Week of November 2 - November 9, 2012

This week on Rhode Island Public television,

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

LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST

Episode Information

Program Information

When To Watch

Great Performances at the Met

Saturday, November 3 -- 8:00pm; Sunday, November 4 -- 3:00 am; Monday, November 5 -- 12am

LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST

A production of Puccini's "La Fanciulla del West," about an Old West saloon owner (Deborah Voigt) in a California gold-rush town who'll stop at nothing to get the man (Marcello Giordani) she wants.

DURATION: 150 MIN

DETAILS: [CC] [STEREO]

GENRE: PARENTS PICKS

Synopsis:  http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?id=393

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OPERA ON THE INTERNET 

WITH  

DAVE  D' AGUANNO

Handel enthusiasts have reason to rejoice this weekend, as two of his operas are on the schedule for this coming Saturday (November 3).

Often cited as the first of his operatic masterpieces, "Agrippina" (1709) can be heard on the Klara radio station (Belgium) in a performance which stems from the current run of performances staged this season by the Flemish Opera.

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

Perhaps better-known than that early work, "Julius Caesar" (from 1724) is being broadcast on BBC Radio 3, as performed quite recently by English National Opera.

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

Those of you who value Beethoven's "Fidelio" most highly will likely be tempted to tune in to NPR this Saturday, as that opera (as presented by Houston Grand Opera) is being broadcast in a performance that originated about a year ago. The soprano in this upcoming broadcast is none other than Karita Mattila who was seen in Met HD-transmissions in recent years in the title roles of "Salome" (Richard Strauss), "Tosca" (Puccini), & "Manon Lescaut" (also Puccini).

(www.wrti.org/)

Natalie Dessay and Juan Diego Florez -- a soprano-tenor combination of great popularity and talent! -- can be heard in Donizetti's "Daughter of the Regiment" which was given recently in Paris (October 18) & which can be heard on French Radio.

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

Finally, certain "brave" listeners may be tempted by Swedish Radio's broadcast of a brand-new opera by Carl-Unander Scharin (who also happens to be an operatic tenor!). Called an "electronic opera" -- "The Elephant Man" -- this new opera is being performed in Umea.

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

Enjoy!

DAVE

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Our 41st Season  |  Creation and Coronation            THIS WEEK: 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 San Francisco Opera on KDFC Radio Sunday evening, 11pm our time (8pm Pacific) http://www.kdfc.com/The-San-Francisco-Opera-on-KDFC/5805657 Click on "Listen Live " THE MAGIC FLUTE Nathan Gunn as Papageno by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Endlessly inventive, charmingly fantastical and utterly unique, Mozart’s final opera is a profound yet lighthearted tale of romantic love, spiritual transcendence and the beguiling art of birdcatching. The internationally acclaimed ensemble cast is led by Rory Macdonald, an exciting young conductor with “a superb natural physical talent” (MusicalCriticism.com), and includes lyric tenor Alek Shrader, a “stylish, vivid” Mozartian (The New York Times); Heidi Stober, a soprano with “rare vivacity of voice and personality” (Houston Chronicle); Nathan Gunn, “a singer with unmistakable star power” (Opera News); Kristinn Sigmundsson, lauded for his performance in San Francisco Opera’s Der Rosenkavalier (2007); and, in the opera’s most virtuoso role, Russian soprano Albina Shagimuratova, who is “in demand everywhere as The Queen of the Night” (The New York Times). In a new production by visual artist Jun Kaneko and sung in English, The Magic Flute is perfect for the whole family.

UPCOMING PRODUCTIONS

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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.

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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SFClassicalVoice has uploaded SF Opera Chandelier. SF Opera Chandelier by SFClassicalVoice The lights in the chandelier going off one by one, in a circular, bernoullian pattern. Read about it here: http://www.sfcv.org/article/vertical-ignorance-of-the-night

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MET RADIO BROADCAST

Autumn is here it and the Met opera season started with a new production of L'Elisir d'Amore!

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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COMING TO THE JANE PICKENS THEATER IN NEWPORT:
(Not opera, but...)

A LATE QUARTET STARRING PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN, CHRISTOPHER WALKEN AND CATHERINE KEENER

NOVEMBER 09 - NOVEMBER 15

OVERVIEW

Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopler Walken and Catherine Keener

Set in iconic New York City, this is the story of four musicians, bound together by their passion for music and long years of working together. But when their patriarch Peter is diagnosed with a terminal illness, the repercussions hit the group deeper than they could imagine. First and second violinists Robert and Daniel row over first chair, Robert and violist Juliette's marriage hits the rocks when he has an affair, and their headstrong daughter embarks on her own explosive affair - with Daniel. As their 25th anniversary performance looms, the musicians must either find a way to overcome their troubles, and preserve their legacy - or part ways forever

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NO OPERA ON WGBH TV 

THIS WEEK! 

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