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Afternoon Concert: Opera matinée: Verdi's Rigoletto from Stockholm

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Opera matinée: Verdi's Rigoletto from Stockholm

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Opera matinée: Verdi's Rigoletto from Stockholm

Verdi's Rigoletto from the Swedish Royal Opera, Stockholm.

Verdi's Rigoletto from the Swedish Royal Opera, Stockholm, plus Richard Strauss's Burleske for piano and Poulenc's Sinfonietta given by the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Opera Matinée – from the Swedish Royal Opera, Stockholm - Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi. Plus Richard Strauss’ Burleske for piano and orchestra and Poulenc’s Sinfonietta from the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Presented by Kate Molleson.

Verdi’s Rigoletto recorded last November at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm, with the baritone Karl-Magnus Fredriksson in the title role, soprano Ida Falk Winland as Gilda and tenor Leonardo Capalbo in this tragic tale of love, deceit and revenge.  Swedish Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra are conducted by Lionel Bringuier.  Following in this week's focus on the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the afternoon continues with a new recording of Richard Strauss’s Burleske for piano & orchestra, written when he was just 21.  And the programme concludes with a performance of Francis Poulenc’s lively and vibrant Sinfonietta, composed in 1947.

2.00pm
Giuseppe Verdi:  Rigoletto (an opera in three acts)

Duke of Mantua – Leonardo Capalbo (tenor) 
Rigoletto, the Duke’s jester – Akarl-Magnus Fredriksson (baritone)
Gilda, Rigoletto’s daughter – Ida Falk Winland (soprano)
Sparafucile, an assassin – John Erik Eleby (bass)
Maddalena – Katarina Leoson (mezzo-soprano) 
Giovanna, Gilda’s nurse - Susann Végh (mezzo-soprano)
Count Monterone - Kristian Flor (baritone)
Marullo – Anton Eriksson (baritone)
Borsa, a courtier – Jihan Shin (tenor)
Count Ceprano – Jens Persson (bass)
Countess Ceprano – Emma Vetter (mezzo-soprano)
A Page – Ella Morin (soprano)
Swedish Royal Opera Chorus
Swedish Royal Opera Orchestra
Lionel Bringuier, conductor


4.00pm
Richard Strauss: Burleske for piano & orchestra

Michael McHale (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra 
Michael Collins (conductor)


4.20pm
Francis Poulenc: Sinfonietta
BBC Symphony Orchestra 
Andrei Feher (conductor)

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