Julie Andrews Will Host Annual PBS New Year's Day Concert
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Dec 4, 2008
Julie Andrews will be the host of the Annual New Year's Day concert on PBS. The show will feature the Vienna Philharmonic.
Academy Award winner Andrews is following in the host-footsteps of Walter Cronkite. Cronkite hosted the Annual New Year's Day concert for over two decades.
Casting Update News For The MET'S 'TRISTAN UND ISOLDE'
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Dec 3, 2008
Gary Lehman will sing the role of Tristan in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde this evening, replacing Peter Seiffert, who is ill.
Lehman sang two performances of Tristan at the Met last season. Seiffert is still scheduled for performances on December 6 matinee, 12, 16, and 20. Daniel Barenboim conducts, and Katarina Dalayman sings the role of Isolde as scheduled.
The Met Opens Radio Broadcast Season With LA DAMNATION DE FAUST 11/29
by BWW News Desk
- Nov 29, 2008
Today, November 29, the Metropolitan Opera Radio Saturday Matinee Broadcasts launches its 78th season of world-class opera heard over the Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network with the network premiere of Berlioz's La Damnation de Faust.
Daniel Barenboim's Met Debut Conducting 'TRISTAN UND ISOLDE'
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Nov 13, 2008
Daniel Barenboim Makes his Met Debut conducting Tristan and Isolde on November 28
Katarina Dalayman and Peter Seiffert sing the title roles for the first time at the Met, and René Pape reprises his acclaimed portrayal of King Marke
The Met Opens Radio Broadcast Season With LA DAMNATION DE FAUST 11/29
by Reynard Loki
- Nov 4, 2008
On November 29, the Metropolitan Opera Radio Saturday Matinee Broadcasts launches its 78th season of world-class opera heard over the Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network with the network premiere of Berlioz's La Damnation de Faust.
Marin Alsop To Lead Philharmonic in Four Concerts
by BWW News Desk
- Oct 7, 2008
Marin Alsop will lead the New York Philharmonic in four concerts, each featuring Dvořák's Symphony No. 9, From the New World, October 7, 10, and 11, 2008. The programs on October 7 at 7:30 p.m. and October 11 at 8:00 p.m. will comprise Bartók's The Wooden Prince Suite; Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2, with Rafał Blechacz making his New York Philharmonic debut; and the Dvořák symphony.
Metropolitan Opera Announces Sirius Radio Broadcast Schedule
by Faetra Petillo
- Sep 3, 2008
Metropolitan Opera on SIRIUS Satellite Radio channel 78 launches its regular live broadcasts of the company's 2008-09 season with the Opening Night Gala starring Renée Fleming, which airs on Monday, September 22, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. The third season of Met Opera Radio on SIRIUS features four live broadcasts weekly as the Met celebrates its 125th anniversary with six new productions, including the company premiere of John Adams's Doctor Atomic, 18 revivals, and the season grand finale of Wagner's epic Ring cycle, conducted by Music Director James Levine.
Marin Alsop To Lead Philharmonic in Four Concerts
by Faetra Petillo
- Aug 27, 2008
Marin Alsop will lead the New York Philharmonic in four concerts, each featuring Dvořák's Symphony No. 9, From the New World, October 7, 10, and 11, 2008. The programs on October 7 at 7:30 p.m. and October 11 at 8:00 p.m. will comprise Bartók's The Wooden Prince Suite; Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2, with Rafał Blechacz making his New York Philharmonic debut; and the Dvořák symphony.
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