Week of August 25 - September 1, 2016

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This week on Rhode Island Public television,

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

Saturday, August 27, 2016, 8:00pm

Sunday, August 28, 2016 3:00am

Monday, August 29,  2016, 12:00am

 Great Performances at the Met 

Manon Lescaut

Puccini's "Manon Lescaut," about a country girl (Kristine Opolais) who's torn between an impoverished student (Roberto Alagna) who loves her and a rich man (Brindley Sherratt) who wants her to be his mistress.

Length:  150 minutes

Synopsis:  http://www.metopera.org/Season/In-Cinemas/SynopsisCast/Manon-Lescaut/

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News from Around the World of Music

Daniela Dessi funeral, filled the Cathedral of Brescia

Please use Google Translate to read this article:

http://www.ilgiorno.it/brescia/cronaca/daniela-dessi-funerale-1.2450245?refresh_ce

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Italian Soprano Daniela Dessi Dies at 59 After Brief Illness

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/08/21/arts/ap-eu-italy-obit-dessi.html

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Irving Fields, Composer Who Infused Songs With Latin Rhythms, Dies at 101

By JOSEPH BERGER          AUG. 22, 2016

Irving Fields performing at Nino’s Tuscany Steakhouse in 2004. CreditHiroko Masuike for The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/23/arts/music/irving-fields-dead.html

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Disney’s “Fantasia,” presented by the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center. The orchestra has drawn large audiences by showing films with live accompaniment. 

Credit Julieta Cervantes for The New York Times

What’s Lost When Pops Orchestras Tap Pop Culture

By BRIAN WISE                 AUG. 24, 2016

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/25/arts/music/whats-lost-when-pops-orchestras-tap-pop-culture.html

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What can I say? I'm a San Franciscan, born and raised, and Tony Bennett is my soul food.--Rosie

Tony Bennett

By Leah Garchik        August 23, 2016 Updated: August 24, 2016 9:02am

http://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/garchik/article/San-Francisco-shines-its-golden-sun-on-Tony-9178256.php

 

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WQXR

Remembering Italian Soprano Daniela Dessì 

Italian soprano Daniela Dessi died at the age of 59 on Aug. 20, 2016. (Manuel Outumuro)

Monday, August 22, 2016

WQXR

By Fred Plotkin

The great soprano Daniela Dessi, who died on Saturday, Aug. 20, was a great example of a singer blessed with a rich 'vita interiore,' writes Fred Plotkin.

http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/remembering-italian-soprano-daniela-dessi/

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Mezzo-soprano Gaelle Arquez performed as Idamante in Mozart's 'Idomeneo' the Mostly Mozart Festival.

Review: 'Idomeneo' at Mostly Mozart Festival Seeks Converts

Friday, August 19, 2016

By David Patrick Stearns

David Patrick Stearns writes that at the Mostly Mozart Festival "Idomeneo" had "a clean, trim narrative and never left left you asking why the opera takes periodic left turns."

http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/review-idomeneo-mostly-mozart-festival-seeks-convert/

Brazilian-born soprano Bidú Sayão as Manon in 1937, the role in which she premiered at the Met.

From Sayão to Saudade: Brazil's Contributions to Opera

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

WQXR

By Fred Plotkin

With the Olympics bringing our attention to Brazil, Fred Plotkin looks at the history of opera in the country, including its Amazonian theaters, star singers and intangible emotions.

http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/sayao-saudade-brazils-contributions-opera/

Review: Couples Are Reunited in Bracing 'Cosi fan tutte'

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

WQXR

By David Patrick Stearns

A performance of Mozart's 'Cosi fan tutte' at the Mostly Mozart Festival brought a "provocatively bracing, razor-sharp edge" to the opera, writes David Patrick Stearns.

http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/remembering-italian-soprano-daniela-dessi/

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OPERA ON THE INTERNET 

WITH  

DAVE  D' AGUANNO

On ORF (Austria) this coming Saturday (August 27), it's Handel's 3-act opera "Ariodante" which had its world premiere in January 1735. The performance being broadcast is one that took place in Lausanne earlier this year (April 22).

(http://oe1.orf.at/)

Also from Lausanne, Swedish Radio is broadcasting the October 9, 2015 performance of Rossini's "Cenerentola."

(http://sverigesradio.se/p2/)

Tenor Piotr Beczala can be heard singing the role of Edgardo in Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" which turns up on NPR's schedule this Saturday. It's part of the series of broadcasts from the San Francisco Opera's 2015/2016 season, this particular work having been given in October of last year.

(www.wrti.org/)

Moving ahead into the 21st century, there's the world premiere of Georg Friedrich's Haas's new opera "Koma" on German Radio. The premiere performance of this work took place in Schwetzingen on May 27, 2016. Actually, interested listeners can access this same performance at any time at the youtube link below (audio-only).

(radio link: www.dradio.de/dkultur/)

(youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIEngLPypNk)

Enjoy!

DAVE

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The Met Saturday afternoon
 radio broadcast will return in December. 

Watch this space. Enjoy the haitus! 

Opera Now

The most influential opera magazine in the world 

http://www.rhinegold.co.uk/rhinegold-publishing/magazines/opera-now/

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No opera on

WGBH this week!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV19v_VjF4Q