Week of September 18 - September 25, 2014

This week on Rhode Island Public television,

WSBE:  (Comcast 294, Cox 808, Full Channel 109, and Verizon 478)

 Saturday, September 20, 8:00pm

Sunday, September 21, 3:00am

Monday, September 22, 12:00am

Great Performances at the Met

RUSALKA

Rusalka

Renée Fleming stars in Dvorák's "Rusalka," about a water sprite who loves a human prince (Piotr Beczala). The cast also includes Dolora Zajickas as the witch Ježibaba; Emily Mageeas as Rusalka's rival; and John Relyea as Rusalka's father.

DURATION: 180 MIN

DETAILS: [CC] [STEREO]

GENRE: PARENTS PICKS

SYNOPSIS: http://www.metopera.org/metopera/season/synopsis/rusalka?customid=790

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Great Performances at the Met

WGBH 2

12:30 pm

la Boheme 

Puccini’s moving story of young love is the most performed opera in Met history—and with good reason. Anita Hartig stars as the frail Mimì in Franco Zeffirelli’s classic production, with Vittorio Grigolo in the role of her passionate lover, Rodolfo.

     Duration: 2 hrs. 47 minutes

Synopsis:  http://www.metopera.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?customid=820

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Seventh Annual  COLLEGIATE VOCAL COMPETITION  Auditions This year, four winners in the categories of Soprano, Mezzo-soprano (or Alto), Tenor and Baritone (or Bass) will appear as soloists with the Rhode Island Civic Chorale & Orchestra in its March 14, 2015concert, Songs of Praise and Peace.   The winning soloists will be featured in our performance of W. A. Mozart'sVesperae solennes de confessore, k 339. In addition to the opportunity of appearing as soloist with the Rhode Island Civic Chorale & Orchestra and inclusion in all publicity for this concert, each of the winners will receive remuneration of two hundred dollars ($200.00). The competition will take place on Saturday, October 25, 2014 between 1:00 and 5:00 PM at the Music Mansion in Providence, RI. An accompanist will be provided. Entrants should come prepared to sing an aria or art song of his or her choosing. The entrant must be enrolled as a student at an institution of higher education (RI, MA, CT) at the time of the audition and must be recommended by a teacher at his/her school.  The recommendation may be indicated by signature on the application.  The adjudicators are three of New England's most respected singers who have appeared on numerous occasions as soloists with the Chorale.   Upon receipt of the application, the entrant will be assigned an audition time.   Please download the application from our website,www.ricco.org. A $35 entry fee in the form of a check made payable to RICCO should  accompany the application form, which is due byOctober 10, 2014 at our address below. We look forward to hearing you in this, our 7th ANNUAL COLLEGIATE VOCAL COMPETITION. Rhode Island Civic Chorale & Orchestra 141 Phenix Avenue Cranston, RI 02920 info@ricco.org 401.521.5670 www.ricco.org 141 Phenix Avenue. Cranston RI, 02920 401.521.5670

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Test your wits:

Cheese or opera?

/http://www.classicfm.com/discover/music/opera-or-cheese-game/

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OPERA ON THE INTERNET 

WITH  

DAVE  D' AGUANNO

Two Mozart operas appear on the internet radio schedule this coming weekend. On Swedish Radio, there's a broadcast of "Idomeneo." The performance at hand is one that took place last Friday in Drottningholm.

(http://sverigesradio.se/p2/)

The other opera by Mozart is actually scheduled to be broadcast on Monday (Sept. 22) on BBC Radio 3. The opera is "La Finta Giardiniera" ("The Pretend Garden-Maid"), written when the composer was all of 18 years old. This charming early work was performed as part of this summer's Glyndebourne Festival, from which this broadcast stems.

(www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/)

ORF (Austria), on the other hand, will be broadcasting "The Enchantress" -- one of Tchaikovsky's lesser-known operas. It's a performance that was performed yesterday (September 16) in Vienna, & can be heard on Saturday afternoon.

(http://oe1.orf.at/)

As a side-note: I'd report on this Saturday's offering from NPR, if only their website didn't insist on being so mysterious, making it literally impossible to find a clear-cut run-down of the operas scheduled for the coming weeks! Maybe I'll have better luck next week.

Enjoy!

DAVE

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The Met

Saturday afternoon radio broadcast is

on hiatus until December

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OPERA ON WGBH TV 

Coming in September to WGBH: 

WGBH2    09/28/2014      12:30:00:00 Great Performances at the Met #808: Werther

Length: 02:26:46:00 

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