Herbert von Karajan
Tuesday 8 July 2008 14:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
Presented by Louise Fryer. Series of programmes marking the centenary of the birth of the great Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan, with a focus on song and dance - or opera and ballet.
Playlist:
2/5. Including a complete performance from last year's Orange Festival in the south of France of Verdi's Il trovatore, starring Roberto Alagna. Von Karajan features in a radio archive recording of a Stravinsky ballet, alongside Simon Rattle conducting the Austrian maestro's old orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic, in a dance from a Prokofiev opera.
Prokofiev: March (The Love for Three Oranges)
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle (conductor)
Stravinsky: Jeu de cartes
Philharmonia Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
2.25pm
Verdi: Il trovatore
Manrico ...... Roberto Alagna (tenor)
Leonora ...... Susan Neves (soprano)
Azucena ...... Mzia Nioradze (mezzo-soprano)
Ines ...... Marie-Paule Dotti (soprano)
Count of Luna ...... Seng-Hyoun Ko (baritone)
Ferrando ...... Arutjun Kotchinian (bass)
Ruiz ...... Sebastien Gueze (tenor)
Old Gypsy ...... David Bizic (bass)
Messenger ...... Jean-Francois Borras (tenor)
Regional Opera Choruses
French National Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
