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A SUSAN FROEMKE FILM
The
Opera House
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| Met Opera Chandelier |
The Opera House, a new
film by award-winning documentary filmmaker Susan Froemke surveys a remarkable
period of the Metropolitan Opera’s rich history and a time of great change for
New York. Featuring rarely seen archival footage, stills, recent interviews,
and a soundtrack of extraordinary Met performances, the film chronicles the
creation of the Met’s storied home of the last 50 years, against the backdrop
of the artists, architects, and politicians who shaped the cultural life of New
York City in the ’50s and ’60s. Among the notable figures in the film are famed
soprano Leontyne Price, who opened the new Met in 1966 in Samuel Barber’s
Antony and Cleopatra; Rudolf Bing, the Met’s imperious General Manager, who
engineered the move from the old house to the new one; Robert Moses, the
unstoppable city planner who bulldozed an entire neighborhood to make room for
Lincoln Center; and Wallace Harrison, whose quest for architectural glory was
never fully realized.
Saturday, January 13, 2018 at 12:55pm
Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at 12:55pm and 6:30pm
List of Participating theaters:
http://www.metopera.org/metoperafiles/season/2017-18/THE%20OPERA%20HOUSE%20-%20LIST%20FOR%20MET%20 WEBSITE.NOV.2.17.pdf
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GREAT PERFORMANCES
This
week on Rhode Island Public television:
WSBE: (Comcast 294, Cox 808, Full Channel 109, and Verizon 478)
Saturday, January 13, 2018, 8:00pm
Sunday, January 14, 2018, 3:00am
Monday, January 15, 2018, 12:00am
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| The late Dmitri Hvorostovsky as Eugene Onegin |
Eugene Onegin
Tchaikovsky's 'Eugene Onegin,' starring Renée Fleming
as Tatiana, a young Russian who's rebuffed by the object of her affection,
Eugene Onegin (Dmitri Hvorostovsky). Years later, after she has married a
prince (Sergei Aleksashkin), the two meet again and Onegin realizes his error.
Olga: Elena Zaremba. Larina: Svetlana Volkova. Lenski: Ramón Vargas.
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| Hvorostovsky with Renee Fleming as Tatiana |
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Regrets
Only: Cancellations at the Opera
Although they
may seem god-like to their fans, opera singers are human and as fallible as the
rest of us. Jan 9, 2018
‘Carmen’
Gets an Upgrade in the #MeToo Era
What would
opera be if it cast off its long tradition of women who either commit suicide
or are murdered in the name of love? A new production of "Carmen"
tries to answer that question. Jan 6, 2018
Review:
The Met's New 'Tosca' Leaps to Safety
David Patrick
Stearns reviews the New Year's Eve premiere of Tosca at the Met, which soars
despite its many mishaps and cancellations. Jan 2, 2018
Remembering
— and Understanding — Simonetta Puccini
Fred Plotkin
remembers Simonetta Puccini, the last surviving direct descendant of Giacomo
Puccini, who died on Dec. 16 at the age of 89. Dec 27, 2017
NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD OF MUSIC
Let the fat ladies sing! 14-stone soprano claims she wasn't considered for leading opera roles because she was too heavy – and directors wanted audiences to 'listen with their eyes'
Lisette Oropesa, 34, said that she weighed 14st 13lbs and was not considered
She said casting directors would not select her because of the 'way she looked'
Ms Oropesa has slammed those who wanted audiences to listen with their eyes
Roll over Beethoven: The Bachtrack classical music
statistics are out
Debbie Wiseman on the business of writing music to
picture
Korea: Q & A with Yoon-Jee Kim
“The repertoire picked me!”: Bryan Hymel on casting,
seizing the day and doing the verismo double
Stream the San Francisco Opera On Demand
“They’re not victims!”: Lisette Oropesa on Donizetti’s
heroines
In at the deep end: Anita Rachvelishvili on Milan,
Carmen and taking on Verdi's mezzo roles
The Trojans in Strasbourg: John Nelson on an epic
operatic undertaking
Matthew Bourne's Cinderella: a dark masterpiece
Meet the Mozart of Spain, Sweden, and More
Works Left Unfinished
Simon Cowell Cannot Believe His Eyes When He Sees
Who’s Singing Like This On Stage!
Carnegie Hall is with Ensemble Connect and SoulCycle.
Stretching the Limits of the Tuba With Vivaldi's
'Winter'
Tubaist
Øystein Baadsvik has built a remarkable solo career around the instrument — and
it's not hard to see how. Jan 10, 2018
First Look: Augustin Hadelich's Music Video for
Paganini's Caprice No. 4
Watch a
special preview of the violinist's new album, featuring the Caprices of Niccolo
Paganini, with this new music video. Jan 9, 2018
Violinist Michelle Ross Warms Up JFK During an Icy
Weekend
This
past Saturday, violinist Michelle Ross turned a long flight delay into an
opportunity to raise the spirits of her fellow travelers. Jan 8, 2018
Mary's Little Lamb Served Up 10 Ways
Pianist
Nahre Sol imagines the ways in which 10 of our favorite composers would have
imagined the ubiquitous nursery rhyme. Jan 5, 2018
Must-See Classical Concerts This January
From the
Public’s Under the Radar Festival to Carnegie Hall, David Patrick Stearns
thinks there are plenty of classical events that are worth braving the cold and
snow to attend. Jan 4, 2018
Be Our Guest: The Vienna Philharmonic's Thirty Years
of Guest Conductors on New Year's Day
Every
Jan. 1, the Vienna Philharmonic welcomes a guest conductor for its annual New
Year's Day concert. We've collected some of the most memorable appearances. Dec
30, 2017
Beethoven’s Ninth Is a Christmas and New Year’s Staple
in Japan. Here’s Why.
Find
out why Beethoven's Ninth is so immensely popular in Japan around Christmas and
New Year's, and watch a massive choir prepare for a performance of the
masterpiece. Dec 29, 2017
The Danes Are Getting Cozy With 'Così'
Opera
has found an intimate new home inside living rooms across Denmark! Dec 28, 2017
OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D' AGUANNO
Mostly
mainstream operas on the internet in the days ahead, beginning on Friday
(January 12) with a performance from Hannover of "Die Fledermaus" by
Johann Strauss. This one can be heard on NDR Kultur.
On
Saturday, the LIVE matinee broadcast from the Met is the familiar
"Cav/Pag" combination, with tenor Roberto Alagna singing the leading
tenor roles in both operas.
(www.wrti.org/)
Also on
Saturday, one of Donizetti's most delightful scores -- "The Daughter of
the Regiment" -- can be heard on ORF (Austria) in a LIVE performance from
the Vienna State Opera.
For
something different, there's a performance from Dresden that took place in
December 2016. The opera -- really, a musical -- is Leonard Bernstein's
"Wonderful Town" which had its premiere back in 1953. Opera fans who
enjoy his later score -- "West Side Story" -- may want to check this
one out. Incidentally, the performance being broadcast is actually the premiere
of the German-language version of the score.
A
weekend of opera broadcasts wouldn't be complete without at least one
performance of Puccini's "La Boheme," would it? On Sunday, if you
tune in to French Radio, you can listen in to a LIVE performance of the work
from Paris, with soprano Sonya Yoncheva as Mimi. As a point of interest to some
potential listeners, this is the "outer-space" production of
"Boheme" which has recently been receiving rather mixed reviews --
one of those you-either-love-it-or-hate-it productions. In any case, without
the visuals, this radio broadcast shouldn't pose any difficulties for most
opera fans.
To
complete one's listening enjoyment in the days ahead, there's a LIVE broadcast
of another of Donizetti's most popular scores, as the Met is offering a FREE
audio-stream on Tuesday (Jan. 16) at 7:25 p.m. of "L'Elisir d'Amore"
with tenor Matthew Polenzani as the love-sick Nemorino.
Enjoy!
DAVE
THE MET SATURDAY AFTERNOON
radio broadcast 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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