Week of June 21 - June 28, 2012

This week on Rhode Island Public television,

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

Angela Mead as Elvira

Marcello Giordani as Ernani

Ernani

Great Performances at the Met

Saturday, June 23 -- 8:00pm; Sunday, June 24 -- 3:00am; Monday -- 12:00am

Ernani

A production of Verdi's "Ernani," about a maiden (Angela Meade) who is romantically pursued by her uncle (Ferruccio Furlanetto), the Spanish king (Dmitri Hvorostovsky) and a bandit (MarcelloGiordani).

DURATION: 150 MIN

DETAILS: [HD] [CC] [STEREO]

GENRE: PARENTS PICKS

SYNOPSIS: http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?id=202

Interview with Angela Mead

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPAcAPIvys0&feature=related

OPERA ON WGBH, YES!

This week, Ernani will also be broadcast on WGBH. 

Schedule

Sunday                                        6/24/12 1:00 PM WGBH 2/HD       WATCH FOR WGBH'S ANNUAL LABOR DAY WEEKEND OPERA BASH !

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Ever wonder what it’s like to understudy an opera role? In today’s blog post, soprano Susannah Biller gives us a glimpse at her life as a cover for two roles this summer: Madame Mao and The Queen of the Night.

San Francisco Opera - She Has Got it Covered

http://sfopera.com/About/Backstage-at-San-Francisco-Opera/June-2012/She-Has-Got-it-Covered.aspx

About San Francisco Opera, the people and history.

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OPERA ON THE INTERNET 

WITH  

DAVE  D' AGUANNO

Rather slim pickings this coming Saturday (June 23), with several internet radio stations simply airing repeat broadcasts from this past season.

BBC Radio 3, however, having devoted much of their schedule to the Met's live broadcasts, is now playing "catch-up" by providing us with broadcasts of performances from London's Royal Opera House. And so, this week we get to hear their production from last January of Mozart's "Don Giovanni" with Erwin Schrott (married to Anna Netrebko, by the way) singing the title role.

(www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/)

The Lyric Opera of Chicago's run of performances last February of Handel's "Rinaldo" (one of the earliest of his best-known operas) gets to be featured on NPR. Countertenor David Daniels is heard in the title role.

(www.wrti.org/)

A couple of operas of Giuseppe Verdi may also be heard this Saturday: "Il Trovatore" & "Falstaff" --

The Belgian station Klara is broadcasting a performance from Brussels of "Trovatore" with soprano Marina Poplavskaya singing the role of Leonora. Having watched the video of this particular production, I can honestly say that VOCALLY it's quite impressive, i.e. you'd be better off listening to it, rather than watching the bizarre behavior the director has asked his singers to exhibit (!!!). (Azucena, all dolled up and smoking a cigarette, is on-stage throughout the entire opera, for example.)

(http://radio.klara.be/radio/10_home.php)

The other Verdi work ("Falstaff") may be heard on French Radio. The performance itself is another Royal Opera House feature (May 28, 2012) with an excellent cast of (mostly) unknown singers. Worth checking out!

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

Enjoy!

DAVE

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THIS WEEK'S SUMMER ENCORE

Check for the theater near you

Don Giovanni

 June 27, 2012, 6:30 pm 


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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UPCOMING MET-HD Summer Encores

Les Contes d'Hoffmann

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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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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