Tagged: Metropolitan Opera

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12:25 pm
Fri March 15, 2013

Metropolitan Opera Presents Operatic Rarity

When a classical music fan thinks of "Francesca da Rimini", one immediately thinks of Tchaikovsky's famous tone poem. In fact, this brief episodic story from Dante's Inferno, became the most famous opera of a relatively unknown Italian 20th Century composer, Riccardo Zandonai. Librettist Tito Ricordi, Jr. adapted a play drawn from this historical episode, and envisioned it as revival of the grand Italian operatic tradition, with the music of Italy's greatest operatic composer, Giacomo Puccini. Unfortunately for Ricordi, Puccini had no interest in reviving the grand operatic tradition.

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StudioTulsa
3:02 pm
Thu February 21, 2013

Tulsa Opera Presents "The Most Happy Fella" (Starring Kim Josephson)

Aired on Thursday, February 21st.

On February 23rd, March 1st, and March 3rd, Tulsa Opera will present Frank Loesser's masterful "Broadway opera" --- as some have called it --- "The Most Happy Fella," with all three performances happening at the Tulsa PAC. A classic American musical that dates back to the middle 1950s, "The Most Happy Fella" is the show that gave us the beloved pop tunes "Standing on the Corner" and "Big D." Our guest on StudioTulsa is the internationally renowned baritone --- and current associate professor of voice at the University of Oklahoma --- Kim Josephson, who stars in this production.

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What's New?
2:58 pm
Thu April 19, 2012

Wagner's 'Ring' Cycle Continues at the Met With "Siegfried"

Credit Ken Morris/Metropolitan Opera
Jay Hunter Morris as the title character in the Met's new production of Wagner's "Siegfried."

 

Airs Saturday, April 21st at 10am on KWTU Classical 88.7-1

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What's New?
1:31 pm
Thu March 29, 2012

Met Opera Has The Right Tonic: Donizetti's Elixir of Love

Credit Cory Weaver/Metropolitan Opera
Diana Damrau and Juan Diego Florez in L'Elisir d'Amore

 

Airs Saturday, March 31st at Noon on Classical 88.7-1

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What's New?
2:31 pm
Wed March 14, 2012

Metropolitan Opera: Khovanschina

Credit Beatriz Schiller/Met Opera

Hear Mussorgsky's sweeping epic, set during the reign of Peter the Great, which is back on the Met stage for the first time in more than a decade, in a revival that is "blazingly sung, acted with conviction and conducted with intensity by Kirill Petrenko" (New York Times). The all-star Russian cast includes Olga Borodina, Ildar Abdrazakov, Anatoli Kotscherga, George Gagnidze, Misha Didyk, and Vladimir Galouzine. 

 

Saturday at 11am on KWTU 88.7-1