Due to the Christmas Holiday, this weekend’s KING FM Metropolitan Opera broadcast will be presented at a new time, Sunday afternoon at 2pm. Featured is a Met Opera archive broadcast of Smetana’s Bartered Bride, originally presented December 2, 1978, with Conductor James Levine, Teresa Stratas, Nicolai Gedda, Jon Vickers, and Martti Talvela. The rest of the Metropolitan season on KING FM will be presented at its regular time on Saturday mornings. Learn more at http://king.org/opera!Photo: At rehearsal for Seattle Opera's Barber of Seville the other day, Dean Williamson conducts the first act finale, starring Burak Bilgili (Basilio), Patrick Carfizzi (Bartolo), David Hogan (in well, Ambrogio), David Adam Moore (Figaro), Nick Phan (Almaviva), Kate Lindsey (Rosina), and Sally Wolf (Berta); Alan Alabastro, photographer.
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ReplyDeleteOpera By You is the world’s first online community opera project. Anyone can join in making an opera at http://operabyyou.wreckamovie.com/
Be active in the Community and you can win an experience trip package to Savonlinna Opera Festival.
About Opera By You:
Savonlinna Opera Festival launched Opera By You project in May 2010. In the project anyone can contribute to the creation of an opera. Any member of the online community can help to write the libretto, compose the music and design the sets and costumes – from beginning to end. The Savonlinna Opera Festival will be placing world-class soloists, a chorus of 80, a symphony orchestra and its entire production machinery at the community’s disposal. The community opera will be premiered at the Savonlinna Opera Festival in summer 2012. Join Opera By You http://operabyyou.wreckamovie.com/
Linda