Week of August 16- August 23, 2012

This week on Rhode Island Public television,

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

Der Rosenkavalier

Great Performances at the Met

Saturday, August 18 -- 7:30pm; Sunday, August 19 -- 2:30am; Sunday, August 19 -- 11:30pm

Der Rosenkavalier

Renée Fleming and Susan Graham star in Richard Strauss' comic "Der Rosenkavalier" as the middle-aged Marschallin and her young lover, Octavian, who falls for a woman (Miah Persson) closer to his age, but who's engaged to Marschallin's cousin.

DURATION: 210 MIN

Synopsis:  http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?id=21

Hear Renée Fleming in rehearsal for Der Rosenkavalier (2009)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rNtS6dNTHk

Joyce DiDonato 

from Joyce DiDonato's Vlog: 

How do you keep going when the odds of failure are so overwhelmingly high?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQXNcoG2Z3w&feature=g-vrec

Saturday, August 25, 2012
Special Presentation of "I Pagliacci"An Opera by Ruggiero Leoncavallo

8:00pm
St. Andrew's School
McCulloch Center for the Arts
Keats Theatre
63 Federal Road
Barrington, RI

— Featuring —Kate Norigian  -   Nedda
Brian Landry  -   Canio
Daniel Klein  -  Tonio
Stefanos Koroneos  -  Silvio
Giovanni Formisano  -  Beppe
Diedre Donovan  -  Guest SoloistCAST PROFILES & PHOTOS

Stage Director/Artistic Director – Rene de la Garza
Music Director/Chorus Master – Mark Conley
Costume Design – Everett Hoag
Costume Supervisor – Kerry de la Garza
Stage Manager – Molly Pritchard
Assistant Stage/Props Manager – Leslie Pritchard

Produced by Dr. Robert A. DeRobbio

Refreshments will be served in the Lobby following the performance.

Admission: $40
Tax deductible donation

To purchase your tickets or for more information call:
Opera Providence: 401-331-6060

Support the Arts!
All profits from this performance will be donated by Opera Providence and its Education Outreach, OPERAtunity,
to further enhance the Arts Program in the St. Andrew's Lower and Middle School.

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For additional information on our exciting 2011-12 Season,
to purchase tickets, or to contribute to the Annual Appeal, contact:

Opera Providence
585 Elmgrove Avenue
Providence RI 02906401-331-6060

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Pagliacci has  been parodied and used in commercials often; take a look at these:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7joApY9dnw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mRtc36Mr-c

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=k7-D1e3QZaU&NR=1

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Annual Appeal
2011-2012

Join Opera Providence by becoming a contributor
to Rhode Island's Premier Opera Company.

With your donation of $1000 you receive:

• Opera Classics Series – one ticket to each performance
   
• Blithewold Concert – one ticket
   
• The Merry Widow – one ticket

With your donation of $500 you receive:

• One ticket to all performances in the Opera Classics Series
  
  OR
   
• One ticket to all performances in the Blithewold Concert Series

With your donation of $250 you receive:

• One ticket to a Blithewold Concert
  
  OR
   
• One ticket to a Newport Concert.

To contribute to the Annual Appeal, please contact:

Opera Providence
585 Elmgrove Avenue
Providence RI 02906
401-331-6060

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AUDITIONS!

Come sing with us!

If you are an experienced choral singer, sign up for an audition on August 29th or September 5th by sending an email to info@ricco.org or by phoning (401) 521-5670. This season, we'll be singing Vivaldi's Gloria and Britten's St. Nicolas in November; Part's Te Deum and Schubert's Mass No. 3 in Bb Major in March; and various works by Beethoven in May.

Dr. Edward Markward, Director

We rely on your generosity!

Your gift will help bring to life the choral works of musical masters such as Mozart, Bach, Handel, and Haydn, as well as musical premieres from young contemporary composers, and works that have never been performed in Rhode Island, like Sir Michael Tippett's A Child of Our Time. Your contribution also helps to support educational initiatives like our Annual Collegiate Vocal Solo Competition which provides the opportunity for young classical singers to perform as soloists with a large chorus and  professional orchestra.

You can make a secure online donation through PayPal by clicking the Donate button below, or by mailing your donation to our office address:

141 Phenix Ave., Cranston, RI  02920. 

Thank you for your support!

 

The Rhode Island Civic Chorale & Orchestra is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
All donations qualify as a tax deduction under appropriate tax laws.

The Met is officially open for 2012-13!

BOX OFFICE OPEN 

GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!

Secure your tickets for the 2012-13 season featuring seven new productions, the return of the complete Ring cycle, and a special holiday presentation.

http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/index.aspx

NEWS FROM

THE SAN FRANCISCO OPERA

 (Why San Francisco? It's my hometown opera company!)

http://sfopera.com/About/Backstage-at-San-Francisco-Opera/August-2012/A-Local-Take-on-the-August-Opera-News.aspx

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OPERA ON THE INTERNET 

WITH  

DAVE  D' AGUANNO

Some quality music on tap for this coming Saturday (August 18), as always!

ORF will be broadcasting a performance of Debussy's masterpiece "Pelleas & Melisande" that took place on July 15 of this year at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Laurent Naouri (otherwise known as Natalie Dessay's husband) is singing the baritone role of Golaud.

(http://oe1.orf.at/)

Swedish Radio makes an excursion into the world of Italian Bel Canto with a broadcast from Goteborg of Bellini's "I Capuleti & I Montecchi" with a "no-name" cast that, IMO, shouldn't be dismissed quite so readily as you may think.

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

Then there's Offenbach's "Tales of Hoffmann" to be heard on German Radio. The performance itself took place this past May in Darmstadt.

(www.dradio.de/dkultur/)

Finally, NPR is ushering in their series of broadcasts from the San Francisco Opera with this September 2011 performance of Puccini's "Turandot."

(www.wrti.org/)

Enjoy!

DAVE

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MET RADIO BROADCAST

Alas, the dog days of summer are here...

The Met Encores are over and there are no radio broadcasts until after the leaves have fallen. 

The 2012-13 Radio broadcasts will begin 

December 8, 12:55pm with Verdi's 

Un Ballo in Maschera 

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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Hurray!

WGBH’s Labor Day Weekend
Opera Bash is coming!

SCHEDULE:

Channel 44:

Saturday 9/1

12:00pm   404H  Turandot               02:26:46     

2:30pm   406H  Der Rosenkavalier  03:26:46

6:00pm   409H  Hamlet                    02:56:46   

9:00pm   506H  Nixon in China        02:56:46      

Sunday 9/2

12:00pm  510H  Il Trovatore              02:25:40

2:30pm    609H  La Traviata              02:26:46

5:00pm    502H  Boris Godunov        03:26:46       

9:30pm    601H   Anna Bolena           03:26:46    

Channel 2:

Sunday 9/2

12:00am   410H  Armida                           02:56:46       

3:00am     507H  Lucia di Lammermoor    02:26:46    

Monday 9/3

12:00am   405H  Les Contes d'Hoffmann  02:56:46

3:00am     401H  Tosca                              02:26:46  

DVD-Rs, TIVOs and VCRs --GET READY!!

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NO OPERA ON WGBH TV 

THIS WEEK! 

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