Name: An afternoon at the opera with the BBC Philharmonic
Start: 2024-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
Location: MediaCityUK

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BBC Philharmonic

Conductor

Anja Bihlmaier

Orchestra

An afternoon at the opera with the BBC Philharmonic

Salford

United Kingdom

MediaCityUK

An afternoon at the opera with the BBC Philharmonic: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor Nicolai (+3 More)

Public

Concert

Oratorio / Orchestral

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Hansel and Gretel

Madame Butterfly

The Knight of the Rose

Paul Koneri

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Baritone

Singer

Contralto

Bass-baritone

Countertenor

Tenor

Soprano

Mezzo-soprano

Bass

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Concert Information
Today’s programme begins with the overture to Otto Nicolai's The Merry Wives of Windsor, based on Shakespeare’s comedy of the same name. Masquerades and mischief-makers steal the show, duplicitous suitors fall foul of plotting friends, and a late-night wedding celebration rounds off the madness under a gleaming full moon.

Next, we journey from Windsor to deepest woodland, as we hear a selection from Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hansel und Gretel. Humperdinck’s fairy-tale opera started life as a series of musical sketches and songs composed for his sister, as a gift to her children. In time, this became a full-scale opera which premiered on 23 December 1893, conducted by Richard Strauss.

Giacomo Puccini wrote the iconic Madame Butterfly in 1901, having seen a play based on the tale of a young geisha’s betrayal by the man she loves. The Intermezzo, which we hear today, soars and glides through some of the heart-rending themes of the opera, transporting you to Madame Butterfly’s Japan, and telling of her hope and anguish.

We finish on a high, with the Second Waltz Sequence from Richard Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier (The Knight of the Rose) - an operatic triumph, and as popular today as when it premiered in January 1911.

English

An afternoon at the opera with the BBC Philharmonic by Nicolai, Humperdinck, Puccini, Strauss, Frá (2024/2024), Hljómsveitarstjóri Anja Bihlmaier, MediaCityUK, Salford, United Kingdom

Frammistaða áskriftir (Leikarar & starfslið )

Hljómsveit

Dagskrá, Um & Yfirlit

Ljósmyndir

Frekari lestur

Sýningardagsetningar og sýningarstaðir

Staðir