HAPPY
NEW YEAR!
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This week on Rhode Island Public television,
WSBE: (Comcast 294, Cox 808, Full Channel 109, and Verizon 478)
WSBE: (Comcast 294, Cox 808, Full Channel 109, and Verizon 478)
La Traviata
Great Performances at the Met
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Saturday, December 28 -- 8:00pm. Sunday December 29 -- 3:00am, Monday December 30 -- 12:00am
La Traviata
Soprano Natalie Dessay stars in Willy Decker's stylized production of Verdi's "La Traviata," about a frail courtesan who sacrifices her happiness in order to spare her beloved (Matthew Polenzani) and his family any strife her reputation could cause them.
DURATION: 150 MIN
DETAILS: [CC] [STEREO]
GENRE: PARENTS PICKS
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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D' AGUANNO
Many opera stations on the internet will be broadcasting the LIVE performance from the Met this Saturday (December 28) of Puccini's "Tosca" which features baritone George Gagnidze as Scarpia, the only leading cast member who appeared in the HD-transmission of this opera earlier this season. For this Saturday's radio broadcast, soprano Sondra Radvanovsky takes over the title role, with tenor Marcello Giordani as Cavaradossi.
With the year 2013 winding down (100 years after the birth of British composer Benjamin Britten), there are still a couple of Britten operas on the schedule, one of them being possibly his most popular opera -- "Peter Grimes" -- which is being broadcast on Radio 4 (the Netherlands). The performance in question took place at the Vienna State Opera on November 23 of this year.
One month earlier (October 2013), the opera company in Glyndebourne performed Britten's slightly later opera "The Rape of Lucretia" which BBC Radio 3 is carrying on Saturday.
Going all the way back to the year 1709, there's Handel's 3-act opera "Agrippina" which can be heard on French Radio in a performance from Barcelona which took place on November 18 of this year.
Two comic operas also turn up for your listening pleasure, one of them being Donizetti's "Don Pasquale" which ORF (Austria) is airing, the performance itself being one that took place in Chicago back in November of 2012.
Last but not least, there's the New Year's Eve LIVE broadcast from the Met of a Johann Strauss favorite -- "Die Fledermaus" -- as part of its schedule of free audio-streams. Why not tune in and usher in the New Year with some gloriously melodic and upbeat music, LIVE from the Met?
Enjoy !! --Happy New Year, one and all !!!
DAVE
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AUDITIONS
RICCO is looking for experienced choristers for all parts. Auditions will be held at Rhode Island College on Saturday morning January 4th and Wednesday evening January 8th. Please click HERE for a PDF file with more details. You may also call or email us.
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The Met
Saturday afternoon radio broadcast
Saturday afternoon radio broadcast
Giacomo Puccini's
TOSCA
Saturday, December 29, 2013 1:00 pm ET
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NO OPERA ON WGBH TV
THIS WEEK!
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