Interlude
Saturday Afternoon at the Opera
William Tell
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Rossini’s last opera, written at the age of 37, was his masterpiece Guillaume Tell, which we hear in a recording that features Montserrat Caballé, Mady Mesplé, Nicolai Gedda, and Gabriel Bacquier.Saturday Afternoon at the Opera
Don Carlos
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Verdi’s Don Carlos is performed in a 1971 recording by a cast that includes Montserrat Caballé, Plácido Domingo, Shirley Verrett, and Sherrill Milnes.Interlude
Instrumental Works By Opera Composers
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Bellini, Rossini, and Verdi are best known as composers of opera, but today we hear some of their instrumental works.Saturday Afternoon at the Opera
Happy Birthday, Giuseppe Verdi
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We celebrate the October 9 (or maybe 10), 1813 birthday of Giuseppe Verdi with vintage performances of Il trovatore and the Requiem.
Saturday Afternoon at the Opera
Porgy And Bess
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The landmark 1976 production of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess by the Houston Grand Opera solidified that work’s reputation as the most successful American opera of the 20th century.Interlude
George Gershwin
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We celebrate George Gershwin’s September 26, 1898 birthday with a few of his best known classical works.Saturday Afternoon at the Opera
Orchestral Excerpts from English Opera
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We present an abbreviated program of orchestral excerpts from operas by English composers.Interlude
