Opera

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03/03/12

Giuseppe Verdi’s vision of ancient Egypt is grandly realized in this Metropolitan Opera broadcast of “Aida,” this Saturday at noon, hosted by KCSC’s Lane Whitesell. Mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe plays Amneris for the first time for the Met. Soprano Violeta Urmana (pictured) and tenor Marcello Giordani star as the ill-fated lovers.

02/25/12

Soprano Angela Meade (pictured) takes center stage in Saturday’s Metropolitan Opera broadcast of Giuseppe Verdi’s “Ernani,” at noon, hosted by KCSC’s Lane Whitesell. Tenors Marcello Giordani and Roberto DeBiasio join all-stars Verdians Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Ferruccio Furlanetto in Verdi’s early masterpiece.

02/18/12

Baritone Rodion Pogossov takes the stage as Figaro in Saturday’s Metropolitan Opera broadcast of Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia at noon Saturday, February 18. Soprano Diana Damrau joins the cast in this masterpiece of comedy within music, one of the first operas to be performed in America. KCSC’s Lane Whitesell will be your host. (photo: Rodion Pogossov)

02/11/12

With its cataclysmic climax, the Metropolitan Opera’s new Ring cycle come to its resolution in Richard Wagner’s Gotterdammerung, presented Saturday at 11 a.m., hosted by KCSC’s Lane Whitesell. The opera stars soprano Deborah Voigt (pictured) as Brunnhilde and tenor Jay Hunter Morris as Siegfried.

02/04/12

This Saturday’s Metropolitan Opera broadcast presents charismatic soprano Anna Netrebko starring in Gaetano Donizetti’s “Anna Bolena,” beginning at 11 a.m. Join KCSC opera host Lane Whitesell for this 3 ½ hour portrayal of the ill-fated queen driven insane by her unfaithful king. Ms. Netrebko sings one of opera’s greatest mad scenes in this premiere production.

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Opera Within Driving Distance Spring 2013

January
            Austin Lyric Opera. Mozart: Marriage of Figaro.   31
            Wichita Grand Opera. Verdi: Otello. 19, 7:30, Century II
            Houston Grand Opera (Brown Theatre).
                Kern: Showboat. 18, 20 (matinee 2 p.m.), 26, 30, 7:30
                Mozart: Don Giovanni. 25, 7:30, 27, 2.
            Opera in the Heights. Verdi: MacBeth. 31 at 7:30

February
            Austin Lyric Opera. Mozart: Marriage of Figaro. 2&3
            Houston Grand Opera.
                 Kern: Showboat. 1, 3 (matinee, 2 p.m.), 6, 9, 7:30
                 Mozart: Don Giovanni. 2,5,7 at 7:30, 10 @2
            Opera in the Heights (Houston).
                 Verdi: MacBeth. 1,2,7,8,9 at 7:30. 10 at 2 p.m.
            Wichita Grand Opera. Donizetti: Don Pasquale. 9, 7:30

March
            Lyric Opera of Kansas City:
                 Wagner: Flying Dutchman, 2,6,8,10
            Wichita Grand Opera. Mozart: Marriage of Figaro. 16, 7:30
            Houston Grand Opera:
                  Martinez: Cruzar la Cara de la Luna (“Flamenco Opera”)
                        21, 23, at 7:30 and 23, 24 at 2 p.m.

April
            Austin Lyric Opera. Gounod: Faust. 25, 27, 28
            Dallas Opera. Puccini: Turandot. 5, 7, 10, 13, 19, 21
                   Argento: The Aspern Papers. 12, 14, 17, 20, 28.
            Fort Worth Opera Festival. Puccini: La Boheme. 20, 28
                   Donizetti: Daughter of the Regiment. 27
                   Cipullo: Glory Denied. 21, 23, 24, 27, 30
            Opera in the Heights (Houston):
                   Verdi: Falstaff. 25, 26, 27 at 7:30
            Houston Grand Opera:
                   Wagner: Tristan und Isolde. 18, 24, 27 at 6:30; 21 @ 2
                   Verdi: Il Trovatore. 26 at 7:30, 28 at 2 p.m.
            Lyric Opera of Kansas City. Mikado (G&S): 20, 22, 24, 26, 28

May
            Ft. Worth Opera Festival (4 works each night)
             9, 6 p.m., 10, 3 p.m.
                   Puccini: La Boheme. 3
                   Donizetti: Daughter of the Regiment. 5,10.
                   Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos. 4, 12
                   Cipullo: Glory Denied. 1, 4, 8, 7, 11
            Opera in the Heights (Houston):
                   Verdi: Falstaff. 2, 3, 4 at 7:30, 5 at 2 p.m.
            Houston Grand Opera:
                   Wagner: Tristan und Isolde. 2 at 6:30, 5 at 2 p.m.
                   Verdi: Il Trovatore. 1, 4, 8, 11 at 7:30.

Links:

Austin Lyric Opera www.austinlyricopera.com

Dallas Opera www.dallasopera.org

Houston Grand Opera www.houstongrandopera.org/

San Antonio Opera www.saopera.com

Santa Fe Opera www.santafeopera.org

Tulsa Opera www.tulsaopera.com

     Wichita Grand Opera www.wichitagrandopera.org