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

 Synopsis: https://www.eno.org/operas/marnie/

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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."

(https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/wagners_tristan_und_isolde_with_gould_lang_zeppenfeld_grimsley_nolte__mayer_from_bayreuth/49789/)

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").

(www.dradio.de/dkultur/)

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.

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

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!

(opera broadcast: https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/katschernins_whiteley_with_melrose_goodwin_green_and_amos_from_sydney/49832/)

(info on the new opera: https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/opera/whiteley-an-opera-about-sydney-its-people-and-one-extraordinary-artist-20190716-p527kr.html)

Enjoy!

DAVE

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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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NEWS FROM AROUND

 THE WORLD OF MUSIC

Brett Whiteley Partied With Bob Dylan. Now His Life Is an Opera

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/26/arts/whiteley-opera-australia.html

Review: ‘Die Walküre’ Brings the Thunder to Tanglewood

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/30/arts/music/walkure-wagner-tanglewood-review.html

Hal Prince, Giant of Broadway and Reaper of Tonys, Dies at 91

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/theater/hal-prince-dead.html

Korngold’s Rarely Heard Opera Hints at His Future in Hollywood

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/29/arts/music/korngold-bard-music-festival.html

How Does A Normal Person Transform Into An Opera Singer?

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/30/magazine/metropolitan-opera-singer-new-york.html

This Summer, Opera Grapples With Race

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/30/arts/music/central-park-five-opera.html

Familiar Operas Are Stunningly Fresh in English

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/24/arts/music/opera-st-louis-rigoletto-poppea-review.html

What Happens Just Before Show Time At the Met Opera | The New York Times

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdUScE7VZq8

A look inside the American Ballet Theatre's new space

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhgQRYOacxA

Discover Ballet: A day in the life of a ballerina

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rryxZjqLtNs

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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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NO OPERA ON 

WGBH THIS WEEK!

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi