Week of September 6 - September 13, 2018

This week on Rhode Island Public television:

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

Saturday, September 8, 2018, 8:00pm

Sunday, September 9, 2018, 3:00am 

Monday, September 10, 2018, 12:00am

Turandot

Soprano Nina Stemme sings the title role of Puccini's final work, "Turandot," about an imperious Chinese princess and an unknown prince (Marco Berti) who falls for her.

Length: 150

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

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OPERA ON THE INTERNET

WITH 

DAVE D’AGUANNO

Some interesting items coming up in the next few days, one of which is the latest free video-stream being presented by OperaVision. On Friday (Sept. 7), you have an opportunity to see one of the most famous of all Hungarian operas which, for most of us, is probably not very well-known. It's Ferenc Erkel's 1861 opera "Bank Ban" as performed in Budapest in September of last year.

(https://operavision.eu/en/library/performances/operas/bank-ban)

Also on Friday, you can hear a LIVE performance from the BBC Proms of Handel's "Theodora" (1750) on BBC Radio 3.

(www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/)

How about an opera by Franz Liszt? On Saturday, German Radio will be broadcasting a concert that took place in Weimar this past August 19, in which an opera fragment by Franz Liszt was performed. The opera? "Sardanapalo." Apparently the entirety of Act 1 of this somewhat Italianate opera has survived, so that's about all that Liszt supposedly wrote before abandoning the whole project. More information regarding this opera fragment can be found here: https://www.davidtrippett.com/sardanapalus

(www.dradio.de/dkultur/)

Then there's an opera by Puccini which no one talks about, mainly because it predates his 1st real success ("Manon Lescaut") by a few years. NPR, however, will be broadcasting this opera -- "Edgar" -- in a performance presented in 2004 by the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia.

(www.wrti.org/)

Somewhat more familiar to most opera-lovers would be Mussorgsky's "Boris Godunov." You can hear this one in a LIVE broadcast from Amsterdam on Radio 4 (the Netherlands).

(www.radio4.nl/)

Enjoy!

DAVE

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 NEWS FROM AROUND THE 

WORLD OF MUSIC

Listen to SF Symphony’s Opening Night Gala LIVE | Wednesday 8PM

https://www.kdfc.com/2018/09/san-francisco-symphony-gala-live-broadcast/

KDFC’s Love at First Listen Week | Starting September 24^th

https://www.kdfc.com/2018/08/love/

Kids Meet an Opera Singer | Kids Meet | HiHo Kids

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95RLviccrQc

Our Favorite Albums of 2018 So Far

https://www.kdfc.com/2018/08/our-favorite-albums-of-2018-so-far/

Musicians Need to Unwind, Too! Here’s a Handful Making the Most of Summer

Didn’t get a chance to get away this summer? Live vicariously through these musicians. Sep 3, 2018

https://www.wqxr.org/story/musicians-need-unwind-too-heres-handful-making-most-summer

Remembering George Walker

WQXR's Terrance McKnight remembers George Walker. Aug 30, 2018

https://www.wqxr.org/story/remembering-george-walker

The Best New Classical Releases of August 2018

From early Schoenberg to a complete re-imagination of Beethoven's symphonies, here are our favorite new releases from the last month. Aug 30, 2018

https://www.wqxr.org/story/best-new-classical-releases-august-2018

Must-See Classical Concerts This September

There are a lot of concerts happening around New York in September. Here's what to see! Aug 30, 2018

https://www.wqxr.org/story/must-see-classical-concerts-september

Mahler in the Mountains

Host Elliott Forrest shares highlights of his summer jaunt to the Grand Teton Music Festival, with an audio interview, pictures and a complete musical performance.  Aug 28, 2018

 Listen 1 h 40 min

https://www.wqxr.org/story/mahler-mountains-grand-teton-elliott-forrest

Richard Tucker Sings Puccini and Rodgers

For those of us who never had the privilege of seeing the operatic tenor perform live, the internet gives us the next best thing. Aug 28, 2018

https://www.wqxr.org/story/richard-tucker-sings-puccini-and-rodgers

‘The Carnival of the Animals’ Features a Glass Harmonica. This Orchestra Forgot the Glass.

A recording of the Saint-Saëns work features a reed rather than glass harmonica. Sometimes, you’ve got to run with your mistakes. Aug 27, 2018

https://www.wqxr.org/story/carnival-animals-features-glass-harmonica-orchestra-forgot-glass

15 Queer Composers You Should Know

https://www.wfmt.com/2015/06/25/15-queer-composers-know/

Two Symphonies from Latin America

https://www.wfmt.com/2018/09/01/symphonies-from-latin-america/

LISTEN | How Latin-American composers influenced Leonard Bernstein

https://www.wfmt.com/2018/08/25/listen-how-latin-american-composers-influenced-leonard-bernstein/

Leonard Bernstein’s 100th Birthday Tribute

https://www.wfmt.com/2018/08/25/leonard-bernsteins-100th-birthday-tribute/

Inge Borkh, Opera Diva of Passionate Portrayals, Dies at 97

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/obituaries/inge-borkh-dead.html

Operalia Opens Doors to the Best Stages; Winners Claim the Prize

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/arts/music/operalia-winners-career.html

Kids Meet an Opera Singer | Kids Meet | HiHo Kids

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95RLviccrQc

Rihab Chaieb & Samantha Hankey Among 2018 Soprano-Less Operalia Finalists

http://operawire.com/rihab-chaieb-samantha-hankey-among-2018-soprano-less-operalia-finalists/

Note by glorious note, Vashon Opera achieves a milestone

http://www.vashonbeachcomber.com/life/note-by-glorious-note-vashon-opera-achieves-a-milestone/

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