Met Opera: The Enchanted Island
The Enchanted Island
Music by Handel, Vivaldi and others.
Devised and Written by Jeremy Sams.
Conductor: Patrick Summers
The Met’s delightful Baroque fantasy returns after its critically acclaimed world-premiere run in 2011–12, bringing together the music of Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, Purcell, and other composers, set to a brilliant new English libretto inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
The all-star cast is led by Susan Graham as Sycorax, with David Daniels, Danielle de Niese, and the great Plácido Domingo reprising their roles as Prospero, Ariel, and Neptune.
CAST:
Ariel: Danielle de Niese
Miranda: Andriana Chuchman
Sycorax: Susan Graham
Prospero: David Daniels
Ferdinand: Anthony Roth Costanzo
Neptune: Plácido Domingo
Caliban: Luca Pisaroni
Start time: 10:00 AM on Capital Public Radio.
Approximate running time 3 hrs. 15 min.
1:22 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 30 in D major K 202
London Mozart Players; Jane Glover, conductor
1:43 p.m.
Giuseppe Tartini
Flute Concerto in D major G 291
Accademia Strumentale Italiana; Giorgio Bernasconi, conductor Marzio Conti, flute
1:58 p.m.
William Walton
Henry V Suite
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor
2:16 p.m.
Johann Joachim Quantz
Horn Concerto No. 9 in Eb major
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Iona Brown, conductor Barry Tuckwell, horn
2:26 p.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Symphony No. 7 in F major Opus 77
Moscow Symphony Orchestra; Alexander Anissimov, conductor
5:00 p.m.
Alessandro Scarlatti
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in E major
Europa Galante; Fabio Biondi, conductor
5:07 p.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major Opus 11
Janacek Philharmonic; Dennis Burkh, conductor Elizabeth Rich, piano
5:30 p.m.
Johann Neruda
Trio Sonata No. 6 in D major
Parnassi Musici
5:40 p.m.
William Walton
The Wise Virgins Suite (from the ballet)
Quebec Symphony Orchestra; Yoav Talmi, conductor
6:00 p.m.
Jacques Offenbach
Kakadu Overture (Vert-Vert)
Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel, conductor
6:08 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 38 "Prague" in D major K 504
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; James Levine, conductor
6:45 p.m.
Christopher Theofanidis
The Here and Now: The one who pours is wilder than we
Atlanta Symphony and Chorus; Robert Spano, conductor
6:49 p.m.
Alexander Glazunov
Concert Waltz No. 2 (Valse de Concert) Opus 51
Bamberg Symphony; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
6:59 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Romance in Db major Opus 37
English Chamber Orchestra; Steuart Bedford, conductor William Bennett, flute
7:06 p.m.
Willem De Fesch
Concerto No. 3 in G major Opus 5
Musica Ad Rhenum
7:13 p.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata No. 6 in C major HOB 16/10
Fazil Say, piano
7:23 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 9 in E minor
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor