Week of August 30 - September 6, 2018

This week on Rhode Island Public television:

WSBE: (Comcast 294, Cox 808, Full Channel 109, and Verizon 478)

Saturday, September 1, 2018, 8:00pm

Sunday, September 2, 2018, 3:00am 

Monday, September 3, 2018, 12:00am

Dmitri Hvorostovsky as Count di Luna

Il Trovatore

A production of Verdi's "Il Trovatore," in which brothers (Marcelo Álvarez, Dmitri Hvorostovsky) compete for the affections of the same woman (Sondra Radvanovsky). Dolora Zajick costars as Azucena, the gypsy with a dark secret.

Length: 180

Synopsis:  https://www.metopera.org/season/in-cinemas/synopsiscast/il-trovatore/

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OPERA ON THE INTERNET

WITH 

DAVE D’AGUANNO

Off soaking up the sun!

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 NEWS FROM AROUND THE 

WORLD OF MUSIC

Yo-Yo Ma Wants to Heal the World with Bach

https://qz.com/quartzy/1368118/yo-yo-ma-wants-to-heal-the-world-with-bach/

Exclusive First Watch: Nadine Sierra Performs Bernstein's "Somewhere"

WQXR invites you to an exclusive first-watch of Nadine Sierra's new performance video, 'Somewhere,' by Leonard Bernstein. Aug 23, 2018

https://www.wqxr.org/story/exclusive-first-watch-nadine-sierra-performs-bernsteins-somewhere/

Six Musicians and the Dogs That Make Them Happy

Music! Dogs! What's not to love? We asked several musicians to share photos and stories about their canine friends — here's what we got! Aug 22, 2018

https://www.wqxr.org/story/six-musicians-and-dogs-make-them-happy

The classical music concert is a vital workout for our sagging, flabby attention spans

https://qz.com/953293/the-classical-music-concert-is-a-gym-for-our-sagging-attention-span/

On Rescuing a “Dead Art Form” — A Landmark Book on Opera in Performance

http://www.artsjournal.com/uq/2018/08/on-rescuing-a-dead-art-form-a-landmark-book-on-opera-in-performance.html

 Sergey Shamray

Accordions Can Do Chopin Preludes, Too

Accordionist Sergey Shamray put his own spin on Chopin, and the outcome is sublime. Aug 22, 2018

https://www.wqxr.org/story/accordion-chopin-prelude-sergii-shamray/

Leonard Bernstein at 100: An American Archetype

http://www.artsjournal.com/uq/2018/04/leonard-bernstein-at-100-an-american-archetype.html

Bernstein the Educator

http://www.artsjournal.com/uq/2018/08/bernstein-the-educator.html#comment-66400

Bernstein at Brevard — Take Two: The Artist and Politics

http://www.artsjournal.com/uq/2018/08/bernstein-at-brevard-take-two-the-artist-and-politics.html

Furtwangler and the Nazis

http://www.artsjournal.com/uq/2018/08/furtwangler-and-the-nazis.html

Furtwangler and the Nazis — Take Two

http://www.artsjournal.com/uq/2018/08/furtwangler-and-the-nazis-take-two.html#comment-66375

Visconti’s Four-Hour “Ludwig” — A Momentous Wagnerian Film

http://www.artsjournal.com/uq/2018/06/viscontis-four-hour-ludwig-a-momentous-wagnerian-film.html

Shostakovich and the Cold War

http://www.artsjournal.com/uq/2018/06/shostakovich-and-the-cold-war.html

“The Great Composer You’ve Never Heard of” — and how he was suppressed by Carlos Chavez

http://www.artsjournal.com/uq/2018/05/the-great-composer-youve-never-heard-of-and-how-he-was-suppressed-by-carlos-chavez.html

Can Orchestras Be Re-Invented?

http://www.artsjournal.com/uq/2018/04/can-orchestras-be-re-invented.html

Interview: Mezzo Angela Brower Scales New Heights

http://operawire.com/interview-mezzo-angela-brower-scales-new-heights/

Placido Domingo Makes History With 150th Role

http://operawire.com/placido-domingo-makes-history-with-150th-role/

Two Sopranos Accuse Daniele Gatti Of Sexual Misconduct; Conductor Responds

http://operawire.com/two-sopranos-accuse-daniele-gatti-of-sexual-misconduct-conductor-responds/

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Week of August 23 - August 30, 2018

This week on Rhode Island Public television:

WSBE: (Comcast 294, Cox 808, Full Channel 109, and Verizon 478)

Saturday, August 25, 2018, 8:00pm

Sunday, August 26, 2018, 3:00am 

Monday, August 27, 2018, 12:00am

Così fan tutte

James Levine conducts Mozart's comic masterpiece "Cosi fan tutte," in which the fidelity of two sisters (Susanna Phillips, Isabel Leonard) is tested by their fiancés (Matthew Polenzani, Rodion Pogossov).

Length: 210

Synopsis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cos%C3%AC_fan_tutte

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OPERA ON THE INTERNET

WITH 

DAVE D’AGUANNO

With the summer opera festivals winding down, there aren't as many exciting new broadcasts to report at this time, but as always, the few items that are coming up should be well worth listening to. And actually, in the case of the OperaVision offering on Saturday (August 25), there's even one worth watching as well. As performed last October in Leeds (an Opera North production), we have a video-stream of Leonard Bernstein's "Trouble in Tahiti" which premiered in 1952. 

(https://operavision.eu/en/library/performances/operas/trouble-tahiti)

Placido Domingo in Bizet's "The Pearl Fishers" in this summer's Salzburg Festival comes to us in a delayed broadcast of tomorrow's performance. In the baritone role of Zurga, Domingo can be heard on Saturday on ORF (Austria).

(http://oe1.orf.at/)

Wagner enthusiasts need not feel left out, however, as NPR continues its series of broadcasts of operas that were performed at Lyric Opera of Chicago last season. This time around it's one of the October 2017 performances of Wagner's "Das Rheingold."

(www.wrti.org/)

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Renee Fleming & Dmitri Hvorostovsky Preview

America's favorite soprano, Renee Fleming, and one of Russia's greatest baritones, Dmitri Hvorostovsky (1962-2017), travel to St. Petersburg (2006) where they perform opera scenes in the palaces of the Czars in the former capital of Imperial Russia. Renee Fleming & Dmitri Hvorostovsky: A Musical Odyssey in St. Petersburg premieres on Great Performances Wednesday, September 1, 2010 at 8 pm, WGBH (check local listings).

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 NEWS FROM AROUND THE 

WORLD OF MUSIC

Overlooked No More: Sissieretta Jones, a Soprano Who Shattered Racial Barriers

She was the first African-American woman to headline a concert at Carnegie Hall, but she didn’t care for her stage name, “the Black Patti,” which compared her to a white diva.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/15/obituaries/sissieretta-jones-overlooked.html

What’s So Hard About Singing Opera?

https://thebaritoneblog.com/2018/08/15/whats-so-hard-about-singing-opera/

Florence Hvorostovsky and their children 

An interview with Florence, Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s widow

(Only on Facebook)

https://www.facebook.com/groups/DmitriHvorostovsky/permalink/1745344855534450/

Seattle Opera's Porgy and Bess fills the stage with life

A review by Alice Bloch

http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews46_33/page22.cfm

What If We Got the Story of the 'Rite' Wrong?

The Rite of Spring’s riot is one of classical music’s the most enduring stories. But what if it didn’t actually happen? Aug 21, 2018

https://www.wqxr.org/story/what-if-we-got-story-rite-wrong

Essential Leonard Bernstein Recordings

Here are the must-have Leonard Bernstein recordings. Aug 20, 2018

https://www.wqxr.org/story/essential-bernstein-recordings

Remembering Aretha Franklin with a Touch of Puccini

Watch the Queen of Soul tackle “Nessun Dorma.” Aug 16, 2018

https://www.wqxr.org/story/remembering-aretha-franklin-touch-puccini

Here's a (Likely) Bootleg of Rachmaninoff Playing Rachmaninoff

A new — possibly bootlegged — recording of Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances features the composer singing and playing his own work on the piano. Aug 16, 2018

https://www.wqxr.org/story/bootleg-rachmaninoff-playing-rachmaninoff

How Long Do You Need to Play Verdi Before You’re Arrested? About 16 Years.

One Slovakian woman, in a bitter vendetta against a neighbor, has been playing the same Verdi aria, on repeat from sunup to sundown, for 16 years. Aug 16, 2018

https://www.wqxr.org/story/verdi-aria-arrested-16-years

Five of Your Favorite Operas That People Used to Hate

Whether it was hate or lack of interest, here are a handful of operas that dominate houses today, but which initially received a chilly reception. Aug 14, 2018

https://www.wqxr.org/story/five-favorite-operas-people-hate

Ragtime for Elise

This is what happens when ragtime meets classical.  Aug 13, 2018

https://www.wqxr.org/story/ragtime-elise-jonny-may-beethoven-debussy

A ‘Cat’s Fugue’ for Your Feline Friend

Whether you’re celebrating International Cat Day or lazing about the house with your pet, here’s a piece to kick off a bonding session. Aug 8, 2018

https://www.wqxr.org/story/cats-fugue-your-feline-friend

An Elephant Never Forgets a Cello

New York Philharmonic cellist Patrick Jee found a rapt audience in several elephants when he visited an elephant sanctuary in Thailand. Aug 8, 2018

https://www.wqxr.org/story/elephant-never-forgets-cello-patrick-jee-new-york-philharmonic

Every A+ Violin Needs an ‘F’: Why the Instrument Has Those Distinctive Sound Holes

Many string instruments have those distinctive f-holes, but how did they get that shape, and are they even necessary? Aug 7, 2018

Every A+ Violin Needs an ‘F’: Why the Instrument Has Those Distinctive Sound Holes

https://www.wqxr.org/story/every-violin-needs-f-why-instrument-has-those-distinctive-sound-holes

Singer claims he was drugged and raped in 2010 by classical music power couple

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-news-stasi-singer-claims-rape-classical-music-stars-20180821-story.html

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