Additional Agrippina from Liceu

Here are three "fan" videos from Handel's Agrippina from Liceu. Aren't smartphones wonderful? (although the sound is a bit wonky on the Danielle clip.)

More Agrippina from Liceu

What I didn't mention in my last Agrippina post is that the staging in Liceu is by David McVicar. (Partly because that’s not as pertinent when listening on the radio.) So far, I haven't seen any naked executioners, but there is cocaine use, some smooth Gene Kelly style hoofing, and an amusing vignette in which Sarah Connolly (not in pants, for a change) and Danielle de Niese show up at a party wearing the same gown. 

Danielle De Niese i Sarah Connolly. (foto: A. Bofill)

These are among the videos (below) that the Gran Teatre del Liceu have shared for us on the Toob of Yooo. Can there be a full video out there on the horizon? 

Why We Watch Other People's Blogs (or: More Opera Online)

radio alert: agrippina! ...from thadieu's opera rambling outlet

Händel’s Agrippina will be broadcast tomorrow from the Gran Teatre del Liceu, with a basic who's who of early music: Sarah Connolly, Malena Ernman, Danielle De Niese, Franz-Josef Selig, David Daniels, Ian Henry Waddington, Dominique Visse, and Enric Martínez-Castignani conducted by Harry Bicket.

Tha deiu flagged this broadcast for us at World Concert Hall, which boasts: "every online concert in this world." This may be a bit of hyperbole; but,  if not every concert, they sure do have a lot of concerts, and they provide handy links directly to the programs. They don't archive performances, but as often happens on the internet, you can find the source of the broadcast, and discover what other pleasures are available from that same station. 

For example: Agrippina is being broadcast by Catalunya Musica, a Spanish radio station that archives many of its broadcasts. Among those archives, I found a replay of this year's Edinburgh recital by Dorothea Röschmann and a recital by Angela Meade, among many other instrumental and vocal gems. 

World Concert Hall also has a great (and pretty thorough) listing of classical music station websites from around the world at their Channels page. More online music! Who needs to work or sleep?

Gratuitous Miah Persson Post – Handel: Agrippina

Ms. Persson...

...as the other Poppea;  Paris, 2003