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Seizoen 6
Uitzenddatum
Okt 29, 2011
Mozart had an uncanny knack for aggravating the aristocrats who were his employers. His previous opera, The Marriage of Figaro, depicted servants who always outwitted their masters.
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Mozart had an uncanny knack for aggravating the aristocrats who were his employers. His previous opera, The Marriage of Figaro, depicted servants who always outwitted their masters. Now, with Don Giovanni, he turns what had been a silly stock comedy piece into a morality play in which the protagonist is another aristocrat, this one licentious and gluttonous, who commits rape and murder. And in the end he's dragged screaming into Hell, without even dying first. Emperor Joseph didn't know what to make of it: "Not the meat for my Viennese public, dear Mozart." Mozart replied: "Then give them some time to chew it."
Uitzenddatum
Nov 05, 2011
It's been 20 years since Wotan sent Brunnhilde to bed without supper... By now, the twins' baby Siegfried has grown up, never gone to school, can barely write his name in the ground
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It's been 20 years since Wotan sent Brunnhilde to bed without supper... By now, the twins' baby Siegfried has grown up, never gone to school, can barely write his name in the ground with a stick, and he's never known fear, which makes him seem more brave than stupid. He sets off to do manly things and have manly adventures, like killing his guardian, slaying a dragon, stealing the Ring, when he sees a rocky summit that's on fire. What's up there, he wonders, so he goes to check that out, and finds Brunnhilde. They fall in love. He doesn't know that this is his grandfather's step-daughter, which makes her his aunt. His very favorite, special Aunt, if you catch my drift...
Uitzenddatum
Nov 19, 2011
A 1979 opera by American composer Philip Glass, the second in his series of operas about personalities who changed the world (the other two are Akhnaten and Einstein on the Beach).
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A 1979 opera by American composer Philip Glass, the second in his series of operas about personalities who changed the world (the other two are Akhnaten and Einstein on the Beach). Loosely based on the life of Mohandas K. Gandhi and the text, from the Bhagavad Gita, is sung in the original Sanskrit. The title refers to Gandhi's concept of non-violent resistance to injustice.
Uitzenddatum
Dec 03, 2011
Noted Baroque conductor Harry Bicket leads the forces in Handel's opera seria, with Renee Fleming, Joseph Kaiser and Stephanie Blythe. Politics, melodrama, and vocal fireworks abound.
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Noted Baroque conductor Harry Bicket leads the forces in Handel's opera seria, with Renee Fleming, Joseph Kaiser and Stephanie Blythe. Politics, melodrama, and vocal fireworks abound. Bertarido has escaped to Hungary following an attack by the forces of Grimoaldo, supported by Garibaldo, who had previously been a follower of Bertarido. His wife and son were left behind, and he has returned in disguise to rescue them. However Rodelinda believes him to be dead...
Uitzenddatum
Dec 10, 2011
The oft-told tale of the scientist Faust, who sold his soul to the devil in exchange for an extra 24 years to live, is updated, apparently happening entirely in the confines of Faust's
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The oft-told tale of the scientist Faust, who sold his soul to the devil in exchange for an extra 24 years to live, is updated, apparently happening entirely in the confines of Faust's lab, which makes the Act 2 carnival hard to fathom. on the plus side, Jonas Kaufmann as Faust and Rene Pape as Mephistopheles are both in fine form here, especially in the devil's sardonic aria, "Vous qui faites l'endormie" (in other words, "put a ring on it").
Uitzenddatum
Jan 21, 2012
They might have called it "Placido on the half-shell.." An outrageous and ingenious mix 'n' match of music by Handel, Rameau, Vivaldi set to a mash-up storyline borrowed from The
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They might have called it "Placido on the half-shell.." An outrageous and ingenious mix 'n' match of music by Handel, Rameau, Vivaldi set to a mash-up storyline borrowed from The Tempest (Shakespeare) and Island of Enchantments (John Dryden). It's ingenious; it works; and Placido Domingo's entrance is a show-stopper.
Uitzenddatum
Feb 11, 2012
Siegfried and Brunnhilde have been shacking up for a while, but he's itching to do manly things again. Brunnhilde sends him out with her horse, Grane: just be back in time for supper.
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Siegfried and Brunnhilde have been shacking up for a while, but he's itching to do manly things again. Brunnhilde sends him out with her horse, Grane: just be back in time for supper. Well, that never happens, because Siegfried is tricked into drinking a potion which makes him fall in love with someone else, and then they trick him into kidnapping Brunnhilde. Why do they want her? She has the Ring; it was Siegfried's wedding present. More dirty tricks and double-dealings; Siegfried ends up dead. Brunnhilde has had enough of this, tosses the Ring into the river, and torches the place. Somehow that causes The Entire World to catch fire and nothing is left but the Rhine River.
Uitzenddatum
Feb 25, 2012
Ernani, an outlawed nobleman, is heading a resistance effort against Don Carlo, who killed Ernani's father. The rebel also is planning to elope with his beloved, Elvira. Unfortunately,
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Ernani, an outlawed nobleman, is heading a resistance effort against Don Carlo, who killed Ernani's father. The rebel also is planning to elope with his beloved, Elvira. Unfortunately, Don Carlo also has designs on Elvira... In his early years, Verdi's librettos are rife with Ridiculous Coincidences and Preposterous Plot Twists, and Ernani is no exception. It's the music that lifts it from the laughably absurd to another realm. His Nabucco brought him fame throughout Italy, but Ernani pushed him onto the world stage. Within a year it was being performed throughout Europe; Verdi had arrived.
Uitzenddatum
Apr 07, 2012
On her way to convent school, Naive Manon is seduced by the Chevalier des Grieux; they run away and share an apartment in Paris. Gradually Manon learns to use her beauty to get ahead in
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On her way to convent school, Naive Manon is seduced by the Chevalier des Grieux; they run away and share an apartment in Paris. Gradually Manon learns to use her beauty to get ahead in the world of men. In 19th Century opera, that usually means bad news for the woman.
Uitzenddatum
Apr 14, 2012
The Parisian courtesan with a heart of gold and dignity to die for (literally), and how she was wronged by the cruel society that used her but would not forgive her. And yes, she will
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The Parisian courtesan with a heart of gold and dignity to die for (literally), and how she was wronged by the cruel society that used her but would not forgive her. And yes, she will die before it's all over, and she will have sacrificed everything; and it's sad and tragic, and it will be too late to make matters right with her; that's why that big clock is ticking away in the background like that, just in case you were wondering.
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