This week on Rhode Island Public television,
WSBE: (Comcast 294, Cox 808, Full Channel 109, and Verizon 478)
Great Performances at the Met
Saturday, August 26, 2017, 8:00pm
Monday August 28, 2017, 1:00am
Tristan und Isolde
The
Season 11 premiere features Richard Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde,"
about the doomed love affair between a Celtic princess (Nina Stemme) and a
knight (Stuart Skelton), who's the nephew of King Marke (René Pape), to whom
she's betrothed.
Length:
163 minutes
Review: Met's New 'Tristan und Isolde' Goes Radical
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
By David Patrick Stearns
"This was not your typical glittering, socialite-oriented Met opening," writes David Patrick Stearns in his review of this much anticipated new production of "Tristan und Isolde."
Review: A Soprano Astonishes in the Met’s ‘Tristan und Isolde’
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OPERA ON
WGBH THIS WEEK!
La Traviata Fri. Aug
25 at 9:00 PM WGBH 2
Eugene Onegin Sun.
Aug 27 at 1:30 PM WGBH 2
La Traviata Sat. Aug
26 at 2:00 AM WGBX 44
La Traviata Mon. Aug
28 at 2:30 AM WGBX 44
La Traviata
Hear Sonya Yoncheva sing the tragic courtesan Violetta in
Verdi's classic, with Michael Fabiano as her ardent lover Alfredo and Thomas
Hampson as his disapproving father Germont, in a revival of Willy Decker's
staging conducted by Nicola Luisotti.
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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D' AGUANNO
Most
of the summer opera festivals this year are drawing to an end, but the Salzburg
Festival is offering a video-stream on Sunday (August 27) of Alban Berg's
"Wozzeck." The performance may, or may not be available afterwards
for viewing, so interested opera buffs should probably tune in for the LIVE
telecast on Sunday.
The
Bayreuth Festival may have already broadcasted all of their operas from the
current summer festival, but there's still more Wagner in store for us with a
LIVE performance from Stockholm of "Das Rheingold." This can be heard
on Saturday (August 26) on Swedish Radio.
If
you happen to be in the mood for some 20th century opera (aside from
"Wozzeck"), you might want to tune in to NPR's broadcast of John
Corigliano's "The Ghosts of Versailles" which was premiered at the
Met back in 1992. The performance to be heard on Saturday, however, is a more
recent one (February 2015) from Los Angeles Opera and has soprano Patricia
Racette singing the role of Marie Antoinette.
Moving
all the way back to 1707, it's Alessandro Stradella's 5-act opera seria
"Mitradate" which can be heard on German Radio in a performance from
Beaune which took place this past July 21.
Enjoy!
DAVE
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WQXR
No
Sun, No Moon, No Stars: Opera and the Totality
Fred Plotkin knows that nothing fits the high drama of a
solar eclipse better than opera and musical theater. Here's your ideal
soundtrack for this astral event. Aug 21, 2017
Review:
Ivan Fischer's 'Don Giovanni' Lives Up To Its Successful Reputation
The return of Ivan Fischer's Don Giovanni production on
Thursday for three sold-out performances was the banner attraction of this
year's Mostly Mozart Festival at the Rose Theater. Aug 18, 2017
Singing
Opera, and All That Jazz
Fred Plotkin looks at genre-bending singers and composers
that have spanned classical, opera and jazz. Aug 16, 2017
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News from Around the World of Music
Watching Neo-Nazis in Virginia from a German Opera House
Cloakroom girl wows opera critics after standing in for soprano
last minute
How A.I. Is Creating Building Blocks to Reshape Music and Art
Tulsa Opera Welcomes Lighting Designer as New Director of
Production
BWW Review: Seattle Creates Ma
gic in Opening Night MADAME
BUTTERFLY
Electric Cellist Tina Guo Shines in Hans Zimmer Concert
VIDEO: Lin-Manuel Miranda Up for Writing a GAME OF THRONES
Musical; Offers Rap Lyrics
Venezuela Cancels Gustavo Dudamel Tour After His Criticisms
A Pianist with Modern Flair Takes Over the Salzburg Festival
Encouraging Signs of Freshness at the Mostly Mozart Festival
Bleak, Gentle and Sweet: This Week’s 8 Best Classical Music
Moments on YouTube
The Pianist Vikingur Olafsson on Why Philip Glass Matters
America’s Quintessential Maverick Composer, at 100
The Berlin Philharmonic pranked its soloist by playing the wrong
concerto… but it didn't go to plan
Face to Face
Renée Fleming and Broadway legend Barbara Cook compare
notes, as F. PAUL DRISCOLL moderates.
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WSBE
Sunday,
August 27, 04:00 am ET
Monday,
August 28, 02:00 am ET
GORDON
GETTY:
THERE WILL BE MUSIC
This is the story of the American composer, Gordon Getty, the son of J. Paul Getty, who at his death in 1976 was the richest man in the world. J. Paul Getty was the head of a family dynasty known for scandal: suicides, drug overdoses, and kidnapping.
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An early peek at our 46th season
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Baroque Brilliance | Saturday and Sunday, November 11-12, 2017
Baroque masterworks for chorus and orchestra, including: • Purcell’s Come Ye Sons of Art • Handel’s Zadok the Priest and Dettingen Te Deum • Zelenka’s Magnificat. |
Messiah | Saturday, December 16, 2017
Christine Noel conducts the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra, Providence Singers, and soloists in the eleventh annual performance of Handel’s masterpiece — a fresh reading informed by Baroque performance practice. |
Of Sea and Sky | Saturday and Sunday, March 10-11, 2018
Music inspired by the power and majesty of the natural world, including these and more: • Brahms’ O Schöne Nacht, Spätherbst, Abendlied, and Warum • Elder’s Ballade to the Moon, Sky Sonnet, and Sunrise Carol • Eric Whitacre’s Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine Also on the program: The traditional Scottish ballad Loch Lomond and the U.S. Navy Hymn. |
Opera Choruses | Saturday, May 19, 2018
We present a grand and glorious journey through the world of opera, done up in fine formal style as a gala concert to benefit choral performance and education. Count on it: Giuseppe Verdi’s creations will be there for sure, with contributions from Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Antonio Rossini, and a number of their talented friends.
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Chorus
The Metropolitan Opera Announces Chorus Auditions
for the 2018–19 Season
Met Opera Chorus rehearsing Idomeneo
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Extra Chorus offer unique and rewarding career opportunities for highly qualified performers. Classically trained professional singers who have been invited to audition should be prepared to sing two operatic arias in different languages from memory. Selections should demonstrate the applicant’s ability to sing lyrically. An accompanist will be provided.
All applicants will be considered for Full Time (Regular) and Extra Chorus positions.
Applicants shall submit via email addressed to ChorusAuditions@metopera.org the following materials:
a cover letter requesting an audition; please indicate your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd audition session preference from the dates below; any union affiliation should be also be listed
a current one-page resume, including a photo/head-shot
an audio clip (MP3 file, no larger than 10 MB) of an operatic aria (no youtube clips or links)
a list of no more than 5 operatic arias, two of which will be selected as your audition pieces
PDF or JPEG copy of current documentation proving the ability to work in the United States.
Auditions will be granted by invitation only, and will be held at the following times:
Session #1 Tuesday, October 31st, 2017 1:45pm to 4:45pm
Session #2 Friday, November 3rd, 2017 2:45pm to 5:45pm
Session #3 Wednesday, November 15th, 2017 2:45pm to 5:45pm
Session #4 Friday, November 17th, 2017 2:45pm to 5:45pm
Applications must be received on or before 12 midnight EST, Friday, September 1st, 2017. Submissions received after this date, regardless of postmark or email transmission time, will not be considered.
Only applicants with current documentation proving the ability to work in the United States will be granted an audition.
Any singer who is offered employment and is not already a member of AGMA (American Guild of Musical Artists) will be required to join AGMA.
All applicants will be notified as to whether an audition has been granted. No audition comments will be shared with the applicant.
Similar information about the auditions may be found by contacting the following:
American Guild of Musical Artists
1430 Broadway 14th Floor
New York, NY 10018
(212) 265-3687
www.musicalartists.org
The Metropolitan Opera
Donald Palumbo, Chorus Master
Steven Losito, Chorus Administrator
Daniel Hoy, Incoming Chorus Administrator effective July 31st, 2017
Lincoln Center
New York, NY 10023
The Metropolitan Opera is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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The Met Saturday afternoon
radio broadcast is on hiatus until December 2.
but You can hear operas from the Royal Opera in Covent Garden, the Chicago Lyric Opera, and other operas around the world at
1:00PM on WQXR
radio broadcast is on hiatus until December 2.
but You can hear operas from the Royal Opera in Covent Garden, the Chicago Lyric Opera, and other operas around the world at
1:00PM on WQXR
Go to: http://www.wqxr.org/streams
Then click on
WQXR 105.9 FM
OPERA ON
WGBH THIS WEEK!
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