This week, the Metropolitan Opera -HD Simulcast:
Renée Fleming
in Richard Strauss's
Capriccio
In a theater near you Saturday, April 23, 2011, at 1pm.
Encore: Wednesday, May 11, 2011, 6:30 pm (Scroll down beneath weekly listings to learn more about these simulcasts and how to attend.)
Synopsis: http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?id=385
To hear Ms. Fleming sing the final act of Capriccio, click on “Week of…” above.
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MET -HD Simulcast Encore:
LIVE from Teatro Regio di Parma, Italy
April 26, at 2pm EDT:
Admission $20
Composed by Rossini
Conducted by Andrea Battistoni
Directed by Stefano Vizioli
Starring Dmitry Korchak, Bruno Praticò, Ketevan Kemoklidze, Vittorio
Le Comte Ory
Wednesday, April 27, 6:30pm
at a theater near you.
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At the Jane Pickens Theater in Newport, RI
The Barber of Seville
Tuesday, April 26th 2:00pmLIVE from Teatro Regio di Parma, Italy
April 26, at 2pm EDT:
Admission $20
Composed by Rossini
Conducted by Andrea Battistoni
Directed by Stefano Vizioli
Starring Dmitry Korchak, Bruno Praticò, Ketevan Kemoklidze, Vittorio
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NEXT WEEK'S MET SIMULCAST:
IL TROVATORE
April 30 in a theater near you.
IL TROVATORE
April 30 in a theater near you.
For a Lego interpretation of Act 1 of Verdi's classic, go to:
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This week on WSBE, Rhode Island Public Television
This week on WSBE, Rhode Island Public Television
La Sonnambula
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| Natalie Dessay as Amina, "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.
SYNOPSIS: http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/season/production.aspx?id=9958
Duration: 150 min
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| Juan Diego Florez as Elvino and Natalie Dessay |
WSBE (36.2) (RI Cox Cable 808) (RI Fios 478) (In Massachusetts, Comcast 294)
Saturday, April 23 -- 8:00pm; Sunday, April 24 — 3:00 am; Monday, April 25 — 12:00 am
Duration: 120 minutes
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This week's Met radio broadcast:
CAPRICCIO
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.orgSynopsis of Capriccio
http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?id=385""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
OPERA ON THE INTERNET WITH
DAVE D'AGUANNO
This Friday evening, with a starting time of 6:30, you can catch the Met's free LIVE audio stream of the first performance this season of Wagner's "Die Walkure" with the same cast that will be featured next month when this opera gets its own HD-transmission at area theatres. Deborah Voigt (recently seen and heard in Puccini's "Girl of the Golden West") will be singing the role of Brunnhilde, with Bryn Terfel as Wotan and Jonas Kaufmann as Siegmund.
(www.metopera.org)
Then on Saturday, most radio stations will be broadcasting LIVE from the Met the performance of "Capriccio" (Richard Strauss) that will also be seen in HD in area theatres. Renee Fleming heads an exciting cast. This one is, in my opinion, another one of those not-to-be-missed operatic events!
Enjoy!
DAVE
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Do you think you might want
to make the trek to Boston?
to make the trek to Boston?
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
To see and hear Dawn Upshaw sing "Chansons de Bilitis" of Debussy, click on "Week of ..." above
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At the Cutler Majestic Theater
219 Tremont Street, BostonOPERA BOSTON
MARIA PADILLA 
Described by Donizetti scholar William Ashbrook as "one of the most unfairly neglected of Donizetti's mature operas," Maria Padilla is a tour de force loosely based on the life of a woman who secretly married King Pedro the Cruel of Castile. In this new production, beloved soprano Barbara Quintiliani returns to a role she triumphed in at the 2009 Wexford Festival. In her Ireland debut: "the evening belonged, thrilling and unequivocally, to Barbara Quintiliani as Maria. . . She has a remarkable range of colors at her disposal, her coloratura is superbly executed. . . She also has one of the rarest qualities: an innate understanding of how to build this music to a thrilling climax, with superb high notes" (Opera News)
Sung in Italian with English titles
Cast
Barbara Quintiliani as Maria Padilla
Adriano Graziani as Don Ruiz
Laura Vlasak Nolen as Ines
DongWon Kim as Don Pedro
Young Bok Kim as Don Ramiro
Yeghishe Manucharyan as Don Luigi
Glorivy Arroyo as Francisca
John Salvi as Don Alfonso di Pardo
Adriano Graziani as Don Ruiz
Laura Vlasak Nolen as Ines
DongWon Kim as Don Pedro
Young Bok Kim as Don Ramiro
Yeghishe Manucharyan as Don Luigi
Glorivy Arroyo as Francisca
John Salvi as Don Alfonso di Pardo
Conducted by Gil Rose
Directed by Julia Pevzner
Directed by Julia Pevzner
Performances
Friday,
May 6, at 7:30 pm
May 6, at 7:30 pm
Sunday,
May 8, at 3:00 pm
May 8, at 3:00 pm
Tuesday,
May 10, 2010 at 7:30 pm
May 10, 2010 at 7:30 pm
BOSTON LYRIC OPERA
 April 29, May 1, 4, 6, 8, 10, 2011 At the Citi Performing Arts CenterSM Shubert Theatre |  BLO premiere and new BLO productionAh, the thrill of the chase. Over hill, over dale, girdling the Earth in 40 minutes—when the words are mostly Shakespeare, even the libretto sings. Britten gives us a stageful of sprites and mortals in a touching and very funny take: a dreamscape. Or is it a nightmare? Depends on how you feel about unrequited love, and donkeys. |
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No opera from WGBH on TV this week.
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