Classical Californians: Shawna Lucey

This week on Classical Californians, Shawna Lucey, an opera director and the General Director and CEO of Opera San José takes the mic. A longtime presence in California opera, she has directed productions for Opera San José, San Francisco Opera, and LA Opera, among other companies. Her selections include music from John Adams' Doctor Atomic, Giuseppe Verdi's Falstaff, and Richard Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier, three works that reflect the range of operatic storytelling heard on this week's program.

Classical Californians: Shawna Lucey

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Arrigo Boito, Mefistofele, Prologue: “Salve, Regina!” (Coro) [“Hail, Queen!”] Arrigo Boito, Julius Rudel, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, London Symphony Orchestra

John Adams, Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: “Batter my heart”, John Adams, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gerald Finley

Francis Poulenc, Piano Concerto in C-Sharp Minor, FP 146: II. Andante con moto, Francis Poulenc, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexandre Tharaud

Béla Bartók, Bluebeard’s Castle, Sz. 48: Door 5, The Kingdom. Ah! I s az én birodalmam, Christa Ludwig, Walter Berry, London Symphony Orchestra, István Kertész

Richard Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59, Act III: “Marie Theres’!” – “Hab mir’s gelobt, Ihn lieb zu haben”, Renée Fleming, Sophie Koch, Diana Damrau, Franz Grundheber, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Christian Thielemann

Frédéric Chopin, 12 Études, Op. 10: No. 12 in C Minor “Revolutionary”, Maurizio Pollini

Giuseppe Verdi, Falstaff, Act III: Facciamo il parentado – Finale. Tutto nel mondo è burla, Thomas Hampson, Anthony Mee, Anatoli Kotscherga, Adrianne Pieczonka, Dorothea Röschmann, Daniil Shtoda, Larissa Diadkova, Stella Doufexis, Bryn Terfel