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Lyric Opera of Chicago Broadcasts
The Lyric Opera of Chicago Broadcasts returns with opening night productions, following the end of the Metropolitan Opera season.
Since its early days, Lyric Opera of Chicago has been regarded as one of the top three US opera companies, along with the Met and San Francisco. Chicago boasts an opera company that's second to none, with a box office exceeding 100 percent of capacity each year for the last decade, thanks to subscribers who give their tickets back for resale when they cannot attend a performance.
"Lyric Opera broadcasts have been a cornerstone of our programming for more than three decades, so everyone at WFMT is thrilled that this glorious broadcast tradition has returned to the airwaves", said Steve Robinson, Executive Vice President and General Manager of 98.7WFMT and the WFMT Radio Network. "I know I speak for scores of radio stations throughout America that welcomed the return of these historic broadcasts to their schedules when the Lyric season is rebroadcast in the spring."
WFMT operas will be File Transfers on Fridays on ContentDepot!
This syndicated season of The Lyric Opera of Chicago Broadcasts will be released beginning Saturday, May 18, 2013. The programs will be fed on Fridays as a File Transfer. For more information regarding this free series, please contact Tony Macaluso at (773) 279-2114, email: tmacaluso@wfmt.com or Carol Martinez at (773) 279-2112, email: cmartinez@wfmt.com.
THE LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO BROADCASTS
Broadcast Schedule - Spring 2013
-- Revised 03/11/2013
PROGRAM #: LOC 13-01
RELEASE: May 18, 2013
OPERA: Simon Boccanegra (in Italian)
COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi
CAST:
Boccanegra Thomas Hampson
Fiesco Ferruccio Furlanetto
Amelia Krassimira Stoyanova
Adorno Frank Lopardo
Paolo Quinn Kelsey
Pietro Evan Boyer
CONDUCTOR: Sir Andrew Davis
STAGE DIRECTOR: Elijah Moshinsky
LYRIC OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
CHORUS MASTER: Martin Wright
APPROX. LENGTH: 3 hours
PROGRAM #: LOC 13-02
RELEASE: May 25, 2013
OPERA: Werther (in French)
COMPOSER: Jules Massenet
CAST:
Werther Matthew Polenzani
Charlotte Sophie Koch
Sophie Kiri Deonarine
Albert Craig Verm
Bailiff Philip Kraus
CONDUCTOR: Sir Andrew Davis
STAGE DIRECTOR: Francisco Negrin
LYRIC OPERA ORCHESTRA
APPROX. LENGTH: 3 hours
PROGRAM #: LOC 13-03
RELEASE: June 1, 2013
OPERA: Don Pasquale (in Italian)
COMPOSER: Gaetano Donizetti
CAST:
Don Pasquale Ildebrando D'Arcangelo
Norina Marlis Petersen
Ernesto René Barbera
Malatesta Corey Crider
CONDUCTOR: Stephen Lord
STAGE DIRECTOR: Sir Thomas Allen
LYRIC OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
CHORUS MASTER: Martin Wright and Valerie Maze
APPROX. LENGTH: 2 hours 40 minutes
PROGRAM #: LOC 13-04
RELEASE: June 8, 2013
Please Note: This week, we present a double bill…Elektra and Hansel & Gretel.
OPERA: Elektra (in German)
COMPOSER: Richard Strauss
CAST:
Elektra Christine Goerke
Chrysothemis Emily Magee
Clytemnestra Jill Grove
Orestes Alan Held
Aegisthus Roger Honeywell
CONDUCTOR: Sir Andrew Davis
STAGE DIRECTOR: David McVicar
LYRIC OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
CHORUS MASTER: Martin Wright
OPERA: Hansel & Gretel (in German)
COMPOSER: Engelbert Humperdinck
CAST:
Hansel Elizabeth DeShong
Gretel Maria Kanyova
Witch Jill Grove
Mother Julie Makerov
Father Brian Mulligan
CONDUCTOR: Ward Stare
STAGE DIRECTOR Eric Einhorn
LYRIC OPERA ORCHESTRA
APPROX. LENGTH: 4 hours
PROGRAM #: LOC 13-05
RELEASE: June 15, 2013
OPERA: La Boheme (in Italian)
COMPOSER: Giacomo Puccini
CAST:
Mimì Anna Netrebko
Rodolfo Joseph Calleja
Musetta Elizabeth Futral
Marcello Lucas Meachem
Colline Andrea Silvestrelli
Schaunard Joseph Lim
Benoit/Alcindoro Dale Travis
CONDUCTOR: Emmanuel Villaume
STAGE DIRECTOR: Louisa Muller
LYRIC OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
CHORUS MASTER: Ian Robertson
APPROX. LENGTH: 2 hours 30 minutes
PROGRAM #: LOC 13-06
RELEASE: June 22, 2013
OPERA: Die Meistersinger (in German)
COMPOSER: Richard Wagner
CAST:
Hans Sachs James Morris
Stolzing Johan Botha
Eva Amanda Majeski
Beckmesser Bo Skovhus
David David Portillo
Magdalene Jamie Barton
Pogner Dimitry Ivashchenko
Kothner Darren Jeffery
CONDUCTOR: Sir Andrew Davis
STAGE DIRECTOR: Marie Lambert
LYRIC OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
CHORUS MASTER: Ian Robertson
APPROX. LENGTH: 5 hours
PROGRAM #: LOC 13-07
RELEASE: June 29, 2013
OPERA: Rigoletto (in Italian)
COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi
CAST:
Rigoletto Zelko Lucic
Gilda Albina Shagimuratova
Duke Giuseppe Filianoti
Sparafucile Andrea Silvestrelli
Maddalena Nicole Piccolomini
Monterone Todd Thomas
CONDUCTOR: Evan Rogister
STAGE DIRECTOR: Stephen Barlow
LYRIC OPERA ORCHESTRA & CHORUS
CHORUS MASTER: Ian Robertson
APPROX. LENGTH: 2 hours 30 minutes
PROGRAM #: LOC 13-08
RELEASE: July 6, 2013
OPERA: A Streetcar Named Desire (in English)
COMPOSER: Andre Previn
CAST:
Blance DuBois Renee Fleming
Stella Kowalski Susannah Philips
Stanley Kowalski Teddy Tahu Rhodes
Harold "Mitch" Mitchell Anthony Dean Griffey
CONDUCTOR: Evan Rogister
STAGE DIRECTOR: Brad Dalton
LYRIC OPERA ORCHESTRA
APPROX. LENGTH: 3 hours
PROGRAM #: LOC 13-09
RELEASE: July 13, 2013
OPERA: Oklahoma (in English)
COMPOSER: Richard Rodgers
CAST:
Curley McLain John Cudia
Laurey Williams Ashley Brown
Jud Fry David Adam Moore
Ado Annie Tari Kelly
Will Parker Curtis Holbrook
Aunt Eller Paula Scrofano
CONDUCTOR: James Lowe
STAGE DIRECTOR: Gary Griffin
LYRIC OPERA ORCHESTRA
APPROX. LENGTH: 3 hours
