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This week on Rhode Island Public television,
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Great Performances at the Met
Saturday, September 16, 8:00pm
Sunday, September 17, 3:00am
Monday, September 18, 1:00am
Der Rosenkavalier
Renée
Fleming and Elina Garanca star in Richard Strauss's comic "Der
Rosenkavalier" as the middle-aged Marschallin and her young lover,
Octavian, who falls for a woman (Erin Morley) closer to his age. The Season 11
finale.
Length:
210
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| Renée Fleming |
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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D' AGUANNO
As the new 2017/2018
opera season gets underway, opera fans can start out on Friday (September 15)
by tuning in to the LIVE broadcast from Barcelona of Rossini's "Il Viaggio
a Reims." As many of you probably know, this opera doesn't have much of a
plot, but the music is prime Rossini!
A more familiar opera
comes to us on Saturday via BBC Radio 3, with a performance from this past July
of Puccini's "Turandot." This one took place in London's Royal Opera
House.
Verdi enthusiasts would
probably be interested in the LIVE performance from Amsterdam of "Simon
Boccanegra" on Radio 4 (the Netherlands). Prospective listeners would need
to tune in to this one in the morning, since it happens to be a matinee
performance in the Netherlands.
As with the Kurpinski
opera that was broadcast last weekend, here's another one in the category of
"operas you've probably never heard." It's Swedish composer Ture
Rangstrom's 1915 opera "Crown Bride" which is based on a play of the
same name by August Strindberg. The performance being aired is one that took
place in Goteborg on February 26 of this year.
Then on Sunday, it's a
big day for fans of the operas of Benjamin Britten, with TWO of his works being
broadcast. "Peter Grimes" -- probably his best and most famous opera
-- can be heard in a performance from Bologna that took place earlier this year
in May.
Also to be heard on
Sunday -- and also in a performance from May 2017 -- it's Britten's last opera
"Death in Venice" in a performance from Stuttgart.
Enjoy!
DAVE
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WQXR
Fall Preview: New Operas and Important
Revivals Across America
Singer Alfie Boe Discusses His Role in Pete
Townshend's Symphonic 'Classic Quadrophenia'
Merrin Lazyan discusses the
similarities and differences between standard opera and rock opera with Alfie
Boe, who's starring in “Classic Quadrophenia” by The Who's Pete Townshend. Sep
8, 2017
There She Sings: Miss America and Opera
Fred Plotkin makes an appeal for
more opera in the Miss America pageant and as a winning strategy for
contestants. Sep 8, 2017
New York City Opera Triumphs Amid Puccini's
Incongruous Cowboy Opera
David Patrick Stearns reviews
New York City Opera's season opener — Puccini's "La Fanciulla del
West." Sep 7, 2017
10 Years After: Looking at Luciano
Pavarotti's Evolution as an Artist
Luciano Pavarotti died on Sept.
6, 2007, and is much missed even though, 10 years on, he still seems to be with
us in so many ways. Sep 5, 2017
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News from Around the World of Music
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa: I won't sing in public again
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-41243394
Fall Preview: New Operas and Important
Revivals Across America
Maria Callas Documentary To Be Released By
Sony Pictures Classics
Met Gold: The Inaugural Season at Lincoln
Center
Obituary: Famed Director Sir Peter Hall
Dies At 86
If music gives you goosebumps, your brain
might be special
Artist Of The Week: Daniela Mack Turns To
The Dark Side As Elizabeth Cree
New York City Opera Triumphs Amid Puccini's
Incongruous Cowboy Opera
There She Sings: Miss America and Opera
Singer Alfie Boe Discusses His Role in Pete
Townshend's Symphonic 'Classic Quadrophenia'
Tabasco: The Burlesque Opera
The Long Walk
The House Without a Christmas Tree
How
Henry Threadgill, Composer, Spends His Sundays
Houston Grand Opera To Relocate For Season
Opening
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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
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Met Opera Chorus performs La Traviata
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
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
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
NO OPERA ON
WGBH THIS WEEK!
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