Vocal Chords

Exploring the magic of opera from Monteverdi to Brett Dean.

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Past Programs

20th February

Beethoven, Ludwig van: Missa Solemnis in D, Op.123: Kyrie;The English Baroque Soloists and The Monteverdi Choir; John Eliot Gardiner

Gounod; Romeo et Juliette; L'heure s'envole; Choir and Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse/Michel Plasson

Tchaikovsky; Eugene Onegin; Slikhali l vi za roschei glas nochnai; Anna Reynolds, Teresa Kubiak, Julia Hamari, Enid Hartle

Offenbach, Jacques:Tales of Hoffmann: Les oiseaux dans la charmille; Joan Sutherland, Jacques Charon; Swiss Romande Orch/Richard Bonynge

Englembert Humperdinck; Hansel und Gretel; Bruderchen, komm, tanz mit mir; Anne-Sofie von Otter, Barbara Bonney; Symp-Orch des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Jeffrey Tate

Massenet; Cendrillon; Ah Douce enfant; Ruth Welting; Ambrosian Opera Chorus and Philharmonia Orch/Julius Rudel

Carl Nielsen; Saul and David; Look upward, Michal; Willy Hartmann, Elisabeth Soderstrom; Danish Radio Symp Orch/Jascha Horenstein

Glass; Akhnaten; The Window of Appearances; Paul Esswood, Milagro Vargas, Melinda Liebermann; Stuttgart State Opera Orch/Dennis Russell Davies

13th February

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Weber; Der Freischutz; Victoria, victoria; ;Peter Seiffert; Rundfunkchor Berlin,; Deutsches Symphonie-Orch Berlin/Marek Janowski

Boito; Mefistofele; Salve, Regina; Ambrosian Opera Chorus; London Symp Orch/Julius Rudel

Thomas; Hamlet; Vains regrets; Sherrill Milnes, Joan Sutherland; Orch of the Welsh National Opera; Richard Bonynge

Smetana; The Devil's Wall; Nikdo?...Stastna vim; Libuse Domaninska; Orchestr Narodniho Kivadla V Praze/Zdenek Chalabala

Tchaikovsky; Iolanta; Moj ptenchik; Galina Gorchakova, Larissa Diadkova; Kirov Orch/Valery Gergiev

Giordano; Andrea Chenier; Questo azzurro sofa; Leo Nucci; National Philharmonic Orch/Riccardo Chailly

Orff, Carl: Carmina Burana: O Fortuna; Slovak Philharmonic Chorus and Slovak Radio Symp Orch/Stephen Gunzenhauser

Carlo Orff; Carmina Burana; Ecce gratium; Rutgers University Choir; Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormany

6th February

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Monteverdi; Camtate Domino canticum novum; Emma Kirkby, Evelyn Tubb; Consort of Musicke/Anthony Rooley

Handel; Tanti strali al sen mi schcchi; Gillian Fisher, James Bowman; The King's Consort/Robert King

Mozart; The Magic Flute; Bei Mannern; Gundula Janowitz, Walter Berry; Philharmonia Orch/Otto Kelmperer

Bellini, Vincenzo: I Puritani: Fini...me lassa..Vieni fra queste braccia; Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano; Orch del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/tullio Serafin

Donizetti; Rosamund of England; Era ahi lasso; Alastair Miles, Renee Fleming;The Philharmonia Orch/David Parry

Verdi; Rigoletto; E il sol dell'anima; Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland; London Symph Orch/Richard Bonynge

Mascagni; Cavelieria Rusticana; Tu qui, Santuzza; Beniamino Gigli, Dusolina Giannini; Orch del Teatro alla Scala, Milan/Cario Sabajno

Bernstein, Leonard: West Side Story: Only you ...... Tonight; Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna; Orch of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Richard Armstrong

Giovanni Pacini; Maria regina d'Inghilterra; Qual ora tremenda; Nelly Miricioiu, Mary Plazas; The Philharmonia Orch/David Parry

30th January

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Wagner; Tannhauser; Turning my gaze upon this proud assembly; Sir Thomas Allen; London Philharmonic Orch; David Parry

Verdi; La Forza del Destino; Pace, pace, mio Dio; Leontyne Price; Rome Opera House Orch; Arturo Basile

Mussorgsky; Boris Godunov; Skueno Marine; Elena Garanca; Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana

Cesar Franck; Panis Angelicus; Luciano Pavarotti, Sting; Orchestra da Camera; Aldo Sisilli

Puccini; Madam Butterfly; Vogliatemi bene; Mirella Freni, Pavarotti; Wiener Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan

Lehar; Das Land des Lachelns; You are my Heart's Delight; Thomas Hampson; London Philharmonic Orch; Franz Welser-Most

Richard Strauss; Daphne; Ich komme; Renee Fleming; London Symph Orch; Sir Georg Solti

Britten;Nocturne; On a poet's lips I slept; Ian Bostridge; Beline Philharmoniker; Simon Rattle

23rd January