This week on Rhode Island Public television:
WSBE: (Comcast 294, Cox 808, Full Channel 109, and Verizon 478)
Saturday, July 13, 2019, 8:00pm
Sunday, July 14, 2019, 3:00am
Monday, July 15, 2019, 12:00am
Madama Butterfly
Kristine
Opolais plays the title role in Anthony Minghella's 2006 production of
"Madama Butterfly," conducted by Karel Mark Chichon.
Length: 180
minutes
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The Rhode Island Civic Chorale & Orchestra is pleased and excited to announce that Dr. Joshua W. Rohde has accepted the position of Music Director.
Providence, RI, June 26, 2019
Joshua Rohde is the Director of Choral Activities at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he conducts all four of the university’s choral ensembles – Men’s Glee Club, Women’s Alden Voices, Festival Chorus, and the Chamber Choir. Joshua is also the Music Director of the Quincy Choral Society and an active professional cellist throughout the Boston area. His previous experience includes work at Boston University’s Marsh Chapel, the Harvard University Choruses, the University of Birmingham (UK), and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus (UK). He has prepared choruses to sing for conductors such as Harry Christophers, Andris Nelsons, and JohnStorgårds. As a cello soloist, he has played cello concertos with orchestras including Elgar, Haydn, Boccherini, and Shostakovich, and regularly works as a continuo cellist playing the choral-orchestral works of Bach.
Joshua Rohde has a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Choral Conducting and a Master of Sacred Music in Choral Conducting degree from Boston University, a Master of Arts in Choral Conducting from the University of Birmingham (UK), and a Bachelor of Music in Cello Performance from the University of Minnesota, where he also earned a Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering.
“The RICCO Search Committee undertook a rigorous process to find the candidate who would build on our history and traditions, and we are delighted to have found Joshua Rohde,” commented Mary Tafuri Ross, RICCO President-elect. In addition to an examination of qualifications and interviews, the final candidates conducted singer rehearsal so that the singers could contribute to deciding on the Music Director.
Dr. Rohde is the fifth Music Director in RICCO’s 62-year history, following Dr. Edward Markward, who was awarded the honorary title of Conductor Laureate by the corporation.
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The Met: Live In HD Summer Encores
Aida
Aida, an enslaved Ethiopian woman, is torn between her love for Egyptian
general Radamès and loyalty to her native country, where her father, Amonasro,
is king. Egyptian princess Amneris has her sights set on the general. While
Aida prays to the gods for mercy, Amneris plots to steal Radamès. In the temple
of Vulcan, the priests consecrate Radamès to the service of the god. Ramfis
orders him to protect the homeland.
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THIS SUNDAY, July 14, 2019
WGBH 2 at 1:00PM
Adriana Lecouvreur
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| Anna Netrebko |
Maurizio,
the Count of Saxony, is the lover of the actress Adriana Lecouvreur. The Prince
invites all to a party that evening, including Adriana. The Princess of
Bouillon, not Duclos, is actually the one who is waiting for Maurizio to
express her love.
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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D’AGUANNO
Into the
second week of July, we still have plenty of opera to enjoy on the internet.
Beginning tomorrow (Thursday), there are at least 2 offerings of interest. In
the opinion of many opera-lovers, there's always room for yet another
"Cav/Pag" broadcast; and so, LIVE from Hannover, that's what you'll
be hearing, should you decide to click on the link below.
On the other
hand, if you happen to be in a change-of-pace kind of mood, there's a LIVE
performance on French Radio of Kurt Weill's "Rise & Fall of the City
of Mahagonny" as part of this summer's Aix-en-Provence Festival. Soprano
Karita Mattila makes a rather rare excursion into Weill-territory (so to speak)
as she sings the role of Leocadia Begbick in this one.(I'd also like to point
out that, as far as I can tell, these Aix-en-Provence performances this year
are being video-streamed, but NOT here in the U.S. On the other hand, we can
usually depend on some kind soul(s) to upload a performance -- or two -- on
YouTube in the days ahead.)
Along the
same lines, there's a LIVE performance of Wolfgang Rihm's 1978 chamber opera
"Jakob Lenz" -- also from the same festival. If you care to listen to
an audio broadcast of the work, French Radio has it on Friday.
There will
also be a LIVE video-stream from Stuttgart on Friday of Boito's
"Mefistofele." The link below will bring you to a video trailer for
the production that will be shown on Friday.
Then on
Saturday, Radio 4 (the Netherlands) is broadcasting the audio of yesterday's
performance (again, from this same festival in Aix-en-Provence) of Puccini's
"Tosca" with tenor Joseph Calleja in the role of Cavaradossi. And
yes, there WAS a LIVE video on Tuesday, but as expected, it was blocked here in
the U.S.
Recently, a
performance of Massenet's version of the Cinderella story
("Cendrillon") was video-streamed, direct from Glyndebourne. On
Saturday, it's WRTI which has scheduled a 2017 performance from Opera Delaware
of Rossini's take on the story, i.e. "La Cenerentola."
For many of
us who are "of a certain age" (ahem), our first introduction to the
music of Franz von Suppe probably came to us in a cartoon, as this composer's
"Poet & Peasant" Overture was often used, usually to accompany
scenes of good-old cartoon violence, not to mention the "Light
Cavalry" Overture popping up whenever the cartoon featured horses
galloping. Well, on Saturday, German Radio has scheduled a broadcast of Suppe's
"Der Teufel auf Erden" (1878) as performed COMPLETE (not just an overture)
this past June in Chemnitz. The 2nd link below is to a trailer for this
particular production.
(video
trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpA2n-DuKYw)
Enjoy!
DAVE
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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
THE WORLD OF MUSIC
Radiant Bach with Emi Ferguson and Ruckus
The Rewind, Episode 1: Tchaikovsky Waits for No Man
The Opera Life in Vienna
Mozart's heirs: Little music geniuses - TV total classic
Yeah, dear Heavytones. You better
look very closely, because Laetitia and Philip Hahn are coming over to show you
how to properly make music. The two prodigies are only 10 and 4 years old!
Bolero - Flash mob
Artist Profile: Jonas Kaufmann, THE Tenor of the 21st
Century
The Opera Life in Vienna
Jul 9, 2019
An older era
is found in the cultural habits of Austria.
Gregory Kunde & Kristine Opolais Headline Teatro
Comunale Di Bologna’s 2020 Season
Salome 1983 - Julia Migenes
Deborah Voigt To Be Represented By Promethean Artists
Arte To Stream ‘Rise & Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny’
From Festival D’Aix-En-Provence
Obituary: Giuseppe Bellanca Passes Away At 48
Opera Maine Reveals Cast For ‘The Magic Flute’ This July
Leontyne Price Singing, "What I Did For Love"
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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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OPERA ON
WGBH THIS WEEK!
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