This week on Rhode Island Public television,
WSBE: (Comcast 294, Cox 808, Full Channel 109, and Verizon 478)
Now broadcasting two or three operas every weekend!
Saturday, March 18 2017, 8:00PM
Sunday, March 19, 2017, 3:00AM
Cavalleria Rusticana-Pagliacci
Tenor
Marcelo Álvarez stars in Mascagni's "Cavalleria Rusticana" and
Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci." In "Cavalleria," he's a former
soldier who used another woman to make his ex-fiancée, now married to another
man, jealous; and in "Pagliacci," he's a clown whose wife is in love
with another man.
Length:
180
Synopsis:
http://www.metopera.org/Discover/Synopses/Cav-Pag/
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Monday, March 20, 2017, 12:00 AM
Don Giovanni
Baritone
Simon Keenlyside stars as the serial seducer "Don Giovanni," who
swaggers his way to eternal damnation in this production of Mozart's 1787
masterpiece, which costars soprano Hibla Gerzmava as Donna Anna, soprano Malin
Byströmas as Donna Elvira and tenor Paul Appleby as Don Ottavio.
Length:
210
Synopsis:
http://www.metopera.org/Discover/Synposes-Archive/Don-Giovanni/
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Writing an Opera About Writer Reinaldo
Arenas
Tuesday,
March 14, 2017
By
Fred Plotkin
'Before
Night Falls' is the autobiography of Cuban dissident writer Reinaldo Arenas. It
was first adapted as a film and then as an opera in 2010, which sees a run this
week in Miami.
'Leonore'
performed at Washington Concert Opera
Finding Truth
at the Opera in Washington
Wednesday,
March 08, 2017
By
Fred Plotkin
Plenty
of epic drama in Washington, D.C., writes Fred Plotkin, who attended
performances that riveted audiences at Washington National Opera and Washington
Concert Opera.
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News from Around the World of Music
Listen to Music Like an Expert with
Juilliard's Open Courses
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
By
James Bennett, II
Juilliard's
Open Classroom begins in late spring, and features classes that appeal to
classical newcomers and musicians alike.
Watch: Two Brothers' 'Fantasia'-Inspired
Musical Adventure
Monday,
March 13, 2017
By
James Bennett, II
Animator
William Liu and pianist Charlie Liu are two brothers whose
"Fantasies" series uses emotional music to bring new listeners to
classical music.
Watch: Swedish Orchestra Uses Instruments
Made from Ice
Tuesday,
March 14, 2017 - 12:00 AM
By
James Bennett, II
A Thousand More Will Rise: Victoria Bond
Finds Inspiration in Women Past and Present
Monday,
March 13, 2017
By
Merrin Lazyan
In
the music of composer and conductor Victoria Bond, listeners can detect themes
of empowerment, active resistance and challenges to established norms.
You’ve Heard This One Before: When
Classical Composers Use Samples
Monday,
March 13, 2017
By
Jennifer Gersten
In
music, the tradition of “sampling,” or using fragments of others’ recorded
work, is time-honored. Here are some classical composers that have done so.
Watch: Two Brothers' 'Fantasia'-Inspired
Musical Adventure
Monday,
March 13, 2017
By
James Bennett, II
Animator
William Liu and pianist Charlie Liu are two brothers whose
"Fantasies" series uses emotional music to bring new listeners to
classical music.
Aspiring singer Eldric
Bashful is joined by the Metropolitan Opera's Pretty Yende for a life changing
surprise performance.
Surprise GMA Opera Audition Reminds Us to
Follow Our Dreams
Friday,
March 10, 2017
By
James Bennett, II
Aspiring
opera singer Eldric Bashful appeared on Good Morning America to sing alongside
Pretty Yende. It was a dream come true, even with another surprise reveal.
Davi Oliveira, former
law student and current opera aspirant.
Watch This Construction Worker Stun His
Co-Workers By Singing Opera (Video)
Thursday,
March 09, 2017
By
James Bennett, II
Davi
Oliveira is a construction worker, who also happens to have a gifted voice.
Check him out surprising his co-workers with an impromptu performance of
"Nessun Dorma."
Recap: The 'Game of Thrones' Live Concert
Experience
Thursday,
March 09, 2017
By
Mike Rinzel
The
‘Game of Thrones’ television show on HBO has no shortage of epic moments. So it
was to be expected that the live concert experience would be epic, too.
Watch this Unique 360 Video of Dessoff
Choirs
Thursday,
March 09, 2017
By
James Bennett, II
The
Dessoff Choirs dropped by the WQXR studios to share the uplifting music of
prodigious French composer Lili Boulanger.
A photo of Ignaz Brüll
and a French newspaper from Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim's yellow cab ride.
How a Yellow Cab Ride Created a Classical
Music Connection
Thursday,
March 09, 2017
By
Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim
A
spontaneous connection develops between a New York Times classical music critic
and a yellow cab driver while driving and listening to WQXR. Here's the
writer's personal story.
Watch: Melodica Men Put an Awesome Spin on
'Libertango'
Tuesday,
March 07, 2017
By
James Bennett, II
Piazzolla,
Beethoven and Jobim come together over two melodicas, a keyboard, and an
accordion. It'll be hard for the Melodica Men to top this one.
Jennifer Higdon,
award-winning composer
18 Women Composers You Should Know
Tuesday,
March 07, 2017
By
James Bennett, II
March
is Women's History Month. Here are some standout women composers across time —
from Medieval days to yesterday — who have contributed greatly to music.
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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D' AGUANNO
The
Met's Saturday matinee broadcast this weekend brings us a performance that
actually took place during the fall of 2016. The opera to be heard is none
other than what many people consider to be Rossini's crowning achievement (in
any event, it's his LONGEST opera): "William Tell." It also happens
to be one of the first grand operas ever to be presented (along with Auber's
"La Muette de Portici" & Meyerbeer's "Robert le
Diable").
On
Radio 4 (the Netherlands), you can hear a work composed a couple of centuries
earlier: Claudio Monteverdi's "Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria" (1640)
which, as the title suggests, is based on the 2nd half of Homer's epic
"The Odyssey." The matinee performance being broadcast is a LIVE one
from Amsterdam and can be heard during the morning hours here in RI.
Jonas
Kaufmann fans, take note: On Saturday afternoon the Bavarian State Opera
(Munich) is presenting a free LIVE video-stream of Giordano's "Andrea
Chenier" (complete with English subtitles), starring Mr. Kaufmann in the
title role. This is a rather recent addition to this opera company's line-up of
operas being video-streamed during the current 2016/2017 season.
On
the other hand, if you're a fan of the operas of Mozart, you have two choices
coming up in the days ahead. On Saturday, Radio 3 (RAI) is offering a
performance of "The Abduction from the Seraglio" as given in Bologna
this past January 20.
Then
on next Tuesday evening (March 21), the Met's FREE live audio-stream features a
performance of "Idomeneo" with tenor Matthew Polenzani in the title
role.
However,
you can kick-start your whole opera-listening weekend by tuning in to the FREE
live audio-stream tomorrow evening at 7:25 pm for a performance of Beethoven's
"Fidelio."
Enjoy!
DAVE
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The Met Saturday afternoon
radio broadcast
radio broadcast
1 PM
PERFORMANCE FROM FALL 2016
Guillaume Tell
ROSSINI
Luisi; Rebeka, Brugger, Zifchak, Hymel, Finley, Spotti, Youn, Relyea
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NO OPERA ON
WGBH THIS WEEK!
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