Opera on 3 2009 - 2010 calendar

September 2009

1. 19 September at 6pm Verdi: Macbeth. Concert performance from Usher Hall as part of this year's Edinburgh International Festival. Lado Ataneli (Macbeth), Susan Neves (Lady Macbeth) with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Robertson.
2. 26 September at 6pm Gershwin: Let 'em Eat Cake from Opera North. William Dazeley (John P Wintergreen), conducted by Wyn Davies.

October 2009

1. 3 October at 6pm Dvorak: Rusalka from Glyndebourne Festival 2009. Ana María Martínez (Rusalka), Brandon Jovanovich (The Prince);conducted by Jiří Bělohlávek.
2. 10 October at 6pm Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia from the Royal Opera House. Joyce DiDonato (Rosina), Juan Diego Flórez (Count Almaviva); conducted by Antonio Pappano.
3. 17 October at 6pm Verdi: Don Carlo from the Royal Opera House. Jonas Kaufmann (Don Carlo), Marina Poplavskaya (Elisabetta); conducted by Semyon Bychkov
4. 24 October at 6pmBizet: Carmen from the Royal Opera House. Elīna Garanča (Carmen), Roberto Alagna (Don Jose); conducted by Bertrand de Billy
5. 31 October at 6pmWagner: Tristan und Isolde from the Royal Opera House. Ben Heppner (Tristan), Nina Stemme (Isolde); conducted by Antonio Pappano

November 2009

1. 7 November at 6.15pmBritten: The Turn of the Screw - LIVE from English National Opera. Rebecca Evans (The Governess), Michael Colvin (Quint); conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras
2. 14 November at 6pmLigeti: Le Grand Macabre from La Monnaie in Brussels. Chris Merritt (Piet the Pot). Werner Van Mechelen (Nekrotzar), Ning Liang (Mescalina); conducted by Leo Hussain
3. 21 November at 6pm Massenet: Werther from Opera North. Alice Coote (Charlotte), Paul Nilon (Werther); conducted by Richard Farnes
4. 28 November at 6pmMaxwell Davies: Taverner. Concert performance by BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at Glasgow City Halls. Daniel Norman (John Taverner), Richard Angas (Richard Taverner), Martyn Hill (Cardinal/Archbishop); conducted by Martyn Brabbins

December 2009

1. 5 December at 6pmTchaikovsky: The Tsarina's Slippers from the Royal Opera House. Olga Guryakova (Oxana), Vakula (Vsevolod Grivnov); conducted by Alexander Polianichko.
2. 12 December 2009 - 8 May 2010LIVE FROM THE MET season from Metropolitan Opera in New York.
   Full details for all operas can be seen at the Metropolitan Opera International Radio Broadcast Information website
3. 12 December at 5.30pmPuccini: Il Trittico.
4. 19 December at 6.00pmOffenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann.
5. 26 December at 6.00pmRichard Strauss: Elektra.

January 2010

1. 2 January at 6.00pmHumperdinck: Hansel and Gretel.
2. 9 January at 6.00pmRichard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier.
3. 16 January at 6.00pmBizet: Carmen.
4. 23 January at 6.00pmArchive broadcast - to be confirmed.
5. 30 January at 6.00pmVerdi: Stiffelio.

February 2010

1. 6 February at 6.00pmVerdi: Simon Boccanegra
2. 13 February at 6.00pmDonizetti: La Fille du Régiment
3. 20 February at 6.00pmRichard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos
4. 27 February at 6.00pmPuccini: La Bohème

March 2010

1. 6 March at 6.00pmProgramme tba
2. 13 March at 6.00pmShostakovich: The Nose
3. 20 March at 5.00pmJanáček: From the House of the Dead
4. 27 March at 5.00pmThomas: Hamlet

April 2010

1. 3 April at 6.00pmVerdi: Aida
2. 10 April at 6.00pmtbc
3. 17 April at 6.00pmVerdi: La Traviata
4. 24 April at 6.00pmPuccini: Tosca

May 2010

1. 1 May at 6.00pmRossini: Armida.
2. 8 May at 6.00pmBerg: Lulu.