All links are live!
LIVE IN HD!
Saturday, October 8, 2016
12 N00n
Note early starting time!
Encore:
Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at 6:30pm
(For theater info, read right column of this blog.)
The Met's New
Tristan und Isolde
After
the fall of the Roman Empire, English orphan Tristan meets and falls in love
with Irish princess Isolde, however she is set to marry Lord Marke, who raised
Tristan. While unaware of her identity, he has won her hand in marriage for his
lord and future king of the two countries, but now the passion of the two young
people causes a rift leading to a devastating battle.
Duration: 5 hours, 15 minutes
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This week on Rhode Island Public television,
WSBE: (Comcast 294, Cox 808, Full Channel 109, and Verizon 478)
Saturday, October 8, 2016, 8:00pm
Sunday, October 9, 2016 3:00am
Monday, October 10, 2016, 12:00am
GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET
CARMEN
A production of Bizet's "Carmen," starring Anita Rachvelishvili
in the title role, a Gypsy girl; Aleksandrs Antonenko as the soldier who loves
her; and Ildar Abdrazakov as the bullfighter who comes between them.
Length: 180
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Please check your local WGBH listings.
I have been trying to confirm this time but it may be
wrong.
This week on WGBH2
Friday, October 7, 2016, 9 PM
Friday, October 7, 2016, 9 PM
MACBETH
Star soprano Anna Netrebko delivers her searing portrayal of Lady Macbeth, the mad and murderous mate of Zeljko Lucic's doomed Macbeth, for the first time at the Met. Adrian Noble's chilling production of Verdi's masterful adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy also stars Joseph Calleja as the noble Macduff and Rene Pape as Banquo. Fabio Luisi conducts.
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WQXR
In the Footsteps of Wagner: Writing 'Parsifal' in Italy
Tuesday, October
04, 2016
By Fred Plotkin
Fred Plotkin retraces the paths of Wagner as he was writing
Parsifal leading him Villa Rufolo where the composer found his inspiration for
the operas second half.
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Nina
Stemme Takes On Her Biggest Met Opera Assignment Yet
Nina
Stemme on a Love and Loss in ‘Tristan und Isolde’
Nina Stemme: Wagner
Today
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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D' AGUANNO
A big weekend coming up for Wagner enthusiasts! To be sure, many
will be driving to local movie theatres for the LIVE HD-transmission this Saturday(October 8) of "Tristan &
Isolde" as performed at the Met and featuring Stuart Skelton and Nina
Stemme as the doomed lovers.
At the same time, there will be a LIVE (free) video-stream from
the Bavarian State Opera (Munich) of "Die Meistersinger." Fans of
tenor Jonas Kaufmann need to know that he will not be performing this Saturday but is being replaced by Robert
Kunzli.
(https://www.staatsoper.de/en/productioninfo/die-meistersinger-von-nuernberg.html )
(https://www.staatsoper.de/en/
Another free opera video can be accessed on Friday (October 7) on The Opera Platform, the
opera in this case being a March 2015 performance from Lyons of Franz
Schreker's "Die Gezeichneten" ("The Stigmatized"), which
had its premiere in 1915. It may be of interest to some opera fans to know
that, in the first 3 decades of the 20th century, Schreker's operas
actually competed in popularity with those of Richard Strauss.
A couple of other lesser-known works are also among those which
can be enjoyed this weekend. On German Radio, for example, there's Cherubini's
comic opera "Les Deux Journees" (1800) in a LIVE performance from
Bonn.
(www.dradio.de/dkultur/)
(www.dradio.de/dkultur/)
Then on Sunday (October 9), an obscure opera by Camille
Saint-Saens -- his 1887 4-act opera "Proserpine" -- can be heard on
BR-Klassik.
(https://www.br-klassik.de/programm/radio/ausstrahlung-817762.html )
(https://www.br-klassik.de/
On far more familiar ground, how about Bizet's
"Carmen" in a May 2016 performance from the San Francisco Opera?
That's on NPR.
(www.wrti.org/)
(www.wrti.org/)
And ORF (Austria) brings us the July 6, 2016 performance from
London's Royal Opera House of Massenet's "Werther" with Vittorio
Grigolo and Joyce DiDonato as the doomed lovers (lots of "doomed
lovers" in the world of opera, in case you haven't noticed).
(http://oe1.orf.at/)
(http://oe1.orf.at/)
Enjoy!
DAVE
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The Met Saturday afternoon
radio broadcast will return in December.
radio broadcast will return in December.
Watch this space. Enjoy the haitus!
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