The Last Verista’s “Picks of the Week” on Met Opera Radio for March 11-20th, 2011: Birgit Nilsson in “Götterdämmerung” (1962) and Aprile Millo/Luciano Pavarotti in “Andrea Chenier” (1996)

The Greatest

 

Friday, March 11, 2011

6:00 AM ET  Wagner: Siegfried (4/10/1993)
Levine; Johns, Jones, Morris, Gjevang, Zednik, Wlaschiha

12:00 PM ET Rossini: L’Italiana in Algeri (2/28/2004)
Levine; Borodina, Flórez, Patriarco, Furlanetto

3:00 PM ET  Wagner: Lohengrin (4/11/1953)
Stiedry; Sullivan, Steber, Harshaw, Björling, Ernster

8:00 PM ET Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades (SEASON PREMIERE – LIVE FROM THE MET)
Nelsons; Galouzine, Mattila, Zajick, Mattei, Mumford, Markov

12:00 AM ET  Verdi: Macbeth (1/28/1984)
Levine; Milnes, Scotto, Plishka, Ciannella

Saturday, March 12, 2011

6:00 AM ET  Bellini: La Sonnambula (3/30/1963)
Varviso; Sutherland, Gedda, Flagello, Scovotti

9:00 AM ET  Zandonai: Francesca da Rimini (2/22/1986)
Santi; Scotto, Mauro, MacNeil, Lewis

12:00 PM ET  Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (LIVE FROM THE MET)
Gergiev; Pape, Semenchuk, Antonenko, Nikitin, Petrenko, Balashov, Ognovenko

6:00 PM ET  Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito (12/6/1997)
Levine; Rolfe Johnson, Vaness, von Otter, Murphy, Kirchschlager

9:00 PM ET  Puccini: Manon Lescaut (12/10/1949)
Antonicelli; Kirsten, Björling, Valdengo, Baccaloni

12:00 AM ET  Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (12/31/1966)
Bonynge; Sutherland, Tucker, Colzani, Ghiuselev

The Immolation Scene

Sunday, March 13, 2011

6:00 AM ET  Levy: Mourning Becomes Electra (4/1/1967)
Mehta; Lear, Reardon, Collier, Milnes, Macurdy

9:00 AM ET  Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera (1/22/1955)
Mitropoulos; Milanov, Tucker, Metternich, Madeira, Peters

12:00 PM ET  Beethoven: Fidelio (2/16/1991)
Perick; Connell, Lakes, Welker, Moll, Donath, Kaasch

3:00 PM ET  Puccini: Tosca (1/7/1956)
Mitropoulos; Tebaldi, Tucker, Warren

6:00 PM ET Rossini: L’Italiana in Algeri (2/28/2004)
Levine; Borodina, Flórez, Patriarco, Furlanetto

9:00 PM ET  The Met on Record: Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro (1990)
Levine; Furlanetto, Te Kanawa, Upshaw, Hampson, von Otter

12:00 AM ET  Wagner: Lohengrin (4/11/1953)
Stiedry; Sullivan, Steber, Harshaw, Björling, Ernster

Monday, March 14, 2011

6:00 AM ET  Wagner: Götterdämmerung (1/27/1962)
Leinsdorf; Nilsson, Hopf, Mittelmann, Kuchta, Frick, Dalis, Herbert

12:00 PM ET  Puccini: La Bohème (3/17/2001)
Crawford; Gauci, Lopardo, Arteta, Finley, Bernstein

3:00 PM ET  Bellini: Norma (2/17/1973)
Cillario; Caballé, Cossotto, Cossutta, Tozzi

6:00 PM ET  R. Strauss: Elektra (2/23/1952)
Reiner; Varnay, Wegner, Höngen, Schöffler, Svanholm

9:00 PM ET  Verdi: La Traviata (4/21/1962)
Strasfogel; Moffo, Morell, Sereni

12:00 AM ET  Mozart: Così fan tutte (1/20/1990)
Levine; Mims, Hadley, Troyanos, Hampson, Hong, Van Allan

Millo as Giordano’s Maddalena

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

6:00 AM ET  Giordano: Andrea Chénier (4/13/1996)
Levine; Pavarotti, Millo, Pons, White

9:00 AM ET  Britten: Peter Grimes (4/5/1969)
Davis; Vickers, Amara, Evans, Madeira, Chookasian

12:00 PM ET  Donizetti: Don Pasquale (12/5/1970)
Franci; Corena, Grist, Kraus, Krause

3:00 PM ET  Thomas: Mignon (1/27/1945)
Pelletier; Stevens, Melton, Benzell, Pinza

8:00 PM ET  Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades (LIVE FROM THE MET)
Nelsons; Galouzine, Mattila, Zajick, Mattei, Mumford, Markov

12:00 AM ET  Verdi: Aida (12/26/1970)
Cleva; Arroyo, McCracken, Bumbry, Colzani, Flagello

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

6:00 AM ET Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (12/16/1950)
Erede; Valdengo, Pons, Di Stefano, Baccaloni, Hines

9:00 AM ET  Janácek: Jenufa (2/17/2007)
Belohlávek; Mattila, Silvasti, Silja, Morris, Dever

12:00 PM ET  Wagner: Götterdämmerung (1/27/1962)
Leinsdorf; Nilsson, Hopf, Mittelmann, Kuchta, Frick, Dalis, Herbert

8:00 PM ET  Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (LIVE FROM THE MET)
Summers; Dessay, Calleja, Tézier, Youn

12:00 AM ET  R. Strauss: Elektra (2/23/1952)
Reiner; Varnay, Wegner, Höngen, Schöffler, Svanholm

Thursday, March 17, 2011

6:00 AM ET Puccini: La Bohème (3/17/2001)
Crawford; Gauci, Lopardo, Arteta, Finley, Bernstein

9:00 AM ET  Bellini: Norma (2/17/1973)
Cillario; Caballé, Cossotto, Cossutta, Tozzi

12:00 PM ET  Giordano: Andrea Chénier (4/13/1996)
Levine; Pavarotti, Millo, Pons, White

3:00 PM ET  Verdi: La Traviata (4/21/1962)
Strasfogel; Moffo, Morell, Sereni

6:00 PM ET  Mozart: Così fan tutte (1/20/1990)
Levine; Mims, Hadley, Troyanos, Hampson, Hong, Van Allan

9:00 PM ET  Donizetti: Don Pasquale (12/5/1970)
Franci; Corena, Grist, Kraus, Krause

12:00 AM ET  Britten: Peter Grimes (4/5/1969)
Davis; Vickers, Amara, Evans, Madeira, Chookasian

Friday, March 18, 2011

6:00 AM ET  R. Strauss: Elektra (2/23/1952)
Reiner; Varnay, Wegner, Höngen, Schöffler, Svanholm

9:00 AM ET  Verdi: Aida (12/26/1970)
Cleva; Arroyo, McCracken, Bumbry, Colzani, Flagello

12:00 PM ET Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (12/16/1950)
Erede; Valdengo, Pons, Di Stefano, Baccaloni, Hines

3:00 PM ET  Janácek: Jenufa (2/17/2007)
Belohlávek; Mattila, Silvasti, Silja, Morris, Dever

6:00 PM ET  Wagner: Götterdämmerung (1/27/1962)
Leinsdorf; Nilsson, Hopf, Mittelmann, Kuchta, Frick, Dalis, Herbert

12:00 AM ET  Thomas: Mignon (1/27/1945)
Pelletier; Stevens, Melton, Benzell, Pinza

Saturday, March 19, 2011

6:00 AM ET  Verdi: La Traviata (4/21/1962)
Strasfogel; Moffo, Morell, Sereni

9:00 AM ET  Mozart: Così fan tutte (1/20/1990)
Levine; Mims, Hadley, Troyanos, Hampson, Hong, Van Allan

1:00 PM ET  Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (LIVE FROM THE MET)
Summers; Dessay, Calleja, Tézier, Youn

6:00 PM ET  Puccini: La Bohème (3/17/2001)
Crawford; Gauci, Lopardo, Arteta, Finley, Bernstein

9:00 PM ET  Bellini: Norma (2/17/1973)
Cillario; Caballé, Cossotto, Cossutta, Tozzi

12:00 AM ET  Giordano: Andrea Chénier (4/13/1996)
Levine; Pavarotti, Millo, Pons, White

Sunday, March 20, 2011

6:00 AM ET  Donizetti: Don Pasquale (12/5/1970)
Franci; Corena, Grist, Kraus, Krause

9:00 AM ET  Thomas: Mignon (1/27/1945)
Pelletier; Stevens, Melton, Benzell, Pinza

12:00 PM ET  Verdi: Aida (12/26/1970)
Cleva; Arroyo, McCracken, Bumbry, Colzani, Flagello

3:00 PM ET  Britten: Peter Grimes (4/5/1969)
Davis; Vickers, Amara, Evans, Madeira, Chookasian

6:00 PM ET Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (12/16/1950)
Erede; Valdengo, Pons, Di Stefano, Baccaloni, Hines

9:00 PM ET  The Met on Record: Verdi: I Lombardi (1996)
Levine; Anderson, Pavarotti, Leech, Ramey

12:00 AM ET  Janácek: Jenufa (2/17/2007)
Belohlávek; Mattila, Silvasti, Silja, Morris, Dever