Vancouver Opera General Director, James W. Wright explores the music and subjects of this season's operas; Lillian Alling, Lucia di Lammermoor, La Clemenza di Tito, La Traviata, Romeo et Juliette, The Barber of Seville, Aida. http://www.operalive.ca Copyright 2011 Vancouver Opera http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en Wed,24 Aug 2011 15:47:27 -0700 Wed,24 Aug 2011 15:47:27 -0700 info@vancouveropera.ca Vancouver Opera Website - http://vancouveropera.ca Vancouver Opera General Director, James W. Wright explores the music and subjects of this season's operas; Lillian Alling, Lucia di Lammermoor, La Clemenza di Tito, La Traviata, Romeo et Juliette, The Barber of Seville, Aida. Vancouver Opera General Director, James W. Wright explores the music and subjects of this season's operas; Lillian Alling, Lucia di Lammermoor, La Clemenza di Tito, La Traviata, Romeo et Juliette, The Barber of Seville, Aida. Vancouver Opera, music, opera Vancouver Opera info@vancouveropera.ca Vancouver Opera no Music by John Estacio, Libretto by John Murrell
“The land is large….” and “No one can tell me where Jozéf has gone…”
Recorded January, 2010 at the Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto
Allison Angelo, soprano
Colin Ainsworth, tenor
Kynza Tyrrell, piano

]]> http://www.operalive.ca info@vancouveropera.ca Wed,18 Aug 2010 09:59:07 -0700 In this installment, we explore Vancouver Opera's production of Lillian Alling In this installment, we explore Vancouver Opera's production of Lillian Alling Vancouver Opera, music, opera info@vancouveropera.ca no Lucia – Maria Callas
Edgardo – Giuseppe di Stefano
Enrico – Rolando Panerai
Raimondo – Nicola Zaccaria
Live Recording: RIAS Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Chorus of Teatro alla Scalla, conducted by Herbert von Karajan
EMI Classics 66441
Courtesy EMI Music Canada
 

]]> http://www.operalive.ca info@vancouveropera.ca Wed,18 Aug 2010 09:55:13 -0700 In this installment, we explore Vancouver Opera's production of Lucia di Lammermoor In this installment, we explore Vancouver Opera's production of Lucia di Lammermoor Vancouver Opera, music, opera info@vancouveropera.ca no Vitellia – Carol Vaness
Sesto – Delores Ziegler
Annio – Martha Senn
Servilia – Christine Barbaux
Tito – Gösta Winbergh
Live recording: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus, conducted by Ricardo Muti
EMI Classics 55489
Courtesy of EMI Music Canada
 

]]> http://www.operalive.ca info@vancouveropera.ca Wed,18 Aug 2010 09:55:26 -0700 In this installment, we explore Vancouver Opera's production of La Clemenza di Tito In this installment, we explore Vancouver Opera's production of La Clemenza di Tito Vancouver Opera, music, opera info@vancouveropera.ca no Violetta – Renata Scotto
Alfredo – Alfredo Kraus
Germont – Renato Bruson
Philharmonia Orchestra & Ambrosian Opera Chorus, conducted by Ricardo Muti
EMI Classics 09695
Courtesy EMI Music Canada
 

]]> http://www.operalive.ca info@vancouveropera.ca Wed,18 Aug 2010 09:55:37 -0700 In this installment, we explore Vancouver Opera's production of La Traviata In this installment, we explore Vancouver Opera's production of La Traviata Vancouver Opera, music, opera info@vancouveropera.ca no Roméo - Robert Alagna
Juliette - Angela Gheorghiu
Friar Laurence - José Van Dam
Stephano - Marie-Ange Todorovitch
Mercutio - Simon Keenlyside
Capulet - Alain Fondary
Gertrude - Claire Larcher
Tybalt - Daniel Galvez-Vallejo
Benvolio - Guy Flechter
Paris - Didier Henry
Live Recording: Choeur et Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, conducted by Michel Plasson
EMI Classics 6407002
Courtesy EMI Music Canada

]]> http://www.operalive.ca info@vancouveropera.ca Wed,24 Aug 2011 15:44:47 -0700 In this installment, we explore Vancouver Opera's production of Romeo et Juliette In this installment, we explore Vancouver Opera's production of Romeo et Juliette Vancouver Opera, music, opera info@vancouveropera.ca no Rosina - Beverly Sills
Conte Almaviva - Nicolai Gedda
Figaro - Sherrill Milnes
Bartolo - Renata Capecchi
Basilio - Ruggero Raimondi
Berta - Fedora Barbieri
Fiorello - Joseph Galiano
Ambrogio/Ufficiale - Michael Rippon
Live Recording: London Symphony Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, conducted by James Levine. Continuo: John Constable
EMI Classics 5855232
Courtesy EMI Music Canada

]]> http://www.operalive.ca info@vancouveropera.ca Tue,23 Aug 2011 10:33:32 -0700 In this installment, we explore Vancouver Opera's production of The Barber of Seville In this installment, we explore Vancouver Opera's production of The Barber of Seville Vancouver Opera, music, opera info@vancouveropera.ca no Aida - Montserrat Caballé
Radamès - Plácido Domingo
Amneris - Fiorenza Cossotto
Ramfis - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Amonasro - Piero Cappuccilli
The King of Egypt - Luigi Roni
Messenger - Nicola Marinucci
Priestess - Esther Casas
Live Recording: New Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Opera Chorus, conducted by Riccardo Muti
EMI Classics 6406302
Courtesy EMI Music Canada
 

]]> http://www.operalive.ca info@vancouveropera.ca Tue,23 Aug 2011 10:45:49 -0700 In this installment, we explore Vancouver Opera's production of Aida In this installment, we explore Vancouver Opera's production of Aida Vancouver Opera, music, opera info@vancouveropera.ca no