Operavore
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Soprano to Soprano, with Deborah Voigt and Diana Damrau
This Saturday at 12:30 pm on WQXR, guest host Deborah Voigt has a tête-à-tête with soprano Diana Damrau about vocal color, career choices and singing "My Fair Lady" in German.
May 3, 2014 -
Bellini's I Puritani
This Saturday at 1 pm the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts Vincenzo Bellini's I Puritani starring soprano Olga Peretyatko as Elvira and tenor Lawrence Brownlee as Arturo.
May 3, 2014 -
Comedic Drama in Mozart's Don Giovanni
This week, World of Opera presents Don Giovanni from London's Royal Opera House, starring baritone Mariusz Kwiecen and sopranos Malin Byström and Véronique Gens.
May 1, 2014 -
Throwback Thursday: Jussi Björling (#tbt)
Every Thursday on the Operavore stream we feature a #tbt artist throughout the day. Today, we throw it back to Swedish tenor Jussi Björling.
May 1, 2014 -
Bertolt Brecht: Opera's Voice of Reason
German playwright Bertolt Brecht asked his audience to react more with reason than emotion. But as Fred Plotkin writes, his writings made for some stirring operas.
Apr 28, 2014 -
Javier Camarena Gives Rare Encore at Metropolitan Opera
Camarena became only the third singer in 70 years to perform an aria encore on Friday night. Here's how it happened.
Apr 26, 2014 -
The Bard Goes to the Opera: Celebrating Shakespeare
Nearly 300 operatic works have been based on Shakespeare's plays. Saturday at 12:30 pm, Garry Wills, author of Verdi’s Shakespeare: Two Men of the Theater, discusses the Bard's influence on Verdi.
Apr 26, 2014 -
Mozart's Cosi fan tutte
Saturday at 1 pm, the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts Mozart's Cosi fan tutte starring Susanna Phillips, Danielle de Niese, Isabel Leonard, Matthew Polenzani and Rodion Pogossov.
Apr 26, 2014 -
Tenor Ben Heppner Announces His Retirement
Ben Heppner, one of the leading Wagnerian tenors of the modern era, says he is closing the curtain on his 35-year operatic career.
Apr 24, 2014 -
Throwback Thursday: Kathleen Ferrier (#tbt)
Throwback Thursday (#tbt) is a weekly opportunity to remember musical legends from the past. Today, it's English contralto Kathleen Ferrier, whose life and career was cut tragically short.
Apr 24, 2014