May 21, 2012 | WDC: 66.2 °F
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Castleton Farms in Rappahannock County, Virginia will be the place to be for an exciting festival of opera and orchestral music from July 2 to 25. Classical WETA will be there, and we'll record three opera performances (Puccini's Il Trittico and Britten's The Turn of the Screw and The Beggar's Opera) for broadcast on Opera House. Two of the Festival's orchestral concerts will also be featured on Front Row Washington. On July 5th, tune in to Front Row Washington for an all-Italian concert, and on July 19th, be sure to listen for our broadcast of the Festival's All-American concert.
Featured performances:
Recorded Saturday, July 3, 2010 at the 2010 Castleton Festival in Rappahannock Cty, VA by WETA.
ROSSINI: La Gazza Ladra Overture
VERDI: Luisa Miller overture
PUCCINI: Manon Lescaut Intermezzo
GEMINIANI: Concerto Grosso Op. 3 No. 2
RESPIGHI: The Fountains of Rome
ROSSINI: The Barber of Seville Overture