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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Ballet season 2011: Caligula (Ballet l’Opera de national de Paris)
Caligula
By Nicolas Le Riche
SATURDAY 5 MARCH and SUNDAY 6 MARCH
(Additional screenings at select cinemas)
Running time: Five acts, approximately 1 hour and 25 minutes
Performed by l’Opéra national de Paris
Choreography: Nicolas Le Riche (Opéra national de Paris, 2005)
Performers: Les Étoiles, the Premiers Danseurs and and the Corps de Ballet de l’Opéra national de Paris
Music: Antonio Vivaldi (The Four Seasons), electro-acoustic creation by Louis Dandrel. Performed by Orchestre ed l’Opéra national de Paris, with violin solo by the conductor Frédéric Laroque
Set design: Daniel Jeanneteau
Video design: Raymonde Couvreu
Costumes: Olivier Bériot
Lighting: Dominique Bruguière
Dramaturgy: Guillaume Gallienne
Drawing his inspiration from the story of the Roman emperor who, in the collective imagination, embodies a man in the grips of megalomania, Nicolas Le Riche overturns clichés to embark upon an intimate exploration of a richer, more complex personality.
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