Week of May 9 - May 16, 2019

Last Met-HD Broadcast of the Year
This Saturday, May 11.
Note early start time--
12:00pm

Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads the classic John Dexter production of Poulenc’s devastating story of faith and martyrdom. Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard sings the touching role of Blanche and soprano Karita Mattila, a legend in her own time, returns to the Met as the Prioress.

Synopsis: https://www.metopera.org/discover/synopses/dialogues-des-carmelites/

Duration: 3 hrs. 9 min.

World Premiere: Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 1957. One of the most successful operas of the later decades of the 20th century, Dialogues des Carmélites is a rare case of a modern work that is equally esteemed by audiences and experts. The opera focuses on a young member of an order of Carmelite nuns, the aristocratic Blanche de la Force, who must overcome a pathological timidity in order to answer her life’s calling. The score reflects key aspects of its composer’s personality: Francis Poulenc was an urbane Parisian with a profound mystical dimension, and the opera addresses both the characters’ internal lives and their external realities.

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This week on Rhode Island Public television:Last Met-HD Broadcast of the Year

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

Saturday, May 11, 2019, 8:00pm

Sunday,  May 12,  2019, 3:00am 

Monday, May 13, 2019, 12:00am

La Traviata

Starring Diana Damrau, Juan Diego Flórez, Quinn Kelsey and Kevin Short Michael Mayer's production of "La Traviata" features a 19th-century setting that changes with the seasons.

Length: 180 min.

Synopsis: https://www.metopera.org/discover/synopses/la-traviata/

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OPERA ON THE INTERNET

WITH 

DAVE D’AGUANNO

Tomorrow's FREE live audio-stream from the Met happens to be the last one of the current opera season, so all Wagner enthusiasts (and many other opera fans) may want to tune in at 5:55 pm for a performance of Wagner's "Siegfried."

(www.metopera.org/)

Then on Friday (May 10), Radio 3 (RAI) will be transmitting the first of 2 opera broadcasts in the next few days, this one being a LIVE performance from Venice of Puccini's "Turandot" followed (on Saturday) by a LIVE performance from Naples of Wagner's "Die Walkure."
(www.radio3.rai.it/)

For many opera fans, the Met's final LIVE HD-transmission of the season will be an enticing proposition, as Poulenc's "Dialogues of the Carmelites" can be seen in select movie theatres in our area. The performance may also be heard on several internet radio stations.

(www.metopera.org/)

Swedish Radio, on the other hand, will be presenting a LIVE performance from Malmo of Danish composer Bo Holten's new opera "Schlagt sie Tot" ("Kill Them All"). The title of the work may be a bit misleading, since the opera's plot deals primarily with events that took place during the Reformation period, and the score actually incorporates some of the actual music which Martin Luther composed, based on the Psalms..

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

Besides the "Siegfried" broadcast from the Met on Thursday and the "Walkure" broadcast from Naples on Saturday, Wagner enthusiasts can indulge in even more Wagner on Sunday with a LIVE broadcast from Nuremberg of "Lohengrin."

(https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/wagners_lohengrin_with_laporte_lehner_newton_and_lee_from_nuremberg/48215/)

Enjoy!

DAVE

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NEWS FROM AROUND

THE WORLD OF MUSIC

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THE MET SATURDAY AFTERNOON Matinee
Special time: 12:00 PM 

FRANCIS POULENC

Dialogues des Carmélites

  

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NO OPERA ON 

WGBH THIS WEEK!

Angry House Intelligence Committee Chair, Adam Shiff

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