Week of March 24 to March 31, 2011

OPERA IN CINEMA PRESENTS AT THE JANE PICKENS THEATER
 
Mozart's 

THE MAGIC FLUTE

LIVE from La Scala in Milan

Thursday, March 24th 3;00pm NOTE TIME CHANGE

Performed at Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Italy on March 24, 2011

Conducted by Roland Böer

Directed by William Kentridge

Starring Günther Groissböck as Sarastro, Alex Esposito as Papageno, Saimir Pirgu as Tamino, Genia Kühmeier as Pamina

Sung in German with English subtitles

3 hrs with one intermission

Günther Groissböck, Genia Kühmeier, Alex Exposito

Saimir Pirgu

This week on WSBE, Rhode Island Public Television:
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WSBE is fund raising this week. They are reaching out to Opera fans with this special deal: If you contribute $500, your name will be broadcast as a sponsor on your favorite opera. 

For details, contact the Membership Department at (401) 222-3636, extension 209.

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LA CENERENTOLA

Garanča's La Cenerentola and her Prince

Saturday, March 26 -- 8:00pm, Sunday, March 27 -- 3am; Monday, March 28 -- 12am

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

La Cenerentola

A production of "La Cenerentola," Rossini's adaptation of the "Cinderella" fable, starring mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca in the lead role and tenor Lawrence Brownlee as her Prince Charming. Don Magnifico: Alessandro Corbelli. Alidoro: John Relyea.

DURATION: 180 MIN

 Synopsis: http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?id=36

To hear Elīna Garanča in the Quintet in La Cenerentola, click on "Week of ..." above. 

 

Elina Garanča

Read an interview with Elina Garanča:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7rXnljyhII

Lawrence Brownlee

Read an interview with Lawrence Brownlee:

http://www.musicweb-international.com/sandh/2010/jan-Jun10/brownlee_interview.htm

OPERA ON THE INTERNET WITH 

DAVE D'AGUANNO  

Why not kick things off tomorrow night (Thursday) with a LIVE performance from the Met of Rossini's "Le Comte Ory" starring Juan Diego Florez in the title role? Florez & the rest of the cast will be featured in the upcoming LIVE HD-transmission on Saturday, April 9, so you can catch an audio "preview" by tuning in tomorrow night at 8 p.m. Just go to www.metopera.org & click on "Watch & Listen" to be directed to the free Real Player audio stream at the time of the performance.

Then on Monday (March 28) also at 8 p.m., you can catch an audio "preview" of "Capriccio" by Richard Strauss, which will be televised from the Met on April 23, with the same cast as heard on Monday's free LIVE audio stream. Renee Fleming can be heard as the Countess on both dates.

On Saturday (the 26th), most internet radio stations will be carrying the LIVE Met performance of Tchaikovsky's "Queen of Spades" featuring Karita Mattila in the role of Lisa.

Two Donizetti operas are also on tap for this Saturday:

"L'Elisir d'Amore" can be heard on German Radio in a performance from Venice that was given on October 29, 2010. (www.dradio.de/dkultur/)

"Don Pasquale" (his last comic opera) will be broadcast LIVE from Stockholm on Swedish Radio. (http://sverigesradio.se/p2/)

Enjoy!

DAVE

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This week's Met radio broadcast:

QUEEN OF SPADES

You  can listen to the Met Opera Saturday afternoon broadcasts at 1pm on Harvard Radio, 95.3 in the Boston area or live-streaming online at http://www.whrb.org/

Synopsis of Queen of Spades:

http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/season/production.aspx?id=11045

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No opera from WGBH on TV this week.

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