Week of January 10 - January 17, 2019

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This Saturday, January 12, 2019

LIVE in Met HD, 1:00pm
For tickets: https://www.metopera.org/season/in-cinemas/

ADRIANA LECOUVREUR

“A pinnacle of a lifetime of opera-going … Anna Netrebko is the ultimate diva” (Observer) in the title role of the real-life French actress who dazzled 18th-century audiences with her on- and offstage passion. The soprano is joined by tenor Piotr Beczała, “in sterling form” (Financial Times) as Adriana’s lover, Maurizio, as well as the “stupendous” (New York Times) mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili and baritone Ambrogio Maestri. Gianandrea Noseda conducts. Sir David McVicar’s engrossing new staging sets the action in a working replica of a Baroque theater.

Synopsis: https://www.metopera.org/discover/synopses/adriana-lecouvreur/

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This week on Rhode Island Public television:

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

Saturday, January 12, 2019, 8:00pm

Sunday,  January 13, 2019, 3:00am 

Monday, January 14, 2019, 12:00am

Anna Netrebko

Il Trovatore

Yonghoon Lee

Anna Netrebko portrays Leonora, the heroine of Verdi's "Il Trovatore"; also with Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Yonghoon Lee.

Length: 180 minutes

Synopsis: 

Dmitri Hvorostovsky

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OPERA ON THE INTERNET

WITH 

DAVE D’AGUANNO

With a high-powered cast (Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczala, & Anita Rachvelishvili) scheduled to appear in Saturday afternoon's HD-transmission of Cilea's "Adriana Lecourveur" in local movie theatres, it's safe to predict that many opera-lovers will be attending or listening in on internet radio, with several internet radio stations transmitting the audio of that performance. And why not? Beautiful music, beautiful voices, what's not to like?

(www.wrti.org/)

As usual, there are a few other upcoming broadcasts worth mentioning, one of which would be tomorrow's broadcast on Radio 3 (RAI) of Puccini's "Madame Butterfly." This LIVE performance is coming to us, direct from Turin.

(www.radio3.rai.it/)

Then at 7:25 that evening, the Met will be offering a free LIVE audio-stream of Verdi's "Otello."

(www.metopera.org/)

For those who may not be interested in the "Adriana Lecouvreur" offering on Saturday, you may want to tune in to German Radio for a delayed broadcast from Copenhagen of Beethoven's "Fidelio." The performance itself will be taking place tomorrow (Jan. 10).

(www.dradio.de/dkultur/)

Also on Saturday: While many opera-lovers are familiar with Ponchielli's "La Gioconda" which has often been performed at the Met and many other major opera houses worldwide over the years, a performance of his opera "I Lituani" ("The Lithuanians") is something of a rarity. And so, interested listeners can treat themselves to a 2009 performance of this 1874 opera from (where else?) Vilnius (Lithuania).

(https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/ponchiellis_i_lituani_with_linaburgyte_vysniauskas_and_juozapaitis_from_vilnius/45656/)

Finally, fans of Debussy's "Pelleas & Melisande" will want to mark their calendars for next Tuesday's LIVE audio-stream from the Met at 7:25 pm, as soprano Isabel Leonard sings the role of Melisande in this beautiful atmospheric work.

(www.metopera.org/)

Enjoy!

DAVE

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 NEWS FROM AROUND THE 

WORLD OF MUSIC

Marisa Tomei Becomes Maria Callas, in New Anthony Roth Costanzo Video

Costanzo’s new music video features him singing more Handel, and Marisa Tomei assuming the role of Maria Callas. Jan 7, 2019

https://www.wqxr.org/story/first-watch-anthony-roth-costanzo-marissa-tomei-maria-callas-sing-handel/

Jaap's First 100 Days

It’s been 100 days since Jaap van Zweden officially took the helm as New York Philharmonic Music Director. We thought we’d check in to see how he’s doing. Jan 7, 2019

 Listen 18 min

https://www.wqxr.org/story/jaap-van-zweden-first-100-days/

12 Waltzes By Johann Strauss Jr. Not Named "The Blue Danube"

With the annual Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Concert upon us, we dig into the compositions Johann Strauss Jr.'s for 12 great waltzes NOT named "The Blue Danube." Jan 1, 2019

https://www.wqxr.org/story/12-waltzes-johann-strauss-jr-not-named-blue-danube/

WQXR's Classical Countdown: What We Learned

From the returning champion Beethoven's Ninth to a surprise entry by Gilbert and Sullivan, here's what we learned from this year's Classical Countdown. Jan 1, 2019

https://www.wqxr.org/story/wqxrs-classical-countdown-what-we-learned/

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THE

MET SATURDAY AFTERNOON, 1:00PM

 RADIO BROADCAST, Cilea's 
ADRIANA LECOUVREUR 

   

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

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NO OPERA ON 

WGBH THIS WEEK!

Former Vice President Dick Cheney

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