12th January
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Rameau: Castor et Pollux: Sejour de l'eternelle paix. Jean-Paul Fouchecourt, ten., Opera Lafayette/Ryan Brown.Meyerbeer: Dinorah: Bell trio - Ce tintement que l'on entend. Christian du Plessis, bar., Deborah Cook, sop., Alexander Oliver, ten., Philharmonia Orch/James Judd.Donizetti: Dom Sebastien: Grand Dieu...Sa misere est si grande. Heather Begg, m-sop., Anson Austin, ten., Melbourne SO/Richard Bonynge.INTERVIEW 1Adam: Canary, My Dear, Sing Your Pretty Song. Angela Denning, sop., Melbourne SO/Richard Bonynge.Wagner R: Das Rheingold: Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge. George London, bass-baritone, Kirsten Flagstad, sop., Set Svanholm, ten., Vienna PO/Sir Georg Solti. INTERVIEW 2Massenet: Cleopatre: J'ai verse le poison dans cette coupe d'or. Renee Fleming, sop., Mariinsky Theatre Orch/Valery Gergiev.Puccini: Edgar: Addio mio dolce. Leontyne Price, sop., New Philharmonia Orch/Sir Edward Downes.Strauss R: Capriccio, Op.85: Addio, mia vita, addio. Lucia Popp, sop., Fritz Wunderlich, ten., Walter Berry, bass, Lisa Della Casa, sop., Waldemar Kmentt, ten., Robert Kerns, bar., Vienna State Opera Orch/Georges Pretre.
5th January
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Myslivecek: Abramo ed Isacco - Chi per pieta mi dice.... Magdalena Kozena, m-sop., Prague Philharmonia/Michel Swierczewski.Mozart: Ascanio in Alba, K111: Ah di si nobil alma. Bejun Mehta, alto., Academy for Ancient Music Berlin/Rene Jacobs.Berlioz: Beatrice and Benedict: Ah! Je vais l'aimer. Roberto Alagna, ten., ROHO/Bertrand de Billy.Verdi: A Masked Ball: Ecco l'orrido campo. Katalin Szendrenyi, sop., Monte Carlo PO/Gian Carlo Rivoli. INTERVIEWSmetana: Bartered Bride - Endlich allein. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, sop., Philharmonia Orch/Heinrich Schmidt.Mussorgsky: Boris Godounov - I have attained the highest power. Alexander Kipnis, bass, Unnamed Orch/Nicolai Berezowsky.Strauss R: Arabella: Der Richtige - so hab' ich still. Cheryl Barker, sop., Peter Coleman-Wright, bar., Tasmanian SO/Martin Andre.Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur: La dolcissimi effigie. Placido Domingo, ten., Renata Scotto, sop., Philharmonia Orch/James Levine.
29th December
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Handel: Belshazzar - Great God! who, yet but darkly known. James Bowman, alto., King's Consort/Robert King.Arne: Cantata: Delia. Emma Kirkby, sop., London Baroque/Charles Medlam.Mozart: Alcando, Io confesso, K294, concert aria. Rita Streich, sop., Salzburg Mozarteum Camerata Academia/Bernhard Paumgartner.Gounod: La Reine de Saba: Faiblesse de la race humaine!..Inspirez-moi, race divine. Rolando Villazon, ten., French Radio PO/Evelino Pido.Strauss Jnr: Gypsy Baron: Gypsy song. June Bronhill, sop., Ann Howard, contr., Nigel Douglas, ten., Sadlers' Wells Orch/Vilem Tausky.Puccini: Edgar: Orgia, chimera dall'occhio vitreo. Jose Cura, ten., Philharmonia Orch/Placido Domingo.Ravel: L'Heure espagnole: Oh la pitoyable adventure. Magdalena Kozena, m-sop., Mahler CO/Marc Minkowski.Prokofiev: War and Peace - aria. Lucia Popp, sop., Munich Radio Orch/Stefan Soltesz.Bernstein: Candide: Glitter and be gay. Renee Fleming, sop., Metropolitan Opera Orch/James Levine.
22nd December
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Bach: Christmas Oratoria: Schlafe mein Liebster, BWV248. Marjorie Thomas, contr., London SO/Stanford Robinson.Berlioz: The Shepherds' Farewell. King's College Choir Cambridge.Bach: Magnificat in D, BWV243: Et misericordia. Helen Watts, contr., Robert Tear, ten., Academy of St Martin in the Fields, King's College Choir Cambridge/Philip Ledger.Elgar: A Christmas Greeting, Op.52. Jeremy Ballard, vln., Robin Thurlby, vln., Keith Swallow, pno., Worcester Cathedral Choir/Donald Hunt.Britten: A Ceremony of Carols, selections. National Boys' Choir of Australia/Peter Casey.Rutter: Nativity Carol. City of London Sinfonia, Cambridge Singers/John Rutter.Traditional: The Holly and the Ivy. King's College Choir Cambridge.Handel: Messiah: Pifa………..There were Shepherds…………Glory to God. Sara Macliver, sop., Cantillation, Orch of the Antipodes/Antony Walker.Handel: Messiah: For Unto us a Child is Born. Musiciens du Louvre, Musiciens du Louvre Choir/Marc Minkowski.
15th December
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Puccini: Le Villi - Se come voi piccina io fossi;Kiri Te Kanawa;London Philharmonic Orch;John PritchardPuccini: Edgar - D'ogni dolor;Renata Scotto,Vicente Sardinero;Opera Orch of New York;Eve QuelerPuccini; Manon Lescaut - Donna non vidi mai;Placido Domingo;New Philharmonia Orch;Bruno BartolettiPuccini; La Boheme;Non sono in vena;Luciano Pavarotti,Mirella Freni;Berlin Philharmonic Orch;Herbert von KarajanPuccini; Tosca;Vissi D'arte;Maria Callas;Paris Conservatoire Orch;Georges PretrePuccini; Madama Butterfly;Viene la sera;Mirella Freni,Luciano Pavarotti;Vienna Philharmonic Orch;Herbert von KarajanPuccini; La Fanciulla del West;Minnie,della mia casa son partito;Cornell MacNiel,Renata Tebaldi;Orch dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Romea;Franco CapuanaPuccini; La Rondine;Denaro! Nient altro che denaro!;Angela Gheorghiu,Patricia Ciofi,Patrizia Biccire,Monica Bacelli;London Symph Orch;Antonio PappanoPuccini; Turandot; Ola Pang!ola Pong!;Gottfried Hornik, Heinz Zednik, Francisco Araiza;Viena Philharmonic Orch;herbert von Karajan
8th December
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Mascagni; Cavalleriia Rusticana;Voi lo sapete, o mamma;Stefka evstatieva,Alzbeta Michailkova;Slovak Philharmonic Choir;Alexander RahbariMascagni L'amico Fritz;Suzel, buon di;Angela Gheorghiu,Roberto Alagna;Orch of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden;Richard ArmstrongMascagni: Guglielmo Ratcliff - Non altro che delirio. Jose Cura, ten., Philharmonia Orch/Jose Cura.Mascagni: Iris: Apri la tua finestra (Serenata). Jonas Kaufmann, ten., St Cecilia Academy Orch/Antonio Pappano.Mascagni: La Maschere: Quella euna stra-stra-strada. Paolo Bordogna, bar., Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini/Francesco Lanzillotta.Mascagni: Isabeau: Venne una vecchierella. Elizabeth Whitehouse, sop., Orch Victoria/Richard Bonynge.Mascagni: Lodoletta - Se Franz dicesse il vero. Jose Cura, ten., Philharmonia Orch/Jose Cura.Mascagni: Nerone - Vergini Muse...Quando al soave anelito. Placido Domingo, ten., National PO/Eugene Kohn.Mascagni: Si: Sortita di Si. Elizabeth Whitehouse, sop., Orch Victoria/Richard Bonynge.Mascagni: Ave Maria. Yvonne Kenny, sop., Adelaide SO/David Stanhope.
1st December
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Donizetti Zoaida di Granata;Vorrei punir l'altera;Bruce Ford,Majella Cullagh;The Academy of St Martin in the Fields;David ParryDonizetti: Elisabetta al castello di Kenilworth: Par che mi dica ancora;Joyce DiDonato;Orchestre de L'opera National de Lyon;Riccardo MinasiDonizetti; Anna Bolena;Per vederti invidiata;Nelly Miricioiu,Rockwell Blake;The Philharmonia Orch;David ParryDonizetti; Lucrezia Borgia;Nella fatal di Rimini;Marilyn Horne;London Opera Chorus and National Philharmonic Orch;Richard BonyngeDonizetti; Rosamond of England;Era, ahi lasso;Alastair Miles, Renee Fleming;The Philharmonia Orch;David ParryDonizetti; Il Campanello;Bella cosa, amici cari;Alfredo Mariotti;Coro e Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice;Ettore GracisDonizetti; Poliuto;Sfolgoro divino raggio;Roberto Alagna;London Philharmonic Orch;Evelino PidoDonizetti; La Favorite;Parle,mon fils - un ange, une femme inconnue;Ramon Vargas,Carlo Colombara;Munchner Rundfunkorchester;Marcello ViottiDonizetti; Linda di Chamounix;Ambo nati in questa valle;Petteri Salomaa,Francesca Provvisionato;Orch of Eastern Netherlands;Gabriele BelliniDonizetti: Don Pasquale: Com'e gentil;Juan Diego Florez;Orchestra Sinfonica ed Coco di Milano Giuseppe Verdi;riccardo Frizza
24th November
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Britten: Peter Grimes - Embroidery in childhood. Jonathan Summers, bar., Renee Fleming, sop., London SO/Sir Georg Solti.Britten: The Rape of Lucretia;Time treads upon the hands of women; Heather Harper, Janet Baker and Elizabeth Bainbridge;English Chamber Orch;Benjamin BrittenINTERVIEW WITH JONATHAN GRIEVES-SMITHITEM TO BE PLAYEDBritten: Albert Herring: Albert the Good. Leigh Harrold, pno., Robert McFarlane, ten.Britten: Billy Budd: O Beauty, Handsomeness, Godness. Forbes Robinson, bass, ROHO/Sir Georg Solti.Britten; The Turn of the Screw:Variation 1 Scene 2;Jennifer Vyvyan;Joan Cross;David Hemmings;Olive Dyer;English Opera Group Orch;Benjamin BrittenBritten: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Helena! - Hermia! - Demetrius! - Lysander!. Anne Howells, m-sop., Kenneth MacDonald, ten., Delme Bryn-Jones, bar., Elisabeth Robson, sop., ROHO/Sir Georg Solti.Britten: Curlew River, Op. 71: I come from the Westland. Bryan Drake, bar., English Opera Group/Benjamin Britten.
17th November
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INTERVIEW WITH XENIA PUSKARZ THOMASDonizetti - Xenia's soloCarafa: Le nocce di Lammermoor: Oh, my Sole Relief. Joyce Di Donato, m-sop., Lyon Opera Orch/Riccardo Minasi.Weber: Der Freischutz: Kommt ein schlanker Bursch. Shu-Cheen Yu, sop., Queensland Orch/Brett Kelly.Weber: Oberon: Von Jugend auf in dem Kampfgefild. Placido Domingo, ten., Bavarian RSO/Rafael Kubelik.Weber: Euryanthe: Scene et Cavatine d'Euryanthe. Jessye Norman, sop., Staatskapelle Dresden/Marek Janowski.
