Week of July 24-August 1, 2010

It's "Carmen" Week in Rhode Island!
On WSBE and Met-HD at local theaters.

Carmen

A production of Bizet's "Carmen," starring Elina Garanca in the title role, a Gypsy girl; and Roberto Alagna as the soldier who becomes obsessed with her. Host: Renee Fleming.

WSBE Learn (36.2) (Cox Cable 808) (Fios 478)

Saturday, July 24 -- 8:00pm

Sunday, July 25 — 3:00am

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Monday, July 26 — 12:00am

Duration: 180 min.

For a snippet of Garanca singing (though not in the Met production which is not yet available on YouTube, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSdgbuP7HSo&feature=related

also in

Met-HD*

"Carmen"

Wednesday, July 28, 6:30 PM
Thursday, July 29, Noon
Duration: 2 hrs., 50 minutes

*For information about the Met-HD recordings, see below, past weekly listings.

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NO OPERA ON WGBH THIS WEEK--SUMMER DOLDRUMS!
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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.
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OPERA PROVIDENCE

"OPERA IN THE PARK"

"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

This Saturday, July 24, these particular radio broadcasts may be of some interest:
1 p.m. Rossini: "L'Equivoco Stravagante"
Generali: "Adelina" (double bill) (Wildbad 7/24/10 - live) Deutschland Radio Kultur (www.radio.de/dkultur/)
1 p.m. Rossini: "Barber of Seville" (L.A. 12/09) WRTI (www.wrti.org)
1:30 p.m. Weinberg: "The Passenger" (Bregenz 7/21/10) (World Premiere) ORF (http://oe1.orf.at/)
Beginning Sunday, July 25, performances from this summer's Wagner festival in Bayreuth will be aired, starting with "Lohengrin" (featuring Jonas Kaufmann in the title role). For a complete listing (with casts) of all ten operas to be broadcast, please go here:

http://operacast.com/bayreuth_2010.htm
Happy listening!
DAVE