Great Performances
OPERA ON WGBH TV
THIS WEEK!
RUSALKA
Approximate running time 3 hrs. 45 min.
The great Renée Fleming returns to one of her
signature roles, singing the enchanting “Song to the Moon” in Dvorák’s soulful
fairy-tale opera. Tenor Piotr Beczala co-stars as the Prince, Dolora Zajick is
Ježibaba, and dynamic young maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin is on the podium.
Schedule
| Sunday 5/25/14 1:30 PM WGBH 2 | Wednesday 5/28/14 1:00 AM WGBH 2 |
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| Rusalka | Rusalka |
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| Renée Fleming |
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~ALL LINKS ARE LIVE~
This week on Rhode Island Public television,
WSBE: (Comcast 294, Cox 808, Full Channel 109, and Verizon 478)
Placido Domingo:
My Favorite Roles
Saturday, May 24 -- 8:00pm; Sunday, May 25 -- 3:00am; Monday, May 26 -- 12:00am
Placido Domingo: My Favorite Roles
Placido Domingo reminisces about his favorite roles in this retrospective. The documentary, which also features his reflections on his childhood, includes his turn as Don Jose in "Carmen" at the Vienna Staatsoper.
DURATION: 90 MIN
DETAILS: [CC] [STEREO]
GENRE: PARENTS PICKS
Renée Fleming and Dmitri Hvorostovsky: A Musical Odyssey in St.
Petersburg
Saturday, May 24 -- 9:30pm; Sunday, May 25 -- 4:30am; Monday, May 26 -- 1:30am
Renée Fleming and Dmitri Hvorostovsky: A Musical Odyssey in St. Petersburg
Soprano Renée Fleming visits friend and frequent costar Dmitri Hvorostovsky, a baritone, in his native Russia, where they explore and perform in some of St. Petersburg's most spectacular locations, including the Winter Palace.
DURATION: 90 MIN
DETAILS: [CC] [STEREO]
GENRE: PARENTS PICKS
SUMMER MET – LIVE in HD Schedule
Live in HD: Summer Encores
This summer, in select theaters, enjoy encore performances from the award-winning Live in HD series of movie theater presentations. All encore performances will be shown at 7 pm local time. Summer HD Encore dates vary by location, so please check with your local movie theater for all details.
Rigoletto
US: June 18, 2014, 7 pm (local time)Michael Mayer’s acclaimed production, the talk of the opera world when it premiered in 2013, sets the action of Verdi’s masterpiece in 1960 Las Vegas—a neon-lit world ruled by money and ruthless, powerful men. In this bold new vision (featured on 60 Minutes), Piotr Beczala is the Duke, a popular entertainer and casino owner. Željko Lučić sings Rigoletto, a comedian and the Duke’s sidekick, and Diana Damrau is Rigoletto’s innocent daughter, Gilda. When she is seduced by the Duke, Rigoletto sets out on a tragic course of murderous revenge.Original transmission: Saturday, February 16, 2013Approximate runtime: 2 hours, 30 minutes
La Rondine
US: June 25, 2014, 7 pm (local time)Puccini’s achingly beautiful score charmingly conveys the plight of Magda (the “swallow” of the title), who unexpectedly finds true love with the handsome young Ruggero. But their idyllic life comes to a premature end as she is haunted by the fear that her checkered past will ruin his future. Opera stars Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna portray Puccini’s star-crossed lovers. Nicholas Joël’s production features elegant and sophisticated art-deco sets that contribute to the dazzling stage picture.Original transmission: Saturday, January 10, 2009Approximate runtime: 2 hours
Otello
US: July 9, 2014, 7 pm (local time)In Verdi’s retelling of Shakespeare’s towering tragedy, Renée Fleming gives a captivating performance as the innocent Desdemona, a role long considered one of her calling cards. As the title hero, Johan Botha, delivers an imposing portrayal of a proud warrior brought down by jealousy, and Falk Struckmann is thrilling as the villainous Iago.Original transmission: Saturday, October 27, 2012Approximate runtime: 2 hours, 45 minutes
The Enchanted Island
US: July 16, 2014, 7 pm (local time)A contemporary take on the 18th-century genre of the pastiche, this delightful Baroque fantasy brings together some of the greatest arias and ensembles by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, Purcell, and other composers, with a new English libretto by Jeremy Sams, inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The all-star cast is headed by David Daniels as Prospero, Joyce DiDonato as Sycorax, Danielle de Niese as Ariel, Luca Pisaroni as Caliban, and the legendary Plácido Domingo as Neptune. William Christie conducts this dazzling world-premiere production.Original transmission: Saturday, January 21, 2012Approximate runtime: 3 hours, 15 minutes
Additional Broadcasts
These broadcasts will be screened in select locations only and the screening dates are chosen by the theaters. Please contact your local theater to check availability and dates.
Roméo and Juliette
Check local listingsThe world’s most famous love story comes to operatic life with superstars Anna Netrebko and Roberto Alagna as the star-crossed young couple. Their performances brought audiences to their feet in both the opera house and in movie theaters. Gounod’s ultra-sensual interpretation of Shakespeare also features Nathan Gunn as Mercutio and Plácido Domingo on the podium.Original transmission: Saturday, December 15, 2007Approximate runtime: 3 hours
La Fanciulla del West
Check local listingsPuccini’s musical vision of the American West is vividly brought to life in the Met’s atmospheric production. Deborah Voigt is Minnie, the “girl of the golden west” and owner of a bar in a Californian mining camp. Marcello Giordani sings Dick Johnson, the bandit-turned-lover hunted by the cynical sheriff Jack Rance (Lucio Gallo), who wants Minnie for himself. Complete with whiskey-drinking cowboys, gunplay, a poker game, and a snowstorm, La Fanciulla del West is Puccini at his most colorful.* Only available for streaming in the US at this time.Original transmission: Saturday, January 8, 2011Approximate runtime: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Summertime...
makes us feel like singing!
2014 Summer Season
La Traviata
by Verdi
by Verdi
July 18 and 20, 2014
Columbus Theatre - 270 Broadway, Providence, RI
Featuring:
Natalie Polito, Giovanni Formisano, Rene de la Garza, Jason
Connell,
Felicia Gavilanes, Ian Pomerantz, Jason Shealy
Director: Nathaniel Merchant
Musical Director: Anthony Torelli
Costumes: Everett Hoag
Tickets: $35; $60
Available now — Call 401-331-6060 to Order
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The Mikado
by Gilbert and Sullivan
by Gilbert and Sullivan
Featuring:
Michael DiMucci, Allison Pohl, Andy Papas, Jason Shealy, Ian
Pomerantz,
Arielle Rogers, Christopher Davey, Roselin Osser, Aimee-Rose
Willett
Costumes: Everett Hoag
August 8, 9, 10, 2014
Columbus Theatre - 270 Broadway, Providence, RI
Tickets: $35; $60
Available now — Call 401-331-6060 to Order
August 13, 2014
Blithewold Mansion and Gardens - 101 Bristol Ferry Road,
Bristol, RI
Tickets: $35
Discount available for Blithewold members
Available now — Call 401-331-6060 to Order
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Summer Sing: Carmina Burana
A Singers tradition returns: This is your
chance to sing through Carl Orff’s classic score, with boozy tavern scenes and
two trips on Fortune’s wheel — that infernal contraption on which hopes rise
and fall and kings or queens can become paupers.
Bring a score if you have one; we’ll have some
to lend. Explore the score now; the Singers will perform Carmina with the Rhode
Island Philharmonic in May 2015. Christine Noel conducts Orff’s own version for
two pianos.
7 p.m. Friday, June 6, in The Carter Center
for Music Education and Performance, The Rhode Island Philharmonic and Music
School, 667 Waterman Avenue East Providence RI 02914
And now for one of my favorite gags, an interpretation of misheard Carmina Burana lyrics, click on the link below:
SUMMER CHORAL FESTIVALS
http://www.choralfest.org/
https://www.facebook.com/WestminsterSummerChoralFestival
http://summer.msmnyc.edu/2014Season/ChoralFestival.aspx
http://music.yale.edu/norfolk/
http://www.choralfest.org/sing-with-us/sing-in-massachusetts/the-program/
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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D' AGUANNO
The Met's 2013/2014 may be over, but there are still some
wonderful performances taking place in Europe and being made available to us on
internet radio. For example, this Friday's performance of Offenbach's
"Tales of Hoffmann" will be broadcast on Saturday (May 24)
via ORF (Austria). It's a Vienna State Opera production and features Ildar
Abdrazakov as the four villains. Abrazakov, as many of you will recall, sang
the title role in Borodin's "Prince Igor" in the recent
HD-transmission from the Met.
In Amsterdam, Gounod's "Faust" is currently in
production, and a recent performance will be broadcast on Radio 4 (the
Netherlands). Tenor Michael Fabiano (Cassio in the Met's HD-transmission of
Verdi's "Otello") may be heard as Gounod's hero.
Meanwhile, over in Brussels, Verdi's "Rigoletto"
is being performed this month. You can catch a recent performance of it on
Klara (Belgium), and you may want to watch it for free (next month) when the
opera company's website presents it as a video-stream.
Two ever-popular operas by Puccini also appear on
Saturday's schedule, one of which being part of NPR's series of broadcasts
from the 2013/2014 season of Lyric Opera of Chicago. "Madame
Butterfly" -- originally performed in October 2013 -- is the one to be
heard on Saturday.
Then there's "La Boheme" on German Radio in a
performance that took place in Bremen on January 26, 2014.
Fans of 21st century opera, on the other hand, have reason
to rejoice as BBC Radio 3 brings us a broadcast of the world premiere of Julian
Anderson's "Thebans" -- based on the Sophocles trilogy of plays most
familiar to those who know the Oedipus Rex tale. It's an English National Opera
production and has been receiving rave reviews in British newspapers. (N.B.
This one hits the "airwaves" on Monday -- Memorial Day.)
Enjoy! -- And have a safe and happy Memorial Day weekend!
DAVE
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The Met
Saturday afternoon radio broadcast
The radio season is over! (Sigh!)
Check this space in December.
Check this space in December.
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