13th July
Show PlaylistVinci: Il Medeo: Non e piu folle lusinga. David Hansen, alto., Academia Montis Regalis/Alessandro De Marchi.Mozart: Il re pastore, K208: L'amero, saro costante. Yvonne Kenny, sop., Australian CO/Richard Tognetti.Krieger: Flora, Ceres and Pomona: The Joy of Summer. Amanda Cole, m-sop., Janet Brewer, hpschd., Neil Heymink, bsn.Tchaikovsky: Iolanthe: Romance. Zurab Sotkilava, ten., Bolshoi Theatre Orch/Andrei Tchistyakov.Offenbach: La belle Helene: Au mont Ida trois deesses. Roberto Alagna, ten., ROHO/Sir Richard Armstrong.Rossini: La Cenerentola - Nacqui all'affanno. Olga Borodina, m-sop., Welsh National Opera Orch/Carlo Rizzi.Ponchielli: La Gioconda: Cielo e mar. Donald Smith, ten., Tasmanian SO/Vanco Cavdarski.Verdi: La traviata: Addio del passato. Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, sop., Florence May Festival Orch, Florence May Festival Chorus/Zubin Mehta.Offenbach: La Vie Parisienne: When she goes out... her petticoats go frou, frou, frou. June Bronhill, sop., Eric Shilling, bar., Cynthia Morey, sop., Sadlers' Wells Chorus, Sadlers' Wells Orch/Alexander Faris.
6th July
Show PlaylistHandel: Ezio: Around the Capitol I hear. David Thomas, bass, Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan.Massenet: Don Quichotte: Lorsque le temps d'amour…Ne pensons qu'au plaisir d'aimer. Magdalena Kozena, m-sop., Christophe Grapperon, bar., Jean-Christophe Keck, ten., Jean Zvellereiter, gtr., Mahler CO/Marc Minkowski.Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin: Kuda, kuda, kuda. Rolando Villazon, ten., Munich Radio Orch/Michel Plasson.Verdi: Falstaff: Ehi paggio!...L'onore! Ladri!. Domenico Trimarchi, bar., Hungarian State Opera Orch/Will Humburg.Beethoven: Fidelio: Abscheulicher. Charlotte Margiono, sop., CO of Europe/Nikolaus Harnoncourt.Verdi: Gerusalem: Ave Maria. Katia Ricciarelli, sop., Rome PO/Gianandrea Gavazzeni.Bach: Cantata BWV 51, Praise God throughout creation. Kathleen Battle, sop.Wagner R: Gotterdammerung: Brunnhilde Holiest Bride. Wolfgang Windgassen, ten., Munich Philharmonic/Leopold Ludwig.Bellini: I Puritani: Vien diletto, e in ciel la luna. Emma Matthews, sop., Melbourne SO/Andrea Molino.
29th June
Show PlaylistLive Performance of exceprts from La Boheme by Opera Van Diemensland
22nd June
Show PlaylistRossini: Elisabetta - Regina d'Inghilterra - Quanto e grato. Katia Ricciarelli, sop., Lyon Opera Orch, Lyon Opera Chorus/Gabriele Ferro.Herold: Days of My Childhood. Sumi Jo, sop., Anthony Marwood, vln., English CO/Richard Bonynge.Kalman: Countess Maritza: Sag Ja, Mein Lieb, Sag Ja!. Monique Brynnel, sop., Jon Weaving, ten., Queensland SO/Vanco Cavdarski.Verdi: Don Carlos: Ah! Si maledetto, sospetto fatale. Sherrill Milnes, bar., Ruggero Raimondi, bass-baritone, Monserrat Caballe, sop., Shirley Verrett, m-sop., ROHO/Carlo Maria Giulini.Puccini: Edgar: Addio mio dolce. Angela Gheorghiu, sop., Royal Opera House Chorus, Milan Giuseppe Verdi Orch/Anton Coppola.Guerrero: El huesped el sevilliano: Raquel. Jose Carreras, ten., English CO/Antoni Ros Marba.Strauss R: Elektra: Was bluten muss? Dein eigenes Genick. Regina Resnik, m-sop., Birgit Nilsson, sop., Vienna PO/Sir Georg Solti.Bizet: Djamileh: Nour-Eddin, Roi de Lahore. Huguette Tourangeau, sop., Swiss Romande Orch/Richard Bonynge.Saint-Saens: Etienne Marcel: O beaux reves evanouis. Joan Hammond, sop., Philharmonia Orch/Walter Susskind.
15th June
Show PlaylistAdams: Nixon in China: Madam Mao's Aria. Merlyn Quaife, sop., State Orch of Victoria/Richard Mills.Mozart: Magic Flute - Ach, ich fuhl's. Sara Macliver, sop., Tasmanian SO/Sebastian Lang-Lessing.Beethoven: Fidelio: O war ich schon mit dir vereint. Barbara Bonney, sop., CO of Europe/Nikolaus Harnoncourt.Mozart: Don Giovanni - Or sai chi l'onore. Margaret Price, sop., London PO/Sir Georg Solti.Dean: Bliss. Merlyn Quaife, sop. Australian Opera and Ballet Orch, Opera Australia Chorus/Elgar Howarth.Wagner R: Die Walkure: The Ride of the Valkyries. West Australian SO/David Measham.Kerry: Medea; Opening scene; Merlyn Quaife, Chamber Made Opera/Mark Summerbell.Mozart: Marriage of Figaro - Deh vieni non Tardar. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, sop., Philharmonia Orch/Sir John Pritchard.Strauss Jnr: Die Fledermaus: Czardas. Renee Fleming, sop., English CO/Jeffrey Tate.R Strauss; Elektra;Helen Watts, Maureen Lehane; Yvonne Minton;Jane Cook;Felicia Weathers;Pauline Tinsley;Vienna Philharmonic Orch;Sir Georg SoltiMozart: Magic Flute: Queen of the Night Aria. Sumi Jo, sop., Vienna PO/Sir Georg Solti.
8th June
Show PlaylistLeo: Demetrio: Freme orgogliosa l'onda. David Hansen, alto., Academia Montis Regalis/Alessandro De Marchi.Wagner R: Das Rheingold: Alberich's renunciation of love and theft of the Rheingold. John Wegner, bass, Natalie Jones, sop., Donna-Maree Dunlop, sop., Z. MacKendree-Wright, m-sop, Adelaide SO/Asher Fisch.INTERVIEW WITH SIMON BRUCKARDKorngold (arr. Forsberg): Dead City - Mariettas Lied, Op.12. Anne Sofie von Otter, m-sop., Bengt Forsberg, pno., Mats Lidstrom, vlc., Kjell Lysell, vln., Ulf Forsberg, vln., Nils-Erik Sparf, vla.Proch: Deh, Torna Mio Bene. Glenda Raymond, sop., Australian SO/Hector Crawford.Strauss R: Daphne: Leukippos, du?. Fritz Wunderlich, ten., Hilde Guden, sop., Vienna Symphony/Karl Bohm.Meyerbeer: Dinorah - When the clock strikes. Thomas Hampson, bar., Jerry Hadley, ten., Welsh National Opera Orch/Carlo Rizzi.Zeller (arr. Gamley): Der Vogelhandler: Schenkt man sich Rosen in Tirol. Dame Joan Sutherland, sop., Ambrosian Opera Chorus, New Philharmonia Orch/Richard Bonynge.
1st June
Show PlaylistPuccini: Tosca: Vissi d'arte. Cheryl Barker, sop., Orch Victoria/Richard Bonynge.Puccini: La Boheme - O soave fanciulla. Antoinette Halloran, sop., Rosario La Spina, ten., Queensland Orch/Stephen Mould.Stolz: A Beautiful Autumn. Peter Coleman-Wright, bar., Benjamin Burton, pno., Nexas Quartet. 2 ARIAS BY STEPHEN MARSH INTERVIEW WITH STEPHEN MARSHMozart: Marriage of Figaro, excerpts. Yvonne Minton, m-sop., BBC SO/Sir Colin Davis.Lehar: Paganini: Girls Were Made To Love and Kiss. Donald Smith, ten., Adelaide SO/John Lanchbery.Kalman: Countess Maritza: Sag Ja, Mein Lieb, Sag Ja!. Monique Brynnel, sop., Jon Weaving, ten., Queensland SO/Vanco Cavdarski.Korngold (arr. Forsberg): Dead City - Mariettas Lied, Op.12. Anne Sofie von Otter, m-sop., Bengt Forsberg, pno., Mats Lidstrom, vlc., Kjell Lysell, vln., Ulf Forsberg, vln., Nils-Erik Sparf, vla.
25th May
Show PlaylistLully: Acis et Galatee: Enfin, j'ai dissipe la crainte. Sandrine Piau, sop., Les Paladins/Jerome Correas.Mozart: Abduction from the Seraglio, K384: Constanze, to see you once more. Fritz Wunderlich, ten., Vienna State Opera Orch/Josef Krips.Berlioz: Beatrice and Benedict: Vous soupirez, Madame?...Nuit paisible et sereine. April Cantelo, sop., Helen Watts, contr., London SO/Sir Colin Davis.Glinka: A Life for the Tsar: I am not grieving over that, dear friends. Antonina Nezhdanova, sop., Unnamed Orch, Unnamed Chorus.Verdi: Aida: Rittorna vincitor!. Rita Hunter, sop., Tasmanian SO/Dobbs Franks.Rachmaninov: Aleko - Ves' tabar spit. Dmitri Hvorostovsky, bar., Kirov Orch/Valery Gergiev.Giordano: Andrea Chenier - La Mamma Morta. Maria Chiara, sop., National PO/Kurt Herbert Adler.Straus O: A Waltz Dream: Piccolo! Piccolo!. June Bronhill, sop., Williams Singers, Michael Collins Orch/Michael Collins.Massenet: Cherubin - Vive amour qui reve. Natalie Dessay, sop., Toulouse Capitole Orch, Les Elements Chamber Choir/Michel Plasson.
