Podcast appearances and mentions of Matthew Polenzani

This week on the podcast is part two of our interview with renowned lyric tenor, Matthew Polenzani. He performs regularly with the Metropolitan Opera and appears in opera houses around the world such as the Vienna State Opera, Paris Opera, and Teatro Real in Madrid. Matthew is continuously in demand for concert engagements with the world's most influential conductors, and with premiere ensembles such as the Berlin Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and the Munich Philharmonic.​Join us for this mini-master class in career development for any aspiring musician! https://matthewpolenzani.com/

Today we release part one of our interview with renowned lyric tenor, Matthew Polenzani. He performs regularly with the Metropolitan Opera and appears in opera houses around the world such as the Vienna State Opera, Paris Opera, and Teatro Real in Madrid.  Matthew is continuously in demand for concert engagements with the world's most influential conductors, and with premiere ensembles such as the Berlin Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and the Munich Philharmonic.Join us for this mini-master class in career development for any aspiring musician!  https://matthewpolenzani.com/

“L'Elisir d'Amore” — “The Elixir of Love” — is what's known as an opera buffa, or comic opera. That means that we're in for a happy ending.But Donizetti knows that the payoff is only earned through the suffering of his protagonists. In one pivotal moment, our hero Nemorino glimpses his beloved shedding a single tear — and he concludes (crazily, but correctly) that it can only mean that she loves him back. The aria Nemorino delivers here — one of the most famous in the history of opera — expresses the singular moment when the agony of unrequited love shifts to the certainty of a blissful future.In this episode, host Rhiannon Giddens and her guests unpack the potential for heartbreak that lies within every happy ending and why Donizetti might be one of the most underrated opera composers. Tenor Matthew Polenzani brings it home with a rendition of “Una furtiva lagrima” from the Met stage.THE GUESTSOver the course of a career spanning more than 30 years, tenor Matthew Polenzani has sung the role of Nemorino on opera stages all over the world. He has a family of barbershop quartet singers to thank for his introduction to music.Fred Plotkin is the author of “Opera 101: A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Opera.” As a proud Donizetti fanboy, he believes that the psychological insight Donizetti brings to his characters is nearly unmatched in the work of other composers.When she's not teaching French at St. Mary's College of Maryland, Laine Doggett is brushing up on her medieval lore. As the author of “Love Cures: Healing and Magic in Old French Romance,” she knows a thing or two about magical elixirs.Judith Fetterley is a former professor, master gardener, and writer. She's got a love story of her own that involves elixirs. You might have read it in the New York Times' “Modern Love” column under the title, Was She Just Another Nicely Packaged Pain Delivery System?

At last! After much anticipation, Aria Code returns! We're guiding listeners through highlights from the Metropolitan Opera's 2023-2024 season, pairing beloved classics with investigations into modern masterpieces. So get ready for a night at the opera — from the comfort of your own home. (Or wherever!) Arias from the likes of Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking and Anthony Davis's X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X will tackle some of the most complex social and ethical questions head-on, while classics like Bizet's Carmen and Gounod's Roméo et Juliette plunge us into the thick of opera's favorite themes of desire, love, and longing. Hosted by Grammy Award-winner, MacArthur “Genius” Fellow, and (most recently) Pulitzer Prize-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens, each episode features a signature combination of music and riveting storytelling, paired with Met Opera performances by world-renowned opera stars, including Joyce DiDonato, Matthew Polenzani, Will Liverman, Clémentine Margaine, Diana Damrau, and Ailyn Pérez.    Aria Code is produced by WQXR in partnership with The Metropolitan Opera. This season, we'll be releasing episodes on a biweekly basis, starting October 4.

Don Carlos is a grand work, with opera's eternal themes of love, betrayal and faith. These days, it's beloved by fans of Verdi, but that hasn't always been the case. The opera has appeared in many forms over the years, with some acts edited out and even the language changed. The latest production by the Metropolitan Opera is performed for the first time by the company in the original French. The production's star, Matthew Polenzani, takes listeners back to the origins: the character's and his own.

Don Carlos is a grand work, with opera's eternal themes of love, betrayal and faith. These days, it's beloved by fans of Verdi, but that hasn't always been the case. The opera has appeared in many forms over the years, with some acts edited out and even the language changed. The latest production by the Metropolitan Opera is performed for the first time by the company in the original French. The production's star, Matthew Polenzani, takes listeners back to the origins: the character's and his own.

For the first time in the company's history, the Metropolitan Opera is presenting Verdi's tragic opera Don Carlos in its original five act French version. Set during the period of the tumultuous Spanish Inquisition, this opera boasts a super star cast including Matthew Polenzani, Sonya Yoncheva, Jamie Barton, and Eric Owens. Join lecturer John J.H. Muller as he explores the music and history of this French Grand Opera.

Join us as we head to Pelham, NY to chat with the extraordinary tenor, Matthew Polenzani, about singing through the pandemic, why Mozart is so important for any singer and why being a father is so special to him and the MOST important piece of his life.   https://matthewpolenzani.com/

durée : 02:00:07 - Musique matin du jeudi 31 décembre 2020 - par : Jean-Baptiste Urbain - Happy New Year ! Le Metropolitan Opéra de New York propose un concert pour le réveillon du nouvel an aux côtés de Pretty Yende, accompagnée de Angel Blue, Javier Camarena et Matthew Polenzani. Concert en direct du Parktheater d'Augsbourg, visible et payant sur le site du Metropolitan, à 22h. - réalisé par : Yassine Bouzar

Seattle Opera Dramaturg Jonathan Dean introduces several different types of tenor, from the agile-voiced, graceful and elegant tenori di grazia, to the heroic and powerful tenori di forza, and all points in between. Includes musical examples featuring many favorite Seattle Opera tenors: Antonello Palombi, Edgardo Rocha, Laurence Brownlee, William Burden, Matthew Polenzani, Ben Heppner, James McCracken, Stefan Vinke, Francesco Demuro, Joseph Calleja, Alasdair Elliott, Peter Kazaras, Marcello Giordani, Neil Shicoff, Russell Thomas, Franco Corelli, and Vinson Cole.

Love is intoxicating, but dating can be hard. In Jacques Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffmann, a love-obsessed poet tells fantastical stories of romance gone very, very wrong. Based on the works of 19th-century Gothic horror writer E.T.A. Hoffmann, the opera is a journey through desire and loss – a journey that just might make you feel better about your own dating disasters!  In the aria “Ô Dieu! de quelle ivresse,” the poet-protagonist Hoffmann professes his passionate love to the courtesan Giulietta. In this episode, Rhiannon Giddens and her guests explore the intoxicating power of romance, and the magically mysterious world created by both E.T.A. Hoffmann and Offenbach. Tenor Matthew Polenzani sings the aria onstage at the Metropolitan Opera.  The Guests Tenor Matthew Polenzani has just wrapped up his 22nd season at the Metropolitan Opera, which is one of many places he’s performed the role of Hoffmann. As a happily married man, he can’t quite relate to the poet’s unending heartbreak, but he does believe that all artists should have a touch of crazy in them. Veronica Chambers is a writer and editor for The New York Times. In 2006, her essay “Loved and Lost? It’s O.K., Especially if You Win” was published in the Modern Love column, detailing her long list of doomed romances. But, like Hoffmann, she kept her heart wide open to the possibility of love. Stage director Beth Greenberg directed The Tales of Hoffmann for New York City Opera back in 1996. She counts Jacques Offenbach among the greatest composers, in part because of his extraordinary sense of satire. She likes to think of him as “the Mel Brooks of the Champs-Élysées.” Francesca Brittan is an Associate Professor of Music at Case Western Reserve University. Her work focuses on 19th- and 20th-century music, and her 2017 book Music and Fantasy in the Age of Berlioz details her fascination with the fantasy genre in literature and in music. She loves exploring the secret worlds imagined by E.T.A. Hoffmann and writers like him.

Soprano Lisette Oropesa was recently named as the winner of the 2019 Richard Tucker Award. She stars in  major productions around the world and has garnered acclaim in several prestigious debuts including in the title role of Lucia di Lammermoor at the Teatro Real Madrid and Royal Opera House.  Past winners include such luminaries as Stephanie Blythe, Lawrence Brownlee, Joyce DiDonato, Renée Fleming, Christine Goerke, Matthew Polenzani, and Deborah Voigt. Oropesa was inducted into this who’s who of American opera at the foundation’s annual gala on Sunday, October 27, at Carnegie Hall.  She chats with host Patrick D. McCoy about her career, winning the award and her upcoming appearance in DC with Washington Concert Opera in their performance of "Hamlet" by Ambroise Thomas on Sunday, November 24 at George Washington University's Lisner Auditorium.

Seattle Opera Dramaturg Jonathan Dean introduces several different types of tenor, from the agile-voiced, graceful and elegant tenori di grazia, to the heroic and powerful tenori di forza, and all points in between. Includes musical examples featuring many favorite Seattle Opera tenors: Antonello Palombi, Edgardo Rocha, Laurence Brownlee, William Burden, Matthew Polenzani, Ben Heppner, James McCracken, Stefan Vinke, Francesco Demuro, Joseph Calleja, Alasdair Elliott, Peter Kazaras, Marcello Giordani, Neil Shicoff, Russell Thomas, Franco Corelli, and Vinson Cole.

I programmet diskuteras musik av Selim Palmgren, Timothy Fallon sjunger sånger av Franz Liszt, Molinari-kvartetten spelar György Kurtág samt Dvoráks Stabat mater med Jiri Belohlávek på pulten. Söndag den 12 nov 12.00 14.00 I panelen Boel Adler, Hans Häggström och Måns Tengnér som tillsammans med programledaren Johan Korssell betygsätter följande skivor: SELIM PALMGREN Pianokonserter nr 4 och 5, Pastoral i tre scener, Exotisk marsch Janne Mertanen, piano Pori sinfonietta Jan Söderblom, Dirigent Alba ABCD 400 FRANZ LISZT 15 sånger Timothy Fallon, tenor Ammiel Bushakevitz, piano Bis SACD 2272 GYÖRGY KURTÁG Stråkkvartetterna Molinari-kvartetten Atma Classique ACD2 2705 ANTONÍN DVORÁK Stabat mater Eri Nakamura, sopran, Elisabeth Kulman, mezzosopran, Michael Spyres, tenor, Jongmin Park, bas Prags filharmoniska kör Tjeckiska filharmonin Jiri Belohlávek, dirigent Decca 483 1510 (2) Referensen Dvoráks Stabat mater Johan jämför med och refererar till en inspelning av Dvoráks Stabat mater med solister, Collegium Vocale, Gent samt Flamländska filharmonin, Bryssel allt under ledning av Philippe Herreweghe på egna märket PHI.  Alexanders val Alexander Freudenthal väljer ur en box med 70 CD Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon, vilken innehåller Amadeuskvartettens kompletta utgivning på Deutsche Grammophon, Decca och Westminster.  Andra i programmet nämnda eller rekommenderade inspelningar: Selim Palmgrens pianokonserter med solisterna Eero Heinonen (nr 1) Juhani Lagerspetz (nr 2 & 4) Matti Raekallio (nr 3) Raija Kerppo (nr 5) alla ackompanjerade av Åbo stadsorkester ledda av Jacques Mercier på skivmärket Finlandia samt med pianisten Henri Sigfridsson och Pori sinfonietta ledda av Jan Söderblom (nr 1 3) inspelad på Alba. Selim Palmgrens pianostycken Majnatt och Månsken Franz Liszts sånger i komplett utförande med olika solister ackompanjerade av Julius Drake i 4 volymer på Hyperion. Där nämndes särskilt tenoren Matthew Polenzani (vol 1) och barytonen Gerald Finley (vol 3); med Barbara Bonney ackompanjerad av Antonio Pappano på Decca samt med Thomas Hampson ackompanjerad av Geoffrey Parsons på skivmärket EMI. Kurtágs stråkkvartetter med Keller-kvartetten på ECM samt med Athena-kvartetten på Neos Productions.   Kurtágs orkesterstycke Stele, Symphonie funèbre med Berlins filharmoniker ledd av Claudio Abbado på DGG. Dvoráks Stabat mater med solister tillsammans med Londons filharmoniker & kör ledda av Neeme Järvi på egna märket LPO; med solister tillsammans med Bayerska radions kör och symfoniorkester under ledning av Mariss Jansons på BR Klassik; solister, Prags filharmoniska kör och symfoniorkester under Jiri Belohlávek på Supraphon; med solister, Prags filharmoniska kör och Tjeckiska filharmonin under Jiri Belohlávek på Chandos;  solister, Tjeckiska filharmonins kör & orkester ledda av Vaclav Talich på Supraphon; solister, Bayerska radions kör och orkester dirigerade av Rafael Kubelik på DGG samt med solister Collegium Vocale Gent, Flamländska filharmonin, Bryssel ledda av Philippe Herreweghe (Referensen). Dvoráks Requiem som dirigerades av Jiri Belohlávek i London i april 2017.  Svepet Johan sveper över ett album innehållande Peter Tjajkovskijs balett Törnrosa där Vladimir Jurowski leder ryska Svetlanov-orkestern. Skivan som består av 2 CD är utgiven på ICA Classics.

It’s summer, and that means re-runs. For our new listeners, you might have missed two great interviews from the OBS archives. Tonight, you’ll get another chance to hear Oliver’s interview with superstar tenor Matthew Polenzani and George's interview with Kirsten Harms, the former Intendantin of the Deutsche Oper Berlin... Then in our ‘Hometown Team’ segment, Tobias and Oliver chime in on the appointment of Lidiya Yankovskaya as the new Music Director of Chicago Opera Theater... And, you get all your opera headlines and our hot takes on them in ‘The Two Minute Drill’... @operaboxscore

On July 20th, 2016, the Met will be broadcasting the last HD encore opera of the summer to theatres across the globe! The opera is Mozart’s beloved Così fan tutte, and the cast features audience favourites such as Matthew Polenzani, Isabel Leonard, and Danielle de Niese. So to get us all prepared for the broadcast, our episode today features a wonderful Talking About Opera lecture from our archives, with Bridget Paolucci discussing this beloved Mozart work.

The second of this summer’s Met Live in HD Encore presentation will be of Donizetti’s "L’Elisir d’Amore," with an exceptional cast starring Anna Netrebko as Adina, Matthew Polenzani as Nemorino, Mariusz Kwiecień as Belcore, and Ambrogio Maestri as the clever Dulcamara. In preparation for the broadcast, the Met Opera Guild’s Kyle Homewood joins Naomi Barrettara in a casual conversation discussing things they love about the opera and musical moments to listen for in one of the most popular operatic comedies of the last two centuries.

We go 'Inside the Huddle' with one of the most distinguished tenors of our generation. Matthew Polenzani gives us twenty minutes of his time. And what a time it was... In 'Chalk Talk' we respond to an article written by contemporary American composer Mark Adamo, in which he makes the argument that new works in small performances venues are the driving force behind opera in America. Some might beg to differ, sir... Plus, we've got all your opera headlines, and in 'TKO', a Contessa cagematch: which of two singers will deliver the knock out punch in one of the toughest arias from the entire soprano repertoire?

This show is the second part of a double header. Last week, on Show No. 23, we were joined by the world-famous tenor Matthew Polenzani. If you haven't heard that podcast yet, be sure to go back an episode to catch everything Matthew had to say... On this show, we follow up on a recent article in which an undergraduate singer asked composer Mark Adamo about how "alive" opera was today. We take that conversation and invert it: in what ways are undergraduate students alive for opera? How does undergraduate voice training prepare singers for careers in opera, if at all...? Plus we've all your opera headlines, and Oliver challenges Tobias and Giovanna, as well as our listeners, in a gender bending 'Pop Quiz'. Guess the gender of five vocally androgynous singers who specialize in the repertoire of the 18th century castrato. Listen carefully, 'cause you don’t get to see which bathroom they go into...

The Metropolitan Opera presents Donizetti's Roberto Devereux live in HD, beamed into movie theaters worldwide on Saturday, April 16, 2016. This is the Met's first production of Roberto Devereux, and stars Sondra Radvanovsky as Elizabeth I and Matthew Polenzani as Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex.