Check out the list of great operas and music coming your way in April, May and June with hosts Christopher Smith, Jeremey Bot, and Joe Truskot.
APRIL 4: CONCERT HALL
Past concerts from the Santa Cruz Baroque Festival hosted by Christopher Smith
APRIL 11: AIDA
By Giuseppe Verdi with Leontyne Price, Rita Gorr, John Vickers, Robert Merrill featuring George Solti and Rome Opera Orchestra and Chorus. Hosted by Jeremey Bot.
APRIL 18: ROBERTO DEVEREUX
By Gaetano Donizetti with Beverly Sills, Robert Ilosfalvy, Petyer Glossop, Beverly Wolff featuring Charles Mackerras and the Royal Philharmonic and Ambrosian Opera Chorus. Hosted by Joe Truskot.
APRIL 25: GREATEST VOICES EVER RECORDED
Arias and Ensembles from the Frank Burns Opera Collection including Jessye Norman, Simon Estes, Barbara Hendricks, Jonas Kauffman, Maria Callas, Luciano Pavarotti, Renée Fleming, Jussi Bjorling, Cecilia Bartoli, Joan Sutherland and many others. Hosted by Joe Truskot and Jeremey Bot.
MAY 2: CONCERT HALL
Past concerts from the Santa Cruz Baroque Festival hosted by Christopher Smith
MAY 9: ELIJAH
By Felix Mendelssohn with Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley featuring Paul Daniel and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Edinburgh Festival Chorus. Hosted by Jeremey Bot.
MAY 16: ARIADNE AUF NAXOS
by Richard Strauss with Jessye Norman, Edita Gruberova, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau featuring Kurt Masur and the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig. Hosted by Joe Truskot.
MAY 23: NABUCCO
By Giuseppe Verdi with Piero Cappuccilli, Placido Domingo, Ghena Dimitrova with Giuseppe Sinopoli and the German Opera Berlin Chorus and Orchestra. Hosted by Joe Truskot.
MAY 30: LE JONGLEUR DE NOTRE DAME
By Jules Massenet with Alain Vanzo, Jules Bastin, Marc Vento, Jean-Marie Fremont featuring Roger BVoutry and the Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra and Chorus. Hosted by Joe Truskot
JUNE 6: CONCERT HALL
Past concerts from the Santa Cruz Baroque Festival hosted by Christopher Smith
JUNE 13: L’AMICO FRITZ
By Pietro Mascagni with Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni, Vicente Sardinero featuring Gianandrea Gavazzeni with the Royal Opera House Coven Garden Orchestra and Chorus. Hosted by Jeremey Bot.
JUNE 20: TOSCA
By Giacomo Puccini with Leontyne Price, Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes featuring Zubin Mehta conducting the New Philharmonia Orchestra and the John Aldis Choir. Hosted by Joe Truskot.
JUNE 27: THE MAGIC FLUTE
By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with René Pape, Erika Miklósa, Dorothea Röschmann, Christoph Strehl, Hanno Müller-Brachman, Julia Kleiter featuring Claudio Abbado and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Arnold Schoenberg Choir. Hosted by Joe Truskot.
