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Opera On Sunday

Sunday at 3 pm.

Opera lays claim to Sunday afternoons from 3 o’clock. The series includes our annual season from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York as well as new recordings from the world of opera.

3:00 pm Today

Metropolitan Opera Season

Twenty-three operas from New York's Metropolitan Opera House Programme

(6) HUMPERDINCK: Hansel & Gretel, an opera in three acts

An English translation of the classic tale from the Brothers Grimm. The siblings Hansel and Gretel get lost in the forest and are caught by an evil old woman who puts a spell on them and intends to bake them in her magic oven

Peter............................. Dwayne Croft

Gertrud......................... Michaela Martens

Hansel........................... Alice Coote

Gretel............................ Aleksandra Kurzak

Witch............................ Robert Brubaker

Sandman............................Jennifer Johnson Cano

Dew Fairy............................Ashley Emerson

Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Children's Chorus & Orch/Robin Ticciati (EBU)

3:00 pm on Sunday (19 Feb 2012)

Metropolitan Opera Season

Twenty-three operas from New York's Metropolitan Opera House

(7) BELLINI: Norma, an opera in two acts

An archive performance from 4 April, 1970, of the opera written at the peak of the romantic Italian bel canto period. Set in Gaul during the Roman conquest, the druid priestess Norma has had two children, fathered secretly by the Roman proconsul Pollione. When he turns his attention to a young temple virgin, Adalgisa, Norma's anger has dire consequences for them all

Norma.......................... Joan Sutherland

Adalgisa........................ Marilyn Horne

Pollione......................... Carlo Bergonzi

Oroveso........................ Cesare Siepi

Clotilde......................... Carlotta Ordassy

Flavio............................ Rod MacWherter

Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orch/Richard Bonynge (EBU)

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