Saturday, November 4, 2006

Hope listeners are enjoying some of the special offerings today. Among the many operas playing this afternoon --

Playing now:

• FRANCE MUSIQUE/MUSIQ3/SVERIGES RADIO P2/LATVIA RADIO KLASIKA - Berlioz's Les Troyens, with Jon Villars, Deborah Polaski; Sylvain Cambreling conducting.


Just started, at GMT 1800/EDT 1:00PM:


• WMUK - From Houston Grand Opera, Donizetti's Don Pasquale, starring John Del Carlo; Patrick Summers conducting.


At GMT 1830/EDT 1:30PM:


• NPR World of Opera (check our THIS SATURDAY page for specific stations) - Also from Houston Grand Opera, Puccini's Manon Lescaut, with Karita Mattila, Vladimir Galouzine; Patrick Summers conducting.


Also at that time:


• CBC 2 - the superb Maestro Jiri Belohlavek leads a performance of Janacek's Cunning Little Vixen, from Geneva;


and



• BBC 3 - Vsevolod Grivnov is featured in Prokofiev's Betrothal in a Monastery, conducted by Vladimir Jurowsky;


and


• NRK ALLTID KLASSISK/NRK P2 - Krassimira Stoyanova is featured in Verdi's Otello, conducted by Daniele Gatti;


and


• WRTI - Ramon Vargas and Veselina Kasarova star in Massenet's Werther, led by Vladimir Jurowsky.

Stay tuned!