SATURDAY, February 8, 2014, 12:55pm
Live in HD *
Renée Fleming
in Antonin Dvorak's
Rusalka
This Saturday, February 8, at 1:00PM
The great Renée Fleming returns to one of her signature roles, singing the enchanting “Song to the Moon” in Dvorák’s soulful fairy-tale opera. Tenor Piotr Beczala co-stars as the Prince, Dolora Zajick is Ježibaba, and dynamic young maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin is on the podium.
The great Renée Fleming returns to one of her signature roles, singing the enchanting “Song to the Moon” in Dvorák’s soulful fairy-tale opera. Tenor Piotr Beczala co-stars as the Prince, Dolora Zajick is Ježibaba, and dynamic young maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin is on the podium.
Approximate running time 3 hrs. 45 min.
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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)
Nixon in China
Great Performances at the Met
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Saturday, February 8 -- 8:00pm; Sunday, February 9 -- 3:00am; Monday, February 10 --12:00am
Nixon in China
Composer John Adams conducts the Met premiere of his acclaimed opera "Nixon in China," about the 37th U.S. president's historic 1972 visit to communist China. Baritone James Maddalena, who created the role of Nixon in the original 1987 production, stars.
DURATION: 180 MIN
DETAILS: [CC] [STEREO]
GENRE: PARENTS PICKS
Renée Fleming sings at the
SuperBowl…
“I’m not saying I was nervous but…”
http://www.npr.org/2014/02/01/269908507/opera-star-renee-fleming-brings-grace-to-the-super-bowl
You know you've arrived when they make a snowwoman of you!
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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D' AGUANNO
Weather permitting, many of us will probably be driving to
area movie theatres this coming Saturday afternoon (February 8) for the Met's
LIVE HD-transmission of Dvorak's "Rusalka" with Renee Fleming in the
title role. Opera-goers who may be familiar with the plot of "The Little
Mermaid" will find some strong similarities in Dvorak's enchanting opera
(which can also be HEARD on several internet radio stations).
(www.wrti.org/)
As a preview of the upcoming March 1st HD-transmission of
Borodin's "Prince Igor", the Met is offering a LIVE (& free)
audio transmission of the work tomorrow evening, beginning at 6:55.
Bass-baritone Ildar Abdrazakov is scheduled to take on the title role. Those
opera fans who may have seen the HD-transmission of Donizetti's "Anna
Bolena" back in October 2011 will remember him as the notorious Henry VIII
in that opera.
(www.metopera.org/)
Fans of the works of Jules Massenet have reason to rejoice
this weekend, as 3 of his operas will be "hitting the airwaves." On
the Belgian station Klara, you can tune in to the recent (January 2014)
performance from Barcelona of "Cendrillon" -- Massenet's own version
of the Cinderella story -- with Joyce Di Donato singing the title role.
Somewhat coincidentally, she will also be performing this same character, only
in the Rossini opera ("Cenerentola"), when the Met offers its LIVE
HD-transmission of the Rossini work later this season.
(http://radio.klara.be/radio/10_home.php)
The other 2 Massenet operas scheduled for this Saturday
happen to be one-act operas as a double-bill: "La Navarraise" and
"Therese" as performed this past November in Wexford. (Technically,
"Therese" is written as 2 acts, but since the whole work takes little
more than a single hour to perform, it is usually presented without a break
between the 2 acts.)
(http://oe1.orf.at/)
Of more recent vintage, American composer Dominick Argento's
1976 opera "The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe" can be heard on German
radio in a performance that took place in Branschweig on November 30 of last
year. Listeners who cringe at the thought of listening to "modern"
opera may rest assured that Argento's opera is basically a conservative piece,
considering its date of composition.
(www.dradio.de/dkultur/)
Of even more recent vintage, the Malmo opera is presenting a
January 4, 2014 performance of "Tusen och en Natt" ("1,001
Nights") by the contemporary Swedish composer Daniel Fjellstrom. Billed as
a "family opera in one act", this one might be worth checking out.
(http://sverigesradio.se/p2/)
And what opera weekend would be complete without a
performance of Puccini's "La Boheme" ?? Check it out on French Radio
when a performance from Lyric Opera of Chicago is aired, with a stunning cast:
Anna Netrebko & Joseph Calleja !!
(http://sites.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/accueil/)
Enjoy!
DAVE
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Annie Proulx’s
Brokeback Mountain
becomes an
opera
by Charles Wuorinen
TO BE PRODUCED BY THE TEATRO
REAL IN SPAIN
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The Met
Saturday afternoon radio broadcast
Dvořák's
RUSALKA
Saturday, February 8, 2014 1:00 pm ET
Nézet-Séguin;
Fleming, Magee, Zajick, Beczala, Releyea
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NO OPERA ON WGBH TV
THIS WEEK!
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