The Last Verista’s “Pick of the Week” for Jan 29-Feb 5, 2012 on Met Opera Radio (Sirius/XM): Millo/Pavarotti “Il Trovatore”

Monday, January 30, 2012

6:00am: Verdi: Il Trovatore
1/21/1989-Levine; Pavarotti, Millo, Milnes, Cossotto, Plishka

9:00am: R. Strauss: Salome
3/18/1972-Böhm; Rysanek, Stolze, Dalis, Stewart, MacWherter

12:00pm: Britten: Billy Budd
4/4/1992-Mackerras; Hampson, Clark, Morris, Held, Courtney

3:00pm: Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
1/28/1961-Leinsdorf; Siepi, Peters, Borg, Amara, Miller, Flagello

6:00pm: Gounod: Roméo et Juliette
1/25/1986-Cambreling; Malfitano, Shicoff, Plishka, Harris, Schexnayder

9:00pm: Puccini: La Bohème
3/19/1977-Levine; Scotto, Pavarotti, Niska, Wixell, Monk, Plishka

12:00am: Janácek: Jenufa
12/26/1992-Conlon; Benacková, Heppner, Rysanek, Trussel, Christin, Guyer, Wells, Skok, Kelly, JCourtney, Castle, Uecker, Di Franco

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

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6:00am: Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
3/27/1982-Chailly; Domingo, Welting, Troyanos, Eda-Pierre, Morris, Howells, Sénéchal

9:00am: Verdi: Nabucco
4/5/2003-Levine; Ataneli, Neves, Casanova, White, Ramey, Waite, Kowaljow, Valdes

12:00pm: Donizetti: La Favorita
3/11/1978-López-Cobos; Verrett, Pavarotti, Milnes, Giaiotti

3:00pm: Mozart: Idomeneo
12/21/1991-Levine; Heppner, Upshaw, Mentzer, Vaness, Kazaras

6:00 PM ET Wagner: Götterdämmerung (LIVE FROM THE MET) Luisi; Voigt, Gould, König, Meier, Harmer, Paterson,Owens

12:00 AM ET Verdi: Messa da Requiem
2/20/1982-Levine; Price, Quivar, Domingo, Cheek

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

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6:00am: Gounod: Faust
3/17/2007-Benini; Vargas, Swenson, Abdrazakov, Yun

9:00am: Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera
2/28/1959-Schippers; Stella, Peerce, Merrill, Madeira, Hurley

12:00pm: Wagner: Lohengrin
3/21/1998-Levine; Heppner, Voigt, Polaski, Ketelsen, Halfvarson

6:00pm: Britten: Billy Budd
4/4/1992-Mackerras; Hampson, Clark, Morris, Held, Courtney

9:00pm: Verdi: Il Trovatore
1/21/1989-Levine; Pavarotti, Millo, Milnes, Cossotto, Plishka

12:00pm: R. Strauss: Salome
3/18/1972-Böhm; Rysanek, Stolze, Dalis, Stewart, MacWherter

Thursday, February 2, 2012

6:00am: Janácek: Jenufa
12/26/1992-Conlon; Benacková, Heppner, Rysanek, Trussel, Christin, Guyer, Wells, Skok, Kelly, JCourtney, Castle, Uecker, Di Franco

9:00am: Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
1/28/1961-Leinsdorf; Siepi, Peters, Borg, Amara, Miller, Flagello

12:00pm: Gounod: Roméo et Juliette
1/25/1986-Cambreling; Malfitano, Shicoff, Plishka, Harris, Schexnayder

3:00pm: Puccini: La Bohème                                                                                                                                                                                                                       3/19/1977-Levine; Scotto, Pavarotti, Niska, Wixell, Monk, Plishka

6:00pm: Verdi: Ernani (SEASON PREMIERE – LIVE FROM THE MET) Armiliato; De Biasio, Meade, Furlanetto, Hvorostovsky

12:00am: Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
3/27/1982-Chailly; Domingo, Welting, Troyanos, Eda-Pierre, Morris, Howells, Sénéchal

Friday, February 3, 2012

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6:00am: Wagner: Lohengrin
3/21/1998-Levine; Heppner, Voigt, Polaski, Ketelsen, Halfvarson

12:00pm: Gounod: Faust
3/17/2007-Benini; Vargas, Swenson, Abdrazakov, Yun

3:00pm: Donizetti: La Favorita
3/11/1978-López-Cobos; Verrett, Pavarotti, Milnes, Giaiotti

6:00pm: Verdi: Nabucco
4/5/2003-Levine; Ataneli, Neves, Casanova, White, Ramey, Waite, Kowaljow, Valdes

9:00pm: Mozart: Idomeneo
12/21/1991-Levine; Heppner, Upshaw, Mentzer, Vaness, Kazaras

12:00pm: Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera
2/28/1959-Schippers; Stella, Peerce, Merrill, Madeira, Hurley

Saturday, February 4, 2012

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6:00am: Britten: Billy Budd
4/4/1992-Mackerras; Hampson, Clark, Morris, Held, Courtney

9:00am: Puccini: La Bohème
3/19/1977-Levine; Scotto, Pavarotti, Niska, Wixell, Monk, Plishka

12:00pm: Donizetti: Anna Bolena (LIVE FROM THE MET) Armiliato; Netrebko, Gubanova, Abdrazakov, Costello, Mumford

6:00pm: Verdi: Messa da Requiem
2/20/1982-Levine; Price, Quivar, Domingo, Cheek

9:00pm: Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
1/28/1961-Leinsdorf; Siepi, Peters, Borg, Amara, Miller, Flagello

12:00am: Gounod: Roméo et Juliette
1/25/1986-Cambreling; Malfitano, Shicoff, Plishka, Harris, Schexnayder

Sunday, February 5, 2012

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6:00am: Donizetti: La Favorita
3/11/1978-López-Cobos; Verrett, Pavarotti, Milnes, Giaiotti

9:00am: Verdi: Il Trovatore
1/21/1989-Levine; Pavarotti, Millo, Milnes, Cossotto, Plishka

12:00pm: Janácek: Jenufa
12/26/1992-Conlon; Benacková, Heppner, Rysanek, Trussel, Christin, Guyer, Wells, Skok, Kelly, JCourtney, Castle, Uecker, Di Franco

3:00pm: R. Strauss: Salome
3/18/1972-Böhm; Rysanek, Stolze, Dalis, Stewart, MacWherter

6:00pm: Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
3/27/1982-Chailly; Domingo, Welting, Troyanos, Eda-Pierre, Morris, Howells, Sénéchal

This Month at The Met
Jay Hunter Morris, Peter Gelb, Fabio Luisi, Diana Damrau, Stephanie Blythe, Quiz encore hosted by Matthew Polenzani, Angela Meade

9:00pm: Verdi: Nabucco
4/5/2003-Levine; Ataneli, Neves, Casanova, White, Ramey, Waite, Kowaljow, Valdes

The Last Verista’s Pick of the Week for January 9-15, 2011: Kirsten Flagstad in Beethoven’s Fidelio

Flagstad, the Great

Monday, January 9, 2012

6:00am Wagner: Siegfried                                                                                                                                                                                                          4/17/2004-Levine; West, Eaglen, Morris, Zaremba, Siegel, Fink

12:00pm: Verdi: Il Trovatore
12/19/1987-Bonynge; Sutherland, Verrett, Pavarotti, Nucci, De Grandis

3:00pm: Beethoven: Fidelio
3/10/1951-Walter; Flagstad, Svanholm, Schöffler, Ernster, Conner, Klein

7:30pm: Gounod: Faust (LIVE FROM THE MET)
Altinoglu; Calleja, Poplavskaya, Furlanetto, Petean, Lindsey

12:00pm: Puccini: La Bohème
3/19/1977-Levine; Scotto, Pavarotti, Niska, Wixell, Monk, Plishka

Tuesday, January 10, 2012
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6:00am: Rossini: L’Assedio di Corinto                                                                                                                                                                                    1/17/1976-Woitach; Sills, Díaz, Verrett, Di Giuseppe

9:00am: Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress                                                                                                                                                                                                          4/19/2003-Levine; Groves, Upshaw, Ramey, Blythe

12:00pm: Verdi: Falstaff
1/23/1965-Rosenstock; Evans, Tucci, Sereni, Resnik, Raskin, Shirley, Miller

3:00pm: R. Strauss: Elektra
2/27/1999-Levine; Schnaut, Voigt, Schwarz, Pederson, Glassman

7:30pm: Puccini: Tosca (SEASON PREMIERE – LIVE FROM THE MET) Franck; Racette, Alagna, Gagnidze

12:00am: Mozart: Così fan tutte
1/22/1972-Pritchard; Zylis-Gara, Elias, Bottazzo, Uppman, Stratas, Berry

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

6:00 AM ET Massenet: Werther                                                                                                                                                                                                    18/1989-Fournet; Wilson, Kuhlmann, Weikl, Upshaw, Capecchi

9:00am: Britten: Peter Grimes
3/24/1973-Ehrling; Vickers, Amara, Gramm, Kraft, Chookasian

12:00pm: Wagner: Das Rheingold
4/1/1989-Levine; Sotin, Ludwig, Wlaschiha, Jerusalem, Svendén, Rootering, Salminen

3:00pm: Floyd: Susannah
4/3/1999-Conlon; Fleming, Hadley, Ramey, McVeigh

6:00pm: Verdi: Aida
2/25/1967-Schippers; Price, Bumbry, Bergonzi, Merrill, Hines

9:00pm: Wagner: Siegfried
4/17/2004-Levine; West, Eaglen, Morris, Zaremba, Siegel, Fink

Thursday, January 12, 2012

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6:00am: Verdi: Il Trovatore                                                                                                                                                                                                      12/19/1987-Bonynge; Sutherland, Verrett, Pavarotti, Nucci, De Grandis

9:00am: Beethoven: Fidelio
3/10/1951-Walter; Flagstad, Svanholm, Schöffler, Ernster, Conner, Klein

12:00am: Puccini: La Bohème
3/19/1977-Levine; Scotto, Pavarotti, Niska, Wixell, Monk, Plishka

3:00pm: Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress                                                                                                                                                                                          4/19/2003-Levine; Groves, Upshaw, Ramey, Blythe

7:30pm: Various: The Enchanted Island (LIVE FROM THE MET)                                                                                                                                     Christie; Daniels, DiDonato, Domingo, de Niese, Pisaroni, Oropesa, Costanzo

12:00am: Rossini: L’Assedio di Corinto
1/17/1976-Woitach; Sills, Díaz, Verrett, Di Giuseppe

Friday, January 13, 2012

6:00 AM ET Verdi: Falstaff                                                                                                                                                                                                         1/23/1965-Rosenstock; Evans, Tucci, Sereni, Resnik, Raskin, Shirley, Miller

9:00am: R. Strauss: Elektra
2/27/1999-Levine; Schnaut, Voigt, Schwarz, Pederson, Glassman

12:00pm: Mozart: Così fan tutte
1/22/1972-Pritchard; Zylis-Gara, Elias, Bottazzo, Uppman, Stratas, Berry

3:00pm: Wagner: Siegfried
4/17/2004-Levine; West, Eaglen, Morris, Zaremba, Siegel, Fink

9:00pm: Massenet: Werther
3/18/1989-Fournet; Wilson, Kuhlmann, Weikl, Upshaw, Capecchi

12:00am: Britten: Peter Grimes
3/24/1973-Ehrling; Vickers, Amara, Gramm, Kraft, Chookasian

Saturday, January 14, 2012

6:00am: Puccini: La Bohème                                                                                                                                                                                                      3/19/1977-Levine; Scotto, Pavarotti, Niska, Wixell, Monk, Plishka

9:00am: Floyd: Susannah
4/3/1999-Conlon; Fleming, Hadley, Ramey, McVeigh

1:00pm: Bellini: Norma (ARCHIVAL BROADCAST PRESENTATION)                                                                                                                         4/4/1970-Bonynge; Sutherland, Horne, Bergonzi, Siepi

6:00pm: Verdi: Il Trovatore
12/19/1987-Bonynge; Sutherland, Verrett, Pavarotti, Nucci, De Grandis

9:00pm: Beethoven: Fidelio
3/10/1951-Walter; Flagstad, Svanholm, Schöffler, Ernster, Conner, Klein

12:00am: Wagner: Das Rheingold
4/1/1989-Levine; Sotin, Ludwig, Wlaschiha, Jerusalem, Svendén, Rootering, Salminen

Sunday, January 15, 2012 

6:00am: Mozart: Così fan tutte                                                                                                                                                                                                   1/22/1972-Pritchard; Zylis-Gara, Elias, Bottazzo, Uppman, Stratas, Berry

9:00am: Verdi: Aida
2/25/1967-Schippers; Price, Bumbry, Bergonzi, Merrill, Hines

12:00pm: Massenet: Werther
3/18/1989-Fournet; Wilson, Kuhlmann, Weikl, Upshaw, Capecchi

3:00pm: Rossini: L’Assedio di Corinto
1/17/1976-Woitach; Sills, Díaz, Verrett, Di Giuseppe

6:00pm: Verdi: Falstaff
1/23/1965-Rosenstock; Evans, Tucci, Sereni, Resnik, Raskin, Shirley, Miller

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

12:00am: Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress                                                                                                                                                                                       4/19/2003-Levine; Groves, Upshaw, Ramey, Blythe