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2003 Operas
July 6
Joplin: Treemonisha
Carmen Balthrop, Betty Allen, Curtis Rayam, Willard White/Gunther Schuller (DG 435 709)
July 13
Chabrier: Le roi malgré lui
(The King in Spite of Himself)-Barbara Hendricks, Isabel Garcisanz, Gino Quilico, Jean-Philippe Lafont, New Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio France/Charles Dutoit (Erato 45792)
July 20
Verdi: Falstaff
Ilva Ligabue, Regina Resnik, Graziella Sciutti, Juan Oncina, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Vienna Philharmonic/Leonard Bernstein (CBS 42535)
July 27 (double bill)
Donizetti: Il campanello (The Little Bell)
Agnes Baltsa, Angelo Romero, Enzo Dara, Vienna Symphony Orchestra/Gary Bertini (Pro Arte 308)
Puccini: Gianni Schicchi
Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, José van Dam/Antonio Pappano (Angel/EMI 56587)
August 3
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
(The Marriage of Figaro) -Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Anna Moffo, Fiorenza Cossotto, Giuseppe Taddei, Eberhard Wächter, Philharmonia Chorus and Orch/Carlo Maria Giulini (Angel/EMI 63266)
August 10
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel
Elena Brileva, Oleg Biktimirov, Artur Eizen, Bolshoi Opera Orch and Chorus/Yevgeny Svetlanov (MCA 10391)
August 17
Mascagni: L'Amico Fritz
Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Vicente Sardinero, Covent Garden Orch and Chorus/Gianandra Gavazzeni (Angel/EMI 67373)
August 24
Gilbert and Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance
Valerie Masterson, Philip Potter, John Reed, D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic/Isidore Godfrey (London/Decca 425 196)
August 31
Verdi: Il Trovatore
Barbara Frittoli, Violeta Urmana, Salvatore Licitra, Leo Nucci, La Scala Orch and Chorus/Riccardo Muti (CBS/Sony 89553)
September 7
Bizet: Carmen
Angela Gheorghiu, Inva Mula, Roberto Alagna, Thomas Hampson, Les Élements Chorus, Toulouse Capitole Orchestra/Michel Plasson (Angel EMI 57434)
September 14
Dvorak: Rusalka
Renée Fleming, Dolora Zajick, Ben Heppner, Franz Hawlata, Kühn Mixed Choir, Czech Philharmonic/Sir Charles Mackerras (London Decca 460 568)
September 21
Haydn: Armida
Jessye Norman, Norma Burrowes, Claes Ahnsjö, Samuel Ramey, Lausanne Chamber Orch/Antal Dorati (Philips 432 438)
September 28
Donizetti: Don Pasquale
(in English) -Lynne Dawson, Barry Banks, Andrew Shore, Jason Howard, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, London Philharmonic Orch/David Parry (Chandos 3011)
October 5
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Nuccia Focile, Neil Shicoff, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Alexander Anisimov, St. Petersburg Chamber Choir, Orchestre de Paris/Semyon Bychkov
Philips 438 235
October 12
Opera Programming for Membership Week
October 19
Handel: Julius Caesar
(Giulio Cesare), Act I-Magdalena Kožena, Anne Sofie von Otter, Mirijana Mijanovic, Charlotte Hellekant, Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 474 210)
October 26
Handel: Julius Caesar (Giulio Cesare)
Acts II & III
November 2
St.-Saëns : Samson et Dalila
Waltraud Meier, Plácido Domingo, Bastille Opera Chorus and Orchestra/Myung-Whun Chung (Angel/EMI 54470)
November 9
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Mirella Freni, José Carreras,Piero Cappuccilli, Nicolai Ghiaurov, La Scala Chorus and Orchestra/Claudio Abbado (DG 449 752)
November 16
Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges
Catherine Dubosc, Gabriel Bacquier, Jules Bastin, Georges Gautier, Lyon Opera Chorus and Orchestra/Kent Nagano (Virgin 91084)
November 23
Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur
Renata Scotto, Elena Obraztsova, Plácido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra/James Levine (CBS/Sony 34588)
November 30
Puccini: La Bohème
Victoria de los Angeles, Lucine Amara, Jussi Bjoerling, Robert Merrill, RCA Symphony Orchestra/Sir Thomas Beecham (Angel/EMI 56236)
December 7
Verdi: Luisa Miller
Aprile Millo, Placido Domingo, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus/James Levine (CBS/Sony 48073)
December 14
Double bill:
Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors
Rosemary Kuhlmann, Chet Allen/Thomas Schippers (RCA/BMG 6485)
Tchaikovsky: Iolanta
Michaela Gurevich, Arutiun Kotchinian, Alexander Ben,Warsaw Philharmonic/Hans Rotman (CPO 999 456)
December 21
Berlioz: L'enfance du Christ
Susan Graham, François Le Roux, John Mark Ainsley, Philip Cokorinos, Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Chorus/Charles Dutoit (London 458 915)
December 28
J. Strauss II: Die Fledermaus (with Act II gala sequence)
Hilde Gueden, Erika Köth, Regina Resnik, Waldemar Kmentt, Walter Berry, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic;Herbert von Karajan (London 421 046)
Joplin: Treemonisha
Carmen Balthrop, Betty Allen, Curtis Rayam, Willard White/Gunther Schuller (DG 435 709)
July 13
Chabrier: Le roi malgré lui
(The King in Spite of Himself)-Barbara Hendricks, Isabel Garcisanz, Gino Quilico, Jean-Philippe Lafont, New Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio France/Charles Dutoit (Erato 45792)
July 20
Verdi: Falstaff
Ilva Ligabue, Regina Resnik, Graziella Sciutti, Juan Oncina, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Vienna Philharmonic/Leonard Bernstein (CBS 42535)
July 27 (double bill)
Donizetti: Il campanello (The Little Bell)
Agnes Baltsa, Angelo Romero, Enzo Dara, Vienna Symphony Orchestra/Gary Bertini (Pro Arte 308)
Puccini: Gianni Schicchi
Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, José van Dam/Antonio Pappano (Angel/EMI 56587)
August 3
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
(The Marriage of Figaro) -Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Anna Moffo, Fiorenza Cossotto, Giuseppe Taddei, Eberhard Wächter, Philharmonia Chorus and Orch/Carlo Maria Giulini (Angel/EMI 63266)
August 10
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel
Elena Brileva, Oleg Biktimirov, Artur Eizen, Bolshoi Opera Orch and Chorus/Yevgeny Svetlanov (MCA 10391)
August 17
Mascagni: L'Amico Fritz
Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Vicente Sardinero, Covent Garden Orch and Chorus/Gianandra Gavazzeni (Angel/EMI 67373)
August 24
Gilbert and Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance
Valerie Masterson, Philip Potter, John Reed, D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic/Isidore Godfrey (London/Decca 425 196)
August 31
Verdi: Il Trovatore
Barbara Frittoli, Violeta Urmana, Salvatore Licitra, Leo Nucci, La Scala Orch and Chorus/Riccardo Muti (CBS/Sony 89553)
September 7
Bizet: Carmen
Angela Gheorghiu, Inva Mula, Roberto Alagna, Thomas Hampson, Les Élements Chorus, Toulouse Capitole Orchestra/Michel Plasson (Angel EMI 57434)
September 14
Dvorak: Rusalka
Renée Fleming, Dolora Zajick, Ben Heppner, Franz Hawlata, Kühn Mixed Choir, Czech Philharmonic/Sir Charles Mackerras (London Decca 460 568)
September 21
Haydn: Armida
Jessye Norman, Norma Burrowes, Claes Ahnsjö, Samuel Ramey, Lausanne Chamber Orch/Antal Dorati (Philips 432 438)
September 28
Donizetti: Don Pasquale
(in English) -Lynne Dawson, Barry Banks, Andrew Shore, Jason Howard, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, London Philharmonic Orch/David Parry (Chandos 3011)
October 5
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Nuccia Focile, Neil Shicoff, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Alexander Anisimov, St. Petersburg Chamber Choir, Orchestre de Paris/Semyon Bychkov
Philips 438 235
October 12
Opera Programming for Membership Week
October 19
Handel: Julius Caesar
(Giulio Cesare), Act I-Magdalena Kožena, Anne Sofie von Otter, Mirijana Mijanovic, Charlotte Hellekant, Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 474 210)
October 26
Handel: Julius Caesar (Giulio Cesare)
Acts II & III
November 2
St.-Saëns : Samson et Dalila
Waltraud Meier, Plácido Domingo, Bastille Opera Chorus and Orchestra/Myung-Whun Chung (Angel/EMI 54470)
November 9
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Mirella Freni, José Carreras,Piero Cappuccilli, Nicolai Ghiaurov, La Scala Chorus and Orchestra/Claudio Abbado (DG 449 752)
November 16
Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges
Catherine Dubosc, Gabriel Bacquier, Jules Bastin, Georges Gautier, Lyon Opera Chorus and Orchestra/Kent Nagano (Virgin 91084)
November 23
Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur
Renata Scotto, Elena Obraztsova, Plácido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra/James Levine (CBS/Sony 34588)
November 30
Puccini: La Bohème
Victoria de los Angeles, Lucine Amara, Jussi Bjoerling, Robert Merrill, RCA Symphony Orchestra/Sir Thomas Beecham (Angel/EMI 56236)
December 7
Verdi: Luisa Miller
Aprile Millo, Placido Domingo, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus/James Levine (CBS/Sony 48073)
December 14
Double bill:
Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors
Rosemary Kuhlmann, Chet Allen/Thomas Schippers (RCA/BMG 6485)
Tchaikovsky: Iolanta
Michaela Gurevich, Arutiun Kotchinian, Alexander Ben,Warsaw Philharmonic/Hans Rotman (CPO 999 456)
December 21
Berlioz: L'enfance du Christ
Susan Graham, François Le Roux, John Mark Ainsley, Philip Cokorinos, Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Chorus/Charles Dutoit (London 458 915)
December 28
J. Strauss II: Die Fledermaus (with Act II gala sequence)
Hilde Gueden, Erika Köth, Regina Resnik, Waldemar Kmentt, Walter Berry, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic;Herbert von Karajan (London 421 046)
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