More Live Broadcasts – JDD’s Drama Queens Today

Clearly I need to take the day off and stay home to listen to European radio broadcasts. In addition to the Dorothea Röschmann program from Italy, now we find that Joyce diDonato’s Drama Queens program will be broadcast live from Brussels by RTBF Musiq3. My French is worse than elementary, but it looks like they archive many of their programs (Réécoutez les podcasts de l'émission).  So enjoy live (8 PM Brussels time) or hope they do actually post a podcaste de l'émission of this concert. 

Sunday Extra – Dorothea Röschmann Broadcast Monday 2/4/13

From the Dorothea Röschmann – an Appreciation website:

Concert from Rome broadcast by RAI Radio 3 On Monday, 4th February, at 9:00 p.m. CET RAI Radio 3 will broadcast the concert conducted by Antonio Pappano featuring Dorothea Röschmann with Vier Letzte Lieder by R. Strauss. More details about the broadcast [here].

According to my calculation, based on my world clock source, this should be at 3 PM Eastern U.S. time.

Philip Glass World Premiere – Webcast from Spain (Feb. 6)

Philip Glass – one of the most sought-after American contemporary composers – presents his latest opera, The Perfect American, telling the story of a 20th-century character of huge cultural influence, Walt Disney. A world premiere at the Teatro Real de Madrid.

 –  From Le Blog at Medici TV

I am tempted to remark on the irony of an American composer having to go to Europe (it's a co-production with the English National Opera) to premiere an American opera about an American icon that's called The Perfect American. But I think for now I'll just look forward to seeing/hearing the new work. I assume there will be Spanish subtitles for the broadcast.  Medici usually archives and shares their videos for a few weeks before moving them into their subscription-only catalog. 

More Opera in the Cinema

Frankly I am a little annoyed that this series seems to be such a secret. Well, it was a secret to me. I am not sure where I expected to find out about it. But it should be easier than stumbling over it while doing a random search on Google.