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Boccaccio, oder Der Prinz von Palermo (Boccaccio, or the Prince of Palermo) is an operetta in three acts by Franz von Suppé to a German libretto by Camillo Walzel and Richard Genée, based on the play by Jean-François Bayard, Adolphe de Leuven, Léon Lévy Brunswick and Arthur de Beauplan, based in turn on The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio.

The opera was first performed at the Carltheater, Vienna, on 1 February 1879.

Joana Filipe Martinez - conductor/producer
CMD Grand Opera Company of Barcelona Spain

This broadcast is also available on YouTube at:
https://youtu.be/RjS0nPcYdxE

Prelude to La Musica
February 4, 2020
5:00 PM
Sarasota Yacht Club
Sarasota, Florida

Join us for cocktails, hor d'oeuvres and a concert by La Musica favorites Daniel Avshalomov (viola) and Derek Han (piano).

Purchase tickets at:
https://www.lamusicafestival.org/

Die schöne Galathée (The Beautiful Galatea) is an operetta in two acts by Franz von Suppé to a German libretto by the composer and 'Poly Henrion' (the pseudonym of Leonhard Kohl von Kohlenegg).

In the early 1860s, French operettas by Jacques Offenbach were first presented in Vienna. Franz von Suppé was obliged to compete with them by taking the time-honored traditions of Vienna and combining it with the new style of Offenbach. Die schöne Galathée was Franz von Suppé's first critical success.

Dominique Beaulieu, conductor
CMD Paris Philharmonic in Orleans

Emilia di Liverpool is a dramma semiserio, ("half-serious") dramatic opera, in two acts with music by Gaetano Donizetti. Giuseppe Checcherini wrote the Italian libretto after the anonymous libretto for Vittorio Trento's Emilia di Laverpaut, itself based on Stefano Scatizzi's play of the same name. It premiered on 28 July 1824 at the Teatro Nuovo in Naples.

Conducted by Joana Filipe Martinez
CMD Grand Opera Company of Barcelona

This broadcast is also available on YouTube at:
https://youtu.be/X9jGDUdAAJc

Over 10 hours of classical music for the New Year.

Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers) is an opera in three acts by the French composer Georges Bizet, to a libretto by Eugène Cormon and Michel Carré. It was premiered on 30 September 1863 at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris, and was given 18 performances in its initial run. Set in ancient times on the island of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), the opera tells the story of how two men's vow of eternal friendship is threatened by their love for the same woman, whose own dilemma is the conflict between secular love and her sacred oath as a priestess. The friendship duet "Au fond du temple saint", generally known as "The Pearl Fishers Duet", is one of the best-known in Western opera.

Dominique Beaulieu, conductor
CMD Philharmonic and Chorus of Paris in Orleans

Listen on YouTube at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpKZVLi7ja0&feature=youtu.be