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19:00 | Cephalus and Procris |
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Opera in three acts to the music by Francesco Araja. Libretto by Alexander Sumarokov after the Metamorphoses of Ovid.. Soloists of Catherine the Great Ensemble, Saint Petersburg presented. In cooperation with the “Baroque Ballet Angiolini” (Saint Petersburg). Artistic Director: Andrey Reshetin. Director: Danila Vedernikov. Choreographer: Klaus Abromeit. Costume Designer: Larissa Pogoretskaya. The story of Cephalus and Prokris, who were ready to destroy their matrimonial vows and later happily forgive each other, thus far random tragic finale does not separate them (hunting Cephalus mistakenly pierces his wife with the spear) was transformed by Sumarokov into something quite different. His libretto is the story of devoted love and the tragic fate of two heroes. Being separated, they severely suffer and do not search for compromises. Cephalus, stolen directly from the wedding ceremony in the temple, rejects the love of the powerful goddess Aurora. But meanwhile Prokris, suffering from jealousy, is moving towards her inevitably death: Cephalus, aimed supposedly at the beast, mortally wounds his own wife.
Bolshoi Theater New Stage  |
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18:00 | Opera Live HD: Magic Flute |
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Opera. USA 2017, 217 min. Conductor James Levine. Directed by Julie Taymor. Starring: Golda Shultz, Kathryn Lewek, Charles Castranovo, Marcus Weba, Christin van Horn, René Pape. Set designer – Geoge Tsypin. Costume designer – Julie Taymor. Lighting designer – Donald Holder. In German with Russian subtitles. Music Director Emeritus James Levine conducts the full-length German version of Mozart’s magical fable, seen in Julie Taymor’s spectacular production, which captures both the opera’s earthy comedy and its noble mysticism. Die Zauberflöte—a sublime fairy tale that moves freely between earthy comedy and noble mysticism—was written for a theater located just outside Vienna with the clear intention of appealing to audiences from all walks of life. The libretto specifies Egypt as the location of the action. Egypt was traditionally regarded as the legendary birthplace of the Masonic fraternity, whose symbols and rituals populate this opera. Some productions include Egyptian motifs as an exotic nod to this idea, but many more opt for a more generalized mythic ambience to convey the otherworldliness that the score and overall tone of the work call for.
Cinema Park Rivera |
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18:00 | Opera Live HD: Magic Flute |
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Opera. USA 2017, 217 min. Conductor James Levine. Directed by Julie Taymor. Starring: Golda Shultz, Kathryn Lewek, Charles Castranovo, Marcus Weba, Christin van Horn, René Pape. Set designer – Geoge Tsypin. Costume designer – Julie Taymor. Lighting designer – Donald Holder. In German with Russian subtitles. Music Director Emeritus James Levine conducts the full-length German version of Mozart’s magical fable, seen in Julie Taymor’s spectacular production, which captures both the opera’s earthy comedy and its noble mysticism. Die Zauberflöte—a sublime fairy tale that moves freely between earthy comedy and noble mysticism—was written for a theater located just outside Vienna with the clear intention of appealing to audiences from all walks of life. The libretto specifies Egypt as the location of the action. Egypt was traditionally regarded as the legendary birthplace of the Masonic fraternity, whose symbols and rituals populate this opera. Some productions include Egyptian motifs as an exotic nod to this idea, but many more opt for a more generalized mythic ambience to convey the otherworldliness that the score and overall tone of the work call for.
Cinema Park Kaluzhskiy |
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18:00 | Opera Live HD: The Exterminating Angel |
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Opera production. USA 2017, 180 min. New production. Conductor Thomas Adès. Libretto – Tom Cairns, Thomas Adès. Directed by Tom Cairns. Set and costume designer – Hildegard Bechtler. Lighting designer – Jon Clark. Following the rapturous response to his last opera, The Tempest, the Met presents the American premiere of Thomas Adès’s The Exterminating Angel, inspired by the classic Luis Buñuel film of the same name. Hailed by the New York Times at its 2016 Salzburg Festival premiere as “inventive and audacious … a major event,” The Exterminating Angel is a surreal fantasy about a dinner party from which the guests can’t escape. Tom Cairns, who wrote the libretto, directs the new production, and Adès conducts his own adventurous new opera.
Formula Kino Lubyanka |
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18:00 | Opera Live HD: The Exterminating Angel |
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Opera production. USA 2017, 180 min. New production. Conductor Thomas Adès. Libretto – Tom Cairns, Thomas Adès. Directed by Tom Cairns. Set and costume designer – Hildegard Bechtler. Lighting designer – Jon Clark. Following the rapturous response to his last opera, The Tempest, the Met presents the American premiere of Thomas Adès’s The Exterminating Angel, inspired by the classic Luis Buñuel film of the same name. Hailed by the New York Times at its 2016 Salzburg Festival premiere as “inventive and audacious … a major event,” The Exterminating Angel is a surreal fantasy about a dinner party from which the guests can’t escape. Tom Cairns, who wrote the libretto, directs the new production, and Adès conducts his own adventurous new opera.
Cinema Park Metropolis |
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