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Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Week of August 1 - August 8, 2019




This week on Rhode Island Public television:
WSBE: (Comcast 294, Cox 808, Full Channel 109, and Verizon 478)


Saturday, August 3, 2019, 8:00pm
Sunday, August 4,  2019, 3:00am 
Monday, August 5, 2019, 12:00am



Marnie
Nico Muhly's musical-dramatic vision about a young woman pursuing a life of crime and dishonesty; with Isabel Leonard and Christopher Maltman.
Length: 150 Minutes




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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH 
DAVE D’AGUANNO

This summer's Bayreuth Festival continues tomorrow (Thursday) with a LIVE broadcast on BR-Klassik of "Tristan & Isolde."

Then on Saturday (August 3), there's more rare Offenbach on hand as German Radio broadcasts a LIVE performance from Berlin of the 1873 one-act comic opera "Pomme d'Api" ("Apple-Cheeks").

At the same time, ORF is airing the May 28, 2019 performance of what seems to be Korngold's most popular opera "Die Tote Stadt." (Even the currently popular Jonas Kaufmann is scheduled to sing the leading tenor role in this opera in Munich next season.) In any case, the performance in question comes to us, direct from La Scala.

Then, on Sunday, for all you 21st-century-opera enthusiasts, Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin (born in 1957) will have her new opera "Whiteley" performed in Sydney. Actually, it's yesterday's performance which will be broadcast on ABC Classic Radio on Sunday. Check out the 2nd link below for some information on Kats-Chernin's new opera!

Enjoy!


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What Are the Elements of Great Opera Conducting?
Conducting for the opera is a very different task than conducting a symphony. We catalogued those who have mastered the art. July 23, 2019
https://www.wqxr.org/story/what-are-elements-great-opera-conducting/


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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 

  
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WGBH THIS WEEK!

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Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Week of July 25 - August 1, 2019




This week on Rhode Island Public television:
WSBE: (Comcast 294, Cox 808, Full Channel 109, and Verizon 478)


Saturday, July 25, 2019, 8:00pm
Sunday, July 26,  2019, 3:00am 
Monday, July 27, 2019, 12:00am






Cendrillon



Joyce DiDonato takes on the title role in director Laurent Pelly's storybook production of Massenet's "Cendrillon."

Length: 150 minutes



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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH 
DAVE D’AGUANNO

As we enter the final days of July, for Wagner enthusiasts that means it's time for this summer's Bayreuth Festival to get underway. And so, starting tomorrow (Thursday), you can listen to the opening night performance of "Tannhauser." If you click on the link below, you can see the broadcast schedule for other operas being transmitted in the next several days, with links to various internet radio stations that will be carrying the performances. You may notice that the 4 Ring operas are not listed at all, since this is one of those summers where the Ring cycle isn't performed, while many of Wagner's other works are given the attention they deserve.

Another summer opera festival that attracts many fans/listeners is the one that is produced in Salzburg. And so, on Saturday, you can hear a LIVE broadcast from this year's festival, the opera being Mozart's "Idomeneo" coming to us via ORF (Austria).

Although not very well-known, the Rossini Festival in Bad Wildbad is also underway, so that Saturday brings us a LIVE broadcast from this year's festival of "Matilde di Shabran." Listening to this broadcast should probably whet your appetite for the more famous Rossini Festival in Pesaro which will begin next month & which will include (among others) performances of "Semiramide" and "Demetrio & Polibio" -- his 1st, which he began composing at the ripe old age of 14 !!!

Enjoy!


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What Are the Elements of Great Opera Conducting?
Conducting for the opera is a very different task than conducting a symphony. We catalogued those who have mastered the art. July 23, 2019
https://www.wqxr.org/story/what-are-elements-great-opera-conducting/


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Making Mostly Mozart Revolutionary: A Chat with Music Director Louis LangrΓ©e
One of the more adventurous programmers in the business talks to David Patrick Stearns about Lincoln Center's annual Mozart extravaganza.  Jul 16, 2019


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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 

  
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WGBH THIS WEEK!


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Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Week of July 18 - July 25, 2019



This week on Rhode Island Public television:
WSBE: (Comcast 294, Cox 808, Full Channel 109, and Verizon 478)


Saturday, July 18, 2019, 8:00pm
Sunday, July 19,  2019, 3:00am 
Monday, July 20, 2019, 12:00am



Pretty Yende stars in


La Fille du Regiment



Tenor Javier Camarena and soprano Pretty Yende perform in "La Fille du Regiment," conducted by Enrique Mazzola.
Length: 150 minutes






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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH 
DAVE D’AGUANNO

This summer's opera festival in Bregenz gets underway tomorrow (Thursday) with a performance of Massenet's "Don Quichotte" which can be heard on ORF (Austria).

Then on Friday, for all you opera-lovers who've been looking forward to yet another performance of Bizet's "Carmen" but have been disappointed lately since it hasn't appeared on any opera stations' schedules in, oh, about a week or so: Radio 3 (RAI) will be broadcasting it LIVE from Macerata.

Also from this same festival in Macerata, on Saturday RAI will also be broadcasting a LIVE performance of Verdi's "Macbeth."

There's even more Verdi on hand as a LIVE performance of "Luisa Miller" can be heard. This one features soprano Sondra Radvanovsky in the title role, with tenor Piotr Beczala singing the part of Rodolfo. It's LIVE from Barcelona.

This year's annual Gluck festival in Bayreuth is presenting a rare performance of his opera "Antigono" (1756). You can hear it Saturday afternoon on German Radio.

Finally, as I mentioned last week, the LIVE performance of Puccini's "Tosca" from Aix-en-Provence was video-streamed, but blocked in this country; yet, as I predicted back then, some kind soul has uploaded the video on YouTube (with French subtitles). However, BE WARNED: This is probably the lousiest production of the opera I've ever seen, which is a crying shame since the 3 principals (Angel Blue as Tosca, Joseph Calleja as Cavaradossi, & Alexey Markov as Scarpia) are outstanding!

Enjoy!



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The Opera Life in Vienna
Jul 9, 2019
An older era is found in the cultural habits of Austria.


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NEWS FROM AROUND
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FIGARO! FIGARO!
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WSBE, 36 (Rhode Island Public TV) Saturday, Jul. 20 2019, 10:30 PM

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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 

  
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To compare with Nathan Meehan's worldwide statistics from the last 14 years, here is a look at the Met's all-time "top 40" through the 2017-18 season, taken from the theater's archival site.
Some of these operas, such as SAMSON ET DALILA, gained ground in the 2018-19 season, and the totals and rankings will reflect that when the list is updated, either this summer or early in the new season.




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