Week of April 19 - April 26, 2012

This week on Rhode Island Public television, WSBE:   

WSBE: (Comcast 294, Cox 808, Full Channel 109, and Verizon 478) 

Lucia  di Lammermoor

Great Performances at the Met

Saturday, April 21 -- 8:00pm; Sunday, April 22 -- 3:00am; Monday, April 23 -- 12:00am

Lucia di Lammermoor

Natalie Dessay stars in Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" as the fragile title character, whose brother (Ludovic Tézier) forces her into an arranged marriage due to his hatred for the family of the man (Joseph Calleja) she loves. Host: Renée Fleming.

DURATION: 150 MIN

SYNOPSIS: HTTP://WWW.METOPERAFAMILY.ORG/METOPERA/HISTORY/STORIES/SYNOPSIS.ASPX?ID=55

TO HEAR DESSAY PERFORM THE MAD SCENE, CLICK ON

 HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=Q3KZQZXHP2A

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This Saturday at 11:00am*

Richard Wagner's

SIEGFRIED

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

MET RADIO BROADCASTS

*NOTE EARLIER TIME

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OPERA ON THE INTERNET 

WITH  

DAVE  D' AGUANNO

This coming Saturday (April 21), Wagner enthusiasts once again get a chance to experience his opera "Siegfried" which will be broadcast LIVE from the Met on many internet radio stations. In the cast is Deborah Voigt as Brunnhilde, along with Jay Hunter Morris as Siegfried and others who appeared in the HD-transmission several months ago.

There's even more Wagner on Saturday's schedule, as Swedish Radio is offering a LIVE broadcast of "Parsifal" coming to us direct from the Malmo Opera.

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

If your operatic tastes veer more towards the comic, you can try Rossini's "Il Turco in Italia" which was performed earlier this month (April 11) in Amsterdam. Tenor Lawrence Brownlee -- familiar to Met audiences as Don Ramiro in Rossini's "Cenerentola" and as Rinaldo in the same composer's "Armida" -- sings the role of Don Narciso in this performance from the Netherlands Opera.

(www.radio4.nl/)

Then there's Polish composer Penderecki's 1969 opera "The Devils of Loudon" (considered quite radical in its day & dealing with demonic possession), which was recently performed by the Hannover Opera (March 24) & can be heard on German Radio on Saturday.

(www.dradio.de/dkultur/)

For this weekend's rarity, there's Henri Sauget's "La Chartreuse de Parme" (premiered in 1939) which French Radio is broadcasting. The performance itself stems from Marseilles (February 10, 2012).

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

Enjoy!

DAVE

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Coming to the Cable Car Cinema, 

Sunday, April 22, 2012

 NOON

La Traviata

Renee Fleming stars as Violetta in Verdi's story of a party gal who gives it all up when she falls in love with an upper-class guy, only to lose it all anyway.

Cable Car Cinema & Cafe
204 South Main Street
Providence, RI 02903
401-272-3970

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Open House

http://blo.org/events/open-house/ 

NEW DATE!   Saturday, April 28, 2012

The Citi Performing Arts Center^SM Shubert Theatre

From backstage to the balcony and everywhere in between, the FREE Open House gives you an all-access pass to experience opera your way. There is something for everyone, whether you’re an opera veteran or you’re giving it a try for the first time. Come see how much fun opera can be!

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Coming  to the Cable Car Cinema, Providence, RI

Sunday, May 20,  2012  

NOON

Noon

VERDI'S RIGOLETTO LIVE FROM 

ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, LONDON

SYNOPSIS:  http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?id=134

FROM THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, LONDON, ENGLAND 

Composed by Verdi, Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner,Starring Dimitri Platanias, Ekaterina Siurina, Vittorio Grigolo, Pablo Bemsch ; Christine Rice.   Sung in Italian with English subtitles, 2 hrs 9 mins

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SINGING OPERA BEARS

go to P.S. 15

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQAjc4pMReY&feature=youtu.be

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NO OPERA ON WGBH TV 

THIS WEEK 

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