This week on Rhode Island Public television,
WSBE: (Comcast 294, Cox 808, Full Channel 109, and
Verizon 478)
Verizon 478)
Saturday, May 21, 2016, 8:00pm
Sunday, May 22, 2016 3:00am
Monday, May 23, 2016, 12:00am
Great Performances at the Met
Lulu
Alban Berg's "Lulu," a tragedy about
a woman (Marlis Petersen) who ruins the lives of those around her.
Length: 110
Synopsis: http://www.metopera.org/Discover/Synopses/Lulu/
News from Around the World of Music
Mezzo-Soprano Kirstin Chávez in conversation with Mel
Cooper
Mel Cooper 11th May 2016
Unpacking the Science: How Playing Music Changes the
Learning Brain
By George Hicks, WBUR CommonHealth Blog
Remember “Mozart Makes You Smarter”?
‘An amazing way to go’: Jane Little, world’s longest-serving
orchestra musician, collapses and dies performing ‘There’s No Business Like
Show Business’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/05/16/what-an-amazing-way-to-go-bassist-jane-little-worlds-longest-serving-orchestra-musician-dead-at-87-after-collapsing-while-performing/
Beverly Sills Award Winner Ailyn Perez On Her Growth
Into Stardom In Operatic World [Exclusive]
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WQXR
A Commencement Address to Vocal Arts
Graduates, Class of 2016
Friday, May 13, 2016
By Fred Plotkin
If Operavore blogger Fred Plotkin were to give
a graduation commencement address, this is what he might say.
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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D' AGUANNO
A mix of the familiar and the unfamiliar
characterizes the offerings on internet radio for this coming Saturday (May
21). For example, most opera fans are familiar with Gounod's "Romeo &
Juliette." Few, however, have ever heard Vaccai's "Romeo &
Giulietta" or Zandonai's "Giulietta & Romeo." Well, on
Saturday, it's "Giulietta & Romeo" by composer Nicola Antonio
Zingarelli, an opera which he composed in just 8 days and which premiered in
January 1796. ORF (Austria) is broadcasting a performance of the work that took
place in Salzburg last Saturday (May 14).
Another rarely performed work that can be
heard on Saturday is Jacopo Foroni's "Cristina, Regina di Svezia."
Written in 1849, this one can be heard on German Radio in a LIVE performance
from Oldenburg.
On a far more familiar note, there's a LIVE
performance from Amsterdam of Mozart's "Don Giovanni" that can be
heard on Radio 4 (the Netherlands).
Bellini's "La Sonnambula" is
scheduled on French Radio in a (concert) performance that took place in Paris
on April 11 of this year.
Radio 3 (RAI) has the March 15, 2016
performance of Rossini's "L'Italiana in Algeri" scheduled for
Saturday. This one took place in Florence.
In the midst of all these broadcasts of
Italian operas, Wagner enthusiasts can still find one of his operas on the
schedule as BBC Radio 3 broadcasts a recent performance of
"Tannhauser" from the Royal Opera House in London.
Enjoy!
DAVE
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The Met Saturday afternoon
radio broadcast will return in December.
radio broadcast will return in December.
Watch this space. Enjoy the haitus!
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No opera on
WGBH this week!
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