This week on Rhode Island Public television:
WSBE: (Comcast 294, Cox 808, Full Channel 109, and Verizon 478)
Saturday, September 22, 2018, 8:00pm
Sunday, September 23, 2018, 3:00am
Monday, September 24, 2018, 12:00am
Madama Butterfly
A
production of Puccini's "Madama Butterfly," about a callous Navy
lieutenant (Roberto Alagna) and a Japanese geisha (Kristine Opolais), whom he
marries for convenience rather than for love.
Length:
180 minutes
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40 Under 40: A New Generation of Superb
Opera Singers
WQXR's
Fred Plotkin on opera's rising stars to watch. Sep 12, 2018
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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D’AGUANNO
This coming
Friday (September 21), Britten fans can watch the video-stream being presented
on OperaVision of "Albert Herring." Although known primarily for his
serious operas (for instance, "Peter Grimes" & "Billy
Budd"), this particular opera, written soon after "Peter
Grimes", represents a rare instance of this British composer venturing
into the realm of comic opera -- something which Verdi did on only 2 occasions,
as he did in "Il Giorno di Regno" and "Falstaff." The
performance to be shown on Friday dates back to July 2015, and the performers
are members of the Royal College of Music.
Speaking of
"Falstaff" -- Saturday afternoon's broadcast from London's Royal
Opera is the July 19, 2018 performance of this Verdi work. With Bryn Terfel as
Falstaff and Simon Keenlyside as Ford, it's being broadcast on Radio 3 (BBC).
Another
Italian opera -- one that was written shortly before Verdi's masterpiece -- is
Mascagni's "L'Amico Fritz." As with the Britten and Verdi operas
mentioned above, this relatively early piece is a somewhat rare example of
Mascagni's comic opera writing. You can hear it this Saturday on NPR, as
performed in Philadelphia (2005).
A couple of
rarely performed 20th century operas also appear on Saturday afternoon's
schedule, with Polish Radio bringing us a performance from Warsaw of Karol
Szymanowski's one-act opera "Hagith." Although written in 1913, the
opera had to wait nearly a decade before it was actually performed, with the
"powers-that-be" at the time having a problem with what they referred
to as the composer's "homosexual lifestyle." In any case, the work
has never been performed with the same regularity as his later opera "King
Roger" which many consider to be one of the greatest Polish operas ever
written.
Then there's
Gosta Nystroem's 1958 opera "Herr Arnes Penningar" which Swedish
Radio has on its schedule. The performance being broadcast comes from a
Goteborg concert which took place on April 23, 1917.
Enjoy!
DAVE
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NEWS FROM AROUND THE
WORLD OF MUSIC
Who Are the Rock Stars
of Opera?
The Metropolitan Opera
National Council Auditions Expand to Mexico
Elizabeth
Blancke-Biggs Issues Statement On Being Fired From Maryland Lyric Opera
Frederica von Stade
sings "Song to the Moon" ("MΔsΓΔku na nebi hlubokΓ©m"), from AntonΓn DvoΕΓ‘k's opera Rusalka.
The Experts’ Concert
Guide to Fall 2018
Summer
might be over, but concert season is back! Instead of rehashing the usual
listings, we turned to some great musicians, composers and writers and asked
what they were excited for. Sep 12, 2018
The Premiere: Bruckner’s
Third Symphony Was Doomed From the Start. Here’s Why.
The
premiere of Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 3 was the Murphy’s Law embodied in
19th-century music. But anyone could have seen from the start it would go
poorly. Sep 12, 2018
Which New York City
Concert Hall Are You?
New
York City features multiple iconic concert halls. Take our quiz to find out
where you should take your next bow! Sep 12, 2018
Insider Hacks to Help
You See Classical Music in NYC for Cheap
Here
are some of the greatest hacks for seeing classical music for cheap (and even
free) in NYC. Sep 12, 2018
Out The Door: A 9/11
Dedication From Jeff Spurgeon
To
commemorate the 17th anniversary of 9/11, WQXR host Jeff Spurgeon prepared some
remarks in lieu of his regular "Out-the-Door Dedications." Listen to
and read them here. Sep 12, 2018
Listen 1 min
Roads Not Taken: 11
Conductors Tell Us What Else They Might Have Been
We
asked 11 conductors what else they might have been. Sep 11, 2018
Jessye Norman’s Greatest
Opera Roles
Q & A: Pinchgut
Opera Artistic Director Erin Helyard On Company’s 2018-19 Season
Opera Meets Film: How
The ‘Bel Canto’ Film Explores Relationships Between Audience & Artist,
RenΓ©e Fleming’s Cultural Status
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