Week of September 20 - September 27, 2012

This week on Rhode Island Public television,

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

RIGOLETTO FROM MANTUA

Episode Information

Program Information

When To Watch

Great Performances

Saturday, September 22 -- 8:00pm; Sunday, September 23 -- 3:00pm; Monday -- September 24, 12:00am

Rigoletto From Mantua

A production of Verdi's "Rigoletto" that was filmed in Mantua, Italy, at the times and locations referenced in the libretto. Placido Domingo stars as court jester Rigoletto, whose public ridicule of a nobleman brings with it a high price.

DURATION: 150 MIN

DETAILS: [HD] [CC] [STEREO]

GENRE: PARENTS PICKS

SYnopsis: http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?id=134

To hear Placido Domingo - Julia Novikova in Rigoletto act i duet--

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV6lJXZBAOs

ADMISSION IS FREE

This Sunday in Pawtucket.

The Legend of the Fairy Melusine

 A new opera by Steven Jobe

Sunday, September 23, 2012    7:00pm    

https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Legend-of-the-Fairy-Melusine/155640124490781
(There is a review by Channing Gray on the Facebook page) 

Directions to 

St. Paul's Church at Park Place

https://maps.google.com/maps?daddr=50+Park+Place,Pawtucket,RI,02860

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COMING

Sunday, September 30, 2012   4:00pm

at The university of Rhode Island
University Artist Series 

Geoffrey Gibbs’

William Sprague and His Women

William Sprague, 1830-1915

an historical opera centered on U.S. Civil War era R.I. Governor William Sprague. 

Performed in an enhanced concert reading with orchestra, conducted by
Brian Cardany

Unless listed otherwise, events are in the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, Kingston, RI.
Unless listed otherwise, General Admission $10; Students $5.
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In the mood for a trip to Vermont?

Peep at the leaves and listen to a little Bach!

2nd Annual Blache Moyse Memorial Concert

J.S. Bach: BWV 8 Cantata: Liebster Gott, wun werde' ich sterben?

                BWV 140 Cantata: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme.

                BWV 243, Magnificat

Hannah Yu, Soprano

Mary Westbrook-Geha, Mezzo-Soprano

Steven Paul Spears, Tenor

Sanford Sylvan, Baritone

Blanche Moyse Chorale, Mary Westbrook-Geha, Director

Blanche Moyse Memorial Orchestra

Sunday, October 7, 2012

3 PM, Parson Auditorium, Marlboro, Vt.

Tickets $20, $40   bmcvt.org   802-257-4523

To hear Wachet Auf: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sj-NKqR0tw

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OPERA ON THE INTERNET 

WITH  

DAVE  D' AGUANNO

This coming Saturday (September 22) appears to be one of those something-for-everybody types of days for opera on internet radio.

If you like bel canto, & specifically the singing of soprano Renee Fleming, then you're sure to enjoy the performance on NPR of Donizetti's "Lucrezia Borgia" that took place in San Francisco last September.

(www.wrti.org/)

If you lean more towards operas by French composers, why not tune in to "The Pearl Fishers" by Georges Bizet? Granted, this one has an exotic flavor to it, but melodically it's nearly as terrific as this same composer's "Carmen." The performance on hand is one that took place in Amsterdam on the 8th of this month.

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

Like Czech opera? Then one of the most popular of all Czech operas -- Dvorak's "Rusalka" -- is on tap in a LIVE performance from Goteborg (Sweden).

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

If you're a Richard Strauss aficionado, there's his final operatic work -- "Capriccio" -- which also can be heard LIVE, this particular performance coming to us from Paris.

(www.radio4.nl/)

Want something a bit more modern? How about Stravinsky in a lighter vein? His opera "The Rake's Progress" may be heard on BBC Radio 3. This is a broadcast of a performance by the Scottish Opera that took place this past March.

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

How about a couple of one-acters? The Canadian Opera Company has one for you this Saturday, and no, it's not Cav & Pag. This double-bill pairs Puccini's comic "Gianni Schicchi" with Zemlinsky's (obviously) much less comic "A Florentine Tragedy." The common thread between the two operas is ostensibly their setting in Florence, but each one has its own distinctive personality & merits.

(www.cbc.ca/radio2/)

Enjoy!

DAVE

   
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2012-2013 SEASON

All Concerts are at the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul in Providence, RI

Holiday Concert - 

Saturday, November 24, 2012 at 8 PM

Pre-concert talk by Dr. Samuel Breene - 7:00 PM

• Antonio Vivaldi - Gloria  with Jean Danton, soprano & Megan Roth, mezzo-soprano

Jean Danton

Megan Roth

• Benjamin Britten - St. Nicolas with Kirk Dougherty, tenor and the North Smithfield High School Women's Choir, Regina McAdam conductor

Kirk Dougherty

Regina McAdam

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Saturday, March 16, 2013 8:00 PM

Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul

Pre-concert talk by

Dr. Samuel Breene - 7:00 PM

Arvo Pärt – Te Deum

Fusionworks Dance Company

Deb Meunier, Artistic Director

Brown University Chorus

L.  Frederick  Jodry, Conductor

Franz Schubert – Mass  No. 3 in Bb Major

Soloists are the winners of the

Rhode Island Civic Chorale & Orchestra's

5th Annual Collegiate Vocal Competition

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Saturday, May 11, 2013 8:00 PM

Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul

Pre-concert talk by

Dr. Samuel Breene - 7:00 PM

ALL BEETHOVEN PROGRAM

Ludwig van Beethoven – Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt

Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 1 in C Major

Ludwig van Beethoven – Mass in C Major

Patrice Tiedemann, Soprano

Hillary Nicholson, Mezzo-soprano

Martin Kelly, Tenor

René de la Garza, Baritone

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All concerts conducted by

Edward Markward, Music Director    

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All donations qualify as a tax deduction under appropriate tax laws.

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UPCOMING PRODUCTIONS

Saturday, October 20, 2012"The Three Sopranos"

Featuring Norma Ciazzia, Kate Norigian, and Alisa Cassola,
with Bolly Ray Poli and Melissa Woolverton as pianist.

St. Michael's Church
Bristol, RI
8:00pm

PROGRAM

For tickets, please call the Opera Providence office at 401-331-6060.

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Thursday, October 25, 2012"Dancing With the Opera Stars"

Dinner/Concert
Metacomet Country Club
500 Veterans Memorial Parkway
East Providence, RI

Tickets: $60 per person
Includes a four course dinner with wine pairings.
For tickets, please call the Opera Providence office at 401-331-6060.

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Thursday, December 6, 2012"Fa-la-la and Opera"

 Dinner/Concert to Celebrate the Holiday Season
Metacomet Country Club
500 Veterans Memorial Parkway
East Providence, RI

Tickets: $60 per person
Includes a four course dinner with wine pairings.
For tickets, please call the Opera Providence office at 401-331-6060.

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Friday, January 25, 2013 and Sunday, January 27, 2013 
Winter Concert Series

Blithewold Mansion and Gardens
Bristol, RI

Tickets: $40 per person
For tickets, please call the Opera Providence office at 401-331-6060.

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Friday, February 15, 2013 and Sunday, February 17, 2013
 Winter Concert Series
Valentine's Day Concert

Blithewold Mansion and Gardens
Bristol, RI

Tickets: $40 per person
For tickets, please call the Opera Providence office at 401-331-6060.

Annual Appeal
2012-2013

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

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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Position available: Communications Director The Singers will hire a new communications director this fall. Duties, qualifications, and application instructions are online. Junior Providence Singers: Three audition sessions T.J. Harper, JPS music director, will conduct auditions from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Carter Center on Monday, August 27; Wednesday, September 5; and Monday, September 10. If those dates and times don’t work, call 751-5700 or e-mail the office and we’ll find some that do.  More about the JPS

Our 41st Season  |  Creation and Coronation Subscribe now Create your choral season Subscribe to our three-concert series and save nearly 20 percent. You’ll have premium seating for Duruflé Requiem Haydn Creation Fit for a Queen Our friends at the Philharmonic will also offer Providence Singers subscribers a 15-percent discount on tickets for Handel’s Messiah* Mahler’s Symphony No. 2* Order your subscriptions online or call the Singers office at 401-751-5700. * Tickets for Messiah and Mahler are available directly from the Philharmonic. November 3–4, 2012: Duruflé’s Requiem Whitacre’s Five Hebrew Love Songs Like Gabriel Fauré, Maurice Duruflé left the terrifying “Dies Irae” movement out of his 1947 Requiem. It is a requiem that tends toward contemplation and consolation. Other works include Daniel Pinkham’s Wedding Cantata, and Eric Whitacre’s Five Hebrew Love Songs, a setting of five poems by his wife, Hila Plitmann. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, St. Mary’s Church, Bristol 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul, Providence December 8, 2012: George Frideric Handel’s Messiah Two and a half centuries after its first performance, Handel’sMessiah easily remains the most frequently performed, most beloved work in the choral canon. The Providence Singers and the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra join forces for a December performance at Veterans Memorial Auditorium. Betsy Burleigh conducts. 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012, The Vets, Providence Buy tickets from the Philharmonic online or by phone: 401-248-7000 February 10, 2013: Franz Joseph Haydn’s Creation Haydn had spectacular choral triumphs late in his life, none greater than the oratorio The Creation. The Singers and the New Bedford Symphony will perform The Creation in New Bedford and Providence. 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, at Temple Emanu-El in Providence (Also performed Saturday, Feb. 9, in New Bedford. More at New Bedford Symphony) April 6-7, 2013: Fit for a Queen Music was everywhere at Queen Elizabeth’s coronation in 1953: selections from England’s glorious musical past (Handel’s Zadok the Priest has been part of every coronation since George II in 1727)  and new works by Herbert Howells, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Healy Willan and others. The Singers will perform music written for Queen Elizabeth at her coronation and during the six decades since, including new music from the recently published Choirbook for the Queen. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 6, 2013, Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul, Providence 3:30 p.m. Sunday, April 7, 2013, St. Mary’s Church, Bristol May 4, 2013: Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 2 Symphony No. 2, the “Resurrection Symphony,” was, with the Eighth Symphony, among Mahler’s most popular and successful works during his lifetime. He was struck by a text he heard at the funeral of the conductor Hans von Bülow: “Auferstehen, ja auferstehen wirst du, mein Staub,  nach kurzer Ruhe!” (“You shall arise, my dust, yes you shall arise after a brief rest!”) The  Singers will perform as guest artists with the Rhode Island Philharmonic. 8 p.m. Saturday, May 4 The Vets, Providence Tickets are available from the Rhode Island Philharmonic online or by phone: 401-248-7000 --------------------------------------------------- The Providence Singers Inc.  |  667 Waterman Avenue  |  East Providence  RI  02914 The Carter Center  |  Studio 154  |  401-751-5700  |  Fax: 401-751-5722 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*  California dreaming… Where I would like to be! Joyce DiDonato stars in

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MET RADIO BROADCAST

It doesn't quite feel like autumn but schools are in session and it won't be long before the opera season starts!

Alas, 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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Thanks to WGBH for its recent broadcast of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung) and Verdi's Armida during prime time. That was amazing!

Ahhhhhhhhhhh, Oooooooperaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

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This is a not-for-profit site; I do it for the love of it, but let me remind you that 

ART IS NOT FREE!  

It costs money to hire an accompanist, pay a skilled conductor, hire musicians, rent a practice hall, rent a performance space, and pay for scores for an chorus and/or orchestra. Professional musicians have invested years in education and perfecting their skills. 
Amateurs who are members of choruses are not paid but they, too, invest hours practicing their art.

For an opera, the costs are astronomical. 

So if you LOVE music, then sing! play an instrument! join a chorus! and support the artists who give us pleasure and happiness every day of their working lives! 

Even a small check helps...and remember to send it once a year! Now is a good time.

                                                                       

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