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On Christmas Day on Czech Radio 3:

Bílý pán aneb Těžko se dnes duchům straší (The Gentleman in White, or It's Tough Scaring Ghosts Today), Op. 50 (1929), musical comedy based on Oscar Wilde's short story "The Canterville Ghost"

A Comic Opera composed in 1929 by Jaroslav Kricky.

Sounds like fun.

Bílý pán aneb Těžko se dnes duchům straší.
Komická opera Jaroslava Křičky o šesti obrazech. Historicky první nahrávka úspěšného díla 30. let minulého století. Libreto: Jan Löwenbach-Budín v novém zpracování Maxe Broda na motivy povídky Oscara Wildea Strašidlo cantervillské. V režii Ondřeje Havelky účinkují sólisté, sbor a operní orchestr Národního divadla moravskoslezského. Sbormistr Jurij Galatenko, dramaturg Juraj Bajús.
Dílo hudebně nastudoval a diriguje David Švec. Záznam premiérového představení ze dne 28. října 2021 z Divadla Antonína Dvořáka v Ostravě.
Hudební režie František Mixa, mistr zvuku Lubomír Výrek.
Připravila Renáta Spisarová. Vyrobila Tvůrčí skupina Hudba. (3 hrs.)

Tonight on German Radio SW2.

SWR2 Oper: Rossini in Wildbad 2021

Daniel Francois Esprit Auber:
Le Philtre - "Der Liebestrank", Oper in 2 Akten

Guillaume: Patrick Kabongo
Joli-Coer: Emmanuel Franco
Fontanarose: Eugenio Di Lieto
Térézine: Luiza Fatyol
Jeannette: Adina Vilichi
Philharmonischer Chor
Krakau Philharmonisches
Orchester Krakau
Leitung: Luciano Acocella

(Konzertante Aufführung vom 15. Juli 2021 in Bad Wildbad) (3 hrs.)

Soirée Opéra: De Kinderen der Zee de Lodewijk Mortelmans sous la direction de Alain Altinoglu au Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles
Enregistré le 17/10/2021 au Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles




Lodewijk Mortelmans - De Kinderen der Zee
drame lyrique sur un livret de Rafael Verhulst

Stella- TINEKE VAN INGELGEM
Geertrui - CHRISTIANNE STOTIJN
Ivo Marien - YVES SAELENS
Petrus - WERNER VAN MECHELEN
Bolten - KURT GYSEN
Frederik- DENZIL DELAERE
Orchestre et choeur symphoniques de la Monnaie
Alain Altinoglu (4 hrs.)

On Belgian Radio Musiq3 tonight.

Judging by the length of the broadcast, it looks like a full performance of this beautiful opera.

World Premiere tonight of Olsen's opera Klippeoerne ( 1904 - 1910) on Norwegian Radio

Operakveld: Klippeøerne
Bli med 3000 år tilbake i tid og langt ut i Atlanterhavet - bli med til Klippeøerne av Ole Olsen - verdenpremiere!! Fra rollelista:
Kari Postma (Dronninga)
Astrid Nordstad (Dronningas tjener)
Trond Halstein Moe (Sjøfarer)
Frode Olsen (Yppersteprest)
Vocal Art synger, Arktisk Filharmoni spiller, og dirigerer gjør Christian Kluxen. (3 hrs.)

On Saturday on Radio Clasica Espana:
SPECIAL PROGRAM: Los conciertos de Radio Clásica Concierto celebrado en el Teatro de la Zarzuela de Madrid el 12 de septiembre de 2021.

CHAPÍ: Circe.
Saloa Hernández (Circe)A
lejandro Roy (Ulises)
Rubén Amoretti (Arsidas)
Marina Pinchuk (La voz de Juno/La Sombra de Aquiles)
Orq. de la Comunidad de Madrid
Coro del Teatro de la Zarzuela
Dir. Coror: Antonio FauróD
ir.: Guillermo García Calvo. (2 hrs.)

 On Swedish Radio P2 on Saturday night:

Advokaten Patelin av Jacopo Foroni
Libretto: Adolphe de Leuven och Ferdinand Langlé i översättning av Erik Gustaf Kolthoff med sångtexter av Daniel Hwasser och Johan Christopher Jolin.

I rollerna:
Patelin – Gösta Kjellertz
Guillemette – Rut Jacobson
Bobinette – Elisabeth Wallin
Charlot – Ralf Asklund
Aignelet – Rune Olsson
Josseaume – Arne Tyrén
Presentation: Gunnar Wersén
Göteborgs Symfoniker med Stora Teaterns kör
Dirigent: Sixten Eckerberg

New to me!

Here's a treat from Naxos Sweden:
Valborg Aulin: Parisian Scenes
Ida Moberg: Sunrise - Orchestral Suite
Elfrida Andree: Symphony No.1

Lovely stuff!

New to me but his Divertissement on BIS label is very attractive:

Jean Émile Auguste Bernard (1843-1902) was a French Romantic composer and organist. His Divertissement for Doubled Wind Quintet, Op. 36 was first written for the Société des Instruments à Vent (Society of Wind Instruments) in Paris. First published by Durand around 1888, this melodic gem has been embraced in the woodwind chamber repertory. It is comprised of three movements: 1. Andante sostenuto - Allegro molto moderato, 2. Allegro vivace, and 3. Andante - Allegro non troppo.

Of possible interest to operetta lovers such as me:

Paul Abraham: "Märchen im Grand Hotel"
Lustspieloperettte in zwei Akten

Infantin Isabella - Andromahi Raptis
Großfürst Paul - Sebastian Häupler
Prinz Andreas Stephan - Jens Janke
Gräfin Inez de Ramirez - Almerija Delic
Präsident Chamoix, Hotelbesitzer - Ulrich Allroggen
Matard, Hoteldirektor - Jens Krause
Albert, Zimmerkellner - Jörn-Felix
Alt Sam Makintosh, Filmmagnat - Hans Kittelmann
Marylou, seine Tochter - Maria-Danaé Bansen
Barry, Sekretär - Adrian Hochstrasser
Dryser, Dramaturgin - Yoko El Edrisi
und andere
Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg
Leitung: Lutz de Veer

Aufnahme am 15. Mai 2021 im Staatstheater Nürnberg

Pausen
Zeichen "Paul Abraham, der tragische König der Operette"
Ein Essay von Klaus Waller

On BR Klassik tonight.

Coming on Dux label in July a 4-CD set : 4 symphonies plus orchestral works by Maliszewski.

Opernbühne: Eurogress Aachen
Aufzeichnung vom 09.05.2021
Ein Abend für Leo Blech

Leo Blech ,,Alpenkönig und Menschenfeind"
Romantische Oper in drei Aufzügen op. 14
Text: Richard Batka nach dem Zauberspiel von Ferdinand Raimund

Astragalus, der Alpenkönig – Ronan Collett, Bariton
Rappelkopf – Hrólfur Saemundsson, Bariton
Sabine, seine Frau – Irina Popova, Sopran
Marthe, seine Tochter – Sonja Gornik, Sopran
Hans, Musiker – Tilmann Unger, Tenor
Lieschen – Anne-Aurore Cochet, Sopran
Habakuk – Hyunhan Hwang, Tenor
Veit Meinhart, Tischler und Dorfmusikant – Pawel Lawreszuk, Bass
Katharine, seine Frau – Fanny Lustaud, Mezzosopran
Susel, seine Tochter – Anna Graf, Sopran
Damen des Opern- und Extrachores des Theaters Aachen
Sinfonieorchester Aachen
Leitung: Christopher Ward (2 hrs., 25 min.)

Saturday night on Deutschlandfunk Kultur

On Bartok Radio (Hungary) tonight, a recital of songs by Mosonyi:

SPECIAL PROGRAM: Rádióhangversenyek-Hangverseny Mosonyi Mihály halálának 150. évfordulójára Miksch Adrienn, Kiss Tivadar énekel, Elek Szilvia zongorázik
1. a) Hozzá, b) Tavaszi forgatag, c) Geibel költeménye (Miksch, Elek)
2. a) Hogy szeretlek-e?, b) Te szép halászlányka, c) Csendes biztonság (Kiss, Elek)
3. Tavaszi vágyódás (Miksch, Elek)
4. Dal (Kiss, Elek)
5. A csalogány panasza (Elek)
6. Mátyás anyja (Kiss, Elek)
7. Gara Mária (Miksch, Elek)
8. Boldogság emléke (Kiss, Elek)
9. Nádi dalok (Miksch, Elek)
10. Két gyöngy op. 3/2 (Elek)
11. A szerelem, a szerelem (Miksch, Elek)
12. Gyászhangok Széchenyi István halálára (Elek)
13. Huszonöt magyar népdal – részletek - a) Törött ágról, b) Hej nekem hát, c) Temetésen láttalak én, d) Kedves barna kislány, e) Te vagy az én violám (Miksch, Kiss, Elek)
(Márványterem, 2020. december 16.) (1 hr., 30 min.)

Here's a rarity worth staying up for:

NTR Opera Live: César Franck, Ghiselle (Opname: AVRO, 31 mei 1987)

Frédégonde ..... Mary Willems, sopraan
Theudebert ...... Ruud van der Meer, bariton
Gonthram ..... Zeger Vandersteene, tenor ..... Ghiselle
Thea van der Putten, sopraan
Gudruna ..... Lucia Meeuwsen, mezzosopraan
Bisschop Ambrosius ..... Lieuwe Visser, bas
Groot Omroepkoor Radio Symfonie Orkest
KENNETH MONTGOMERY (4 hrs.)

Broadcast on Radio 4 Netherland on Saturday 20 Feb.

'Na Starém bělidle' is a 1901 Czech-language opera in 4 scenes by Karel Kovařovic to a libretto by Karel Šípek after Božena Němcová. The opera was premiered 22 November 1901 at Prague National Theatre.

This is a 1948 recording of the composer's second best opera.

To be broadcast on Czech Radio V. 3 on Saturday night

Tonight on Radio 4 Netherlands:


A special surprise is the world premiere of two completely unknown arias from Beethoven's opera torso Vestas Feuer (1803). Just like the concert, these are set in the context of René Seghers' 401DutchOperas handbook Part I. That should be published next year and will provide the definitive answer to the question whether or not Beethoven was born in Zutphen? In the context of that research, Seghers realized his own 401DutchOperas reconstruction of Vestas Feuer with the Alkmaar composer Cees Nieuwenhuizen. The premiere of the complete torso with orchestra should take place in June next year. In conclusion, highlights from the first Frisian opera, a long-lost work by Jean des Communes: 't Dorp in het bergte (c. 1812). In two hours you will hear how the completely unknown Dutch opera history undergoes enormous development between 1685 and 1812. The program is full of beautiful music in purely world premieres of own reconstructions, which took years to complete.

Tonight on Polish Radio:

SPECIAL PROGRAM: Letnia promenada
Informacje o audycji:
prowadzi Klaudia Baranowska
Transmisja koncert zespołu Europa Galante (Sala Teatru Wielkiego - Opery Narodowej) (początek o godz. 20.00)
Stanisław Moniuszko Hrabina - opera w wykonaniu koncertowym
Karen Gardeazabal: Countess.
Natalia Rubis: Bronia.
Rafa? Bartminski: Casimir.
Mariusz Godlewski: Valentine.
Jan Martiník: Horatio.
Nicola Proksch: Miss Eva.
Krystian Adam: Dzidzi.
Europa Galante, Chór Opery i Filharmonii Podlaskiej, dyr. Fabio Biondi (3 hrs.)

There is a Polish CD of extracts but no complete recording.

See Wikipedia for more informatoin.

On WDR on Sunday evening:

Opera (starts at 1804/2: 04PM): joke, cunning and revenge
Singspiel in 4 acts by Philipp Christoph Kayser, text by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Finally premiered after more than 230 years: Christoph Philipp Kayser's turbulent stroke of genius based on a libretto by his friend Goethe. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Christoph Philipp Kayser have valued each other since Frankfurt youth days. Inspired by the lively example of Italian intermezzi, they looked for a new type of German opera. The result: "Joke, cunning and revenge", a turbulent three-person play about a young couple that an old, greedy doctor cheated of the inheritance. Kayser set Goethe's text to grandiose sound, with a great sense for melos and vocal virtuosity and with a wide range of original instrument colors. But then "Scherz, List und Rache" had to wait over 230 years for a premiere in full orchestra! In November 2019 the time had finally come, thanks to the joy of discovery by Werner Ehrhardt and his orchestra l'arte del mondo. The co-production of WDR 3 and Bayer Kultur can be seen on the radio for the first time.

Thanks to brilliant new technology, the opera can be seen on the radio for the first time!

Scapine: Annika Boos, soprano
Scapin: Cornel Frey, tenor
Doctor: Florian Götz, baritone
l'arte del mondo, directed by Werner Ehrhardt

Recording from the Bayer Erholungshaus, Leverkusen (1 hr., 56 min.)

Saturday night on Deutschlandfunk Kultur:

Paul Abraham ,,Dschainah" – Das Mädchen aus dem Tanzhaus
Große Operette in zwei Akten auf ein Libretto von Alfred Grünwald und Fritz Löhner-Beda
Bühnenpraktische Rekonstruktion von Henning Hagedorn und Matthias Grimminger

Dschainah – Hera Hyesang Park
Pierre Claudel – Johannes Dunz
Hortense Cliquot – Zizie de Paris
Yvonne – Mirka Wagner
Baron Bogumil Barczewsky – Dániel Fiko
Erzähler – Klaus Christian Schreiber
Chorsolisten der Komischen Oper Berlin
Chor der Komischen Oper Berlin
Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin
Leitung: Hendrik Vestmann

Madama Butterfly as an operetta in Vietnam! Paul Abraham's musical love adventure of a French naval officer with a Jainah, the Vietnamese variant of a Japanese geisha, is a wild mix of Puccini, Puszta and Jazz. The "multicultural stew" was commissioned by the Viennese coffee king Julius Meinl II for his Japanese wife Michiko Tanaka. Almost 84 years to the day after its premiere in Vienna, the work is now experiencing its belated German premiere - a very special find in the series of excavations and rediscoveries at the Komische Oper Berlin. "The girl Lylo works as Jainah in the Sing Song House of the Sinister Dajak in Saigon. When it is supposed to be sold by its owner, who is as insensitive as it is greedy for money, the writer and naval officer Pierre Claudel readily agrees to marry Lylo. It's just stupid that in Paris his fiancée Yvonne is waiting for Pierre's timely return, because for inheritance reasons Yvonne must be married by a certain date. But mother-in-law Hortense Cliquot made provisions and appointed a deputy for the groom before Pierre left. Pierre is in no hurry to end his temporary marriage to Lylo and return to France. But a Madame Cliquot travels to Vietnam with daughter and entourage, if need be, in order to bring the unfaithful son-in-law to the season. "(Barry Kosky, director and chief director of the Komische Oper Berlin) (2

Just out on Spectacles de Versailles series and conducted by Herve Niquet: Martini's Requiem pour Louis XVI.

Written in 1811, it's a powerful work though a little dry for my tastes.

Out in May:

Hiller: Symphony in E minor, Op.67 'Es muss doch Frühling Werden'; Schumann: Symphony No.2 in C major - Transcriptions for Piano (World Premiere Recordings)
Ronald Lau (piano) (Artist), Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer), & 4 more  Format: Audio CD