Week of August 16 - August 23, 2018

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This week on Rhode Island Public television:

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

Saturday, August 18, 2018, 8:00pm

Sunday, August 19, 2018, 3:00am 

Monday, August 20, 2018, 12:00am

Sondra Radvanovsky as the Druid priestess

Norma

A production of Bellini's "Norma" stars Sondra Radvanovsky as the Druid priestess, Joyce DiDonato as her rival Adalgisa, and Joseph Calleja as Pollione. Carlo Rizzi conducts.

Length: 180

Synopsis: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma_(opera)

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OPERA ON THE INTERNET

WITH 

DAVE D’AGUANNO

Soprano Sonya Yoncheva -- seen quite recently in the Met's HD-transmission of Verdi's "Luisa Miller" -- makes a rare excursion into the operatic world of Claudio Monteverdi, specifically in performing the title role in his 1643 work "L'Incoronazione di Poppea." As performed in this summer's Salzburg Festival, it can be heard LIVE on Saturday (August 18) on ORF (Austria).

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

If the operas of Antonio Salieri appeal to you, you won't want to miss the May 19, 2018 performance of his comic opera "La Frera di Venezia" (1772). As performed in Schwetzingen, it can be heard this Saturday on German Radio.

(www.dradio.de/dkultur/)

A more familiar work -- Gounod's "Faust" -- is featured on NPR as part of its continuing series of broadcasts from Lyric Opera of Chicago's 2017/2018 season. The Gounod piece was performed there in March of this year.

(www.wrti.org/)

And once again, Swedish Radio is giving us a chance to hear soprano Birgit Nilsson at her considerable best as she performed the role of Amelia in the January 12, 1963 Met broadcast of Verdi's "Un Ballo in Maschera." With tenor Richard Tucker and baritone Robert Merrill singing in this same performance, this one is bound to appeal to those of us who appreciated and enjoyed the considerable talents of these performers who regularly enthralled us back in the 60s.

(http://sverigesradio.se/p2/)

Enjoy!

DAVE

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WQXR 

Singular Voices: Aretha Franklin

A celebration of the legendary Aretha Franklin. Aug 15, 2018

https://www.wqxr.org/story/singular-voices-aretha-franklin

Great Opera and Vocal Music This Fall in North America

The upcoming fall season is full of opera and vocal performances—here's what to see. Aug 13, 2018

https://www.wqxr.org/story/great-opera-and-vocal-music-fall-north-america

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 NEWS FROM AROUND THE 

WORLD OF MUSIC

Summer haitus

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LOOK FOR THE

MET SATURDAY AFTERNOON

 RADIO BROADCAST TO RESUME NEXT AUTUMN.

   

GO TO 
 HTTP://WWW.WQXR.ORG/STREAMS
 THEN CLICK ON WQXR 105.9 FM

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NO OPERA ON

  WGBH THIS WEEK!

Omarosa  Manigault Newman
former Director of Communications for the White House Office of Public Liaison