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19:30 | 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.
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