Met Opera: Le Nozze di Figaro
Richard Eyre's season-opening new production of Mozart's eternal masterpiece is set in an 18th-century manor house in Seville during the 1930s. Erwin Schrott in the title role leads a stellar cast that also includes Mariusz Kwiecien as the Count and Danielle de Niese as Susanna, along with Met debutantes Rachel Willis-Sørensen as the Countess and Serena Malfi as Cherubino. Edo de Waart conducts.
1:42 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO Overture
Philharmonic of La Scala; Riccardo Muti, conductor
1:51 p.m.
Niccolo Jommelli
Sinfonia for Dulcimer & Strings
Munich Chamber Orchesta; Hans Stadlmair, conductor Karl-Heinz Schickhaus, hammer dulcimer
2:00 p.m.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Oboe Concerto in Eb major Wq 165 / H 468
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra; Thomas Hengelbrock, conductor Peter Westermann, oboe; Andreas Staier, harpsichord
2:24 p.m.
Gustav Holst
A Moorside Suite
London Collegiate Brass; James Stobart, conductor
2:39 p.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Choral Fantasy for piano, chorus and orchestra in C minor Opus 80
Berlin Philharmonic; Daniel Barenboim, conductor German State Opera Chorus
