Week of October 28-November 4, 2010

 To hear  Luciano Pavarotti sing "Celeste Aida," click on "Week of October 28-November 4, 2010" above.

AIDA

Johan Botha as Radames

Violeta Urmana as Aida

Dolora Zajick as Amneris

 

Saturday, October 30 -- 8:00pm; Sunday, October 31 -- 3:00am; Monday, November 1 -- 12:00am

WSBE 36.2 is (RI Cox Cable 808) (RI Fios 478) (In Massachusetts, Comcast 294)

A production of Giuseppe Verdi's "Aida," about an enslaved Ethiopian princess (Violeta Urmana) in ancient Egypt who serves the pharaoh's daughter (Dolora Zajick) while competing with her mistress for the affections of a military commander (Johan Botha).

duration: 180 min

Synopsis:      http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?id=3

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This is a good link for a helium-Mozart laugh:

 

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/80845385/

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OPERA ON THE INTERNET WITH DAVE D'AGUANNO

First up, a reminder that at 8 o'clock this Friday (Oct. 29), the Met's free LIVE audio stream will be giving us a performance of Donizetti's "Don Pasquale", featuring Anna Netrebko.

Next week: Bizet's "Carmen" starring Elina Garanca, at 8 p.m. on Thursday (Nov. 4).

(Check "Watch & Listen" at www.metopera.org)

On Saturday, October 30, there's a wide variety of opera performances to be heard on internet radio.

At 1 p.m., WRTI brings us Wagner's "Lohengrin" which was taped during an October 2009 performance at the Houston Grand Opera.

(www.wrti.org/)

At the same time, Canada's CBC Radio is broadcasting a Canadian Opera performance from last May of Mozart's "Idomeneo."

(www.cbc.ca/radio2/)

Also at 1, Deutschland Radio Kultur has on hand a 9/25/10 taping of Tchaikovsky's one-act opera "Iolanta" as performed in Odessa.

(www.dradio.de/dkultur/)

Or you could listen to the Netherlands Opera's current production in Amsterdam of Gounod's "Romeo & Juliette" on Radio 4.

(www.radio4.nl/)

Then at 1:30, ORF digs into the Met archives for a "classic" performance from April 7, 1973, of Rossini's ever-popular "Barber of Seville."

(http://oe1.orf.at/)

Saving the best for last (in a manner of speaking, of course), Swedish Radio is broadcasting the World Premiere of an opera by Hans Gefors which he describes as a Car Radio Opera (!!!) with a title that will surely grab you: "Purification of the Soul Through Play & Fun."

Welcome to 21st century opera, folks!

(http://sverigesradio.se/p2/)

DAVE

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Alas, there is no opera on WGBH during the entire month of October! 

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