First Met-HD, of the 2019-2020 Season
Giacomo Puccini’s
TURANDOT
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| Christine Goerke |
Thrilling dramatic soprano Christine Goerke brings her fierce portrayal of the title princess to cinemas on October 12, with Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium for Franco Zeffirelli’s dazzling production of Puccini’s final masterpiece. Tenor Yusif Eyvazov is the mysterious prince Calàf, alongside soprano Eleonora Buratto as Liù and bass-baritone James Morris as Timur. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to more than 2,200 theaters in more than 70 countries worldwide.
Duration: 3 hrs. 12 minutes
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Rest in peace
Marcello Giordani
Born: January 25, 1963, Augusta, Italy
Died: October 5, 2019, Augusta, Italy
New York Times obituary:
Operawire:
https://operawire.com/obituary-marcello-giordani-passes-away-at-56/
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This week on Rhode Island Public television:
WSBE: (Comcast 294, Cox 808, Full Channel 109, and Verizon 478)
Saturday, October 12, 2019, 8:00pm
Sunday, October 13, 2019, 3:00am
Monday, October 14, 2019, 12:00am
La Boheme
Franco
Zeffirelli's classic production of "La Boheme" features Sonya
Yoncheva as Mimi and Michael Fabiano as Rodolfo.
Length: 150 minutes
Susanna Phillips as Musetta
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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D’AGUANNO
The first
LIVE HD-transmission of the Met's 2019/2020 season comes to us this Saturday
(Oct. 12), with Puccini's "Turandot." Soprano Christine Goerke takes
on the challenging title role in this not-to-be-missed performance, especially
for fans of Puccini's final opera, as shown in various local movie theatres.
In fact, the
Met also has more Puccini in store for us. Besides the "Turandot"
HD-transmission, there's a FREE live audio-stream of "Madame
Butterfly" which can be heard on Friday evening at 7:25.
Gasparo
Spontini, an exact contemporary of Rossini, composed a number of operas which,
in their day, were wildly popular and, in fact, lavishly praised and adored by
none other than French composer Hector Berlioz. One of these works --
"Fernand Cortez" (1809) -- can be heard this Saturday on Radio 3
(RAI) in a LIVE performance from Florence.
Also on
Saturday, German Radio has scheduled the September 26th performance from the
Bolshoi of Rimsky-Korsakov's fairy tale opera "The Tale of Tsar
Saltan." If you happen to listen in to this delightful work, don't be
surprised if you hear some familiar music in the scene where the young hero is
magically transformed into a bumble-bee so that he can fly over &
"sting" the "bad guys" (cue: "The Flight of the
Bumble-Bee").
Then on
Sunday (Oct. 13), OperaVision is offering a FREE live video-stream from Berlin
of Hans Werner Henze's "The Bassarids" (premiered in 1966) in which
one of the main characters ends up being torn to pieces -- literally! (And they
say modern-day movies and video games are too violent!). However, such savagery
is to be expected, since the work is based on the Euripides Greek tragedy
"The Bacchae."
For those
opera buffs who prefer their operatic mayhem clothed in a more conventional
manner, you can hear a LIVE performance of Verdi's opera "Attila" on
BR Klassik, as performed in Munich (also on Sunday).
Enjoy!
DAVE
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| Jessye Norman with WQXR's Fred Plotkin |
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NEWS FROM AROUND
THE WORLD OF MUSIC
Dealing With Domingo: How Did Opera Get Here?
Adjusting the pitch: Canadian Opera Company grapples with
interpreting Turandot for today
Classic operas are important 'but
they need to be contextualized,' says scholar
Jessye Norman was a superstar globally, but Philadelphia
gave her an American stage debut
Carnegie Hall's Opening Night with the Cleveland
Orchestra in Beethoven, Strauss, and Nicolai
Jessye Norman: A Soprano Who Does it Her Way
A Norman conquest
When I first heard of this broadcast
my thought was to save it to celebrate Jessye Norman's 75th birthday in 2020.
Carnegie Hall's Opening Night with the Cleveland
Orchestra in Beethoven, Strauss, and Nicolai
Polyphonic Vocalist Does The Impossible
Orchestral Musicians Bring Whales To Surface – This Will
Take Your Breath Away
Nina Simone performs a Bach-style fugue amidst ‘Love Me
Or Leave Me
Here’s proof that Euphonium is the most fun instrument to
play. This is very impressive
Great
Performances
Now Hear This: Handel: Italian Style #4408
Discover how Handel's experience in
Italy with fellow composers Vivaldi, Scarlatti and Corelli influenced his
career. Host Scott Yoo traces Handel's footsteps to understand how he embraced
the country's artistic and cultural traditions.
Broadcast
In: English
Friday,
October 11, 9-10pm.
Channel WGBH
2
Free: The Power of Performance
In a city infamous for crime and high
dropout rates, the Destiny Arts Center in Oakland, California, provides a safe
place for teens to share their stories, build community, and express themselves
through dance. Each year, 20 students from a variety of backgrounds are
accepted into the Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company, where they spend
months creating an original production based on their lives. Under the
thoughtful guidance of Destiny's artistic director, Sarah Crowell, each journey
reveals how collaborative art can serve as a foundation for personal discovery,
growth, resilience and hope. Capturing the powerful grace of a performing arts
company for at-risk youth, FREE: THE POWER OF PERFORMANCE journeys behind the
curtain to spotlight the intimate stories of five teenagers whose lives are
transformed by the power of collaborative dance.
Broadcast
In: English
Friday, October
11, 2019,
WGBH 44.2
(The World)
Some Kind of Spark
Some Kind of Spark is a
feature-length documentary that follows seven, inner-city kids (ages 7-14) from
New York City as they embark on a life-changing experience-studying music at
the Juilliard School of Music. Shot in HD over a 2-year period,
"Spark" intimately follows the students inside the classroom and out;
from their homes in America to their parents' homes abroad; from practice rooms
to stages.
Broadcast
In: English
Saturday,
October 12, 2019
8:00pm, WGBH
2
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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
THEN CLICK ON WQXR 105.9 FM 🎕🎕🎕🎕
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NO OPERA ON
WGBH THIS WEEK!
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