![]() ![]() Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin is on the podium to conduct a supreme cast led by tenor Piotr Beczała in the title role of the mysterious swan knight. Wagner’s soaring masterpiece makes its triumphant return to the Met stage after 17 years. Rachmaninoff’s Third Symphony, his last, ends the concert with a work clearly paying respect to the composer’s Russian background, a beautiful conclusion to his symphony trifecta. Hear the heart-wrenching beauty of Vaughan Williams’ epic masterpiece harkening back to his English Renaissance forefathers, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, alongside the long-awaited debut of violinist Alina Ibragimova with Prokofiev’s lyrical Violin Concerto No. Violetta is considered a pinnacle of the soprano repertoire.Ī magically resonant melody, a lyrically virtuosic violin, and a colorfully bold symphony all converge on this epic program. The title role of the “fallen woman” has captured the imaginations of audiences and performers alike with its inexhaustible vocal and dramatic possibilities-and challenges. Following the larger-scale dramas of Rigoletto and Il Trovatore, its intimate scope and subject matter inspired the composer to create some of his most profound and heartfelt music. Verdi’s La Traviata survived a notoriously unsuccessful opening night to become one of the best-loved operas in the repertoire. Tenor Dmytro Popov is her self-centered lover Alfredo, alongside baritone Artur Ruciński as his disapproving father. Also, Pittsburgh Symphony Principal Horn, William Caballero, is soloist in Knussen’s Horn Concerto, along with Prokofiev’s first film score and homage to his Soviet roots in the Suite from Lieutenant Kijé.Ĭaptivating soprano, Angel Blue stars as the self-sacrificing courtesan Violetta, one of opera’s ultimate heroines. Hear the piece that Tchaikovsky poured his “whole soul into,” ultimately leading to his premature death only a week after the original premiere. Sunday Concert Hall - Pittsburgh Symphonyįilled with ambiguity and intrigue, Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony was written with a distinct narrative behind the music according to the composer, yet no one alive knows what this story is. The Met says it’s “looking forward to airing this rarely heard – and rarely performed – opera on March 4.” This year listeners to the Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts chose Donizetti's La Favorita, a 1978 performance starring Shirley Verrett, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, and Bonaldo Giaiotti, conducted by Jesús López-Cobos. ![]()
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