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PROVIDENCE PLACE MALL
NABUCCO
from THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE IN HD
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| Placido Domingo |
Daniele Abbado explores themes of identity,
exile and religion in a powerful staging of Verdi’s epic opera.
~ALL LINKS ARE LIVE~
This week on Rhode Island Public television,
WSBE: (Comcast 294, Cox 808, Full Channel 109, and Verizon 478)
RIGOLETTO FROM MANTUA
Great Performances
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Saturday, May 17 -- 8:00pm; Sunday, May 18 -- 3:00am; Monday, May 19 -- 12:00am
A production of Verdi's "Rigoletto" that was filmed in Mantua, Italy, at the times and locations referenced in the libretto. Placido Domingo stars as court jester Rigoletto, whose public ridicule of a nobleman brings with it a high price.
DURATION: 150 MIN
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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D' AGUANNO
With the weekly LIVE broadcasts from the Met having ended for the current opera
season, there are still several radio-transmissions worth checking out, among
them being a broadcast of Verdi's "Otello." This particular broadcast
signals the start of NPR's series of presentations from Lyric Opera of Chicago,
the performance in question being one that took place in October 2013.
There's more Verdi on the schedule as Swedish Radio
brings us what many people consider a "classic recording" -- "Aida"
-- released in 1967 and starring 4 great singers from that era: soprano Birgit
Nilsson, tenor Franco Corelli, mezzo-soprano Grace Bumbry, and baritone Mario
Sereni. All I have to say about this one is WOW !!
Two operas from Vienna can also be heard this
Saturday, one being a performance of Dvorak's "Rusalka" which took
place on January 26, coincidentally running at about the same time as the
Met's performances of this same opera.
Also from Vienna, the March 29, 2014 performance of
Mozart's "Cosi fan Tutte." This one can be heard on ORF.
Richard Strauss's "Arabella" appears on the
schedule of Radio 4 (the Netherlands). It's a performance that took place in
Amsterdam on April 23 of this year.
French Radio actually has TWO separate opera
broadcasts scheduled for this Saturday, starting in the morning (our time)
with a performance of Charles Lecocq's melodic comic opera "Ali Baba."
The performance being aired was one that took place in Paris as recently as
this pastMonday (May 12).
On Saturday afternoon, this same station will
broadcast a performance of Wagner's "Tristan & Isolde" (April 8,
2014). This performance took place in Paris and features tenor Robert Dean
Smith as Tristan. As some of you may recall, it was only a few years ago that
this tenor stepped in at the very last minute to sing this same role when the
Met presented this opera as an HD-transmission, with Deborah Voigt as Isolde.
Also, 3 operas from this summer's Glyndebourne
Festival will be given a live video-stream (free) on your computer:
"Der Rosenkavalier" (Richard Strauss) -- on Sunday,
June 8
"Don Giovanni" (Mozart) -- some time in July
(specific date not available at this time)
"La Traviata" (Verdi) -- some time in August
(specific date not available at this time)
Enjoy!
DAVE
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COMING SOON!
May 17, 2014 at 7:30 PM
ELIJAH
Felix Mendelssohn’s Masterpiece
Dear Friends,
Please join us on Saturday, May 17, 2014 at 7:30 PM for our next concert at the Cathedral of Sts. Peter & Paul, Providence. We invite you to hear our presentation of Felix Mendelssohn’s masterpiece, Elijah, featuring our chorus, orchestra, four distinguished, internationally acclaimed soloists and members of the Chorus of the Community College of RI, Dr. Joseph Amante, Conductor. Completed in 1846, one year before his untimely death, Mendelssohn had begun work on the oratorio ten years earlier, but it might never have been written except for the close ties he had with the English musical community. He established that relationship in 1829 when, at the age of 20, he visited London as both pianist and composer. The success of his St. Paul, in 1836, prompted Mendelssohn to contemplate another oratorio. In 1845, the director of the Birmingham Music Festival proposed that Mendelssohn write a new oratorio for presentation the following year. Large choral works such as oratorios were staples at the festival. He went to England himself to conduct the work, presented in a quickly written English translation (later revised). The performance provided one of the great triumphs of his career and ensured Elijah’s position as one of the great oratorios of the 19th century. Elijah has no unbroken narrative thread but is, rather, a series of tableaux depicting scenes from the prophet’s life interspersed with prayers or prayer-like meditations. Mendelssohn described the process this way, “With a subject such as Elijah, the dramatic must predominate…and the contemplative, moving aspect…must be conveyed through the words and moods of the characters.” Dramatic scenes, such as God’s appearance to the prophet, provide many of the musical highpoints, and the opportunity to set these events to music was what most attracted Mendelssohn to the subject of Elijah. I will, in future notes leading up to our performance on May 17, comment on various aspects of Mendelssohn’s great oratorio and his religious beliefs, as well as include short bios of our wonderful solo artists: Diana McVey, Soprano; Teresa Buchholz, Mezzo-soprano; Kirk Dougherty, Tenor and Stephen Bryant, Bass-baritone, who portrays the title role.
Stephen Bryant, Elijah
My association with my good friend and colleague, Stephen Bryant, goes back to our graduate school days at the University of Michigan. Since then, Stephen has gone on to have a stellar career as a performer here and abroad and a much sought-after voice teacher. His distinguished career in opera Stephen Bryanthas taken him around the world, with acclaimed performances in the US, Europe and Asia. He has sung with the New York City Opera and the Santa Fe Opera, and with orchestras such as the New York and Japan Philharmonics. He was nominated for a Grammy® in 2009 for "Best Opera Recording" in Tan Dun's Marco Polo. He has performed roles such as Colline in La Bohème, Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte and Figaro in La Nozze di Figaro. Recent concert appearances include Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the New York Philharmonic and Philadelphia Orchestra; Handel’s Messiah with the Indianapolis Symphony and Pittsburgh Symphony; Mozart’s Requiem with Princeton Pro Musica; and Verdi’s Requiem with the Washington National Opera Orchestra under the auspices of the Defiant Requiem Foundation.
On the opera stage he has appeared in numerous roles with New York City Opera, most recently in productions of A Quiet Place and Intermezzo during the 2010-11 Season. Other opera performances include Mr. Gobineau in The Medium at the Spoleto Festival USA; Robert Gonzales in Stewart Wallace’s Harvey Milk and the Bonze in Madama Butterfly with San Francisco Opera; Capulet in Roméo et Juliette with Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Michigan Opera Theatre, Chautauqua Opera, and Toledo Opera; George Milton in Of Mice and Men with Arizona Opera; and Indiana Elliot’s Brother in Thomson’s The Mother of Us All with Santa Fe Opera.
Mr. Bryant holds a Master's degree from the University of Michigan, and is on the voice faculty at William Paterson University.
I hope to see you at our concert on May 17. This will be the RI Civic Chorale & Orchestra’s first performance of Elijah since the spring of 1987. I promise you a spectacular evening!
Yours truly,
Edward
Edward Markward, Music Director
Rhode Island Civic Chorale and Orchestra
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The Met Opera Season is over but there are opera and classical festivals all around! Check them out!
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/20/arts/music/summer-festivals-for-classical-music-and-opera.html?_r=0
For OPERA NEWS subscribers only: http://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2014/5/Departments/Voices_of_Summer.html
Interesting tidbits:
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
By WQXR
Staff
To show that anyone can make music, the
London-based artist Tadas Maksimovas has used his hip-length hair as the medium
in a violin performance project.
Five Things Every Smart Concertgoer Should Do in May
Sunday, May 11, 2014 - 08:00 PM
By Brian Wise
A Rare American Oratorio to be Heard, Uninterrupted
AUDIO: NBC Radio Interrupts its Dett Broadcast in 1937
Wednesday, May 07, 2014 - 11:00 AM
By Brian Wise
Cellist Julian Lloyd Webber 'Devastated' Over End of Career
Monday, April 28, 2014 - 04:31 PM
By Brian Wise
Arts Audiences are Increasingly Restless and Fickle, Study
Finds
Monday, April 28, 2014
By Brian Wise
Arts organizations face increasingly fickle, choosy
audiences, who are far less loyal and increasingly motivated by the social
aspects of attending events, according to a new study of audience behavior.
Is Handel's Messiah Anti-Semitic?
Friday, April 18, 2014
By Brian Wise
A new book argues that Handel's Hallelujah chorus from
Messiah was designed not to honor the birth or resurrection of Jesus but to
celebrate the destruction of Jerusalem.
NJ Choral Singer Collapses and Dies at Walt Disney Hall
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
By WQXR Staff
A choral singer collapsed and died at the Walt Disney
Concert Hall in Los Angeles on Monday, the first death of a musician at the
venue since its 2003 opening.
http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/choral-singer-collapses-and-dies-walt-disney-hall/
http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/choral-singer-collapses-and-dies-walt-disney-hall/
SUMMER CHORAL FESTIVALS
http://www.choralfest.org/
https://www.facebook.com/WestminsterSummerChoralFestival
http://summer.msmnyc.edu/2014Season/ChoralFestival.aspx
http://music.yale.edu/norfolk/
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The Met
Saturday afternoon radio broadcast
The radio season is over! Sigh! Check this space in December.
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NO OPERA ON WGBH TV
THIS WEEK!
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