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This week on Rhode Island Public television,
This week on Rhode Island Public television,
WSBE: (Comcast 294, Cox 808, Full Channel 109, and
Verizon 478)
Verizon 478)
Saturday, June 11, 2016, 8:00pm
Sunday, June 12, 2016 3:00am
Monday, June 13, 2016, 12:00am
otello
Verdi’s towering masterpiece "Otello," about
a Moorish general (Aleksandrs Antonenko) who comes to suspect his wife (Sonya
Yoncheva) of infidelity due to seeds of doubt sowed by a treacherous aide
(Zeljko Lucic).
Length: 180
http://www.metopera.org/Discover/Synopses/Otello/
News from Around the World of Music
Big news from the San Francisco Opera:
Nicola Luisotti will step down as Music Director after 2017-2018 season.
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The Met Opera’s Musical Director-elect
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
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| The Man of the Hour |
Yannick Nézet-Séguin's Met Opera
appointment the pride of Montreal
The Met Chooses Yannick Nézet-Séguin
By Alex Ross, JUNE 2, 2016
Young Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts in home
video
Over 30 years ago, a young Yannick
Nézet-Séguin decided he wanted to become a conductor. Now, the city that saw
him surpass his wildest dreams is rejoicing with him.
Is Yannick Nézet-Séguin Worth the Wait
at the Met?
By ANTHONY TOMMASINI JUNE 2, 2016
Yannick Nézet-Séguin: No Intermission
For Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Questions of
Vision
By ZACHARY
WOOLFE MAY 11,
2016
(Note:
This piece preceded his selection.)
Musical Toronto: THE SCOOP |
Video Of A Ten-Year-Old Yannick
Nézet-Séguin Conducting Surfaces
By Michael Vincent on June 7, 2016
See Fred Plotkin ("WQXR Operavore") below for his view on Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
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WQXR
A Wish List for Yannick Nézet-Séguin and
the Metropolitan Opera
Friday, June 03, 2016
By Fred Plotkin
As the Metropolitan Opera welcomes its future
music director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Fred Plotkin offers a few suggestions for
both the maestro and the organization.
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The cast of 'The Importance of Being
Earnest,' presented by the New York Philharmonic and Lincoln Center.
Review: 'The Importance of Being Earnest'
Crashes into the NY Phil Biennial
Friday, June 03, 2016
By David Patrick Stearns
Gerald Barry's 'The Importance of Being
Earnest' received its U.S. stage premiere in a plate-smashing and somewhat
confounding production by the New York Philharmonic and Lincoln Center.
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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D' AGUANNO
This coming Saturday (June 11), opera-lovers
can hear an opera composed as early as 1732, and even two world premieres. The
1732 work is Handel's "Sosarme, Re di Media" which was performed this
past May 27 at this year's Handel Festival, and can be heard on German Radio.
Swedish Radio, on the other hand, is
broadcasting the world premiere performance of Jan Sandstrom's "The Rococo
Machine" (LIVE from Drottningholm).
Having already composed his opera
"Hamlet" in 1990, composer Sergei Slonimsky has now provided us with
his own operatic version of "King Lear" which was performed this past
Monday (June 6) in Moscow, a video of which can be accessed at the link below
(no subtitles):
(video link:
http://meloman.ru/concert/korol-lir/#webcast)
One more Shakespearean opera is on Saturday's
schedule as NPR brings us a recent Opera Delaware performance of Franco
Faccio's "Amleto" ("Hamlet"), premiered in 1865. Faccio's
opera seems to have acquired a new lease on life, as it is scheduled to be
fully staged again this summer at the Bregenz Festival.
French Radio brings us a rare opportunity to
hear Gasparo Spontini's "Olimpie" (1819) as performed in Paris last
Friday (June 3). Of some interest is composer Hector Berlioz's remark, made
after having attended a performance of this opera not long after its world
premiere: "Spontini is the composer of the century!"
Of interest to opera-lovers who prefer to
stick to the basic repertoire, Puccini's "Turandot" can be heard on
Radio 4 (the Netherlands) in a performance that took place in Vienna on May 12
of this year.
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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| Aleksandrs Antonenko |
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