Week of January 16 - January 25, 2019

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This week on Rhode Island Public television:

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

Saturday, January 19, 2019, 8:00pm

Sunday,  January 20, 2019, 3:00am 

Monday, January 21, 2019, 12:00am

Norma

The blazing title role of Bellini’s Norma has been a star-making vehicle for some of opera’s most beloved sopranos, so when Sondra Radvanovsky first took on the part at the Met in 2013, it marked a new chapter of her career. She returned four years later to reprise her riveting portrayal, this time opening the 2017–18 season in an evocative new production by Sir David McVicar. Captured live in HD, her performance is nothing less than a tour-de-force, combining dramatic commitment with true bel canto singing—Radvanovsky balances the role’s powerful intensity with moments of delicate lyricism. As Adalgisa, the young priestess torn between love and duty, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato delivers an interpretation imbued with great emotional nuance. Tenor Joseph Calleja is the aggressive Roman proconsul Pollione, with Matthew Rose as Norma’s father, the warrior Oroveso. Leading the Met Orchestra and Chorus, maestro Carlo Rizzi draws out the vibrant color of Bellini’s masterful score.

Length: 180 minutes

SYNOPSIS: 

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

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WQXR

The Importance of Paying Close Attention at the OperaWQXR

WQXR's Fred Plotkin on how the joys of opera are in the details.  Jan 11, 2019

https://www.wqxr.org/story/importance-paying-close-attention-opera/

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OPERA ON THE INTERNET

WITH 

DAVE D’AGUANNO

Known primarily for his piano music and as having once served as Prime Minister of Poland, Paderewski also wrote an opera -- "Manru" (1900) -- and it is this work that can be seen on OperaVision this coming Friday (January 18). It's a Polish National Opera production that was filmed last October.

(https://operavision.eu/en/library/performances/operas/manru)

Then on Saturday, the Met will be broadcasting a LIVE performance of Debussy's "Pelleas & Melisande" with Isabel Leonard in the role of Melisande.

(www.wrti.org/)

If the Debussy opera doesn't interest you, there also happens to be some Puccini on hand so that, as an alternative, you can listen to a LIVE broadcast from Palermo of his final opera "Turandot."

(www.radio3.rai.it/)

Or you can tune in to Catalunya Musica for a LIVE broadcast from Barcelona of his earlier opera "Madame Butterfly."

(https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/puccinis_madama_butterfly_with_haroutounian_de_leon_ibarra_and_del_castillo_from_barcelona/45791/)

There also happen to be 2 opera broadcasts scheduled for Sunday that may be of interest, especially for fans of the music of either Handel or Mozart (or both, for that matter). On French Radio, you can hear a performance from Lyons of Handel's "Rodelinda" (1725), while BR-Klassik is broadcasting a LIVE performance of Mozart's unfinished opera "Zaide" (1780). This early work of his (which is missing its overture and 3rd Act) is being performed in Munich.

("Rodelinda" - www.francemusique.fr/)

("Zaide" - https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/mozarts_zaide_with_persson_ovenden_scheider_borchev_and_pall_from_munich/45824/)

Enjoy!

DAVE

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 NEWS FROM AROUND THE 

WORLD OF MUSIC

A Young Singer Takes the Opera World by Storm

Anita Rachvelishvili is “without doubt the best Verdi mezzo-soprano today on the planet,” according to the conductor Riccardo Muti.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/28/arts/music/anita-rachvelishvili-adriana-lecouvreur-met-opera.html

Renée Fleming Presents SongStudio At Carnegie Hall This January 2019

http://operawire.com/renee-fleming-presents-songstudio-at-carnegie-hall-this-january-2019/

The International Opera Awards: Placido Domingo

https://mailchi.mp/operaawards/a-celebration-of-placido-domingo?fbclid=IwAR0hNnb_wCdDhJzcOS49f0uPXaxH3HWUmFd7779dFNvPyXTItyKsN_lUTUU

Operawire: Opera for Beginners

Artist Profile: Soprano Edita Gruberova, A Bel Canto Queen

http://operawire.com/artist-profile-soprano-edita-gruberova-a-bel-canto-queen/

Interview: Why ‘Opera As Opera’ Author Conrad L. Osborne Asserts That Artform Is In Creative Decline

https://bit.ly/2Lw94Kf?fbclid=IwAR2r68vrX6dB7FRD50CC0OtG3sVYZsEauz6Xq2Ppz6NrXhXpKlVCiAbfp8c

Top 5 Operas to See This Weekend – International (1/4-6)

Gregory Kunde, Cecilia Bartoli & Pavol Breslik Among Exciting Stars to See This Weekend

http://operawire.com/top-5-operas-to-see-this-weekend-international-1-4-6/

Kristin Lewis Replaces Sondra Radvanovsky In ‘Aida’

http://operawire.com/kristin-lewis-replaces-sondra-radvanovsky-in-aida/

Opera Profile: Francesco Cilea’s Diva Showcase ‘Adriana Lecouvreur’

http://operawire.com/opera-profile-francesco-cileas-diva-showcase-adriana-lecouvreur/

Cecilia Bartoli: Touching, pure poetry for Vivaldi (in German; use Google Translate)

Cecilia Bartoli devotes herself with virtuoso creative power to the opera production of the Venetian composer.

https://www.tt.com/kultur/musik/15152190/cecilia-bartoli-beruehrende-reine-poesie-fuer-vivaldi?fbclid=IwAR3IGZOIXwOxXDt_cY28laEz1cQtRbtMZ3OHBoY9HbcxjsLZy-kLmerPzBQ

A Young Singer Takes the Opera World by Storm

Anita Rachvelishvili is “without doubt the best Verdi mezzo-soprano today on the planet,” according to the conductor Riccardo Muti.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/28/arts/music/anita-rachvelishvili-adriana-lecouvreur-met-opera.html

Carnegie Hall’s Contemporary Music Master Will Go to Berkeley

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/15/arts/music/jeremy-geffen-carnegie-hall-cal-performances-berkeley.html

Review: Met Opera’s ‘Adriana Lecouvreur’ Bristles With Passion and Danger

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/01/arts/music/review-adriana-lecouvreur-metropolitan-opera.html

Yo-Yo Ma's new Bach video is the most beautiful thing we've ever seen

https://www.classicfm.com/artists/yo-yo-ma/bach-project-video/?fbclid=IwAR2ccUET3ZEIX7iq0FKYrBtwzA6Bn5_lD8mhJYpTo4JQbGvi3XAFrn7cPEY

How Music Heals

https://folks.pillpack.com/how-music-heals/?fbclid=IwAR2UuuwCpTjqn5-2CIHaAVfTQzRGY7vBIudp9INiyNpKN3rIlc8u6PCo_So

Obituary: Legendary Bass Theo Adam Dies At 92

http://operawire.com/obituary-legendary-bass-theo-adam-dies-at-92/?fbclid=IwAR1VQ-4ey080_5NdeoA6_4SEfutILmk0js8RKnn5zHajHrQaJAZzR1m6eqI

INTERVIEW | Adrianne Pieczonka Explains Why Music Education Matters More Than Ever

https://www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/2019/01/09/interview-adrianne-pieczonka-explains-why-music-education-matters-more-to-her-than-ever/?fbclid=IwAR0ocpTVAyMVjt162Jw2bQzfyCEn8mqyqqKTx1zIbr4zBzwEZoBcpdvaM1w

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THE MET SATURDAY AFTERNOON, 

1:00PM  RADIO BROADCAST, 

Pelléas et Mélisande

Synopsis: https://www.metopera.org/discover/synopses/pelleas-et-melisande/

   

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NO OPERA ON 

WGBH THIS WEEK!

Angry Acting Attorney General Rod Rosenstein

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