Week of April 11 - April 18, 2019

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This week on Rhode Island Public television:

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

Saturday, April 13, 2019, 8:00pm

Sunday,  April 14,  2019, 3:00am 

Monday, April 15, 2019, 12:00am

L'Elisir d'Amore

Pretty Yende and Matthew Polenzani star in Bartlett Sher's production of Donizetti's "L'Elisir d'Amore."

Length:  

Synopsis: https://www.metopera.org/user-information/synopses-archive/lelisir-damore

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OPERA ON THE INTERNET

WITH 

DAVE D’AGUANNO

There are actually two opera performances from Ireland scheduled for this Friday (April 12). From Dublin, it's a LIVE performance of Erich Korngold's "Die Tote Stadt" while OperaVision will be presenting a video-stream of a February 2019 performance from Irish National Opera of Gluck's "Orfeo & Euriduce."

(Korngold: https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/korngolds_die_tote_stadt_with_byrne_workman_mcateer_and_goeldner_from_dublin/47577/)

(Gluck: https://operavision.eu/en/library/performances/operas/orfeo-ed-euridice)

Then on Saturday, the Met continues its cycle of Wagner's Ring operas with a LIVE broadcast of "Siegfried" which can be heard on many internet radio stations.

(www.metopera.org/)

Want more Wagner? ORF (Austria) has a LIVE Salzburg performance of "Die Meistersinger" on their Saturday schedule.

(http://oe1.orf.at/)

On the other hand, Verdi is represented with a performance from Amsterdam of his relatively early opera "Nabucco."

(www.radio4.nl/)

Plus, from Mozart's teen-age years, his opera "Il Re Pastore" (1775) can be heard in a performance that took place in Venice this past February 15.

(www.radio3.rai.it/)

Also on RAI's Radio 3, Sunday brings us a performance from Rome of Franz Lehar's "The Merry Widow."

(www.radio3.rai.it/)

And on French Radio, we get to hear another opera by Tchaikovsky which is rarely performed (at least, outside of Russia). His opera "The Enchantress" will be broadcast on Sunday in a performance that took place in Lyons on March 15 of this year.

(www.francemusique.fr/)

Enjoy!

DAVE

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NEWS FROM AROUND 
THE WORLD OF MUSIC

Terry Gross gives Yannick Nézet-Séguin the full ‘Fresh Air’ treatment

https://www.philly.com/arts/terry-gross-fresh-air-yannick-nezet-sequin-live-audience-20190404.html?fbclid=IwAR3E2XxhezknBuIjvxhx71Mbkt3BMs7aSLwngPYIjiuExMTQk7Pr4F2N-vI

Lisette Oropesa Wins The 2019 Richard Tucker Award

http://operawire.com/lisette-oropesa-wins-the-2019-richard-tucker-award/?fbclid=IwAR1KAM42vsibtKoBP6VWwFQF5b6wpVLcII5VZbLZodsnovlOLJQdSltpzEo

Q & A: Lisette Oropesa On Winning The 2019 Richard Tucker Award

http://operawire.com/q-a-lisette-oropesa-on-winning-the-2019-richard-tucker-award/?fbclid=IwAR0Bb2NBad-fpyv6t8Uo4X-UibRGZ8RRfn9w-iXwm4tGbL2jmCprQ19cgZE

Joyce DiDonato, Renée Fleming, Sir Bryn Terfel & Pretty Yende Headline Carnegie Hall’s 2019-20 Season

http://operawire.com/joyce-didonato-renee-fleming-sir-bryn-terfel-pretty-yende-headline-carnegie-halls-2019-20-season/?fbclid=IwAR0z8Umtd4PWBG9_Js9zulRWcU6NMk7xu7RQpICrv8MAtXESfMoYCmZz2yo

Famed Cellist Yo-Yo Ma to Perform on Laredo’s International Bridge

https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/cellist-yo-yo-ma-perform-laredo-international-bridge/?fbclid=IwAR1_5Zc71GCwA2mF-m12IuFCttit68_55RJSyAgsACMyj6Eaz8pX9udDeOE

Recordings Review: Rome, Built in Eighteen Days

Yannick Nézet-Séguin drives his Mozart cycle into La Clemenza di Tito.

https://super-conductor.blogspot.com/2019/04/recordings-review-rome-built-in.html?fbclid=IwAR2HKhTZ4Hsr-icRviSHV-9YOdOIUpmmqtBFctkJbXjdUNR8AceroKOBkRo

That Spooky “I Got 5 On It” Orchestration from ‘Us’ Almost Wasn’t in the Movie

Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker was supposed to have the musical spotlight. But then director Jordan Peele was like, “nah.” Apr 8, 2019

https://www.wqxr.org/story/jordan-peele-i-got-5-it-us-orchestration/

Opera and Tech: The Met Ring and Beyond

Something seismic might be changing in the opera world when the first discussion you hear about a production is thetechnology. Apr 2, 2019

https://www.wqxr.org/story/jordan-peele-i-got-5-it-us-orchestration/

Why There Are So Many Cheap Classical Records (And Why You Should Maybe Buy Them Anyway)

Why is it so easy to find inexpensive classical records? Apr 11, 2019

https://www.wqxr.org/story/why-there-are-so-many-cheap-classical-records-and-why-you-should-maybe-buy-them-anyway/

Obituary: Ópera de Colombia’s Gloria Zea Dies At 83

http://operawire.com/obituary-opera-de-colombias-gloria-zea-dies-at-83/?fbclid=IwAR1ECC33cCaTAT74bW9ejdNZL99aOaofn8WbrNflQDAkbC7f90m_iDZz80k

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Note early start time!

THE MET SATURDAY AFTERNOON, 

11:30 AM  RADIO BROADCAST

Richard Wagner's 

Siegfried

   

GO TO 

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

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NO OPERA ON 

WGBH THIS WEEK!

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