Week of February 14 - February 21, 2019

This week on Rhode Island Public television:

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

Saturday, February 16, 2019, 8:00pm

Sunday,  February 17, 2019, 3:00am 

Monday, February 18, 2019, 12:00am

Aida

Giuseppe Verdi's Egyptian epic "Aida" features soprano Anna Netrebko and mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili.

Duration: 180 minutes

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

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WQXR

Leontyne Price, 1963

Singular Voices: Leontyne Price

(This article from 2017 is by Fred Plotkin)

https://www.wqxr.org/story/singular-voices-leontyne-price/?fbclid=IwAR0C6quJczAMkKIRjbcO8TiuvajM-8g3Ry_jJ0Uw-MOF6l890EHiCk7538I

Are Opera Critics Above Reproach?

What is the role of a critic today? Jan 28, 2019

https://www.wqxr.org/story/opera-critic-fred-plotkin-operavore-reproach/

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OPERA ON THE INTERNET

WITH 

DAVE D’AGUANNO

Friday's LIVE broadcast from Bologna of Richard Strauss's "Salome" is among a few of the performances that are being scheduled in the days ahead. This Strauss opera can be heard on Radio 3 (RAI).

(www.radio3.rai.it/)

Then on Saturday (Feb. 16), the Met's LIVE matinee broadcast will be Mozart's "Don Giovanni" with bass Ildar Abdrazakov singing the role of Leporello this time around.

(www.metopera.org/)

BBC Radio 3 has a LIVE performance on its schedule of "Beatrice & Benedict" by Hector Berlioz. This opera (based on Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing") comes to us from Manchester.

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

Probably Weber's most popular opera -- "Der Freischutz" -- can be heard on German Radio, as performed in Essen on January 17 of this year.

(www.dradio.de/dkultur/)

Enjoy!

DAVE

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 NEWS FROM AROUND THE 

WORLD OF MUSIC

Leontyne Price celebrates her 92nd birthday on February 10, 2019

Leontyne Price, Legendary Diva, Is a Movie Star at 90

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/22/arts/music/leontyne-price-met-opera.html

Leontyne Price sings “Aida: O patria mia” (YouTube)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTJdZ2jHmFA&list=PLqJNzMNXCHa2VJgj-BKdZRLbdf-YsjMF2&index=1

If He Does This Met Opera Job Well, You’ll Never Know He Exists

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/25/arts/music/met-opera-broadcasts-sound.html?fbclid=IwAR1K_5OSTs_zjjYL9xPyCfZGA80iSmrzO43CMwLW9Pm542vVmjKoUFBCxgQ

Met Opera 2018-19 Preview: Nadine Sierra, Vittorio Grigolo, Rosa Feola Star In Verdi’s ‘Rigoeltto

http://operawire.com/met-opera-2018-19-preview-nadine-sierra-vittorio-grigolo-rosa-feola-star-in-verdis-rigoeltto/?fbclid=IwAR3-JzoVdE377wv1Z1ixvfll_mGfstmPn_exzamXX5_MGCHjcUNBqgVHLts

Met Opera 2018-19 Preview: Nadine Sierra, Vittorio Grigolo, Rosa Feola Star In Verdi’s ‘Rigoeltto

http://operawire.com/met-opera-2018-19-preview-nadine-sierra-vittorio-grigolo-rosa-feola-star-in-verdis-rigoeltto/?fbclid=IwAR3-JzoVdE377wv1Z1ixvfll_mGfstmPn_exzamXX5_MGCHjcUNBqgVHLts

Artist Profile: Mezzo Joyce DiDonato, A Modern Superstar

http://operawire.com/artist-profile-mezzo-joyce-didonato-a-modern-superstar/

Anton Coppola, 101, is ready to debut his latest opera ‘Lady Swanwhite’

http://www.tampabay.com/stage/anton-coppola-101-is-ready-to-debut-his-latest-opera-lady-swanwhite-20190207/?fbclid=IwAR3TJPAJUDKOUQAvgNBU3d-cvEyASKb2MHJhiRWrdItdkUPdGETlIti-KK8

Artist Profile: Famed Director Franco Zeffirelli

http://operawire.com/artist-profile-famed-director-franco-zeffirelli/?fbclid=IwAR0kvSrXE6P9ihlNdgN7yM97AmrGc___Ls8hPYfPJAIANfofhBFCUctGqwg

Beethoven’s Quartets Are Best Performed in Crypt

https://www.wqxr.org/story/beethoven-song-thanksgiving-attacca-quartet-crypt-session/

Open Ears: The Incredible, All-Too-Brief Life of Calvin Simmons

https://www.kdfc.com/2018/02/open-ears-calvin-simmons/

Obituary: Soprano Wilma Lipp Passes Away At 93

http://operawire.com/obituary-soprano-wilma-lipp-passes-away-at-93/?fbclid=IwAR1rpVavBICHEuiVdSas5IcVXXwvfYL6pnoqrxig_JiHi_T41WxDlN06zlA

Behind the All-Stars: George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue

https://www.kdfc.com/2019/01/behind-the-all-stars-rhapsody-in-blue/

Open Ears: Get to Know “the Dean of Black Women Composers”

https://www.kdfc.com/2018/03/open-ears-undine-smith-moore/

Open Ears: The Resurrection of Florence B. Price

https://www.kdfc.com/2018/02/open-ears-florence-b-price/

Open Ears: The Teacher That Inspired a Generation

https://www.kdfc.com/2018/02/open-ears-amanda-ira-aldridge/

Open Ears: From Steel Mills to the Silver Screen

https://www.kdfc.com/2018/02/open-ears-jester-hairston/

Open Ears: The Incredible Trailblazing Journey of Rudolph Dunbar

https://www.kdfc.com/2018/02/open-ears-rudolph-dunbar/

Going Deep: Our Favorite Finds to Celebrate KDFC at the Movies

https://www.kdfc.com/2019/02/kdfc-at-the-movies-goes-deep/

KDFC Classical All-Stars Top 100 Countdown | See the List

https://www.kdfc.com/2019/01/classical-all-stars-countdown-2019/

Stream the San Francisco Symphony On Demand

https://www.kdfc.com/2017/05/san-francisco-symphony-on-demand/

Stream Performances By Bay Area’s Groups On Demand

https://www.kdfc.com/2017/05/bay-area-mix-on-demand/

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THE MET SATURDAY AFTERNOON, 

1:00PM  RADIO BROADCAST,  

Mozart's

DON GIOVANNI 

with

Baritone Peter Mattei and bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni 

   

GO TO 

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

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NO OPERA ON 

WGBH THIS WEEK!

Special Counsel of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections 

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