This week on Rhode Island Public television,
WSBE: (Comcast 294, Cox 808, Full Channel 109, and Verizon 478)
Saturday, November 5, 2016, 8:00pm
Sunday,November 6, 2016 3:00am
Monday, November 7, 2016, 12:00am
GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET
MET OPERA HD DOUBLE-BILL
Iolanta
BLUEBEARD'S
CASTLE
On the heels of her triumphant Met performances as Tatiana in Eugene Onegin, soprano Anna Netrebko takes on another Tchaikovsky heroine in the first opera of this intriguing double bill, consisting of an enchanting fairy tale (Iolanta) followed by a psychological thriller (Bluebeard’s Castle). Netrebko stars as the beautiful blind girl who experiences love for the first time in Iolanta, while Nadja Michael is the unwitting victim of the diabolical Bluebeard, played by Mikhail Petrenko. Both operas are directed by Mariusz Trelinski, who was inspired by classic noir films of the 1940s. Iolanta also stars Piotr Beczala, and Maestro Valery Gergiev conducts both operas.
Host: Eric Owens
Intermission Content will include:
• Live backstage interview with star soprano Anna Netrebko about singing the title role in the Met’s premiere performances of Iolanta.
• Met General Manager Peter Gelb leads a discussion between acclaimed Polish film and opera director Mariusz Trelinski and the stars of Bluebeard’s Castle.
• A preview of the next transmission in the series, La Donna del Lago on March 14, including an interview with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and tenor Juan Diego Flórez.
DURATION: 3 HRS. 40 MIN
DETAILS: [CC] [STEREO]
GENRE: PARENTS PICKS
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WQXR
Keeping Up With Conductor Gianandrea Noseda
Friday,
October 28, 2016
By
Fred Plotkin
Conductor
Gianandrea Noseda and the London Symphony Orchestra return to David Geffen Hall
this weekend with the Verdi Requiem. Fred Plotkin journals about the maestro's
busy fall.
Statue of Verdi in
Piazza Verdi in Busseto, Italy
Before Verdi There Was Rossini
Monday,
October 24, 2016
By
Fred Plotkin
While
in Italy to celebrate Verdi, Fred Plotkin muses on the man who came before him,
Rossini.
http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/before-verdi-there-was-rossini/
http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/before-verdi-there-was-rossini/
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Opera Fan’s Last Wish Led to Terror Scare at the Met
By MICHAEL COOPER and
AL BAKER
October 30, 2016
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| Roger Kaiser’s nod to William Tell on Instagram. Saturday’s “Guillaume Tell” was cut short. |
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What Can Happen When an Opera Performance is Cancelled
Monday, October 31,
2016 - 10:19 AM
By Fred Plotkin
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Review: Met's Revival of Janáček's
'Jenůfa'
Highlights Karita Mattila
Tuesday,
November 01, 2016
By
David Patrick Stearns
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Review: ‘Jenufa’ With Signature Vocals and
a Really Big Rock
By
ZACHARY WOOLFE
OCT.
30, 2016
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Review: A New, Abstract ‘Guillaume Tell’ at
the Met Opera
By
ANTHONY TOMMASINI
OCT.
19, 2016
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Superb singing hits the target in Met’s
stolid “Guillaume Tell”
Wed
Oct 19, 2016 at 1:33 pm
By
Eric C. Simpson
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For ‘William Tell’ Nerds, The Met Does (Reasonably)
Well by Rossini's Epic
Wednesday,
October 19, 2016 - 11:39 AM
By
David Patrick Stearns
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Review: A Gala’s Starry Mix of Artists and
Arias
By
ANTHONY TOMMASINI
OCT.
31, 2016
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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D' AGUANNO
In the next few
days, opera fans can choose to listen to a number of popular operas (such as
"Aida" & "Rigoletto"), as well as some fairly obscure
items (anyone up for Zelenski's "Goplana?").
The
"Aida" broadcast happens to be a FREE live audio-stream from the
Met, scheduled for this Saturday (November 5) at 11:55 a.m.
"Rigoletto"
comes to us on Tuesday (November 8) in a LIVE broadcast on Radio 3
(RAI) from Bologna.
Even more Verdi is
on tap, with an actual rarity by this famous composer: His 1845 opera
"Alzira" can be heard on Radio 4 (the Netherlands) on Saturday with
an archival performance that took place in Amsterdam in 1980, featuring Dutch
soprano Cristina Deutekom in the title role. Ms Deutekom never really
"made it big" the way Joan Sutherland and Montserrat Caballe did, but
her performances at the Met in Verdi's "Vespri Siciliani" (for
example) & her recordings of Verdi's "Lombardi" &
"Attila" will always be treasured by her many admirers.
From this past
summer's Glimmerglass Opera Festival in Cooperstown, NY, you can listen to NPR
for a performance of Rossini's "La Gazza Ladra" ("The Thieving
Magpie"). Aside from its fairly popular overture, there's plenty
of engaging Rossini music to be enjoyed in this nearly 3-hour-long opera.
Have you ever felt
the urge to listen to an opera in which the heroine "dies" a total of
three times (!!!) -- in a manner of speaking, that is? Well, Lyric Opera -
FM has it on tap for this Sunday in a LIVE performance from this year's
Wexford Festival. It's Donizetti's "Maria de' Rudenz" (premiered in
1838). Presumed dead in Act 1 after having been abandoned in the catacombs by
the villainous baritone, Maria turns up later in the act to sing a double aria,
and then to disrupt the engagement party between the baritone and "The
Other Woman." Then in Act 2, the enraged baritone stabs her, with the
shocked onlookers exclaiming "E spenta!" ("She's dead!") --
But not yet! -- because, between acts, she's managed to bandage up her wounds
and survives long enough to stab "The Other Woman" who (unlike Maria)
promptly dies! Then at the very end of the opera, she tears off her bandages
and (finally) dies, but not before proclaiming her undying love for the
baritone! (WHY???) Well, in the world of opera, anything is possible, I
suppose. And the music? Prime Donizetti!
Unfortunately,
"Maria de' Rudenz" competes this Sunday with another opera that can
be considered prime Donizetti: His opera "La Favorite" is being given
a FREE live video-stream as it's being performed in Munich with an all-star
cast which includes mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca and tenor Matthew Polenzani, as
well as baritone Mariusz Kwiecien, all 3 of whom recently appeared in that
wonderful HD-transmission from the Met of this same composer's "Roberto
Devereux."
The other LIVE
video-stream which may be of interest, especially to those who enjoy exploring
works that are unknown to most of us, is tomorrow's Opera Platform
offering: Zelenski's 1897 opera "Goplana" as performed at the Polish
National Opera. Operas shown on this website are usually provided with English
subtitles (we hope, especially in this instance) and are available for viewing
for several months following the initial showing.
Enjoy!
DAVE
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The Met Saturday afternoon
radio broadcast will return on December 3 with 'Manon Lescaut.'
radio broadcast will return on December 3 with 'Manon Lescaut.'
Watch this space. Enjoy the haitus!
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John Del Carlo
1951–2016
The most influential opera magazine in the world
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No opera on
WGBH this week!
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