Week of September 19 - September 26, 2019

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This week on Rhode Island Public television:

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

Saturday, September 21, 2019, 8:00pm

Sunday, September 22,  2019, 3:00am 

Monday, September 23, 2019, 12:00am

Romeo et Juliette

Diana Damrau and Vittorio Grigolo star in Bartlett Sher's production of Gounod's opera based on Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet."

Length: 180 minutes

Synopsis:  https://www.metopera.org/user-information/synopses-archive/romeo-et-juliette

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Met Opening Night Gala
2019-2020 Season

PORGY AND BESS

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

The 2019 – 20 season opens with the gala premiere of James Robinson’s new production of the Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, with bass-baritone Eric Owens and soprano Angel Blue in the title roles and David Robertson on the podium. Join us after the performance for a gala dinner with the cast.

https://www.metopera.org/season/events/

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OPERA ON THE INTERNET

WITH 

DAVE D’AGUANNO

         Polish composer Stanislaw Moniuszko's opera "Halka" -- which is often regarded as one of his finest creations -- can be seen on Friday in a LIVE video-stream from Warsaw, courtesy of OperaVision. In the meantime, interested opera fans can check out the opera's video trailer + other information at the link below.

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

On Saturday, BBC Radio 3 is broadcasting a performance from last month of Wagner's "Die Gotterdammerung." This performance took place as part of this year's opera festival in Edinburgh.

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

We also have an opportunity on Saturday of hearing one of Ferdinando Paer's infrequently performed operas, this one being his 1809 work "Agnese" in a performance that took place in Turin on March 17 of this year.

(www.radio3.rai.it/)

Fans of Handel's music can tune in to Swedish Radio, when that internet radio station will be broadcasting the August 15th performance in Stockholm of "Acis & Galatea" (1718).

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

There's also a broadcast of last Saturday's performance of Halevy's "La Juive" as heard in Hannover, coming to us on NDR.

(https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/halevys_la_juive_with_clark_todorovich_newlin_and_arcuri_from_hannover/50673/)

On more familiar ground, Offenbach's ever-popular "Tales of Hoffmann" is being broadcast on ORF (Austria) as it was recently performed earlier this month in Vienna.

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

Verdi fans needn't feel left out, either, as his opera "Don Carlo" can be heard in a LIVE performance from Madrid.

(https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/verdis_don_carlo_with_puente_belosselskiy_salsi_agresta_and_kares_from_madrid/50672/)

Finally, on Monday (September 23), it's time for Opening Night at the Met, as this opera company offers a FREE live audio-stream of Gershwin's "Porgy & Bess."

(www.metopera.org/)

Enjoy!

DAVE

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Sage Advice for Opera Characters

Wise words to and from your opera favorites. Aug 19, 2019

https://www.wqxr.org/story/sage-advice-opera-characters/

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Subscribe to the podcast!

https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/aria-code

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NEWS FROM AROUND

 THE WORLD OF MUSIC

The Opera Is Having a Woke Renaissance

From a modern Madama Butterfly to new commissions by female composers, the future of opera—and what might be the art form’s saving grace—is political, relevant, and multidimensional.

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2019/09/the-opera-is-having-a-woke-renaissance?fbclid=IwAR1_qVh7MG2QRT7ykxQ0JHSXRMqbfHHwkh1wH-cUzu7KSbBTYPKzmFycsp8

Staging on steroids: Verdi’s Rigoletto in Bregenz

https://bachtrack.com/review-verdi-rigoletto-bregenz-mazzola-stoyanov-costello-petit-sebestyen-july-2019?fbclid=IwAR1KNapbcha37Jaes3gvbHewsvT82DKQwRjqkJgKx6U7QW7IgJP0_8KJJys

La Traviata by G. Verdi - "Addio del passato" (Pretty Yende)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir8I-1IZLH8&fbclid=IwAR2-XvuqSAYxCw59ypyo4cPhl_sloS-49uuS5-F8iNUwkqTGbS0Z0kyYq-E

Pagliacci ~ Nedda & Silvio Duet by Anna Netrebko - Dmitri Hvorostovsky 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd350xxrvss

Leontyne Price & William Warfield; "PORGY AND BESS"; (Selections); George Gershwin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gVHXCm2B4U&fbclid=IwAR2Z6gZ1hfNYi43UIk-tUArOa8tLkV_atvaN7QKr1MimArV5eWR9nqNWU_U

Joan Sutherland sings TOSCA Vissi d'arte

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Egs5vGOVtc&fbclid=IwAR1OQ_iMLRrOXXL1yZrTfS9UrQPJUisOGt5OjINqLqND9sU1csU9AKfrmPU

The Pharaoh We Need Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo brings the sexually ambiguous monarch of Philip Glass’s Akhnaten to the Met.

https://www.vulture.com/2019/09/anthony-roth-costanzo-akhnaten.html?fbclid=IwAR1h11w2ThhV9xywYi2w6lNy_igfVD0Prnl4u8ypgg4o3IH8xkE5xVjb080

All Hail Clara Wieck Schumann, Queen of the 19th Century

https://www.classicalwcrb.org/post/all-hail-clara-wieck-schumann-queen-19th-century?fbclid=IwAR3gF6H4CtVsi7tu-MyiY_DRvBI-PLP756dnb18fEoyvzoewT7qhy_DunF0#stream/0

Billy Budd Swells SF Opera Sails In Billowing Triumph

https://classicalvoiceamerica.org/2019/09/10/billy-budd-swells-sf-opera-sails-in-billowing-triumph/?fbclid=IwAR1n3P_kChP93VPBR9qhY378UmxL2aBuPFyJVqcLP0QlYIdNGngU7qMC1OM

Hibla Gerzmava To Sing ‘Aida’ At Metropolitan Opera In 2020-21

https://operawire.com/hibla-gerzmava-to-sing-aida-at-metropolitan-opera-in-2020-21/?fbclid=IwAR1h4Pz0ucYZFutuZYCBYziVkFKEc8h20HGWq54wufLL6DGmzE-5Z4c6NFY

Lyric Opera Of Chicago To Present ‘The Light In The Piazza’ With Renée Fleming

https://operawire.com/lyric-opera-of-chicago-to-present-the-light-in-the-piazza-with-renee-fleming/?fbclid=IwAR0x_pEaID9CvkgBbaxaDTp7FwZbOieGj80Zv1CS3eW4x27HJMCun2dudTU

The Dallas Opera Cancels Plácido Domingo Gala

https://operawire.com/the-dallas-opera-cancels-placido-domingo-gala/?fbclid=IwAR3XdLSwUdCY-JA6eJwnsxOE5vHtw2lQNAtPgMsh6rLU8N5aAy1gz9NKs1E

Dolora Zajick

Dolora Zajick as Amneris in Aida

Dolora Zajick To Sing Final Performances At Metropolitan Opera – Opera Wire

https://operawire.com/dolora-zajick-to-sing-final-performances-at-metropolitan-opera/?fbclid=IwAR1zGU6BCMAH-26Ietc-YN3-LfBybA7pQz5PU_L0-uDNOiM7FytZ4XbQSK0

The Dallas Opera Cancels Plácido Domingo Gala

https://operawire.com/the-dallas-opera-cancels-placido-domingo-gala/?fbclid=IwAR3XdLSwUdCY-JA6eJwnsxOE5vHtw2lQNAtPgMsh6rLU8N5aAy1gz9NKs1E

Plácido Domingo Accused of Sexual Harassment By 11 More Women, Including Angela Turner Wilson

https://operawire.com/placido-domingo-accused-of-sexual-harassment-by-11-new-women-including-angela-turner-wilson/?fbclid=IwAR2aDX2R8w-nYxG2lDYRIVpTW6nx6lqWVRpPkvsdYMxYv-lFiLtvVeZX6hY

MONTREAL 〓 Canadian tenor Joseph Kaiser is out of tune

https://m-festival.biz/en/7333?fbclid=IwAR1A4E9eHK0OrtwXpfuhuuQLoYZgIT4_Ndz_Z7ouGKYVuxwR3LL_DpwFt3g

Jose Cura in OTELLO

This is one of Jose's signature roles.

Here are 5 different video performances to choose from

From Madrid 1999 to Liege 2017

All videos are full-length operas

http://www.operaonvideo.com/?&s=cura+otello&video_only=1

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