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Saturday, January 31, 2015
MET OPERA HD
1:00 PM
Offenbach's
Les Contes d'Hoffmann
The magnetic tenor Vittorio Grigolo takes on the tortured poet and unwitting adventurer of the title of Offenbach’s operatic masterpiece, in the Met’s wild, kaleidoscopic production. Hibla Gerzmava, Erin Morley, and Christine Rice sing the three heroines—each an idealized embodiment of some aspect of Hoffmann’s desire. Thomas Hampson portrays the shadowy Four Villains, and Yves Abel conducts the sparkling score.
DURATION: 210 MIN
DETAILS: [CC] [STEREO]
GENRE: PARENTS PICKS
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This week on Rhode Island Public television,
WSBE: (Comcast 294, Cox 808, Full Channel 109, and Verizon 478)
Saturday, January 31, 2015, 8:00pm
Sunday, February 1, 2015 3:00am
Monday, February 2, 2015 12:00am
GREAT PERFORMANCES
Le Nozze di Figaro
The Season 9 premiere features "Le Nozze di Figaro," Mozart's 1786 comic masterpiece, which has been updated to take place in 1930s-era Spain. It brings to life the upstairs-downstairs romantic complexities at an 18th-century manor house.
DURATION: 240 MIN
DETAILS: [CC] [STEREO]
GENRE: PARENTS PICKS
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GREAT PERFORMANCES
Sunday, February 1, 2 pm WGBH 2
MacBeth
Anna Netrebko moves boldly into Verdi with her
searing portrayal of Lady Macbeth, the mad and murderous mate of Željko Lucic’s
doomed Macbeth. Adrian Noble’s chilling production also stars Joseph Calleja as
the noble Macduff and René Pape as Banquo. Fabio Luisi conducts.
Approximate running time 2 hrs. 55 min.
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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D' AGUANNO
The Met's upcoming performance of Offenbach's
"Tales of Hoffmann" this Saturday (January 31) dominates the
schedules of most internet radio stations, and as many opera fans are aware,
will be presented as an HD-transmission in certain area movie theatres. With
tenor Vittorio Grigolo heading the cast, it promises to be a wonderful
performance!
Fans of tenor Jonas Kaufmann have reason to rejoice,
since BBC Radio 3 will be broadcasting a LIVE performance from London's Royal
Opera House of Giordano's most popular opera "Andrea Chenier" with
Kaufmann singing the title role. (It is also being shown in movie theatres in
Europe and will hopefully make its way into the USA one of these days.) Also in
the cast are soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek as Maddalena and baritone Zeljko Lucic
as Gerard.
Enjoy!
DAVE
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Free tickets to Harvard Book Store's event with tenor Ian Bostridge!
BLO is excited to share with you Harvard Book Store's upcoming event, Schubert's Winter Journey: Anatomy of an Obsession with author and tenor Ian Bostridge – and we're giving away a limited number of free tickets.
When: Wednesday, February 4th at 6:00pm
Place: Brattle Theatre (40 Brattle Street, Cambridge)
Place: Brattle Theatre (40 Brattle Street, Cambridge)
Win a free ticket Reply to this email with your answer to "What's your favorite piece of classical music that celebrates a season and why?" Feel free to share a video or anecdote about your pick! Entries are due by midnight.Thursday, January 29. Winners will be randomly selected on Friday, January 30. This contest is available on our Facebook & Twitter pages as well.
Learn more about the event
Visit our blog to get all the details about Ian Bostridge, his new book, & the event.
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The Met
Saturday afternoon radio broadcast
Offenbach's
LES CONTES D'HOFFMAN
January 31, 2015 1:00 pm ET
Abel; Morley, Gerzmava, Rice, Lindsey, Grigolo, Hampson
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Opera on WGBH this week!
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