Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa
12 February 2012 - 3:55 pm NZ time
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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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Opera lays claim to Sunday afternoons from 3 o’clock.