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Titolo: Galà per Joe Volpe che lascia il Metropolitan

Dopo 42 anni Volpe va in pensione. Siccome tutti capite l' inglese Vi
allego il comunicato sul galà del 20 Maggio con la partecipazione di
grandi artisti che verrà fatto in suo onore.
La mia domanda è: se qualke NGista riesce a registrarlo da radio o TV,
p.f. faccia 1 fiskio agli altri (cioè metta a disposizione la copia
della registrazione...	;-))
LUX
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GALA CELEBRATION IN HONOR OF JOSEPH VOLPE ON MAY 20TH
TO FEATURE WORLD'S GREATEST OPERATIC STARS
The Metropolitan Opera will celebrate the career of general
manager, of Joseph Volpe, who retires at the end of July
after 42 years at the Met, with a star-studded gala concert
on Saturday, May 20, at 5:30 p.m.
The Gala Concert, which brings the 2005-2006 opera season
to a close, will include performances by nearly thirty
vocal artists: sopranos Natalie Dessay, Renie Fleming,
Mirella Freni, Karita Mattila, Ruth Ann Swenson, Kiri Te
Kanawa, and Deborah Voigt; mezzo-sopranos Stephanie Blythe,
Olga Borodina, Susan Graham, Denyce Graves, Waltraud Meier,
and Dolora Zajick; tenors Placido Domingo, Juan Diego
Flsrez, Ben Heppner, Salvatore Licitra, Luciano Pavarotti,
and Ramsn Vargas; baritones Dwayne Croft, Thomas Hampson,
and Dmitri Hvorostovsky; bass-baritone Ildar Abdrazakov;
and basses James Morris, Reni Pape, and Samuel Ramey. The
company's principal guest conductor, Valery Gergiev, and
Maestros Marco Armiliato, James Conlon, and Patrick Summers
will conduct the artists, orchestra and chorus of the
Metropolitan Opera in a program comprised of arias, duets,
and ensembles.
The Gala Celebration will be broadcast over many of the
stations of the Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera
International Radio Network. [Please check local listings
for time and day.]  In New York City the program will be
broadcast in its entirety over WQXR-FM on Saturday, May 20,
beginning at 8:00 p.m. (ET).
The Gala Celebration will also be taped for nationwide
telecast and aired over the Public Broadcasting Service on
Thursday, June 1, at 9:00 p.m. (ET) as "The Met Salutes
Joseph Volpe." [Please check local listings] Former New
York City mayor, Rudolph Giuliani, will be the on-air host
for the PBS telecast.
In the Met's 123-year history there have been only sixteen
people to hold the company's top job, and the select list
becomes even more select when one realizes that eighty
years-nearly two thirds of the company's history-are
represented by only four major administrations: those of
the Italian Giulio Gatti-Casazza (1908-1935), Canadian
Edward Johnson (1935-1950), Austrian Rudolf Bing (1950-
1972), and New York's Joseph Volpe (1990-2006).
Joseph Volpe joined the Metropolitan Opera in 1964 as an
apprentice carpenter and was promoted to master carpenter
in 1966, the same year that the company moved into the new
opera house at Lincoln Center. In 1978 he became the
company's technical director and in 1981 was appointed the
Met's assistant manager in charge of operations, where he
supervised both stage and building management, labor
negotiations, budgeting, media, recordings, and touring.
He assumed the Met's top job in 1990 and will retire from
the company at the end of July 2006.
March 20, 2006

Ciao a tutti,
purtroppo, LUX, le stazioni PBS non hanno programmazione unificata in
tutto il paese, quindi, anche se l'annuncio dice "nationwide telecast"
qui in Florida potremmo non riceverlo. Cerchero' di informarmi. Se
sara' trasmesso, puoi senz'altro contare su una copia della
trasmissione.
Salutissimi
Marisa
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trasmissione
Grazie!
Intanto x ki volesse andarci di persona, ekko le istruzioni (inviatemi
da fonte sicura!) x la fila degli "ingressi"...	;-))
N.B. Valgono anke, salvo i prezzi (x fortuna!) x ki voglia andare
prima o poi al Met in altra occasione.
LUX
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The standing room line for the Volpe Gala will meet in the garage
under the Opera House on Saturday, May 20, 2006, beginning at 5:00 am.
Please join us at this venue, where you may sign up for a place in
line. For those coming between 5:00 and 6:00 am, you must remain in
place until the 6:00 am roll call, after which you may leave the line
until the final roll call (TBD at the 6:00 am call).
 
Do not wait outside the closed Empire Hotel. Do not wait outside the
Opera House. Lincoln Center Security may well chase you away as we are
not allowed on the Plaza before 6:00 am.
 
Ticket prices: Orchestra Standing Room, $50; Family Circle Standing
Room, $35. One ticket per person, cash only. The Box Office opens at
10:00 am. The matinee performance of L'Elisir d'Amore begins at 12:30
pm. The Gala begins at 5:30 pm.

Ciao Lux,
brutte notizie: la mia stazione PBS (West Palm Beach, ch.42) NON
trasmettera' il Gala per Volpe. Sara' trasmesso,invece, dalla stazione
di Miami che io non ricevo. Mi dispiace. Vedro' di procurarmi una copia
della trasmissione da qualche amica che riceve una delle stazioni che
trasmetteranno l'evento e ti faro' sapere.
Saluti
Marisa
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amica che riceve una delle stazioni
Grazie. Potrei anke kiedere a qualke iscritto all' Opera List, ma nn
vorrei impegolarmi troppo, visto ke in genere si tratta di gente, come
dire, "tenace"...
Intanto se qcuno è interessato a sapere / vedere quanti artisti sn
stati impegnati nel Galà, il sito del Met ha approntato 1 galleria
fotografica enorme qui: 
http://66.187.153.86/Imgs/VolpeGala.htm
LUX