Week of September 25 - October 2, 2014

This week on Rhode Island Public television,

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

 Saturday, September 27, 8:00pm

Sunday, September 28 3:00am

Monday, September 29, 12:00am

Great Performances at the Met

Prince Igor

Alexander Borodin's "Prince Igor," about a 12th-century Russian ruler (Ildar Abdrazakov) who defends his country against invading forces.

Synopsis: http://www.metopera.org/metopera/season/synopsis/prince-igor?customid=786

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Great Performances at the Met

WGBH 2

12:30 pm

Werther

Sunday, September 28, 2014

and 

Sunday, October 5, 2014

12 NOON

Jonas Kaufmann stars in Richard Eyre's production of Massenet's "Werther," about a poet whose feelings for the fair Charlotte (Sophie Koch) lead him to do the unthinkable, for she has another man on her mind: the honorable Albert (David Bizic). 

Synopsis:

http://www.metopera.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?customid=91

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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 In memoriam Early Music Pioneer, Christopher Hogwood dies at 73 By Rob Weinberg, 24th September 2014, 16:47

Classical music world mourns champion of authentic instrument performances.

For full obituary, click here:

http://www.classicfm.com/music-news/latest-news/christopher-hogwood-dead/

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OPERA ON THE INTERNET 

WITH  

DAVE  D' AGUANNO

With its 2014/2015 season now getting underway, the Met is once again making many of its mid-week performances available as FREE live audio-streams on their website. And so, on next Tuesday (September 30) at 7:25 p.m., it's time for a performance of Bizet's "Carmen" with pretty much the same cast that is scheduled to appear in the upcoming HD-transmission of the work on November 1.(www.metopera.org/)

On Saturday, there's a nice variety of works that can be heard on internet radio, one of which is the LIVE performance from English National Opera of Verdi's "Otello" on BBC Radio 3.

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

If you happen to prefer Wagner to Verdi, you can tune in to the Belgian station Klara for a performance of "Tannhauser" from this past summer's Bayreuth Festival.

(http://radio.klara.be/radio/10_home.php)

And if you'd rather listen to Mozart, there's a LIVE performance on Swedish Radio of "The Marriage of Figaro," direct from the opera house in Goteborg.

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

Although, strictly speaking, the work is classified as an oratorio rather than an opera, Handel's "Israel in Egypt" (1739) is on tap on German Radio. It's a performance that took place in Bremen on last Friday (September 19).

(www.dradio.de/dkultur/)

"Les Boreades" -- the last of Rameau's 5 "musical tragedies" -- can be heard on Radio 4 (the Netherlands) in a performance from this past summer's opera festival in Aix-en-Provence.

(www.radio4.nl/)

Rather than offering a broadcast performance from last season's offerings by the San Francisco Opera, NPR is delving into the San Francisco Opera's archives for a performance of "Die Frau ohne Schatten" (by Richard Strauss) which originally took place in 1976. In the role of the Empress, soprano Leonie Rysanek will be heard -- this being a role that she'd made into something of a specialty when this opera was given a spectacular revival at the Met back in the '60s.

(www.wrti.org/)

Enjoy!

DAVE

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The Ten Worst Things about Being a Soprano

Click link:

http://www.classicfm.com/discover/music/worst-things-soprano/

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The Met

Saturday afternoon radio broadcast is

on hiatus until December

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