James Levine Celebration on Sirius' Metropolitan Opera Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio's Metropolitan Opera Radio (ch 85) will broadcast a week-long series of archival broadcasts led by Met Music Director James Levine.
Presented in honor of Maestro Levine's 35th anniversary at the Met, the celebration starts on Monday, January 15th, and features broadcasts spanning from 1973 through 2005, including the complete Ring Cycle that was presented by the Met in March/April 2000. Don't worry, the series is scheduled during a week without live opera performances at the Met, so you're not missing anything.
In the 35 years since his Met Opera debut, James Levine has led more than two thousand performances of 80 different operas at the Met. Maestro Levine has personally selected every opera that will air during this special week and he will share his thoughts and memories of each performance in taped interviews preceding each opera.
See the full broadcast schedule of the "James Levine: 35 Years with the Metropolitan Opera" series, after the jump...
Monday, January 15, 2007
6:00 AM
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
April 7, 1973
Cast: Marilyn Horne, Enrico Di Giuseppe, Hermann Prey, Fernando Corena, Giorgio Tozzi, Jean Kraft, Robert Goodloe, Charles Anthony, Peter Sliker
9:00 AM
Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera
January 26, 1991
Cast: Aprile Millo, Harolyn Blackwell, Florence Quivar, Luciano Pavarotti, Leo Nucci, Terry Cook, Jeffrey Wells, Gordon Hawkins, Charles Anthony, Richard Fracker
12:00 PM
Mozart: Così fan tutte
February 24, 1996
Cast: Carol Vaness, Susanne Mentzer, Cecilia Bartoli, Jerry Hadley, Dwayne Croft, Thomas Allen
3:00 PM
Anna Russell: The Ring of the Nibelungs: An Analysis (1953)
Deryck Cooke: An Introduction to Der Ring des Nibelungen (1968)
6:00 PM
Wagner: Das Rheingold
March 25, 2000
Cast: Hei-Kyung Hong, Hanna Schwarz, Birgitta Svendén, Philip Langridge, Graham Clark, James Morris, Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Eric Halfvarson, Sergei Koptchak, Mark Baker, Alan Held, Joyce Guyer, Kristine Jepson, Jane Bunnell
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
6:00 AM
Wagner: Parsifal
April 14, 1979 Cast: Christa Ludwig, Jon Vickers, Bernd Weikl, Martti Talvela, Vern Shinal, Paul Plishka, Isola Jones, Elizabeth Volkman, Ariel Bybee, Charles Anthony, John Carpenter, Dana Talley, Philip Booth, Betsy Norden, Louise Wohlafka, Elizabeth Volkman, Alma Jean Smith, Loretta Di Franco, Isola Jones
12:00 PM
Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito
May 7, 2005
Cast: Melanie Diener, Anne Sofie von Otter, Sarah Connolly, Heidi Grant Murphy, Frank Lopardo, Luca Pisaroni
3:00 PM
Gounod: Faust
April 30, 2006
Cast: Soile Isokoski, Kristine Jepson, Jane Bunnell, Roberto Alagna, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, René Pape, Patrick Carfizzi
6:00 PM
Wagner: Die Walküre
April 1, 2000
Cast: Jane Eaglen, Deborah Voigt, Hanna Schwarz, Plácido Domingo, James Morris, Eric Halfvarson, Marjorie Elinor Dix, Mary Ann McCormick, Adrienne Dugger, Janet Hopkins, Jill Grove, Birgitta Svendén, Jane Bunnell, Victoria Livengood
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
6:00 AM
Puccini: Manon Lescaut
March 29, 1980
Cast: Renata Scotto, Plácido Domingo, Pablo Elvira, Renato Capecchi, Philip Creech, Mario Bertolino, Isola Jones, Suzanne Der Derian, Susan Ball, Joyce Olson, Janet Wagner, Andrea Velis, Julien Robbins, John Carpenter, Russell Christopher
9:00 AM
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
April 7, 1973
Cast: Marilyn Horne, Enrico Di Giuseppe, Hermann Prey, Fernando Corena, Giorgio Tozzi, Jean Kraft, Robert Goodloe, Charles Anthony, Peter Sliker
12:00 PM
Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera
January 26, 1991
Cast: Aprile Millo, Harolyn Blackwell, Florence Quivar, Luciano Pavarotti, Leo Nucci, Terry Cook, Jeffrey Wells, Gordon Hawkins, Charles Anthony, Richard Fracker
3:00 PM
Mozart: Così fan tutte
February 24, 1996
Cast: Carol Vaness, Susanne Mentzer, Cecilia Bartoli, Jerry Hadley, Dwayne Croft, Thomas Allen
6:00 PM
Wagner: Siegfried
April 15, 2000
Cast: Jane Eaglen, Birgitta Svendén, Stig Andersen, Graham Clark, James Morris, Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Eric Halfvarson, Heidi Grant Murphy.
Thursday, January 18, 2007
6:00 AM
Berlioz: Les Troyens
February 22, 2003
Cast: Deborah Voigt, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Ben Heppner, Elena Zaremba, Dwayne Croft, Matthew Polenzani, Jossie Pérez, Gregory Turay, Robert Lloyd, Morris Robinson, Patrick Carfizzi, James Courtney, Julien Robbins, Jane Bunnell, Ronald Naldi, Zarin Lal, Tigran Martirossian, Peter Volpe, Brian Davis, Kayvon Pourazar
12:00 PM
Gounod: Faust
April 30, 2006
Cast: Soile Isokoski, Kristine Jepson, Jane Bunnell, Roberto Alagna, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, René Pape, Patrick Carfizzi.
3:00 PM
Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito
May 7, 2005
Cast: Melanie Diener, Anne Sofie von Otter, Sarah Connolly, Heidi Grant Murphy, Frank Lopardo, Luca Pisaroni.
6:00 PM
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
April 22, 2000
Cast: Jane Eaglen, Sondra Radvanovsky, Felicity Palmer, Stig Andersen, Alan Held, Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Eric Halfvarson, Birgitta Svendén, Wendy White, Christine Goerke, Joyce Guyer, Kristine Jepson, Jane Bunnell
Friday, January 19, 2007
6:00 AM
Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera
January 26, 1991
Cast: Aprile Millo, Harolyn Blackwell, Florence Quivar, Luciano Pavarotti, Leo Nucci, Terry Cook, Jeffrey Wells, Gordon Hawkins, Charles Anthony, Richard Fracker.
9:00 AM
Mozart: Così fan tutte
February 24, 1996
Cast: Carol Vaness, Susanne Mentzer, Cecilia Bartoli, Jerry Hadley, Dwayne Croft, Thomas Allen.
12:00 PM
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
April 7, 1973
Cast: Marilyn Horne, Enrico Di Giuseppe, Hermann Prey, Fernando Corena, Giorgio Tozzi, Jean Kraft, Robert Goodloe, Charles Anthony, Peter Sliker.
3:00 PM
Puccini: Manon Lescaut
March 29, 1980
Cast: Renata Scotto, Plácido Domingo, Pablo Elvira, Renato Capecchi, Philip Creech, Mario Bertolino, Isola Jones, Suzanne Der Derian, Susan Ball, Joyce Olson, Janet Wagner, Andrea Velis, Julien Robbins, John Carpenter, Russell Christopher
6:00 PM
Wagner: Parsifal
April 14, 1979
Cast: Christa Ludwig, Jon Vickers, Bernd Weikl, Martti Talvela, Vern Shinal, Paul Plishka, Isola Jones, Elizabeth Volkman, Ariel Bybee, Charles Anthony, John Carpenter, Dana Talley, Philip Booth, Betsy Norden, Louise Wohlafka, Elizabeth Volkman, Alma Jean Smith, Loretta Di Franco, Isola Jones.
Saturday, January 20, 2007
6:00 AM
Anna Russell: The Ring of the Nibelungs: An Analysis (1953)
Deryck Cooke: An Introduction to Der Ring des Nibelungen (1968)
9:00 AM
Wagner: Das Rheingold
March 25, 2000
Cast: Hei-Kyung Hong, Hanna Schwarz, Birgitta Svendén, Philip Langridge, Graham Clark, James Morris, Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Eric Halfvarson, Sergei Koptchak, Mark Baker, Alan Held, Joyce Guyer, Kristine Jepson, Jane Bunnell
11:45 AM
Wagner: Die Walküre
April 1, 2000
Cast: Jane Eaglen, Deborah Voigt, Hanna Schwarz, Plácido Domingo, James Morris, Eric Halfvarson, Marjorie Elinor Dix, Mary Ann McCormick, Adrienne Dugger, Janet Hopkins, Jill Grove, Birgitta Svendén, Jane Bunnell, Victoria Livengood.
3:45 PM
Wagner: Siegfried
April 15, 2000
Cast: Jane Eaglen, Birgitta Svendén, Stig Andersen, Graham Clark, James Morris, Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Eric Halfvarson, Heidi Grant Murphy.
7:45 PM
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
April 22, 2000
Cast: Jane Eaglen, Sondra Radvanovsky, Felicity Palmer, Stig Andersen, Alan Held, Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Eric Halfvarson, Birgitta Svendén, Wendy White, Christine Goerke, Joyce Guyer, Kristine Jepson, Jane Bunnell
Sunday, January 21, 2007
6:00 AM
Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito
May 7, 2005
Cast: Melanie Diener, Anne Sofie von Otter, Sarah Connolly, Heidi Grant Murphy, Frank Lopardo, Luca Pisaroni.
9:00 AM
Gounod: Faust
April 30, 2006
Cast: Soile Isokoski, Kristine Jepson, Jane Bunnell, Roberto Alagna, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, René Pape, Patrick Carfizzi.
12:00 PM
Berlioz: Les Troyens
February 22, 2003
Cast: Deborah Voigt, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Ben Heppner, Elena Zaremba, Dwayne Croft, Matthew Polenzani, Jossie Pérez, Gregory Turay, Robert Lloyd, Morris Robinson, Patrick Carfizzi, James Courtney, Julien Robbins, Jane Bunnell, Ronald Naldi, Zarin Lal, Tigran Martirossian, Peter Volpe, Brian Davis, Kayvon Pourazar
6:00 PM
Puccini: Manon Lescaut
March 29, 1980
Cast: Renata Scotto, Plácido Domingo, Pablo Elvira, Renato Capecchi, Philip Creech, Mario Bertolino, Isola Jones, Suzanne Der Derian, Susan Ball, Joyce Olson, Janet Wagner, Andrea Velis, Julien Robbins, John Carpenter, Russell Christopher


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