Friday, January 21, 2011

Verdi's "Rigoletto" Met Saturday Afternoon Broadcast

Diana Damrau (photo by John Palmer)

St. Louis Public Radio will carry the Met broadcast of Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto on their HD channel, KWMU-3 beginning at 12 noon. Approximate running time 3 hours.

The Met says, "The Verdi favorite returns with great casts, including Diana Damrau, Joseph Calleja, Giuseppe Filianoti, and Željko Lucic."

Intermission #1 at approximately 1:00 p.m. features:

Backstage Pass: Loren Toolajian interviews Nino Machaidze and Giovanni Meoni, and Margaret Juntwait interviews Joseph Calleja and Dimitri Hvorostovsky

Intermission #2 at approximately 1:57 p.m. features:

Toll Brothers Metropolitan Opera Quiz with moderator James Maddalena and panel including Susan Ashbaker, Michelle Krisel, and Willie Anthony Waters.

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