Betsy is back in Pike or wherever she hails from, so this week we don’t have the usual smörgåsbord of listening selections she ordinarily provides. Our Own Hans Lick, though, has nominated a brace of broadcasts of possible interest to the cher public.

CBC TWO, 1:00 pm: Don Quichotte, Comédie héroïque en 5 actes sur un livret de Henri Cain d’après ‘Le Chevalier de la longue figure’ de Jacques le Lorrain (1904, d’après Don Quixote de Cervantès). Music: Jules Massenet (1842-1912), Libretto: Henri Cain (1859-1937). This performance: La Monnaie, Brussells May 08, 2010.
Silvia Tro Santafé, mezzo-soprano…..Dulcinée
José Van Dam, bass…..Don Quichotte
Werner Van Mechelen, baritone…..Sancho Pança
La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Marc Minkowski.

DEUTSCHLANDRADIO KULTUR, also at 1:00 pm: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème, Oper in vier Akten. Libretto: Giuseppe Giacosa und Luigi Illica. Aufzeichnung vom 6.9.10.
Rodolfo – Stephen Costello, Tenor
Mimi – Krassimira Stoyanova, Sopran
Marcello – Boaz Daniel, Bariton
Musetta – Alexandra Reinprecht, Sopran
Schaunard – Adam Plachetka, Bariton
Colline – Sorin Coliban, Bass
Benoit / Alcindoro – Alfred Sramek, Bass
Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper; Leitung: Franz Welser-Möst.

Details for finding the online stations are, as always, at the indispensable Operacast. La Casa della Cieca may be found in the usual location.