Week of August 30 - September 6, 2012

This week on Rhode Island Public television,

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

Great Performances at the Met

Saturday, September 1 -- 8:00pm; Sunday, September 2 -- 3:00am; Monday, September 3 -- 12:00am

SIMON BOCCANEGRA

Four decades into a legendary Met career, tenor Placido Domingo makes history singing the title role in Verdi's political thriller, which is written for a baritone. Adrianne Pieczonka, Marcello Giordani, and James Morris are his co-stars in this tragic story of a father and his lost daughter. James Levine conducts.

DURATION: 2 hrs. 29 min. 

DETAILS: [HD] [CC] [STEREO]

GENRE: PARENTS PICKS

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Hurray!

WGBH’s Labor Day Weekend
Opera Bash is HERE!

DVD-Rs, TIVOs and VCRs --GET READY!!

SCHEDULE:

Channel 44:

Saturday 9/1

12:00pm   404H  Turandot               02:26:46     

2:30pm   406H  Der Rosenkavalier  03:26:46

6:00pm   409H  Hamlet                    02:56:46   

9:00pm   506H  Nixon in China        02:56:46      

Sunday 9/2

12:00pm  510H  Il Trovatore              02:25:40

2:30pm    609H  La Traviata              02:26:46

5:00pm    502H  Boris Godunov        03:26:46       

9:30pm    601H   Anna Bolena           03:26:46    

Channel 2:

Sunday 9/2

12:00am   410H  Armida                           02:56:46       

3:00am     507H  Lucia di Lammermoor    02:26:46    

Monday 9/3

12:00am   405H  Les Contes d'Hoffmann  02:56:46

3:00am     401H  Tosca                              02:26:46  

AUDITIONS!

Come sing with us!

If you are an experienced choral singer, sign up for an audition on September 5th by sending an email to info@ricco.org or by phoning (401) 521-5670. This season, we'll be singing Vivaldi's Gloria and Britten's St. Nicolas in November; Part's Te Deum and Schubert's Mass No. 3 in Bb Major in March; and various works by Beethoven in May.

AUDITIONS Auditions are scheduled by appointment and will be held on: Wednesday, August 29, And Wednesday, September 5, beginning at 7:00 PM. John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts Room 198 RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE To schedule an audition time, please call (401) 521-5670 or email us at:  info@ricco.org Please bring a simple prepared song (such as a hymn) or aria.  Audition will include range testing, pitch matching and simple sight singing. REHEARSALS Begin on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at 7:30 PM

Dr. Edward Markward, Director

We rely on your generosity!

Your gift will help bring to life the choral works of musical masters such as Mozart, Bach, Handel, and Haydn, as well as musical premieres from young contemporary composers, and works that have never been performed in Rhode Island, like Sir Michael Tippett's A Child of Our Time. Your contribution also helps to support educational initiatives like our Annual Collegiate Vocal Solo Competition which provides the opportunity for young classical singers to perform as soloists with a large chorus and  professional orchestra.

You can make a secure online donation through PayPal by clicking the Donate button below, or by mailing your donation to our office address:

141 Phenix Ave., Cranston, RI  02920. 

Thank you for your support!

 

The Rhode Island Civic Chorale & Orchestra is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
All donations qualify as a tax deduction under appropriate tax laws.

2012-2013 SEASON              

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AUDITION SCHEDULE

Saturday, November 24, 2012

8:00 PM

Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul

Pre-concert talk by

Dr. Samuel Breene - 7:00 PM

Antonio Vivaldi – Gloria

Jean Danton, Soprano

Megan Roth – Mezzo-soprano

Benjamin Britten – St. Nicolas

Kirk Dougherty, Tenor

North Smithfield High School Girls Chorus

Regina McAdam, Conductor

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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    

Please visit our web page : http://www.ricco.org/

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Annual Appeal
2011-2012

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
   
• The Merry Widow – 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

UPCOMING PRODUCTIONS

Thursday, September 6, 2012  "The Three Tenors" MORE INFO Friday, September 14, 2012 Selections from Armen Tigranian's Opera "Anoush" MORE INFO Saturday, October 20, 2012 "The Three Sopranos" MORE INFO Thursday, October 25, 2012 "Dancing With the Opera Stars" MORE INFO Thursday, December 6, 2012 "Faf-la-la and Opera" MORE INFO Friday, January 25, 2013; Sunday, January 27, 2013 Winter Concert Series  MORE INFO Friday, February 15, 2013  Sunday, February 17, 2013   Winter Concert Series: Valentine's Day Concert MORE INFO

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Wonderful interviews by and with the Diva

JOYCE DiDONATO's VLOG

http://www.joycedidonato.com/vlog/#prettyPhoto[mixed]/0/

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Position available: Communications Director The Singers will hire a new communications director this fall. Duties, qualifications, and application instructions areonline. 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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And for the night owls: KDFC broadcasts the San Francisco Opera ,

Sunday, September  2, at 11pm our time

Click on "Listen Live"

http://www.kdfc.com/The-San-Francisco-Opera-on-KDFC/5805657

Attila

by Giuseppe Verdi

Ferruccio Furlanetto as Attila

The ruler of the Huns fully intends to invade fifth-century Italy until a fierce female captive enchants him with her valiant defiance. In the popular imagination, Attila the Hun was a ruthless barbarian. But to Giuseppe Verdi, he was a far more complex and compelling figure: a brave, ambitious warrior tormented by fierce internal doubts. The intense, conflicted anti-hero comes vividly alive in this “vibrant and engrossing musical drama” (The New York Times).

Music Director Nicola Luisotti, a “superb Verdi conductor” (Sunday Times, London), leads a world-class cast featuring bass Ferruccio Furlanetto, whose "strong, dark, textured voice filled Verdi's lines with burnished sound and arching lyricism" (The New York Times), in the title role; exciting young Venezuelan soprano Lucrecia Garcia and “brilliant…magnificent” baritone Quinn Kelsey (San Francisco Chronicle). Legendary bass Samuel Ramey, whose “superb” performance (San Francisco Chronicle) in the title role of the Company's 2008 Boris Godunov won him critical praise, returns as Pope Leo I.

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OPERA ON THE INTERNET 

WITH  

DAVE  D' AGUANNO

is away this week...

besides, there's nothing happening.

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MET RADIO BROADCAST

Alas, the dog days of summer are here...

The Met Encores are over and 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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