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, April 8, 2017, 8:00PM
Sunday, April 9, 2017, 3:00AM
Great Performances at the Met
OTELLO
Verdi's "Otello," about a Moorish general (Aleksandrs Antonenko) who comes to suspect his wife (Sonya Yoncheva) of infidelity due to seeds of doubt sowed by a treacherous aide (Zeljko Lucic).
Length: 180
Monday, April 10, 2017, 12:00AM
Carmen
Richard Eyre's mesmerizing production of Bizet's steamy melodrama returns with mezzo-soprano
Length: 180 |
DETAILS: [CC] [STEREO]
GENRE: PARENTS PICKS
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Catching Up With Tenor Fabio Armiliato
Thursday, March 30, 2017
By Fred Plotkin
Fred Plotkin sits down with Fabio Armiliato as the
tenor prepares for his New York return to City Opera in the role of Enrico in
Ottorino Respighi’s "La Campana Sommersa."
Review: Respighi 'La Campana Sommersa' Presented
Without High-Concept Apologies
Monday, April 03, 2017
By David Patrick Stearns
Ottorino Respighi's obscure opera 'La Campana
Sommersa' (The Sunken Bell) has 'had a surprisingly convincing revival by the
New York City Opera' writes reviewer David Patrick Stearns.
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News from Around the World of Music
Opera Legend Renée Fleming Isn’t Ready for Retirement
Fleming’s performance
as the Marschallin in the Metropolitan Opera’s Der Rosenkavalier is only a
prelude to upcoming recitals, concerts, and new work—a sign that the singer
won’t be leaving the limelight any time soon.
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Review: An Absent Baritone Looms Over the Met Opera’s ‘Onegin’
By ANTHONY TOMMASINIMARCH 31, 2017
Dmitri Hvorostovsky Confirms Concert With Anna Netrebko
Fabio Luisi, Opera’s Grand Maestro, Shows No Signs of Stopping
Ahead of Luisi’s new
production at the Metropolitan Opera, Wayne Lawson sits down with the famed
Italian conductor to talk art, legacy, and yes, perfumes.
BY WAYNE LAWSON
FEBRUARY 10, 2016 11:07
AM
Review: An Absent Baritone Looms Over the Met Opera’s ‘Onegin’
By ANTHONY TOMMASINIMARCH 31, 2017
Dmitri Hvorostovsky Confirms Concert With Anna Netrebko
Netrebko a magnificent Tatyana in The Met's Onegin
Watch: Percussionist's Mesmerizing Tribute to Philip Glass and
Steve Reich
Wednesday, April 05,
2017
By James Bennett, II
Peter A. Bauer's “80
Years in 80 Bars” attempts to capture the minimalist essence of the two
composers' work.
Chris Thile, Edgar Meyer and Yo-Yo Ma release
'Bach Trios.'
Watch: New Music Video for Bach’s Trio Sonata No. 6, Featuring
Yo-Yo-Ma, Chris Thile and Edgar Meyer
Tuesday, April 04, 2017
By James Bennett, II
Chris Thile, Edgar
Meyer and Yo-Yo Ma have shared their recording of a Bach Trio Sonata, as heard
on their upcoming album, "Bach Trios."
10 of the Coolest Musical Mentors Throughout History
Tuesday, April 04, 2017
By James Bennett, II
Behind every great work
of art is the story of a great mentor. Music has had no shortage of them. Here
are 10 of the coolest teachers, idols, mentors and mentees.
Leonard Bernstein
explains the joy and wonder of Beethoven's Third.
Leonard Bernstein on What Makes Beethoven's 'Eroica' Symphony So
Special
Monday, April 03, 2017
By James Bennett, II
Leonard Bernstein
describes what makes Beethoven's "Eroica" so special. Plus, a
performance from the 2012 Proms, and a movie about the piece itself.
The Colorado Symphony
embraced its inner nerd by letting this T-rex conduct the theme from 'Jurassic
Park.'
Watch This T-Rex Conduct the 'Jurassic Park' Theme
Friday, March 31, 2017
By James Bennett, II
Beautiful. Majestic.
Fierce. How would you describe a conducting T-rex?
Dorothy DeLay and Hagai
Shaham
5 Videos That Prove Dorothy DeLay Was the Music Teacher You Wish
You Had
Friday, March 31, 2017
By James Bennett, II
Dorothy DeLay taught
many accomplished violinists. For her centennial, let's look at a few star
performances that prove she's the teacher everyone wishes they had.
Westminster Choir
College at Carnegie Hall
Update: Westminster Choir College, Now for Sale, Might Remain in
Longtime Home
Thursday, March 30,
2017
By James Bennett, II
The much-discussed fate
of Westminster College Choir has been decided. The school will be sold, though
the future location is still uncertain.
Coco, the contralto
cockatiel.
This Cockatiel Sings Mozart's Queen of the Night Aria Better than
You
Wednesday, March 29,
2017
By James Bennett, II
Coco is a rescue
cockatiel from Sydney, Australia, and almost certainly sings the Queen of the
Night's aria from 'The Magic Flute' better than most humans.
Review: John Adams’s ‘Gospel’ Displays an Orchestral Wizard’s
Tuneful Ear
By ZACHARY WOOLFE
APRIL 2, 2017
Turandot gets
the ending it deserves — and it's brilliantly feminist
At long last, Maestro Anton Coppola gives Turandot the ending it
deserves.
CATHY SALUSTRI MAR 26, 2017 11 AM
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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D' AGUANNO
The Met's Saturday
afternoon radio broadcast this weekend is the October 8, 2016 performance of
Wagner's "Tristan & Isolde" with tenor Stuart Skelton and soprano
Nina Stemme singing the leading roles, as they did in the HD-transmission earlier
this season.
An opera dealing with
yet another pair of doomed lovers comes to us via German Radio when we are
given a LIVE broadcast from Kassel of Gounod's "Romeo &
Juliette."
Since the twin siblings
Siegmund and Sieglinde are treated as doomed lovers in Wagner's "Die
Walkure" I suppose we can add them to the quite extensive list of operatic
characters who never get a chance to lead full and happy lives. (Not many of
them do, do they?) In any case, ORF (Austria) is broadcasting a LIVE
performance from Salzburg of this opera on Saturday.
Alas, Wally and her
lover Hagenbach meet a similar fate (getting killed in an avalanche - !!!) in
Catalani's "La Wally" which Radio 3 (RAI) will be broadcasting on
Saturday. The performance being aired is one that took place in Piacenza on
February 7 of this year.
But wait! RAI's Radio 3
has yet another tragedy in store for us on Sunday! Featuring the dysfunctional
family to end all dysfunctional families, "Elektra" (by Richard
Strauss) comes to us LIVE from Naples.
Well, with Wally and
Hagenbach dying in an avalanche in Catalani's opera, it's relatively easy to
accept Aida and Radames meeting their end after having been buried alive in a
tomb in ancient Egypt. Yes, it's Verdi's "Aida" in a LIVE performance
from the Met as one of their free audio-streams. Check it out tomorrow evening
at 7:25!
Enjoy!
DAVE
You can get information on
the 2017/2018 season in London's Royal Opera House, here:
Shown live in cinemas
(in Europe, at least; maybe here???):
"Boheme"
(Puccini) - 10/3/17
"Magic Flute"
(Mozart) - 9/20/17
"Rigoletto"
(Verdi) - 1/16/18
"Tosca"
(Puccini) - 2/7/18
"Carmen"
(Bizet) - 3/6/18
"Macbeth"
(Verdi) - 4/4/18
(Cast lists can be seen
by accessing the link above)
DAVE
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The Met Saturday afternoon
radio broadcast
radio broadcast
1 PM
Fidelio
BEETHOVEN
Weigle; Pieczonka, Müller, Vogt, Portillo, Grimsley, Struckmann,
Groissböck
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NO OPERA ON
WGBH THIS WEEK!
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