Week of January 24 - January 31, 2019

OPERA ON 

WGBH THIS WEEK!

Friday, January 24, 2019

WGBH 2, 10:00pm

DOUBT

Sister James and Sister Aloysius come head-to-head when Sister Aloysius expresses her initial concern over the behavior of Father Flynn in this new opera based on John Patrick Shanley’s acclaimed 2005 Broadway play, later adapted into an Academy Award-nominated 2008 film. Duration: 2:27

https://www.thirteen.org/13pressroom/press-release/great-performances-doubt-from-the-minnesota-opera/

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This week on Rhode Island Public television:

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

Saturday, January 26, 2019, 8:00pm

Sunday,  January 27, 2019, 3:00am 

Monday, January 28, 2019, 12:00am

Otello

Aleksandrs Antonenko portrays the Moore 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

The Importance of Paying Close Attention at the Opera 

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

Two simultaneous broadcasts of Bizet's "Carmen" turn up on Saturday afternoon's schedule this coming weekend. One of them is a broadcast from last Saturday's performance of the work that took place in Stockholm, while the other one is a broadcast of a November 2018 performance from Florence.

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

(Florence: www. radio3.rai.it/)

Besides the 2 "Carmen" broadcasts, one can enjoy a bit of Verdi as BBC Radio 3 brings us a recent performance of "Simon Boccanegra." This one took place in London's Royal Opera House.

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

Radio 4 (the Netherlands) will be airing a performance of Korngold's "Die Tote Stadt" which took place earlier this month (a Reisopera production).

(www.radio4.nl/)

The Saturday afternoon Met broadcast happens to be the audio of the recent (Nov. 10, 2018) HD-transmission of Nico Muhly's "Marnie."

(www.wrti.org/)

Then on Sunday, some relatively unknown Rossini is on hand, as his opera "Zelmira" (1822) can be heard in a performance that was part of last summer's Rossini Festival in Bad Wildbad (July 27, 2018).

(https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/rossinis_zelmira_with_dalla_benetta_secchi_sungu_and_stewart_from_bad_wilbad/45975/)

And once again, Puccini's "La Boheme" pops up on the schedule. This time it's a LIVE video-stream from Berlin, courtesy of OperaVision.

(https://operavision.eu/en/library/performances/operas/la-boheme)

Enjoy!

DAVE

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 NEWS FROM AROUND THE 

WORLD OF MUSIC

Gütersloh 〓 Opera costumes of “Turandot” to the Lithuanian National Opera were taken away

https://m-festival.biz/en/5752?fbclid=IwAR02CnBiv2lntaH-5R-t-FMJTlqMnD6xW2pB6xckPn6I4vdoqNFtJvUTRcQ

opera_singers_world

Elina Garanca and Gregory Kunde! Carmen final

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs-ocw0BCqH/?fbclid=IwAR3qV3CZP9iGiVIioQ2v6uGneL-3RhZqnXKPur4WWiidPJ4E4qOeErkkI_I

The 20 Essential Mozart Recordings

Take a musical deep dive into Mozart. Get acquainted with our picks for the 20 essential Mozart recordings. Jan 21, 2019

https://www.wqxr.org/story/20-essential-mozart-recordings/

A World Record for World’s Highest Concert

Pianist Evelina De Lain brought Chopin to the Himalayas. Jan 18, 2019

https://www.wqxr.org/story/evelina-de-lain-himalayas-world-record-worlds-highest-concert/

Why, Yes, Glass Cellos Are in Fact a Thing

Artist Gary Word fell in love with fused glass and uses that knowledge to create unique instruments. If you wanted to know what a glass cello sounds like, this is your chance. Jan 17, 2019

https://www.wqxr.org/story/why-yes-glass-cellos-are-fact-thing/

Listen to this Incredible Bass Arrangement of Zigeunerweisen

Bassist Lauren Pierce teamed up with a Texas ensemble to record her arrangement of Saraste’s most famous piece. Jan 16, 2019

https://www.wqxr.org/story/listen-incredible-bass-arrangement-zigeunerweisen/

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

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

Jaap's First 100 Days

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

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THE MET SATURDAY AFTERNOON, 

1:00PM  RADIO BROADCAST,  MaRNIE

https://www.metopera.org/season/2018-19-season/marnie/

   

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