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Saturday, December 1, 2016
The MagiC Flute
The groundbreaking broadcast that launched the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series to movie theaters in 2006, The Magic Flute enchanted opera lovers from around the world with the whimsical humor and breathtaking puppetry of Julie Taymor’s hit production, presented in a shortened English-language version. Under the baton of Maestro James Levine, a winning ensemble cast – including Nathan Gunn, Ying Huang, Matthew Polenzani, Erika Miklosa, and René Pape – brings fresh life to Mozart's timeless fairy tale.
GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET
OTELLO
Verdi's "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
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WQXR
The Ultimate Holiday Music Guide For New Yorkers
Friday, November 25, 2016 - 12:00 AM
By Fred Plotkin
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Met Opera Guild Moves to Sell Memorabilia to Raise Money
By MICHAEL COOPER
NOV. 23, 2016
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THE TROUBADOUR AND THE LADY
With “L’Amour de Loin,” Kaija Saariaho is the first female composer to have a work performed at the Metropolitan Opera for more than a century.
By Daniel Wenger , NOVEMBER 24, 2016
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WQXR Blog
6 Great Classical Music 'Thank You' Compositions
Tuesday, November 22, 2016 - 12:00 AM
By Michael Rosin
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From ‘Pitch Perfect’ to Broadway, He’s Vocal About A Cappella
By ELISABETH VINCENTELLI
NOV. 23, 2016
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Your Guide to a Met Opera Milestone
By ZACHARY WOOLFE
NOV. 25, 2016
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Opera Lover Apologizes for Scattering Ashes and Silencing the Met
By MICHAEL COOPER
NOV. 2, 2016
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Gift Ideas for Classical Music Fans
By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, JAMES R. OESTREICH, CORINNA da FONSECA-WOLLHEIM, DAVID ALLEN, MICHAEL COOPER and ZACHARY WOOLFE
NOV. 24, 2016
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Classic Rockers
By Rik Malone
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When opera greats sing silly Christmas songs
Classical Music Features ~ Jay Gabler ·
Dec 24, 2015
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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D' AGUANNO
This
coming Saturday afternoon (Dec. 3), the first radio broadcast from the Met's
2016/2017 season can be heard on several internet radio stations. The opera
being broadcast is none other than Puccini's "Manon Lescaut" with
soprano Anna Netrebko singing the title role, and with tenor Marcelo Alvarez as
Des Grieux.
In
addition to Saturday's broadcast of the Puccini opera, the Met is offering
another of their FREE live audio-streams this week. Tomorrow evening (Thursday)
at 7:25, it's Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho's opera "L'Amour de
Loin" which premiered in 2000. This opera will also be available for our
viewing & listening pleasure on Saturday, December 10, in yet another of
the Met's splendid HD-transmissions.
Another
modern opera worth mentioning is "El Juez" ("The Judge") by
Christian Kolonovits. Having received its world premiere in 2014, this opera
was recently performed in Vienna (July 2, 2016), & it is this performance
which can be heard on Saturday on ORF (Austria). What makes this broadcast of
special interest will undoubtedly be the performance of the title role by the
acclaimed tenor Jose Carreras! This fabulous tenor hadn't been heard in opera
since 2002, so this current broadcast marks something of a "return
performance" for Mr. Carreras.
On the
Belgian station Klara, a performance from earlier this month of
"Capriccio" -- the final completed opera of Richard Strauss --
appears on the schedule. This production from Brussels can also be SEEN (check
the video link below).
(audio
only: http://radio.klara.be/radio/10_home.php)
Another
video can be viewed on Saturday; however, the opera being shown is by a
different Strauss composer. Oscar Straus (no relation to either Richard or
Johann) dropped the 2nd "s" from his last name in order to avoid
confusion with the other more famous composers. In fact, stylistically he's a
lot closer to Johann. (Does anyone remember "The Chocolate Soldier"
also by this composer?) So, on Saturday, on The Opera Platform as well as
Arte-TV, in a performance from Berlin, it's his 1923 operetta "The Pearls
of Cleopatra."
Then on
Sunday, the Bavarian State Opera (Munich) has a LIVE video-stream of
Shostakovich's "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk" which should be available
with English subtitles provided.
Enjoy!
DAVE
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The Met Saturday afternoon
radio broadcast will return on December 3 with 'Manon Lescaut.'
radio broadcast will return on December 3 with 'Manon Lescaut.'
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No opera on
WGBH this week!
