Week of February 17-25, 2011

This week on WSBE:

The Damnation of Faust

Faust (Marcello Giordani) confers with Méphistophélès (John Relyea)

Great Performances at the Met

Saturday, February 19 -- 8:00pm, Sunday, February 20 -- 3:00am; Monday, February 21--12am

36.2 - WSBE Learn -  (RI Cox Cable 808) (RI Fios 478) (In Massachusetts, Comcast 29)

The Damnation of Faust

A production of Hector Berlioz's "La Damnation de Faust," in which the infamous Faust (Marcello Giordani) strikes a deal with the devil in order to save his beloved (Susan Graham).

DURATION: 150 MIN

To hear Susan Graham sing D'amour l'ardente flamme, click on "Week of.." above

The doomed Marguerite (Susan Graham) with Faust

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NEXT WEEK-- MET-HD SIMULCAST:

Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride

February 26, 2011 at 1:00 pm ET
U.S. Encore: Wednesday, Mar. 16, 2011, 6:30 p.m. local time
Expected Running time: 2 hours, 45 minutes

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OPERA ON THE INTERNET WITH 

DAVE D'AGUANNO

Opera-lovers can kick things off tonight (Wednesday, Feb. 16) with a free LIVE audio stream, courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera in New York, of Gluck's "Iphigenie en Tauride."

Featured in the cast is tenor Placido Domingo, and the performance may be regarded as an audio preview of the upcoming HD-transmission on Feb. 26, with the same singers as those who will be singing this evening. Just go to www.metopera.org & follow the links provided after accessing the "Watch & Listen" option.

The Met is also broadcasting this Saturday (Feb. 19) on many internet stations. The opera: Donizetti's "Don Pasquale" with Anna Netrebko as Norina, and others in the cast who were also seen in last November's HD-transmission.

Other internet radio opera broadcasts of note include the following:

The Belgian station Klara will be airing a LIVE broadcast from Ghent of Massenet's grand opera "Herodiade" which he wrote immediately prior to his more famous "Manon."

(http://radio.klara.be/radio/10_home.php)

Over on French Radio, there's a LIVE broadcast from the Opera Bastille in Paris of "Francesca da Rimini" -- Riccardo Zandonai's 1914 opera, involving the tragic love affair of Francesca & her husband's younger brother Paolo, the latter being sung by Roberto Alagna.

(http://sites.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/accueil/)

Happy Listening!

DAVE

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No opera from WGBH on TV this week.

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Do you think you might want 
to make the trek to Boston?

Here are some coming events, part of the

Celebrity Series of Boston:

Dmitri Hvorostovsky

Sunday, February 27, 2011, 3 PM

Symphony Hall

Boston, MA

http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?organ_val=229&pid=6829189

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Matthew Polenzani

Thursday, March 24, 2011, 8pm EDT

NEC’s Jordan Hall

Boston, MA

http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?organ_val=229&pid=6829197

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Dawn Upshaw, soprano

Friday, April 29, 2011, 8pm,

NEC’s Jordan Hall

Boston, MA

http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?organ_val=229&pid=6829205

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