The Met-HD Season* begins
Next week,
OCTOBER 15,
with
Anna Bolena
"Divorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived..."
The tragic story of English King Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Boleyn (Anna Bolena), after she fell from grace..
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| Anna Netrebko as Anna Bolena |
To hear Anna sing in the Vienna production last spring, click on "Week of..." above.
*See right-hand column for information about attending a Met-HD simulcast.
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MESSAGE FROM PETER GELB, GENERAL MANAGER OF THE METROPOLITAN OPERA
http://video.pbs.org/video/
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This week on WSBE, Rhode Island Public Television:
WSBE Learn 36.2= (RI Cox Cable 808)
(RI Verizon Fios 478)
 | American Masters |
Saturday, October 8 -- 8:00pm; Sunday, October 9 -- 3:00am; Monday, October 10 --12:00am
James Levine: America's Maestro
A profile of Metropolitan Opera music director James Levine, who made his Met debut at age 28 in 1971, featuring coaching sessions, rehearsals and productions from the 2009 to 2010 and 2010 to 2011 seasons, including Verdi's "Simon Boccanegra."
DURATION: 60 MIN
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| JAMES LEVINE |
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| PLACIDO DOMINGO |
Great Performances |
Saturday, October 8 -- 9:00pm; Sunday, October 9 -- 4:00am; Sunday, October 10 -- 1:00am
Placido Domingo: My Favorite Roles
Placido Domingo reminisces about his favorite roles in this retrospective. The documentary, which also features his reflections on his childhood, includes his turn as Don Jose in "Carmen" at the Vienna Staatsoper.
DURATION: 90 MIN
NEXT WEEK, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16,
AT THE CABLE CAR CINEMA
204 S. Main St., Providence, RI 02903
(401) 272-3970
Manon (From The Gran Teatre Del Liceu, Barcelona)
Sunday, October 16, 2011@ 12noon
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| Starring: | Natalie Dessay, Rolando Villazón, Samuel Ramey, Manuel Lanza | |
| Director: | David McVicar | |
| Genre: | Opera | |
| Synopsis: | Performed at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, Spain Composed by Massenet Encore Conducted by Victor Pablo Pérez Choreographed by Michael Keegan-Dolan Sung in French with English subtitles 2 hrs 55 mins plus one intermission Part of 2011-2012 Season, Complete Opera in Cinema Series | |
| Movie Link: | Manon (Gran Teatre del Liceu) | |
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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D'AGUANNO
Opera fans have an opportunity this very evening (Wednesday, Oct. 5) to hear a LIVE performance from the Met of Verdi's famous early opera "Nabucco." It's one of the many free audio streams the Met is providing listeners during this current opera season. Check it out at www.metopera.org!
Otherwise, you can wait till this Saturday (Oct. 8) if you wish to sample some of the other offerings on internet radio, one of which is a performance from Paris that was given this past May. The opera: Debussy's "Pelleas & Melisande." The lead singers: Simon Keenlyside as Pelleas, & Natalie Dessay as Melisande -- what many would consider a Dream Cast for this opera!
(www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/)
There's also a repeat broadcast of Massenet's "Werther" starring tenor Jonas Kaufmann. The performance from last January was given at the Vienna State Opera.
(www.dradio.de/dkultur/)
From Prague (to be heard on Radio 4) is a somewhat rare performance of Dvorak's "The Jacobin." It's a LIVE performance, and one not to be missed if you happen to be an admirer of "Rusalka" (the opera Dvorak is probably most famous for).
(www.radio4.nl/)
Continuing its broadcasts of the San Francisco Opera's Ring cycle, NPR brings us "Siegfried" this coming Saturday. Wagner enthusiasts, rejoice!
(www.wrti.org/)
DAVE
Otherwise, you can wait till this Saturday (Oct. 8) if you wish to sample some of the other offerings on internet radio, one of which is a performance from Paris that was given this past May. The opera: Debussy's "Pelleas & Melisande." The lead singers: Simon Keenlyside as Pelleas, & Natalie Dessay as Melisande -- what many would consider a Dream Cast for this opera!
(www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/)
There's also a repeat broadcast of Massenet's "Werther" starring tenor Jonas Kaufmann. The performance from last January was given at the Vienna State Opera.
(www.dradio.de/dkultur/)
From Prague (to be heard on Radio 4) is a somewhat rare performance of Dvorak's "The Jacobin." It's a LIVE performance, and one not to be missed if you happen to be an admirer of "Rusalka" (the opera Dvorak is probably most famous for).
(www.radio4.nl/)
Continuing its broadcasts of the San Francisco Opera's Ring cycle, NPR brings us "Siegfried" this coming Saturday. Wagner enthusiasts, rejoice!
(www.wrti.org/)
DAVE
The new Met radio broadcast season begins December 3.
Listen to the Met Opera Saturday afternoon broadcasts at 1pm, starting December 3, on Harvard Radio, 95.3 in the Boston area or live-streaming online at http://www.whrb.org
Classical music radio
Rhode Island--
WGBH and WCRI
WGBH restored full-time Classical Radio to Rhode Island in partnership with Bryant University as well as extending its service on 88.7FM.
88.7FM offers the NPR World of Opera every Sunday evening at 6:30 PM.
ALSO
Classical 95.9 Rhode Island WCRI, (a commercial station) previously heard only in Southern Rhode Island, extended its service to 1180AM, on October 1.
WCRI features the American Opera Series, presented by Pier Liquors: From May through November, hear great opera performances with the American Opera Series. These weekly Saturday operas are rebroadcasts of some of the nations best. The American Opera Series includes: the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the LA Opera, San Francisco Opera, and the Houston Grand Opera.
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No opera from WGBH on TV this week.
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