L’Amour de Loin
LIVE PERFORMANCE
SAT, DEC 10, 2016 12:55 PM
Wednesday, December 21, 2016 6:30 PM
Libretto by Amin Maalouf
Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho’s
breakthrough opera was described by the New York Times as “transfixing…a lushly
beautiful score.” Commissioned by the Salzburg Festival, where it was first
seen in 2000, it will now finally have its Metropolitan Opera premiere in a
dazzling new production by Robert Lepage, featuring glimmering ribbons of LED
lights that extend across the length of the stage and over the orchestra pit.
Eric Owens is the knight on a quest of love, Susanna Phillips is his lover on
the other side of the sea, and Tamara Mumford is the pilgrim who brings
messages back and forth. Conductor Susanna Mälkki makes her Met debut.
This week on Rhode Island Public television,
WSBE: (Comcast 294, Cox 808, Full Channel 109, and Verizon 478)
Saturday, December 10, 2016, 8:00pm
Sunday, December 11, 2016 3:00am
Monday, December 12, 2016, 12:00am
GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET
The
Pearl Fishers
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| Diana Damrau |
A production of Georges Bizet's "The Pearl Fishers"
("Les Pêcheurs de Perles"), a sweeping romance about a Hindu
priestess (Diana Damrau) pursued by rival pearl divers (Matthew Polenzani,
Mariusz Kwiecien).
Length: 150
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WQXR
French Lessons in
Chicago with 'Les Troyens' and 'Don Quichotte'
Monday, December 05, 2016
By Fred Plotkin
Fred Plotkin visits Chicago and attends impressive performances
of "Les Troyens" and "Don Quichotte" at Lyric Opera of
Chicago.
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Review: Kaija Saariaho Opera Walks On
Artificial Water at the Met
Friday, December 02, 2016
By David Patrick Stearns
Kaija Saariaho's "L'Amour de Loin" is one of the
operatic wonders of our time, though the best efforts of the Met Opera didn't
always reveal that to Thursday's opening night audience.
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The Show Must Go On
Thursday, December 01, 2016
By Fred Plotkin
Sometimes one must brave uncertainty and forge ahead. Fred
Plotkin shares some examples of performers that have done so under difficult
circumstances.
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IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
No man is a failure
who has friends.
Houston Grand Opera’s holiday opera series continues with the world
premiere of Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s It’s a Wonderful Life. Made famous by
the 1946 Frank Capra movie, this timeless tale follows a troubled banker whose
guardian angel helps us realize the lasting impact our lives can have on those
around us.
Join us for the ultimate holiday classic from one of America’s
leading composers (Moby-Dick, Dead Man Walking, and Great Scott).
Osvaldo Golijov’s New Opera for the Met is
Called Off
In Accepting the Grawemeyer Award, a Call
for Diversity in Concert Halls
Review: Welcome to ‘Versailles’ for Music
in the King’s Apartments
Daniil Trifonov at Carnegie Hall and
‘Salome’ at the Met
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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D' AGUANNO
Finnish composer
Kaija Saariaho's "L'Amour de Loin" will be shown in HD in various
local movie theatres this coming Saturday afternoon (December 10). This LIVE
performance marks one of those rare occasions when an opera by a female
composer is being showcased at the Met. As usual, if you prefer to simply enjoy
the opera in audio format only, it can be accessed on any number of internet
radio stations.
(www.wrti.org/)
Another contemporary work -- Giorgio Battistelli's
"Il Medico dei Pazzi" ("The Doctor of the Mad") -- can be
heard on Sunday on Radio 3 (RAI). This comic opera, which received its world
premiere as recently as June 22, 2014, received several performances just this
past October in Venice, and it is one of those performances that can be heard
on Sunday.
(www.radio3.rai.it/)
Back on more familiar operatic territory, Verdi's
comic masterpiece "Falstaff" appears on ORF's schedule, as this
Austrian radio station will be transmitting last Sunday's performance of the
work, as heard in Vienna.
(http://oe1.orf.at/)
"Fedora" -- probably Umberto Giordano's
2nd most popular opera after "Andrea Chenier" -- gets a LIVE
broadcast from Stockholm on Swedish Radio.
(http://sverigesradio.se/p2/)
An unusual double bill turns up on the schedule
for Radio 4 (the Netherlands). Rather than the ever-popular "I
Pagliacci" by Ruggero Leoncavallo, the station has chosen two of this
composer's less frequently performed works to be heard on Saturday. First up is
"Edipo Re" (based on the Sophocles tragedy), his final work which was
left slightly incomplete upon his death. The other work is his own version of
"La Boheme" which differs from Puccini's far more famous version,
mainly in the focus being on the Musetta/Marcello relationship rather than that
of Mimi & Rodolfo. The performances at hand originated in Amsterdam in the
70s. ("Edipo Re" - November 5, 1977 --- "La Boheme" -
November 17, 1973)
(www.radio4.nl/)
Last (but not least), on Monday evening (Dec. 12)
at 7:25, the Met will be offering a FREE live audio-stream of Verdi's
"Nabucco" with Placido Domingo featured in the title role.
(www.metopera.org/)
Enjoy!
DAVE
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