This week on Rhode Island Public television,
WSBE: (Comcast 294, Cox 808, Full Channel 109, and Verizon 478)
Great Performances at the Met
Saturday, December 23, 2017 at 8:00pm
Sunday, December 24, 2017 at 3:00am
Monday, December 25, 2017 at 12:00am
Les Contes d'Hoffman
Jacques Offenbach's "Les Contes d'Hoffman," about a poet whose romantic hopes are repeatedly dashed. Vittorio Grigolo is Hoffman.
Length: 180
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| Vittorio Grigolo |
OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D' AGUANNO
With several internet
radio stations programming performances of Handel's "Messiah" during
the next several days, actual opera broadcasts are at a minimum; however, there
are still some highly attractive offerings scheduled for the delight of most
opera fans. One of these would be the free LIVE video-stream from Munich of
Puccini's "Il Trittico." The 3 operas that this work is comprised of
-- "Il Tabarro" - "Suor Angelica" - "Gianni
Schicchi" -- will be performed on Saturday afternoon.
At the same time, the
Met will be broadcasting a LIVE performance of Mozart's "Marriage of
Figaro" which can be heard on several internet radio stations.
To complicate matters,
in deciding whether to go with Puccini from Munich or Mozart from New York,
there's the December 3 performance of Meyerbeer's grand opera "Le
Prophete" (1849) which is scheduled to be broadcast on German Radio. The
performance in question took place in Berlin which, in recent years, has also
staged Meyerbeer's "Le Huguenots."
Aside from the
above-mentioned December 23 offerings, there's a LIVE broadcast from Genoa
scheduled on Friday (Dec. 22), the opera in question being Verdi's
"Rigoletto" with baritone Leo Nucci in the title role. Yes, that's
Leo Nucci who's been singing on the operatic stages since the 1970s and has
reportedly sung the role of Rigoletto over 400 times!
Then, as a
post-Christmas treat, the Met is broadcasting a LIVE performance on Tuesday
(the 26th) at 7:25 pm of Humperdinck's "Hansel & Gretel" as part
of their series of FREE live audio-streams.
Enjoy! -- And Happy
Holidays to you all!
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3 Normas, 2 Adalgisas, 1 Pollione: The
Evolution of an Opera Production
Fred
Plotkin sees the new "Norma" at The Metropolitan Opera, and muses on
why the gorgeous opera exerts such an immense power over audiences, still. Dec
15, 2017
In case you missed it:
The Holiday Gift Guide for Opera Lovers
Opera lovers know what they like — and lucky for you, Fred Plotkin knows what opera lovers like. He'll help you pick out the perfect holiday gift for the opera fans in your life. Nov 22, 2017
http://www.wqxr.org/story/holiday-gift-guide-opera-lovers
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http://www.wqxr.org/story/holiday-gift-guide-opera-lovers
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News from Around the World of Music
Fred Plotkin: Simonetta Puccini has died. She was, it
seems, the last surviving direct heir to the composer.
Simonetta
Puccini has died. She was, it seems, the last surviving direct heir to the
composer. She was the daughter of his son Antonio. She was in some ways a
difficult person but balanced that with a genuine love and devotion to the
works of her grandfather, whom she never met. He died in 1924 and she was born
in 1929.
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis partners with
Big Muddy Dance Company for 2018 production
Dmitri Hvorostovsky: At the age of 27, singing “Eri tu....”
from Verdi's "Un Ballo in
Maschera"
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| Dmitri Hvorostovsky at 27 |
Дмитрий Хворостовский. Dmitri Hvorostovsky Il bambino che e in me. "Новая волна"
2016
The best operas in 2017: The kings and
queens have it
Rolando Villazón Initiates ‘Save the
Children’ Fundraiser for Holiday Season
Spanish Orchestra Picks Venezuelan Music
Director
Death of an International Pianist, 46
Watch Kronos Quartet's Testament To
Collaboration At NPR Music's 10th Anniversary
December
19, 201710:45 AM ET
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Soundbreaking
About the series:
List of Episodes:
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The Art of
Recording
Sat. Dec 23,
3:00 PM
WGBX 44
Painting with
Sound
Sat. Dec 23,
4:00 PM
WGBX 44
The Human
Instrument
Sat. Dec 23,
5:00 PM
WGBX 44
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REGARDING JAMES LEVINE
The musical world continues to be roiled by the allegations against Maestro James Levine, which he has denied. At the moment, he is suspended from the Met while the Met awaits the results of the investigation that is being conducted by an outside evaluator. I will include links to articles about this issue but I will make no further comment.
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| Tom Levine |
Disgraced Met conductor’s brother was ‘in on the
game’: police report
By Isabel
Vincent and Melissa Klein December 9, 2017 | 6:39pm
James Levine: The Cami Connection
After Assault Allegations, Classical Institutions Rush
to Distance from James Levine
Updated, Dec. 8, 8:20
a.m. ET with a subsequent statement from James Levine and James Lestock.
No charges for ex-Ravinia conductor Levine in sex
misconduct investigation
Ravinia Festival cuts all ties with former music
director James Levine over sexual misconduct allegations
Commentary: Institutions raced to dump James Levine -
they should look hard at themselves
Sexual Abuse Allegations Against James Levine Spell
Trouble for Met Opera
By ANASTASIA TSIOULCAS • DEC 4, 2017
Conductor’s sex abuse scandal rocks already struggling
Met Opera
Famed opera conductor stays silent amid sexual
harassment claims
Other miscreants:
Another Met Opera conductor accused of sexual
misconduct
By Isabel
Vincent and Melissa Klein December 16, 2017 | 6:02pm
The Tenor Who Smashed His Girlfriend’s Head Is Back in
Business
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The Met Saturday afternoon
radio broadcast at
radio broadcast at
1:00PM on WQXR
Le Nozze di Figaro
MOZART
Bicket; Willis-Sørensen, Karg, Malfi, Pisaroni, Plachetka
Go to
http://www.wqxr.org/streams
Then click on
WQXR 105.9 FM
NO OPERA ON
WGBH THIS WEEK!
Senator Al Franken (D-MI)
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