdam (3 hrs.)

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Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC

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Operní večer: Jacques Offenbach: Hoffmannovy povídky

Zamilovaný tragéd vykládá u punče v divadelním sklípku kumpánům bizarní příběhy svých lásek, které mu namíchaly nejeden hořký koktejl... Fantastickou operu z roku 1881 uslyšíme na snímku dirigenta Jeffreyho Tatea
V hlavních rolích účinkují Jessye Norman, Cherly Studer, Eva Lindt, Felicity Palmer či Samuel Ramey

Titulní partii ztvárňuje mexický tenorista Francisco Araiza, který právě dnes slaví 75. narozeniny

Připravil a uvádí Vojtěch Babka (3 hrs.)

  FRANCE MUSIQUE
Paris, FRANCE

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1800
2:00PM

Samedi à l'opéra: Cavalleria rusticana et Pagliacci à l’Opéra d’Etat de Bavière

La jalousie et la vengeance lient ces opéras de Mascagni et Leoncavallo. Jonas Kaufmann fait preuve de toute la violence de Canio dans Pagliacci, excité par le Tonio de Wolfgang Koch qui incarne aussi un autre mari jaloux dans Cavalleria rusticana.

Avec
Judith Chaine, productrice
Pietro Mascagni – Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti et Guido Menasci / d’après Giovanni Verga,

Cavalleria rusticana (Chevalerie campagnarde)

Melodramma en un acte crée le 17 mai 1890 au Teatro Costanzi, à Rome

Ruggero Leoncavallo – Leoncavallo,

Pagliacci (Paillasse)

Dramma en un prologue et deux actes créé le 21 mai 1892 au Teatro Dal Verme, à Milan

Opéras offerts dans le cadre des échanges Euroradio avec l'Union Européenne de Radio et Télévision (UER), enregistrés le 22 mai 2025 au Théâtre National de Munich. Nouvelle production de l’Opéra d’Etat de Bavière.

Distributions de Cavalleria rusticana et Pagliacci à l’Opéra d’Etat de Bavière :
Daniele Rustioni : Direction musicale

Francesco Micheli : Mise en scène

Cavalleria rusticana :
Yulia Matochkina : Santuzza, une jeune villageoise, Soprano
Ivan Gyngazov : Turiddu, un jeune villageois, Ténor
Rosalind Plowright : Mamma Lucia, sa mère, Contralto
Wolfgang Koch : Alfio, un charretier, Baryton
Ekaterine Buachidze : Lola, son épouse, Mezzo-soprano

Pagliacci :
Ailyn Pérez : Nedda, épouse de Canio, actrice de rue (Colombine), Soprano
Jonas Kaufmann : Canio, directeur de la troupe ambulante (Pagliaccio), Ténor
Wolfgang Koch : Tonio, comédien de rue, bossu (Taddeo), Baryton
Andrés Agudelo : Beppe, comédien de rue (Arlecchino), Ténor
Thomas Mole : Silvio, amoureux de Nedda, un villageois, Baryton
Christian Rieger : Un Paysan, Baryton
Zachary Rioux : Un Paysan, Ténor

Pour les deux opéras :
Chœur d'enfants de l'Opéra d'Etat de Bavière
Kamila Akhmedjanova : Préparation du chœur
Chœur de l'opéra de l'Etat de Bavière
Christoph Heil : Préparation du chœur
Orchestre de l'Etat de Bavière

Edoardo Sanchi : Décors
Daniela Cernigliaro : Costumes
Mattia Agatiello : Chorégraphie
Alessandro Carletti : Lumières
Alberto Mattioli, Malte Krasting : Dramaturgie
(3 hrs.)

  LYRIC FM
Limerick, IRELAND
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2:00PM
Opera Night: Wexford Festival Opera Presents Stanford's The Critic

Stanford's The Critic was brought to life in Wexford Festival Opera in 2024. Paul Herriott provides us with another opportunity to hear the opera. The scene is set on the stage of a theatre, where a new opera, The Spanish Armada, is in rehearsal. The composer, Mr. Dangle (performed by Jonathan White) and the librettist and impresario, Mr. Puff, have invited the eponymous critic, Mr. Sneer performed by Arthur Riordan, to attend. Mr. Puff launches into a discussion of his profession, the theatre and the many merits of his new piece. The rehearsal begins, and we are transported to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. The cast, conducted by Ciaran McAuley includes Rory Lynch, Rory Dunne, Ben McAteer and Ava Dodd. (3 hrs.)
  MUSIQ3
Brussels, BELGIUM
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2:00PM

Soirée Opéra:Die Bayreuth Richard Wagner Festspiele
Besestzungliste 2025
Die Meistersinger von N
ürnberg: See our Bayreuth 2025 Festival Page (4 hrs.)

 

RADIO KLASSIK STEPHANSDOM
Vienna, AUSTRIA

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2:00PM

Opernabend: Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)
Ariadne auf Naxos

Primadonna/Ariadne: Lisa della Casa
Der Komponist: Irmgard Seefried
Zerbinetta: Hilde Güden
Der Tenor/Bacchus: Rudolf Schock
Ein Musiklehrer: Paul Schöffler
Der Haushofmeister: Alfred Neugebauer
Ein Offizier: Georges Müller
Ein Tanzmeister: Peter Klein
Ein Perückenmacher: Walter Berry
Ein Lakai: Franz Bierbach
Harlekin. Alfred Poell
Scaramuccio: August Jaresch
Truffaldin: Oskar Czerwenka
Brighella: Murray Dickie
Najade: Rita Streich
Dryade: Hilde Rössel-Majdan
Echo: Lisa Otto

Wiener Philharmoniker
Leitung: Karl Böhm

Diese Aufnahme entstand im Jahr 1954.
CD: Deutsche Grammophon, 479 8466/67 (2 hrs., 7 min.)

  RAI RADIO 3
Rome, ITALY

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2:00PM

Il Cartellone: Covent Garden - Royal Opera House

Charles Gounod, Faust
Orchestra e Coro della Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
direttore, Maurizio Benini
regia, David Mcvica
ripresa da Peter Relton

con Stefan Pop, Carolina López Moreno, Adam Pałka, Boris Pinkhasovich, Hongni Wu, Monika-Evelin Liiv, Ossian Huskinson

registrazione Euroradio del 17 marzo 2025
Royal Opera House, Londra (3 hrs., 30 min.)

  RETE DUE
Lugano, SWITZERLAND
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1800
2:00PM

Prima Fila all'opera: Musica in scena
Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd
Billy Budd: Thomas Hampson, baritone
Captain Vere: Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenore
John Claggart: Eric Halfvarson, basso
Mr Redburn: Russel Smythe, baritone
Mr Flint: Gidon Saks, baritone
Mr Ratcliff: Simon Winding, tenore
Red Whiskers: Martyn Hill, tenore
Donald: Christopher Maltman, baritone
Dansker: Richard Van Allan, basso
Novice: Andrew Burden, baritone
Novice’s Friend: William Dazeley, tenore
Squeak: Christopher Gillett, tenore
Manchester Boys Choir
Gentlemen of the Hallé choir & Northern Voice
The Hallé Orchestra
Kent Nagano, direttore (3 hrs.)

  WOMR
Provincetown, Massachusetts, USA
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1800
2:00PM
WOMR Opera House: WFMT Radio Network Opera Series
Così fan tutte / Mozart
From LA Opera in Los Angeles, California
Erica Petrocelli (Fiordiligi)
Rihab Chaieb (Dorabella)
Ana María Martínez (Despina)
Anthony León (Ferrando)
Justin Austin (Guglielmo)
Rod Gilfry (Don Alfonso)
James Conlon (conductor)
(4 hrs.)
   
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GMT 2300/EDT 7:00PM
  HPR-2
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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2300
7:00PM

WFMT Opera Series: Così fan tutte / Mozart
From LA Opera in Los Angeles, California
Erica Petrocelli (Fiordiligi)
Rihab Chaieb (Dorabella)
Ana María Martínez (Despina)
Anthony León (Ferrando)
Justin Austin (Guglielmo)
Rod Gilfry (Don Alfonso)
James Conlon (conductor) (3 hrs.)

  LRT KLASIKA
Vilnius, LITHUANIA

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7;00PM
Operos vakaras: Ved. Jūratė Katinaitė
Pietro Mascagni „Kaukės“ iš Veksfordo operos festivalio (Airija)
Dalyvauja Lavinia Bini, Benoit-Joseph Meier, Ioana Constantin-Pipelea, Gillen Munguia, Mateo Mancini, dirigentas Francesco Cilluffo. (Kart.)
(2 hrs., 50 min.)
   
     
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