THIS WEEK ON WSBE, RHODE Island's Public Television station:
She's back...
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Elīna Garanča
IS
CARMEN
Georges Bizet's classic story of the wild gypsy woman
and the soldier she seduces.
Synopsis:
http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?id=117Airs Saturday, July 23, 2011 – 8pm; Sunday, July 24 – 3am; and Monday, July 25 – 12am
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SUMMERTIME IS ALMOST OVER!
SUMMERTIME IS ALMOST OVER!
THE LAST MET
SUMMER ENCORE:
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| Starring Marina Popolavskaya and Roberto Alagna |
Verdi’s
DON CARLO
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
-- 6:30 PM,
at a theater near you.
Synopsis:
To hear Marina Popolavskaya sing Il Re! - Perche sola e la Regina, click on “Week of…” above.
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Opps--Our bad: Le Comte Ory is not on WGBH this week!
It will be on New Hampshire Public TV (Channel 11 in Northern Massachusetts) at 4:30 this Sunday, July 24.
It will be on WGBH 2 on July 31 at 2:30pm; and on Sept. 4 at 4:30pm on WGBH 44 as part of their Labor Day weekend Opera Bash.
Rossini's comic--
LE
COMTE ORY
Rossini’s vocally dazzling comedy stars bel canto sensation Juan Diego Flórez in the title role of this Met premiere production. He vies with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, in the trouser role of Isolier, for the love of the lonely Countess Adèle, sung by soprano Diana Damrau. Bartlett Sher, director of the Met’s hit productions of The Barber of Seville and The Tales of Hoffmann, describes the world of the opera as, “a place where love is dangerous. People get hurt. That can be very funny and very painful. Rossini captures both—with the most beautiful love music Rossini ever wrote.”
Maurizio Benini; Diana Damrau, Joyce DiDonato, Susanne Resmark, Juan Diego Flórez, Stéphane Degout, Michele Pertusi
Synopsis of Le Comte Ory
http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?id=389
Program: Great Performances
If you donate $500, your name will be added to the list of credits when your favorite opera is telecast, and you will receive a DVD of the performance.
KIDS CLASSICAL CHANNEL
http://www.wgbh.org/topics/Kids-Classical-Channel-319
LISTEN, PLAY, AND WATCH
99.5 All Classical launches a new online channel just for kids – and anyone
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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D'AGUANNO
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This coming Saturday (July 23), there are only a few "first-run" broadcasts scheduled, as most internet radio stations are offering "summer reruns" -- i.e. performances that have recently been broadcast already.
Mozart aficionados, however, have a chance to select from two of his operas:
From the Los Angeles Opera, Placido Domingo steps onto the podium to conduct a performance from last September of "The Marriage of Figaro."
(www.wrti.org/)
Then, the Belgian station Klara has on tap a performance from last November of Mozart's earlier comic opera "The Abduction from the Seraglio" as performed by the Flemish Opera.
(http://radio.klara.be/radio/10_home.php)
Then, CBC Radio 2 continues with its series of legendary performances featuring Canadian tenor Jon Vickers. This time, it's the 1969 recording of "The Trojans" which, in many ways, put this masterpiece of Hector Berlioz "on the map" since, up till then, a complete recording of this work had never been made, and actual performances were few and far between.
(www.cbc.ca/radio2/)
Also, you may want to check www.operacast.com this weekend for information on this summer's Bayreuth Festival, which begins next Monday (July 25) with Wagner's "Tannhauser." The premiere performances of each opera are usually broadcast, although I cannot find a specific broadcast schedule for this year's festival at the present time.
In the meantime -- Enjoy!
DAVE
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WSBE -- Rhode Island Public Television
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WGBH
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Introduce Your Kids To Classical Music
KIDS CLASSICAL CHANNEL
http://www.wgbh.org/topics/Kids-Classical-Channel-319
LISTEN, PLAY, AND WATCH
99.5 All Classical launches a new online channel just for kids – and anyone
interested in discovering the world of classical music through a child's eyes.
http://www.wgbh.org/changeyourworld/theKid.cfm
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Met radio broadcast season is over until November 13.
Listen to the Met Opera Saturday afternoon broadcasts at 1pm, starting November 13, on Harvard Radio, 95.3 in the Boston area or live-streaming online at http://www.whrb.org
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Classical music radio returns to Rhode Island in August...
WGBH Restores Full-Time Classical Radio to Rhode Island
Partnership with Bryant University extends service on 88.7FM
WATCH THIS SPACE.
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No opera from WGBH on TV this week!
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