Today’s broadcast of CBC Radio 2’s Saturday Afternoon at the Opera features soprano Adrianne Pieczonka in last season’s Canadian Opera Company production of Tosca.
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This was an excellent all-’round production, with Pieczonka a regal standout. The broadcast starts at 1 p.m (Eastern). Details here.
Meanwhile, medici.tv is offering free high-definition audio and video streaming of three excellent all-Schumann concert programmes led by star Canadian conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, captured over consecutive nights earlier this month at Salle Pleyel in Paris.
The first includes Gautier Capuçon in the Cello Concerto — details here.
The second includes Renaud Capuçon in the Violin Concerto — details here.
The third includes Nicholas Angélich in the Piano Concerto — details here.
John Terauds
- Classical Music 101: What Does A Conductor Do? - June 17, 2019
- Classical Music 101 | What Does Period Instrument Mean? - May 6, 2019
- CLASSICAL MUSIC 101 | What Does It Mean To Be In Tune? - April 23, 2019
