This Saturday, March 2, 2019
LIVE in Met HD, 1:00pm
Encores on March 6 and March 9, check your local theaters
For tickets: https://www.metopera.org/season/in-cinemas/
La Fille du Régiment
"Daughter of the Regiment"
Tenor Javier
Camarena and soprano Pretty Yende team up for a feast of bel canto vocal
fireworks—including the show-stopping tenor aria “Ah! Mes amis … Pour mon âme,”
with its nine high Cs. Alessandro Corbelli and Maurizio Muraro trade off as the
comic Sergeant Sulpice, with mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe as the outlandish
Marquise of Berkenfield. And in an exciting piece of casting, stage and screen
icon Kathleen Turner makes her Met debut in the speaking role of the Duchess of
Krakenthorp. Enrique Mazzola conducts.
World
Premiere: Opéra Comique, Paris, 1840. This frothy comedy mixes humor with a
rush of buoyant melody and notorious vocal challenges. The story concerns a
young orphan girl raised by an army regiment as their mascot and begins at the
moment of her first stirrings of love. Complications (and comedy) ensue when
her true identity is discovered. The action is startlingly simple and
unencumbered by intricate subplots, allowing the full charm of the characters
and their virtuosic music to come across in an uninhibited way.
Duration: 2 HRS 35
MINS
Thus Spake Kathleen Turner
(appearing as The
Duchess of Krakenthorp)
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This week on Rhode Island Public television:
WSBE: (Comcast 294, Cox 808, Full Channel 109, and Verizon 478)
Saturday, March 2, 2019, 8:00pm
Sunday, March 3, 2019, 3:00am
Monday, March 4, 2019, 12:00am
Puccini's
La Fanciulla del West
Puccini's romantic
epic of the Wild West features soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek, tenor Jonas
Kaufmann and baritone Zeljko Lucic.
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WQXR
An Analysis of the Metropolitan Opera’s New Season
The Metropolitan Opera has just announced the repertory and casting for its 2019–20 season, and Fred Plotkin is looking forward to next year with great enthusiasm. Feb 20, 2019
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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D’AGUANNO
With the
amazingly gifted young soprano Pretty Yende singing the title role this coming
Saturday afternoon in the Met's LIVE HD-transmission of Donizetti's
"Daughter of the Regiment", there are bound to be plenty of
opera-lovers flocking to nearby cinemas for this one. Even if you prefer to
stay at home, you can listen to the performance on various internet radio
stations.
If the
Donizetti opera doesn't interest you, there are actually 2 Mozart opera
broadcasts scheduled for Saturday afternoon which may. One of them is a
broadcast of the February 22nd performance in Vienna of "Idomeneo"
(on ORF) while the other one brings us a December 2018 performance of "Don
Giovanni" (from Bologna) which Radio 3 (RAI) will be carrying.
("Idomeneo"
- http://oe1.orf.at/)
("Don
Giovanni" - www.radio3.rai.it/)
One of
Handel's more popular operas -- "Rodelinda" -- can be heard in a LIVE
performance from Barcelona.
If your
preferences lean more towards 21st century opera, you may certainly be
interested in tuning in to the January2019 performance of Jonathan Dove's
newest opera "Marx in London" which can be heard on German radio, as
it was performed in Bonn. Described as a "comic opera", it's probably
worth mentioning that the "Marx" in the title actually refers to Karl
Marx (as opposed to Groucho et al.).
In fact,
there's even one more 21st century opera that is coming our way. On Tuesday
(March 5), OperaVision will be showing a video-stream of Finnish composer Jaako
Kuusisto's new opera "Ice" which, as one might expect, has received
its world premiere in Helsinki.
Enjoy!
DAVE
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NEWS FROM AROUND THE
NEWS FROM AROUND THE
WORLD OF MUSIC
With the
amazingly gifted young soprano Pretty Yende singing the title role this coming
Saturday afternoon in the Met's LIVE HD-transmission of Donizetti's
"Daughter of the Regiment", there are bound to be plenty of
opera-lovers flocking to nearby cinemas for this one. Even if you prefer to
stay at home, you can listen to the performance on various internet radio
stations.
If the
Donizetti opera doesn't interest you, there are actually 2 Mozart opera
broadcasts scheduled for Saturday afternoon which may. One of them is a
broadcast of the February 22nd performance in Vienna of "Idomeneo"
(on ORF) while the other one brings us a December 2018 performance of "Don
Giovanni" (from Bologna) which Radio 3 (RAI) will be carrying.
("Idomeneo"
- http://oe1.orf.at/)
("Don
Giovanni" - www.radio3.rai.it/)
One of
Handel's more popular operas -- "Rodelinda" -- can be heard in a LIVE
performance from Barcelona.
If your
preferences lean more towards 21st century opera, you may certainly be
interested in tuning in to the January2019 performance of Jonathan Dove's
newest opera "Marx in London" which can be heard on German radio, as
it was performed in Bonn. Described as a "comic opera", it's probably
worth mentioning that the "Marx" in the title actually refers to Karl
Marx (as opposed to Groucho et al.).
In fact,
there's even one more 21st century opera that is coming our way. On Tuesday
(March 5), OperaVision will be showing a video-stream of Finnish composer Jaako
Kuusisto's new opera "Ice" which, as one might expect, has received
its world premiere in Helsinki.
Enjoy!
DAVE
The Best Classical New Releases of February 2019
From rival
interpretations of Mussorgsky to choral delights by Britten, here are our
favorites from February. Feb 28, 2019
Must-See Classical Concerts This March
Whether
you're in the mood for Wagner's 16-hour Ring cycle, or a conductorless St.
Matthew Passion, here's what to see around New York this March. Feb 28, 2019
Where Are All the Concert Band Classics?
There is
musical life after high school band, after all. Feb 26, 2019
Classical Music Still Struggles Online, Despite Curation
Getting your
classical fix on many streaming services can be a total nightmare. Feb 25, 2019
Dreamy Music in the Shadow of An Old Power Plant
Musician
Shara Nova's voice compliments the aesthetics of an old Yonkers power plant in
this project by Mason Jar Music. Feb 25, 2019
Mozart at the Movies: How Oscar-Winning Films Created
Iconic Scenes with Classical Music
In the
spirit of this year’s Oscars, here are a few moments from Academy lauded
pictures that would have fallen flat without help from Beethoven, Mozart, and
Bach. Feb 23, 2019
Eight Ways To Say 'I Love You': Pieces Composers Wrote
For Their Valentines
It's
Valentine's Day, which means love is in the air! Here are 8 pieces composers
wrote for their Valentines. Feb 14, 2019
Beethoven’s Quartets Are Best Performed in Crypt
The Attacca
Quartet brought some Beethoven to the bowels of a church, and honestly, it’s a
perfect fit. Feb 8, 2019
The TSO Nailed Andrew Davis’s Birthday Surprise
Employees
always have something up their sleeves on the boss’s birthday. Feb 5, 2019
Artist Profile: Mirella Freni, A Great Italian Diva
Artist Profile: Marian Anderson, A Great African American
Contralto and Diplomat
http://operawire.com/artist-profile-marian-anderson-a-great-african-american-contralto-and-diplomat/
Longborough Festival Opera to Launch New ‘Ring Des Nibelungen’
Production in June 2019
Opera Profile: ‘La Forza del Destino,’ A Complex &
Potent Verdian Epic
Q & A: Plácido Domingo & Ana Martinez On
Competitions, Repertory Stagnation & Contemporary Works
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THE MET SATURDAY AFTERNOON,
1:00PM RADIO BROADCAST,
Donizetti's
Donizetti's
La
Fille du Régiment
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HTTP://WWW.WQXR.ORG/STREAMS
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NO OPERA ON
WGBH THIS WEEK!
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