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This Saturday, October 14, 2017, 1:00pm
Encore: Wednesday, October 18, 2017, 6:30pm
LIVE IN HD
Die Zauberflöte
(The Magic Flute)
Music
Director Emeritus James Levine conducts the full-length German version of
Mozart’s magical fable, seen in Julie Taymor’s spectacular production, which
captures both the opera’s earthy comedy and its noble mysticism.
Duration:
3 hours, 9 minutes
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For an animated version of The Magic Flute by the BBC:
(The feature starts at about 2:15)
Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Is alive and well!!
Rumors
of Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s demise have been swirling around the Internet, causing
his agent to issue a statement last night. The great baritone has been battling a brain tumor
for the last two years.
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This week on Rhode Island Public television,
WSBE: (Comcast 294, Cox 808, Full Channel 109, and Verizon 478)
Great Performances at the Met
Saturday, October 14, 3:00am
Sunday, October 15, 3:00am
Monday, October 16, 1:00am
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| Dmitri Hvorostovsky as the Count di Luna |
Il Trovatore
Season
10 opens with Verdi's "Il Trovatore," in which long-lost brothers
(Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Yonghoon Lee) compete for the affections of the same
woman (Anna Netrebko). Dolora Zajick costars as Azucena, the gypsy with a dark
secret.
Length:
180 |
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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D' AGUANNO
For the second Saturday in a
row, we have a LIVE HD-transmission from the Met to look forward to. After last
week's wonderful "Norma" transmission, interested opera-goers can
partake of the pleasures of Mozart's "Magic Flute" in this upcoming
presentation of the work to be shown at select movie theatres.
The Met is also providing us
with another FREE live audio-stream on Tuesday (Oct. 17) with a performance of
one of Puccini's best-known works: "Turandot."
In the meantime, for those of
you who may wish to listen to opera on the internet on Saturday, one of your
options will be to tune in to Radio 4 (the Netherlands) for a broadcast of one
of Verdi's best-loved creations: "La Traviata." This one comes to us
in a production from Reisopera.
For more nostalgic-minded
opera-lovers, your choice may well be to listen to NPR's offering. The
performance being broadcast is one from San Francisco 1980. The opera is
"Arabella" by Richard Strauss, with soprano Kiri Te Kanawa singing
the title role.
A Donizetti favorite --
"Lucia di Lammermoor" -- gets a broadcast on ORF (Austria) with a
Chicago performance of the work from nearly a year ago (October 15, 2016).
Radio 3 (RAI) actually has 2
opera broadcasts lined up for us in the next few days. On Saturday, it's a
performance from Cremona of Claudio Monteverdi's "L'Orfeo" (1607),
followed by a Tuesday (Oct. 17) broadcast of Puccini's "La Rondine"
as performed LIVE in Florence.
Enjoy!
DAVE
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WQXR
Opera Philadelphia Thinks Big
Fred Plotkin takes in the O17
Festival in the City of Brotherly Love and finds excitement.
Oct 3, 2017
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News from Around the World of Music
Opera Performers Cover Up in a Met Belt Tightening
The Met and the Philharmonic Look Backward
Choral Singing Boosts Mindfulness
New research points to one reason joining a choir boosts
mental health.
Bolshoi and Met Opera to stage three performances with Anna
Netrebko in star role
Paris National Opera 2017-18 Preview: Jonas Kaufmann, Sonya
Yoncheva & 7 Reasons to See ‘Don Carlos’
The incredible record libraries where you can listen to vast
archives for free
You might be stuck in a Mozart opera if…
Tenors & Italian Art Song
Whitney Morrison’s journey from gospel to opera leads to Lyric
Mezzo solves 'enigma' in 'Norma'
Pittsburgh Opera 2017-2016 Season: Embracing The Past and The
Future Of Opera
Juan Diego Florez Announces New Roles
Successfully fusing opera and ballet in Lyric’s ‘Orphee et
Eurydice’
Good, Better, Best in Opera?
This Mozart Quartet Was Deemed Too Difficult for His Publisher
to Buy
A quartet plays Mozart's Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor
as a part of the SOLsberg Festival. Oct 6, 2017
This Middle School Sax Player Wowed His Band Class with 'Flight
of the Bumblebee'
Pulling off "Flight of the Bumblebee" is the
ultimate party trick, and this young saxophonist nails it. Oct 6, 2017
You Need to Listen to this String Quartet's Groovy 'Eleanor
Rigby'
The Sirius Quartet presents a warm and rich pop music
throwback. Oct 5, 2017
Award-Winning Pianist Yun Wei Performs Bach's Italian Concerto
Yun Wei, who is currently enrolled in Juilliard's Artist
Diploma program, returned to the Greene Space for the latest edition of Midday
Masterpieces. Oct 5, 2017
6 Historic Classical 78s, Digitized for Your Listening Pleasure
Unlock your inner archivist and listen to these digitized
78s without the risk of having them break apart in your hands. Oct 5, 2017
Why Do We Use Italian Words to Describe Music?
From the soaring “arias” in “operas,” to daring
“concertos” and shouts of “bravo!,” this Romance language seems to be all over
the musical vocabulary. Let's talk shop. Or Italian. Oct 4, 2017
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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
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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| Actor/director Mel Gibson |
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