Week of August 20-27, 2010

The summer is slipping away. Soon the leaves will be falling and the new season at the Met will start!

In the meantime, we have Karita Mattila in

MANON LESCAUT

MANON LESCAUT

WSBE (36.2) (RI Cox Cable 808) (RI Fios 478) (In Massachusetts, Comcast 294)
Saturday, August 21-- 8:00 pm

Sunday, August 22 — 3:00 am

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Monday, August 23 — 12:00 am

Duration: 150 min

Puccini's "Manon Lescaut," about a country girl (Karita Mattila) who's torn between an impoverished student (Marcello Giordani) who loves her and a rich man (Dale Travis) who wants her to be his mistress. Lescaut: Dwayne Croft.

Synopsis:
http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?id=211





OPERA ON THE INTERNET WITH DAVE D'AGUANNO

There's more Offenbach on tap this Saturday morning (August 21) at 8:30 a.m., as French Radio presents a double bill of "La Fille du Tambour-Major" & "Le Voyage de M. Dunanan" (archival recordings)
(http://sites.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/accueil)
Then at 12 noon, WFMT gives us a rare opportunity to hear the Los Angeles Opera's spring 2010 production of Schreker's "Die Gezeichneten" (www.wfmt.com/main.taf?p=4,5,8)
At 1 p.m. we're on more familiar ground with Puccini's "Tosca" in a performance from July 18 at the summer festival in Orange. This one features Roberto Alagna in the tenor role.
(http://www.dr.dk/p2/)
Or at 1:30, Austrian Radio presents the August 8 performance from Salzburg of Richard Strauss's dramatic opera "Elektra" (http://oe1.orf.at/programm/)
As usual, you can always check www.operacast.com on Saturday morning for up-to-
date listings & a few more items not mentioned above.
Have fun listening!
DAVE


OPERA PROVIDENCE

"OPERA IN THE PARK"

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

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