This Saturday, WHRO FM brings you another opera selected by one of the most renowned artists of today, as part of the Metropolitan Opera's Artist’s Choice series. This time, soprano Lise Davidsen honors the beloved diva Jessye Norman by selecting Strauss’s “Ariadne auf Naxos.” In this stunning 1985 performance, Norman takes on the title role of the mythological princess who is abandoned by her lover on the island of Naxos.
The cast also includes Gianna Rolandi as the comedienne Zerbinetta, Maria Ewing as the young idealistic Composer, and William Cochran as the god Bacchus. Sir Andrew Davis conducted the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.
Listeners will enjoy this special broadcast on Saturday, February 15, at 1:00 p.m., either by tuning in to 90.3 FM or streaming online via the WHRO Media Player.
