TONIGHT!
Wednesday, May 16, 2012, 6:30pm
SIEGFRIED
An encore performance of Wagner’s Siegfried will be shown in select theatres on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, at 6:30 PM in all time zones.
Part three of the Ring follows the journey of Siegfried, son of Siegmund and Sieglinde, from naive fearless boy to supreme hero. With the re-forged sword of his father, he conquers magical obstacles to reach his prize, Brünnhilde. Jay Hunter Morris took over the title role, one of the most demanding in the repertoire, days before the production’s premiere and reprised his acclaimed portrayal in this live transmission the following week. Deborah Voigt is Brünnhilde and Bryn Terfel sings the Wanderer.
Conductor: Fabio Luisi
Cast: Deborah Voigt, Patricia Bardon; Jay Hunter Morris, Gerhard Siegel, Bryn Terfel, Eric Owens
Duration: 4 hrs., 25 min.
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Saturday, May 19, 2012
GÖTTER-
DÄMMERUNG
Wagner's Götterdämmerung
Saturday, May 19, 2012 (12:00 PM local time)
Expected Running Time: 4 hours 50 minutes
An encore performance of Wagner’s Götterdämmerung will be shown in select theatres on Saturday, May 19, 2012, at 12:00 PM in all time zones.
The Ring cycle concludes with a cataclysmic climax of betrayal and loss as focus shifts from the realm of the gods to the power and ambition of human beings. It is left to Brünnhilde, in the legendary Immolation Scene that brings the cycle to a close, to restore balance to the world.
Deborah Voigt stars as Brünnhilde and Jay Hunter Morris is Siegfried—the star-crossed lovers doomed by fate.
Conductor: Fabio Luisi
Cast: Deborah Voigt, Wendy Bryn Harmer, Waltraud Meier; Jay Hunter Morris, Iain Paterson, Eric Owens, Hans-Peter König
Duration: 4 hrs. 50 min.
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This week on Rhode Island Public television, WSBE:
WSBE: (Comcast 294, Cox 808, Full Channel 109, and Verizon 478)
Faust
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| Faust (Jonas Kaufmann) and Marguerite (Marina Poplavskaya) |
Saturday, May 19 -- 7:30pm; Sunday, May 20 -- 3:00am; Monday, May 21 -- 12:00am
Faust
A production of Gounod's "Faust" updates the story to the mid-20th century, with Faust (Jonas Kaufmann) now a nuclear scientist who strikes a deal with the devil (René Pape) in order to win the affections of a young woman (Marina Poplavskaya).
DURATION: 210 MIN
DETAILS: [HD] [CC] [STEREO]
GENRE: PARENTS PICKS
to hear Marina Poplavskaya sing the Jewel Song:
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| featuring Renee Fleming as Rodelinda, and counter tenor Andreas Scholl |
SYNOPSIS: http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?id=135
while The Enchanted Island will air at 9:00 PM on Channel 2 on May 18th.
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| featuring Joyce DiDonato and countertenor David Daniels |
SYNOPSIS: http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?id=437
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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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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D' AGUANNO
A few highlights on internet radio this coming Saturday (May
19) would include a bit of Donizetti, some Verdi, an opera by Dvorak that
doesn't happen to be "Rusalka" & a modern work that premiered
last summer at the Bregenz Festival.
The Donizetti work in question is none other than
"Lucia di Lammermoor" with soprano Susanna Phillips in the title
role. The performance took place last October as part of the 2011-2012 Lyric
Opera of Chicago season.
(www/wrti.org/)
Verdi's "Don Carlo" comes to us via Radio 4 (the
Netherlands) in a LIVE performance from Amsterdam. (As far as I am able to
determine, this is the 4-act version rather than the 5-act version recently
done at the Met.)
(www.radio4.nl/)
Then there's Dvorak's "The Jacobin" (composed over
a decade before "Rusalka") to be heard on ORF in a performance from
Prague that originally took place on October 8 of last year.
(http://oe1.orf.at/)
BBC Radio 3 will be broadcasting a March 2012 performance
from London's Royal Opera House, the opera being composer Judith Weir's most
recent: "Miss Fortune."
(www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/)
And if none of the above don't appeal to you all that much,
I'm told that there will be a live VIDEO-STREAM on Saturday afternoon of
Bellini's "I Capuleti & i Montecchi" from Munich. Anna Netrebko
is slated for the role of Giulietta, & the combination of Netrebko &
Bellini is something that I personally wouldn't want to miss.
(
http://www.bayerische.staatsoper.de/866--~Staatsoper~bso_aktuell~aktuelles.html)
Enjoy!
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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.
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I worked in the rehearsal department for three seasons and after leaving that position, I was prepared to do just about anything. I could spit out any one of a hundred phone numbers faster than you could pull out your iPhone. People marvel at that, and I marvel that they marvel. It was just second nature to me and anyone else who worked here. You have to be ready to do anything at a moment’s notice. During the 1989 earthquake, one of my co-workers was at the ER with a singer who had injured her ankle during a performance while the rest of us phoned all remaining artists to be certain everyone was OK. Thankfully, all were fine, and one of our mezzos even invited all of the other artists to her apartment for a chicken dinner. The very next morning we had set up camp at the Masonic Auditorium where we proceeded to perform a week’s worth of opera there in concert version. Several years ago, an ex-colleague left the opera to follow a different path and was amazed when she assumed her new position working for a university. She told me she had no idea how hard she had worked until she left the theatre, and that no outsider could ever understand what working for live theatre is like until you do it. She was right. I still have the two notes I kept in my binder from those days: “Details are my life. I live to specify.” The other reads: “Always notify department heads (props, carpenters, etc.) when a change has been made regarding stagings—anything on a bi-weekly or chorus schedule—whatever involves stage.” This is when I learned that everything involves the stage and changes happen daily. I remember my boss one evening rewriting the daily schedule for the next day, for at least the seventh time, at close to 10:00pm-- and that was an early night. Those were the days of 11 productions in three months, and these were also the days before email. We had to call each artist for every single change that occurred. Besides our regular performances, we had other auxiliary events. My first year the Opera Guild held their annual Fol de Rol, and Ben Vereen was the guest star. He popped into my office at 9:30pm and he said, “Dear, I don’t think I’m going to make my flight. Can we change it?” Another time the tenor in question threw his back out. While in college I’d invested in a two-week massage certification program which proved to be extremely useful in that instance. It wasn’t uncommon for the phone to ring at midnight on an opening night, and dinners were usually take out and lovingly referred to as ‘Kung Pao Pizza.’
It was excellent training, and following the frenzy of those three seasons I assumed the position of Artists’ Services Coordinator, which meant I made all travel and housing arrangements for incoming artists and filed petitions to obtain work visas for international artists. It also meant acting as in-house concierge for artists’ needs and requests. No request was ever too much, and we always tried to comply whenever possible to make the artists happy and comfortable while in San Francisco.
The requests were many and widely ranged: finding a house with a sun roof and a view; securing an apartment whereby in no uncertain terms would there be no? pigeons on a window ledge or balcony; very “excellent” clothes hangers; a piano in my apartment; a piano in my dressing room; a piano in my hotel room, nothing in my hotel fridge other than vegan items; gluten-free flight meals; an apartment where I can live with my current girlfriend and not in the same apartment complex as my ex-girlfriend; and one of the most memorable, a king or queen bed instead of a twin “since I was really hoping to get laid” to which I replied, “I’ll see what I can do but I really don’t think that is the San Francisco Opera’s responsibility.” Years ago I had to take one of the singers to a chiropractor in order to assist with translating from English into his native Italian. He had to fill out an extensive questionnaire, and one of the questions read: “Does it burn when you urinate?” It was an embarrassing question to ask, but I translated the question, and the singer looked at me and said, “Well, I guess it depends on who I’ve been with.” As you might imagine, over the years I have learned what it means to have a great poker face. [Above: Valentina and her mother, Lola, backstage at the opera.]
My duties have changed since then and I am still happily ensconced in the Artistic Department, still coordinating travel and visas for artists and now also assisting our fantastic Music Director, Nicola Luisotti. It has been a bit of a charmed life so far. I wouldn’t have had the opera in my life if it hadn’t been for my mother. After retirement she returns to the opera on a regular basis at age 81, not just as a patron but as a volunteer and every opening night we are backstage together singing the national anthem amongst our friends and colleagues. We went from being Lola and Lola’s daughter to Valentina and Valentina’s mother over the years, but we are lucky and blessed that our lives still continue at the opera.
Posted: 5/4/2012 3:41:04 PM by Valentina Simi (Artist Services Coordinator & Assistant to the Musical Director)
Filed under: Staff, SFOHistory
Filed under: Staff, SFOHistory
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MET-HD Summer Encores
Anna Bolena
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
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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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
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
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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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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MET RADIO BROADCAST
No more broadcasts until autumn!
Enjoy the summer!
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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