At the Opera, Rossini: Il Viaggio a Reims, 6/22/2013
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Il viaggio a Reims (The Journey to Reims) is a comic opera originally performed in three acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Balocchi.
Rossini's last opera in the Italian language (all of his later works were in French) premiered under the title Le voyage à Reims, ou l'Hôtel du Lys-d'Or. It was commissioned to celebrate the coronation of French King Charles X in Rheims in 1825 and has been acclaimed as one of Rossini's finest compositions. A demanding work, it requires 14 soloists (three sopranos, one contralto, two tenors, four baritones, and four basses). At its premiere, it was sung by the greatest voices of the day. Il viaggio a Reims was first performed at the Théâtre Italien, Paris, on June 19, 1825. This 1985 recording stars Leo Nucci, Ruggero Raimindi, Samuel Ramey, Francisco Araiza and Katia Ricciarelli. Claudio Abbado conducts.
8:00 p.m.
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana, opera Intemezzo
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
8:08 p.m.
Cecilia Gasdia, Lucia Valentini-Terrani, Katia Ricciarelli
Gioachino Rossini
Il Viaggio A Reims
Prague Philharmonic; Claudio Abbado, conductor Cecilia Gasdia, Lucia Valentini-Terrani, Katia Ricciarelli
10:47 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
DIE FLEDERMAUS: Overture (The Bat)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Johannes Wildner, conductor
10:55 p.m.
Zsuzsa Czonka, soprano
Johann Strauss, Jr.
DIE FLEDERMAUS: Mein Herr Marquis (The Laughing Song)
Hungarian Operetta Orchestra; Laszlo Kovacs, conductor Zsuzsa Czonka, soprano
10:58 p.m.
Zsuzsa Csonka
Franz Lehar
Lippen schweigen (Lips Stay Silent) (from 'Die lustige Witwe')
Hungarian Operetta Orchestra; Laszlo Kovacs, conductor Zsuzsa Csonka
11:01 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Voices of Spring (Fruhlingsstimmen)
Hungarian Operetta Orchestra; Laszlo Kovacs, conductor Ingrid Kertesi, soprano
11:09 p.m.
Franz Lehar
THE LAND OF SMILES: Yours is My Heart Alone (DAS LAND DES LACHELNS: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz)
Hungarian Operetta Orchestra; Laszlo Kovacs, conductor Janos Berkes, tenor
11:12 p.m.
Ultimate Opera
Leoncavallo
Pagliacci, opera: Recitar!... Vesti la giubba
Accademia di Santa Cecillia; Molinari-Pradelli, conductor Mario Del Monaco
11:16 p.m.
Puccini
Puccini
Turandot, opera: In questa reggia
London Symphony; Zubin Mehta, conductor Joan Sutherland / Luciano Pavarotti
11:22 p.m.
Bizet
Carmen Seguidilla
Regina Resnik
11:26 p.m.
Meyebeer
L' Africaine, grand opera in 5 acts: Mi batte il cor!... O paradiso
Carlo Bergonzi
11:29 p.m.
Elena Suliotis
La Gioconda, Suicido!
Elena Suliotis
11:34 p.m.
Mario del Monaco / Ettore Bastianini
Verdi
La forza del destino, Solenne in quest'ora
11:38 p.m.
Birgit Nilsson
Wagner
Tristan und Isolde, Mild und leise (Liebestod)
11:45 p.m.
Hans Hotter
Wagner
Die Walkⁿre Magic Fire Music
11:49 p.m.
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana, opera Intemezzo
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
11:57 p.m.
Czecho-Slovack Radio Symphony Orchestra
Giacomo Puccini
Edgar, opera: Prelude to Act III
Czecho-Slovack Radio Symphony Orchestra; Ondrej Lenard, conductor