Johannes-Martin Kranzle and Gerald Finley in Wagner's "Die Meistersinger," a new production by David McVicar at Glyndebourne.
Join host Joe Truskot for a special program saluting all those wonderful opera characters who actually have jobs. We’ve left out the endless arias sung by gods and goddesses; kings, queens, and their kin; and even the seemingly countless number of village girls all betrothed to the wrong people. Here’s the list of people sung by Cornell MacNeil, Lawrence Tibbett, Renée Fleming, Tito Gobbi, Maria Callas, Mario del Monaco, Elisabeth Topsoe, Leontyne Price, Robert Merrill, Placido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, and many, many others.
Spend Monday Night with KUSP starting at 7 p.m.
| Labor Day Celebration | |
| Title | Job Title |
| Jamaican Rumba | Violinist |
| Il Trovatore, Anvil Chorus | Blacksmiths |
| Rigoletto, Pari siamo! | Court Jester |
| Un balo en maschera, Eri tu? | Government Employee |
| Alcina, Di’ cor mio quanto t’amai | Sorceress |
| Magic Flute, Der Vogelfanger bin ich | Bird Catcher |
| Abduction from the Seraglio, Osmin’s arias | Property Manager |
| Barber of Seville, Largo al Factotum | Barber |
| Pagliacci, Vesti la giubba | Actor |
| La bohème, Che gelida manina | Poet |
| La bohème, Si Mi Chiamano Mimi | Seamstress |
| Tosca, Recordita harmonia | Painter |
| Tosca, Vissi d’arte | Singer |
| La Fanciulla del West, Ch’ella mi creda libero | Cowboy |
| Suor Angelica, Senza mama | Nun |
| Andrea Chenier, Come un bel di dimaggio | Poet |
| Cavalleria rusticana, Il cavallo scalpita | Horse Cart Driver |
| L’amico Fritz, Suzel bon Di | Fruit Pickers |
| Pearl Fishers, Au fond du Temple Saint | Fishermen |
| Carmen, L’amour est un oiseau rebelle | Factory Worker |
| Carmen, Votre toast . . . Toreador en garde | Bullfighter |
| Werther, Pourquoi me réveiller | Poet |
| Sapho, O ma lyre immortelle | Poetess |
| Les Contes d’Hoffmann | Storyteller |
| Flying Dutchman, Sailor’s Chorus | Sailors |
| Flying Dutchman, JoHoHoe! | Spinner |
| Hansel und Gretel, Ra la la la, Ra la la la | Salesman |
| Der Freischutz, Huntsmen’s Chorus | Hunters |
| Meistersingers, Jerum! Jerum! | Cobbler |
| Zar und Zimmerman, Hoch leve die Freude | Carpenters |
