Saturday, December 3, 2011
MET- HD Simulcast and
first Met Radio broadcast of the season:
NOTE EARLY START TIME: 12:30pm
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| Renee Fleming |
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RODELINDA
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| Fleming with counter-tenor Andreas Scholl To hear Scholl sing Handel's Xerxes HWV 40, click on "Week of..." above. |
Handel, the most successful composer of the first half of the 18th century, wrote many of his operas in London. He wrote Rodelinda in 1725, the year after the triumphant success of Giulio Cesare. Based distantly on a play by Corneille, it tells the story of the Queen Rodelinda in seventh century Lombardy, whose throne has been usurped and whose husband has been forced to flee Milan. But he returns in disguise, having spread the rumor that he has died.
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Sunday, December 4, at 12 noon,
at the Cable Car Cinema
240 S. Main St., Providence
~ (401) 272-3970
Sunday, December 4, at 12 noon,
at the Cable Car Cinema
240 S. Main St., Providence
~ (401) 272-3970
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| ANGELOU GHEORGHIU is |
TOSCA
Royal Opera House
Tosca is the story of love; of political intrigue and attempted rape; and of the misuse of power.
OPENING: Sunday, December 4
From the Royal Opera House, London, England Composed by Puccini Encore Conducted by Antonio Pappano Directed by Duncan Macfarland Starring Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann, Bryn Terfel & Lukas Jakobski Sung in Italian with subtitles in English
Synopsis:
3 hrs 14 mins Part of 2011-2012 Season,
Complete Opera in Cinema Series
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At the Jane Pickens Theater in Newport
LIVE FROM MILAN: OPENING NIGHT AT TEATRO ALLA SCALA WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 7TH 12:00 NOON
DECEMBER 07 (ONE SHOW ONLY)
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| ANNA NETREBKO |
Don Giovanni
SHOWTIMES
WEDNESDAY12:00 NOON
Don Giovanni, a young, arrogant, sexually promiscuous nobleman, abuses and outrages everyone else in the cast, until he encounters something he cannot kill, beat up, dodge, or outwit.
Anna Netrebko is “the opera world’s hottest female star, with a pure and silken tone, a beautiful face and figure, and acting skills to boot.” – San Francisco Chronicle
Netrebko has “a captivating voice that is both high and deep, lustrous and velvety, and she is one of that growing breed of opera singers who can actually act.” – the New York Times
Composed by Mozart
Conducted by Daniel Barenboim
Directed by Robert Carsen
Choreographed by Philippe Giraudeau
Starring Anna Netrebko, Bryn Terfel & Peter Mattei
Sung in Italian with English subtitles
3 hrs 15 mins including one intermission
Save the date and make plans for a "day off" now. Opening night at La Scala is always December 7th and we bring it to you LIVE on our screen in HD as it is being performed on the stage in Milan
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On WSBE, Rhode Island Public Television,
Saturday, December 3 ~ 8pm; Sunday, December 4 ~ 3am; Monday, December 5 ~ 12am:
Saturday, December 3 ~ 8pm; Sunday, December 4 ~ 3am; Monday, December 5 ~ 12am:
WSBE Learn 36.2= (RI Cox Cable 808)
(RI Verizon Fios 478)
Great Performances at the Met |
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| Natalie Dessay is |
LA SONNAMBULA
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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.
DURATION: 150 MIN
http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?id=268
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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D'AGUANNO
This Saturday's performance of Handel's "Rodelinda" starring Renee Fleming in the title role dominates the schedules of most internet radio stations, as well as being transmitted LIVE, as many of you know, at some of our local movie theatres.
Other than that, there's some rather lesser-known, but still wonderful Mozart on tap on Radio 4 (the Netherlands) which is broadcasting the November 23rd performance that took place in Amsterdam of his opera "Idomeneo" (written shortly before the more popular "Abduction from the Seraglio").
(www.radio4.nl/)
German Radio gives us a performance that was recently given in Munich of the Gilbert & Sullivan favorite "The Mikado." (G & S in Germany? Why not?)
(www.dradio.de/dkultur/)
Then, at 7:30 p.m. this coming Monday evening (Dec. 5), the Met's free LIVE audiostream features this season's premiere performance of Puccini's "Madame Butterfly."
(www.metopera.org)
Enjoy!
DAVE
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Nov 28, 2011 11:23am
Opera Singing Parrot Lost in New York Aria
By Arielle Milkman
Captain, a multi-talented parrot with a penchant for opera singing and bike rides, is lost in New York City, and owner Allen Kirson is on a mission to find her.
“I’m not doing too good,” Kirson said. “I’m not sleeping, I’m having dreams, it’s like a lost person, you know?”
Captain is a green and yellow Amazon Parrot who has performed with Kirson at venues like senior citizens’ homes and children’s hospitals.
Captain flew off Kirson’s shoulder while they were on a bike ride along Ocean Parkway in Kensington the day after Thanksgiving. After media outlets covered the story, Kirson received a call from someone who had seen a bird with Captain’s features flying between two trees in Owl’s Head Park.
Kirson has headed to the park to look for his parrot, although, he noted, one of his friends told him he was on a wild goose chase.
Captain isn’t just a beloved companion to her owner. Her talents have turned into entertainment for a number of New Yorkers, Kirson said.
“She entertains 20 people a day when we bike ride,” Kirson said. “Every day I hear ‘wow, awesome, cool,’ and people smile. In New York City if you get 20 smiles a day it’s unheard of, right?”
Kirson shares custody of Captain with his ex-wife, Roberta Klein.
Klein, who helped train the 25-year-old parrot, said losing Captain has been like losing a child.
“We’re all frantic and we’re all heartbroken, she said. “She has the vocabulary of a 2-year-old child.”
Kirson and Klein are offering a reward of $200 for the bird. They hope to find the parrot while the weather is unseasonably warm in New York. Captain, a tropical bird, could perish in cold temperatures.
Those with information about Captain’s whereabouts may call Kirson at (347) 350-5914.
To see the video, click on:
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/11/performing-parrot-lost-in-new-york/
NO OPERA ON WGBH TV THIS WEEK!
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