At The Opera, Charpentier: Louise October 19, 2013
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Louise is an opera in four acts by Gustave Charpentier to an original French libretto by the composer, with some contributions by Saint-Pol-Roux, a symbolist poet and inspiration of the surrealists.
The opera depicts Parisian working-class life. However the city itself is in many ways the true star of this very atmospheric work - invoked at various points during the opera. A French example of verismo opera, it tells the story of the love between Louise, a seamstress living with her parents in Paris, and Julien, a young artist. It is the story of a young girl's desire for freedom (associated in her mind with her lover and the city of Paris).
Charpentier later wrote a sequel to Louise, the opera Julien, which describes the artistic aspirations of Louise’s suitor. This 1976 recording stars Ileana Cotrubas and Placido Domingo. Georges Pretre conducts.
8:00 p.m.
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana, opera Intemezzo
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
8:08 p.m.
Cotrubas / Domingo
Charpentier
Louise
; Pretre, conductor
11:26 p.m.
Leo Slezak
Richard Wagner
Prize Song - Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
Leo Slezak
11:30 p.m.
Leo Slezak
Giuseppe Verdi
Otello arias
Leo Slezak
11:36 p.m.
Titta Ruffo
Ruggerio Leoncavallo
Pagliacci, opera: Prologue. Si puo
Titta Ruffo
11:44 p.m.
Titta Ruffo / Enrico Caruso
Giuseppe Verdi
Otello, opera: Act 2. Sì, pel ciel marmoreo giuro!
Titta Ruffo / Enrico Caruso
11:49 p.m.
Titta Ruffo / B. Gigli
Amilcare Ponchelli
La Gioconda, opera in 4 acts: Act 1. Enzo Grimaldo, Principe di Santafior
Titta Ruffo / B. Gigli
11:54 p.m.
Sergio Franchi
Cardillio
Core 'Ngrato
; Wally Scott, conductor Sergio Franchi
11:57 p.m.
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana, opera Intemezzo
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Ondrej Lenard, conductor