Vermont Public Radio: Contributions by Peter Fox Smith

Der Ring des Nibelungen - Part 2

Sat, 26 May 2012 12:00:00 -0400

Peter Fox Smith presents part 2 of his analysis of Wagner's Ring cycle.

Listen Saturday at 12pm.

Der Ring des Nibelungen - Part 1

Sat, 19 May 2012 12:00:00 -0400

Peter Fox Smith presents the first of two programs on Wagner's epic tetrology The Ring of the Nibelung.

Listen Saturday at 12pm.

Jules Massenet

Sat, 12 May 2012 12:00:00 -0400

We sample well-known and little-known music by Jules Massenet (born on May 12, 1842) performed by well-known and little-known artists.

Listen Saturday at 12pm.

The Cunning Little Vixen

Sat, 05 May 2012 12:00:00 -0400

On an abbreviated "A Passion for Opera" we hear a performance by Patricia Neway, an excerpt from Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen, and a Mystery Voice Quiz.

Listen Saturday at 12:00am

Lakmé

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 12:00:00 -0400

We hear some of the beautiful music from the opera Lakmé by Léo Delibes, first performed on April 14, 1833.

Listen Saturday at 12:00p.m.

Joseph Haydn

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 12:00:00 -0400

Joseph Haydn, born on March 31, 1732, was a prolific composer of operas, and we'll be sampling some of them.

Mozart

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 12:00:00 -0400

We repeat an earlier program surveying the operas of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Gigli & Melchior

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 12:00:00 -0400

We examine the careers of tenors Beniamino Gigli and Lauritz Melchior - both born on March 20, 1890.

Carmen

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 12:00:00 -0500

We sample wonderful music from Bizet's Carmen, possibly the most popular opera in the world, which premiered on this date in 1875 - and was not well received.

Listen Saturday at 12:00pm.

Patricia Neway Remembered

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 12:00:00 -0500

We remember dramatic soprano Patricia Neway, who died at her home in East Corinth on January 24.

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Love and Fund-raising

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 12:00:00 -0500

In the wake of Valentine's Day, Peter Fox Smith and Betty Smith play love duets and raise money for Vermont Public Radio.

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Bastien und Bastienne

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:00:00 -0500

We celebrate Mozart's January 27 Birthday with music from his Singspiel Bastien und Bastienne, written when he was 12 years old.

Listen Saturday at 12:00pm.

Overtures II

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:00:00 -0500

We continue our exploration of operatic overtures and preludes - and it's time for January's Mystery Voice quiz.

Tosca

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:00:00 -0500

Peter Fox Smith offers a consideration of Puccini's Tosca, which received its premiere performance in Rome on January 14, 1900.

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Overtures

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:00:00 -0500

We explore the development of operatic overtures.

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The Pirates of Penzance

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 12:00:00 -0500

The Pirates of Penzance had its world premiere on New Year's Eve 1879 in New York City; we celebrate by hearing music from vintage recordings of this irresistible Gilbert & Sullivan opera.

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Madama Butterfly & Dylan Thomas

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 12:00:00 -0500

Peter's thoughts on Puccini's Madama Butterfly are followed by his reading of A Child's Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas.

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La fanciulla del West

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:00:00 -0500

La fanciulla del West - The Girl of the Golden West - received its world premiere in New York on December 10, 1910. We present an examination of this unusual Puccini opera.

Listen Saturday at 12:00pm.

From the Met Archives

Sat, 03 Dec 2011 12:00:00 -0500

We celebrate the start of the 2011-2012 Metropolitan Opera broadcast season with a program of performances from the Met Archives, including the voices of Bidú Sayão, Roberta Peters, and Marian Anderson.

Listen Saturday at 12:00pm.

Iolanthe & Martha

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 12:00:00 -0500

Flotow's Martha was first performed on November 25, 1847; Gilbert & Sullivan's Iolanthe had its premiere on November 25, 1882. We hear excerpts from these two delightful works.

Listen Saturday at 12:00pm.