Canis Major ConstellationAh, the dogs days of August! The Met season doesn't start until October but Rhode Island Public Television, WSBE, and WGBH soldier on. They are both having fund-raising campaigns right now. It would be a good time to open your checkbook and help them continue to give us great opera.
LA SONNAMBULA
WSBE (36.2) (RI Cox Cable 808) (RI Fios 478) (In Massachusetts, Comcast 294)
Saturday, August 14 -- 8:00pm
Sunday, August 15 — 3:00 am
Monday, August 16 — 12:00 am
La Sonnambula
A reimagining of the Bellini opera "La Sonnambula," about a young woman (Natalie Dessay) whose sleepwalking compromises her virtue and causes her beloved (Juan Diego Flórez) to cancel their wedding, adds a play-within-a-play format.
http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?id=268
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FRIDAY AFTERNOON ALERT (8/13/10)
CORRECTION: Due to a late tape delivery to WGBH, Great Performances at the Met: Armida will not air Sunday, Aug. 15 at 1:30pm as previously scheduled. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Armida
WGBH 2/HD
Sunday August 15 1:30 PM
Duration: 180 minutes
Renée Fleming stars in the title role of Rossini's "Armida" as the niece of the Damascus king during the Crusades, a sorceress who falls for a Christian soldier (Lawrence Brownlee).
http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?id=295
ARMIDA
Armida
WGBH 2/HD
Sunday August 15 1:30 PM
Duration: 180 minutes
Renée Fleming stars in the title role of Rossini's "Armida" as the niece of the Damascus king during the Crusades, a sorceress who falls for a Christian soldier (Lawrence Brownlee).
http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?id=295
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OPERA ON THE INTERNET WITH DAVE D'AGUANNO
This coming Saturday (August 14), you can kick things off at 8:30 a.m. as Radio France once again digs into its archives for an Offenbach double-bill: "Madame Favart" & "Le Fifre Enchante" -- These vintage radio broadcasts usually originate from the 1950s/1960s, are in decent sound, and are performed by (mostly) French singers who had this music in their blood. (More vintage radio broadcasts will follow later this month.)
(http://sites.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/accueil/)
Then at 1 o'clock, if you're in the mood for a listening marathon, Wagner's gigantic (i.e. long) "Die Gotterdammerung" will be broadcast on WFMT, as performed this past June by Los Angeles Opera.
(www.wfmt.com/main.taf?p=4)
Also at 1:00, & in a lighter vein, there's Chabrier's "L'Etoile" in a performance in Geneva from November 2009, courtesy of the CBC.
(www.cbc.ca/radio2/programs/sato/)
A few other stations are offering a re-broadcast of Wagner's "Lohengrin" from this summer's Bayreuth Festival. You can check out the listings for Saturday at www.operacast.com, if you're interested.
Happy listening!
DAVE
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Not opera but...
Kellie O'Hara & Paulo Szot as Nellie Forbush
and Emile DeBecque (Credit: Joan Marcus)
Wednesday Aug 18 at 8:00 PM
WGBH 2/HD
Thursday Aug 19 at 1:00 AM
WGBH 2/HD
Thursday Aug 19 at 1:00 AM
WGBH 44 (RI Cox Cable 804) (RI Fios 470)
Thursday Aug 19 at 1:30 PM
WGBH 44 (RI Cox Cable 804) (RI Fios 470)
Friday Aug 20 at 3:00 AM
WGBH 44 (RI Cox Cable 804) (RI Fios 470)
Monday Aug 23 at 3:00 AM
WGBH 44 (RI Cox Cable 804) (RI Fios 470)
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OPERA ON THE INTERNET WITH DAVE D'AGUANNO
This coming Saturday (August 14), you can kick things off at 8:30 a.m. as Radio France once again digs into its archives for an Offenbach double-bill: "Madame Favart" & "Le Fifre Enchante" -- These vintage radio broadcasts usually originate from the 1950s/1960s, are in decent sound, and are performed by (mostly) French singers who had this music in their blood. (More vintage radio broadcasts will follow later this month.)
(http://sites.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/accueil/)
Then at 1 o'clock, if you're in the mood for a listening marathon, Wagner's gigantic (i.e. long) "Die Gotterdammerung" will be broadcast on WFMT, as performed this past June by Los Angeles Opera.
(www.wfmt.com/main.taf?p=4)
Also at 1:00, & in a lighter vein, there's Chabrier's "L'Etoile" in a performance in Geneva from November 2009, courtesy of the CBC.
(www.cbc.ca/radio2/programs/sato/)
A few other stations are offering a re-broadcast of Wagner's "Lohengrin" from this summer's Bayreuth Festival. You can check out the listings for Saturday at www.operacast.com, if you're interested.
Happy listening!
DAVE
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Not opera but...
South Pacific
The Lincoln Center's Tony Award-winning production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "South Pacific," about love in the South Pacific during WWII. Kelli O'Hara stars as a Navy nurse whose love for a French plantation owner (Paulo Szot) is tested.
Kellie O'Hara & Paulo Szot as Nellie Forbushand Emile DeBecque (Credit: Joan Marcus)
Wednesday Aug 18 at 8:00 PM
WGBH 2/HD
Thursday Aug 19 at 1:00 AM
WGBH 2/HD
Thursday Aug 19 at 1:00 AM
WGBH 44 (RI Cox Cable 804) (RI Fios 470)
Thursday Aug 19 at 1:30 PM
WGBH 44 (RI Cox Cable 804) (RI Fios 470)
Friday Aug 20 at 3:00 AM
WGBH 44 (RI Cox Cable 804) (RI Fios 470)
Monday Aug 23 at 3:00 AM
WGBH 44 (RI Cox Cable 804) (RI Fios 470)
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The next Netrebko?
JACKIE EVANCHO
http://www.tvsquad.com/2010/08/11/an-incredible-10-year-old-opera-singer-on-americas-got-talent/?icid=main|main|dl10|link3|http://www.tvsquad.com/2010/08/11/an-incredible-10-year-old-opera-singer-on-americas-got-talent/
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OPERA PROVIDENCE
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OPERA PROVIDENCE
"OPERA IN THE PARK"
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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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