Barbara Smythe, host of Monday Night at the Opera, will guide listeners through the entangled story of Luisa Miller. The broadcast will feature Luciano Pavarotti, Montserat Caballe, and Sherril Milnes. It’s not often heard and contains some of the best music from Verdi’s early period.
Join Jim Emdy for a program of music by Handel on Monday Night at the Opera, December 3rd brom 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The featured work will the secular oratorio “Semele”, with selections from two different casts. We will also provide information on participatory Messiah sing-alongs. Here is a partial list:
Messiah Sing Alongs
Monday December 3rd, Mission Basilica, 16th Street San Francisco; 7:30 p.m. San Francisco Sinfonietta. 415-392-4400
Monday December 3rd, California Theatre, San Jose; 7:30 p.m., San Jose Symphonic Choir.
Saturday, Dec 8th, 7:00 p.m. at Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Salinas
Monday, December 10th, Mountain View Performing Arts Center: 7:30 p.m., Schola Cantorum; tickets at MVCPA Box Office
Friday, December 14th, Memorial Church, Stanford University; 8:00 p.m., Tickets at the door.
Tuesday, December 18th, First Congregational Church, High Street Santa Cruz: 7:00 p.m., Cabrillo Symphonic Chorus;; 831-479-6154 (Cabrillo College Ticket Office), Reception to follow.
Giuseppe Verdi
Join Barbara Smythe for Giuseppe Verdi’s early opera “I Lombardi alla prima crociata” sung by Luciano Pavarotii, Renata Scotto, and Ruggiero Raimondi conducted by Gianandrea Gavazzeni – orchestra and chorus of the Teatro dell’ Opera di Roma.
Monday Night at the Opera, starting at 7 p.m. on 88.9 KUSP.
Barbara Smythe hosts Monday Night at the Opera and brings to you one of the best operas from the French master. The stellar cast includes Samuel Ramey, Dawn Upshaw, June Anderson and one of Flicka’s best roles. Yes, Frederica von Stade shines again.
Join Jim Emdy on Monday Night November 5 at 7 p.m. for a broadcast of Virgil Thomson’s opera about Susan B. Anthony, who fought for the right of women to vote – an election eve special. Also we will hear an interview with Melody King, currently in the cast of Opera San Jose’s next production, “Die Fledermaus.”
Host Barbara Smythe presents one of the Great Recordings of the Century, Beethoven’s Fidelio with Christa Ludwig and Jon Vickers as Leonora and Florestan.
Soprano Magda OliveroTenor Giuseppe di Stefano
Giuseppe Verdi
Join the chorus of supporters for opera on the radio. Monday Night at the Opera takes to the airwaves tonight for a special pledge drive program features scenes and arias from some of the greatest voices ever recorded. Barbara Smythe, Miriam Ellis, and Joe Truskot will present several of their favorite arias.
You won’t want to miss those high C’s. There will be so many C-notes you should think about sending one back to us!
Giacomo Puccini
Monday Night at the Opera Host Barbara Smythe will air acts from three different productions of Verdi’s tragic tale of the court jester and his beautiful daughter who is seduced by the Duke of Mantua. “La donna mobile?” You wretched creep. Learn all about “who’s the fool now?”
That’s Opera on 88.9 every Monday evening at 7:00 p.m.
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 |
Barbara and Jim present full length operas and extended vocal works along with interviews featuring local and national personalities in the opera field.
