Week of August 23 - August 30, 2012

This week on Rhode Island Public television,

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

Uh-oh!

She's back!

Carmen

Hear Elīna Garanča:  sing "The Gypsy Song,"   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgexPGh6omM&feature=related Great Performances at the Met

Saturday, August 25 -- 8:00pm; Sunday, August 26 -- 3:00am; Monday, August 27, 2012

Carmen

A production of Bizet's "Carmen," starring Elīna Garanča in the title role, a Gypsy girl; and Roberto Alagna as the soldier who becomes obsessed with her. Host: Renée Fleming.

DURATION: 180 MIN

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 Soloist

CAST 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.

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OPERA ON THE INTERNET 

WITH  

DAVE  D' AGUANNO

Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later, but I'm not complaining: Mozart's ever-popular "Don Giovanni" pops up on this Saturday afternoon's opera schedule! This particular performance is from the series that NPR is featuring of operas from the San Francisco Opera's 2011/2012 season.
(www.wrti.org/)

Not for musically sensitive ears (I think you know what I mean) is Zimmermann's "Die Soldaten" which can be heard on ORF in a performance from the Salzburg Festival that took place this past Monday (August 20).
(http://oe1.orf.at/)

And for the Obscure Opera of the Week: There's "La Casa Disabitata" (musical farce in one act, 1835), written by Princess Amalia of Saxony. (A new one on me!) The performance being broadcast this Saturday derives from one that took place in Dresden on May 27 of this year.
(www.dradio.de/dkultur/)

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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