Week of May 14 - May 21, 2015

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~ALL LINKS ARE LIVE~

This week on Rhode Island Public television,

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

GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET

MANON

Saturday, 8:00 pm

Sunday, 3:00 am

Monday, 12:00 am

MANoN

Soprano Anna Netrebko stars in Jules Massenet's "Manon," about a country girl who, while on her way to a convent, falls for a young man (Piotr Beczala) before succumbing to a promise of a luxurious life offered by a rich nobleman (Christophe Mortagne).

DURATION: 180 MIN

DETAILS: [CC] [STEREO]

GENRE: PARENTS PICKS

Synopsis: http://www.metopera.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?customid=446

THIS WEEKEND!

A Free Collection of Classical Music

Nothing beats the pleasure of listening to a live performance of classical music. Now you can enjoy works of the greatest composers in history, such as Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, and Beethoven, all with the click of a button. All you need to do is hover over the image of the composer and press the  button in the small window that pops up. To close that window, click on the  button, or play another composition. Enjoy.

http://www.ba-bamail.com/content.aspx?emailid=15475&memberid=1002098

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David Frost interviews Maria Callas

1970

1923-1977

Gone too soon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln1FzEuPNBg

or you could just listen to her sing "O Mio Babbino Caro"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOZQsUHhWk0

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OPERA ON THE INTERNET 

WITH  

DAVE  D' AGUANNO

Even though the Met's 2014/2015 broadcast season has come to an end, there are still several opera broadcasts worth noting on the schedule for this coming Saturday (May 16), one of which is the LIVE broadcast of Karol Szymanowski's "King Roger" (1926) from London's Royal Opera House, which can be heard on BBC Radio 3 and SEEN on the new website Opera Platform. The performance should begin at around 2:30 pm, and you will note that links for both the audio and the visual presentations are given here:

Audio only: www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/

Live Video-Stream: http://www.theoperaplatform.eu/en/opera/szymanowski-krol-roger

Another LIVE broadcast comes to us from Paris via French Radio: Verdi's "Macbeth."

(http://sites.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/accueil/)

And more Verdi is on tap, as Swedish Radio brings us the March 20, 2015 performance of "Aida" as presented by the Malmo Opera.

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

Wagner enthusiasts need not despair, since German Radio will be broadcasting a performance from Munich of "Das Rheingold" (as given on April 24 of this year).

(www.dradio.de/dkultur/)

And, in a lighter vein, ORF has scheduled last Friday's performance of Darius Milhaud's comedy "La Mere Coupable" (1966). This particular performance took place in Vienna.

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

Enjoy!

DAVE

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Video:

What did airline workers do to break my cello?

May 11, 2015

Cello crash test

http://www.thestrad.com/cpt-latests/what-did-airline-workers-do-to-break-my-cello/

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The Met 

Saturday afternoon radio broadcast season is over; 

check back here in November. 

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No Opera on 
WGBH this week!