Chicago Lyric Operathon! Saturday, the 18th of October

No, I haven't moved to Chicago...yet ;-) But i do love the Lyric Opera "activities"!!

For all of you fancying a bit of wonderful music, check this out!

and
are offering all of us 16 hours of music in the OPERATHON 2008 !!!
LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO · 98.7WMFT SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 8 AM TO MIDNIGHT

I got it from the Sun Times article and it announces that:

"The 29th annual radio marathon fundraiser benefits the Lyric Opera's education and community-engagement programs. The on-air appearances will be from stars of the Lyric's fall productions of "Manon," "The Pearl Fishers," "Lulu" and "Porgy and Bess." The Lyric's general director, William Mason; music director Sir Andrew Davis, and other opera celebrities, will take part in the Operathon."

And you can give a little thank you and make a donation by either calling the number in the article or on the Lyric site.

You can stream 98.7WMFT live here.

And you can check you time to be live with Chicago here . For us in London it is 6hours later, so it starts at 2pm and ends at 6am Sunday ;-) Brew yourselves a biiig pot of coffee!!

Manon, see, hear and experience Jonas Kaufmann and Natalie Dessay :-)

I can't resist this! A litte gift from Lyric Opera Chicago :-) Aren't they a dream????

All together now: Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

Watch our for the drool, it may damage your keyboard ;-))))

Update: NOW Free Don Giovanni video on ROH web

Just visited the site and the videos are working perfectly! Well done ROH and thanks. It sounds and looks good and punctual as ever :-))



As previously announced, the ROH will generously share the Don Giovanni production which opened this season will all operalovers :-) Check out the site for details on how you can join in the fun from from October, the 5th!

http://www.roh.org.uk/discover/dongiovannifree.aspx

Everyone enjoy! But bare in mind before getting angry about possible technical mishaps, it will be there for a while, so you might want to give it a day or two for the first rush to pass,. otherwise the server will predictably fall over or get slow. Be patient, i am sure it will be worth it :-)

I will be looking forward to it!!