Met Opera 2012-2013: MARIA STUARDA
Gaetano Donizetti’s
MARIA STUARDA
Met Premiere Production
Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 February 2013
Conductor: Maurizio Benini
Production: David McVicar
Cast: Joyce DiDonato (Maria Stuarda), Elza van den Heever (Elisabetta), Francesco Meli (Leicester), Joshua Hopkins (Cecil), Matthew Rose (Talbot)
David McVicar, who directed last season’s Met premiere of Anna Bolena, directs the company premiere of the second opera in Donizetti’s famous trilogy of operas about Tudor history. “Donizetti’s three Tudor operas are very different in tone, mood, and musical content,” McVicar says. “With Maria Stuarda being a different kind of opera than last season’s Anna Bolena, which we presented with a great deal of historical accuracy, we’ve gone for a visual style which is freer. Rather than reflecting history, it reflects the romantic nature of this retelling of the story and the sweeping romantic nature of Donizetti’s music.” Joyce DiDonato sings the title role of the defiant Mary, Queen of Scots. South African soprano Elza van den Heever makes her Met debut as Mary’s formidable rival, Queen Elizabeth I. Maurizio Benini conducts a cast that also includes Francesco Meli as the Earl of Leicester, Joshua Hopkins as Cecil, and Matthew Rose as Talbot.
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Met Opera 2011-2012: THE ENCHANTED ISLAND
Handel, Rameau, Vivaldi & others
The Enchanted Island
WORLD PREMIERE PRODUCTION
Saturday 11 February & Sunday 12 February
(Check with cinemas for additional screenings and variations)
In one extraordinary new work, lovers of Baroque opera have it all: the world’s best singers, glorious music of the Baroque masters, and a story drawn from Shakespeare. In The Enchanted Island, the lovers from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream are shipwrecked on his other-worldly island of The Tempest. Inspired by the musical pastiches and masques of the 18th century, the work showcases arias and ensembles by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau and others, and a new libretto by Jeremy Sams. Eminent conductor William Christie leads an all-star cast with David Daniels (Prospero) and Joyce DiDonato (Sycorax) as the formidable foes, Plácido Domingo as Neptune, Danielle de Niese as Ariel, and Luca Pisaroni as Caliban. Lisette Oropesa and Anthony Roth Costanzo play Miranda and Ferdinand. The dazzling production is directed and designed by Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch (Satyagraha and the Met’s 125 anniversary gala).
CONDUCTOR: WILLIAM CHRISTIE; PRODUCTION: PHELIM MCDERMOTT
PLÁCIDO DOMINGO, DAVID DANIELS, JOYCE DIDONATO
APPROXIMATE RUNNING TIME: 3 hours 35 minutes including 1 intermission (Check closer to screening date)
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Met Opera 2010-11: Rossini’s Le Comte Ory
(New Production)
SAT APRIL 30 at 11:30am
SUN MAY 1 at 1:00pm
Rossini’s vocally dazzling comedy stars bel canto sensation Juan Diego Flórez in the title role of this Met premiere production. He vies with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, in the trouser role of Isolier, for the love of the lonely Countess Adèle, sung by soprano Diana Damrau. Bartlett Sher, director of the Met’s hit productions of The Barber of Seville and The Tales of Hoffmann, describes the world of the opera as, “a place where love is dangerous. People get hurt. That can be very funny and very painful. Rossini captures both—with the most beautiful love music Rossini ever wrote.”
Conductor: Maurizio Benini; Production: Bartlett Sher
Diana Damrau, Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Flórez
Approximate running time: 3 hours 45 minutes with intermissions
Note: All operas are subtitled in English. Casting for the 2010-11 season is subject to change due to unforseen circumstances.
Screening as part of the 2010-11 season of THE MET: CAPTURED IN HD
The Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning series of operas in HD continues for a fifth season and features twelve transmissions.
Tickets for the 2010-11 season series are now on sale so check with your local cinemas.
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Note: All operas are subtitled in English. Casting for the 2010-11 season is subject to change due to unforseen circumstances.
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