HOLIDAY MET-HD ENCORES OF
THE MAGIC FLUTE (December 21) and
HANSEL & GRETEL (December 22)
(Check the Met-HD schedules on-line for locations)
Saturday, December 10, 2011 @ 12:55pm
MET- HD Simulcast
at a theater near you (check column right for help)
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| Jonas Kaufman in |
Faust
A new production of Gounod’s Faust,
is set by Tony Award-winning director Des McAnuff (Met debut) in the first part
of the 20th century. McAnuff is interested in the opera’s
philosophies of “personal responsibility…I think that’s the Faustian journey
right there. It’s trying to escape from ultimate knowledge, which includes
evil.” Star tenor Jonas Kaufmann sings his first Met performances
of the title role, opposite Marina Poplavskaya as the innocent
Marguerite, Russell Braun as Valentin, and René
Pape as Méphistophélès; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, who led the
new production premieres of Carmen and Don Carlo in
recent seasons, conducts his first Met performances of the opera.
Theatrical designers Robert
Brill (sets) and Paul Tazewell (costumes) make their Met debuts
with this production, which also features lighting design by Peter
Mumford, video design by Dustin O’Neill, choreography by Kelly
Devine, and fight direction by Stephen Rankin. Faust is a
co-production of the Metropolitan Opera and the English National Opera, where
this production premiered earlier this season.
Synopsis: http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?id=12To hear Rene Pape sing Le Veau d 'Or, click on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm3yUB4NR9o
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This week on WSBE, Rhode Island Public Television:
Saturday, December 10, 8pm; Sunday, December 11, 3am; Monday, December 12, 12am
WSBE Learn 36.2= (RI Cox Cable 808)
(RI Verizon Fios 478)
LA CENERENTOLA
"La Cenerentola," Rossini's adaptation of the
"Cinderella" fable, starring mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca in the lead role and tenor Lawrence Brownlee as her Prince Charming. Don Magnifico: Alessandro Corbelli. Alidoro: John Relyea.
Duration: 180 Min.
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OCCUPY WALL STREET COMES TO THE MET:
(If only the 1% universally supported the Met!)
http://outwestarts.blogspot.com/2011/12/shout
-out-or-oper-fur-alle.html
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/johncassidy/
2011/12/occupy-the-met.html#ixzz1fs7aYpVy
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/12/04/1042181/-NY-Met-Opera-Occupied
http://www.nationofchange.org/occupy-opera-132310095
http://www.theawl.com/2011/12/at-satyagraha-and-occupy-lincoln-center
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Gugulethu. It is a place
where kids grow up listening to hip-hop or house music.Anders Kelto found four
young men called “The Gugulethu Tenors” who took a different path and have
become South Africa’s newest musical sensations.
To hear The Gugulethu Tenors - Nyamezela:
OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D'AGUANNO
This coming Saturday (Dec. 10), those of you
who may not be attending the LIVE HD-transmission of Gounod's "Faust"
at area movie theatres may want to listen to the performance on many radio
stations on the internet. Starring Jonas Kaufmann, Marina Poplavskaya, and Rene
Pape, it promises to be a very exciting performance.
(www.wrti.org/)
Today, in fact, (Wed., Dec. 7), the opening
night at La Scala (Mozart's "Don Giovanni") is being shown at the
Jane Pickens Theatre in Newport. The audio of this performance is scheduled to
be heard on ORF this Saturday. With Anna Netrebko singing the role of Donna
Anna, it would certainly be worth checking out, IMO.
(http://oe1.orf.at/)
In a Dec. 4, 2011, performance from the
Frankfurt Opera, comes Verdi's "Otello" which can be heard on German
Radio this Saturday.
(www.dradio.de/dkultur/)
For "modern" opera fans, there's a
recording of Andre Laporte's opera from 1985 -- "Das Schloss"
("The Castle") -- being broadcast on Belgium's Klara radio station.
It's based on the unfinished novel of the same name by Franz Kafka.
(http://radio.klara.be/radio/10_home.php)
Then, on Monday (Dec. 12), the Met is offering
a free LIVE audio-stream of Donizetti's "Daughter of the Regiment"
with Lawrence Brownlee in the role of Tonio, with his Act 1 aria containing
nine high C's sure to be a highlight. Brownlee, as some of you may recall, sang
in two Rossini HD-transmissions from the Met: He was Prince Ramiro in
"Cenerentola" ("Cinderella") opposite Elina Garanca, and
Rinaldo in "Armida" opposite Renee Fleming.
(www.metopera.org)
Enjoy!
DAVE
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NO OPERA ON WGBH TV THIS WEEK!
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