Live ~ Met HD* on May 10, 2014
Joyce Di Donato, the Yankee Diva, in
LA CENERENTOLA
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A peerless pair of Rossini virtuosos joins forces
in La Cenerentola—a vocal tour de force for mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato,
singing her first Met performances of the Cinderella title role, and the
high-flying tenor Juan Diego Flórez, as her Prince Charming. Alessandro
Corbelli and Luca Pisaroni complete the cast, with Met Principal Conductor
Fabio Luisi leading the effervescent score.
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This week on Rhode Island Public television,
WSBE: (Comcast 294, Cox 808, Full Channel 109, and Verizon 478)
~ALL LINKS ARE LIVE~
LA TRAVIATA
Saturday, May 10 -- 8:00pm; Sunday, May 11 -- 3:00am; Monday, May 12 -- 12:00am
LA TRAVIATAabout 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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The 'Marvelous Living' Of Soprano Jessye Norman
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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D' AGUANNO
The big news for most opera fans this weekend would probably
be the Met's LIVE HD-transmission in area movie theatres of Rossini's
"Cenerentola" ("Cinderella") with a star-studded cast,
including Joyce Di Donato in the title role and tenor Juan Diego Florez as
Prince Ramiro. An audio-only version of this same performance can be found on
many internet radio stations.
(www.wrti.org/)
Coincidentally, Joyce Di Donato can also be heard singing
the role of Cinderella in the Massenet version (called "Cendrillon").
This comes to us in a performance that took place earlier this year (January)
in Barcelona, and can be heard on Radio 4 (Netherlands).
(www.radio4.nl/)
This very afternoon (Wednesday, May 7), a video of the LIVE
performance of Verdi's "Nabucco" from the Vienna State Opera can be
purchased and watched online. Tenor Placido Domingo is scheduled to sing the
baritone role of Nabucco, and the audio of today's performance can be heard
Saturday on ORF (Austria).
(http://oe1.orf.at/)
And for our Obscure Opera of the Week, how about one that is
loosely based on Chapter 4 of the Book of Genesis and features only 4
characters (Adam, Eve, Cain, & Abel), these being the only 4 human beings
alive on the planet at that time? It's Rudi Stephan's opera "Der Ersten
Menschen" ("The First Humans") in a performance that was given
in Berlin in November 1998. And if you've never heard of Rudi Stephan before,
it could be due to the fact that he was shot and killed in World War I when he
was only in his 20s.
(www.dradio.de/dkultur/)
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
Saturday afternoon radio broadcast
Rossini's
LA CENERENTOLA
May 10, 2014 1:00 pm ET
Luisi, DiDonato, Flórez, Spagnoli, Corbelli, Pisaroni
Synopsis:
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NO OPERA ON WGBH TV
THIS WEEK!
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