Week of June 27 - July 4, 2019

 Happy Independence Day!

This week on Rhode Island Public television:

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

Saturday, June 21, 2019, 8:00pm

Sunday, June 22,  2019, 3:00am 

Monday, June 23, 2019, 12:00am

La Fanciulla del West

Puccini's romantic epic of the Wild West features soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek, tenor Jonas Kaufmann and baritone Zeljko Lucic.

Length: 150

 Synopsis: 

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The Met: Live In HD Summer Encores

         
Wednesdays, 7 pm

·      La Bohème, June 26  

·      Il Barbiere di Siviglia, July 10

·      Aida, July 17

https://www.fathomevents.com/series/the-met-live-in-hd-summer-encores?gclid=CjwKCAjw8qjnBRA-EiwAaNvhwNoIxiPs_-wsDGmoy4xZM6G4ygzInriHsjxOkIxL5tPOIx-gtY6rvBoC1p0QAvD_BwE

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OPERA ON THE INTERNET

WITH 

DAVE D’AGUANNO

As we head into the first few weeks of summer, there's still plenty of opera to be enjoyed on the internet. For example, tomorrow (Thursday) you can enjoy a LIVE audio broadcast from Munich of Richard Strauss's "Salome" with the same cast that will be performing this work in a LIVE video-stream that is scheduled for July 6th.

(https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/strauss_salome_with_petersen_koch_ablingersperrhacke_schuster_and_breslik_from_munich/49178/)

Then on Saturday we have more Offenbach on the schedule, though not as much as we had last week. This time around it's his popular final opera "Tales of Hoffmann" as performed in Naples this past March 17 and to be heard on Radio 3 (RAI).

(www.radio3.rai.it/)

Fans of Roberto Alagna and/or Sondra Radvanovsky will probably want to listen, instead, to BBC Radio 3 for a recent performance from London of Giordano's most popular work: "Andrea Chenier."

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

Then on Sunday, we have two LIVE opera videos to choose from. Luckily, for those interested in BOTH of them, they will be available for a limited time, even after the LIVE video-streams being presented on Sunday. For fans of the music of Massenet, you'll want to watch his opera "Cendrillon" ("Cinderella") as performed direct from this summer's Glyndebourne Festival.

(https://www.glyndebourne.com/events/watch-cinderella/)

For those who prefer operas that are definitely off-the-beaten-track, OperaVision will be presenting a LIVE video-stream from the Poznan Opera House of Polish composer Stanislaw Moniuszko's final opera "Paria" (1869).

(https://operavision.eu/en/library/performances/operas/paria-poznan-opera-house)

Enjoy!

DAVE

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Remembering Franco Zeffirelli 
(1923–2019)

Fred Plotkin honors Zeffirelli's life and work, from his time at the Met to his time in Italian parliament. Jun 17, 2019

https://www.wqxr.org/story/remembering-franco-zeffirelli-19232019/

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NEWS FROM AROUND

THE WORLD OF MUSIC

SPECIAL EPISODE - Floyd's Susannah: Hopeless in New Hope, featuring Renée Fleming

https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/aria-code-floyd-susannah-rhiannon-giddens-renee-fleming

WQXR Features

Ticket Giveaway: Escape to Tanglewood This Summer

https://www.wqxr.org/story/ticket-giveaway-escape-tanglewood-summer/

San Francisco Opera in the 2019 Pride Parade and Celebration

Staff and volunteers of San Francisco Opera will participate in the city’s 2019 Pride Parade and Celebration on Sunday, June 30.

This year they will march alongside SFJAZZ, San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Merola Opera Program, and other local arts groups.

http://operawire.com/san-francisco-opera-celebrates-pride-with-performance-and-parade/?fbclid=IwAR2U0Cc2znSTQtGeZGqypqUQqd9t_sz8MMF0iTgLPVnvC4rb7yiElQmMpA8

Carlo Rizzi Named Artistic Director Of Opera Rara

http://operawire.com/carlo-rizzi-named-artistic-director-of-opera-rara/

'It's Our Turn' — Terence Blanchard's New Opera Is Rooted In The Black Experience

https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/its-our-turn-terence-blanchards-new-opera-rooted-black-experience?fbclid=IwAR2Pb3bh8YK8Lj1lYYBC8bxDXvWaIDdBz6WOr8jdHcMmlYQ2FZ3HT302J5w#stream/0

Teenager gaining attention for her opera singing

https://www.wcvb.com/article/teenager-gaining-attention-for-her-opera-singing/28176144?fbclid=IwAR1G2G9uxNHTKryYP6BsgXlzVhy9PFzWuLL1BZ4md2Wpv1qr_W0DtUL5Ebk#

The one lesson I’ve learned from life: Renee Fleming says keep saying yes as you get older

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-7173263/The-one-lesson-Ive-learned-life-Renee-Fleming-says-saying-yes-older.html?fbclid=IwAR2vMj_l-pBSlIFlCzc-4_rNNVvCTS28Q3OKq53Gj6fG1kNR-nIRShI-ouM

A Classic Mexican Folktale as Musical Drama…

https://www.kdfc.com/2019/06/a-classic-mexican-folktale-as-musical-drama/

Bolero, Obsession, and the Brain

https://www.kdfc.com/2019/06/bolero-obsession-and-the-brain/

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THE MET SATURDAY AFTERNOON MATINEE IS ON HIATUS UNTIL DECEMBER.  TUNE IN TO WQXR TO HEAR OTHER OPERA COMPANIES PERFORM AT  1:00PM 

  

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

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NO OPERA ON 

WGBH THIS WEEK!

Angry U.S. Attorney General William Barr

Week of June 20 - June 27, 2019

This week on Rhode Island Public television:

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

Saturday, June 21, 2019, 8:00pm

Sunday, June 22,  2019, 3:00am 

Monday, June 23, 2019, 12:00am

Luisa Miller

Verdi's "Luisa Miller," a tragedy of fatherly love, features Placido Domingo, Sonya Yoncheva and Piotr Beczala.

Length: 150 minutes

Synopsis:  https://www.metopera.org/user-information/synopses-archive/luisa-miller

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The Met: Live In HD Summer Encores

         
Wednesdays, 7 pm

·      La Bohème, June 26  

·      Il Barbiere di Siviglia, July 10

·      Aida, July 17

https://www.fathomevents.com/series/the-met-live-in-hd-summer-encores?gclid=CjwKCAjw8qjnBRA-EiwAaNvhwNoIxiPs_-wsDGmoy4xZM6G4ygzInriHsjxOkIxL5tPOIx-gtY6rvBoC1p0QAvD_BwE

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OPERA ON THE INTERNET

WITH 

DAVE D’AGUANNO

Perhaps many opera fans are not aware of the fact that the German-French composer Jacques Offenbach was born 200 years ago tomorrow (i.e. June 20, 1819), so it is not surprising that this well-loved composer's music is getting some worthwhile attention this month with THREE of his full-length works being broadcast on the internet in the next few days, beginning on Friday (June 21) with a LIVE performance from Cologne of his infrequently performed "Fantasio" which premiered in 1872. If you happen to listen in to Friday's performance, you may be somewhat taken aback to hear a bit of music which is familiar to many of us, as it was later re-used in his opera "The Tales of Hoffmann."

(https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/offenbachs_fantasio_with_esteves_emelyanova_morris_and_claessens_from_cologne/49085/)

On Sunday, there are actually two of his works being broadcast. One of them might be somewhat familiar, since over the years there have been a few recordings and radio broadcasts. That would be "The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein" from 1867. A performance of this work from earlier this month took place in Cologne and is the one that can be heard on Sunday. 

(https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/offenbachs_la_grandeduchesse_de_gerolstein_with_larmore_hindrichs_luthy_and_turk_from_cologne/49101/)

How about "Maitre Peronilla" (1878)? This Sunday is your chance to hear this rarity as performed in Paris on June 1st of this year.

(www.francemusique.fr/)

Aside from the Offenbach items listed above, Radio Classique has a LIVE performance of Mozart's "Don Giovanni" -- direct from Paris on Friday.

(https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/mozarts_don_giovanni_with_dupuis_anger_wagner_de_barbeyrac_sly_and_car_from_paris/49073/)

Another all-time favorite -- Puccini's "Tosca" -- is also being broadcast LIVE on Friday, this one coming to us from Barcelona.

(https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/puccinis_tosca_with_monastyrska_tetelman_schrott_and_palatchi_from_barcelona/49056/)

Plus, Saturday afternoon brings us yet another rarity, not by Offenbach, however. It's Alberic Magnard's "Guercoeur" (1900), which can be heard on German Radio in a June 15th performance from Osnabruck. Incidentally, Magnard might have left us more wonderful music to enjoy -- that is, if he hadn't been killed in 1914 at the age of 49 while trying to defend his property against the Germans in World War I.

(www.dradio.de/dkultur/)

Enjoy!

DAVE

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Remembering Franco Zeffirelli (1923–2019)

Fred Plotkin honors Zeffirelli's life and work, from his time at the Met to his time in Italian parliament. Jun 17, 2019

https://www.wqxr.org/story/remembering-franco-zeffirelli-19232019/

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NEWS FROM AROUND

THE WORLD OF MUSIC

Operawire Behind the Scenes Interviews

Honoring Stonewall – How Mark Campbell & Iain Bell Came Together To Create An Opera Celebrating LGBTQ+ Community

http://operawire.com/honoring-stonewall-how-mark-campbell-iain-bell-came-together-to-create-an-opera-celebrating-lgbtq-community/

José Cura & Olga Peretyatko Headline Royal Opera Muscat’s 2019-20 Season

http://operawire.com/jose-cura-olga-peretyatko-headline-royal-opera-muscats-2019-20-season/?fbclid=IwAR0Cz9WlTGC7KHNlFe-NPXeNEqKwV_E5eBweO31ehW5eeiEA4p_gXc1Od98

Stephanie Blythe Winner Of 2019 Maria Callas Award

http://operawire.com/stephanie-blythe-winner-of-2019-maria-callas-award/

Q & A: Stefano Vizioli On The Modernity Of Cesti’s ‘La Dori’ At This Summer’s Innsbruck Early Music Festival

https://operawire.com/q-a-stefano-vizioli-on-the-modernity-of-cestis-la-dori-at-this-summers-innsbruck-early-music-festival/

Opera Atelier Co-Artistic Directors To Stage Historic Performance At Royal Opera House at Versaille

http://operawire.com/opera-atelier-co-artistic-directors-to-stage-historic-performance-at-royal-opera-house-at-versaille/

The Light in the Piazza review at Royal Festival Hall, London – ‘Renée Fleming is sublime’

https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2019/the-light-in-the-piazza-renee-fleming-dove-cameron-review-at-royal-festival-hall-london/?fbclid=IwAR1nGxJZ-aKdWrORlkN0mLBWuLLOk5BsxxQyg2JH-GiW7QzGt7fe37oXk7I

Huguette Tourangeau - Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7zoNg_YTgU&fbclid=IwAR36JkMc3O550syfoCd7ep9j7IcEbRylSs2f7Qrb7drbZN6ROmK_oJKuNtE

Cesare Siepi's ultra dark voice blasts a massive bass high F# to wake the dead

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0ysrcqudVc&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1R4VooNVPy8g_spCYt9tu5sol8HjwjLXnrpYSfi14qhMp4ferPPDiU4LE

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THE MET SATURDAY AFTERNOON MATINEE IS ON HIATUS UNTIL DECEMBER.  TUNE IN TO WQXR TO HEAR OTHER OPERA COMPANIES PERFORM AT  1:00PM 

  

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

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NO OPERA ON 

WGBH THIS WEEK!

Senator Cory Booker,

Democratic Candidate for U.S. President