Tag: Norman Treigle

  • Kiri Te Kanawa Birthday Celebration on WWFM

    Kiri Te Kanawa Birthday Celebration on WWFM

    We’ll begin on a high note this afternoon on The Classical Network.

    Today is the 75th birthday of soprano Kiri Te Kanawa. We’ll listen to some of Dame Kiri’s great recordings as part of an all-operatic 4:00 hour. We’ll also celebrate the birthdays today of bass-baritone Norman Treigle and opera conductors Sarah Caldwell and Julius Rudel. In addition, we’ll continue our remembrance of the late Andre Previn, as he leads some orchestral selections from the operas of Benjamin Britten.

    The 5:00 hour will bring recordings of conductors Kiril Kondrashin and Lorin Maazel, also born on this date.

    And at 6:00, we’ll hear one of Franz Schubert’s late masterpieces, the String Quintet in C major, on the next “Music from Marlboro.”

    Frankly, my dear, we give a Dame, from 4 to 6 p.m. EST, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.

  • Kiri Te Kanawa Norman Treigle Birthday Broadcast

    Kiri Te Kanawa Norman Treigle Birthday Broadcast

    Two beloved singers were born on this date. Join me this afternoon, as we hear recordings by soprano Kiri Te Kanawa and bass-baritone Norman Treigle. We’ll also have music by a Strauss – and a Straus – unrelated to the famous waltz dynasty. There will be orchestral and instrumental settings of several Scottish ballads, and Kirill Kondrashin will conduct Shostakovich. You can expect all this between 4 and 7 p.m. EST, on WWFM – The Classical Network and at wwfm.org.


    PHOTOS: Birthday celebrants Kiri Te Kanawa (left) and Norman Treigle exchange hair tips

  • Batman & Mefistofele A Halloween Opera Treat

    Batman & Mefistofele A Halloween Opera Treat

    Hallowe’en is coming. Anyone else remember when Batman went to hear “Mefistofele?”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nGlM_gEcbQ

    I wasn’t so impressed with the movie, but I was impressed with the choice of the opera.

    On a related note, happy birthday, Neal Hefti (1922-2008).


    IMAGES: Norm Breyfogle’s Gothic realization of the Dark Knight (left) and Norman Treigle as Mefistofele

    Treigle sings! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDPumGzQqhw

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