This week on Rhode Island Public television, WSBE:
WSBE: (Comcast 294, Cox 808, Full Channel 109, and Verizon 478)
WSBE: (Comcast 294, Cox 808, Full Channel 109, and Verizon 478)
LE COMTE ORY
Great Performances at the Met
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Saturday, May 5 -- 8:00pm; Sunday, May 6 --3:00am; Monday, May 7 -- 12:00am
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| To hear Juan Diego Florez as Le Comte Ory, click on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNtZGfoyOBY |
Le Comte Ory
Rossini's vocally dazzling comedy stars bel canto sensation Juan Diego Florez in the title role of this Met premiere production. He vies with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, in the trouser role of Isolier, for the love of the lonely Countess Adele, sung by soprano Diana Damrau. Bartlett Sher, director of the Met's hit productions of The Barber of Seville and Les Contes D'Hoffmann, describes the world of the opera as, "a place where love is dangerous. People get hurt. That can be very funny and very painful. Rossini captures both-with the most beautiful love music Rossini ever wrote."
DURATION: 150 MIN
Sunday, May 6, 2012 at noon
at the Cable Car Cinema, 204 North Main St., Providence, RI 02903
from Teatro Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Italy
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| ZUBIN MEHTA conducts |
Giuseppe Verdi's
AIDA
Conducted by Zubin Mehta
Directed by Ferzan Ozpetek
Choreographed by Francesco Ventriglia
Starring Luciana D’Intino, Hui He, Marco Berti
Sung in Italian with English subtitles
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| Amneris, mezzo-soprano: Luciana D’Intino |
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| Aida, soprano: Hui He |
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| Radames, tenor: Marco Berti |
Verdi's
AIDA (opera in four acts) will be broadcast LIVE from Teatro Maggio Musicale
Fiorentino, Italy.
Sung in Italian with English
subtitles.
Running time: 2 hours, 30 mins., with one intermission.
The
legendary Zubin Mehta conducts Aida, Verdi’s most spectacular and over-the-top
opera, in a new production from the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.
CAST:
The King, bass: Roberto Tagliavini
Amneris, mezzo-soprano: Luciana D’Intino
Aida, soprano: Hui He
Radames, tenor: Marco Berti
Ramfis, bass: Giacomo Prestia
Amonasro, baritone: Ambrogio Maestri
Messenger, tenor: Giacomo Patti
Priestess, soprano: Caterina Di Tonno
Orchestra and Choir of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Dance Corps MaggioDanza
Amneris, mezzo-soprano: Luciana D’Intino
Aida, soprano: Hui He
Radames, tenor: Marco Berti
Ramfis, bass: Giacomo Prestia
Amonasro, baritone: Ambrogio Maestri
Messenger, tenor: Giacomo Patti
Priestess, soprano: Caterina Di Tonno
Orchestra and Choir of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Dance Corps MaggioDanza
Verdi’s Aida is one of the
most popular operas of all time. It premiered at the Cairo Opera House on
Christmas Eve, 1871, and was an immediate commercial success. The plot of Aida
is filled with political intrigue, love, betrayal, passion, and vengeance, and
has captivated audiences for generations.
Monday, May 7, 2012, 6:30pm
The
Met Opera Live in HD:
Wagner's Dream
Part of The Ring Cycle Encores
A new documentary film by Susan
Froemke
Wagner’s Dream takes you deep into the artistic and musical challenges of the epic
work. Visionary director Robert Lepage begins a five-year journey to create the
most ambitious staging in Metropolitan Opera history, featuring a 90,000-pound
set (“The Machine”) designed to realize all of Wagner’s scenic instructions.
The film follows heroic singers from rehearsals to performance as they take on
many of the most daunting roles in opera. Soprano Deborah Voigt is torn between
excitement and fear as she prepares to play the warrior goddess Brünnhilde,
while unexpected drama arises as a new tenor, Jay Hunter Morris, steps in as
the Ring’s hero, Siegfried—days before the production’s world
premiere.
Running Time 2 hours
Official
trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBmDU7RKI_sSunday, May 6, 2012
11pm eastern time
San Francisco Opera broadcast on KDFC
http://www.kdfc.com/pages/11327855
Click on "Listen Live"
Don Giovanni
“Soprano Ellie Dehn was a vigorous and rich-toned Donna Anna.”
–San Francisco Chronicle
MUSIC BY WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte
NEW PRODUCTION
Mozart’s bold, beguiling blend of comedy and drama tells the tale of a proud, predatory nobleman and the women who are drawn to him. Music Director Nicola Luisotticonducts a cast of exciting young singers led by Lucas Meachem, whose baritone is “sweet, dark-grained and supple, and insinuating enough to make any woman give at the knees” (Santa Fe New Mexican). The enticing cast also features Ellie Dehn, who mixes “a stunning voice” with “real dramatic authority” (Opera News); Serena Farnocchia, who is “nothing short of spectacular” (Toronto Star); Kate Lindsey, "a powerhouse Zerlina" (Dallas Morning News); and Shawn Mathey, who “brings a bright, virile sound and sunny good looks to every role he plays” (Opera News). Noted Italian film and theater director Gabriele Lavia makes his San Francisco Opera directorial debut.
Sung in Italian with English supertitles
Approximate running time: 3 hours, 10 minutes including one intermission
Pre-Opera Talks are free to ticketholders and take place in the main theater in the Orchestra section, 55 minutes prior to curtain.San Francisco Opera production
Production photos: Cory Weaver
Audio credit: Audio excerpts are from the June 10, 2007 performance of Don Giovanni with the San Francisco Opera Orchestra conducted by Donald Runnicles
Mozart’s bold, beguiling blend of comedy and drama tells the tale of a proud, predatory nobleman and the women who are drawn to him. Music Director Nicola Luisotticonducts a cast of exciting young singers led by Lucas Meachem, whose baritone is “sweet, dark-grained and supple, and insinuating enough to make any woman give at the knees” (Santa Fe New Mexican). The enticing cast also features Ellie Dehn, who mixes “a stunning voice” with “real dramatic authority” (Opera News); Serena Farnocchia, who is “nothing short of spectacular” (Toronto Star); Kate Lindsey, "a powerhouse Zerlina" (Dallas Morning News); and Shawn Mathey, who “brings a bright, virile sound and sunny good looks to every role he plays” (Opera News). Noted Italian film and theater director Gabriele Lavia makes his San Francisco Opera directorial debut.
Sung in Italian with English supertitles
Approximate running time: 3 hours, 10 minutes including one intermission
Pre-Opera Talks are free to ticketholders and take place in the main theater in the Orchestra section, 55 minutes prior to curtain.San Francisco Opera production
Production photos: Cory Weaver
Audio credit: Audio excerpts are from the June 10, 2007 performance of Don Giovanni with the San Francisco Opera Orchestra conducted by Donald Runnicles
CAST
| DON GIOVANNI | LUCAS MEACHEM | |
| DONNA ANNA | ELLIE DEHN | |
| DONNA ELVIRA | SERENA FARNOCCHIA * | |
| LEPORELLO | MARCO VINCO * | |
| DON OTTAVIO | SHAWN MATHEY * | |
| ZERLINA | KATE LINDSEY * | |
| MASETTO | RYAN KUSTER | |
| THE COMMENDATORE | MORRIS ROBINSON |
PRODUCTION CREDITS
| CONDUCTOR | NICOLA LUISOTTI | |
| DIRECTOR | GABRIELE LAVIA * | |
| SET DESIGNER | ALESSANDRO CAMERA * | |
| COSTUME DESIGNER | ANDREA VIOTTI * | |
| CHORUS DIRECTOR | IAN ROBERTSON |
* SAN FRANCISCO OPERA DEBUT
MET-HD SUMMER ENCORES
Anna Bolena
US: June 13, 2012, 6:30 pm (local time)
Estimated run time: 3 hours, 10 minutes
Anna Netrebko opened the Met’s 2011-12 season with her portrayal of the ill-fated queen driven insane by her unfaithful king, singing one of opera's greatest mad scenes. David McVicar’s Met premiere production also stars Ekaterina Gubanova as her rival, Jane Seymour, and Ildar Abdrazakov as Henry VIII. Marco Armiliato conducts the first of Donizetti's Tudor trilogy.Production: David McVicar
Conductor: Marco Armiliato
Cast: Anna Netrebko, Ekaterina Gubanova, Tamara Mumford, Stephen Costello, Ildar Abdrazakov
Original transmission: October 15, 2011
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Le Comte Ory
Estimated running time: 2 hours, 25 minutes
Bel canto sensation Juan Diego Flórez sings the title role of Rossini's vocally dazzling comedy, in Bartlett Sher’s Met premiere production. Joyce DiDonato stars in the trouser role of the page Isolier, who vies with Count Ory for the love of Countess Adèle, sung by Diana Damrau.
Production: Bartlett Sher
Conductor: Maurizio Benini
Cast: Diana Damrau, Joyce DiDonato, Susanne Resmark, Juan Diego Flórez, Stéphane Degout, Michele Pertusi
Original transmission: Saturday, April 9, 2011
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Don Giovanni
US: June 27, 2012, 6:30 pm (local time)
Estimated running time: 4 hours
Mariusz Kwiecien is the world’s most famous lover in Michael Grandage's new production, led by Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi. The lineup of refined Mozartians also includes Marina Rebeka, Barbara Frittoli, Ramón Vargas, and Luca Pisaroni.
Production: Michael Grandage
Conductor: Fabio Luisi
Cast: Marina Rebeka, Barbara Frittoli, Mojca Erdmann, Ramón Vargas, Mariusz Kwiecien, Luca Pisaroni, Joshua Bloom, Štefan Kocán
Original transmission: October 29, 2011
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US: July 11, 2012, 6:30 pm (local time)
Estimated running time: 3 hours
Bartlett Sher’s 2009 production stars Joseph Calleja in the tour-de-force title role of Offenbach's fictionalized take on the life and loves of the German Romantic writer E.T.A. Hoffmann. Anna Netrebko is the tragic Antonia and Alan Held sings the demonic four villains. Met Music Director James Levine conducts.Conductor: James Levine
Production: Bartlett Sher
Cast: Kathleen Kim, Anna Netrebko, Ekaterina Gubanova, Kate Lindsey, Joseph Calleja, Alan Held
The Live in HD production of Les Contes d’Hoffmann does not include the partial nudity seen in the stage production.
Original transmission: December 19, 2009
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Lucia di Lammermoor
US: July 18, 2012, 6:30 pm (local time)
Estimated running time: 2 hours, 25 minutes
Anna Netrebko sings the title role of Donizetti’s bel canto tragedy in her Met role debut, with Piotr Beczala as her lover, Edgardo. Mariusz Kwiecien is her tyrannical brother. Mary Zimmerman’s hit production, first seen in 2007, is staged as a Victorian ghost story.Production: Mary Zimmerman
Conductor: Marco Armiliato
Cast: Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczala, Mariusz Kwiecien, Ildar Abdrazakov
Original transmission: February 7, 2009
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Der Rosenkavalier
US: July 25, 2012, 6:30 pm (local time)
Estimated running time: 3 hours, 20 minutes
Strauss’s comic masterpiece of love and intrigue in 18th-century Vienna stars Renée Fleming as the aristocratic Marschallin and Susan Graham in the trouser role of her young lover. Edo de Waart conducts a cast that also includes Kristinn Sigmundsson and Thomas Allen.Production: Nathaniel Merrill
Conductor: Edo de Waart
Cast: Renée Fleming, Susan Graham, Christine Schäfer, Eric Cutler, Thomas Allen, Kristinn Sigmundsson
Original transmission: Saturday, January 9, 2010
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Concert & Event Calendar
NEWPORT CONCERT SERIES
7:00pm
Edward King House
Aquidneck Park, Newport RI
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
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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A
Prelude to "The Merry Widow"
Be
the Belle or the Beau of the Masquerade Ball
Cocktail
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
SEASON FINALE
8:00pm
RI Center for Performing Arts
848 Park Avenue, Cranston, RI
RI Center for Performing Arts
848 Park Avenue, Cranston, RI
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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.
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
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
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.
Tickets are $35 and $60.
Senior discounts available on all $60 tickets.
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.
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
8:00 PM
Pre-concert talk by
Dr. Samuel Breene - 7:00 PM
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
Teresa Buchholz, Mezzo-soprano
Michael -Paul Krubitzer, Tenor
Aaron Engebreth, Baritone
Edward Markward, Music Director
Also on the program~
Samuel Barber:
Adagio for Strings
Also on the program~
Samuel Barber:
Adagio for Strings
Henryk Górecki:
Totus Tuus
Totus Tuus
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“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.
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.
Thursday, May 3, 2012 Redwood Library and Athenaeum
50 Bellevue Avenue
Newport, RI 02840
50 Bellevue Avenue
Newport, RI 02840
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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D' AGUANNO
This coming Saturday (May 5), numerous
internet radio stations will be broadcasting the Met's LIVE performance of
Janacek's "The Makropoulos Case" with soprano Karita Mattila singing
the role of Emilia Marty. As many of you are probably aware, Mattila has made
Janacek heroines one of her specialties, having sung the roles of Katya
Kabanova and Jenufa to great acclaim in over a decade, and the role of Emilia
Marty was one of her triumphs last season at the San Francisco Opera.
French Radio has a performance of Puccini's
"Madame Butterfly" in a performance from Toulouse which took place on
April 20 of this year.
(http://sites.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/accueil/)
The Belgian station Klara is serving up
something in a decidedly lighter vein, by broadcasting this past New Year's Eve
performance in Lausanne of Offenbach's "The Grand-Duchess of
Gerolstein."
(http://radio.klara.be/radio/10_home.php)
And, as of late, it seems that no weekend
would be complete without at least one Wagner extravaganza, & so ORF is
bringing us the Vienna State Opera's November 13, 2011 performance of "Die
Gotterdammerung."
(http://oe1.orf.at/)
The Obscure Opera of the Week? The winner,
hands-down, would be Boris Blacher's "ballet-opera" entitled
"Prussian Fairy Tales" (from 1952) which is being aired on German
Radio in a performance that was given on April 21 (Schleswig-Holstein).
(www.dradio.de/dkultur/)
Of major interest to some of you, the Met is
offering 2 free LIVE audio-streams over the course of the next 7 days:
This Friday (May 4), you can tune in to
Britten's "Billy Budd" at 7:30 p.m., & on Monday (May 7), it's
Wagner's "Die Walkure" with the same cast that was heard on last
Saturday's broadcast, except that (hopefully) tenor Jonas Kaufmann will be well
enough to sing the role of Siegmund, as scheduled.
(www.metopera.org)
Enjoy!
DAVE
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Coming to the Cable Car Cinema, Providence, RI
Sunday, May 20, 2012
NOON
VERDI'S RIGOLETTO LIVE FROM
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, LONDON
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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THE LAST MET RADIO BROADCAST OF THE SEASON
May 5, 2012, 12:30pm
Leoš Janáček’s
THE MAKROPOLIS CASE
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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NO OPERA ON WGBH TV
THIS WEEK
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