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Rodelinda
Great Performances at the Met
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Saturday, November 23 -- 8:00pm; Sunday, November 24 -- 3:00am; Monday, November 25 -- 12:00am
Rodelinda
Renée Fleming stars in the title role of Handel's "Rodelinda," a baroque opera about a queen and her assumed-dead husband (Andreas Scholl), and the usurper (Joseph Kaiser) who wants Rodelinda for his wife.
DURATION: 210 MIN
DETAILS: [CC] [STEREO]
GENRE: PARENTS PICKS
Set your DVRs for a special
RI Public
Television Broadcast
8:00pm, Saturday, December 21st
*SILENT
NIGHT - This opera recounts the true story of the World War I
Christmas Eve truce. For one magical evening on December 24, 1914, French,
German and British soldiers laid down their arms and joined in a spontaneous
celebration reflecting the peace, fellowship and humanity of the season. Based
on the Academy Award-nominated film Joyeux Noel, this two-act production was
commissioned by the Minnesota Opera and premiered in November 2012 to national
acclaim, including a Pulitzer Prize for Music for composer Kevin Puts. With a
libretto by Mark Campbell, "Silent Night" is sung in French, English,
German, Italian and Latin with English subtitles.
Interview with Elīna
Garanča translated from Kurier
“I cry when the pressure becomes too great”
The 37-year-old diva and soon-to-be second-time mother has a
new book: An autobiography called "Really important are the shoes," which
just came out this week.
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HANDEL'S MESSIAH IS COMING!
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SAVE THE DATE! At the Jane Pickens Theater in Newport
DECEMBER 7TH AT 1:00PM
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| La Scala, Milano |
LIVE SIMULCAST FROM MILAN:
LA SCALA OPENING NIGHT:
LA TRAVIATA
Sung in Italian with English subtitles
Starring Diana Damrau, Giuseppina Piunti, Mara Zampieri
Conducted by Daniele Gatti
Staging and sets by Dmitri Tcherniakov
New Teatro alla Scala production
December 7, 2013 1:00pm
Running Time: 2 hours 40 minutes intermission included
Sung in Italian with English subtitles
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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D' AGUANNO
Since British composer Benjamin Britten was
born 100 years ago (November 22, 1913), it should come as no surprise that the
opera schedule for this coming Saturday (November 23) is dominated by his
works. Perhaps one of his most popular and most successful -- "Peter
Grimes" (1945) -- is featured on ORF (Austria) in a LIVE performance being
given by the Vienna State Opera.
The less frequently performed
"Gloriana" (from 1953) can be heard on Swedish Radio in a performance
that took place on June 29, 2013, at London's Royal Opera House.
Another of his serious works that has received
quite a bit of attention since its premiere back in 1951 -- "Billy
Budd" -- can also be heard, the performance being broadcast having
originally taken place in Royal Albert Hall this past August 26.
And -- in a definitely lighter vein -- the
comedy "Albert Herring" (from 1947) is being performed LIVE from the
Barbican and appears on the schedule of BBC Radio 3.
Well! -- Just in case you were beginning to
wonder if non-Britten fanciers were to be given a chance to listen to something
more in tune with their particular musical tastes, German Radio has scheduled a
LIVE performance from Potsdam of Handel's 1752 work "Jephtha."
Although technically it should be considered an oratorio rather than an opera
in the strict sense of the term, it's surely a noteworthy change-of-pace
offering for opera fans this weekend.
But why restrict yourself to merely weekend
opera listening? Thanks to the Met's generosity in providing listeners with
FREE live audio-streams, there are 2 Richard Strauss operas on tap for us this
coming week. On Friday evening (November 22) at 6:55 pm, it's the premiere
performance this season of "Der Rosenkavalier" with mezzo-soprano Alice
Coote in the title role. Then on Tuesday (November 26) at 7:25 pm, there's an
additional performance of "Die Frau ohne Schatten" which has been
receiving rave reviews as of late.
Enjoy!
DAVE
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COMING--
SATURDAY, December 14, 2013, 12:55pm
Live in HD
FALSTAFF
An undisputed master of Verdi's final comic masterpiece, James Levine conducts RobertCarsen's acclaimed production, the first new Met Falstaffsince 1964. Ambrogio Maestri sings the role of the blustery Sir John Falstaff, opposite a marvelous ensemble cast.
and
Watch James Levine and the company rehearse Falstaff
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The Met radio broadcast season
begins the first week
of December.
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NO OPERA ON WGBH TV
THIS WEEK!
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