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    Up Close with 'L'Amour de Loin'

    Up Close with 'L'Amour de Loin'

    FromHe Sang/She Sang

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    Up Close with 'L'Amour de Loin'

    FromHe Sang/She Sang

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    Length:
    41 minutes
    Released:
    Dec 6, 2016
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Description

    On this week's episode of He Sang/She Sang, hosts Merrin Lazyan and Mike Shobe get you ready for the new Metropolitan Opera production of L'Amour de Loin. We'll discuss the plot, characters and the music from this 12th century story about a long-distance relationship. Plus, we'll hear from bass-baritone Eric Owens, soprano Susanna Phillips and composer Kaija Saariaho.
    Mike and Merrin's YouTube picks to get even more familiar with L'Amour de Loin:
    The Met's trailer for the opera featuring Susanna Phillips, Eric Owens and Tamara Mumford.

    The Pilgrim (mezzo-soprano Monica Groop) and Clémence, Countess of Tripoli (soprano Dawn Upshaw).
     
    This episode features excerpts from the following album:• L'amour de Loin (Harmonia Mundi, 2009)— Daniel Belcher, tenor; Ekaterina Lekhina, soprano; Marie-Ange Todorovitch, mezzo-soprano
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    Released:
    Dec 6, 2016
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    He Sang/She Sang is a new podcast from WQXR for the opera-curious and opera superfans who want to know what all those big voices are really singing about. The podcast follows the radio broadcast season of the Metropolitan Opera with a weekly roundtable chat that discusses the plots, characters, music, productions, social significance and great performances of that week's opera. Following the Met's radio broadcast season, He Sang/She Sang will dive into the new productions of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde and Rossini’s William Tell, the Met premiere of an opera by Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho and fan favorites by Verdi, Puccini and Mozart. He Sang/She Sang is hosted by Merrin Lazyan and Michael Shobe, with appearances by superstar soprano Anna Netrebko, Met Opera tenor Stuart Skelton, WQXR hosts Jeff Spurgeon and Nimet Habachy, BBC 3 host Clemency Burton Hill and others.