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Sunday, November 8  Celebrating the birthday of Nadine Denize in "Hérodiade" by Jules Massenet. This 1974 recording also features Ernest Blanc, Muriel de Channes, and Pierre Thau. The conductor is David Lloyd-Jones.

         
Jules Massenet and Nadine Denize



Sunday, November 15  Remembering Carl Maria von Weber with his opera "Euryanthe". This 1949 recording features Maria Reining, Hilde Rössel-Majdan, and Walter Berry. The conductor is Meinhard von Zallinger.

              
Carl Maria von Weber, Walter Berry, and Maria Reining



Sunday, November 22  Remembering Anton Rubinstein with his opera "The Demon". This 1997 recording features Egils Silins, Olga Alexandrova, and Marina Mescheriakova. The conductor is Vladimir Fedoseyev.

    
Anton Rubinstein



Sunday, November 29  Remembering Gaetano Donizetti with his opera "Imelda de' Lambertazzi". This 1989 recording is the first of this work. It features Floriana Sovilla, Diego D'Auria, Fausto Tenzi, and Andrea Martin. The conductor is Marc Andreae.

    
Gaetano Donizetti



Sunday, December 6  Remembering Pietro Mascagni with his opera "Le Maschere". This 1988 recording features Amelia Felle, Maria Jose' Gallego, Vincenzo La Scola, and Giuseppe Sabbatini. The conductor is Gianluigi Gelmetti.

    
Pietro Mascagni



Sunday, December 13  Celebrating the birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven with his opera "Fidelio". This 1953 recording features Martha Mödl, Wolfgang Windgassen, Gottlob Frick, Sena Jurinac, and Rudolf Schock. The conductor is Wilhelm Furtwängler.

              
Ludwig van Beethoven, Martha Mödl, and Wolfgang Windgassen

                   
Gottlob Frick, Sena Jurinac, Rudolf Schock, and Wilhelm Furtwängler


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