Summertime...and the livin’ is easy…
Met HD Summer Schedule Encores --Two left!
Wednesdays, 7:00PM
Tonight, Wednesday, July 12, 2017
NABUCCO
The legendary Plácido
Domingo brings another new baritone role to the Met under the baton of his
longtime collaborator James Levine. Liudmyla Monastyrska is Abigaille, the
warrior woman determined to rule empires, and Jamie Barton is the heroic
Fenena. Dmitri Belosselskiy is the stentorian voice of the oppressed Hebrew
people.
Review:
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/13/arts/music/review-james-levine-placido-domingo-metropolitan-opera-verdi-nabucco.html?mcubz=1&_r=0
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Next week: JULY 19
And in case you're not all
Carmen'd out, herewith the last rose of summer...
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| She's back! |
Carmen
A production of Bizet's
"Carmen," starring Elina Garanca in the title role, a Gypsy girl; and
Roberto Alagna as Don Jose, the soldier who becomes obsessed with her.
Duration: 180 min.
Synopsis:
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Watch an interview of Elina
Garanca and Roberto Alagna by Renee Fleming:
Carmen: "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Elina Garanca)
(Three locations in this area: Warwick Showcase Cinemas ; Legacy Place Showcase Cinemas, Dedham; Swansea Cinema 12)
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This week on Rhode Island Public television,
WSBE: (Comcast 294, Cox 808, Full Channel 109, and Verizon 478)
Great Performances at the Met
Saturday, July 15, 2017, 8:00PM
Sunday, July 16, 2017, 3:00AM
Monday, July 17, 2017, 12:00AM
Carmen
Anita Rachvelishvili
singing her signature role of the ill-fated gypsy temptress. Aleksandrs Antonenko
plays her desperate lover, the soldier Don Jose, and Ildar Abdrazakov is the
swaggering bullfighter Escamillo, who comes between them. Pablo Heras-Casado
conducts the irresistible score, which features one beloved and instantly
recognizable melody after another.
Length: 180 |
DETAILS: [CC] [STEREO]
GENRE: PARENTS PICKS
SYNOPSIS:
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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D' AGUANNO
This
coming Saturday (July 15), it appears to be catch-up time, with various
internet radio stations programming some interesting re-broadcasts from earlier
this year (& even last summer). So, if you missed the Geneva broadcast of
Tchaikovsky's "Maid of Orleans" from a few months ago, you can hear
it on ORF. Also, you can tune in to German Radio if you should happen to have a
pressing need to listen to the July 1 Munich performance of Schreker's
"The Stigmatized." And from last summer, there's Franco Faccio's
"Amleto" ("Hamlet") as performed in Bregenz and to be heard
on Swedish Radio on Saturday.
It's
also worth noting that on Friday (July 14), you can watch a LIVE performance
from London's Royal Opera House of Puccini's "Turandot" with tenor
Roberto Alagna singing the role of Calaf, and as Liu, soprano Aleksandra Kurzak
who happens to be Alagna's current real-life love-interest.
(video
link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk_0kftCQdA)
In
the meantime, you can watch a video of Mozart's "Don Giovanni" (with
French subtitles), as performed earlier this week as part of the
Aix-en-Provence summer opera festival.
(video
link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOtqBWLeckc&t=11217s)
Enjoy!
DAVE
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WQXR
San Francisco Opera
Heats Up
Fred Plotkin reports on all of the musical attractions in San
Francisco this summer and fall. Jul 5, 2017
Singular Voices:
Janis Joplin
Fred Plotkin visits the “Summer of Love” exhibit in San Francisco
which reminds him of the singular voice of Janis Joplin. Jul 3, 2017
O (peratic) Canada!
Fred Plotkin takes a closer look at all the ways that Canada has
done right by opera, in honor of the country's 150th anniversary. Jun 29, 2017
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News from Around the World of Music
What happens just before show time at the Met Opera
Anja Harteros: What’s Keeping One of Opera’s Greatest
Sopranos from Singing?
James Levine to Replace Andris Nelsons in the Met’s New
‘Tosca’
Madama Butterfly (Complete)
Taking Note: The Remarkable Growth in Consumer Spending
on Opera Performances
Watch: A first glimpse of The Royal Opera's new
production of Verdi's Otello
Itzhak Perlman Plays at NY Mets Game
Insights into Otello with Jonas Kaufmann (The Royal
Opera)
The Toscanini Wars
Breaking News: Sonya Yoncheva Cancels ‘La Traviata’ At
Munich & ‘Clemenza’ At Baden Baden
Artist Of The Week: Leah Crocetto Dispatches Vocal
Fireworks In ‘The Siege Of Calais’
Anthony Roth Costanzo Exists to Transform Opera
Dad Was Filming a Street Musician In Italy. But Watch
What Happens When He Tells the Daughter “DO IT”
Little Girl Is Asked to Sing ABCs. Her Dramatic Rendition
Is Unlike Anything You’ve Heard Before
5-Year-Old Piano Prodigy Plays For 101-Year-Old Grandma,
But Her Final Request Made Him Burst Into Tears
Guy Travels the World Teaching Strangers One Dance. Then
Puts It All Together for A Spectacular Video
Dancer Gets Ready While Officer Stands in Corner, But No
One Expected Her Routine Would End Like This
He Puts a Ring from A Tree Trunk On a Record Player. When
It Starts to Play, I Got Chills All Over!!
Classical Dads: Some of Music's Most Influential Father
Figures
Dmitri
Hvorostovsky’s JUN 9, 2017
New Release: Russia Cast Adrift
Delos Records has released Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s latest
album Russia Cast Adrift, the world premiere orchestral recording of
neo-romantic composer Georgy Sviridov’s song cycle set to the vivid and moving
poetry of Sergei Yesenin. The new album invites audiences around the world to
discover this beloved Russian composer. Sviridov’s affinity for Russian poets
is here on display in his highly idiomatic music that elicits the intensity and
expressive passion of their verses.
For this new release, Constantine Orbelian conducts Dmitri
and the St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, as well as the Russian folk
music ensemble Style of Five.
Purchase from Delos: https://delosmusic.com/recording/hvorostovsky-sviridov-russia-cast-adrift/
Purchase from Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Sviridov-Russia-Adrift-Dmitri-Hvorostovsky/dp/B0725WVGWF/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1497279584&sr=8-1&keywords=russia+cast+adrift
Purchase from Apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sviridov-russia-cast-adrift/id1239960808
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| Met Opera Chorus performs as the people of Seville in CARMEN |
Auditions
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
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The Met Saturday afternoon
radio broadcast is on hiatus until December
but you can hear operas from the Royal Opera in Covent Garden, the Chicago Lyric Opera, and other operas around the world at
1:00PM on WQXR
radio broadcast is on hiatus until December
but you can hear operas from the Royal Opera in Covent Garden, the Chicago Lyric Opera, and other operas around the world at
1:00PM on WQXR
NO OPERA ON
WGBH THIS WEEK!
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| Salieri in "Amadeus," played by Murray Abraham |
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