Week of July 17-24, 2010

Support our public television stations for bringing us so much opera...WBSE in Rhode Island, WGBH in Boston, and the Met-HD Program from the Metropolitan Opera: Information below.

CARMEN is Coming on Met-HD July 28 & 29th!

THIS WEEKEND:

WSBE, Channel 36.2 (Cox Cable 808; Verizon Fios 498) (In MA, Comcast 294)

Saturday, July 17, 8 PM
Sunday, July 18, 3 AM
Monday, July 19, 12 AM
Duration: 120 minutes

LA RONDINE
("The Swallow")
by
Giacomo Puccini

Roberto Alagna and Angela Gheorghiu in their last collaboration before their real-life divorce.

For synopsis and other information:
http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?id=264

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WGBH

HAMLET

by

Ambrose Thomas

Sunday Jul 18 at 1:30 PM
WGBH 2/HD
Tuesday Jul 20 at 1:00 AM
WGBH 2/HD

Duration: 180 minutes

The Ambroise Thomas opera "Hamlet," based on the Shakespeare play, starring baritone Simon Keenlyside as the prince and soprano Marlis Petersen as Ophélie. Mezzo-soprano Jennifer Larmore is Hamlet's mother, Gertrude, and James Morris is Claudius.

http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis/aspx?id=306

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MET-HD*

TURANDOT

by

Giacomo Puccini

Wednesday, July 21, 6:30 PM

Thursday, July 22, Noon

*See below, past weekly listings, for information about the Met-HD Program, locations, etc.

Synopsis and other info:

http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?id=26

http://underbelly-buce.blogspot.com/2009/11/opera-mets-hd-turandot.html
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OPERA PROVIDENCE

"OPERA IN THE PARK"

"Una Bella Festa: Italian Opera Favorites"
Sunday, July 18, 2010
5:00 to 6:30pm

"Diva, Diva, Diva"
Sunday, July 25, 2010
5:00 to 6:30pm

"I Get A Kick Out of My Favorite Things ...
The Music of Cole Porter and Rogers and Hammerstein"
Sunday, August 1, 2010
5:00 to 6:30pm

WaterFire
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Opera Providence will be the featured
performers with over 30 sopranos

For more information, please call our office.

401-331-6060

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OPERA ON THE 'NET BY DAVE D'AGUANNO

Here are some opera performances that may be of interest for this Saturday afternoon's listening pleasure:

1 p.m. Schumann's "Genoveva" (Leipzig 5/30/10) German radio broadcast (www.dradio.de/dkultur/)

1 p.m. Bolcom's "A View from the Bridge" (Washington 11/07) WPLN (http://wpln.org/?cat=7)

1:30 p.m. Johann Strauss's "Die Fledermaus" (Vienna 7/15/10) Austrian radio broadcast (http://roi.orf.at/)

2 p.m. Rossini's "Otello" (NOT the one by Verdi) (Lausanne 2/26/10) Swedish radio broadcast (http://sverigesradio.se/p2/)

Enjoy!

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Coming in Met-HD, July 28 & 29

CARMEN

Elina Garanca, who sings the title role, sings the Habanera (L'amour est un oiseaux rebelle) from Bizet's opera 'Carmen,' here in concert. No YouTube excerpts are yet available of the Met-HD production. Even if you think you've seen all the productions of Carmen you ever wanted to see, this one is a must-see!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHvZN_deRmY