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15:00 | Opera Live HD: Idomeneo |
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Opera. USA 2017, 265 min. First time in Live in HD. Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, production by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. Conductor - James Levine. Starring: Nadine Sierra, Elza van den Heever, Alice Coote, Matthew Polenzani, Alan Opie. Set Designer & Costume - Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. Lighting Designer - Gil Wechsler. Stage Director - David Kneuss. In Italian with Russian subtitles. Mozart’s first operatic masterpiece returns to the Met in the classic Jean-Pierre Ponnelle production, conducted by Music Director Emeritus James Levine. The superb ensemble includes Matthew Polenzani as the king torn by a rash vow; mezzo-soprano Alice Coote in the trouser role of his noble son Idamante; soprano Nadine Sierra as Ilia; and soprano Elza van den Heever as the volatile Elettra, who loves Idamante to the bounds of madness. The opera is set on the island of Crete in the aftermath of the Trojan War. The tales of this time have provided fertile grounds for creators of opera, from Monteverdi (Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria, 1640) to Berlioz (Les Troyens, 1863), to Richard Strauss (Die Ägyptische Helena, 1928), to Martin David Levy (Mourning Becomes Electra, 1967). The era is evocative, reflecting the confusion of a post-traumatic historical moment.
Kronwerk Cinema Lefortovo  |
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15:00 | Opera Live HD: La Traviata |
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Opera. USA 2017, 164 min. Music by Giuseppe Verdi. New production by Willy Decker. Conductor - Nicola Luisotti. Starring: Sonya Yoncheva, Michael Fabiano, Thomas Hampson. Set & Costume Designer - Wolfgang Gussmann. Lighting Designer - Hans Toelstede. Choreographer - Athol Farmer. In Italian with Russian subtitles. Sonya Yoncheva sings one of opera’s most beloved heroines, the tragic courtesan Violetta, a role in which she triumphed on the Met stage in 2015, opposite Michael Fabiano as her lover, Alfredo, and Thomas Hampson as his father, Germont. Carmen Giannattasio sings later performances of the title role opposite Atalla Ayan, with the great Plácido Domingo as Germont. Nicola Luisotti conducts.
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15:00 | Opera Live HD: Nabucco |
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Guiseppe Verdi's opera will be shown for the first time in Live HD. USA 2017, 175 min. Elijah Moshinsky production. Conductor - James Levine. Starring: Plácido Domingo, Liudmyla Monastyrska, Jamie Barton, Russell Thomas, Dimitry Belosselskiy. In Italian with Russian subtitles. 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.
Formula Kino Lubyanka |
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