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Opera Schedule

WFMT Radio Network Opera Series 2023
  • Fidelio
    June 17

    COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven
    LIBRETTO: Joseph Sonnleithner/Stephan von Breuning, ed. Georg Friedrich Treitschke

    VENUE: Vienna State Opera House, Vienna
    PRESENTING COMPANY: Vienna State Opera

    CAST:
    Florestan Brandon Jovanovich
    Pizarro Jochen Schmeckenbecher
    Don Fernando Martin Hässler
    Leonore Anja Kampe
    Rocco Christof Fischesser
    Marzelline Slávka Zámečníková
    Jaquino Daniel Jenz

    ENSEMBLE: Vienna State Orchestra and Chorus
    CONDUCTOR: Axel Kober

    Approx. Length: 2 hours, 30 minutes

  • Salome
    June 24

    COMPOSER: Richard Strauss
    LIBRETTO: Oscar Wilde trans. Hedwig Lachmann

    VENUE: Vienna State Opera House, Vienna
    PRESENTING COMPANY: Vienna State Opera

    CAST:
    Herodes (Herod) Gerhard Siegel
    Herodias Michaela Schuster
    Salome Malin Byström
    Jochanaan (John the Baptist) Wolfgang Koch
    Narraboth Daniel Jenz
    The Page of Herodias Patricia Nolz
    First Jew Thomas Ebenstein
    Second Jew Andrea Giovannini
    Third Jew Carlos Osuna
    Fourth Jew Katleho Mokhoabane
    Fifth Jew Evgeny Solodovnikov
    First Nazarene Clemens Unterreiner
    Second Nazarene Attila Mokus
    First Soldier Ilja Kazakov
    Second Soldier Stephano Park
    A Cappadocian Ferdinand Pfeiffer
    A Slave Daniel Lökös

    ENSEMBLE: Vienna State Opera Orchestra
    CONDUCTOR: Philippe Jordan

    Approx. Length: 1 hour, 50 minutes

  • Nixon in China
    July 1

    COMPOSER: John Adams
    LIBRETTO: Alice Goodman

    VENUE: Opéra Bastille, Paris
    PRESENTING COMPANY: Opéra de Paris

    CAST:
    Richard Nixon Thomas Hampson
    Pat Nixon Renée Fleming
    Zhou Enlai Xiaomeng Zhang
    Henry Kissinger Joshua Bloom
    Nancy Tang, First Secretary to Mao Yajie Zhang
    Mao Zedong John Matthew Myer
    Chiang Ch’ing Kathleen Kim
    Second Secretary to Mao Ning Liang
    Third Secretary to Mao Emanuela Pascu

    ENSEMBLE: Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus
    CHORUS DIRECTOR: Ching-Lien Wu
    CONDUCTOR: Gustavo Dudamel

    Approx. Length: 3 hours, 20 minutes

  • Il Proscritto
    July 8

    COMPOSER: Saverio Mercadante
    LIBRETTO: Salvadore Cammarano

    PRESENTING COMPANY: Opera Rara

    CAST:
    Giorgio Argyll Ramón Vargas
    Arturo Murray Iván Ayón-Rivas
    Malvina Douglas Irene Roberts
    Odoardo Douglas Elizabeth DeShong
    Anna Ruthven Sally Matthews
    Guglielmo Ruthven Goderdzi Janelidze
    Clara Susana Gaspar
    Osvaldo Alessandro Fisher
    An Officer of Cromwell Niall Anderson

    ENSEMBLE: Britten Sinfonia & Opera Rara Chorus
    CHORUS DIRECTOR: Stephen Harris
    CONDUCTOR: Carlo Rizzi

    Approx. Length: 2 hours, 25 minutes

  • I Lombardi alla prima crociata
    July 15

    COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi
    LIBRETTO: Temistocle Solera

    VENUE: Prinzregententheater, Munich
    PRESENTING COMPANY: Munich Radio Opera

    CAST:
    Giselda, daughter of Arvino Nino Machaidze
    Viclinda, wife of Arvino Réka Kristóf
    Oronte, son of Acciano Piero Pretti
    Pirro, Arvino’s squire Miklós Sebestyén
    Arvino, son of Lord Folco Galeano Salas
    Pagano/Hermit, son of Lord Folco Michele Pertusi
    Sofia, wife of Acciano Ruth Volpert
    Prior of Milan Nikolaus Pfannkuch
    Acciano, ruler of Antioch Andreas Burkhart

    ENSEMBLE: Munich Radio Orchestra and Bavarian Radio Chorus
    CHORUS DIRECTOR: Stellario Fagone
    CONDUCTOR: Ivan Repušić

    Approx. Length: 2 hours, 30 minutes

  • Wozzeck
    July 22

    COMPOSER: Alban Berg
    LIBRETTO: Alban Berg

    VENUE: Royal Opera House, London
    PRESENTING COMPANY: Royal Opera

    CAST:
    Wozzeck Christian Gerhaher
    Marie Anja Kampe
    The Captain Peter Hoare
    The Doctor Brindley Sherratt
    Margret Rosie Aldridge
    The Drum-Major Clay Hilley
    Andres Sam Furness

    ENSEMBLE: Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
    CONDUCTOR: Sir Antonio Pappano

    Approx. Length: TBA

  • Li zite ‘ngalera
    July 29

    COMPOSER: Leonardo Vinci
    LIBRETTO: Bernardo Saddumene

    VENUE: Teatro alla Scala, Italy (Milan)
    PRESENTING COMPANY: La Scala

    CAST:
    Carlo Celmino Francesca Aspromonte
    Belluccia Mariano Chiara Amarù
    Ciomma Palummo Francesca Pia Vitale
    Federico Mariano Filippo Morace
    Meneca Vernillo Alberto Allegrezza
    Titta Castagna Filippo Mineccia
    Ciccariello Raffaele Pé
    Col’Agnolo Antonino Siragusa
    Repisto Marco Filippo Romano
    Assann Matías Moncada
    Na Schiavottella Fan Zhou

    ENSEMBLE: La Scala Orchestra and Chorus
    CONDUCTOR: Andrea Marcon

    Approx. Length: 3 hours

  • Turn of the Screw
    August 5

    COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
    LIBRETTO: Myfanwy Piper

    VENUE: Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest
    PRESENTING COMPANY: Budapest Festival Orchestra

    CAST:
    Governess Miah Persson
    Mrs. Grose, the Housekeeper Laura Aikin
    Peter Quint, former Manservant Andrew Staples
    Miss Jessel, former Governess Allison Cook
    Miles Benjamin Fletcher
    Flora Lucy Barlow

    ENSEMBLE: Budapest Festival Orchestra
    CONDUCTOR: Iván Fischer

    Approx. Length: 1 hour, 55 minutes