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 4, 2017, 8:00PM
Sunday, March 5, 2017, 3:00AM
Tchaikovsky's
Iolanta
and
and
Bartok's
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
Monday, March 6, 2017, 12:00 AM
DONIZETTI
Roberto Devereux
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First performed two years after Maria Stuarda and Lucia di Lammermoor, Roberto Devereux shows Donizetti at the height of his musical and dramatic powers. The opera’s story was inspired by a historical incident—the execution for treason of Robert Devereux, the favorite of Queen Elizabeth I—but, as in many works of the time, history is used merely as a springboard from which the operatic imagination can soar. Roberto Devereux mirrors the successful structure of the earlier Lucia di Lammermoor: a first act that lays out the issues at stake and introduces the musical language; a second act fashioned as a single dramatic arc; and three intense shorter scenes for the final act.
England, 1599. Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex and favorite of Queen Elizabeth I, is sent to Ireland with an army to defeat the rebellious Irish chieftains. After an unsuccessful campaign, and against the queen’s orders, he returns to England, where his actions are deemed a desertion of duty. The story of the opera takes its inspiration from the events of the following two years, which are condensed into a few days.
Duration: 180 minutes
Synopsis:
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In Opera, Artistry Matters More Than Size
Thursday, February 23, 2017
By Fred Plotkin
"For opera to be compelling on our stages, we should not care about thinking big or thinking small," writes Fred Plotkin. "We must think creatively."
How Vocal Health Can Make or Break a Singer
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
By Fred Plotkin
Fred Plotkin discusses how singers struggle to maintain vocal health and shares advice from Dr. Anthony F. Jahn, the Met Opera's volunteer medical director.
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News from Around the World of Music
Editorial: Why We Must Heed Peter Gelb’s Warning & Demand
Continued Government Support For the Arts
Friar Alessandro: The Voice of Assisi
Travel to the magnificent
hilltop Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Italy for heavenly music from the
friar with the big tenor voice. Featuring sacred standards as well as songs
that reflect the friar's message of hope, peace and brotherly love.
WGBX 44, 5pm, Saturday, March 4
WGBX 44, 7PM, Sunday,
March 5
In the Land of Opera, a Choir for the Tone Deaf
By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO
FEB. 19, 2017
Breaking News: Dmitri Hvorostovsky Cancels Two More Recitals
Pianist Seong-Jin Cho Is Platinum in Korea, Fulfills Carnegie
Dream
Pianist Seong-Jin Cho
recently dropped by the studio for a Facebook Live performance, and stuck
around to tell us a bit about his music.
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Marian Anderson (1902-1993), American opera singer. France,
circa 1955
The Complicated History of Marian Anderson's Met Debut
Monday, February 27,
2017
By James Bennett, II
The circumstances
surrounding Marian Anderson's Met Opera debut are less talked about than the
fact of her historic performance.
Albert Chang, Lily, Jun Sung Ahn and Baiyu Li perform a
smooth Harry Potter Medley
This 'Harry Potter' Medley is the Perfect Way to Wrap the Oscars
Monday, February 27,
2017
By James Bennett, II
Oscar weekend is
officially over, but we still can't shake some of the music from our favorite
movies. This 'Harry Potter' medley scratches that itch.
Brooklyn Duo performs a cover of Ed Sheeran's 'Castle on
the Hill.'
Brooklyn Duo, Devoted to Making New Classical Fans, Drops an Ed
Sheeran Cover
Monday, February 27,
2017
By James Bennett, II
The Duo is back with a
cover of Ed Sheeran's hit single 'Castle on the Hill,' and an uplifting new
project is starting to take off.
Probing the Page Turner’s Plight in the Digital Age
Sunday, February 26,
2017
By Jennifer Gersten
In performance, the
page turner is the pianist's shadow. Here are five videos that capture the
existential predicament page turners can find themselves in.
Jaron Davis' nine-part
choral arrangement of Eric Whitacre's 'Alleluia.'
This Serene Arrangement of Whitacre's 'Alleluia' is Pure Stress
Relief
Friday, February 24,
2017
By James Bennett, II
Composer and arranger
Jaron Davis took a crack at capturing some of Eric Whitacre's choral magic with
a beautiful arrangement of 'Alleluia.'
Everything You Need To Know About The Dutch National Opera
2017-18 Season
Everything You Need to Know About the Washington National
Opera’s 2017-18 Season
Everything You Need to Know About Lyric Opera of Chicago’s
2017-18 Season
Aleksandra Kurzak Reveals Roles for 2017-18 Season At The Opera
National De Paris
Michael Fabiano To Open Royal Opera House 2017-18 Season,
Announces Met Opera Role in 2018-19
Everything You Need to Know About the Welsh National Opera’s
2017-18 Season
Everything You Need to Know About Pittsburgh Opera’s 2017-18
Season
5 Superstars Set To Dominate The 2017-18 Los Angeles Opera
Season
Three Iconic Musicians on Artistic Creation — and Its
Importance Now: Beck, Kendrick Lamar and Tom
Waits articulate the creative impulse.
By WYATT MASON
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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D' AGUANNO
This coming Saturday (March 4), the radio broadcast
from the Met once again features tenor Vittorio Grigolo -- recently seen &
heard in Gounod's "Romeo & Juliette" -- this time around as
Massenet's tragic hero Werther in the opera of the same name.
Another French opera comes to us via Swedish Radio.
It's Offenbach's "Tales of Hoffmann" in a 1965 recording with
recently deceased Swedish tenor Nicolai Gedda in the title role. He is joined
by what was (at that time) a stellar cast of sopranos: Gianna d'Angelo as
Olympia, Victoria de los Angeles as Antonia, & Elisabeth Schwarzkopf as
Giulietta. Oddly enough, a bass-baritone (Jean-Christophe Benoit) was cast in
the role of Nicklausse, which is nowadays always considered to be a trouser
role and, as such, is sung by a mezzo-soprano.
Opera fans who thrive on comic opera undoubtedly are
familiar with Rossini's "Barber of Seville." But how many of them can
claim familiarity with the "Barber of Baghdad" by German composer
Peter Cornelius? Well, on Saturday, German Radio is broadcasting it, as
performed in Giessen on January 28 of this year. Anyone who may have heard the
1973 recording of this delightful work will know that it will be time well
spent.
Also, many opera fans have heard Wagner's
"Tristan & Isolde" a number of times, to be sure. But how about
Swiss composer Frank Martin's "Le Vin Herbe" ("The
Potion")? Completed in 1942 as an oratorio, although based on the same
story as Wagner's epic work, "Le Vin Herbe" inhabits a different
sound-world altogether, especially since it utilizes a pared-down
orchestration. In this February 16, 2017 performance from Welsh National Opera,
however, the orchestration has been beefed up a bit, and can be heard on BBC
Radio 3.
Finally, in case you may have missed last Saturday's
performance of Dvorak's "Rusalka" from the Met, ORF (Austria) is
transmitting the audio of that performance this Saturday.
Enjoy!
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The Met Saturday afternoon
radio broadcast
radio broadcast
1 PM
Werther
MASSENET
Gardner; Christy, Leonard, Grigolo, Bižić, Muraro
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NO OPERA ON
WGBH THIS WEEK!
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