Opera

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3/09/2013

The Metropolitan Opera broadcast begins early this weekend so tune in at 10 a.m., Saturday, March 9 for Nicholas Hytner’s powerful production of Verdi’s epic vision of the Spanish Inquisition, “Don Carlos.” The broadcast features a strong cast including Ramon Vargas (pictured) in the title role joined by Barbara Frittoli, Anna Smirnovo, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, and others.

3/02/13

The Metropolitan Opera broadcast begins a little earlier at 11 a.m. this Saturday, March 2. Join us for a new production of Richard Wagner’s final masterpiece, “Parsifal,” starring a dream cast: baritone Jonas Kaufmann as Parsifal (pictured), Peter Mattei as Amfortas, and soprano Katarina Dalayman as Kundry.

02/23/2013

Tune in at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, February 23 for the Metropolitan Opera hit production and broadcast of Bizet’s “Carmen,” starring Anita Rachvelishvili as the sultry gypsy and Nikolai Schukoff performing the role of Don Jose, the soldier who’s doomed love for Carmen destroys them both. KCSC’s Lane Whitesell hosts.

2/16/13

Michael Mayer’s bold new production of “Rigoletto” locates Verdi’s tragedy of lust, betrayal and revenge to 1960 Las Vegas, broadcast by the Metropolitan Opera this Saturday, February 16 at noon. The performance stars Zeljko Lucic in the title role, with Diana Damrau as his beautiful daughter and Piotr Beczala as the womanizing duke. KCSC’s Lane Whitesell hosts.

02/09/13

Saturday, February 9, tune in at noon to the Metropolitan Opera broadcast of Donizetti’s melodic classic “L’Eliser d’Amore,” served by a quartet of bel canto stars: Juan Diego Florez and Diane Damrau play the unlikely lovers, Mariusz Kwiecien the vainglorious sergeant, and Alessandro Corbelli, the dispenser of the elixir.

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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