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Monday, March 11, 2024

Turandot Is March 16, 2024, Met Opera Saturday Matinee Radio Broadcast

Summary: Turandot is the March 16, 2024, Met Opera Saturday matinee broadcast, airing as 15th of the 2023-2024 season's 27 Saturday matinee radio broadcasts.

Puccini's Turandot is the March 16, 2024, Met Opera Saturday matinee broadcast, airing at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time as the 15th of the 2023-2024 season's lineup of 27 Saturday matinee radio broadcasts.

Turandot by Italian opera composer Giacomo Puccini (Dec. 22, 1858-Nov. 29, 1924) receives 17 performances in the 2023-2024 season. The first through fourth performances were held Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, March 2, at 8:00 p.m.; Tuesday, March 5, at 7:00 p.m.; and Friday, March 8, at 7:00 p.m. The fifth through 17th, closing performances are distributed across March, April and June. March's remaining four performances are scheduled for Wednesday, March 13, at 7:00 p.m.; Saturday matinee, March 16, at 12:00 p.m.; Wednesday, March 20, at 7:30 p.m.; and Saturday, March 23, at 8:00 p.m. April's five performances are slated for Wednesday, April 3, at 7:00 p.m.; Saturday matinee, April 6, at 1:00 p.m.; Thursday, April 11, at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday matinee, April 14, at 3:00 p.m.; and Friday, April 19, at 7:30 p.m. May's only Turandot performance is set for Wednesday, May 29, at 7:00 p.m. June's three performances will begin with a Saturday matinee, June 1, at 1:00 p.m. The month's last two performances are scheduled for Tuesday, June 4, at 7:30 p.m.; and Friday, June 7, at 8:00 p.m.

Oksana Lyniv conducts the first 13 performances, including the March 16 Saturday matinee broadcast. The Ukrainian conductor made her Met Opera debut in the 2023-2024 season's first Turandot performance, Wednesday, Feb. 28.

She shares the role with Marco Armiliato, who conducts the 14 through 17th, closing performances. The Italian conductor had made his Met Opera debut Monday, Nov. 9, 1998, in the opera company’s 1,048th performance of Puccini's La Bohème.

Elena Pankratova sings the title role in the February, March (including the March 16 Saturday matinee broadcast), May and June performances. The Russian soprano had made her Met Opera debut in the 2023-2024 season's first Turandot performance, Wednesday, Feb. 28.

She shares the title role with Christine Goerke, who sings Turandot in April's eight performances. The American dramatic soprano made her Met Opera debut Monday, April 3, 1995, in the ensemble role of Woman with Baby in the opera company’s eighth performance of The Ghosts of Versailles by American classical composer John Corigliano (born Feb. 16, 1938).

Aleksandra Kurzak appears as self-sacrificing servant Liù in the first four and sixth through eighth (including the March 16 Saturday matinee broadcast) performances. The Polish operatic soprano had made her Met Opera debut Friday, Dec. 10, 2004, as Olympia in the opera company’s 233rd performance of Les Contes d’Hoffmann by German-born French composer Jacques Offenbach (June 20, 1819-Oct. 5, 1880).

Aleksandra Kurzak shares the role with four sopranos. Juliana Grigoryan, Gabriella Reyes, Angel Blue and Olga Kulchynska also sing Liù in the 2023-2024 season.

Juliana Grigoryan sings Liù in the fifth performance, Wednesday, March 13. Her appearance as Liù marks the Armenian soprano's Met Opera debut.

Gabriella Reyes sings Liù in April's first two (Wednesday, April 3; Saturday matinee, April 6) and last two (Sunday matinee, April 14; Friday, April 19) performances. The Nicaraguan-American sopran had made her Met Opera debut Wednesday, Sep. 26, 2018, as the Priestess in the opera company's 1,163rd performance of Aida by 19th-century Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi (Oct. 10, 1813-Jan. 27, 1901).

Angel Blue sings Liù in April's third performance, Thursday, April 11. The American operatic soprano had made her Met Opera debut Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, as Mimì in the opera company’s 1,306th performance of Puccini's La Bohème.

Olga Kulchynska sings Liù in the season's last three Turandot performances, taking place Wednesday, May 29; Saturday, June 1; Tuesday, June 4; and Friday, June 7. The Ukrainian soprano had made her Met Opera debut Friday, Oct. 25, 2019, as Musetta in the opera company's 1,332nd performance of Puccini's La Bohème.

SeokJong Baek sings riddle-solving Calàf in the season's February, March, May and June performances. The South Korean tenor had made his Met Opera debut Thursday, Sep. 28, 2023, as Ismaele in the opera company's 66th performance of Verdi's Nabucco.

He shares the role with Roberto Alagna, who sings Calàf in April's five performances. The French tenor’s Metropolitan Opera debut happened April 10, 1996, as Rodolfo in the opera company’s 1,031st performance of Puccini's La Bohème.

Vitalij Kowaljow sings Timur, Calàf's vanquished father, formerly King of Tartary, in the February and March (including the March 16 Saturday matinee broadcast) performances. The Ukrainian bass had made his Met Opera debut St. Patrick's Day, Monday, March 17, 2003, as the Babylonian High Priest of Bel (Ba'al) in the opera company's 24th performance of Verdi's Nabucco.

He shares the role with Chinese bass Peixin Chen, who sings Timur in April's five performances, and American bass Soloman Howard, who appears as Timur in the May and June performances. Peixin Chen had made his Metropolitan Opera debut Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, as Sarastro, in the production's holiday version, in the opera company's 449th performance of the opera. Soloman Howard made his Metropolitan Opera debut Oct. 30, 2014, as the King in the opera company’s 1,133rd performance of Verdi's Aida.

The 2023-2024 season's presentation of Turandot marks the 17th revival of the new production that debuted Thursday, March 12, 1987, under the directorship of Franco Zeffirelli (Feb. 12, 1923-June 15, 2019). The Italian film, opera and television director and producer had made his Met Opera debut Friday, March 6, 1964, in the opera company's 67th performance of Falstaff by 19th century Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi (Oct. 10, 1813-Jan. 27, 1901).

Franco Zeffirelli served as director and set designer of his new Turandot production. His production team comprised Anna Anni and Dada Saligeri, costume designers; Gil Wechsler, lighting designer; and Chiang Ching, choreographer. Italian costume designer Dada Saligeri and New York-based Chinese choreographer Chiang Ching had made their Met Opera debuts in the new Turandot production's debut Thursday, March 12, 1987. Italian costume designer Anna Anni (Nov. 21, 1926-Jan. 1, 2011) had made her Met Opera debut Thursday, Feb. 17, 1972, in the opera company's 42nd performance of La Fille du Régiment by 19th century-Italian bel canto opera composer Gaetano Donizetti (Nov. 29, 1797-April 8, 1848). American theatrical lighting designer Gil Wechsler had made his Met Opera debut Tuesday, Jan. 18, 1977, in the opera company's 74th performance of Le Prophète by German Jewish opera composer Giacomo Meyerbeer (Sep. 5, 1791-May 2, 1864).

Gounod's Roméo et Juliette broadcasts March 23 as the 16th of the 2023-2024 season's 27 Saturday matinee broadcasts. American theater director Bartlett Sher's revived production, which debuted in the 2016-2017 season, airs at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

Elena Pankratova sings the title role in the March 16, 2024, Saturday matinee radio broadcast of Puccini's Turandot; the Russian soprano had made her Met Opera debut in the 2023-2024 season's first Turandot performance, Wednesday, Feb. 28; (left) Elena Pankratova's Turandot with South Korean tenor SeokJong Baek as Calàf; (right upper) SeokJong Baek's Calàf; (right middle) Ukrainian bass Vitalij Kowaljow's Timur with Polish soprano Aleksandra Kurzak as Liù; (right lower) Aleksandra Kurzak's Liù: The Metropolitan Opera, via Facebook Feb. 28, 2024

Acknowledgment

My special thanks to talented artists and photographers/concerned organizations who make their fine images available on the internet.

Dedication

This post is dedicated to the memory of our beloved blue-eyed brother, Charles, who guided the creation of the Met Opera and Astronomy posts on Earth and Space News. We memorialized our brother in "Our Beloved Blue-Eyed Brother, Charles, With Whom We Are Well Pleased," published on Earth and Space News on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, an anniversary of our beloved father's death.

Image credits:

set design sketched by Franco Zeffirelli for his production of Puccini's Turandot; Zeffirelli's staging, which debuted Thursday, March 12, 1987, shares with La bohème the distinction of being the only two of Zeffirelli's 11 Met Opera productions still used by the opera company: Fondazione Franco Zeffirelli Onlus, via Facebook March 12, 2019, @ https://www.facebook.com/fondazionefrancozeffirelli/posts/pfbid02VoXf85eyugQS9HyefjePYC3HJYBexFVerXLiy8GJXENwjT9ejeWEbrE58cHUWB6Ql; via Facebook March 12, 2019, @ https://www.facebook.com/fondazionefrancozeffirelli/photos/pb.100063789780327.-2207520000/830080303994116/

"Debut: Aleksandra Kurzak." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 351104 Les Contes d'Hoffmann Metropolitan Opera House, Fri, December 10, 2004. Debut: Aleksandra Kurzak. Les Contes d'Hoffmann (233) Jacques Offenbach / Jules Barbier.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0383166

“Debut: Aleksandra Kurzak.” MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 351104 Les Contes d'Hoffmann {233} Metropolitan Opera House: 12/10/2004.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=351104

"Debut: Arseny Yakovlev, Gabriella Reyes." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 356997 Aida Metropolitan Opera House, Wed, September 26, 2018 Broadcast. Debut: Arseny Yakovlev, Gabriella Reyes. Aida (1163) Giuseppe Verdi / Antonio Ghislanzoni.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0386459

"Debut: Hector Vásquez, Peter Van Derick, Nathan Gunn, Christine Goerke, Carol Meyer." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 319890. Celebration of Marilyn Horne's twenty-fifth anniversary with the company The Ghosts of Versailles Metropolitan Opera House, Mon, April 3, 1995. Debut: Hector Vásquez, Peter Van Derick, Nathan Gunn, Christine Goerke, Carol Meyer. The Ghosts of Versailles (8) John Corigliano / William M. Hoffman.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0380779

"Debut: Hugues Cuénod, Roger Koch, Chiang Ching, Dada Saligeri." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 287710 New Production Turandot Metropolitan Opera House, Thu, March 12, 1987. Debut: Hugues Cuénod, Roger Koch, Chiang Ching, Dada Saligeri. Turandot (132) Giacomo Puccini / Giuseppe Adami/Renato Simoni.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0378900

"Debut: Leonard Bernstein, Luigi Alva, Franco Zeffirelli." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 197440 New Production Falstaff Metropolitan Opera House, Fri, March 6, 1964. Debut: Leonard Bernstein, Luigi Alva, Franco Zeffirelli. Falstaff (67) Giuseppe Verdi / Arrigo Boito.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0372665

"Debut: Marco Armiliato, Gregory Lorenz." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 331123 La Bohème Metropolitan Opera House, Mon, November 9, 1998. Debut: Marco Armiliato, Gregory Lorenz. La Bohème (1048) Giacomo Puccini / Luigi Illica/Giuseppe Giacosa.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0381573

"Debut: Olga Kulchynska, Andrey Zhilikhovsky, Jongmin Park." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 357271 La Bohème Metropolitan Opera House, Fri, October 25, 2019 Broadcast. Debut: Olga Kulchynska, Andrey Zhilikhovsky, Jongmin Park. La Bohème (1332) Giacomo Puccini / Luigi Illica/Giuseppe Giacosa.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0386711

"Debut: Raimund Herincx, Gil Wechsler, Stuart Sebastian." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 248030 New production Le Prophète {74} Metropolitan Opera House: 01/18/1977.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=248030

"Debut: Raimund Herincx, Stuart Sebastian, Gil Wechsler." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 248030 New Production Le Prophète Metropolitan Opera House, Tue, January 18, 1977. Debut: Raimund Herincx, Stuart Sebastian, Gil Wechsler. Le Prophète (74) Giacomo Meyerbeer / Eugène Scribe.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0376243

"Debut: Sandro Sequi, Anna Anni, Marcel Escoffier." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 228510 New Production La Fille du Régiment Metropolitan Opera House, Thu, February 17, 1972. Debut: Sandro Sequi, Anna Anni, Marcel Escoffier. La Fille du Régiment (42) Gaetano Donizetti / Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges/Jean-François Bayard.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0374846

"Debut: SeokJong Baek." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 357876 Nabucco Metropolitan Opera House, Thu, September 28, 2023. Debut: SeokJong Baek. Nabucco (66) Giuseppe Verdi / Temistocle Solera.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0387296

"Debut: Simone Young, Roberto Alagna, William Shimell." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 323890 La Bohème Metropolitan Opera House, Wed, April 10, 1996. Debut: Simone Young, Roberto Alagna, William Shimell. La Bohème (1031) Giacomo Puccini / Luigi Illica/Giuseppe Giacosa.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0381013

"Debut: So Young Park, Peixin Chen." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 357097 Die Zauberflöte Metropolitan Opera House, Thu, January 3, 2019. Debut: So Young Park, Peixin Chen. In English, translation by J. D. McClatchy. Die Zauberflöte (449) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Emanuel Schikaneder.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0386549

font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> "Debut: Soloman Howard." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 355599 Aida Metropolitan Opera House, Thu, October 30, 2014 Broadcast. Debut: Soloman Howard. Aida (1133) Giuseppe Verdi / Antonio Ghislanzoni.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0385542

“Debut: Soloman Howard.” MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 355599 Aida {1133} Metropolitan Opera House: 10/30/2014.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=355599

“Debut: Vitalij Kowaljow.” MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 333501 Nabucco {24} Metropolitan Opera House: 03/17/2003.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=333501

“Debuts: Alexander Soddy, Angel Blue, Duncan Rock.” MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 356747 La Bohème {1306} Metropolitan Opera House: 10/2/2017.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=356747

"Debuts: Arseny Yakovlev, Gabriella Reyes." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 357000 Aida {1163} Metropolitan Opera House: 09/26/2018.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=357000

“Debuts: Gregory Lorenz, Marco Armiliato.” MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 331123 La Bohème {1048} Metropolitan Opera House: 11/09/1998.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=331123

"Debuts: Hector Vásquez, Peter Van Derick, Nathan Gunn, Christine Goerke, Carol Meyer, Kemal Khan." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 319890 The Ghosts of Versailles {8} Metropolitan Opera House: 04/3/1995.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=319890

"Debuts: Luigi Alva, Leonard Bernstein, Franco Zeffirelli.” MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 197440 New Production Falstaff {67} Metropolitan Opera House: 03/6/1964.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=197440

“Debuts: Roberto Alagna, William Shimell, Simone Young.” MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 323890 La Bohème {1031} Metropolitan Opera House: 04/10/1996.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=323890

"Debuts: Sandro Sequi, Anna Anni, Marcel Escoffier." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 228510 New Production La Fille du Régiment {42} Metropolitan Opera House: 02/17/1972.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=228510

"Debuts: So Young Park, Peixin, Chen." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 357104 Die Zauberflöte {449} Metropolitan Opera House: 01/03/2019.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=357104

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Marriner, Derdriu. "Met Opera Calendars 2023-2024 Season Operas Sep. 26 Through June 8." Earth and Space News. Monday, Sep. 18, 2023.
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Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/08/metropolitan-opera-revives-12.html

Marriner, Derdriu. "Only Two of 11 Zeffirelli Productions Are Still Revived at Met Opera." Earth and Space News. Monday, May 25, 2020.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2020/05/only-two-of-11-zeffirelli-productions.html

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“New Production: Turandot." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 287710 New Production Turandot {132} Metropolitan Opera House: 03/12/1987.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=287710

"New Production: Turandot." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 287710 New Production Turandot Metropolitan Opera House, Thu, March 12, 1987. Debut: Hugues Cuénod, Roger Koch, Chiang Ching, Dada Saligeri. Turandot (132) Giacomo Puccini / Giuseppe Adami/Renato Simoni.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0378900

Friday, March 8, 2024

The Mystery of the Acid Soil Avails Us of Jane Marple by Kate Mosse

Summary: The Mystery of the Acid Soil avails us of Jane Marple in a short story by Kate Mosse for Marple: Twelve New Mysteries copyrighted Agatha Christie Limited.

"God talks to human beings through many vectors: through each other, through organized religion, through the great books of those religions, through wise people, through art and music and literature and poetry, but nowhere with such detail and grace and color and joy as through creation. When we destroy a species, when we destroy a special place, we're diminishing our capacity to sense the divine, understand who God is and what our own potential is." Robert Francis Kennedy Jr., April 19, 2023, Boston Park Plaza Hotel, Back Bay, Boston, Massachusetts.

“And there’s many people out there who want us to move to the next planet already and I’m like, hang on, let’s not give up on this planet yet," William, Prince of Wales, July 31, 2023, Sorted Food food truck, London, England, United Kingdom.

Kate Mosse abandons south France ambiances that abound in her Burning Chambers and her Languedoc trilogies for her native Chichester area in her short story The Mystery of the Acid Soil; Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, 20:06, image of Kate Mosse, Pont Vieux, Carcassonne (Occitan: Carcassona; Latin: Carcaso), Aude department (Latin: Atax), Occitania region (French: la Région Occitanie; Occitan: Occitània; Catalan: Occitània), southwestern France: APB11, CC BY SA 4.0 International, via Wikimedia Commons

The Mystery of the Acid Soil avails us of Jane Marple in a short story by Kate Mosse for Marple: Twelve New Mysteries copyrighted by Agatha Christie Limited in the United Kingdom.

Agatha Christie Limited brings us the book Marple: Twelve New Mysteries, for its Marple Collection, beneath the William Morrow imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Sep. 13, 2022. The Mosse short-story contribution claims the 11th, next-to-last chapter, which she constructs as 10 configurations 299-300, 301-306, 306-313, 313-317, 317-320, 320-321, 321-323, 323-325, 326-327 and 327-333. The first division delivers us, in a Southern Railway services train carriage, Jane Marple, with gray wool destined, when done, as donnable by an unnamed great-nephew.

Jane exits the second Wednesday in August after enjoying Monday and Tuesday with her London-ensconced nephew, Raymond; the latter’s painter wife, Joan; and their two sons.

Ernest Kemp figures secondly as Royal Sussex Regiment fighter at the Battle of Arnhem (Netherlands, Sep. 17-26, 1944) and first-posting from Divinity School as Fishbourne-parish curate.

Jane thirdly gets together with Emmeline Strickert, whose pensionnat years in Florence, Italy, gestated their friendship and whose right-palm contracture surgery guides Jane to post-operative care-giving. She hears from Ernest secondly, Emmy thirdly, about Elizabeth, church-choir singer who hates her stepfather, Mr. Cooper, and headed London-ward Tuesday after her mother’s funeral Monday. Emmy and Jane itinerate from Drovers cottage to Salthill Road, where inhabitant Cooper interacts, fourthly, inimically, with the latter three days after Mrs. Cooper’s Monday funeral.

Emmy and Jane Marple, in The Mystery of the Acid Soil by Kate Mosse, journey, fifthly, to Dr. J. Barden’s Salthill Road residence three doors down.

The deceased doctor's far from kempt garden, house and shed kindle, fifthly, Emmy and Jane knocking at The Bull’s Head Public House next-door neighbor’s brick-house door.

The Barden legacy leaves Mrs. Hands, Barden charwoman and let-go Cooper daily, 50 pounds and such furniture as medical-specimen cabinet, swivel desk-chair and two waiting-room chairs. Mrs. Hands mentions, fifthly, Dr. Barden’s tragically meeting Mr. Cooper even as Jane mentions among her “closest friends” (Mosse:319) Sir Henry Clithering, former Scotland Yard Commissioner. Emmy and Jane navigate, sixthly, the main road, from Mrs. Hands’ minuscule cottage to the same-row cottage, second down, of Williams, “informal village TAXI service” (Mosse:321).

The Mystery of the Acid Soil by Kate Mosse observes, seventhly, Williams opining to Jane Marple about Barden obtaining impetigo from rubella, tetanus from soil-acidifying blades.

Emmy, Jane and Williams peregrinate, seventhly and eighthly, to Grove Park, whose rector, paralleling Mrs. Hands, presents Mr. Cooper, as Fishbourne Halt-Pittsburgh-Fishbourne Halt passenger every afternoon.

Emmy, Ernest, Jane and Williams quit, ninthly, Grove Park for Salthill Road, which quarters Elizabeth, who never qualified for or queued at Waterloo-area London Theatre Company. Williams renders, tenthly, Elizabeth, Emmy, Ernest, Jane and the rector to Drovers cottage, from which he perhaps reaches Bull’s Head and thereby receives no reward-related refreshment. The rector says, tenthly, “De mortuis nil nisi bonum” (Latin for “Of [the] dead nothing except good”), from which Jane perhaps strayed fourthly and strays tenthly.

The Mystery of the Acid Soil by Kate Mosse takes Jane Marple back to Jack Sanders terminating wife Gladys in the short story Keston Hotel Spa.

Chilon of Sparta (6th century BCE), as one of Seven Sages of Greece, adds perhaps authentic appeal as an actual authority from ancient ages. He advised against antipathetic associations by those living about those dead even as the largely fictitious audience in The Mystery of the Acid Soil by Kate Mosse affirm otherwise; Seven Sages (Latin: Septem sapientes) depicted in woodcut, sheet 60 verso, in 1493-printed illustrated encyclopedia, authored by German cartographer, historian and humanist Hartmann Schedel (Feb. 13, 1440-Nov. 28, 1514) in Latin as Liber Chronicarum (Book of Chronicles) and in German, Schedelsche Weltchronik (Schedel's World History): Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Acknowledgment

My special thanks to talented artists and photographers/concerned organizations who make their fine images available on the internet.

Dedication

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

March Equinox 2024 Happens Tuesday, March 19, or Wednesday, March 20

Summary: The March 2024 equinox happens Tuesday, March 19, or Wednesday, March 20, as astronomical spring or fall opens, according to time zone and hemisphere.

graphic of astronomical and meteorological seasons in 2022 in the Northern Hemisphere during Earth's orbit around the sun; image credit NOAA Office of Education/Kaleigh Ballantine: via NOAA Office of Education

The March equinox in 2024 happens Tuesday, March 19, or Wednesday, March 20, according to Earth's time zones, and opens astronomical spring or autumn, according to location north or south of the equator.

The March equinox in 2024 takes place Tuesday, March 19, at 11:06 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) in the Northern Hemisphere. The time of the Earth-wide event equates to Wednesday, March 20, at 03:06 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), the Earth's primary time standard, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory, Astronomical Applications Department's "Earth Seasons -- Equinoxes and Solstices -- 2023-2026," published on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Weather Service website. The equinox occurs on Wednesday, March 20, for the 14 time zones that lie east of UTC. The equinox happens on Wednesday, March 20 for the first three time zones west of UTC and on Tuesday, March 19, for the last nine of the time zones west of UTC, according to "Time Zone Converter -- Time Difference Calculator (Classic)," published on the Time and Date website.

A positive UTC offset, symbolized as UTC+1 through UTC+14, designates time zones east of UTC. A negative UTC offset, expressed as UTC-1 through UTC-12, indicates time zones that lie west of UTC. Time zones east of UTC are ahead of UTC. Time zones west of UTC lag behind UTC.

The Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere experience the March equinox as contrasting seasons. The March equinox opens astronomical spring the Northern Hemisphere but announces astronomical autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. The March equinox pairs annually with the September equinox, which flips the seasons for the two hemispheres. Accordingly, the September equinox functions as the opener of astronomical autumn in the Northern Hemisphere and as the announcer of astronomical spring in the Southern Hemisphere.

The year's two equinoxes pair with two solstices. The June solstice follows the March equinox. The December solstice succeeds the September equinox. The solstices correspond with astronomical summer and winter. The September solstice opens astronomical summer in the Northern Hemisphere and astronomical winter in the Southern Hemisphere. Contrastingly, the December solstice announces astronomical winter in the Northern Hemisphere and astronomical summer in the Southern Hemisphere.

The position of the Earth with respect to the sun determines Earth's astronomical seasons, as explained the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Office of Education in "Changing Seasons," published on the agency's website. "The Earth’s annual trip around the sun forms the basis for the astronomical calendar in which seasons are defined by two solstices and two equinoxes."

During Earth's annual orbit around the sun, its axis of rotation is tilted 23.5 degrees. The hemisphere favored by the axial tilt toward the sun experiences astronomical summer while the hemisphere disfavored by an away tilt undergoes astronomical winter.

The orientation of Earth's North Pole away or toward the sun determines astronomical summer and winter in the Northern Hemisphere. The northern tilt toward the sun, which occurs with the June solstice, initiates astronomical summer in the Northern Hemisphere. The northern polar tilt away from the sun, which happens with the December solstice, corresponds with astronomical winter in the Northern Hemisphere.

The away and toward tilts of the North Pole reverse astronomical summer and winter in the Southern Hemisphere. The northern polar tilt toward the sun during the June solstice signifies an away tilt at the South Pole. The northern polar away tilt during the December solstice effects a toward tilt at the South Pole.

Twice yearly the Earth's axis tilts neither away nor toward the sun. Earth's axis coordinates "in such a way" with Earth's orbit around the sun to suppress inclination, as explained by American science communicator and educator Deborah Byrd in "March equinox 2024: All you need to know about it," published March 19, 2023, on her EarthSky website. The year's two equinoxes represent the two absences of axial tilts. During the equinoxes, the solar path aligns with Earth's equator.

The March equinox in 2024 precedes the year's first solstice. June's solstice, opening northern summer and southern winter, is scheduled for Thursday, June 20, at 4:51 p.m. EDT and at 20:51 UTC. Three months later, the year's second equinox occurs Sunday, Sep. 22, at 8:44 a.m. EDT and 12:44 UTC. The December solstice occasions the year's last astronomical season with its occurrence Saturday, Dec. 21, at 4:21 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) and at 09:21 UTC.

Acknowledgment

My special thanks to talented artists and photographers/concerned organizations who make their fine images available on the internet.

Dedication

graphic of astronomical and meteorological seasons in 2022 in the Southern Hemisphere during Earth's orbit around the sun; image credit NOAA Office of Education/Kaleigh Ballantine: via NOAA Office of Education @ https://www.noaa.gov/education/resource-collections/climate/changing-seasons

For further information:

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Davis, Lance D. "March Equinox Welcomes ‘Astronomical’ Spring." NOAA Blogs > Watch the Skies! March 18, 2022.
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Marriner, Derdriu. "2017 Spring Equinox Happens Monday, March 20, in Northern Hemisphere." Earth and Space News. Wednesday, March 15, 2017.
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Marriner, Derdriu. "2019 Northern Hemisphere Spring Equinox Happens Wednesday, March 20." Earth and Space News. Wednesday, March 13, 2019.
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Marriner, Derdriu. "American Samoa Has Autumn Equinox While United States Has Spring Equinox." Earth and Space News. Wednesday, March 1, 2017.
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Marriner, Derdriu. "First Point of Aries for Spring Equinox Actually Happens in Pisces." Earth and Space News. Wednesday, March 8, 2017.
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Marriner, Derdriu. "March 20 Equinox Opens 2020 Lineup of Two Equinoxes and Two Solstices." Earth and Space News. Wednesday, March 18, 2020.
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Marriner, Derdriu. "March Equinox Astronomically Opens Northern Spring and Southern Autumn." Earth and Space News. Wednesday, March 6, 2019.
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Marriner, Derdriu. "March Signals Autumn Equinox for American Samoa and Jarvis Island." Earth and Space News. Wednesday, March 20, 2019.
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Marriner, Derdriu. "New Moon March 20, 2015, Totally Eclipses Sun and Welcomes Equinox." Earth and Space News. Thursday, March 19, 2015.
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Monday, March 4, 2024

La Forza del Destino Is March 9, 2024, Met Opera Saturday Broadcast

Summary: La Forza del Destino Is the March 9, 2024, Met Opera Saturday matinee broadcast, airing as 14th of 27 Saturday matinee radio broadcasts in 2023-2024.

Verdi's La Forza del Destino is the March 9, 2024, Met Opera Saturday matinee broadcast, airing at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time as the 14th of the 2023-2024 season's lineup of 27 Saturday matinee radio broadcasts.

La Forza del Destino by Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi (Oct. 10, 1813-Jan. 27, 1901) receives nine performances in the 2023-2024 season. The new production's Metropolitan Opera premiere took place Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The second performance was held Friday, March 1, at 7:00 p.m. The third through ninth, closing performances are slated for Monday, March 4, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday matinee radio broadcast, March 9, at 12:00 p.m. noon; Tuesday, March 12, at 7:00 p.m.; Saturday, March 16, at 7:00 p.m.; Thursday, March 21, at 7:00 p.m.; Sunday, March 24, at 2:00 p.m.; and Friday, March 29, at 7:30 p.m.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Met Opera's Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director, conducts all nine performances, including the March 9 Saturday matinee radio broadcast. His conductorship of La Forza del Destino adds a 23rd opera to his Met Opera portfolio. The French Canadian conductor and pianist had made his Met Opera debut Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009, in the opera company's 946th performance of Carmen by French Romantic Era composer Georges Bizet (Oct. 25, 1838-June 3, 1875).

Lise Davidsen appears in the first six performances, including the March 9 Saturday matinee radio broadcast, as Leonora, fatally stabbed by her brother in fulfillment of her father's curse. Her appearances in La Forza del Destino adds a sixth opera to her Met Opera portfolio. The Norwegian lyric dramatic soprano had made her Met Opera debut Friday, Nov. 29, 2019, as Lisa in the opera company's 72nd performance of Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades.

Lise Davidsen shares the role with Elena Stikhina, who sings Leonora in the seventh through ninth performances. Her appearances in La Forza del Destino add a third opera to her Met Opera portfolio. The Russian soprano had made her Met Opera debut Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018, in the title role in the opera company's 80th performance of Puccini's Suor Angelica.

Brian Jagde appears in all nine performances as Don Alvaro, whose reciprocated love with Leonora occasions Leonora's father cursing her. His appearances in La Forza del Destino adds a fifth opera to his Met Opera portfolio. The American operatic tenor had made his Met Opera debut Thursday, April 3, 2014, as Count Elemer in the opera company’s 53rd performance of Arabella by German late Romantic and early modern composer Richard Strauss (June 11, 1864-Sep. 8, 1949).

Igor Golovatenko appears in all nine performances as Don Carlo di Vargas, who fatally stabs his sister in fulfillment of his father's curse. His appearances in La Forza del Destino added a third opera to her Met Opera portfolio. The Russian baritone had made his Met Opera debut Friday, Nov. 29, 2019, as Prince Yeletsky in the opera company's 72nd performance of The Queen of Spades by late-Romantic Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (May 7, 1840-Nov. 6, 1893).

Soloman Howard appears in all nine performances in two roles as Il Marchese di Calatrava, Leonora's cursing father, and as Padre Guardiano, the Father Superior who provides the solitary cave requested by Leonora. The American bass made his Metropolitan Opera debut Oct. 30, 2014, as the King in the opera company’s 1,133rd performance of Verdi's Aida.

Judit Kutasi appears in the first six performances as Preziosilla, a fortune teller whose rejection of Don Carlo's assumed identity conveys to Leonora that her love, Don Alvaro, still lives. The Romanian mezzo-soprano made her Met Opera debut in the new production's opening night, Monday, Feb. 26, 2024.

Judit Kutasi shares the role with Maria Barakova, who sings Preziosilla in the seventh through ninth, closing performances. Her appearances in La Forza del Destino adds a third opera to her Met Opera portfolio. The Russian mezzo-soprano had made her Met Opera debut Thursday, Sep. 29, 2022, as Sonyetka in the opera company's 22nd performance of Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk by Russian composer, librettist and pianist Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (Russian: Дмитрий Дмитриевич Шостакович; Sep. 25, 1906-Aug. 9, 1975).

Patrick Carfizzi appears in all nine performances as Fra Melitone, who requires scolding from Padre Guardiano for such uncharitable reactions as unpleasant receptions of Leonora and of impoverished peasants. The American bass-baritone had made his Met Opera debut Christmas Eve, Friday, Dec. 24, 1999, as Count Ceprano in the opera company’s 736th performance of Verdi’s Rigoletto.

Mariusz Treliński (born March 28, 1962) directs the 2023-2024 season's new La Forza del Destino production. The Polish opera, theatre and film director had made his Met Opera debut Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, in the double feature of the Metropolitan Opera premiere of Tchaikovsky's Iolanta and of the debut of Treliński's new production of Bluebeard’s Castle by Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist and pianist Béla Bartók (March 25, 1881-Sept. 26, 1945).

Mariusz Treliński's production team comprises Boris Kudlička, set designer; Moritz Junge, costume designer; Marc Heinz, lighting director; Bartek Macias, projection designer; and Maćko Prusak, choreographer. Slovakian set designer Boris Kudlička, Dutch lighting director Marc Heinz and Polish visual artist and animation director Bartek Macias had made their Met Opera debuts Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, along with their director in Iolanta and Bluebeard's Castle. German costume designer Moritz Junge had made his Met Opera debut Tuesday, April 14, 2015, in David McVicar's new productions of Cavalleria Rusticana by Italian composer Pietro Mascagni (Dec. 7, 1863-Aug. 2, 1945) and Pagliacci by Italian opera composer Ruggero Leoncavallo (April 23, 1857-Aug. 9, 1919), during the opera company's 671st Cavalleria performance and 713th Pagliacci performance.

Puccini's Turandot broadcasts March 16, 2024, as the 2023-2024 season's 15th Saturday matinee broadcast. The Saturday matinee radio broadcast of Franco Zeffirelli's revived production airs at 12:00 p.m.

Acknowledgment

My special thanks to talented artists and photographers/concerned organizations who make their fine images available on the internet.

Dedication

Liv Davidsen as Leonora, cursed by her father and fatally stabbed by her brother, in Mariusz Treliński's new production of Verdi's La Forza del Destino in Met Opera's 2023-2024 season: The Metropolitan Opera, via Facebook Nov. 26, 2023, @ https://www.facebook.com/MetOpera/posts/899733438188093/; via Facebook Nov. 26, 2023, @ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=899733438188093&set=a.541920083969432; via Facebook Nov. 26, 2023, @ https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=899733438188093&set=pb.100044543344646.-2207520000

Mariusz Treliński's production of La Forza del Destino (Polish: Mocy przeznaczenia), which premiered Friday, Jan. 13, 2023, at Polish National Opera, Teatr Wielki, Warsaw, as a co-production with the Metropolitan Opera, receives its Metropolitan Opera premiere in the 2023-2024 season: Teatr Wielki -- Opera Narodowa, via Facebook Jan. 14, 2023, @ https://www.facebook.com/operanarodowa/posts/10160845165985746/; via Facebook Jan. 14, 2023, @ https://www.facebook.com/operanarodowa/photos/a.168532845745/10160845165985746/; via Facebook Jan. 14, 2023, @ https://www.facebook.com/operanarodowa/photos/pb.100071238172498.-2207520000/10160845165985746/

For further information:

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"Debut: Keri-Lynn Wilson, Svetlana Sozdateleva, Goran Juri´c, Alexey Shishlyaev, Maria Barakova, Irina Rindzuner." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 3547698 Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk Metropolitan Opera House, Thu, September 29, 2022 Broadcast. Debut: Keri-Lynn Wilson, Svetlana Sozdateleva, Goran Juri´c, Alexey Shishlyaev, Maria Barakova, Irina Rindzuner. Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (22) Dmitri Shostakovich / Alexander Preis.
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"Debut: Michael Volle, Juliane Banse, Roberto Saccà, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Martin Winkler, Brian Jagde, Scott Dispensa." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 355411 Arabella Metropolitan Opera House, Thu, April 3, 2014 Broadcast. Debut: Michael Volle, Juliane Banse, Roberto Saccà, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Martin Winkler, Brian Jagde, Scott Dispensa. Arabella (53) Richard Strauss / Hugo von Hofmannsthal.
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"Debut: Rae Smith, Moritz Junge, Marty Keiser, Andy Sapora, Emil Wolk." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 355936 New Production Cavalleria Rusticana Pagliacci Metropolitan Opera House, Tue, April 14, 2015 Broadcast. Debut: Rae Smith, Moritz Junge, Marty Keiser, Andy Sapora, Emil Wolk. Cavalleria Rusticana (671) Pietro Mascagni / Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, Guido Menasci.
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"Debut: Soloman Howard." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 355599 Aida Metropolitan Opera House, Thu, October 30, 2014 Broadcast. Debut: Soloman Howard. Aida (1133) Giuseppe Verdi / Antonio Ghislanzoni.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0385542

"Debut: Vasily Petrenko, Lise Davidsen, Igor Golovatenko, Elena Maximova, Patrick Cook, Mané Galoyan." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 357305 The Queen of Spades Metropolitan Opera House, Fri, November 29, 2019 Broadcast. Debut: Vasily Petrenko, Lise Davidsen, Igor Golovatenko, Elena Maximova, Patrick Cook, Mané Galoyan. The Queen of Spades (72) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky / Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
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"Debut: Vladimir Jurowski, Patrick Carfizzi, Gloria Watson." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 332264 Rigoletto Metropolitan Opera House, Fri, December 24, 1999. Debut: Vladimir Jurowski, Patrick Carfizzi, Gloria Watson. Rigoletto (736) Giuseppe Verdi / Francesco Maria Piave.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0381840

"Debut: Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Elizabeth Caballero, Maria Kowroski, Martin Harvey, Richard Eyre, Rob Howell, Irene Bohan." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 353274 New Production Carmen Metropolitan Opera House, Thu, December 31, 2009 Broadcast. Debut: Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Elizabeth Caballero, Maria Kowroski, Martin Harvey, Richard Eyre, Rob Howell, Irene Bohan. Carmen (946) Georges Bizet / Henri Meilhac/Ludovic Halévy.
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"Debuts: Keri-Lynn Wilson, Svetlana Sozdateleva, Goran Jurić, Alexey Shishlyaev, Maria Barakova, Irina Rindzuner." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 357698 Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk {22} Metropolitan Opera House: 09/29/2022, Broadcast (Debuts: Keri-Lynn Wilson, Svetlana Sozdateleva, Goran Jurić, Alexey Shishlyaev, Maria Barakova, Irina Rindzuner Broadcast) Metropolitan Opera House September 29, 2022.
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"Debuts: Michael Volle, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Juliane Banse, Roberto Saccà, Brian Jagde, Martin Winkler, Scott Dispensa." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 355411 Arabella {53} Metropolitan Opera House: 04/03/2014.
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"Debuts: Rae Smith, Moritz Junge, Emil Wolk, Marty Keiser, Andy Sapora." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 355936 New Production Cavalleria Rusticana {671} Pagliacci {713} Metropolitan Opera House: 04/14/2015, Metropolitan Opera Radio Sirius XM channel 74 Broadcast live Streamed at metopera.org. (Debuts: Rae Smith, Moritz Junge, Emil Wolk, Marty Keiser, Andy Sapora Broadcast/Streamed). Metropolitan Opera House. April 14, 2015 Broadcast/Streamed. New Production.
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