Interlude Franz Liszt By Peter Fox Smith | July 31, 2010 We hear a piano concerto and several Hungarian Rhapsodies by Franz Liszt, who died on this date in 1886.
Saturday Afternoon at the Opera Pavarotti in Mascagni & Donizetti By Peter Fox Smith | July 24, 2010 Luciano Pavarotti is heard in L’amico Fritz by Mascagni and L’elisir d’amore by Donizetti.
Interlude Schubert Octet By Peter Fox Smith | July 24, 2010 The Schubert Octet is performed by the Melos Ensemble of London.
Saturday Afternoon at the Opera Opera North By Peter Fox Smith | July 17, 2010 Peter’s special guests – Kara Shay Thomson, soprano; Beau Gibson, tenor; and Pamela Pantos, Executive Director of Opera North – discuss Opera North’s August productions of La bohème and Don Giovanni.
Interlude Serenades By Peter Fox Smith | July 17, 2010 Our program consists of 2 Serenades, one by Brahms, one by Richard Strauss.
Saturday Afternoon at the Opera “Operatic” Musicals By Peter Fox Smith | July 10, 2010 We hear two of the rare Broadway musicals that qualify as "operatic": Leonard Bernstein’s Candide and Frank Loesser’s The Most Happy Fella.
Interlude Tchaikovsky By Peter Fox Smith | July 10, 2010 This all-Tchaikovsky program features his Piano Concerto No.2 with Soviet pianist Emil Gilels.
Saturday Afternoon at the Opera American Musical Sampler By Peter Fox Smith | July 3, 2010 We present a program of vintage American musicals, including Oklahoma!, Guys & Dolls, and Annie Get Your Gun.
Interlude JanáÄek & Rachmaninoff By Peter Fox Smith | July 3, 2010 We hear the rhapsody Taras Bulba by JanáÄek and the Rachmaninoff Concerto No.2 performed by Rachmaninoff.
Saturday Afternoon at the Opera Orpheus By Peter Fox Smith | June 26, 2010 We explore the Orpheus legend in music – and feature an historic performance of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice with Hilde Gueden and Fedora Barbieri.