Mostly Mezzo Mondays: Connolly, Lemieux, and a well-cast Messiah
Mostly Mezzo Mondays: a recurring (though not weekly) feature where, on Monday nights, I blog a list of the upcoming broadcasts that have caught my eye on World Concert Hall. My interests: baroque vocal music, art song recitals, and a list of favorite singers.
Marie-Nicole Lemieux sings Berlioz’s Les nuites d’été with the Orchestre de Montréal conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Tuesday, December 5 on Radio Classique.
Sarah Connolly sings Brangäne along with Iréne Theorin (Isolde), Stefan Vinke (Tristan), Greer Grimsley (Kurwenal), and Albert Dohmen (Marke) in a live performance of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde broadcast from the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona. Thursday, December 7 on Catalunya Música.
It’s that Messiah time of year again. The Handel and Haydn Society of Boston makes a strong entry with Katherine Watson, Christine Rice, Allan Clayton, and Sumner Thompson. Sunday, December 10 on WCRB. Note: this performance is scheduled for broadcast on Sunday the 10th, in local time; it shows up at 0:00 on the 11th on World Concert Hall because WCH uses Greenwich Mean Time for all listings.