5th December
Archival recording: Prokofiev's 'War and Peace' with Hvorostovsky, Netrebko, Semenchuk and Gerello from New York
Prokofiev's 'War and Peace' is a 1946 230-minute opera in 13 scenes, plus an overture and an epigraph. Based on the 1869 novel War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, its Russian libretto was prepared by the composer and Mira Mendelson. The first seven scenes are devoted to peace, the latter six, after the epigraph, to war. Performers: Anna Netrebko: Natasha Rostova. Ekaterina Semenchuk: Sonya. Elena Obraztsova: Mme. Akhrosimova. Gegam Grigorian: Count Pierre Bezukhov. Dmitri Hvorostovsky: Prince Andrei. Vassily Gerello: Napoleon Bonaparte. Samuel Ramey: Field Marshal Kutuzov. Metropolitan Opera Choir and Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev. Recorded 2 March 2002.
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5th December
1948 recording: Kovarovic's 'At the old bleachery' with Krásová, Tauberová, Kalas and Votava from Prague
Karel Kovarovic's 'Na Starém belidle' (At the old bleachery), is a 1901 Czech-language opera (...)
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Met's encore stream: Strauss' 'Ariadne auf Naxos' with Norman, Battle and Troyanos from New York
Strauss' 'Ariadne auf Naxos' is an opera with a German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. At the (...)
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6th December
Rebroadcast: Gossec, Mozart with Rowe & Zhou and Beethoven's 'Eroica' from Boston
Elizabeth Rowe, flute, Jessica Zhou, harp, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fran&ccedi(...)
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