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Sunday, 6:00-10:00 am Eastern Time


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Sunday, May 5  Celebrating the birthday of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky with his opera "The Oprichnik". This live recording from 2003 features Elena Lassoskaya, Alexandra Durseneva, and Vsevolod Grivnov. The conductor is Gennady Rozhdestvensky.

Note: Due to the length of the opera, we will begin at 6:15 am EDT.


         
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Gennady Rozhdestvensky


Sunday, May 12  Please join guest host Marvin Rosen, who will be sitting in for Sandy. He will be presenting Robert Aldridge's 2007 opera in three acts "Elmer Gantry".


Sunday, May 19  Celebrating the 200th birthday of Richard Wagner with his opera "Das Leibesverbot". This live recording from Vienna in 1962 features Anton Dermota, Hilde Zadek, and Heinz Imdahl. The conductor is Robert Heger.

         
Richard Wagner and Robert Heger


Sunday, May 26  We will be celebrating the birthday of Frederica Von Stade as Jules Massenet's "Chérubin". This 1991 recording also features Samuel Ramey, June Anderson, and Dawn Upshaw. The performance is conducted by Pinchas Steinberg.

              
Jules Massenet, Frederica Von Stade, and Samuel Ramey

              
June Anderson, Dawn Upshaw, and Pinchas Steinberg


Sunday, June 2  We will be celebrating the birthday of Neil Shicoff in "La Juive" by Jacques Halévy. This 1998 recording also features Soile Isokoski and Alastair Miles. The performance is conducted by Simone Young.

Note: Due to the length of the opera, we will begin at 6:15 am EDT.


              
Jacques Halévy, Neil Shicoff (as Eléazar), and Soile Isokoski



Sunday, June 9  We will be celebrating the birthday of Carlisle Floyd with his opera "Of Mice and Men". This 2003 recording features Gordon Hawkins, Anthony Dean Griffey, Joseph Evans, and Elizabeth Futral. The performance is conducted by Patrick Summers.

              
Carlisle Floyd, Elizabeth Futral, and Anthony Dean Griffey


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