The Met-HD SIMULCAST
Saturday, OCTOBER 29 at 12:55 pm
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| MARIUSZ KWIECIEN is |
DON GIOVANNI
Mariusz Kwiecien stars as Mozart's ultimate antihero*, bringing his "acclaimed interpretation of the title role" to the Met for the first time. Tony Award®winner Michael Grandage's new production also featuresRamón Vargas, whose Don Ottavio was praised for "ringing high notes and elegantly spun coloratura" (New York Post), and Marina Rebeka, "a star" in her Met debut (Bloomberg). Barbara Frittoli "was most impressive as Donna Elvira" (The Star-Ledger), and Luca Pisaroni was a "dynamic Leporello" (The New York Times). Fabio Luisi "drew buoyant, nuanced and effortless playing from the orchestra and splendid singing from an impressive cast" (The New York Times).
*Polite-speak for "serial rapist."
SYNOPSIS: http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?id=14
This Saturday at 12:55pm ET, experience Mozart's masterpiece at your local movie theater. Look at the right column for directions to local HD simulcast.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~This Saturday at 12:55pm ET, experience Mozart's masterpiece at your local movie theater. Look at the right column for directions to local HD simulcast.
At the Jane Pickens Theater in Newport
Sunday, OCTOBER 30 at 12:00 pm
Nabucco
FILM OVERVIEW
Synopsis: http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?id=17
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Conducted by Pier Giorgio Morandi
Directed by Enrico Castiglione Starring~
Conducted by Pier Giorgio Morandi
Directed by Enrico Castiglione Starring~
Nabucco: Juan Pons
Ismaele: Massimiliano Chiarolla
Zaccaria: Francesco E. D’Artegna
Abigaille: Chiara Taigi
Fenena: Eufemia Tufano
The High Priest of Baal: Angelo Nardinocchi
Abdallo: Luca Casalin
Zaccaria: Francesco E. D’Artegna
Abigaille: Chiara Taigi
Fenena: Eufemia Tufano
The High Priest of Baal: Angelo Nardinocchi
Abdallo: Luca Casalin
Anna: Maria Cioppi
Chorus Master Bruno Tirotta
Symphony Orchestra of the Taormina Opera Festival
Sung in Italian with English subtitles
Running time: approximately 160 minutes
Running time: approximately 160 minutes
Juan Pons stars in Nabucco, live from the Teatro Antico, in Taormina, Italy. Since its construction in 7th century BC, audiences have feasted their eyes on the views of the Ionian Sea and Mt. Etna that provide a dramatic backdrop for this stunning arena stage.
About the Teatro Antico: The Teatro Antico in Taormina, also called the “Greek Theatre” is home to the Taormina Arte festival each summer.
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This week on WSBE, Rhode Island Public Television:
WSBE Learn 36.2= (RI Cox Cable 808)
(RI Verizon Fios 478)
Thaïs
Saturday, October 29 -- 8:00pm; Sunday, October 30 -- 3am; Monday, October 31 -- 12am
Thaïs
Soprano Renée Fleming stars in the title role of Jules Massenet's "Thaïs," about an Egyptian courtesan who causes the fall from grace of a monk (Thomas Hampson). Nicias: Michael Schade. Palémon: Alain Vernhes. La Charmeuse: Leah Partridge.
DURATION: 150 MIN
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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D'AGUANNO
This coming Saturday (October 29), if you don't plan on attending the Met's LIVE HD-transmission of Mozart's "Don Giovanni" at some of our nearby movie theatres, there's still some potentially exciting opera performances available, at least on internet radio.
Puccini's tragic masterpiece "Madame Butterfly" can be heard on NPR stations in a performance from Houston Grand Opera which took place in October of last year. Joseph Calleja sings the part of Pinkerton, while some of you may have seen him earlier this year in the Met's HD-transmission of Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" or (even earlier) Offenbach's "Tales of Hoffmann."
(www.wrti.org/)
If Tchaikovsky's operas appeal to you, there's a performance that took place in Leeds earlier this month of one of his better-known works in this genre: "The Queen of Spades" which can be heard on BBC Radio 3.
(www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/)
Radio 4 (in the Netherlands) has a double-bill slated for this Saturday: Rimsky-Korsakov's final opera "Le Coq d'Or" (Bolshoi 6/19/11) and Janacek's "Katya Kabanova" (Vienna 6/17/11). Although both operas are in three acts, their combined playing times still don't approach the length of many Wagnerian works (for what it's worth).
(www.radio4.nl/)
And for the "Obscure Opera of the Week": German Radio is broadcasting a performance of "Das Unmoglichste von allem" by Anton Urspruch, a work that he wrote in 1897 and whose title can roughly be translated as "The Most Impossible of All."(That's a new one on me, too, folks!) The opera was performed last month in Dusseldorf, and an audio CD of it is being planned for future release --So, you may rest assured that, even if you miss hearing it this Saturday, you will have the opportunity to purchase the CD when it becomes available, as I'm sure many of you will be doing!!!
(www.dradio.de/dkultur/)
Thanks to the Met's free LIVE audio-stream, you can get a head start on your opera listening by tuning in tomorrow night (Thursday) at 6 p.m. for Wagner's "Siegfried" featuring pretty much the same cast that will be appearing in the upcoming HD-transmission on November 5. There's also a broadcast of Mozart's "Don Giovanni" on Halloween evening (Mon.) starting at 7:30, again with the same cast that is scheduled to appear in this Saturday's telecast.
(www.metopera.org)
Enjoy!
DAVE
Puccini's tragic masterpiece "Madame Butterfly" can be heard on NPR stations in a performance from Houston Grand Opera which took place in October of last year. Joseph Calleja sings the part of Pinkerton, while some of you may have seen him earlier this year in the Met's HD-transmission of Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" or (even earlier) Offenbach's "Tales of Hoffmann."
(www.wrti.org/)
If Tchaikovsky's operas appeal to you, there's a performance that took place in Leeds earlier this month of one of his better-known works in this genre: "The Queen of Spades" which can be heard on BBC Radio 3.
(www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/)
Radio 4 (in the Netherlands) has a double-bill slated for this Saturday: Rimsky-Korsakov's final opera "Le Coq d'Or" (Bolshoi 6/19/11) and Janacek's "Katya Kabanova" (Vienna 6/17/11). Although both operas are in three acts, their combined playing times still don't approach the length of many Wagnerian works (for what it's worth).
(www.radio4.nl/)
And for the "Obscure Opera of the Week": German Radio is broadcasting a performance of "Das Unmoglichste von allem" by Anton Urspruch, a work that he wrote in 1897 and whose title can roughly be translated as "The Most Impossible of All."(That's a new one on me, too, folks!) The opera was performed last month in Dusseldorf, and an audio CD of it is being planned for future release --So, you may rest assured that, even if you miss hearing it this Saturday, you will have the opportunity to purchase the CD when it becomes available, as I'm sure many of you will be doing!!!
(www.dradio.de/dkultur/)
Thanks to the Met's free LIVE audio-stream, you can get a head start on your opera listening by tuning in tomorrow night (Thursday) at 6 p.m. for Wagner's "Siegfried" featuring pretty much the same cast that will be appearing in the upcoming HD-transmission on November 5. There's also a broadcast of Mozart's "Don Giovanni" on Halloween evening (Mon.) starting at 7:30, again with the same cast that is scheduled to appear in this Saturday's telecast.
(www.metopera.org)
Enjoy!
DAVE
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NO OPERA ON WGBH TV THIS WEEK
...but at least there is a concert by
classical pianist LANG LANG!
Live at the Musikverein concert hall in Vienna,
10:00pm Saturday, October 29, WGBH 2
11:30am, Sunday, October 30m WGBH44
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