Week of October 19 - October 25, 2012

This week on Rhode Island Public television,

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

Rene Pape
is

Boris Godunov

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Great Performances at the Met

Saturday, October 20 -- 7:30pm; Sunday, October 21 -- 2:30am; Sunday, October 21 -- 11:30pm

Boris Godunov

Mussorgsky's "Boris Godunov" stars bass René Pape as the 16th-century Russian tsar whose reign is challenged by a novice monk (Aleksandrs Antonenko) masquerading as the dead Tsarevich Dimitri, whose murder opened the door for Boris' ascension.

DURATION: 210 MIN

DETAILS: [CC] [STEREO]

GENRE: PARENTS PICKS
SYNOPSIS: http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?id=388

Preview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29gcaoaes-0

Joyce DiDonato, the Yankeediva, celebrates her 10,000th fan

Published on Oct 14, 2012 by TheYankeediva

From Willie Sullivan, Facebook Fan #10,000! Question on fach, diet and exercise!

"Ms. DiDonato, I am thrilled to have won this contest! You are such an amazing singer and such a great operatic personality! I love watching you not only perform but also host the Met HD broadcast! (btw when will we get to see you and Jonas Kaufmann in Werther!?) My question has to do with voice type; How does one figure out there voice type if it is not terribly obvious? Specifically a mezzo soprano who might be a soprano? (this question is more for my friend Lauren) Also, the "Coming home" special on PBS was amazing I especially liked the Joan of Arc aria! Lastly, good luck in Maria Stuarda! I am coming to New York just to see it! It will be amazing to see you take on this role after the awesome job you did with Elizabeth I! Sorry I'm rambling, I'm just so excited!!!!! Thank you in advance for your answer!

My question to you would be; How do you maintain your level of health and physical fitness while traveling around the world constantly? How do you keep your diet consistent and also keep a fairly consistent exercise regiment? Thanks so much again!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfqr3MxHo3w

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OPERA ON THE INTERNET 

WITH  

DAVE  D' AGUANNO

It's possible that the lineup for this coming Saturday (Oct. 20) will be remembered by a few of us as the one that listed TWO performances of Wagner's relatively obscure early opera "Rienzi" -- a nearly 5-hour-long work that is usually pruned down to a more manageable 3 and a half hours! Well, you can hear it on French Radio in a performance from Toulouse (from Oct. 10), or you can tune in to CBC Radio 2, which will be broadcasting the May 2012 performance from Madrid of this same work. Surely a unique quandary for those of us who need to listen to every performance of this work that they possibly can. (Anybody??)

(http://sites.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/accueil/) or (www.cbc.ca/radio2/)

More Wagner comes to us via ORF in a legendary performance of "Tannhauser" -- It's a vintage Met broadcast that was originally aired on December 17, 1960. The line-up will undoubtedly appear quite promising if you were around back then: Hans Hopf (Tannhauser), Leonie Rysanek (Elisabeth), Irene Dalis (Venus), Hermann Prey (Wolfram), & Jerome Hines (the Landgrave).

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

Then there are 3 Verdi operas on Saturday's schedule. One is a Covent Garden performance from this past July of the opera "Otello."

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

Those of you who might prefer "Aida" can check out the September 8, 2012 performance of it from Wiesbaden, that will be broadcast on German Radio.

(www.dradio.de/dkultur/)

Of interest to those who'd like to move slightly off the beaten track: His earlier opera "Attila" can be heard on NPR in a San Francisco Opera performance that took place in June of this year.

(www.wrti.org/)

Tchaikovsky's rarely performed opera "The Enchantress" can be heard this Saturday in a Bolshoi performance from this past June. This opera may actually be making something of a comeback, since several months ago it was also performed (& broadcast) in Belgium.

(www.radio4.nl/)

Modern opera fans need not worry, either, since the Met will be giving us the free LIVE audiostream on Monday (Oct. 23) of "The Tempest" by Thomas Ades (soon to be shown in movie theatres in HD).

(www.metopera.org)

Enjoy!

DAVE

No La ScalA Opening Night 

in Rhode Island

Complaint: 

This year, La Scala's Opening night on December 7, featuring Wagner's Lohengrin, will not be broadcast locally as it has been in past years. Neither The Jane Pickens Theater nor the Cable Car Cinema will carry it because "Opera in Cinema" is not broadcasting it.

We are not pleased!

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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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

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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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NO OPERA ON WGBH TV 

THIS WEEK! 

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