Week of February 24-March 3

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE: WSBE WILL START Der Rosenkavalier AT 7:30pm INSTEAD OF 8pm.

THIS WEEK'S MET-HD SIMULCAST 
(For info about attending the broadcast,s scroll down below the weekly listings)

Gluck’s  

Iphigénie en Tauride

Placido Domingo "Agamemnon"

Susan Graham "Iphigenie"

See preview!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPcPGn3tjaw

 

Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride

February 26, 2011 at 1:00 pm ET
U.S. Encore: Wednesday, Mar. 16, 2011, 6:30 p.m. local time
Expected Running time: 2 hours, 45 minutes
Synopsis:
http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?id=206
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This week on WSBE (Rhode Island Public TV):

Great Performances at the Met

 Der Rosenkavalier

Renee Fleming as Marschallin and Susan Hampshire in the "pants role"as her youthful lover, Octavian

 

Saturday, February 26 -- 7:30pm, Sunday, February 27 -- 3:00am; Monday, February 28--12am

36.2 - WSBE Learn -  (RI Cox Cable 808) (RI Fios 478) (In Massachusetts, Comcast 29)

Renée Fleming and Susan Graham star in Richard Strauss' comic "Der Rosenkavalier" as the middle-aged Marschallin and her young lover, Octavian, who falls for a woman (Miah Persson) closer to his age, but who's engaged to Marschallin's cousin.


To hear "Der Rosenkavalier - Trio - Renée Fleming - Susan Graham - Christine Schäfer" (2010), click on "Week of February 24..." above.

DURATION:  210 min

Synopsis: http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?id=334

OPERA ON THE INTERNET WITH 

DAVE D'AGUANNO

This Saturday, February 26, most internet radio stations have on their schedules the Met's LIVE performance of Gluck's "Iphigenie en Tauride", one of his last important operatic achievements, first performed in Paris in1779. You can listen to it on your internet radio station of choice, or actually watch it, as it is being simultaneously transmitted in High Definition in some area movie theatres. Well-known, 70-year-old tenor Placido Domingo takes on one of the leading roles in Saturday's performance.

Other broadcasts that may be of interest include a repeat airing from last October of Bizet's 2nd most popular opera after "Carmen." It's his earlier work "The Pearl Fishers" which can be heard on Austrian Radio (ORF).

(http://oe1.orf.at/)

On German Radio, "Der Liebe der Danae" (a work that appears late in the canon of operas by Richard Strauss) can be heard in a performance that was given in Berlin on January 23 of this year.

(http://www.dradio.de/dkultur/)

In the meantime, you can catch a LIVE broadcast from the Met of Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" tomorrow night (Thursday) with Natalie Dessay singing the title role. She and other members of Thursday night's cast will be featured later this season when the Met relays a LIVE HD-transmission of this work. Check www.metopera.org for details on how to access their free audio stream when the broadcast is about to take place.

But you'll have to wait till Tuesday (March 1) if you're up for another hearing of Rossini's "Armida" in a free LIVE audio stream from the Met. Renee Fleming reprises the title role, and shares vocal honors with several others who appeared as cast members when this opera was shown in area theatres last May.

Happy Listening!

DAVE

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No opera from WGBH on TV this week.

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Do you think you might want 
to make the trek to Boston?

Here are some coming events, part of the

Celebrity Series of Boston:

Dmitri Hvorostovsky

Sunday, February 27, 2011, 3 PM

Symphony Hall

Boston, MA

http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?organ_val=229&pid=6829189

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Matthew Polenzani

Thursday, March 24, 2011, 8pm EDT

NEC’s Jordan Hall

Boston, MA

http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?organ_val=229&pid=6829197

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Dawn Upshaw, soprano

Friday, April 29, 2011, 8pm,

NEC’s Jordan Hall

Boston, MA

http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?organ_val=229&pid=6829205

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Week of February 17-25, 2011

This week on WSBE:

The Damnation of Faust

Faust (Marcello Giordani) confers with Méphistophélès (John Relyea)

Great Performances at the Met

Saturday, February 19 -- 8:00pm, Sunday, February 20 -- 3:00am; Monday, February 21--12am

36.2 - WSBE Learn -  (RI Cox Cable 808) (RI Fios 478) (In Massachusetts, Comcast 29)

The Damnation of Faust

A production of Hector Berlioz's "La Damnation de Faust," in which the infamous Faust (Marcello Giordani) strikes a deal with the devil in order to save his beloved (Susan Graham).

DURATION: 150 MIN

To hear Susan Graham sing D'amour l'ardente flamme, click on "Week of.." above

The doomed Marguerite (Susan Graham) with Faust

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NEXT WEEK-- MET-HD SIMULCAST:

Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride

February 26, 2011 at 1:00 pm ET
U.S. Encore: Wednesday, Mar. 16, 2011, 6:30 p.m. local time
Expected Running time: 2 hours, 45 minutes

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OPERA ON THE INTERNET WITH 

DAVE D'AGUANNO

Opera-lovers can kick things off tonight (Wednesday, Feb. 16) with a free LIVE audio stream, courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera in New York, of Gluck's "Iphigenie en Tauride."

Featured in the cast is tenor Placido Domingo, and the performance may be regarded as an audio preview of the upcoming HD-transmission on Feb. 26, with the same singers as those who will be singing this evening. Just go to www.metopera.org & follow the links provided after accessing the "Watch & Listen" option.

The Met is also broadcasting this Saturday (Feb. 19) on many internet stations. The opera: Donizetti's "Don Pasquale" with Anna Netrebko as Norina, and others in the cast who were also seen in last November's HD-transmission.

Other internet radio opera broadcasts of note include the following:

The Belgian station Klara will be airing a LIVE broadcast from Ghent of Massenet's grand opera "Herodiade" which he wrote immediately prior to his more famous "Manon."

(http://radio.klara.be/radio/10_home.php)

Over on French Radio, there's a LIVE broadcast from the Opera Bastille in Paris of "Francesca da Rimini" -- Riccardo Zandonai's 1914 opera, involving the tragic love affair of Francesca & her husband's younger brother Paolo, the latter being sung by Roberto Alagna.

(http://sites.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/accueil/)

Happy Listening!

DAVE

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No opera from WGBH on TV this week.

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Do you think you might want 
to make the trek to Boston?

Here are some coming events, part of the

Celebrity Series of Boston:

Dmitri Hvorostovsky

Sunday, February 27, 2011, 3 PM

Symphony Hall

Boston, MA

http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?organ_val=229&pid=6829189

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Matthew Polenzani

Thursday, March 24, 2011, 8pm EDT

NEC’s Jordan Hall

Boston, MA

http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?organ_val=229&pid=6829197

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Dawn Upshaw, soprano

Friday, April 29, 2011, 8pm,

NEC’s Jordan Hall

Boston, MA

http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?organ_val=229&pid=6829205

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Week of February 11-18, 2011

 MET OPERA-HD SIMULCAST*

NIXON IN CHINA

Saturday, February 12, 1 PM at a theater near you.

Janis Kelly as Pat Nixon & James Maddalena as Richard Nixon

Synopsis: http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?id=397

*For information about attending a Met simulcast,

please scroll down past the weekly listings.

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This week on WSBE:

Giacomo Puccini's 

MANON LESCAUT 

Karita Mattila as Manon Lescaut

Saturday, February 12 -- 8:00pm; Sunday, February 13 -- 3:00am; Monday, February 14 -- 12am

36.2 - WSBE Learn -  (RI Cox Cable 808) (RI Fios 478) (In Massachusetts, Comcast 29)

On her way to a life in a convent, Manon Lescaut falls in love and begins a life of material pleasure.

Synopsis: http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?id=211

Mattila & Giordani: Did I mention that things end badly?

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OPERA ON THE INTERNET WITH 

DAVE D'AGUANNO

Internet radio this coming Saturday (Feb. 12) is almost exclusively devoted to the LIVE broadcast from the Met of John Adams's "Nixon in China" which also happens to be receiving an HD-transmission in some local movie theatres. John Adams, some of you may recall, also composed "Doctor Atomic" which was performed & shown LIVE in movie theatres a couple of seasons ago.

Two other contemporary operas that are being broadcast on Saturday can be heard on Radio 4 (Netherlands) & Swedish Radio.

Radio 4 brings us the Netherlands Opera's production of "Legende" by Dutch composer Peter-Jan Wagemans, who actually saw this work premiered by the same opera company back in 2007. At the very least, it should sound very interesting, as it's being described as a journey from heaven to earth via the belly of a whale (!!!) -- Welcome to the 21st century, folks!

(www.radio4.nl/)

The Swedish Radio broadcast is actually a World Premiere performance of Swedish composer Jonas Forsell's new opera "Hemligheter" (translated as "Secrets"). There's even a youtube video about it which you might want to access -- but you'll need to brush up on your Swedish if you expect to understand what's being said.

(http://sverigesradio.se/p2/)

Enjoy!

DAVE

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No opera from WGBH on TV this week.

~~~~~~~~~~~~

Do you think you might want 
to make the trek to Boston?

Here are some coming events, part of the

Celebrity Series of Boston:

Dmitri Hvorostovsky

Sunday, February 27, 2011, 3 PM

Symphony Hall

Boston, MA

http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?organ_val=229&pid=6829189

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Matthew Polenzani

Thursday, March 24, 2011, 8pm EDT

NEC’s Jordan Hall

Boston, MA

http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?organ_val=229&pid=6829197

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Dawn Upshaw, soprano

Friday, April 29, 2011, 8pm,

NEC’s Jordan Hall

Boston, MA

http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?organ_val=229&pid=6829205

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