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NPR's World
of Opera
KPBX 91.1, Wednesday, 7pm-9pm
Program
Listings:
November
26, 2008
Elektra-Richard Strauss Elektra
takes the lead in this chapter of their appalling yet absorbing history
of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon. Heinz Fricke, conductor; Washington National
Opera Orchestra and Chorus
December
3, 2008
The Marriage of Figaro-Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart Figaro is a great blend of comic hijinks and the emotional
complexities bred by everyday, human foibles. Patrick Summers, conductor;
Houston Grand Opera
December
10, 2008
The Coronation of Poppea-Claudio
Moteverdi The opera brings us a love so strong that it threatens to bring
down an empire -- accompanied by one of the steamiest love-duets ever
composed. William Lacey, conductor; Houston Grand Opera
December
17, 2008
Otello-Giuseppe Verdi Otello,
Iago and Desdemona, three of literature's most compelling characters,
come to life in what many consider Verdi's most deeply moving opera. Semyon
Bychkov, conductor; West German Radio Orchestra
December
24, 2008
Don Carlos-Giuseppe Verdi Another
Verdi blockbuster in the original French version. Daniele Gatti, conductor;
La Scala Orchestra and Chorus
December
31, 2008
La Cenerentola-Gioacchino Rossini
One of Rossini's most delicate and delightful comedies, based on the classic
fairytale, "Cinderella." Giuliano Carella, conductor; Orchestre de la
Suisse Romande, Grand Theatre Chorus
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