Warmest holiday wishes to you and your families!
This week on Rhode Island Public television,
WSBE: (Comcast 294, Cox 808, Full Channel 109, and Verizon 478)
Anna Bolena
Great Performances at the Met
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Saturday, December 22 -- 7:30pm
Anna Bolena
Season 6 opens with Gaetano Donizetti's "Anna Bolena," based on the last days of Anne Boleyn (Anna Netrebko), the second wife of British monarch Henry VIII (Ildar Abdrazakov).
DURATION: 210 MIN
DETAILS: [CC] [STEREO]
GENRE: PARENTS PICKS
SYNOPSIS: http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?customid=431
To hear a preview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DETH22SI0LA
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The biggest news of the week for opera lovers
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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D' AGUANNO
Over the past three consecutive weeks, opera fans
in the area have
been treated to a series of HD-transmissions from the Met, all of
which have been outstanding in one way or another. This Saturday
(Dec. 22), however, we'll have to go without -- But for those who
may be truly addicted to opera on video, there happens to be a
performance (taped at La Scala this past October 23) of Wagner's "Siegfried" which you can watch right on your computer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkKeiRRRJhI
been treated to a series of HD-transmissions from the Met, all of
which have been outstanding in one way or another. This Saturday
(Dec. 22), however, we'll have to go without -- But for those who
may be truly addicted to opera on video, there happens to be a
performance (taped at La Scala this past October 23) of Wagner's "Siegfried" which you can watch right on your computer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkKeiRRRJhI
The video is of the complete opera (over 4 hours)
with French
subtitles.
subtitles.
On internet radio, there's still lots of great
opera to be heard this
Saturday. For example, the Met will be broadcasting a LIVE
performance of Rossini's all-time favorite work -- "The Barber
of Seville" -- featuring two young singers (Isabel Leonard and
Alek Shrader) whom many of you may have seen as the lovers
Miranda & Ferdinand in the recent HD-transmission of
"The Tempest" (by Thomas Ades).
Saturday. For example, the Met will be broadcasting a LIVE
performance of Rossini's all-time favorite work -- "The Barber
of Seville" -- featuring two young singers (Isabel Leonard and
Alek Shrader) whom many of you may have seen as the lovers
Miranda & Ferdinand in the recent HD-transmission of
"The Tempest" (by Thomas Ades).
(www.wrti.org/)
More Rossini can be heard, as ORF gives listeners
another chance
to hear his early opera "Ciro in Babilonia" which was performed
this past summer (August 10) at the annual Rossini festival in
Pesaro. The cast features Ewa Podles in the trouser role of Ciro.
to hear his early opera "Ciro in Babilonia" which was performed
this past summer (August 10) at the annual Rossini festival in
Pesaro. The cast features Ewa Podles in the trouser role of Ciro.
(http://oe1.orf.at/)
Moving back a bit in operatic history, Handel's
1709 opera
"Agrippina" can be heard on Radio 4 (the Netherlands) in a
performance by the Flemish Opera that took place on October
26 of this year.
"Agrippina" can be heard on Radio 4 (the Netherlands) in a
performance by the Flemish Opera that took place on October
26 of this year.
(www.radio4.nl/)
Anyone who may be interested in Verdi's take on
the Joan of Arc
story can tune in to German Radio when a performance from
Graz can be heard of his opera "Giovanna d'Arco." Needless to
say, it's a work that would be world-famous if so many of Verdi's
other operas hadn't come along to eclipse it in popularity.
story can tune in to German Radio when a performance from
Graz can be heard of his opera "Giovanna d'Arco." Needless to
say, it's a work that would be world-famous if so many of Verdi's
other operas hadn't come along to eclipse it in popularity.
(www.dradio.de/dkultur/)
And -- last but not least -- what weekly opera
schedule would be
complete without one of these: Bizet's "Carmen" gets its trillionth
broadcast (just an estimate, folks) on French Radio. It's a
performance from the Paris Opera, from earlier this month (Dec. 4).
complete without one of these: Bizet's "Carmen" gets its trillionth
broadcast (just an estimate, folks) on French Radio. It's a
performance from the Paris Opera, from earlier this month (Dec. 4).
(http://sites.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/accueil/)
Enjoy! -- And have a safe and happy Holiday
Season, one and all!
Live From Lincoln Center
Presents 2012 Richard Tucker
Opera Gala on PBS
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Live From Lincoln Center
Presents 2012 Richard Tucker
Opera Gala on PBS
Honoring the legacy of America's greatest tenor through support of young American opera singers.
The complete list of singers appearing on the gala program
includes Russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov, who sings the title
roles in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni this
season at the Metropolitan Opera; mezzo-soprano Jamie
Barton, a 2012 Richard Tucker Career Grant recipient;
Russian mezzo-soprano Olga Borodina, who plays Amneris
in the Met’s revival of Aida; tenor Stephen Costello, the
2009 Richard Tucker Award-winner and husband of Pérez;
Irish mezzo-
soprano Tara Erraught, in her American debut; Canadian
baritone Gerald Finley, who recently sang Count Almaviva
opposite Abdrazakov’s Figaro; Italian tenor Marcello Giordani,
who portrayed Calàf in the Met’s Turandot this season; Siberian
baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky, who stars in the Met’s new
production of Un ballo in maschera and later in its revival
of Don Carlo; baritone Quinn Kelsey, a 2006 Richard Tucker
Career Grant recipient and 2004 Sara Tucker Study Grant winner; Ukrainian soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska, who made her Met
debut in title role opposite Borodina in Aida; and Uruguayan
bass-baritone Erwin Schrott, who at the Met this season
sings Leporello to Abdrazakov’s Don Giovanni and Dulcamara
in L’elisir d’amore opposite his real-life partner, Anna
Netrebko.
includes Russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov, who sings the title
roles in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni this
season at the Metropolitan Opera; mezzo-soprano Jamie
Barton, a 2012 Richard Tucker Career Grant recipient;
Russian mezzo-soprano Olga Borodina, who plays Amneris
in the Met’s revival of Aida; tenor Stephen Costello, the
2009 Richard Tucker Award-winner and husband of Pérez;
Irish mezzo-
soprano Tara Erraught, in her American debut; Canadian
baritone Gerald Finley, who recently sang Count Almaviva
opposite Abdrazakov’s Figaro; Italian tenor Marcello Giordani,
who portrayed Calàf in the Met’s Turandot this season; Siberian
baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky, who stars in the Met’s new
production of Un ballo in maschera and later in its revival
of Don Carlo; baritone Quinn Kelsey, a 2006 Richard Tucker
Career Grant recipient and 2004 Sara Tucker Study Grant winner; Ukrainian soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska, who made her Met
debut in title role opposite Borodina in Aida; and Uruguayan
bass-baritone Erwin Schrott, who at the Met this season
sings Leporello to Abdrazakov’s Don Giovanni and Dulcamara
in L’elisir d’amore opposite his real-life partner, Anna
Netrebko.
Schedule
| Thursday 12/20/12 9:00 PM WGBH 2/HD |
Friday
12/21/12
1:30 PM
WGBH 44
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|---|---|---|
| The Richard Tucker Opera Gala |
The Richard Tucker
Opera Gala
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The 2012-13 Radio Broadcasts:
This week
December 15, at 12:55pm
The Barber of Seville
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, Newport
Sunday, January 11, 2012, at 11 AM
Roberto Alagna and Angela Gheorghiu singing, on ice skates? NO.
OVERVIEW
Opera On Ice is the coming together of the marvels of opera music and
the acrobatic maneuvers of figure skating all in one show. Recorded in
the magical setting of the Verona Arena, the largest open-air opera theater in the world, Opera on Ice offers some of the most famous arias from twelve operas which have made music history: Don Giovanni – Aida – Carmen – Romeo and Juliet – Turandot – Tosca – La Traviata – Rigoletto –
Nabucco - William Tell – L’Elisir d’Amore – Gianni Schicchi.
the acrobatic maneuvers of figure skating all in one show. Recorded in
the magical setting of the Verona Arena, the largest open-air opera theater in the world, Opera on Ice offers some of the most famous arias from twelve operas which have made music history: Don Giovanni – Aida – Carmen – Romeo and Juliet – Turandot – Tosca – La Traviata – Rigoletto –
Nabucco - William Tell – L’Elisir d’Amore – Gianni Schicchi.
The international importance of the show is also due to the chorus, the orchestra and the Verona Arena singers as well as to the figure skating
stars taking part, first and foremost Carolina Kostner and Olympic champion Stephane Lambiel. Italian skater, Carolina Kostner, has just
won the European Championships and comes first in the world ranking.
stars taking part, first and foremost Carolina Kostner and Olympic champion Stephane Lambiel. Italian skater, Carolina Kostner, has just
won the European Championships and comes first in the world ranking.
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NOT OPERA BUT...
A Month of Beethoven
Join James David Jacobs in a month-long celebration of the composer who changed everything. Featuring daily piano sonatas in some of the most compelling renditions on record, the celebration also includes recent Boston Symphony Orchestra concerts of Beethoven's orchestral works, in celebration of his 242nd birthday on December 16.
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The Met’s Financial Troubles
Bloomberg News
Met Opera to Sell $100 Million in Bonds as Revenue Drops
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-12-11/met-opera-to-sell-100-million-in-bonds-as-revenue-drops
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