MET OPERA in HD
LIVE PERFORMANCE
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2017 12:55 PM
ENCORE
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 2017 6:30 PM
Rusalka
Kristine Opolais “gives a vocally lustrous and achingly vulnerable performance” (New York Times) in the role that helped launch her international career, the mythical Rusalka, who sings the haunting “Song to the Moon.” Director Mary Zimmerman brings her wondrous theatrical imagination to Dvořák’s fairytale of love and longing, rejection and redemption, giving the work “an inspired staging” (Huffington Post). Brandon Jovanovich, Jamie Barton, Katarina Dalayman, and Eric Owens complete “a matchless cast” (New York Times), and Sir Mark Elder conducts “a magnificent rendering of the composer’s lush score (Huffington Post).
Length: 3 hrs., 40 min.
This week on Rhode Island Public television,
WSBE: (Comcast 294, Cox 808, Full Channel 109, and Verizon 478)
Now broadcasting two or three operas every weekend!
Saturday, February 25, 2017, 8:00 PM
Don Giovanni
Baritone Simon Keenlyside stars as the serial seducer "Don Giovanni," who swaggers his way to eternal damnation in this production of Mozart's 1787 masterpiece, which costars soprano Hibla Gerzmava as Donna Anna, soprano Malin Byströmas as Donna Elvira and tenor Paul Appleby as Don Ottavio.
Length: 210
Synopsis:
Sunday, February 26, 2017, 3:00 AM
Il Trovatore
Season 10 opens with Verdi's "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
Monday, February 27, 2017, 12:00 AM
Madama Butterfly
A production of Puccini's "Madama Butterfly," about a callous Navy lieutenant (Roberto Alagna) and a Japanese geisha (Kristine Opolais), whom he marries for convenience rather than for love.
Length: 180 minutes
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An Analysis of the Metropolitan Opera’s 2017-2018 Season
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
By Fred Plotkin
Operavore blogger Fred Plotkin breaks down the Metropolitan Opera's new season announcement.
News from Around the World of Music
The Met Opera’s ‘Rusalka’ Is a Dark, Sexy Hit
By ANTHONY TOMMASINI
FEB. 3, 2017
This Maestro Is Turning 90. He’s Also Conducting Over 90 Concerts This Year.
By MICHAEL COOPER
FEB. 20, 2017
A Chelsea Manning-WikiLeaks Opera, Seen in a New Light
By ZACHARY WOOLFE
FEB. 21, 2017
Hear How ‘Moonlight’ Got Its Sound: Violins, Chopped and Screwed
By MICHAEL COOPER
FEB. 21, 2017
Tanglewood Plans New Buildings and More Trees
By MICHAEL COOPER
FEB. 21, 2017
The Folly of Abolishing the N.E.A.
By THOMAS P. CAMPBELL
FEB. 22, 2017
Watch: Bobby McFerrin Conducts — and Sings — Vivaldi's Double Cello Concerto
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
By James Bennett, II
Seriously, is there anything he can't do?
Watch: Young Musician Plays the Oldest (Ever) Written Keyboard Music
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
By James Bennett, II
The Robertsbridge Codex contains the oldest known pieces of music written specifically for keyboard. Give a listen to this performance on an Estampie by Italian pianist Alberto Chines.
The film 'Ordinary People' in 1980 brought Pachelbel's Canon to a mass audience.
The Uses and Abuses of Pachelbel’s Canon
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
By Jennifer Gersten
With the music well over 300 years old, you might feel we’ve run out of ways to keep it fresh. From the film "Ordinary People" to more recent examples, Pachelbel's Canon is never far.
Alex Hibbert in “Moonlight”
10 Oscar-Nominated Films That Should Be on Any Classical Lover's Radar
Monday, February 20, 2017
By James Bennett, II
Be ready for this year's Academy Awards. We can't make you watch every nominee, but we can definitely brush you up on the music involved.
Buddy shows off his musical talents before adoring humans.
Watch: This Rescue Beagle Gets Down on the Ivories
Friday, February 17, 2017
By James Bennett, II
Could Buddy the beagle possibly be any cuter? We're sure many people didn't think he could ... until he started playing the piano.
Kelly Cae Hogan as Brünnhilde and Michael Weinius as Siegmund in 'Die Walkyrie'
Watch This Free Stream of The Ring Cycle from Richard Wagner
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
By James Bennett, II
The BBC has shared the acclaimed Opera North production of Wagner's truly epic "Der Ring des Nibelungen" for free streaming. And we have it for you.
Trumpeter Adrian Veale employed some expert editing skills for this video of him performing 'Imperial Suite' from the Star Wars film 'Rogue One.'
Watch: A 'Rogue One' Suite for Trumpet Quartet
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
By James Bennett, II
As the Oscars come closer, we can't help but look at some of the creative musical takes on some of the year's hottest films.
Nicolas Yee's 'La La Land' Medley Wants to Melt Your Heart
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
By James Bennett, II
The latest movie theme to get the Nicholas Yee treatment is "La La Land," just in time for the Oscars.
This Addictive Beat is Making All of Us Want Wah-Wah Tubes
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
By James Bennett, II
Composer Juri Seo just released a revised version of her charming composition for wah-wah tubes. Now we want to play it, too.
Watch: Stewart Goodyear on the Magic of Ravel
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
By James Bennett, II
Stewart Goodyear is scheduled to release a recording of the music of one of his favorite composers — Maurice Ravel. Here, he explains why the French impressionist means so much to him.
5 Classical Couples That Gave Us Lovely Music
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
By James Bennett, II
Your favorite composers had a love life, too. Here are five pairings — some successful, others not so much — that produced some memorable music.
Theresa Krügl sings the title role in Alma Deutscher's 'Cinderella.'
Watch: A Haunting Aria from 11-Year-Old Alma Deutscher's 'Cinderella'
Monday, February 13, 2017
By James Bennett, II
Here's an official look inside the child composer's first full-length opera, "Cinderella," with the aria "When the day falls into darkness."
Michael Daugherty wins the award for best contemporary classical composition for 'Daugherty: Tales of Hemingway' at the 59th annual Grammy Awards
Classical's Grammy Winners Include a Tie, 'Daughtery: Tales of Hemingway'
Monday, February 13, 2017
By James Bennett, II
Shostakovich, musical tributes to American greats and a tie — here's the rundown on the classical winners at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards.
Black Classical: Singers and Instrumentalists
Monday, February 13, 2017
By James Bennett, II
Here are just a few notable black singers and instrumentalists we should remember for Black History Month and beyond.
Black Classical: Composers and Conductors Who Shaped Music History
Monday, February 13, 2017
By James Bennett, II
Here are just a few of the many composers and conductors that you should remember, for Black History Month and beyond.
When Everything Went Wrong, Leontyne Price Got it Right
Friday, February 10, 2017
By James Bennett, II
When Barber's "Antony and Cleopatra" premiered as the inaugural performance of the Met Opera's new home, it didn't sit well with critics. But Leontyne Price remained a bright spot.
And the Award for Most Expressive Conducting Goes To ...
Wednesday, February 08, 2017
By James Bennett, II
Pieter Jan Leusink loves music, and that love really shines through when he's conducting.
Valentina Lisitsa Accidentally Made YouTube Think She's Glenn Gould
Wednesday, February 08, 2017
By James Bennett, II
The Ukrainian pianist's performance of Bach's Partita No. 2 is partially blocked for copyright infringement — because YouTube thinks she's Glenn Gould.
Andrew Huang Inverts a Familiar Favorite
Watch: 'Für Elise' Flipped On Its Head
Tuesday, February 07, 2017
By James Bennett, II
Musician and composer Andrew Huang takes the famous Beethoven piano piece and asks what it sounds like completely inverted.
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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D' AGUANNO
If you've been interested in attending any of the various Met HD-transmissions that are shown at area movie theatres, you'll probably already know about the upcoming transmission this Saturday (February 25) of Dvorak's "Rusalka." Not so long ago, soprano Renee Fleming was seen & heard in this same opera; this time around it's soprano Kristine Opolais who will be featured in the title role.
(audio only: www.wrti.org/)
Bass Ildar Abdrazakov has also been featured in a few Met HD-transmissions, singing the title role (for instance) in Borodin's "Prince Igor." On Saturday, he can be heard in this same role, as performed in Amsterdam earlier this month. This one is being broadcast on Radio 4 (the Netherlands).
If you're a fan of classical orchestral music, you're probably fairly familiar with the incidental music which Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg composed for Henrik Ibsen's play "Peer Gynt." Many of you may not realize that composer Werner Egk actually wrote an OPERA of the same name & based, as well, on Ibsen's play. His "Peer Gynt" (1938) can be heard this Saturday in a LIVE performance from Vienna.
Two other opera performances are also worth noting. One of them is the FREE live audio-stream on Friday evening (7:25 p.m.) of Verdi's "La Traviata" direct from the Met with soprano Sonya Yoncheva singing the role of Violetta. This young soprano will be performing the same role in the upcoming HD-transmission of the work on March 11.
Then on Sunday afternoon, it's the FREE live video-stream from Munich of Rossini's "Semiramide" with Joyce DiDonato in the title role. Since performances of this Rossini opera are not exactly abundant -- and since, as many of you already know, Ms DiDonato is an extraordinarily gifted singer -- this one (IMO) is not to be missed!
Enjoy!
DAVE
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The Met Saturday afternoon
radio broadcast
radio broadcast
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Rusalka
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Elder; Opolais, Dalayman, Barton, Jovanovich, Owens
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