Week of April 26 - May 3, 2012

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This week on Rhode Island Public television, WSBE:   

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

Rodelinda

Great Performances at the Met

Saturday, April 28 -- 7:30pm; Sunday, 2:30am; Sunday, 11:30pm

Rodelinda

Renée Fleming stars in the title role of Handel's "Rodelinda," a baroque opera about a queen and her assumed-dead husband (Andreas Scholl), and the usurper (Joseph Kaiser) who wants Rodelinda for his wife.

DURATION: 210 MIN

To hear Andreas Scholl talk about being a countertenor, click on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGtTLhuqy4Y

To hear RENÉE FLEMING sing Mio Caro Bene, click on

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5VrXdaw3Hc

Concert & Event Calendar

2011-2012 Season Brochure

NEWPORT CONCERT SERIES

Friday, May 4, 2012
"Operetta 101"

7:00pm
Edward King House
Aquidneck Park, Newport RI

The evening features appetizers and wine and a mosaic of selected
opera favorites sung by the Opera Providence Ensemble:
Gigi Mitchell-Velasco, Alisa Cassola, Giovanni Formisano, with pianist Laura Hibbard

Tickets - $55/person

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Let's Have a Ballat the Metacomet Country Club

A Prelude to "The Merry Widow"Be the Belle or the Beau of the Masquerade BallCocktail Attire or Costume Encouraged
Appetizers, Dinner, Dessert
Lively Entertainment
Raffle

FRIDAY, June 8, 2012

6:00pm
Metacomet Country Club
500 Veteran's Memorial Parkway
East Providence, RI

$75 for Event Only
$100 Per Person for this Event & One Ticket to the Opera on June 15 or 16, 2012
R.S.V. P. Nanci or Robert DeRobbio
Opera Providence 401-331-6060

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SEASON FINALE

June 15 & 16, 2012
"The Merry Widow"

8:00pm
RI Center for Performing Arts
848 Park Avenue, Cranston, RI

Does saying "I love you" really mean "I love your money?"
Composer: Franz Lehár
"The most popular operetta of the twentieth century!"
The Merry Widow was booked by Victor Leon and Leo Stein.

— Featuring —

Featuring DIANA MCVEY in the role of Hanna Glawariand
Rachele Schmiege, Kristina Riegle, Kara Lund, Denise Lachowski, Paul Soper, Giovanni Formisano,
Fred Frabotta, Fredric Scheff, David Kravitz, Jason Shealy, Devon Morin, and Kilian Mooney
Directed and Choreographed by David McCarty

 Music Director: Christopher McMullen-Laird • Artistic Director: Rene de la Garza
Chorus Director: Mark Conley • Costume Designer: Everett Hoag

Tickets now on sale by calling 401-331-6060.
Tickets are $35 and $60.
Senior discounts available on all $60 tickets.

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Johannes Brahms | Ein deutsches Requiem

There is no fiery, threatening Dies Irae in this requiem, no sorrowful tone or extended grieving. Johannes Brahms set out to provide comfort, consolation, and beauty for the living — and succeeded magnificently. This is a beautiful and profoundly moving requiem, the largest work Brahms ever composed. The Providence Singers will perform Ein deutsches Requiem as guests of the Rhode Island Philharmonic.

8 p.m. Saturday, May 5, 

Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Providence
Tickets are available from the Rhode Island Philharmonic online or at 401-248-7000.

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Saturday, May 19, 2012
8:00 PM

Pre-concert talk by
Dr. Samuel Breene - 7:00 PM

A

Child

of

Our Time

Rhode Island premiere of

Sir Michael Tippett's

oratorio.

Diana McVey, Soprano
Teresa Buchholz, Mezzo-soprano
Michael -Paul Krubitzer, Tenor
Aaron Engebreth, Baritone



Also on the program~
Samuel Barber:
Adagio for Strings

Henryk Górecki:
Totus Tuus

This project is made possible through major funding support from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, an independent state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. This project is also funded, in part, by a grant from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts. The Cathedral of  Saints Peter & Paul 30 Fenner St. Providence, RI  02903 Click here for map

“A Child of Whose Time?” ~ Panel Presentations and Discussions

In conjunction with the Rhode Island premiere of Sir Michael Tippet’s “A Child of Our Time”,
RICCO is proud to present a series of free panel presentations exploring the musical, historical, and societal themes of this timeless musical work.  These interactive discussions will feature local scholars, speakers, and musical excerpts. Each session begins with a wine and cheese reception at 5:00 PM with panel presentations and discussion from 5:30 – 7:00 PM.

Friday, April 27, 2012     Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence
265 Oxford Street
Providence, RI  02905

Thursday, May 3, 2012   Redwood Library and Athenaeum
50 Bellevue Avenue
Newport, RI  02840

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MET RADIO BROADCASTS

This Saturday at 11:00am

Richard Wagner's

DIE WALKURE

Listen to the Met Opera Saturday afternoon broadcasts on Harvard Radio, 95.3 in the Boston area or live-streaming online at http://www.whrb.org

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OPERA ON THE INTERNET 

WITH  

DAVE  D' AGUANNO

http://www.dailymotion.com/operaliege#video=xq9acm

The link above will take you to a page where you'll be able to see a FREE video of Verdi's "La Traviata" this coming Thursday afternoon (April 26) at around 2 p.m. (I'm guessing.) It's a performance from Liege, & it stars soprano Annick Massis. If you've never seen or heard her before, you're in for a real surprise ! ! !

This coming Saturday (April 28), the Met's LIVE performance of Wagner's "Die Walkure" can be heard on many internet radio stations. The cast includes most of the singers who appeared in the live HD-transmission last May, but with soprano Katarina Dalayman in the role of Brunnhilde (the role sung last year and quite recently by Deborah Voigt).

There's actually ANOTHER "Die Walkure" on this Saturday's schedule, so if you want an alternate performance of the work, you can tune in to ORF and listen to the Vienna State Opera's performance (as heard on November 6, 2011). Again, Katarina Dalayman may be heard as Brunnhilde, but with a different supporting cast.
(http://oe1.orf.at/)

This week's opera being rescued from almost total obscurity is Weinberger's work from 1926 -- "Schwanda the Bagpiper" -- which was performed in Dresden this past March, and can be heard on Radio 4 (the Netherlands).
(www.radio4.nl/)

You can actually kick off your opera weekend by tuning in to the Met's FREE live audio-stream this Friday evening at 7:30 p.m. as Janacek's "The Makropulos Case" is being performed with soprano Karita Mattila in the role of Emilia Marty. Since Mattila has often been acknowledged as one of the leading interpreters of this role (as well as other Janacek heroines), wouldn't it have been wonderful if an HD-transmission of this work could have been put on the schedule? (But we can't have everything, even though we sometimes come mighty close these days.)
(www.metopera.org)

Enjoy!

DAVE

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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 min

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San Francisco Opera - Opera in the Classroom

What’s it like helping 5th graders write their own mini-opera? 

Read today’s blog post to find out!

http://sfopera.com/About/Backstage-at-San-Francisco-Opera/April-2012/Opera-in-the-Classroom.aspx

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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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