Week of November 29 - December 6, 2018

This week on Rhode Island Public television:

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

Saturday, December 1, 2018, 8:00pm

Sunday,  December 2, 2018, 3:00am 

Monday, December 3, 2018, 12:00am

Turandot

Swedish soprano Nina Stemme sings the role of Puccini's Princess Turandot; with Anita Hartig and Marco Berti. is set in China and involves Prince Calaf, who falls in love with the cold Princess Turandot. To obtain permission to marry her, a suitor has to solve three riddles; any wrong answer results in death. Calaf passes the test, but Turandot still refuses to marry him.

Length: 150 minutes

Synopsis:  https://www.metopera.org/user-information/synopses-archive/turandot 

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WQXR

New Arrivals on the Opera Bookshelf (And Other Gift Ideas)

Here are the best gifts for the opera lover in your life. Nov 5, 2018

https://www.wqxr.org/story/new-arrivals-opera-bookshelf-and-other-gift-ideas/

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OPERA ON THE INTERNET

WITH 

DAVE D’AGUANNO

Most internet radio stations will be carrying the LIVE performance from the Met on Saturday afternoon, this being the first of the Met's regular series of Saturday afternoon radio broadcasts for the current 2018/2019 season. The opera being heard on Saturday is Boito's "Mefistofele" which hasn't been done at the Met in quite a number of years, so fans of this opera will, no doubt, be delighted to listen in on Saturday. With tenor Michael Fabiano as Faust and soprano Angela Meade as Margherita, this should be well worth hearing!

(www.wrti.org/)

Then on Sunday (Dec. 2), it's "Verdi Time" once again. Opera fans can either listen to the LIVE broadcast from Rome of "Rigoletto" on Radio 3 (RAI), or WATCH the LIVE video-stream from Munich of "Otello" with tenor Jonas Kaufmann in the title role.

("Rigoletto" - www.radio3.rai.it/)

("Otello" - https://www.staatsoper.de/en/staatsopertv.html?no_cache=1#c13145)

"Verdi Time" continues on Tuesday (Dec. 4) when the Met offers another of its FREE live audio-streams. At 7:55 pm, a performance of "La Traviata" can be heard on the Met's website. With soprano Diana Damrau as Violetta and tenor Juan Diego Florez as Alfredo, this should be another "must" for many opera-lovers!

(www.metopera.org/)

Enjoy!

DAVE

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 NEWS FROM AROUND THE 

WORLD OF MUSIC

Metropolitan Opera Partners With WQXR For New Podcast

http://operawire.com/metropolitan-opera-partners-with-wqxr-for-new-podcast/

Interview: Mezzo Megan Marino On Growing Into An Operatic Career

http://operawire.com/interview-mezzo-megan-marino-on-growing-into-an-operatic-career/

Antonio Pappano Will Conduct At the Met Opera, Retain Post At Royal Opera House

http://operawire.com/antonio-pappano-will-conduct-at-the-met-opera-retain-post-at-royal-opera-house/

NEA Opera Honors: Interview with Marilyn Horne

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqK55xsiqsI&fbclid=IwAR1EqSC4QDvUSMbb43zM5b17mXb8Uu6i1efh0UqVC2AAza33zO7Izz02roA

San Francisco Opera 2018-19 Review: It’s a Wonderful Life

Fine Singing Can’t Lift Jake Heggie & Gene Scheer’s New Opera To Higher Realms

http://operawire.com/san-francisco-opera-2018-19-review-its-a-wonderful-life/?fbclid=IwAR3AvSqWX6AmOnNJYHJYA0XLScRpTmghO-IH37dfGJY4NYH8ZaKGxFyMBm0

Opera Review: The King is Half-Undressed

The Met revives Bizet's The Pearl Fishers.

https://super-conductor.blogspot.com/2018/11/opera-review-king-is-half-undressed.html?fbclid=IwAR1Gy0GI4eY-R8NaELQ-MrfRGWtJNBTeIED0LZIT0hKYsO1MNZgSt761XQw

Metropolitan Opera Preview: La Traviata

The Met appeases its audience with a new, traditional staging of Verdi's tragic masterpiece.

https://super-conductor.blogspot.com/2018/11/metropolitan-opera-preview-la-traviata.html

Review: ‘Tosca’ Is Sondra Radvanovsky’s Show at the Met Opera

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/31/arts/music/review-tosca-carmen-met-opera.html?fbclid=IwAR20ZImeZKYv1ryWIth1Z6txEZIFZTZY41PTZ8d4-nk9DsafTP00yuZUJhw

The Rolston String Quartet Plays Mozart, Debussy, Schafer

The Rolston String Quartet drops by the WQXR studios for a live performance before its Carnegie Debut Nov 28, 2018

https://www.wqxr.org/story/rolston-string-quartet-plays-mozart-debussy-schafer/

Essential Christmas Recordings

'Tis the season to listen to nothing but the best of Christmas music. Nov 26, 2018

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

Anke Chen Age 5 Plays J.S.Bach Prelude No.6 in D Minor, BWV 851

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGDUV-be2Ek

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MET SATURDAY AFTERNOON

 RADIO BROADCAST RESUMEs this Saturday, DECEMBER 1, 1:00 pm

WITH BOITO'S "MEFISTOFELE."

   

GO TO 
 HTTP://WWW.WQXR.ORG/STREAMS
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WGBH THIS WEEK!

Angry Theresa May, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Week of November 22 - November 29, 2018

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This week on Rhode Island Public television:

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

Saturday, November 24, 2018, 8:00pm

Sunday, November 25, 2018, 3:00am 

Monday, November 26, 2018, 12:00am

Tosca

Director David McVicar's production of "Tosca" features Sonya Yoncheva and Vittorio Grigolo; Isabel Leonard hosts.

Length: 150

Synopsis: https://www.metopera.org/discover/synopses/tosca/

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WQXR

150 Years After His Death, Rossini Still Means Joy

WQXR's Fred Plotkin on the joys of Rossini, 150 years after the composer's death. Nov 13, 2018

https://www.wqxr.org/story/150-years-after-his-death-rossini-still-means-joy/

New Arrivals on the Opera Bookshelf (And Other Gift Ideas)

Here are the best gifts for the opera lover in your life. Nov 5, 2018

https://www.wqxr.org/story/new-arrivals-opera-bookshelf-and-other-gift-ideas

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OPERA ON THE INTERNET

WITH 

DAVE D’AGUANNO

A surge of Verdi opera broadcasts highlights the internet radio schedules during the next few days, starting on Friday (Nov. 23) with a LIVE performance from Munich of his penultimate opera "Otello." Fans of tenor Jonas Kaufmann will surely be interested in hearing their favorite tenor sing the difficult and dramatic title role in this one.

(https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/verdis_otello_with_kaufmann_harteros_finley_and_johnson_from_munich/44732/)

Also on Friday, Radio 3 (RAI) has scheduled a LIVE performance from Venice of one of Verdi's other Shakespeare operas -- the earlier "Macbeth" with baritone Luca Salsi singing the title role, as he seems to have been doing recently in a few other productions of this opera.

(www.radio3.rai.it/)

Then on Saturday, a potentially interesting performance of "Rigoletto" is featured on Swedish Radio, direct from Stockholm.

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

A fourth Verdi opera can then be heard on Sunday. Once again, the opera in question -- "I Due Foscari" -- is being broadcast LIVE from Munich.

(https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/verdis_i_due_foscari_with_nucci_magri_yu_and_sebestyen_from_munich/44779/)

Well, if you'd prefer a little Handel instead, you can check out a broadcast on Saturday of his 5-act opera "Teseo" (premiered in 1713), in a performance that took place earlier this month in Vienna. This being his only opera that extends to 5 acts, perhaps I shouldn't have said "a little Handel" in the opening sentence of this paragraph!

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

Enjoy! -- And don't forget to "bundle up" for one of the coldest Thanksgiving Days ever!

DAVE

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 NEWS FROM AROUND THE 

WORLD OF MUSIC

2018 WQXR Holiday Gift Guide

Holiday season is upon us. Which also means... gift-giving season is upon us! And if you've got a classical music-lover in your life, we've got some suggestions to keep you covered.

Nov 20, 2018

https://www.wqxr.org/story/2018-wqxr-holiday-gift-guide/

Our favorite words of wisdom from Joyce DiDonato.

Nov 14, 2018

https://www.wqxr.org/story/our-favorite-words-wisdom-joyce-didonato/

Listen: The Carnegie Hall Lullaby Project

Carnegie Hall is a legendary venue, but artists that have shone on its stage have brought music to expectant mothers in hospital's and homeless shelters throughout New York. Nov 13, 2018

 Listen 7 min

https://www.wqxr.org/story/listen-carnegie-hall-lullaby-project/

Opera Shenanigans

@operashenanigans

https://www.facebook.com/operashenanigans/

Bill Roth stayed behind to protect his home from the Camp Fire, with just a garden hose and Beethoven on his headphones.

Paradise Man Saves His Home from California’s Camp Fire — with Beethoven for Company.

Wednesday, November 21, 2018

By James Bennett, II

https://www.wqxr.org/story/paradise-man-saves-his-home-californias-camp-fire-beethoven-company/

Once you've your most Autumnal victuals laid before you, what to do about the music?

10 More Pieces to Start Up Your Thanksgiving Day Playlist

Wednesday, November 21, 2018

By James Bennett, II

https://www.wqxr.org/story/10-more-pieces-start-your-thanksgiving-day-playlist/

Yo-Yo Ma at the Arc de Triomphe

A Century After the Great War, Yo-Yo Ma Plays German Music at Paris’s l’Arc de Triomphe

During a ceremony to mark the centennial of World War I’s end, Yo-Yo Ma performed part of a Bach Cello Suite in remembrance.

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

By James Bennett, II

https://www.wqxr.org/story/century-after-great-war-yo-yo-ma-plays-german-music-pariss-larc-de-triomphe/

Tilda Swinton's pups pair well with Anthony Roth Costanzo's voice.

Here’s Anthony Roth Costanzo Singing for Tilda Swinton’s Dogs

Monday, November 12, 2018

By James Bennett, II

https://www.wqxr.org/story/heres-anthony-roth-costanzo-singing-tilda-swintons-dogs/

Yes, you read that correctly. Not much to explain here.

Three months of effort went into drawing this course, according to its creator

Synchronized Symphony: Beethoven’s Fifth

YouTuber DoodleChaos has returned with another Line Rider track — this one synchronized to parts of the first movement of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony.

Thursday, November 08, 2018

By James Bennett, II

https://www.wqxr.org/story/synchronized-symphony-beethovens-fifth/

Gifaanisqatsi Is the Remarkable Gif Event of 2018

Randomized gifs paired with Philip Glass’s Koyaanisqatsi score create a whole new experience.

Thursday, November 08, 2018

By James Bennett, II

https://www.wqxr.org/story/gifaanisqatsi-remarkable-gif-event-2018/

You know, the sax isn't exclusive to jazz.

The Classical Sax Is Amazing. Here Are Seven Pieces to Get You Started

The saxophone is an orchestral newcomer, but composers have far from neglected its gilded magnificence.

Tuesday, November 06, 2018

By James Bennett, II

https://www.wqxr.org/story/classical-sax-amazing-here-are-seven-pieces-get-you-started/

The Successful Premiere of ‘Le Prophète’ Earned Critical Praise — and Wagner’s Hate

If there were any single piece of music (and any one composer) for whom Wagner’s Anti-Semitic hate grew, it was Meyerbeer’s Le Prophète.

Tuesday, November 06, 2018

By James Bennett, II

https://www.wqxr.org/story/successful-premiere-le-prophete-earned-critical-praise-and-wagners-hate/

Johann Sebastian Bach

Does It Seem Like that Bach You’re Hearing Is Getting Faster? It's Not Just You

A study from Deutsche Grammophon and Decca reveals that Bach recordings of the Double Concerto, in general, are getting faster — 30 percent faster, to be exact.

Thursday, November 01, 2018

By James Bennett, II

https://www.wqxr.org/story/hearing-bach-getting-faster-its-not-just-you/

The Hungarian State Opera House was used to resurrect the old Met Opera in 'The Alienist'

Where Have I Seen This Place Before? The Hungarian State Opera House on Film

The Hungarian State Opera House is one of the more recognizable venues on the big (and small) screen, popping up in films from the 70's and television shows of the 2010s.

Wednesday, October 31, 2018

By James Bennett, II

https://www.wqxr.org/story/where-have-i-seen-place-hungarian-state-opera-house-film/

The crossover pair Brooklyn Duo has had the 30 Seconds To Mars' "The Kill" on their to-do list for a while, and they finally checked it off.

Peak 2000's Emo, but for Cello and Piano Duo

Monday, October 29, 2018

By James Bennett, II

https://www.wqxr.org/story/peak-2000s-emo-cello-and-piano-duo/

Dancing Death

The tritone is a fascinating interval... but where did that "devil" business come from?

How Did the Tritone Get Such a Devilish Reputation?

Friday, October 26, 2018

By James Bennett, II

https://www.wqxr.org/story/how-did-tritone-get-such-devilish-reputation/

'Bohemian Rhapsody,' arranged for 28 trombones.

This All-Trombone Cover of Bohemian Rhapsody is a Balm for Your Weary Soul. Who knew 28 trombones could cover the Queen classic so gracefully?

Thursday, October 25, 2018

By James Bennett, II

https://www.wqxr.org/story/all-trombone-cover-bohemian-rhapsody-balm-your-weary-soul/

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MET SATURDAY AFTERNOON

 RADIO BROADCAST TO RESUME DECEMBER 1

WITH BOITO'S "MEFISTOFELE."

   

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

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WGBH THIS WEEK!

Angry Nancy Pelosi

Speaker-elect of the U.S. House of Representatives

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Week of November 15 - November 22, 2018

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This week on Rhode Island Public television:

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

Saturday, November 17, 2018, 8:00pm

Sunday, November 18, 2018, 3:00am 

Monday, November 19, 2018, 12:00am

Otello

Aleksandrs Antonenko portrays the Moor of Venice in Bartlett Sher's staging of Verdi's "Otello."

Length: 180

Synopsis: https://www.metopera.org/discover/synopses/otello/

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WQXR

150 Years After His Death, Rossini Still Means Joy

WQXR's Fred Plotkin on the joys of Rossini, 150 years after the composer's death. Nov 13, 2018

https://www.wqxr.org/story/150-years-after-his-death-rossini-still-means-joy/

New Arrivals on the Opera Bookshelf (And Other Gift Ideas)

Here are the best gifts for the opera lover in your life. Nov 5, 2018

https://www.wqxr.org/story/new-arrivals-opera-bookshelf-and-other-gift-ideas

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OPERA ON THE INTERNET

WITH 

DAVE D’AGUANNO

This coming Saturday (November 17), BBC Radio 3 continues its series of broadcasts of Wagner's Ring Cycle, as performed recently at London's Royal Opera House, with a performance of "Siegfried." Soprano Nine Stemme, once again, can be heard in the role of Brunnhilde.

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

There's even more Wagner on tap for this Saturday as Swedish Radio offers a broadcast of "Das Rheingold" as performed in Gothenburg.

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

On German Radio, Gottfried von Einem's "Der Prozess" ("The Trial") (1952) may be heard as it was performed this past August 14 in Salzburg. As the title may suggest to some listeners, this one is based on Kafka's novel.

(www.dradio.de/dkultur/)

In a lighter vein, you can abandon yourselves to the charm of one of Rossini's lesser-known one-act comic operas. This one is "Adina" (1818), and the broadcast is of a performance that took place on August 12 as part of this past summer's annual Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro.

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

Then on Sunday, baritone Leo Nucci stars in Verdi's "Nabucco" coming to us LIVE from Paris. Nucci is, in a sense, a baritone equivalent of Placido Domingo, in that he's still singing leading roles after having made his La Scala debut all the way back in 1975!

(www.francemusique.fr/)

At the same time, one of Janacek's most popular operas can be enjoyed, simply by tuning in to OperaVision for a LIVE video-stream from Brno of "The Cunning Little Vixen." 

(https://operavision.eu/en/library/performances/operas/cunning-little-vixen)

And on Tuesday (Nov. 20), soprano Patricia Racette can be heard in the title role of this same composer's "Katya Kabanova" as performed LIVE in Barcelona. It is perhaps worth noting that -- unlike "The Cunning Little Vixen" which ends on a note of hope and renewal -- "Katya" is probably the only Janacek opera that ends in total despair!

(https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/janaceks_katia_kabanova_with_racette_schukoff_teliga_and_aldridge_from_barcelona/44636/)

Enjoy!

DAVE

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LOOK FOR THE

MET SATURDAY AFTERNOON

 RADIO BROADCAST TO RESUME DECEMBER 1

WITH BOITO'S "MEFISTOFELE."

   

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

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WGBH THIS WEEK!

Kim Jong Un
Supreme Leader of North Korea