It's surreal week at the opera...
THIS WEEK
MET-HD
Mozart's
COSI FAN TUTTI
set in 1950's Coney Island
A winning cast comes together for Phelim McDermott’s clever vision of Mozart’s comedy about the sexes, set in a carnival-esque, funhouse environment inspired by 1950s Coney Island—complete with bearded ladies, fire eaters, and a Ferris wheel. Manipulating the action are the Don Alfonso of Christopher Maltman and the Despina of Tony Award–winner Kelli O’Hara, with Amanda Majeski, Serena Malfi, Ben Bliss, and Adam Plachetka as the pairs of young lovers who test each other’s faithfulness. David Robertson conducts.
Synopsis: https://www.metopera.org/metoperafiles/season/2017-18/operas/cosi/Cosi_HDsynopsis_Global_dates.pdf
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This week on Rhode Island Public television:
WSBE: (Comcast 294, Cox 808, Full Channel 109, and Verizon 478)
Saturday, March 31, 2018, 8:00pm
Sunday, April 1, 2018 3:00am
Monday, April 2, 2018 12:00am
The Exterminating Angel
The American premiere of Thomas Adès's "The Exterminating Angel," a surreal fantasy about a dinner party from which the guests can't escape.
Length: 150
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| 2018, Celebration of 100 years since his birth |
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An Opera Diva and a Broadway Star Trade Places, and Advice
By MICHAEL COOPER
Review: Vittorio Grigolo Is the Reason to See the Met’s ‘Lucia’
Instrumental Armies Do Battle at Amsterdam’s Opera
Turning a Ghoulish Children’s Book Into a Grand Opera
Mozart as Sideshow: The Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Così fan tutte’
Does Mozart’s Così fan tutte really need the kind of the help it received from the Metropolitan Opera on Thursday? Mar 16, 2018
Review: As James Levine Sues, the Met Opera Opens a New ‘Così’
COSÌ FAN TUTTE NYT Critic’s Pick
By ANTHONY TOMMASINI
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NEWS FROM AROUND THE
WORLD OF MUSIC
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| "Thank you, Superman!" |
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New York Times
Extensive article from Venezuela
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| Jose Antonio Abreu and his tiny students |
Watch Rostropovich Record the Prelude to Bach's Cello Suite No. 1
The cellist plays the prelude from Bach's first cello suite. Mar 26, 2018
Why Did So Many Members of the Bach Family Pursue Music?
Meet Sheku Kanneh-Mason, the 18-Year-Old British Cellist Making Musical Waves
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‘Norwegian Wood’ With a Splash of Chopin
Watch From the Top + Time for Three perform an arrangement of the Beatles favorite by composer/conductor Steve Hackman. Mar 26, 2018
Take Note: 3 Music Education Initiatives Making Moves in NYC
Music is a crucial part of any child's upbringing, but not at all schools have the resources required to do it right. These three programs are stepping it up. Mar 23, 2018
A Walk Through the Life of Debussy
Pianist Seong-Jin Cho provides the music for this colorfully animated timeline of the French composer's life. Mar 23, 2018
Listen to the Classical Recordings Just Added to the National Registry
Yo-Yo Ma and Pauline Oliveros are among those with recordings that have recently been added to the National Registry. Mar 22, 2018
Here are the 2018 Avery Fisher Career Grant Recipients
Ahead of their performance at the Greene Space, we invite you to get to know the 2018 Avery Fisher Career Grant recipients. Mar 22, 2018
WQXR Is Bringing Concerts to the Classroom
During Music In Our Schools Month, WQXR is teaming up with the Decoda Ensemble to present a series of interactive concerts in New York City public schools. Mar 21, 2018
Michael Barimo-whistler. Mozart-Queen of the Night Aria
Taking Offense at the Opera~
'Turandot' is musically irresistible, but can it survive today's cultural sensitivities?
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OPERA ON THE INTERNET
WITH
DAVE D’AGUANNO
If you happen to be looking forward to the April 14 LIVE HD-transmission from the Met of Verdi's "Luisa Miller," then you'll probably want to listen tomorrow evening to the LIVE audio-stream which the Met is providing as a free service to its listeners. Featuring the same cast that is scheduled to perform on April 14, the broadcast tomorrow evening of "Luisa Miller" will give you a chance to hear soprano Sonya Yoncheva in the title role, and with Piotr Beczala as her true love Rodolfo and with Placido Domingo as Miller (her father).
Then on Saturday afternoon (March 31), the Met is bringing us yet another LIVE HD-transmission that can be seen in various movie theatres. This time around it's a performance of Mozart's "Cosi fan Tutte" which can also be heard on several internet radio stations.
A rarity by Gasparo Spontini pops up on Radio 3 (RAI) as a January 2018 performance from Venice is broadcast of his opera "La Metamorfosi di Pasquale" (premiered in 1802).
Wagner enthusiasts, however, will no doubt be interested in German Radio's broadcast of "Tristan & Isolde" in a performance that took place earlier this month in Berlin.
More Wagner is on hand on Easter Sunday (April 1) with a video-stream from OperaVision of "Parsifal" as performed in Antwerp. As with other opera videos from OperaVision, this one will be available for several weeks afterwards.
From Boston's Odyssey Opera (also on Sunday), there's a broadcast of Donizetti's rarely heard "L'Assedio di Calais" on WCRB. This opera -- which, incidentally, contains some of Donizetti's most brilliant and stirring music -- was performed by this Boston company back in October 2017.
Then, if by Monday (April 2), you still haven't had your fill of opera, you can hear last Saturday's performance from Salzburg of Puccini's "Tosca."
Enjoy!
DAVE
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THE MET SATURDAY AFTERNOON
RADIO BROADCAST AT
ON WQXR
MARCH 31, 2018
1 PM
COSÌ FAN TUTTE
MOZART
ROBERTSON; MAJESKI, MALFI (DORABELLA), O'HARA, BLISS, PLACHETKA, MALTMAN
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NO OPERA ON
WGBH THIS WEEK!
