Classical Discoveries Goes to Opera

Sunday, June 01, 2008 - 6:30 to 10:00AM
''SUNDAY MORNING OPERA WITH CAVALLI''

Francesco Cavalli - Sinfonia and Act One from Statira - Roberta Invernizzi, Soprano, Dionisia Di Vico, Mezzo-soprano, Cappella de'turchini, Antonio Florio, Conductor - Naive - OP 30382
Francesco Cavalli - Prologue and sinfonia from La Didone - Leonoe von Falkenshausen, Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble, Thomas Hengelbrock, Conductor - Deutsche Harmonia mundi - 05472 77354 2

FRANCESCO CAVALLI - ERCOLE AMANTE - Opera in One Prologue and Five Acts
Featuring Vocalists: Yvonne Minton, Ulrik Cold, Felicity Palmer, Keith Lewis, English Bach Festival Chorus and Baroque Orchestra, Michel Corboz, Conductor - Erato - 0630-12980-2

Francesco Cavalli - "Piaque a me sempre piu" from Egisto - Glenda Simpson, Mezzo-soprano, The London Early Music Group, James Tyler, conductor - Hyperion - CDA66153
Francesco Cavalli - "Lasso io vivo e non ho vita" from Egisto - Paul Elliott, Tenor, The London Early Music Group, James Tyler, Conductor - Hyperion - CDA66153
Francesco Cavalli - Selections from Calisto - Gloria Banditelli, Rosita Frisani, Roberto Abbondanza, Gianluca Beltiori Doro, Mario Cecchetti, Mediterraneo Concento, Sergio Vartolo, Conductor - Naxos - 8.557746

Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 7:00 till 10:00 am

Matthew Locke - The Tempest - Judith Nelson, Emma Kirkby, Martyn Hill, Rogers Covey-Crump, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood, Conductor - L'Oiseau-Lyre
Jean-Philippe Rameau - Overture to "Dardanus" Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset, conductor - L'Oiseau-Lyre

GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI - "LA SERVA PADRONA" - Opera Buffa in One Act
Featuring Vocalists: Maddalena Bonifacio, Soprano, Siegmund Nimsgern, Bass, Collegium Aureum - Deutsche Harmonia mundi

EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA - ''ALEXIS KIVI'', - Opera in Three Acts
Featuring Vocalists: Jorma Hynninen, Lasse Poysti, Eeva-Liisa Saarinen, Helena Juntunen, Gabriel Suovanen, Marcus Groth, Lassi Virtanen, Jaakko Hietikko, Jyvaskyla Sinfonia, Markus Lehtinen, Conductor - Ondine

Sunday, June 17, 2007 - 7:00 to 10:00AM

Jean-Baptise Lully - Excerpts from "Armide" - Nadine Sautereau and Jocelyne Chamonin, sopranos, Andre Mallaberra, Tenor, Roger Soyer, Bass, Chorale Philippe Caillard, Orchestre Jean-Francois Paillard, Jean-Francois Paillard, Conductor - Erato - 3984 20983 2

HOWARD HANSON - ''MERRY MOUNT'', - Op. 31 - Opera in Three Acts
Featuring Vocalists: Lauren Flanigan, Soprano, Walter MacNeil, Tenor, Richard Zeller, Bariton, Charles Robert Austin, Bass, Seattle Symphony chorale, Northwest Boychoir, Seattle Girls' Choir, Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz, Conductor - Naxos - 8.669012-13

Francesco Cavalli - Didone (Selections from Act 3) - Gloria Bandetelli, Mezzo-soprano, Mario Cecchetti, Tenor, Gianluca Belfiori Doro, Countertenor, Mediterraneo Concerto, Sergio Vartolo, conductor - Naxos - 8.557746
Carlisle Floyd - Ain't it a pretty night! and The Trees on the Mountains from "Susannah" - Rene Fleming, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine, conductor - London - 289 460 567-2

Sunday, November 05, 2006 - 6:30 to 10:00AM
''SUNDAY MORNING OPERA WITH WOMEN COMPOSERS''

Maria Antonia Walpurgis - - selections from "Talestri" - Jana Frey, Cassandra Hoffman, Batzdorfer Hofkapelle - KammerTon - KT 2007

FRANCESCA CACCINI - ''LA LIBERAZIONE DI RUGGIERO DALL'ISOLA D'ALCINA'' - Opera in One Act
(Considered to be the first opera composed by a woman)
Featuring Vocalists: Jerzy Knetig, Marcin Rudzinski, Dorota Lachowicz, Leszek Swidzinski, Agnieszka Kurowska, Zdzislaw Kordyjalik, Marta Boberska, Marzanna Rudnicka, Warsaw Chamber Opera, Musicae Antiquae Collegium Varsov Pro Musica Camerata, Wladislaw Klosiewicz, Conductor - PRO MUSICA CAMERATA - PMC 012

Ethel Smyth - - Overture to the Opera, "The Wreckers" - Scottish National Orchestra, Alexander Gibson, Conductor - EMI - CDM 7 69206 2

NANCY VAN DE VATE - WHERE THE CROSS IS MADE - Opera in One Act
(World premiere broadcast)
Featuring Vocalists:Christopher Hollingworth, Timothy Schmidt, Michelle Vought, Clinton Desmond, Illinois State University Chamber Orchestra, Karyl Carlson, Conductor - Vienna Modern Masters - VMM 4006

Peggy Glanville-Hicks - Scene 3 from "The Transposed Heads" - Gerald English, Gentry Stevens, The West Australian Symphony Orchestra, David Measham, Conductor - ABC Classics - ABC 434 139 2

Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 7:00 to 10:00AM

Lukas Foss - The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County - Julianne Baird, Frederick Urrey, Kevin Deas, Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, Richard Auldon Clark, Conductor - Newport Classic - NPD 85609

FRANK J. OTERI / LUCIO POZZI - '' MACHUNAS '' - Performance Oratorio in Four Acts - World Premiere Broadcast
Featuring Vocalists: Machunas, Egidijus Bakas, Woman, Gintare Skeryte, Voice I, Ana Trosina, Voice II, Jurgita Mintautiene, Voice III, Nerute Silliute, Voice IV, Giedre Paukstyne, Voice V, Onute Sapranaviciene, Voice VI Nora Petrocenko, Voice VII, Milda Poskaite, Voice VII, - Private Recording of Premiere

In observance of the first anniversary of the world premiere performance in Lithuania on August 20,2005, the composer was the guest for this presentation.

Sunday, June 25, 2006 - 7:00 to 10:00AM

Henry Purcell - Selections from "Dido and Aeneas" - Victoria de los Angeles, Heather Harper, Ambrosian Singers and English Chamber Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli - EMI Classics - 7243 5 65341 2 4

ROGER WATERS - ''ÇA IRA'' (There is Hope) - Opera in Three Acts
Featuring Vocalists: Bryn Terfel, Ying Huang, Paul Groves, Ismael Lo, London Voices, Italia Conti Childrens Choir, The London Oratory Choir, Rick Wentworth, Conductor - Sony Classical - 8279 69644392

George Frideric Handel - "Con l'ali di costanza" - from "Ariodante" - Lorraine Hunt, Mezzo-Soprano, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, Conductor - Harmonia mundi
George Frideric Handel - "Scherza infida" from "Ariodante" - Lorraine Hunt, Mezzo-Soprano, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, Conductor - Harmonia mundi
Carly Simon - Excerpts from "Romulus Hunt" (A Family Opera - Kurt Ollmann, Luretta Bybee, Wendy Hill, Jeff Halpern, Conductor - Angel Records - G 102339

Sunday, June 18, 2006 - 6:00 to 10:00AM

Astor Piazzola - Scenes from "Maria de Buenos Aries", Opera Tango - Rita Contino, Nobuko Takahashi, Romayne Beard, Sopranos, Rachel Esso, Mezzo-Soprano, Jose Luis Barreto, Hector Guedes, Herman Salinas, Baritones, Bruno Pizzamiglio, Conductor - Milan - 35602-2

CARLOS FRANZETTI - '' CORPUS EVITA '' - Opera in Two Acts
Featuring Vocalists: Maryan Mahvi, Eileen Morris, John Minagro, Donna Bruno, John Swenson, Carl King, San Francisco Camerata, Jose Luis Moscovich, Conductor - Amapola Records - AR9807

OSVALDO GOLIJOV - '' AINADAMAR '' (Fountain of Tears) - Opera in Three Images
Featuring Vocalists: Dawn Upshaw, Kelley O'Connor, Jessica Rivera, Jesus Montoya, Eduardo Chama, Sean Mayer, Robb Asklof, Anne-Carolyn Bird, Sindhu Chandrasekaran, Women of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano - DG - B0006429

Nancy Van De Vate - - Overture from "All Quiet on the Western Front" - Moravian Philharmonic, Toshiyuki Shimada, Conductor - Vienna Modern Masters - 4004
Robert Ward - "Yes, and your Barbara" from "Roman Fever" - Dorothy Grimley, Manhattan School of Music Opera Theater, David Gilbert, Conductor - Newport Classics - TROY 505
Elodie Lauten - "Reborn or Not" from "Orfreo" - Marshell Coid, Charlotte Surkin, The Queen's Chamber Band, Rudolph Palmer, Conductor - Studio 21
Lukas Foss - Scene Two "Opening" from "The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" - Peter Castaldi, Geoffrey Friedley, Christopher Arneson, Mark Moliterno, Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, Richard Auldon Clark, conductor - Newport Classics - NPD 85609
John Adams - Final Scenes from "I was looking at the ceiling and then I Saw the Sky" - Martina Muhlpointer, Kimako Xaver Trotman, Young Opera Company Freiburg, The Band of the Holst-Sinfonietta, Klaus Simon, Conductor - Naxos - 8.669003-04

Sunday, October 23, 2005 - 6:45 to 10:00AM
'' MORNING WITH BALTIC REGION OPERA''

Andrejs Jansons - Overture to "Money Fever" - Orchestra of the Latvian National Opera, Andrejs Jansons, Conductor - New York Latvian Concert Choir - NYL CC 002

EINO TAMBERG - '' CYRANO DE BERGERAC '' - Opera in Three Acts
Featuring Vocalists: Sauli Tiilikainen, Bariton, Mia Huhta, Soprano, Mati Korts, Tenor, Jassi Zahharov, Baritone, Riina Airenne, Mezzo-Soprano, Chorus and Orchestra of the Estonian National Opera, Paul Magi, Conductor - CPO - 999 832-2

Krzysztof Penderecki - Adagietto from "Paradise Lost" - Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit, Conductor - Polskie Nagrania - PNCD 020
Mikko Heinio - Intrada and Act 1, Scene 1 from "The Knight and the Dragon" - Turku Opera Chorus and The Torku Philharmonic, Ulf Soderblom, Conductor - BIS - CD01246
Andrejs Jansons - Selections from the Musical, "Money Fever" - Antra Bigaca, Maris Evalds, Dita Kalnina, Latvian National Opera Orchestra, Andrejs Jansons, Conductor - New York Latvian Concert Choir - NYL CC 002
Karol Szymanovski - Roxana's Song from "King Roger" - Barbara Zagorzanka, Soprano, Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra, Katowice, Antoni Wit, Conductor - Naxos - 8.553688
Krzystof Penderecki - Selelctions from Act One of "The Devils of Loudon" - Tatiana Troyanos, Hamburg State Opera, Marek Janowski, Conductor - Philips - 446 328-2

Sunday, July 17, 2005 - 6:00 to 10:00AM

Maria Antonia Walpurgis - Overture to "Talestri" - Batzdorfer Hofkapelle - KammerTon - KT 2007

CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI - '' IL RITORNO D"ULISSE IN PATRIA '' - Opera in Four Acts
Featuring Vocalists: Gloria Banditelli, Furio Zanasi, Maria Cristina Kiehr , Jean-Paul Fouchecourt, Fabio Schofrin, Ensemble vocal Studio Musica Antica "Antonio il Verso", Ensemble "Eufonia, Ensemble Elyma, Gabriel Garrido, conductor - K617 - 091/3

Francesco Cavalli - "Ormando", D'Amor non si quereli" - Gloria Banditelli, Mezzo-Soprano, Rosita Frisani, Soprano, Mediterraneo Concento, Sergio Vartolo, conductor - Naxos - 8.557746

Sunday, May 15, 2005 - 7:00 to 10:00AM

Henry Purcell - Selections from "The Fairy Queen" and "The Indian Queen" - Joan Carlyle, Soprano, The Bath Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, Conductor - EMI Classics - 65341 2

RACHEL PORTMAN - '' THE LITTLE PRINCE '' - A Magical Opera in Two Acts
Featuring Vocalists: Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Joseph McManners, Mairead Carlin, BBC Concert Orchestra, David Charles Abell, Conductor - Sony Classical - S2K 93924

WILLIAM GRANT STILL - '' HIGHWAY ONE USA ''- Chamber Opera in One Act
Featuring Vocalists: Louise Toppin, Robert Honeysucker, Ray M. Wade, Jr. Pamela Dillard, St. Olaf Orchestra, Vocal Essence, Philip Brunelle, Conductor - Visionary Records - VIS734

Henry Purcell - Selections from "King Arthur" - Joan Carlyle, Soprano, Bath Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, Conductor - 65341 2

Sunday, November 7, 2004 - 7:00 to 10:00AM
'' MORNING WITH AMERICAN OPERA ''

Robert Kurka - "March" from "The Good Soldier Schweik" - The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney, Conductor - Albany Records -

ROBERT KURKA - '' THE GOOD SOLDIER SCHWEIK '' - Opera in Three Acts
Featuring Vocalists: Jason Collins, Marc Embree, Kelli Harrington, Buffy Baggott, Timothy Sharp, Chicago Opera Theater, Alexander Platt, Conductor - Cedille Records - CDR 90000 062

Douglas Moore - "The Letter Song" from "The Battle of Baby Doe" - Renee Fleming, Soprano, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine, Conductor - London -
Robert Ward - "Yes, and Your Barbara" from "Roman Fever" - Dorothy Grimley, Manhattan School of Music Opera Orchestra, David Gilbert, Conductor - Albany Records -
Robert Moran - "I Can Go? I Can Go to My Father" from "Desert of Roses" - Jane West, Soprano, Piano Circus Band, Craig Smith, Conductor - Innova -
Arnold Rosner - Prelude to Act 2 of "The Chronicle of Nine" - The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, David Amos, Conductor - Laurel -
Michael Daugherty - "Egyptian Time" from "Jackie O" - Nicole Heaston, Houston Grand Opera Orchestra, Christopher Larkin, Conductor - Argo -
Lou Harrison - Arias from "Young Caesar" - Brian Staufenbie, Tenor, Patrice Maginnis, Soprano, The California Parallelle Ensemble, Nicole Paiement, Conductor - Mode -
Carlisle Floyd - "Ain't it a pretty night!" from "Susannah" - Renee Fleming, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine, Conductor - London
Carlisle Floyd - "The Trees on the Mountains" from "Susannah" - Renee Fleming, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine, Conductor - London

August 22, 2004 - 7:30 to 10:00AM

Karol Kurpinski - "Henry VI at the Hunt" - Overture - Opera House Orchestra of Lodz, Zygmunt Latoszewski, Conductor - Olympia

KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI - '' UBI REX '' - opera buffa (USA Premiere broadcast)
Featuring Vocalists: Tenor, Pawel Wunder, Mezzo-Soprano, Anna Lubanska, Bass-Buffo, Jozef Frakstein, Soprano, Izabella Klosinska, Soprano, Jeanette Bozalek, Tenor, Rafal Bartminski, Chorus and Orchestra of The Polish National Warsaw, Jacek Kaspszyk, Conductor -CD ACCORD

Robert Moran - Arias, Interludes & Inventions from opera "Desert of Roses" - Jayne West, Soprano, Piano Circus Band, Craig Smith, Conductor - Argo
Douglas Moore - "The Letter Song" from opera"The Ballad of Baby Doe" - Renee Fleming, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine, Conductor - London

May 30, 2004 - 6:30 to 10:00AM

Emils Darzins - To Homeland Dear - Dziedonis Choir - Riga Studio - RS 008

ANDREJS JANSON - '' WONDERBIRD '' - operetta
Featuring Vocalists: Baiba-Gaura Bertule, Krisjanis Norvelis, Maris Evals, Antra Bogaca, Krisjanis Norvelis, Ints Teterovskis, Karlis Rutentalis Dita Kalnina, Youth Choir Balsis, New York Latvian Concert Choir, Latvian National Opera Orchestra, Andrejs Jansons, Conductor - Mew York Latvian Concert Choir - NYLCC 005

MARK-ANTHONY TURNAGE - '' THE SILVER TASSIE ''
Featuring Vocalists: Gerlad Finley, John Graham-Hall, Anne Howells, Sarah Connolly, Vivian Tierney, David Kempster, Leslie John Flangan, Mary Hegarty, Mark Le Brocq, Gwynne Howell, Bradley Daley, Jozef Koc, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera, Paul Daniel, Conductor - English National Opera -ENO Alive 001.

Henry Purcell - Selections from act 3 of "Dido and Aeneas" - Emily Van Evera, soprano, Tavenrner Consort and Players, Andrew Parrott, conductor - Sony Classica

December 14, 2003 - 6:00 to 10:00AM

RALPH VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS - '' THE POISONED KISS '' - world premiere recording
Featuring Vocalists: Pamela Helen Stephen, Roderick Williams, James Gilchrist, Neal Davies, Adrian Partington Singers, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox, Conductor
Chandos - CHAN 10120
This recording can be fund at: Koch Int.Records website (USA)
or Chandos (Europe)

DANIEL CATAN - '' FLORENCIA EN EL AMAZONAS ''" - world premiere recording
Featuring Vocalists: Mark S. Doss, Ana Maria Martinez, Suzanna Guzman, Hector Vasquez, Patricia Schuman, Houston Grand Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Patrick Summers, Conductor
Albany Records - TROY 531/32
This recording can be fund at: Albany Music
also you can read review publish by:
Walter Simmons and by Maria Nockin - On-Line Magazine, " Music & Vision"

August 17, 2003 - 6:30 to 10:00AM
AN '' AMERICAN TRILOGY '' - three one act American Operas

DOUGLAS MOORE - '' THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER ''
Lawrence Winters, Joe Blackenship and Doris Young - Phoenix - PHCD 103

STEFANIA DE KENESSEY - '' THE OTHER WISE MAN ''
Samuel Helper, David Quah, Sahoko Sato and Danielle Hermon - Private Edition recorded in Singapore on December 9, 2000

ROBERT MORAN - '' THE DRACULA DIARY ''
Ray Very, James Maddalena, James Scott Sikon (Houston Opera Studio Production) - BMG Catalyst - 672638-2

June 01, 2003 - 6:30 to 10:00AM

A TRIBUTE TO THE ARMENIAN DIVA, SOPRANO LOUSINE ZAKARIAN
Arno Babajanian - Vocalise - Grani - CD0036
Komitas - Three Songs ("Groung", "Gakavig", "Karoun A") - Hollywood Music Center - HMC 1198
Traditional Armenian - "Mother Where Are You" - Grani - CD 0036
Grigor Narekatsi - "Havun Havun" - OCTA Records - OCD 002
Khachatur Taronetsi - "Deep Sacrament" - OCTA Records - OCD 002

ARMEN TIGRANIAN - "DAVID-BEG" - Opera in Three Acts
Featuring: Mihran Yergat in Title Role, Tigran Levonian as Stepanos Shaumian, Gohar Gasparian as Shushan, Rouben Saakian as Santur , Gevork Yeghiazarian as Vakhtang VI, Marietta Antonian as Tamar, Valeri Artunov as Persian Khan, Boris Gregov as Melik and Mirich Davidian as Ahmedt.
Chorus & Orchestra of The Armenian State Theatr of Opera & Ballet, Yuri Davidian, conductor.
Parseghian Records - PR 11-164

A TRIBUTE TO THE ARMENIAN DIVA, SOPRANO LOUSINE ZAKARIAN CONTINUES
Armen Tigranian - Finale from the Opera "Anoush" - Garni - CD 0036
Krikor Naregatzi - Two Selections ("Diramayr"," Silen Ayn Eechanir") - Hollywood Music Center - HMC 1197

Most recording can be fund at: Narek - Armenian Books and Music

December 15, 2002 - 6:30 to 10:00AM

ANTONIO VIVALDI - "FARNACE" (1739 version with music of Francesco Corselli) - Opera in Three Acts
Furio Zanssi - Farnace, Adriana Fernandes - Berenice, Sara Mingardo - Tamiri, Gloria Banditelli - Selinda, Sonia Prina - Pompeo, Cinza Forte - Giliade, and Fluvio Bettini - Aquillo.
Coro Del Teatro De La Zarzuela and Le Concert Des Nations, Jordi Savall, director

This recording can be fund at:Harmonia Mundi

Sunday, June 16, 2002 - 6:30am - 10:00am

UZEYIR HAJIBEYOV (1885-1948) - "KOROGHLU " (The Blind Man's Son) - Opera in Five Acts
Koroghlu - Lutfiyar Imanov, Nigar - Firangiz Ahmadova, Ali - M. Badirov, Hasan Khan - A Bunyad-zade, Ibrahim Khan - D Gafarov, Hamza bey / Nadir F Mehdiyev, Vali - K Mehdiyev, Ehsan Pasha - M Topchiyev, Polad - I Mammadov, Eyvaz - Y Rezayev, Clown - K Mammadov and Singer - R Jabbarova, Orchestra and Choir of the Azerbaijan State Opera and Ballet Theatre/Niyazi

You can read Rob Barnett's review on MusicWeb about "Koroghlu" and other Azerbaijani operas.
This recording can be fund at:Azerbaijan International Store - place to purchase CDs with music by Azerbaijani composers and find informations about arts and culture

Sunday, December 16, 2001 - 6:30am - 10:00am

With co-host Beata,
STANISLAW MONIUSZKO - "HAUNTED MANOR" - a complete performance - Phoenix - PX 5009.3

OTHER OPERAS PRESENTED ON ''CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES":

September 2001

With co-host Beata,
STANISLAW MONIUSZKO - "HALKA" - a complete performance - CPO - 999 032-2

June 2001

ARMEN TIGRANIAN - "ANOUSH" - Opera in Five Acts
with Gohar Gasparian as Anoush, Tigran Levonian as Saro and Arshavir Garabedian as Mosi.
This recording can be fund at: Narek - Armenian Books and Music

before 2001:

PEGGY GLANVILLE HICKS - " THE TRANSPOSED HEADS" - ABC - abc 434 139 - 2 with
AARON COOPLAND - "THE SECOND HURICANE"
FRANCESCO PROVENZALE - "LA COLOMBA FERITA" - Opus 111 - OPS 30 - 208/9
This recording can be fund at:Harmonia Mundi