Verdi Week
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Verdi, Part II
Host Bill McGlaughlin launches into a second week exploring the music of Giuseppe Verdi. Oct 14, 2013
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Verdi's Nabucco from the Royal Opera House
Today at 1 pm, hear Placido Domingo in his first-ever performance in the title role of Nabucco. Liudmyla Monastyrska plays Abigaille.
Oct 12, 2013
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The Sensational Sounds of Italian Cinema
Perhaps inspired by the dramatic emotions of Italian opera, the wide and wild world of Italian film music is particularly expressive and colorful.
Oct 12, 2013
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Richard Bonynge and the Pursuit of Beautiful Sound
The absolute, unforgettable highlight of the Verdi anniversary week was being in the presence, and then the company, of conductor Richard Bonynge, writes Fred Plotkin.
Oct 11, 2013
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Verdi's Rigoletto from the Metropolitan Opera
To celebrate Verdi’s bicentennial, at 9 pm Thursday hear an encore performance of Rigoletto from the Metropolitan Opera. Oct 11, 2013
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Verdi as Icon for Contemporary Composers? You Bet.
An enduring canard in opera histories is that Verdi did not have “much noticeable influence on younger generations of composers.” Four of today's leading young composers suggest otherwise.
Oct 10, 2013
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Verdi's Aida and its Role in the Egyptian Revolution
"It might distress Giuseppe Verdi, the great Italian patriot and nationalist, that Egypt's history of European occupation is in partly the fault of his wonderful opera, Aida," writes Nimet Habachy.
Oct 10, 2013
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Verdi’s Greatest Non-Hits
In this hour-long special, Matt Aucoin, a composer and conductor at the Metropolitan Opera, looks at what he thinks are Verdi’s most under-appreciated gems.
Oct 10, 2013
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The Sacred Verdi
Fred Plotkin considers some of Verdi's most compelling religious works and how a non-religious man could produce music that speaks so powerfully to very devout people.
Oct 8, 2013
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Placido Domingo Calls Otello His All-Time Favorite Verdi Role
In an interview with WQXR's Jeff Spurgeon, Domingo called Otello his favorite Verdi role of all time. Listen and find out why.
Oct 8, 2013