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Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Week of May 20 - May 27, 2015


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This week on Rhode Island Public television,
WSBE:  (Comcast 294, Cox 808, Full Channel 109, and Verizon 478)

GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET

 Saturday, May 23, 2015 @ 8:00pm
Sunday, May 24, 2015 @ 3:00am
Monday, May 25, 2015 @ 12:00am 



Offenbach's
Les Contes d'Hoffmann

The magnetic tenor Vittorio Grigolo takes on the tortured poet and unwitting adventurer of the title of Offenbach’s operatic masterpiece, in the Met’s wild, kaleidoscopic production. Hibla Gerzmava, Erin Morley, and Christine Rice sing the three heroines—each an idealized embodiment of some aspect of Hoffmann’s desire. Thomas Hampson portrays the shadowy Four Villains, and Yves Abel conducts the sparkling score.

DURATION: 210 MIN
DETAILS: [CC] [STEREO]
GENRE: PARENTS PICKS

Also on 
WGBH this week!

Sunday, 1:30pm on WGBH 2

Les Contes d'Hoffmann




Good-bye to David Letterman!



Renee Fleming sings the top ten opera lyrics







Have you heard of…

Yuja Wang wows Vienna with Prokofiev’s concerto No. 2


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Interview with Anna Netrebko



 (in Russian with English subtitles)
Please click the "captions" button (marked cc or a square icon) on youtube player to see the subtitles.

This 2013 interview was done after the breakup of her relationship with Erwin Schrott.  She speaks openly about her life, and is as warm and engaging as ever. 



OPERA ON THE INTERNET 
WITH  
DAVE  D' AGUANNO


Opera fans can kick off their upcoming Memorial Day weekend this Saturday (May 23) with a variety of opera offerings to choose from, one of which is a performance from last October of "Capriccio" by Richard Strauss and starring soprano Renee Fleming who's made a name for herself in this opera (among many others) in the past several years. This particular performance is the first one of a series of broadcasts on NPR, featuring operas from Lyric Opera of Chicago's 2014/2015 season.

From this past April 25, German Radio brings us a performance of Mussorgsky's "Boris Godunov." It's a production from Darmstadt (Germany).

Also in the month of April, a series of performances of Halevy's "La Juive" took place in Antwerp, courtesy of the Flemish Opera. One of these performances is being broadcast on the Belgian station Klara.

Earlier this month, the city of Amsterdam saw performances of "Benvenuto Cellini" by Hector Berlioz. Radio 4 (the Netherlands) will be airing one of them on Saturday.

Then, if you happen to be indoors on Memorial Day itself, feel free to listen to BBC Radio 3 for a broadcast of Gluck's "Orfeo & Eurydice" in a performance that took place in Glasgow this past February.


Enjoy!

DAVE

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Recognized as one of the leading baritones before the public today, Kraków-born Mariusz Kwiecień has appeared on most of the world’s major lyric stages. Following his initial training in Warsaw, h...
OPERATRAVELLER.COM

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19 life lessons from the world of opera



Got a dilemma at work? Relationship worries? The great opera composers have an answer for everything. Here are some of the pearls of wisdom we've picked up from Mozart, Verdi, Wagner et al.


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The Met 
Saturday afternoon radio broadcast season is over; 
check back here in November. 




Opera on 
WGBH this week!

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