Seattle Opera Celebrates ARTHUR WOODLEY

Seattle Opera Celebrates ARTHUR WOODLEY

Author: Seattle Opera January 9, 2021 Duration: 17:24

At Seattle Opera we had the great good fortune to work with the late great bass Arthur Woodley many times over 25 years. In this podcast, which will also air on KING FM during the intermission of BORIS GODUNOV on January 9, Seattle Opera Dramaturg Jonathan Dean shares some of Arthur Woodley's extraordinary vocal performances and memories of this beloved singer.

Archival clips featuring the Seattle Opera orchestra, chorus, and soloists from performances of Bluebeard's Castle, 2009, conducted by Evan Rogister; The Marriage of Figaro, 2009, conducted by Dean Williamson; Julius Caesar, 2007, conducted by Gary Thor Wedow; Il trovatore, 2010, conducted by Yves Abel; Fidelio, 2012, conducted by Asher Fisch; La bohème, 2013, conducted by Carlo Monatanaro, and Lucia di Lammermoor, 2010, conducted by Bruno Cinquegrani.


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Author: Language: English Episodes: 131

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OPERAWISE: OPERA BUFFA [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 18:04
In this series of podcasts, Seattle Opera Dramaturg Jonathan Dean gives listeners a taste of nine different types of traditional opera. Opera buffa, the beloved old Italian tradition of opera comedy, is what you get by a…
OPERAWISE: VERISMO [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 18:44
In this series of podcasts, Seattle Opera Dramaturg Jonathan Dean gives listeners a taste of nine different types of traditional opera. Verismo was a late nineteenth-century reaction against the excesses of the great tra…
Opera and Literature: PUSHKIN (Part 2) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 33:32
Dacia Clay, KING FM Creative Director and host of the Classical Classroom Podcast, chats with Seattle Opera Dramaturg Jonathan Dean about Pushkin, the great Russian poet, novelist, and playwright. Pushkin's brilliant wor…
OPERAWISE: MUSIC DRAMA [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 18:57
In this series of podcasts, Seattle Opera Dramaturg Jonathan Dean gives listeners a taste of nine different types of traditional opera. Music Drama was the personal solution to the problems of presenting opera in ninetee…
Opera and Literature: PUSHKIN (Part 1) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 14:44
Dacia Clay, KING FM Creative Director and host of the Classical Classroom Podcast, chats with Seattle Opera Dramaturg Jonathan Dean about Pushkin, the great Russian poet, novelist, and playwright. Pushkin's brilliant wor…
OPERAWISE: BEL CANTO MELODRAMA [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 16:24
In this series of podcasts, Seattle Opera Dramaturg Jonathan Dean gives listeners a taste of nine different types of traditional opera. Bel Canto Melodrama refers to for serious Italian opera from the first part of the n…
OPERAWISE: GRAND OPERA [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 14:58
In this series of podcasts, Seattle Opera Dramaturg Jonathan Dean gives listeners a taste of nine different types of traditional opera. Grand opera developed in the mid-19th century and centered on performances at the Op…
OPERAWISE: Opera Seria [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 14:21
In this series of podcasts, Seattle Opera Dramaturg Jonathan Dean gives listeners a taste of nine different types of traditional opera. Opera seria, traditional Italian serious opera, developed in the mid-1600s and laste…
LA BOHÈME 101 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 14:57
"Men die and governments change, but the songs of La bohème will live forever," wrote Thomas Alva Edison to Giacomo Puccini. Seattle Opera Dramaturg Jonathan Dean introduces La bohème, with musical examples from Seattle…
Joshua Stewart shares CHARLIE PARKER'S YARDBIRD with KNKX [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 24:27
Seattle's jazz community is getting excited about Charlie Parker's Yardbird. Tenor Joshua Stewart, who makes his Seattle Opera debut as Charlie Parker (a role he has now sung in many other cities), visited radio station…