Lyric Opera of Chicago's "Carousel" Audio Broadcast This Afternoon, 6/20/15

WQXR, New York's classical radio station, will present Carousel from the Lyric Opera of Chicago this afternoon at 1:00 pm as part of its Saturday at the Opera series. This is the much discussed production with Steven Pasquale and Laura Osnes, directed and choreographed by Rob Ashford. In the NYC area, you can listen over-the-air at 105.9 FM or stream online anywhere in a variety of formats from WQXR's website, www.wqxr.org.

Rodgers and Hammerstein's 'Carousel' from the Lyric Opera of Chicago

Updated On: 6/20/15 at 11:00 AM

I'm listening! What a great memory. I saw it twice in Chicago.

I wish there were a cast recording of the Chicago production.

Thanks! Listening now.

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What a wonderful production of one of my favorite shows. Laura Osnes sounds beautiful here and Steven Pasquale was born to play Billy Bigelow. His rendition of 'Soliloquy' is simply heartbreaking. While I wish I could have seen this in person, I'm just glad I had a chance to hear it.

Edited to add: See, Mike, this is one of the things I love most about theater/art; it's so subjective. We both heard the same thing and yet I found it so emotionally satisfying and like they had a real connection to the characters. Often when I hear a concert production or recording wihout seeing the corresponding show, I feel like I've missed out on somethiong. Though I wish I had seen it in person, this broadcast made me feel transported to a place where songs I've heard a hundred times before sounded brand new.

Updated On: 6/20/15 at 02:32 PM

mormonophobic, I have to admit, Osnes and Pasquale are getting me in Act II.

I keep having to miss this too. There will be another broadcast on WHRB on 5 July:

https://www.whrb.org/programming/program-guide (see page 7 of pdf)

^They just started last season with Crazy For You.

Listened to this today and thought it was just wonderful. Found it to be very emotional and resonant.

Agree a bit about some slower tempos, and I didn't fully buy Ms. d'Amboise (at least aurally), but these are minor quibbles.

Laura Osnes proves time and again what a beguiling presence she can be. That voice just sparkles, and you just believe every second with her.

Undeniably, the highlight of the broadcast was Pasquale's thrilling "Soliloquy". Gosh, he really was about pitch perfect in this role.

I will love this score forever, I think it's truly one of the Crown Jewels of our industry.

Really happy we got a chance to hear this. Bravo to those involved.

Updated On: 6/21/15 at 01:49 AM

I'd be very surprised if he didn't sing "Soliloquy." What would be some other good R&H songs for him?

Is there any way to record this without any kind of rips or errors in the audio? There's a version that was recorded but it has skips and I really wanted to turn this broadcast into a fan made cast album since it looks like it wont be coming to Broadway anytime soon.

EDIT: I literally forgot it was already streaming. Hopefully it's rebroadcast again sometime soon.

Updated On: 7/5/15 at 08:49 PM