Week of June 9 - June 16, 2016

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This week on Rhode Island Public television,

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

SYNOPSIS:
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.

http://sfopera.com/about-us/press-room/press-releases/nicola-luisotti/

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The Met Opera’s Musical Director-elect

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

The Man of the Hour

 Yannick Nézet-Séguin's Met Opera appointment the pride of Montreal

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/yannick-nezet-seguin-montreal-reaction-1.3613815

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.

http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-met-chooses-yannick-nezet-seguin

Is Yannick Nézet-Séguin Worth the Wait at the Met?

By ANTHONY TOMMASINI   JUNE 2, 2016

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/03/arts/music/is-yannick-nzet-sguin-worth-the-wait-at-the-met.html

Yannick Nézet-Séguin: No Intermission

https://www.nfb.ca/film/yannick_nezet-seguin_no_intermission/download

For Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Questions of Vision

By ZACHARY WOOLFE    MAY 11, 2016

(Note: This piece preceded his selection.)

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/15/arts/music/for-yannick-nezet-seguin-questions-of-vision.html?_r=0

Musical Toronto: THE SCOOP |

Video Of A Ten-Year-Old Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conducting Surfaces

By Michael Vincent on June 7, 2016

http://www.musicaltoronto.org/2016/06/07/news-yannick-nezet-seguin/  

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.

http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/wish-list-yannick-nezet-seguin-and-metropolitan-opera/

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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.

http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/review-importance-being-earnest-crashes-ny-phil-biennial/

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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.

(www.dradio.de/dkultur/)

Swedish Radio, on the other hand, is broadcasting the world premiere performance of Jan Sandstrom's "The Rococo Machine" (LIVE from Drottningholm).

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

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.

(www.wrti.org/)

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!"

(www.francemusique.fr/)

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.

(www.radio4.nl/)

Enjoy!

DAVE

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The Met Saturday afternoon
 radio broadcast will return in December. 

Watch this space. Enjoy the haitus! 

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No opera on

WGBH this week!

Aleksandrs Antonenko

("Otello") 

Week of June 2 - June 9, 2016

This week on Rhode Island Public television,

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

Saturday, June 4, 2016, 8:00pm

Sunday, June 5, 2016 3:00am

Monday, June 6,  2016, 12:00am

Great Performances at the Met

Yonghoon Lee and Anna Netrebko

Il Trovatore

Verdi's classic "Il Trovatore," in which long-lost brothers (Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Yonghoon Lee) compete for the affections of the same woman (Anna Netrebko). Dolora Zajick costars as Azucena, the gypsy with a dark secret.

Length: 180 

Synopsis:

 http://www.metopera.org/Discover/Synopses/Il-Trovatore/

Dmitri Hvorostovsky

"Summertime, and the livin' is easy..."

News from Around the World of Music

Here's a video of the recent "Lucia di Lammermoor" from London, with Diana Damrau in the title role (with English subtitles): 

(Watch it before it disappears!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lUsadM4z94

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Remembering the Holocaust Through Opera in Out of Darkness

BY ILANA WALDER-BIESANZ, May 31, 2016 SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC

https://www.sfcv.org/reviews/San-Francisco-Conservatory-of-Music/Remembering-the-Holocaust-Through-Opera-in-Out-of-Darkness?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SFCVLatestNews+%28SFCV+Latest+News%29

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Susan Graham Triumphs as Cleopatra in Agony and Ecstasy

   

 

           BY STEVEN WINN,    May 25, 2016

           SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY 

                          

https://www.sfcv.org/reviews/san-francisco-symphony/susan-graham-triumphs-as-cleopatra-in-agony-and-ecstasy?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SFCVLatestNews+%28SFCV+Latest+News%29#sthash.VSSxR6Zs.dpuf

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New York Philharmonic Records Christopher Rouse, Past Composer-in-Residence

Monday, May 30, 2016

By Patrick Castillo

The New York Philharmonic’s latest release, conducted by Alan Gilbert, celebrates Rouse’s term (2012–15) as composer-in-residence and features muscular scores produced during that time.

http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/new-york-philharmonic-records-christopher-rouse-past-composer-residence/

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7 Series in NYC Presenting World-Class Music for Free

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

WQXR

By David J. Baker

From aural and literal fireworks in Central Park to a communal play-along of a Ravel masterpiece, here are gratis summer music performances in NYC to mark on your calendar.

http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/7-series-nyc-presenting-world-class-music-free/

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Behind the Voice - Michael Fabiano - Words of Wisdom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRtQQZ6IgW0

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WQXR

How Deborah Rutter Manages: A Conversation with the Kennedy Center President

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

By Fred Plotkin

Fred Plotkin sits down with Deborah Rutter for a wide-ranging conversation on the state of Washington, D.C.'s Kennedy Center.

http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/how-deborah-rutter-manages-conversation-kennedy-center-president/

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OPERA ON THE INTERNET 

WITH  

DAVE  D' AGUANNO

The operas that can be heard on internet radio this coming Saturday (June 4) include Romanian composer Georges Enescu's powerful opera "Oedipe" which (as the title suggests) deals with the tragic events in the life of King Oedipus, beginning (in Act 1) with his being abandoned as an infant and ending (in the final act) with his achieving his final peace in death. The performance to be heard on Saturday will be coming to us LIVE from London's Royal Opera House.

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

In a similar vein, there's Alban Berg's "other opera" (as opposed to "Lulu") -- "Wozzeck" -- which is this Saturday's offering from NPR. The opera can be heard, as performed last November at Lyric Opera of Chicago.

(www.wrti.org/)

One of the less frequently performed works of Richard Strauss -- "The Egyptian Helen" -- appears on German Radio's schedule, as performed in Berlin in early April of this year.

(www.dradio.de/dkultur/)

Considered to be one of the first grand operas ever composed, Claudio Monteverdi's "L'Orfeo" (1607) received a performance in Lille on May 21 of this year, & French Radio will be broadcasting it this Saturday.

(www.francemusique.fr/)

Those who might be anxious to begin their "opera weekend" on Friday (June 3), as well as those who are interested in hearing an opera by Mascagni that is NOT "Cavalleria Rusticana," will undoubtedly be interested in the LIVE video-stream of "L'Amico Fritz" which can be accessed at the link below on Friday afternoon at 1 p.m.. The performance is one that will be taking place in Venice.

(http://culturebox.francetvinfo.fr/musique/opera/teatro-la-fenice/l-amico-fritz-de-mascagni-au-teatro-la-fenice-240277)

Enjoy!

DAVE

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The Met Saturday afternoon
 radio broadcast will return in December. 

Watch this space. Enjoy the haitus! 

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No opera on

WGBH this week!

Actor Mel Gibson