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Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Week of May 18 - May 25, 2017



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!


Great Performances at the Met

Saturday, May 20, 2017, 8:00PM
Sunday, May 21, 2017, 3:00AM




Così fan tutte
James Levine conducts Mozart's comic masterpiece "Cosi fan tutte," in which the fidelity of two sisters (Susanna Phillips, Isabel Leonard) is tested by their fiancés (Matthew Polenzani, Rodion Pogossov).
Length: 210 




Monday, May 22, 2017, 12:00AM


Cavalleria Rusticana-Pagliacci 


Tenor Marcelo Álvarez stars in Mascagni's "Cavalleria Rusticana" and Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci." In "Cavalleria," he's a former soldier who used another woman to make his ex-fiancée, now married to another man, jealous; and in "Pagliacci," he's a clown whose wife is in love with another man.
Length: 180





RICCO SPRING CONCERT







Chorus
The Metropolitan Opera Announces Chorus Auditions for the 2018–19 Season

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Extra Chorus offer unique and rewarding career opportunities for highly qualified performers. Classically trained professional singers who have been invited to audition should be prepared to sing two operatic arias in different languages from memory. Selections should demonstrate the applicant’s ability to sing lyrically. An accompanist will be provided.

All applicants will be considered for Full Time (Regular) and Extra Chorus positions.

Applicants shall submit via email addressed to ChorusAuditions@metopera.org the following materials:

a cover letter requesting an audition; please indicate your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd audition session preference from the dates below; any union affiliation should be also be listed
a current one-page resume, including a photo/head-shot
an audio clip (MP3 file, no larger than 10 MB) of an operatic aria (no youtube clips or links)
a list of no more than 5 operatic arias, two of which will be selected as your audition pieces
PDF or JPEG copy of current documentation proving the ability to work in the United States.
Auditions will be granted by invitation only, and will be held at the following times:

Session #1       Tuesday, October 31st, 2017       1:45pm to 4:45pm

Session #2       Friday, November 3rd, 2017       2:45pm to 5:45pm

Session #3       Wednesday, November 15th, 2017       2:45pm to 5:45pm

Session #4       Friday, November 17th, 2017       2:45pm to 5:45pm

Applications must be received on or before 12 midnight EST, Friday, September 1st, 2017.  Submissions received after this date, regardless of postmark or email transmission time, will not be considered.

Only applicants with current documentation proving the ability to work in the United States will be granted an audition.

Any singer who is offered employment and is not already a member of AGMA (American Guild of Musical Artists) will be required to join AGMA.

All applicants will be notified as to whether an audition has been granted. No audition comments will be shared with the applicant.

Similar information about the auditions may be found by contacting the following:

American Guild of Musical Artists
1430 Broadway 14th Floor
New York, NY  10018
(212) 265-3687
www.musicalartists.org

The Metropolitan Opera
Donald Palumbo, Chorus Master
Steven Losito, Chorus Administrator
Daniel Hoy, Incoming Chorus Administrator effective July 31st, 2017
Lincoln Center
New York, NY  10023

The Metropolitan Opera is an Equal Opportunity Employer










WQXR


Renée Fleming: An Artist of Her Time
Fred Plotkin writes about the next stage in Renée Fleming's career and all that she has given to the world of opera. 
May 16, 2017





















OPERA ON THE INTERNET 
WITH  
DAVE D' AGUANNO



Opera-lovers who may be interested in getting acquainted with the latest opera by Thomas Ades -- "The Exterminating Angel" -- have a chance this coming Saturday afternoon (May 20) to do just that when last summer's premiere of the work in Salzburg is re-broadcast on Swedish Radio. Now that we know that this opera will be performed at the Met next season, and will also receive an HD-transmission, there will probably be an increased amount of interest in the work. Also, those of us who saw his earlier opera "The Tempest" in HD a few years ago will have a general idea of what to expect (to some extent).
(http://sverigesradio.se/p2/)

Also of interest, particularly to those with a liking for brand-new 21st century works: BBC Radio 3 will be broadcasting an English National Opera performance of Ryan Wigglesworth's new opera "A Winter's Tale" -- yet another adaptation of one of Shakespeare's many plays. Wigglesworth's opera premiered on February 27, 2017, and the performance being broadcast stems from the series of performances that ensued in London at that time.
(www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/)

Then there's Alban Berg's 20th century masterpiece "Lulu" which, by now, seems to be firmly established in the repertory of many opera companies. A recent performance of this opera (Hamburg, February 12, 2017) is being broadcast on German Radio.
(www.dradio.de/dkultur/)

For opera lovers with more conservative tastes, Giordano's most popular work -- "Andrea Chenier" -- can be heard on Radio 3 (RAI) in a performance that took place in Rome just last month (April 21).
(www.radio3.rai.it/)

And for those of us who enjoy the music of Handel, his opera "Rodelinda" is guaranteed to entertain. Interested listeners should check out the recent performance from Madrid that took place in March. It's on Radio 4 (the Netherlands).
(www.radio4.nl/)


Enjoy!


DAVE







The Met Saturday afternoon
 radio broadcast is on hiatus until December

but you can hear operas from the Royal Opera in Covent Garden and other operas around the world at 
1:00PM on WQXR


Go to:  http://www.wqxr.org/streams

Then click on 

WQXR 105.9 FM

 










NO OPERA ON
WGBH THIS WEEK!
Senator John McCain (R-AZ)





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