Week of October 24 - October 31, 2019

This Saturday, 

October 26, 2019, 1:00 PM

Met-HD

For tickets and theaters*: 
https://www.metopera.org/season/in-cinemas/
* This week at Providence Place!

Manon

Exhilarating soprano Lisette Oropesa returns to cinemas on October 26 as the irresistible title character, the tragic beauty who yearns for the finer things in life. Tenor Michael Fabiano is the besotted Chevalier des Grieux, whose desperate love for Manon proves their undoing. Maurizio Benini conducts Massenet’s sensual score. 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.

Synopsis: https://www.metopera.org/discover/synopses/manon/
Duration:  3 hrs. 52 minutes

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This week on Rhode Island Public television:

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

Saturday, October 26, 2019, 8:00pm

Sunday, October 27,  2019, 3:00am 

Monday, October 28, 2019, 12:00am

The Exterminating Angel

The American premiere of Thomas Adès' opera "The Exterminating Angel" features John Tomlinson and Alice Coote; host Susan Graham.

Length: 150 minutes

Synopsis: https://www.metopera.org/user-information/synopses-archive/the-exterminating-angel

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OPERA ON THE INTERNET

WITH 

DAVE D’AGUANNO

For many of us, the big news this week is the upcoming LIVE HD-transmission from the Met on Saturday, bringing us Massenet's "Manon" starring soprano Lisette Oropesa and tenor Michael Fabiano. As usual, this can be seen at selected movie theatres in your area.

In fact, there's even more Massenet on tap for this coming Saturday, as BBC Radio 3 will be broadcasting a performance of "Werther" from London's Royal Opera House. Tenor Juan Diego Florez can be heard in the title role, with Isabel Leonard as Charlotte.

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

There's also a September 2019 performance on Saturday of the French-language version of Verdi's "Don Carlos" in a production from Antwerp which can be heard on the Belgian Radio station Klara.

(http://radio.klara.be/radio/10_home.php)

Then on Sunday, interested opera lovers will be given a chance to listen to an opera that has a DOG as the leading character! Who else but Offenbach would even consider such a thing? Well, it's obviously one of his many comic operas, and the title -- "Barkouf" (1860)-- refers to the dog himself -- Have no fear: The dog doesn't actually "sing" in this one, although he does do some barking. In any case, you can hear it in a performance that took place earlier this month in Cologne.

(https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/offenbachs_barkouf_with_klink_kristinsson_kabongo_and_koch_from_cologne/51379/)

Even before all of the above, Friday (October 25) is chock-full of operatic treats in a something-for-everybody manner. First off, in case you were ever interested in hearing what the first Estonian opera ever written sounded like, you'll get your chance on Friday as Aav Evald's "The Vikings" (1928) will be broadcast, direct from Tallinn.

(https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/aavs_the_vikings_with_jonas_tede_urb_tiits_soosalu_and_soom_from_tallinn/51329/)

On Friday evening at 7:25, the Met is offering yet another FREE live audio-stream. This time around, it's Puccini's "La Boheme."

(www.metopera.org/)

Also on Friday, the free opera video channel OperaVision is planning on showing TWO operas. First, there's Bizet's "Carmen" from Beijing followed by Johann Strauss's "Die Fledermaus" from Vienna. But that's only the beginning, since OperaVision will continue on Saturday with a video-stream of Mozart's "Don Giovanni" from Rome, and then on Sunday, it's Rossini's "Barber of Seville" from Santiago. -- And who was it that said opera was dead???

(https://operavision.eu/en/coming-soon)

Enjoy!

DAVE

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Jessye Norman with WQXR's  Fred Plotkin

Remembering Jessye Norman 

(1945–2019)

https://www.wqxr.org/story/remembering-jessye-norman/

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NEWS FROM AROUND

 THE WORLD OF MUSIC

Star Soprano Warns of Rampant Body shaming in The Opera World

Lisette Oropesa denounces the double standard applied to her male colleagues, who don't come in for anything like the same pressure on their weight.

https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Star-Soprano-Warns-of-Rampant-Body-shaming-in-The-Opera-World-20181101-0045.html

Must-See Classical Concerts This November

The best of New York shows, from a 10-minute street opera to Verdi's Requiem. Oct 23, 2019

https://www.wqxr.org/story/must-see-classical-concerts-november-2019/

9 Weekends Of Cheap and Free Concert-Going In NYC This Fall

All the weekend concerts that you can see for $25 or less across New York City. Oct 18, 2019

https://www.wqxr.org/story/9-weekends-cheap-and-free-concert-going-nyc-fall/

Brigitte Fassbaender Speaks Out On MeToo Movement & Plácido Domingo

https://operawire.com/brigitte-fassbaender-speaks-out-on-metoo-movement-placido-domingo/

Royal Opera House To Present ‘The Lost Thing’ This December

Tan’s “The Lost Thing” was previously adapted into an Oscar-winning animated short film and tells the story of Shaun who collects bottle tops and discovers a strange creature that is out of place. He eventually helps the creature find a place of belonging.

https://www.roh.org.uk/tickets-and-events/the-lost-thing-by-ben-wright-details?utm_medium=google&utm_source=ppc&utm_campaign=lost_thing_grant&utm_content=search&gclid=Cj0KCQjwl8XtBRDAARIsAKfwtxBc7uaF_ClW9vw00Pw7UYCslHOOQwu-Mv-jBdwWfP1kHy7HQdjC-DgaArIiEALw_wcB

Renée Fleming, Joyce DiDonato & Other Richard Tucker Winners On How the Award Helped Their Career

https://operawire.com/renee-fleming-joyce-didonato-other-richard-tucker-winners-on-how-the-award-helped-their-career/

Legendary Baritone Leo Nucci Has Reportedly Retired From The Stage

https://operawire.com/legendary-baritone-leo-nucci-has-reportedly-retired-from-the-stage/

Javier Camarena: I believe in unicorns

https://parterre.com/2019/10/24/i-believe-in-unicorns/

Immersed in eternal light

Christian Gerhaher delivers a Kindertotenlieder of such conciliatory tact that it erases all others.

https://parterre.com/2019/10/20/64813/

Drag me to hell

My first-ever Met Sunday opera brought the welcome return of Gluck’s sublime Orfeo ed Euridice in an enchanting afternoon that combined elegant conducting, joyous dancing and Jamie Barton’s extraordinary hero.

https://parterre.com/2019/10/21/drag-me-to-hell/

The lion king

Opéra Royal revives Grétry’s Richard Cœur-de-lion, one of the finest examples of the opéra comique genre.

https://parterre.com/2019/10/24/the-lion-king/

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Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA)
Chair, House Finance Committee