This week on Rhode Island Public television,
WSBE: (Comcast 294, Cox 808, Full Channel 109, and Verizon 478)
Great Performances at the Met
Saturday, September 9, 8:00pm
Sunday, September 10, 3:00am
Monday, September 11, 1:00am
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.
Length: 150 minutes
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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D' AGUANNO
Fans of 21st
century opera can kick-start their operatic experiences tomorrow (September 7)
as Musiq3 (Belgium) will be broadcasting a performance from Brussels of
"Pinocchio" -- the newest opera by Belgian composer Philippe
Boesmans. This one received its world premiere performances earlier this year.
In any case, conservative-minded listeners may be interested to know that this
composer's style is quite accessible. There also happens to be an audio-only
YouTube upload of an earlier performance of this opera (see 2nd link below).
(audio-only:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiYEWW8C2k4)
On Saturday
(September 9), Swedish Radio has a special treat in store for those of us
"of a certain age" who, once upon a time, thrilled to the live
performances of soprano Roberta Peters, tenor Nicolai Gedda, and/or baritone
Cornell MacNeil. As it so happens, the scheduled broadcast on this enterprising
radio station is the Met performance of April 8, 1967 of Verdi's
"Rigoletto", and it features (you guessed it) Roberta Peters as
Gilda, Nicolai Gedda as the Duke, & Cornell MacNeil as Rigoletto.
More Verdi is
on tap for us on Saturday when NPR brings us a November 2016 performance from
San Francisco Opera of "Aida."
German Radio,
on the other hand, has some vintage Mozart on its schedule with the August 28,
2017 performance of "La Clemenza di Tito" as heard in London.
Last but not
least, there's a broadcast on Sunday (September 10) which fits into the
category of "operas you've never heard before." From Warsaw: It's a
LIVE performance of Karol Kurpinski's 1814 opera "The Charlatan."
Sounds like it certainly may be worth checking out, IMO!
Enjoy!
DAVE
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WQXR
Exchanging Words with Librettist Mark Campbell
Fred Plotkin sits down with librettist Mark Campbell
about the slew of new operas he has hitting opera houses this year. Aug 31,
2017
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Leonard Bernstein's Lectures, or Music Podcasts from the Past
Let Bernstein school you with these in-depth
musical lectures and analyses.
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News from Around the World of Music
Renée Fleming and Susan Graham,
"Anything You Can Do" from Annie Get Your Gun
Pretty Yende Unmasks a Promising Opera
Career
Susan Graham: Becoming a Baritone
The lark descending – nudist viola player
plays during naked sky dive
Lena Yokohama plays Vivaldi on newly
restored 1749 Santo Serafin violin
Karita Mattila’s Late Career Triumphs
Four alternative methods to make sure your
practice efforts survive the pressures of performance
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| Cecilia Bartoli as Ariodante |
Cecilia Bartoli, Last Seen with a Beard,
May Return to New York
Review: Cecilia Bartoli Has Dramatic Depth
as ‘Norma’ at Salzburg Festival
5 Cartoons That Had Some Serious Fun with
Classical Music
British Airways breaks violin
What’s It Like Starting at the Met Opera?
https://jasonhaaheim.com/whats-it-like-starting-at-the-met-opera/
Florence Price's 'Sinner, Please Don't Let
This Harvest Pass' Will Move Your Soul
The Incredible Story of Elise Hall's
Saxophone and Debussy's Trainwreck Commission
Amy Beach, a Pioneering American Composer,
Turns 150
Trials of travelling musicians: violin not
accepted as hand luggage on ferry
Royal Opera House to Livestream ‘La Bohème’
Preview
Watch: Eastman Student Arranges Holst’s
First Suite for Euphonium and Ocarina
How Classical Arrangements in the Beatles’
‘Sgt. Pepper’s’ Changed Pop Music
What to you is absolutely essential reading
for the classical music elitist?
(From a conversation on Facebook)
New Oxford History of Music Vol
IX. The Modern Age ed. G. Abraham
The Broadway Sound by Robert
Russell Bennett
Music and Imagination by Aaron Copland
What to Listen for in Music by
Aaron Copland
Greatness in Music by Alfred
Einstein.
Mozart's Women, by Jane Glover
Music, The Brain, And Ecstasy by
Robert Jourdain
The Lives of the Great Composers
by Harold C. Schonberg
Lords of Chaos by Michael
Moynihan and Didrik Soderlind
The Rest is Noise by Alex Ross
Poetics of Music by Igor
Stravinsky
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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 performs Otello
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
NO OPERA ON
WGBH THIS WEEK!
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