BBCO - Schedule

Following is the schedule of future BBCO performances:

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MESSA DA REQUIEM by Giuseppe Verdi
Sunday, September 19th, 2004
3:00 PM at Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory
30 Gainsborough Street, Boston
 

with Masterworks Chorale and Orchestra
Thomas Carlo Bo, Conductor

Soprano

Joanna Porackova

Mezzo-Soprano

Angeliki Theoharis

Tenor

Alan Schneider

Bass

George Cordes
.
Conductor Thomas Carlo Bo

FOR YOUR REFERENCE: Verdi's Life by Verdiana
Giuseppe Verdi's Photograph
Recommended Recording can be found at Amazon.com


This performance commemorates the 100th birthday of Madame Iride Philla (1904-97), celebrated opera singer, voice teacher and belove matriarch of Boston Bel Canto Opera.
 


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Rossini's TANCREDI
date and place to be announced


Rossini's 1813 masterpiece with the following cast: Angeliki Theoharis (Tancredi), Meredith Lavine (Amenaide), Karen Fanale (Roggiero), Thomas Oesterling (Argirio), Victor Jannett (Orbazzano).

 


Following is the archive of major BBCO performances:

LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR by Gaetano Donizetti (concert performance, in Italian)
Sunday, November 23rd, 2003
2:00 PM at St. Anne's Church
67 St. Stephen Street, Boston


with Boston Bel Canto Opera Orchestra
Thomas Carlo Bo, Conductor

and the
Boston Bel Canto Opera Chorus

Lucia Ashton

Elizabeth Johnson, soprano

Edgardo Ravenswoodi

Alan Schneider, tenor

Enrico Ashton

James Lambert, baritone
Raimondo Bidebent Alexander Prokhorov, bass-baritone
Arturo Bucklaw Thomas Oesterling, tenor
Alisa Denise Thibeault, mezzo-soprano
Normanno Joseph Holmes, tenor
.
Conductor Thomas Carlo Bo

FOR YOUR REFERENCE: Opera Synopsis by The Metropolitan Opera
Donizetti's Life by Arizona Opera
Gaetano Donizetti's Portrait
Recommended Recording can be found at Amazon.com

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DON CARLO by Giuseppe Verdi (concert performance, 1884 revised version in Italian)
Saturday, September 22, 2001
7:30 PM at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, Boston


with North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra
Thomas Carlo Bo, Conductor

and the
Boston Bel Canto Opera Chorus

Elisabetta di Valois

Elizabeth Barron, soprano

Princess Eboli

Angeliki Theoharis, mezzo-soprano

Don Carlo, Infante of Spain

Drew Slatton, tenor
Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa Charles Robert Stephens, baritone
Philip II of Spain Craig Hart, bass
Celestial Voice Susan Fanale, soprano
Countess of Aremberg Karen Fanale, soprano
Tebaldo, a page Elizabeth Canterbury, soprano
A Friar (Carlo V) Peter Aldrich, bass-baritone
A Royal Herald Robert Grady, tenor
Count di Larma Alan Schneider, tenor
.
with guest artist

Jerome Hines, bass
Celebrated Star of the Metropolitan Opera
as The Grand Inquisitor
.
Conductor Thomas Carlo Bo

FOR YOUR REFERENCE: Opera Synopsis by The Metropolitan Opera
Opera Background by Verdiana
Verdi's Life by Verdiana
Giuseppe Verdi's Photograph
Recommended Recording can be found at Amazon.com

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Verdi Centennial Gala Reviews
Saturday, February 24, 2001
7:30 PM at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, Boston
Saturday, February 24, 2001

with Symphony by the Sea
Thomas Carlo Bo, Conductor


An event to celebrate the centennial of Giuseppe Verdi's death (1813-1901).   Arias and ensembles from representative Verdi operas will be performed by various soloists accompanied by Symphony by the Sea,
Thomas Carlo BС conductor.

Nabucco

aria

Ernani

trio

Macbeth

aria

I Masnadieri

world premiere of baritone aria unused in the final manuscript and only found in 1992.  Roberta Marvin found the aria (melody and words) and Bradley Pennington harmonized and orchestrated it for this first public performance

Luisa Miller

overture

Rigoletto

quartet
La Traviata aria
I Vespri Siciliani aria
Un Ballo in Maschera duet
La Forza del Destino duet
Don Carlo quartet and aria
Messa da Requiem duet and aria
Otello aria
Falstaff

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Evening of Verismo Opera Reviews
Saturday, September 23, 2000
8:00 PM at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, Boston

with Symphony by the Sea
Thomas Carlo BС, Conductor

Part I:
Arias and ensembles from operas of Puccini and his contemporaries

Puccini

La Boheme, Madama Butterfly, La Rondina, Manon Lescaut, Turandot

Ponchielli

La Gioconda

Mascagni

L'Amico Fritz

Catalani

La Wally

Giordano

Andrea Chenier

Leoncavallo

Pagliacci

Part II:
Cavalleria Rusticana
by Pietro Mascagni (concert performance)

Santuzza

Angeliki Theoharis, mezzo-soprano

Turiddu

Drew Slatton, tenor
Alfio Michael Morizio, baritone
Lola Danute Mileika, mezzo-soprano
Mamma Lucia Sandra Evans, mezzo-soprano
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Conductor Thomas Carlo Bo


FOR YOUR REFERENCE: Opera Synopsis by OperaGlass
Pietro Mascagni's Photograph
Recommended Recording can be found at Amazon.com

 

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Amahl and the Night Visitors
by Gian Carlo Menotti (staged performance)
Friday, December 17, 1999
8:00 PM at St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Brookline

Sunday, December 19, 1999
4:00 PM at St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Brookline
15 St. Paul Street, Brookline, MA

with piano acompaniment by Bradley Pennington

Amahl

David Worobec

Mother

Angeliki Theoharis

Kaspar

Paul Turner
Melchior Neil Nelson
Balthazar Alexander Prokhorov
-
Music Director Bradley Pennington

FOR YOUR REFERENCE: Menotti's Bio by G. Schirmer, Inc.
Recommended Recording can be found at Amazon.com

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IL TROVATORE by Giuseppe Verdi (concert performance) Reviews
Saturday, September 18, 1999
8:00 PM at Marblehead Performing Arts Center

Saturday, September 25, 1999
8:00 PM at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, Boston


with Symphony by the Sea
Thomas Carlo Bo, Conductor

and the
Boston Bel Canto Opera Chorus

Leonora

Joanna Porackova

Azucena

Angeliki Theoharis

Inez

Elizabeth Johnson
Manrico Christopher Haney *
Count di Luna Charles Stephens *
Ferrando Alexander Prokhorov **
Ruiz Paul Turner *
-
Conductor Thomas Carlo Bo

* Boston Bel Canto Opera Debut
** American Opera Debut

 

FOR YOUR REFERENCE: Opera Synopsis by The Metropolitan Opera
Opera Background by OperaGlass
Verdi's Life by Verdiana
Giuseppe Verdi's Photograph
Recommended Recording can be found at Amazon.com

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AIDA by Giuseppe Verdi (concert performance)  Reviews
Saturday, September 26, 1998
8:00 PM at Jordan Hall, Boston

with Symphony by the Sea
Francisco Noya, Music Director

and the
Boston Bel Canto Opera Chorus

Aida

Joanna Porackova

The King

Aaron Borst

Amneris

Danute Mileika
Ramfis Eric Jordan
Radames Maxwell Li
High Priestess Barbara Quintiliani
Amonasro Michael Morizio
Messenger Joseph Holmes
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Conductor Francisco Noya


FOR YOUR REFERENCE:


Opera Synopsis by The Metropolitan Opera
Opera Background by Verdiana
Verdi's Life by Verdiana
Giuseppe Verdi's Photograph

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NORMA by Vincenzo Bellini (concert performance)  Reviews
Saturday, September 13, 1997
8:00 PM at Jordan Hall, Boston

with Symphony by the Sea
Francisco Noya, Music Director

and the
Boston Bel Canto Opera Chorus

Norma

Joanna Porackova

Pollione

Ray Bauwens

Adalgisa

Danute Mileika
Oroveso Aaron Borst
Flavio Richard Monroe
Clotilde Laura Champine
-
Conductor Francisco Noya


FOR YOUR REFERENCE:


Opera Synopsis by "The Bellini Site"  
Opera Background by "The Bellini Site"
Life of Bellini by "The Bellini Site"
Bellini's Portrait


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