KHFM Presents The 2021 WFMT Radio Network Opera Series
Handel Double-Bill: Acis and Galatea & Apollo e Dafne
June 12, 2021
PRESENTING COMPANY: Haymarket Opera Company
COMPOSER: George Frideric Handel
LIBRETTO: John Gay (Acis and Galatea), G.F. Handel (Apollo e Dafne)
CAST: Acis and Galatea
Acis Michael St. Peter
Galatea Kimberly Jones
Polyphemus David Govertsen
Damon Kaitlin Foley
Chorus Kaitlin Foley, Mallory Harding, Ryan Townsend Strand, Jianghai Ho, Dorian McCall
CAST: Apollo e Dafne
Apollo Ryan de Ryke
Dafne Erica Schuller
ENSEMBLE: Haymarket Ensemble
CONDUCTOR: Craig Trompeter
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Chase Hopkins
FILM DIRECTOR: Garry Grasinski
LIGHTING DESIGNER: Lindsey Lyddan
AUDIO ENGINEER: Mary Mazurek
COVID COMPLIANCE OFFICER:Kait Samuels
ORIGINAL ART: Zuleyka V. Benitez
Approx. Length: 2 hours, 48 minutes
Tosca (in Italian)
June 19, 2021
VENUE: Royal Opera House
PRESENTING COMPANY: Royal Opera
COMPOSER: Giacomo Puccini
LIBRETTO: Luigi Illica & Giuseppe Giacosa
CAST:
Tosca Angela Gheorghiu
Cavaradossi Jonas Kaufmann
Scarpia Sir Bryn Terfel
Spoletta Hubert Francis
Angelotti Lukas Jakobski
Sacristan Jeremy White
Sciarrone Zheng Zhou
Shepherd Boy William Payne
ENSEMBLE: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
CHORUS: Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
CONDUCTOR: Sir Antonio Pappano
Approx. Length: 2 hours, 15 minutes
Les vêpres siciliennes (in French)
June 26, 2021
VENUE: Royal Opera House
PRESENTING COMPANY: Royal Opera
COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi
LIBRETTO: Eugène Scribe & Charles Duveyrier
CAST:
Hélène Lianna Haroutounian
Henri Bryan Hymel
Procida Erwin Scrott
Guy de Montfort Michael Volle
Thibault Neal Cooper
Ninetta Michelle Daly
Daniéli Nicolas Darmanin
Mainfroid Jung Soo Yun
Robert Jihoon Kim
Le Sire de Béthune Jean Teitgen
Le Comte de Vaudemont Jeremy White
ENSEMBLE: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
CHORUS: Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
CONDUCTOR: Sir Antonio Pappano
Approx. Length: 3 hours, 10 minutes
Don Giovanni (in Italian)
July 3, 2021
VENUE: Royal Opera House
PRESENTING COMPANY: Royal Opera
COMPOSER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
LIBRETTO: Lorenzo Da Ponte
CAST:
Don Giovanni Mariusz Kwiecien
Leporello Alex Esposito
Commendatore Alexander Tsymbalyuk
Donna Elvira Véronique Gens
Donna Anna Malin Byström
Don Ottavio Antonio Poli
Zerlina Elizabeth Watts
Masetto Dawid Kimberg
ENSEMBLE: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
CHORUS: Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
CONDUCTOR: Nicola Luisotti
Approx. Length: 3 hours, 5 minutes
Tannhäuser (in German)
July 10, 2021
VENUE: Royal Opera House
PRESENTING COMPANY: Royal Opera
COMPOSER: Richard Wagner
LIBRETTO: Richard Wagner
CAST:
Tannhäuser Peter Seiffert
Wolfram von Eschenbach Christian Gerhaher
Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen Stephen Milling
Elisabeth, Hermann’s niece Emma Bell
Venus Sophie Koch
Walther von der Vogelweide Ed Lyon
Heinrich der Schreiber Samuel Sakker
Biterolf Michael Kraus
Reinmar von Zweter Jeremy White
A Young Shepherd Duncan Tarboton
Elisabeth’s attendants Kiera Lyness, Deborah Peake-Jones, Louise Armit, Kate McCarney
ENSEMBLE: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
CHORUS: Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
CONDUCTOR: Hartmut Haenchen
Approx. Length: 3 hours, 25 minutes
Der Rosenkavalier (in German)
July 17, 2021
VENUE: Royal Opera House
PRESENTING COMPANY: Royal Opera
COMPOSER: Richard Strauss
LIBRETTO: Hugo von Hofmannsthal
CAST:
The Marschallin, Princess Marie Thérèse von Werdenberg Renée Fleming
Octavian, Count Rofrano Alice Coote
Sophie van Faninal Sophie Bevan
Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau Matthew Rose
Faninal Jochen Schmeckenbecher
Valzacchi Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke
Annina Angela Simkin
Italian Singer Giorgio Berrugi
Marschallin’s Major Domo Samuel Sakker
Faninal’s Major Domo Thomas Atkins
Marianne Leitmetzerin Miranda Keys
Innkeeper Alasdair Elliott
Police Inspector Scott Conner
Notary Jeremy White
Lackey / Waiter Dominic Barrand
ENSEMBLE: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
CHORUS: Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
CONDUCTOR: Andris Nelsons
Approx. Length: 3 hours, 35 minutes
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (in Russian)
July 24, 2021
VENUE: Royal Opera House
PRESENTING COMPANY: Royal Opera
COMPOSER: Dmitri Shostakovich
LIBRETTO: Dmitri Shostakovich & Alexander Preys
CAST:
Katerina Ismailova Eva-Maria Westbroek
Sergey Brandon Jovanovich
Boris Ismailov Sir John Tomlinson
Zinovy Ismailov John Daszak
Sonyetka Aigul Akhmetshina
Aksinya Rosie Aldridge
Shabby Peasant Peter Bronder
Priest Wojtek Gierlach
Police Inspector Mikhail Svetlov
Teacher Thomas Atkins
Old Convict Paata Burchuladze
Female Convict Miranda Keys
Steward/Sentry Simon Shibambu
Coachman/Second Workman Hubert Francis
Porter Jonathan Fisher
ENSEMBLE: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
CHORUS: Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
CONDUCTOR: Sir Antonio Pappano
Approx. Length: 2 hours, 55 minutes
Il Trovatore (in Italian)
July 31, 2021
VENUE: Swedish Royal Opera House, Stockholm
PRESENTING COMPANY: Swedish Royal Opera
COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi
LIBRETTO: Salvatore Cammarano & Leone Emanuele Bardare
CAST:
Manrico Jussi Björling
Leonora Hjördis Schymberg
Azucena Kerstin Meyer
Il conte di Luna Hugo Hasslo
Ferrando Erik Saedén
Ines Ingeborg Kjellgren
Ruiz Olle Sivall
Un vecchio zingaro Bertil Alstergård
Un messo Sture Ingebretzen
ENSEMBLE: Swedish Royal Opera Orchestra
CHORUS: Swedish Royal Opera Chorus
CONDUCTOR: Herbert Sandberg
Approx. Length: 2 hours, 15 minutes
Elektra (in German)
August 7, 2021
VENUE: Swedish Royal Opera House, Stockholm
PRESENTING COMPANY: Swedish Royal Opera
COMPOSER: Richard Strauss
LIBRETTO: Hugo von Hofmannsthal
CAST:
Elektra Birgit Nilsson
Klytaemnestra Barbro Ericson
Chrysothemis Berit Lindholm
Orest Erik Saedén
Aegisth Kåge Jehrlander
Orest’s tutor Erik Sundquist
Klytaemnestra’s confidante Kjerstin Dellert
Klytaemnestra’s trainbearer Maj-Lis Tollbo
Young servant John-Erik Jacobsson
Old servant Sven-Erik Jacobsson
An overseer Margareta Bergström
First Maid Ileana Peterson
Second Maid Margot Rödin
Third Maid Ingeborg Kjellgren
Fourth Maid Eva Prytz
Fifth Maid Laila Andersson
ENSEMBLE: Swedish Royal Opera Orchestra
CHORUS: Swedish Royal Opera Chorus
CONDUCTOR: Berislav Klobucar
Approx. Length: 1 hour, 55 minutes
Manon (in French)
August 14, 2021
VENUE: Opéra Bastille, Paris
PRESENTING COMPANY: Opéra de Paris (Paris Opera)
COMPOSER: Jules Massenet
LIBRETTO: Henri Meilhac & Philippe Gille
CAST:
Manon Pretty Yende
Le Chevalier des Grieux Benjamin Bernheim
Lescaut Ludovic Tézier
Le comte des Grieux Roberto Tagliavini
Guillot de Morfontaine Rodolphe Briand
de Brétigny Pierre Doyen
Poussette Cassandre Berthon
Javotte Alix Le Saux
Rosette Jeanne Ireland
Innkeeper Philippe Rouillon
First Guard Julien Joguet
Second Guard Laurent Laberdesque
ENSEMBLE: Paris Opera Orchestra
CHORUS: Paris Opera Chorus
CHORUS DIRECTOR: José Luís Basso
CONDUCTOR: Dan Ettinger
Approx. Length: 3 hours, 5 minutes
The Demon (in Russian)
August 21, 2021
VENUE: Grand Théâtre, Bordeaux
PRESENTING COMPANY: Opéra National de Bordeaux
COMPOSER: Anton Rubinstein
LIBRETTO: Pavel Viskovatov & Mikhail Lermontov
CAST:
Old Servant of Prince Sinodal Luc Bertin-Hugault
Nanny Svetlana Lifar
Prince Gudal Alexandros Stavrakakis
The Angel Ray Chenez
Prince Sinodal Alexey Dolgov
Tamara Evgenia Muraveva
The Demon Nicolas Cavallier
Messenger Paul Gaugler
ENSEMBLE: Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine
CHORUS: Chorus of the Opéra National de Bordeaux, Limoges Opera Chorus
CHORUS DIRECTOR: Salvatore Caputo, Edward Ananian-Cooper
CONDUCTOR: Paul Daniel
Approx. Length: 2 hours, 10 minutes
Parsifal (in German)
August 28, 2021
VENUE: Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse
PRESENTING COMPANY: Opéra du Capitole de Toulouse
COMPOSER: Richard Wagner
LIBRETTO: Richard Wagner
CAST:
Parsifal Nikolai Schukoff
Kundry Sophie Koch
Gurnemanz Peter Rose
Amfortas Matthias Goerne
Klingsor Pierre-Yves Pruvot
Titurel Julien Véronèse
First Flowermaiden Andreea Soare
Second Flowermaiden/First Squire Marion Tassou
Third Flowermaiden Adèle Charvet
Fourth Flowermaiden Elena Poesina
Fifth Flowermaiden Céline Laborie
Sixth Flowermaiden/Second Squire/Voice from Heaven Juliette Mars
First Knight of the Grail Kristofer Lundin
Second Knight of the Grail Yuri Kissin
Third Squire Enguerrand de Hys
Fourth Squire François Almuzara
ENSEMBLE: Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse
CHORUS: Chorus of the Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse; Children’s Choir of the Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse; Montpellier-Occitanie National Opera Chorus
CONDUCTOR: Frank Beermann
Approx. Length: 4 hours, 15 minutes
Hippolyte et Aricie (in French)
September 4, 2021
VENUE: Opéra Comique, Paris
PRESENTING COMPANY: Opéra Comique
COMPOSER: Jean-Philippe Rameau
LIBRETTO: Simon-Joseph Pellegrin
CAST:
Hippolyte Reinoud Van Mechelen
Aricie Elsa Benoit
Thésée Stéphane Degout
Oenone Séraphine Cotrez
Diane Eugénie Lefebvre
Prêtresse de Diane, Chasseresse, Metelote, Bergère Léa Desandre
Tisiphone Edwin Fardini
Second Parque Martial Pauliat
First Parque Constantin Goubet
Mercure Guillaume Gutiérrez
ENSEMBLE: Pygmalion Ensemble
CHORUS: Pygmalion Chorus
CONDUCTOR: Raphaël Pichon
Approx. Length: 2 hours, 35 minutes
PLEASE NOTE: The Opera Series continues until the end of November, with more information to be released in the coming months. The second part of the Opera Series will feature American opera companies, with selections from LA Opera, Opera Southwest, and more. Stay tuned!
