Lyric Opera Commentaries

2012/13 Lyric Opera Commentaries

Everyone will enjoy learning about this season’s operas with the convenient and fun Lyric Opera Commentaries! Available again this season, all eight Commentaries to stream free of charge.

Our Commentators simplify abstract plots, share some of their favorite musical excerpts, and narrate anecdotal stories of composers and cast members. The Commentaries promise to make each opera a more rewarding experience.

Lyric Opera Commentaries are sponsored by the Patrick G. and Shirley Welsh Ryan Foundation in honor of their parents.

A project of the Women’s Board of Lyric Opera of Chicago

 

Audio

Elektra

commentary by Anthony Freud in collaboration with Nicholas Ivor Martin

Elektra
by Richard Strauss

© 2012/13 Lyric Opera Commentaries 2012 Lyric Opera of Chicago
Original sound recordings of musical excerpts used by permission of EMI Classics, courtesy of Angel Records, a division of Capitol Records, Inc. All rights reserved. Produced by Mark Travis. Daniel Goldberg, Associate Producer.

Simon Boccanegra

commentary by Roger Pines

Simon Boccanegra
by Giuseppe Verdi

© 2012/13 Lyric Opera Commentaries 2012 Lyric Opera of Chicago
Original sound records of musical excerpts used by permission of EMI Classics, courtesy of Angel Records, a division of Capitol Records, Inc. All rights reserved. Produced by Mark Travis. Daniel Goldberg, Associate Producer.

Werther

commentary by Sir Andrew Davis in collaboration with Nicholas Ivor Martin

Werther
by Jules Massenet

© 2012/13 Lyric Opera Commentaries 2012 Lyric Opera of Chicago
Original sound recordings of musical excerpts used by permission of EMI Classics, courtesy of Angel Records, a division of Capitol Records, Inc. All rights reserved. Produced by Mark Travis. Daniel Goldberg, Associate Producer.

Don Pasquale

commentary by Roger Pines

Don Pasquale
by Gaetano Donizetti

© 2012/13 Lyric Opera Commentaries 2012 Lyric Opera of Chicago
Original sound recordings of musical excerpts used by permission of EMI Classics, courtesy of Angel Records, a division of Capitol Records, Inc. All rights reserved. Produced by Mark Travis. Daniel Goldberg, Associate Producer.

Hansel + Gretel

commentary by Anthony Freud in collaboration with Nicholas Ivor Martin

Hansel and Gretel
by Engelbert Humperdinck

© 2012/13 Lyric Opera Commentaries 2012 Lyric Opera of Chicago
Original sound recordings of musical excerpts used by permission of EMI Classics, courtesy of Angel Records, a division of Capitol Records, Inc. All rights reserved. Produced by Mark Travis. Daniel Goldberg, Associate Producer.

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Commentary

Commentary by Sir Andrew Davis in collaboration with Nicholas Ivor Martin

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
by Richard Wagner

© 2012/13 Lyric Opera Commentaries 2012 Lyric Opera of Chicago
Original sound recordings of musical excerpts used by permission of EMI Classics, courtesy of Angel Records, a division of Capitol Records, Inc. All rights reserved. Produced by Mark Travis. Daniel Goldberg, Associate Producer.

 

La Bohème

commentary by Jesse Gram

La Bohème
by Giacomo Puccini

© 2012/13 Lyric Opera Commentaries 2012 Lyric Opera of Chicago
Original sound recordings of musical excerpts used by permission of EMI Classics, courtesy of Angel Records, a division of Capitol Records, Inc. All rights reserved. Produced by Mark Travis. Daniel Goldberg, Associate Producer.

Rigoletto

commentary by Nicholas Ivor Martin

Rigoletto
by Giuseppe Verdi

© 2012/13 Lyric Opera Commentaries 2012 Lyric Opera of Chicago
Original sound recordings of musical excerpts used by permission of EMI Classics, courtesy of Angel Records, a division of Capitol Records. All rights reserved. Produced by Mark Travis. Daniel Goldberg, Associate Producer.

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