IT'S WGBH'S
*Okay, so I've never had caviar...we're all on a budget!
Note:
WGBH 2 is WGBH 2
WGBH 44 is (RI Cox Cable 804) (RI Fios 470)
WSBE 6 is WSBE 6
WSBE 36.2 is (RI Cox Cable 808) (RI Fios 478) (In Massachusetts, Comcast 294)
WGBH is having its end-of-the-fiscal-year fundraiser. This is a very good time to show them how appreciative you are for the opera broadcasts that you enjoy so much. You can do it online in a minute:
http://www.wgbh.org/
Renée Fleming stars in the title role of Rossini's "Armida" as the niece of the Damascus king during the Crusades, a sorceress who falls for a Christian soldier (Lawrence Brownlee).
Synopsis:
Wednesday | Sep 1, | 1:00 AM | WGBH 2/HD |
Wednesday | Sep 1, | 1:00 AM | WGBH HD |
Wednesday Saturday, Sunday, Monday, | Sep 1 Sep 4 Sep 5 Sep 6 | 1:00 AM 8:00 PM 3:00 AM 12:00 AM | WGBH-DT WSBE-36.2 WSBE-36.2 WSBE-36.2 |
Renée Fleming
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Thursday Sep 2 at 8:00 PM WGBH 2/HD
Friday Sep 3 at 1:30 AM WGBH 2/HD
Friday Sep 3 at 4:30 AM WGBH 44
Friday Sep 3 at 1:30 PM WGBH 44
Sunday Sep 5 at 1:30 AM WGBH 2/HD
Sunday Sep 5 at 2:30 PM WGBH 2/HD
a documentary by Susan Froemke
Ryan Smith, Alek Shrader, Amber F. Wagner, Angela Meade, Michael Fabiano, Jamie Barton
Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, Thursday, Duration: | Sep 2 at Sep 4 at Sep 5 at Sep 30 at 120 minutes | 9:30 PM 1:00 PM 3:00 PM 4:00 AM, | WGBH 2 WGBH 2 WGBH 44 WGBH 2 |
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Natalie Dessay and Juan Diego Flórez inDonizetti's
La Fille du Régiment
Hear Juan Diego Flórez hit five high-C's in "Ah mes amis"!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WdFa6nPlyE
Coloratura soprano Natalie Dessay stars as Marie, an orphan adopted by French troops in this production of Donizetti's comedic "Fille du Régiment," which updates the setting from the Napoleonic era to World War I. Tenor Juan Diego Flórez costars as Tonio.
Saturday Sep 4 at 12:00 PM WGBH 44
Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
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Richard Wagner's
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE
A production of Richard Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde," about the doomed love between a Celtic princess (Deborah Voigt) and a knight (Robert Dean Smith), who's the nephew of King Marke (Matti Salminen), to whom she's betrothed.
Saturday Sep 4 at 2:30 PM WGBH 44
Duration: 5 hours, 10 minutes
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starring
PATRICIA RACETTE
Puccini's classic "Madama Butterfly," about a Japanese geisha (Patricia Racette) who marries an American naval officer (Marcello Giordani).
Saturday | September 4 | 7:00 PM | WGBH 44 |
Saturday | September 4 | 7:00 PM | WGBX-DT |
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Gounod's
Roméo et Juliette
starring Anna Netrebko and Robert Alagna
Synopsis:
Duration: 4 hours
HAMLET
Simon Keenlyside and Maris Petersen Hamlet by Ambroise Thomas
Duration: 3 hours
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PETER GRIMES
Anthony Dean Griffey stars in the title role of Benjamin Britten's "Peter Grimes," about an English fisherman blamed for the deaths of two assistants. Ellen Orford: Patricia Racette. Capt. Balstrode: Anthony Michaels-Moore. Mrs. Sedley: Felicity Palmer
Duration: 3 hours
LA RONDINE
Soprano Angela Gheorghiu and tenor Roberto Alagna star in a production of Puccini's "La Rodine," about a kept woman who faces a difficult decision when she falls for the son of a respectable family.
Duration: 2 hours
She's back!
CARMEN
A production of Bizet's "Carmen," starring Elina Garanca in the title role, a Gypsy girl; and Roberto Alagna as the soldier who becomes obsessed with her. Host: Renee Fleming.
Saturday, Sep 5, 7:00 PM, WGBH 44
Duration: 3 hours
ORFEO ED EURIDICE
A production of Christoph Willibald Gluck's Orfeo et Euridice, in which the grieving Orfeo (mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe) braves the underworld to retrieve his wife (soprano Danielle de Niese).Synopsis:
Sunday, Sep 6, 10 PM WGBH 44
Duration: 2 hours
A production of Giuseppe Verdi's "Aida," about an enslaved Ethiopian princess (Violeta Urmana) in ancient Egypt who serves the pharaoh's daughter (Dolora Zajick) while competing with her mistress for the affections of a military commander (Johan Botha).
Duration: 3 hours
Hoffmann (Joseph Calleja)
LES CONTES D'HOFFMAN
A production of Jacques Offenbach's opera "Les Contes d'Hoffmann," about the life, loves and psychological manifestations of the German Romantic author E.T.A. Hoffmann (Joseph Calleja). Antonia/Stella: Anna Netrebko. Olympia: Kathleen Kim.
Synopsis:
http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?id=15
Duration: 3 hours
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