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This week on Rhode Island Public television,
This week on Rhode Island Public television,
WSBE: (Comcast 294, Cox 808, Full Channel 109, and Verizon 478)
DON GIOVANNI
Saturday, August 8, 8:00pm
Sunday, August 9, 3:00am
Monday, August 10, 12:00am
Great Performances at the Met
Don Giovanni
Baritone Mariusz Kwiecien stars as the serial seducer "Don Giovanni," who swaggers his way to eternal damnation in this production of Mozart's 1787 masterpiece, which costars soprano Barbara Frittoli as the fiery Donna Elvira.
DURATION: 180 MIN
DETAILS: [CC] [STEREO]
GENRE: PARENTS PICKS
SYNOPSIS:
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| Barbara Frittoli as Lady Elvira and Luca Pisaroni as Leporello, Don Giovanni's man-servant |
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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D' AGUANNO
Although this particular performance took
place earlier this week, I thought I'd give you a link in case you may be
interested, since it's being offered for FREE for the next few weeks: It's
Verdi's "Otello" as performed at this summer's festival in France (Choregies
d'Orange) and features tenor Roberto Alagna singing the title role. Video
excerpts can also be found on YouTube as well.
With this summer's opera festival in Salzburg
currently taking place, ORF will be broadcasting a LIVE performance of Verdi's
"Il Trovatore" on Saturday. Fans of soprano Anna Netrebko will,
no doubt, be interested in hearing her in the role of Leonora which is a
new one for her. As a bonus, you'll also get to hear (former) tenor Placido
Domingo singing the baritone role of Count di Luna in this same broadcast. (If
you'd rather wait for the video, I believe that on Friday, August 15, it
will be aired on Medici TV for FREE.)
Going back a little bit into the opera season
that has just ended, NPR is giving us an opportunity to hear the Los Angeles
Opera performance of Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" which took
place in March of this year.
Going back a little further, there's a
performance of "Lakme" by Leo Delibes, this one having been performed
in Lausanne in October of last year.
Enjoy!
DAVE
P.S.: Somebody who calls himself Logan D has
uploaded quite a few opera videos, besides the recent Salzburg performance of
Mozart's "Don Giovanni."
The link below will take you to Part 1 of
Rossini's "William Tell" -- the June 28 performance from
Munich, complete with English subtitles:
In addition, there are recent performances of
Puccini's "La Boheme" (London), Rossini's "Il Turco in
Italia" & "La Gazzetta" & "Le Comte Ory" -- as
well as Catalani's "La Wally" (from Geneva), more Mozart ("Cosi
fan Tutte" & "Magic Flute"), Janacek's "Jenufa"
(from Berlin), Prokofiev's "War & Peace" etc. etc. (not all
with English subtitles, however)
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More on the Labor Troubles at the Met~~
Met Opera and Building Workers Reach Agreement [Updated]
http://commercialobserver.com/2014/08/met-opera-and-building-workers-reach-agreement/
Met Opera, unions extend contract talks
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/style/wp/2014/08/01/met-opera-unions-extend-contract-talks/The Future of Opera
Why it isn't bound for extinction.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/the-future-of-opera-1405641354
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2014 Summer Season
The Mikado
by Gilbert and Sullivan
Featuring:
Michael DiMucci, Allison Pohl, Andy Papas, Jason Shealy, Ian Pomerantz,
Arielle Rogers, Christopher Davey, Roselin Osser, Aimee-Rose Willett
Costumes: Everett Hoag
August 8, 9, 10, 2014
Columbus Theatre - 270 Broadway, Providence, RI
Tickets: $35; $60
Available now — Call 401-331-6060 to Order
August 13, 2014
Blithewold Mansion and Gardens - 101 Bristol Ferry Road, Bristol, RI
Tickets: $35
Discount available for Blithewold members
Available now — Call 401-331-6060 to Order
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The Met
Saturday afternoon radio broadcast is
on hiatus until December
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WGBH Postpones its annual Labor Day Opera
Bash!
WGBH's annual Labor Day Opera Bash is missing
from its monthly printed schedule. A call to the station revealed that the reason for this
omission is that WGBH has changed its fiscal year so that they will now be
doing fund-raising during the Labor Day weekend. The Opera Bash has been
postponed to a later date in the autumn, probably October or November. We will
keep you posted on any developments. In the meantime, please write them a note,
encouraging them to make sure they broadcast the opera bash and more opera in
general. I'm told that every single letter is read and taken into
consideration. This is a link to their website:
NO OPERA ON WGBH TV
THIS WEEK!
Coming in September to WGBH:
WGBH2 09/14/2014 12:00:00:00 Great Performances at the Met #806: Prince Igor
Length:03:26:46:00
WGBH2 09/21/2014 12:30:00:00 Great Performances at the Met #807: La Boheme
Length: 02:26:46:00
WGBH2 09/28/2014 12:30:00:00 Great Performances at the Met #808: Werther
Length: 02:26:46:00
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