This week on Rhode Island Public television,
WSBE: (Comcast 294, Cox 808, Full Channel 109, and
Verizon 478)
Verizon 478)
Saturday, May 14, 2016, 8:00pm
Sunday, May 15, 2016 3:00am
Monday, May 16, 2016, 12:00am
Great Performances at the Met
Tannhauser
A production of Richard Wagner's
"Tannhauser," in which a minstrel knight (Johan Botha) is torn
between a saintly woman (Eva-Maria Westbroek) and the sensual love goddess
Venus (Michelle DeYoung).
Duration: 4 hrs. 20 min. 4 HRS 20 MINS
News from Around the World of Music
Gerald Finley: 'I dream of finishing my career as von
Trapp'
Star soprano comes to aid of Royal Opera House – again
Sonya Yoncheva will fly to the aid of the Royal Opera
House
Telegraph News
Opera doesn't need sex, drugs or blood to win new
audiences, Glyndebourne says
Florence Foster Jenkins is the perfect antidote for
sobering times – review
by Robbie
Collin, film critic
6 MAY 2016
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WQXR
In Arthur Miller's Plays, Subjects Are Operatic in
Scope
Monday, May 09, 2016
WQXR
By Fred Plotkin
Though playwright Arthur Miller wasn't an opera fan,
his plays are well suited to operatic adaptations, writes Fred Plotkin.
How penguins react to opera
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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D' AGUANNO
Although the LIVE Saturday matinee broadcasts
from the Met have ceased for this season, there are still a number of
noteworthy opera broadcasts that are well worth one's time. For example, BBC
Radio 3 will be broadcasting a recent performance from London's Royal Opera
House of Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor." With soprano Diana Damrau
singing the title role, I am sure that this one will be of particular interest
to Damrau fans and/or Donizetti fans.
If you happen to be in the mood for something
a bit off the beaten track, you might want to tune in to German Radio for the
April 8th performance from Bonn of what has been described as a "tango
opera." It's "Maria de Buenos Aires" -- a 1968 work by Argentinian
composer Astor Piazzolla.
Jumping from 1968 all the way back to 1682,
Lully's "Persee" can be heard on French Radio in a performance that
took place in Paris on April 6th of this year.
There's also a matinee performance from
Amsterdam (i.e. morning here in RI) of Bellini's "La Straniera"
(1828). Though not as popular as some of his other works, this relatively early
work of Bellini is sure to please admirers of his other operas.
You may also want to consider Friday's
broadcast from RAI of Puccini's "La Fanciulla del West" -- direct
from La Scala.
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!
U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ)
