THE MET: LIVE IN HD
SUMMER ENCORES
PUCCINI
Turandot
Franco Zeffirelli’s breathtaking production of Puccini’s final opera stars Maria Guleghina in the title role of the icy Chinese princess, who has all suitors unable to solve her riddles beheaded. Marcello Giordani is CalΓ f, the prince who eventually wins her love. Marina Poplavskaya sings LiΓΉ, the slave girl who also loves CalΓ f, and Samuel Ramey is his father, Timur. Rising maestro Andris Nelsons conducts this Live in HD production.
Synopsis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turandot
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This week on Rhode Island Public television:
WSBE: (Comcast 294, Cox 808, Full Channel 109, and Verizon 478)
Saturday, July 21, 2018, 8:00pm
Sunday, July 22, 2018 3:00am
Monday, July 23, 2018 12:00am
Romeo et Juliette
Diana
Damrau and Vittorio Grigolo star as the tragic lovers in Gounod's "Romeo
et Juliette," which is based on the Shakespeare play. Elliot Madore sings
Mercutio and Mikhail Petrenko sings Frère Laurent. Gianandrea Noseda conducts.
Length:
180
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"The sun, for sadness, will not show his head."
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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D’AGUANNO
Aside from
some repeat broadcasts from the past several months, there are at least 3
noteworthy "new" broadcasts worth mentioning, coming up on the
schedule for this Saturday (July 21), one of them being the June 17 performance
of "Don Giovanni" that is being broadcast on German Radio. This one
originally took place in Wiesbaden.
There's also
the March 20 performance of Berlioz's "Benvenuto Cellini" which took
place in Paris and which can be heard on ORF (Austria). Soprano Pretty Yende
sings the role of Teresa in this one.
And of
special interest to French opera-lovers, as well as those of us with a taste
for the obscure works of the 19th century, there's a LIVE broadcast from this
summer's opera festival in Montpellier of the final opera of Leo Delibes (best
known by opera fans as the composer of "Lakme"). Although the
composer passed away in 1891 before having completed "Kassya" (the
work in question), Jules Massenet stepped in to provide the finishing touches
(so to speak) to allow the work to be premiered in 1893. After languishing in
total obscurity since then, we now get a chance to hear a work which is
essentially a Delibes/Massenet opera! Not a bad combination, IMHO!
Enjoy!
DAVE
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NEWS FROM AROUND THE
WORLD OF MUSIC
“People often envy me because of my wife.”
Piotr Beczala, tenor
A Musical Tribute to RBG
“People boo and whistle at the
opera, just like on the soccer field.” Andreas Homoki, 58, artistic director
Daughter Finds Light in
Bernstein’s Shadow
Elephants Love Beethoven Too!
Paul Barton lugged his upright piano
up a mountain in Thailand to play music for elephants. Jul 18, 2018
Take A Music Break with These Classical Google Doodles
Check out these interactive
classical-themed Doodles from Google! Jul 18, 2018
Mozart’s 'The Abduction from the Seraglio' Gets the
Turkish Stylings It Deserves
Percussionist Murat CoΕkun reimagined
the overture to Mozart’s opera, arranging it to include a number of instruments
to reflect the locale in which it’s set. Jul 17, 2018
Reconstructed: This is the First-Ever Orchestration of
‘Pictures at an Exhibition’
Ravel’s orchestration of Mussorgsky’s
“Pictures” might be the most famous, but Mikhail Tushmalov did it first, more
than 30 years earlier. Jul 17, 2018
You've Never Heard Pachelbel's Canon Like This!
Just when you think you've seen it
all, someone goes and arranges Pachelbel's Canon like this. Jul 17, 2018
A Private Lesson with Pinchas Zukerman
Happy birthday Pinchas Zukerman!
Watch the virtuoso violinist, violist, conductor, and teacher in action. Jul
16, 2018
Music by Living Black Composers Directory Now Available
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Taking a Roadtrip with Hindemith’s ‘Der Schwanendreher’
Hindemith uses the drama and depth of
the viola to give Der Schwanendreher a fully-realized range and body. Jul 16,
2018
World Cup 2018 Finals, France v. Croatia: Classical
Edition
No matter who you’re rooting for on
Sunday, we’ve got a short playlist that will capture the drama. Jul 13, 2018
Here’s a Peek Inside an ‘Incredibles 2’ Scoring Session
The Incredibles movies are nothing
without their nostalgia-tinted big band scores. Take a look behind the magic
with this footage from an Incredibles 2 scoring session. Jul 13, 2018
You Probably Haven’t Watched the ‘Ring’ Cycle Like This
Before
Opera North
uploaded a video of its concert production of Wagner’s “Ring” with a bird’s eye
view of conductor Richard Farnes, providing a perspective new to many
audiences. Jul 13, 2018
Demon by Anton Rubinstein
Watch Van Cliburn Play the Piece That Made Him Famous
Celebrate the legendary American
pianist with this 1962 performance of Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto. Jul
12, 2018
Bernstein and a Trumpeter Get Just a Little Tense in
Rehearsal
The conductor and a musician don’t
see eye-to-eye in this rehearsal of Elgar’s “Enigma Variations.” Jul 12, 2018
Having a Hard Time Understanding Rhythm? These Circles
Might Help.
Musicologist and double bassist John
Varney has a new way of visualizing rhythm. Jul 11, 2018
Anna Netrebko & Yusif Eyvazov Cancel ‘Adriana
Lecovreur’
Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov have
withdrawn from the Baden Baden festival’s production of “Adriana…
30 Fun Facts About Soprano Nadine Sierra
Joyce DiDonato Announces Release Of ‘The Florence Foster
Jenkins Story’
Danielle de Niese Explores Music History’s Forgotten Women
Another Midlife Crisis: Don Giovanni at the Royal Opera
House
From the Archives of the New York
Times
It's All There Now for Tenor Placido Domingo
Four years later, downsized San Diego Opera is stable,
growing
Pueblo dancers to perform at Santa Fe Opera
Opera North Combines Aerialists, Arias and Ambition
West Edge Opera: No Suit, No Tie, No Problem
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