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15:00 | Theater Summer Festival: Werther |
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Opera. Metropolitan Opera production. USA 2014, 195 min. Music by Massenet. Directed by Richard Eyre. Starring: Jonas Kaufmann, Elina Garanca, Lisette Oropesa, David Bizic, Jonathan Summers. Director Richard Eyre, whose hit staging of Carmen premiered at the Met in 2009, returns with a new production of Massenet's Werther, starring Jonas Kaufmann and Elina Garanca in their first Met performances as the brooding poet Werther and his unattainable love, Charlotte. Lisette Oropesa sings the role of Sophie, Charlotte's sister; David Bizic makes his Met debut as Charlotte's fiance, Albert; and Jonathan Summers is Charlotte's father, Le Bailli. Alain Altinoglu conducts the first new Met production of the opera in more than 40 years. In French with Russian subtitles.
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Giacomo Puccini's opera in three acts about the tragic love of a beautiful Roman singer for an artist. Directed by Boris Pokrovski. Sung in Italian with Russian surtitles. Presented with two intervals. Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica based on Victorien Sardou’s play of the same name. Music Director - Mark Ermler. Designer - Valery Levental. More info
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