This week on Rhode Island Public television,
WSBE: (Comcast 294, Cox 808, Full Channel 109,
and Verizon 478)
Don Pasquale
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| Anna Netrebko & Mariusz Kwiecien as the sibling-grifters |
Great Performances at the Met
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Saturday, August 24~8pm; Sunday, August 25 ~ 3am; Monday, August 26 ~ 12am
DON PASQUALE
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The Season 5 premiere features Donizetti's comic "Don Pasquale," starring soprano Anna Netrebko as a penniless young woman who tricks the wealthy Don (John Del Carlo) into thinking he's married her.
DURATION: 150 MIN.
DETAILS: [CC] [STEREO]
GENRE: PARENTS PICKS
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Rhode Island Public Television
September 2013 schedule
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Elina Garanča
hangs up her pants
Elina Garanča reveals to the Kurier that she plans to give
up trouser roles. "I'm 36, these roles aren't right at my age".
Instead, she wants to shift her voice in more of a soprano
direction after the birth of her second daughter, expected to arrive in
December.
"As I turn 40 I want to sing more Verdi, and look more
at the dramatic repertoire. I dream of Amneris in Aida, that would be the
summit. I have Parsifal at home right now, and I'm looking at Brangäne in
Tristan und Isolde. Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana is already scheduled, and
in Don Carlo is on the books for 2016."
Garanča begins her maternity leave at the end of October,
but says only the new baby can decide when it should end. She breastfed
first-born Catherine and didn't sing a note for five months. "This time I
want to take it easy".
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August 19, 2013
Petition Wants Met Gala Dedicated to Gay Rights
By MICHAEL COOPER
The furor over Russia’s new law placing restrictions on the
discussion of homosexuality has spread to the world of classical music, with
some opera fans calling on the Metropolitan Opera to dedicate its opening-night
gala performance of Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” to the support of gay people.
The long-planned new production of “Eugene Onegin,” which
will open the Met season on Sept. 23, is to be conducted by Valery Gergiev, the
artistic director of the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg and one of the
foremost interpreters of the Russian repertory, and to star Anna Netrebko, the
popular Russian diva, who will be opening the Met’s season for the third year
in a row. Both were vocal supporters of the 2012 campaign of President Vladimir
V. Putin of Russia, who in June signed the law banning “propaganda on
nontraditional sexual relationships.”
An online petition, referring to what the organizer calls
“Putin’s recent laws against homosexual people and those who support them” and
to Tchaikovsky’s suffering because of his homosexuality, is calling on the Met
to dedicate its Russian-theme opening night to the support of lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgendered people. “I’m not asking them to be against anybody,”
said Andrew Rudin, the composer who started the petition. “I’m asking them to
be for somebody.”
The initial response was small by the standards of online
activism. While a joke petition asking the White House to “begin construction
of a Death Star by 2016” has gathered some 34,000 signatures, Mr. Rudin’s opera
petition had received only about 2,200 signatures by Monday — not enough people
even to fill the opera house, which can hold nearly 4,000. But it spurred an
impassioned online debate about the role of art in politics and the
responsibilities of artists.
And it attracted the signature of Bartlett Sher, the
director of several critically acclaimed recent productions for the Met,
including Offenbach’s “Contes d’Hoffmann” and Donizetti’s “Elisir d’Amore,”
both of which starred Ms. Netrebko.
Mr. Sher said in an interview that he did not see the
petition as anti-Met but rather as a chance to take a stand against Mr. Putin
and the recent law. “I saw it as a chance for everyone who loves opera, and all
of us who work in it, to stand up to a pig and a dictator, against a terrible
position and a terrible man,” he said.
The Met’s general manager, Peter Gelb, responded to the
petition with a statement saying that the Met was proud of its history as a
creative base for gay and lesbian singers, conductors, directors, designers and
choreographers and adding that “we also stand behind all of our artists, regardless
of whether or not they wish to publicly express their personal political
opinions.”
“As an institution, the Met deplores the suppression of
equal rights here or abroad,” the statement said. “But since our mission is
artistic, it is not appropriate for our performances to be used by us for
political purposes, no matter how noble or right the cause.”
Asked about the Met’s response, Mr. Sher said that he
supported the Met “in every way, as well as Anna.”
Ms. Netrebko said in a statement on Facebook this month: “As
an artist, it is my great joy to collaborate with all of my wonderful colleagues
— regardless of their race, ethnicity, religion, gender, or sexual orientation.
I have never and will never discriminate against anyone.”
A spokesman for Ms. Netrebko, Sean Michael Gross, said that
the singer would let the statement speak for itself. “I think it’s preposterous
to presume that anyone who endorses a candidate for public office agrees — or
disagrees — with their public policy positions 100 percent once they’re in
office,” he said.
A representative of Mr. Gergiev — who was honored by Mr. Putin
this spring with a revived Soviet-era title, Hero of Labor, around the time he
opened a new $700 million theater, the Mariinsky II — did not return a call
seeking comment.
In Europe, Russia’s freedoms and human rights record will be
the focus of a concert that Gidon Kremer, the Latvian-born violinist and the
founder of the Kremerata Baltica chamber orchestra, plans to hold in Berlin on
Oct. 7 — the anniversary of the death of Anna Politkovskaya, a Russian
journalist and critic of the Kremlin who was killed in 2006.
Mr. Kremer said in an e-mail interview that his concert,
which was in the works before the recent laws on homosexuality were passed, was
intended as “a kind of a personal statement against injustice,” and took issue
with descriptions of the concert as an “anti-Putin” event.
“I had my chance to spend my childhood in an authoritarian
country,” Mr. Kremer said. “The trends Russia is heading in now make me worry
and reminds me of those times.”
Asked about the situation at the Met, he said: “I myself am
not denying the obvious high artistic qualities of Anna Netrebko or Valery
Gergiev, but I do feel a certain discomfort observing them offstage. The
identification with one’s own country is more than honorable and
understandable. Never would I criticize a real patriot nor deny that patriotism
is a very natural attitude. We all should be able to love our native country.”
“What makes me feel odd is the way these feelings are
presented,” he said, “the way artists become spokesmen for politicians and
those who are in power.”
Mr. Gelb said that he believed the focus on the Met was
misplaced. “What seems to be somewhat unfair about this petition is not its
support of L.G.B.T. rights in Russia, but that they would choose the Met as a
vehicle or target of their displeasure,” he said in an interview. “The Met has
been a champion of L.G.B.T. art, and it seems like they’re barking up the wrong
tree.”
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Auditions
New Singer Auditions Soon!
Join us for new singer auditions: Wednesday 28 August and
Wednesday 4 September at 7 PM. Auditions for new members will be held on
Wednesday August 28th and Wednesday September 4th at 7 PM and again in January
at the Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts, RI College. For your planning
purposes you will be asked to bring a simple prepared song such as a hymn or
aria. The audition will include range testing, pitch matching and simple sight
singing. Please contact us by phone or email to schedule an audition date and
time.
LOCATION: Rhode Island College, Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts
Wed. 28-Aug 7:00 PM NC 198
Wed. 4-Sep 7:00 PM NC 198
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Auditions
Final auditions for the 2013-14 season
The Providence Singers invite experienced choral singers to audition for the 42nd season. Auditions for new and returning members will be conducted by appointment.
• Remaining audition days: Tuesday, August 20 | Tuesday, August 27
• Appointments available: 7 to 9 p.m.
More about auditions | Audition brochure (pdf)
It keeps getting better: Auditions for the 2013 Junior Providence Singers
Back for its eleventh concert season, the Junior Providence Singers will hold auditions from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, September 4-5, at the Carter Center in East Providence. Meet new music director Paulette LaParle, sing your audition, and get set for an incredible season that includes an encore performance of Eric Whitacre’s Five Hebrew Love Songs, performed last year by the Providence Singers.
More information | Download brochure (pdf)
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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D' AGUANNO
Tenor/Baritone/Conductor Placido Domingo has
been going strong for so many years that, at times, we may tend to forget some
of his earlier performances and/or recordings. Well, the Belgian radio station
Klara will be rectifying that situation on Saturday when they air the 1977
recording of Bizet's "Carmen" in which Domingo is partnered with
mezzo-soprano Teresa Berganza who, many of you may remember, was a first-class
singer of that era and a "Cenerentola" for the ages, IMO.
(http://radio.klara.be/radio/10_home.php)
Domingo also figures this Saturday as the
CONDUCTOR in the Los Angeles Opera performance from this past May of Puccini's
"Tosca" (an NPR offering). In the title role, soprano Sondra
Radvanovsky (seen as Amelia in Verdi's "Ballo in Maschera" not too
long ago at the Met) is featured.
(www.wrti.org/)
Last week, German Radio brought us a
performance of Rachmaninov's "Francesca da Rimini." Continuing with
this trend (so to speak), this week it's Zandonai's own version of the story,
the performance being one that took place in Freiburg on July 20 of this year.
(www.dradio.de/dkultur/)
This very evening, Mozart's "Cosi fan
Tutte" is to be performed as part of this summer's Salzburg Festival. You
can listen to this very performance in a delayed broadcast on Saturday on ORF.
(http://oe1.orf.at/)
Enjoy!
DAVE
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BLO's 2013/2014 Season opens on October 4
Single tickets are now on sale for Boston Lyric Opera's
2013/2014 Season of all-new productions, including the season opening world
premiere new English adaptation of Mozart's The Magic Flute. This season BLO
welcomes an international lineup featuring Sarah Coburn, John Tessier, Emily
Hindrichs, Morris Robinson, Caroline Worra, Nadine Sierra, and Music Director
David Angus.
Join us for a thrilling season by securing your seats today!
Tickets may be purchased online at www.citicenter.org, by phone at
1-866-348-9738, or by visiting the Citi Center box office at the Wang Theatre
located at 265 Tremont Street.
Interested
in seeing more than one opera this season?
subscribe today and receive the best seats at
the best prices!
To
become a subscriber please call BLO Audience Services at 617-542-6772.
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Some interesting articles
With the release of Anna Netrebko's Verdi
Album on August 20th. We offer you this sneak peak!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjpX9ywK7l4&feature=youtu.be
5 Things To Remember Before Every Audition
http://www.backstage.com/advice-for-actors/backstage-experts/5-things-remember-every-audition/?sf15664802=1
Netrebko sings "O mio babibino
caro."
http://intermezzo.typepad.com/intermezzo/2012/03/anna-netrebkos-cardinal-sin.html
Musicians Use Beta Blockers as
Performance-Enabling Drugs
http://www.wqxr.org/?sf16271414=1#!/articles/conducting-business/2013/aug/16/musicians-use-beta-blockers-relieve-stage-fright/?utm_source=local&utm_media=treatment&utm_campaign=carousel&utm_content=item2
Jackie Fuchs: Why Opera Rocks
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackie-fuchs/why-opera-rocks_b_121689.html?sf16186408=1
Joseph Calleja at ‘Festum Olivarum’ concert in
Zebbug
http://gozonews.com/40376/joseph-calleja-at-festum-olivarum-concert-in-zebbug/
Sony Masterworks Joins With Turner Classic
Movies (TCM) To Present New Mario Lanza Collection The Toast Of Hollywood
Read more:
http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1423228#ixzz2ca2nckKa
http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1423228
Opera Fresh: Anna Netrebko Dances Her Ass Off
Watching Adam Lambert
http://operafresh.blogspot.com/2013/05/anna-netrebko-dances-her-ass-off.html
No Picnic for Players in the Parks
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center is
ready for its debut outdoor performance.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/21/arts/music/chamber-music-society-gears-up-for-naumburg-bandshell.html?_r=0
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The Met radio broadcast season is
over for now...
check this space the first week
of December.
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NO OPERA ON WGBH TV
THIS WEEK!
BUT
The WGBH Labor Day Weekend Opera Bash is coming!!
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