We’ll be off to Spain and tilting at windmills on this week’s Sunday Opera (9/15 3:00 p.m.) with Jules Massenet’s “Don Quichotte” from the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Ferruccio Furlanetto is the fabled knight of the “Woeful Countenance” and Clementine Margaine his Dulcinee. Along for the ride will be Nicola Alaimo as the faithful Sancho. Sir Andrew Davies conducts the Lyric Opera Chorus and Orchestra. Join host Michael Kownacky for an afternoon that will continue with more music of Massenet including his short two-act opera “Therese” featuring Agnes Baltsa and Francisco Araiza.
There will also be two orchestral pieces: a short suite from his opera “Cendrillon” and the charming Symphonic Suite No. 5: Scenes de Napolitaine.
