THE MET-HD SIMULCAST, Saturday, February 11, 2012 @ 12:00pm
Götter-dämmerung
"The Twilight of the Gods"
With its cataclysmic climax, the Met’s new Ring cycle, directed by Robert Lepage, comes to its resolution. Deborah Voigt stars as Brünnhilde and Jay Hunter Morris is Siegfried—the star-crossed lovers doomed by fate. Fabio Luisi conducts. To see a preview, click on:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22Zy5eng5TE
Approximate running time: 6 hours -- Pack a lunch! According to the program, there are two intermissions.
http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?id=441&hd
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This week on Rhode Island Public television, WSBE:
HAMLET
Great Performances at the Met
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Saturday, February 11 -- 8:00pm; Sunday, February 12 -- 3:00am; Monday, February 13, -- 12:00am
36.2 – WSBE Learn. Verizon Fios 478; Cox Cable 808.
Hamlet
The Ambroise Thomas opera "Hamlet," based on the Shakespeare play, starring baritone Simon Keenlyside as the prince and soprano Marlis Petersen as Ophélie. Mezzo-soprano Jennifer Larmore is Hamlet's mother, Gertrude, and James Morris is Claudius.
DURATION: 180 MIN
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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D' AGUANNO
Opera-goers who have already listened to -- and possibly even watched -- the first 3 installments of Wagner's Ring Cycle, currently being performed at the Met, are doubtlessly looking forward to the matinee this Saturday at 12 noon (Feb. 11) of the final opera in the series: "Die Gotterdammerung" ("Twilight of the Gods"). As she has in two of the previous operas, soprano Deborah Voigt will be singing the role of Brunnhilde, with Jay Hunter Morris as Siegfried once again. You can catch the performance on many internet radio stations, or watch it LIVE at area movie theatres. (See www.metopera.org for more details.)
Another German opera that is performed quite regularly -- "Salome" by Richard Strauss -- can be heard on Klara. Please note: This current production from Brussels will shortly become available for FREE video-streaming in the near future.
(http://radio.klara.be/radio/10_home.php)
ORF will be bringing us the January 12, 2012 performance of Verdi's "Otello" which was seen and heard in Vienna (Vienna State Opera).
(http://oe1.orf.at/)
Then there's an interesting double-bill scheduled on Swedish radio: Bartok's only opera ("Bluebeard's Castle") shares the bill with Bernstein's 1952 opus "Trouble in Tahiti." The performance on hand originates from Stockholm (2/4/12).
(http://sverigesradio.se/p2/)
Beforehand, you might want to tune in to the Met's free LIVE audio-stream tomorrow evening (Thursday 2/9) when Verdi's opera "Aida" will be performed. Soprano Violeta Urmana sings the title role, just as she did a couple of seasons back when this opera was shown in local movie theatres.
(www.metopera.org)
Enjoy!
DAVE
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Met radio broadcasts
This Saturday at noon:
Richard Wagner's
GOTTERDAMMERUNG
starring
Deborah Voigt
and
Jay Hunter Morris
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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NOT OPERA BUT WORTH MENTIONING:
Museum Concerts Of Rhode Island
Baroque Concert Series Forty-Fifth Season
Schola Cantorum of Boston
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
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
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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