Guiseppi Verdi’s
Un Ballo in Maschera —New Production
U.S. Encore: Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at 6:30 pm local time
As the conflicted king, Marcelo Álvarez delivers one
of his most dramatically charged and refined performances at the Met, [singing]
with subtlety, shadings and soaring lyricism. Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s “trademark
dark sound and supple phrasing… poignantly brought to life” the pain of the
betrayed Count Anckarström. (New York Times)
Sondra Radvanovsky “was a special triumph, her
powerful, penetrating voice filling the house with refulgent sound” in the role
of Amelia. (AP)
Alden’s production is an “intriguing fresh look at one
of the essential works of the repertory.” (Associated Press)
Synopsis:
http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?id=196
(available in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian,
and Spanish)
Approximate runtime:
3:54
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This week on Rhode Island Public television,
WSBE: (Comcast 294, Cox 808, Full Channel 109, and Verizon 478)
CAPRICCIO
Saturday, December 8 - 8:00pm; Sunday, December 9 - 3:00am; Monday, December 10 - 12:00am
On opening night of the 2008-09 Met season, Renee Fleming dazzled audiences when she sang the final scene of Strauss's wise and worldly meditation on art and life. Now she performs the entire work, in which the composer explores the essence of opera itself. Joseph Kaiser and Sarah Connolly also star with Andrew Davis conducting.
Synopsis: http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?id=385
To hear Renee Fleming sing the final scene of Capriccio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFp5CMY6dlE
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Elīna Garanča
Elīna Garanča will be signing copies of her new CD,
Romantique,
at the Met Bookstore this Friday, December 7, at 5 pm.
Garanča burned up the stage when she portrayed Carmen at the Met. This season, she plays a very different impassioned lover in the "pants role" of Sesto in La Clemenza di Tito.
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The Met’s holiday
tree Lighting
The Met’s holiday tree on the Grand Tier
balcony will be lit on Thursday, December 6, at 5:00 pm, with a ceremony
featuring musical performances by the Met Opera Brass and Met stars, sing-along
caroling, and refreshments.
As part of the Met’s new tradition of annual
holiday presentations for families, Bartlett Sher's hit production of Rossini’s
The Barber of Seville returns this December in an abridged English-language
version. This classic comedy features a charming young cast, including Isabel
Leonard as the lovely Rosina, Alek Shrader as the Count who woos her, and Rodio
Pogossov as the conspiring barber. The
Barber of Seville opens on December 18, with 11am matinees and evening
performances running through January 5. Tickets start at just $30.
To learn more, visit our The Barber of Seville
minisite, and enter our "A Flat Figaro" contest by December 16.
Welcome the New Year with the gala premiere of
David McVicar’s production of Maria Stuarda, starring Joyce DiDonato as Mary,
Queen of Scots, on December 31. The performance will be followed by dinner,
dancing, and fireworks—making the Met an ideal place to ring in 2013.
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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D' AGUANNO
Not a huge number of operas this Saturday (Dec. 8) on
internet radio, as most stations will be carrying the first of the live
broadcasts from the Met this season. And of course, this one coming up is also
going to be shown in local movie theatres: Verdi's "Un Ballo in
Maschera" with some of our favorites from past HD-transmissions, such as
Sondra Radvanovsky ("Trovatore"), Marcelo Alvarez
("Trovatore" & "Tosca"), Dimitri Hvorostovsky
("Trovatore" & "Ernani"), & Stephanie Blythe
("Rheingold" & "Walkure").
(www.wrti.org/)
Radio 4 (the Netherlands) is not letting the opening
night of the new season at La Scala get by us. Opening night being Dec. 8
(Friday), the broadcast will be delayed until Saturday, when the opera to be heard
will be Wagner's "Lohengrin" with tenor Jonas Kaufmann in the lead.
Kaufmann, as many of you may remember, also appeared in Met HD-transmissions of
Wagner's "Die Walkure" and Gounod's "Faust."
(www.radio4.nl/)
In the mood for some 20th century opera? Well, German
Radio has one that may be of interest. It's Denisov's 1981 opera "L'Ecume
des Jours" ("The Foam of Days"), to be heard in a performance
from Stuttgart that took place last Saturday (Dec. 1).
(www.dradio.de/dkultur/)
Nothing on the Met's FREE live audio-stream this week,
although there's "Les Troyens" (Berlioz) to look forward to, a week
from tomorrow.
Enjoy!
DAVE
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RICCO CHAMBER CHOIR
Christmas Program
- Sunday December 9th, 3:00 PM at the Redwood Library and Athenaeum in Newport, RI 50 Bellevue Avenue Newport, RI 02840
- Sunday December 16th, 4:00 PM at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Cranston, RI. 237 Garden Hills Drive Cranston, RI 02920
All concerts conducted by
Edward Markward, Music Director
Please visit our web page : http://www.ricco.org/
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Rolando Villazón
Rolando Villazón
Interview with Rolando Villazon about La Boheme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NFbc9d5Enc&feature=youtu.be
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UPCOMING PRODUCTIONS
Thursday, December 6, 2012
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.
Opera Providence
585 Elmgrove Avenue
Providence RI 02906
401-331-6060
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December 8, 2012
George Frideric Handel’s Messiah
Two hundred and seventy years after its first performance, Handel’s masterwork remains the most frequently performed, most beloved work in the choral canon. For the sixth consecutive holiday season, 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
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FINALLY!
The 2012-13 Radio broadcasts begin
December 8, at 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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Thursday, December 6, 2012
Dinner/Concert to Celebrate the Holiday Season
Metacomet Country Club
500 Veterans Memorial Parkway
East Providence, RI
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.
Includes a four course dinner with wine pairings.
For tickets, please call the Opera Providence office at 401-331-6060.
Opera Providence
585 Elmgrove Avenue
Providence RI 02906
401-331-6060
585 Elmgrove Avenue
Providence RI 02906
401-331-6060
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December 8, 2012
George Frideric Handel’s Messiah
Two hundred and seventy years after its first performance, Handel’s masterwork remains the most frequently performed, most beloved work in the choral canon. For the sixth consecutive holiday season, 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
Tickets online or by phone: 401-248-7000
| More about the concert | More about our season
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FINALLY!
The 2012-13 Radio broadcasts begin
December 8, at 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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NO OPERA ON WGBH TV
THIS WEEK!
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NO OPERA ON WGBH TV
THIS WEEK!
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