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This week on Rhode Island Public television, WSBE:
GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET
36.2 – WSBE Learn. Verizon Fios 478; Cox Cable 808.
- Friday, February 4, 2012, 8pm
- Saturday, February 5, 2012, 3am
- Sunday, February 6, 2012, 12am
Simon Boccanegra
Four decades into a legendary Met career, tenor
Placido Domingo makes history singing the title role in Verdi's political
thriller, which is written for a baritone. Adrianne Pieczonka, Marcello
Giordani, and James Morris are his co-stars in this tragic story of a father
and his lost daughter. James Levine conducts.
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THE ENCHANTED ISLAND
In one extraordinary new work, lovers of Baroque opera have it all: the world's best singers, glorious music of the Baroque masters, and a story drawn from Shakespeare. In The Enchanted Island, the lovers from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Nights's Dream are shipwrecked on his other-worldly island of The Tempest. Inspired by the musical pastiches and masques of the 18th century, the work showcases arias ans ensembles by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, and others, and a new libretto by Jeremy Sams. Eminent conductor William Christie leads an all-star cast with David Daniels (Prospero) and Joyce DiDonato (Sycorax) as the formidable foes. Placido Domingo as Neptune. Danielle de Niese as Ariel, and Luca Pisaroni as Caliban. Lisette Oropesa and Anthony Roth Costanza play Miranda and Ferdinand. The dazzling production is directed by Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch (Satyagraha and the Met's dazzling 125 anniversary gala).
STARRING JOYCE DiDONATO, DAVID DANIELS, DANIELLE de NIESE, AND PLACIDO DOMINGO AS NEPTUNE
AT A THEATER NEAR YOU.
SYNOPSIS: http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?id=437
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COMING TO THEATERS THAT SHOW THE MET-HD SIMULCASTS:
February 1, 2012
Superstars in Berlin!
Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Erwin Schrott
http://www.aceartshd.com/
Trailer:
http://www.fandango.com/movie-trailer/3superstarsinberlin-trailer/150912/
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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D'AGUANNO
For all of you who either can't get enough of Anna
Netrebko, or can't get enough of Donizetti, or can't get enough of "Anna
Bolena" -- the Met is broadcasting (you guessed it!) Donizetti's
"Anna Bolena" this coming Saturday afternoon (2/4/12) with Anna Netrebko
in the lead, along with the same cast that was seen and heard last October (
and even more recently, on PBS).
(www.wrti.org/)
But wait: All of you Joyce Di Donato and/or Juan Diego
Florez fans have reason to look forward to next Saturday as well, since the
Belgian station Klara will be airing a (repeat) broadcast from last October of
Rossini's "La Donna del Lago" which was presented at La Scala with Di
Donato and Florez singing the roles of Elena and Giacomo, respectively.
(http://radio.klara.be/radio/10_home.php)
Fans of 20th Century Opera have two choices in store
for them: Shostakovich's "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District" &
Reimann's "Lear."
The Shostakovich work will be broadcast on Swedish
Radio in a recent performance from Goteborg with a cast of (mostly) unknown
Swedish singers. But -- having heard a couple of them myself not so long ago --
I can safely predict it will be an exciting broadcast.
(http://sverigesradio.se/p2/)
Aribert Reimann's "Lear" will be heard in a
performance that was given in Hamburg on 1/15/12. It may not be as well-known
among "Shakespeare Operas" as Verdi's "Macbeth" or Gounod's
"Romeo & Juliette" (to take just two examples off the top of my
head), but at its 1978 premiere, the work received rave reviews. Hopefully, the
music's advanced harmonic idiom won't scare off too many potential listeners.
(www.dradio.de/dkultur/)
And what would a weekend of Opera on Internet Radio be
like if we didn't get treated to at least ONE all-time favorite? Well, on Radio
4, you can listen to yet another "Traviata" (by Verdi) as it was
given recently by the Reisopera in Enschede (the Netherlands).
(www.radio4.nl/)
Lastly, the Met's free LIVE audio-stream will be
available tomorrow evening (Thursday) at 7:30 p.m. for those of you who would
like an audio preview of the upcoming HD-transmission later this month of
Verdi's "Ernani" with Angela Meade singing the role of Elvira. Point
of interest: this young soprano alternated with Ms Netrebko earlier this season
at the Met in the role of Anna Bolena.
(www.metopera.org)
Enjoy!
DAVE
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Met radio broadcasts
This Saturday at noon:
Donizetti's ANNA BOLENA
starring Anna Netrebko
Listen to the Met Opera Saturday afternoon broadcasts at 1pm, on Harvard Radio, 95.3 in the Boston area or live-streaming online at http://www.whrb.org
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Museum Concerts Of Rhode Island
Baroque Concert Series Forty-Fifth Season
Third Concert - Sunday, February 12
Program: The Folly of Love:
Sacred & Secular Music of Lasso
"Choral singing with a lot of class...
there can never be enough singing on this level." - Boston Globe
Scola Cantorum - website
All concerts take place on Sunday afternoons at 3:30
Episcopal Cathedral of St. John, 271 North Main St. Providence
Please tell your friends!
Music of Schola Cantorum of Boston
Frederick Jodry, Director
The Folly of Love: Sacred and Secular Music of Lasso
Click to hear Music of Orlandus Lasso
This acclaimed 12-voice Renaissance vocal ensemble will present a program of Music for Carnival, including madrigals of Cipriano De Rore, and playful and giddy villanelli for the carnival season. Orlando di Lasso wrote widely in many languages, from earthy and profane madrigals and chansons to the most serious of Latin sacred Music. Schola’s performance will include the grand Magnificat of Lasso based on the De Rore madrigal “Ancor che col partire”. For more than 25 years, this group has been praised for their expressive and engaging performances, and they will amuse and delight you with their vocal polish and agility.
Museum Concerts, now in its 45th year, is one of the oldest concert presenters in the State of Rhode Island, the only series in the state for Early Music, and the longest running Early Music series in the country! An annual concert series brings to Rhode Island prominent artists and groups performing early music in historic settings in Providence.
Advance Tickets are available via mail with order form.
Print order form: click here
Subscription tickets are available at the first concert.
Tickets at the door: General $25 ($23 in advance), Senior $22, Student $8
All concerts take place on Sunday afternoons at 3:30
Episcopal Cathedral of St. John, 271 North Main St. Providence
More Information - click - www.MuseumConcerts.org
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Coming March 13, 3:00pm to The Jane Pickens Theater, Newport, RI
Live, from Gran Teatre Licou, Barcelona, Spain
LA BOHEME
Starring Ramon Vargas and Fiorenza Cedolins
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NO OPERA ON WGBH TV THIS WEEK!
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