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Semiramide - Bayerische Staatsoper
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Queen Semiramide is haunted by the ghosts of her past. Together with her lover Assur, she once murdered her husband King Nino; a deed which ever since has weighed heavily upon her. With her marriage to Arsace, she hopes her soul will at last find solace. Her love, however, is misplaced. Arsace not only loves another, he is also, as is later revealed, the son Semiramide and Nino believed to be dead. He is faced with a decision: should he avenge the death of his father – and thus become his mother's killer?
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The Metropolitan Opera: Dead Man Walking
6.5
American composer Jake Heggie’s compelling masterpiece, the most widely performed new opera of the last 20 years, arrives in cinemas in a haunting new production by Ivo van Hove. Based on Sister Helen Prejean’s memoir about her fight for the soul of a condemned murderer, Dead Man Walking matches the high drama of its subject with Heggie’s beautiful and poignant music and a brilliant libretto by Tony and Emmy Award–winner Terrence McNally. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium, with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato starring as Sister Helen. The outstanding cast also features bass-baritone Ryan McKinny as the death-row inmate Joseph De Rocher, soprano Latonia Moore as Sister Rose, and legendary mezzo-soprano Susan Graham—who sang Helen Prejean in the opera’s 2000 premiere—as De Rocher’s mother.
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Don Giovanni
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Don Giovanni

Sep 12, 2008
DON GIOVANNI is one of the timeless classics of all opera. Mozart’s music, and the words of his great collaborator Da Ponte, are brought to life in Francesca Zambello’s engrossing production with its rich and colourful designs by Maria Bjornson. The music is memorable, dramatic and enjoyable: from the seductive solo voices of the famous ‘La ci darem la mano’ to the fabulous ensemble as Don Giovanni’s infatuated conquests, vengeful victims and their outraged relatives join forces for justice. And retribution does finally come to Don Giovanni, a serial womanizer and a murderer, with the searing flames of Hell ready to engulf him. Simon Keenlyside heads the outstanding cast at the Covent Garden Royal Opera House, conducted by renowned Mozart expert Charles Mackerras.
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The Metropolitan Opera: Cendrillon
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La saison Live in HD 2017-2018 s'est conclue par une interprétation enchantée de Cendrillon, la brillante adaptation lyrique de l'histoire de Cendrillon par Massenet. Cette charmante mise en scène de Laurent Pelly, qui prend vie avec l'esprit et la fantaisie caractéristiques du réalisateur, met en vedette la mezzo-soprano américaine Joyce DiDonato dans le titre paria devenue princesse. La mezzo-soprano Alice Coote offre une interprétation touchante du rôle du pantalon Prince Charmant, tandis que la soprano Kathleen Kim brille en tant que fée marraine. La mezzo-soprano Stéphanie Blythe, dans le rôle de l'étrange Madame de la Haltière, et le baryton-basse Laurent Naouri, dans le rôle du hagard Pandolfe, complètent la distribution principale. Sur le podium, le chef d'orchestre Bertrand de Billy mène une performance qui est à la fois comédie déjantée et romance sincère.
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The Enchanted Island [The Metropolitan Opera]
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Une version contemporaine du genre du pastiche du XVIIe siècle, cette délicieuse fantaisie baroque rassemble certains des plus grands airs et ensembles de Haendel, Vivaldi, Rameau, Purcell et d'autres compositeurs avec un nouveau livret en anglais de Jeremy Sams, inspiré de Shakespeare. La Tempête et Le Songe d'une nuit d'été. Le casting de stars est dirigé par David Daniels dans Prospero, Joyce DiDonato dans Sycorax, Danielle de Niese dans Ariel, Luca Pisaroni dans Caliban et le légendaire Plácido Domingo dans Neptune. Le spécialiste de la musique ancienne William Christie dirige cette éblouissante première mondiale, conçue et mise en scène par Phelim McDermott et Julian Crouch.
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The Metropolitan Opera: The Hours
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Renée Fleming makes her highly anticipated return to the Met in the world-premiere production of Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Kevin Puts’s The Hours, adapted from Michael Cunningham’s acclaimed novel. Inspired by Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway and made a household name by the Oscar-winning 2002 film version starring Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, and Nicole Kidman, the powerful story follows three women from different eras who each grapple with their inner demons and their roles in society. The exciting premiere radiates with star power, with Kelli O’Hara and Joyce DiDonato joining Fleming as the opera’s trio of heroines. Phelim McDermott directs this compelling drama, with Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium to conduct Puts’s poignant and powerful score.
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Il Barbiere di Siviglia
4.2
23-year-old Gioachino Rossini completed his masterpiece IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA incredibly quickly – legend has it in just 13 days – which Rossini attributed to ‘facility and lots of instinct’. The opera, characterized by youthful energy and bold wit, has all the ingredients for comic chaos: an imprisoned young woman, her lecherous guardian and a young noble suitor. Skilfully plotting behind the scenes is Figaro, an irrepressible and inventive character in whom many have seen a resemblance to the young Rossini himself. The score fizzes with musical brilliance, from Figaro’s famous entrance aria to the frenzy of the Act I finale. This recording sees Joyce DiDonato (Rosina) bring literal meaning to the old theatrical motto Break a leg! She did just that in an earlier show but was determined to finish her commitment and was re-staged into the production to allow for the additional challenges that come when a leading lady in a lively physical role must wheel around the other performers...
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Theodora
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Theodora

May 26, 2023
Julia Bullock, Joyce DiDonato and Jakub Jozef Orlinski star in Katie Mitchell’s thrilling new production of Handel’s Theodora in an alternative modern-day reality, Theodora, a religious fundamentalist, plots for the resistance against the Roman occupation. But when her secret plan to destroy the Roman embassy is discovered, she learns the true brutality of her oppressors. Harry Bicket conducts the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
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Cenerentola
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Cenerentola

Nov 03, 2009
Cenerentola (Joyce DiDonato) is the stepdaughter of Don Magnifico but is treated as a servant in his household. As she sweeps the floor and obeys every command given to her, Cenerentola dreams that she will find her very own Prince Charming. Then one day the handsome Prince Ramiro (Juan Diego Florez) arrives at the mansion, announcing that he's looking for the most beautiful girl in the land to be his bride - which changes Cenerentola's life forever!
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I Capuleti e i Montecchi
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Bellini's radiant retelling of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is a beacon in the bel canto tradition. San Francisco Opera's co-production features two of the greatest voices in bel canto together for the first time: mezzo Joyce DiDonato and soprano Nicole Cabell. Their compelling duet is one of the finest marriages between two voices in many, many years. The production, directed by Vincent Broussard and featuring costumes by Christian Lecroix, is captured in brilliant HD.
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Le Comte Ory [The Metropolitan Opera]
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La comédie rarement entendue de Rossini reçoit une brillante interprétation dans la première production du Met de Bartlett Sher, avec un trio des plus grandes stars du bel canto d'aujourd'hui dans les rôles principaux : Juan Diego Flórez est le comte Ory, un beau voyou qui trouve les femmes – toutes les femmes – irrésistibles. Diana Damrau chante la vertueuse comtesse Adèle et Joyce DiDonato incarne Isolier, la page du comte, elle aussi amoureuse de la comtesse. Les blagues, les malentendus et les déguisements sexistes – y compris les chevaliers déguisés en nonnes – abondent dans cette histoire hilarante de tromperie et de séduction. Maurizio Benini dirige.
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Cendrillon
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Cendrillon

Jul 05, 2011
Massenet composed his opera about Cenerentola nearly 80 years after Rossini did his. And if you are looking for the outburst of the non-stop hilarity and the musical jokes of Rossini, you won't find it here. Also, while the Cendrillon was highly successful and popular in its time, it does not reach up to the artistic and musical levels offered by Massenet's other operas, like Manon, or Thais or Werther. Nevertheless, this is a delightful opera and it is well presented by The Royal Opera. Laurent Pelly created a ingenious setting with movable walls which are covered [in French] with the story of Cinderella, and which open and close book-like.
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The Metropolitan Opera: Maria Stuarda
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Joyce DiDonato gives a sensational performance as Mary, Queen of Scots, in Donizetti’s bel canto drama, opposite Elza van den Heever as Queen Elizabeth. This Live in HD presentation of David McVicar’s acclaimed 2012 production also stars Matthew Polenzani as Leicester, the man caught between the rival queens. Maurizio Benini conducts.
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Rossini La Cenerentola
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This is an excellent version of one of the greatest of all comic operas, featuring superb singing and orchestral playing. And it's not just the two headliners; listen, for example, to the entrance of the stepsisters at the beginning of Act One. Nevertheless, some viewers may find the staging problematic, with singers in clown-like costumes and sets featuring human-sized rodents. Those seeking a more conventional production might want to consider the Houston Grand Opera DVD, also on Decca, with Cecilia Bartoli and Raul Jimenez. Both sets are wonderful, but, for me, Joyce Didonato and Juan Diego Florez are slightly to be preferred. Highly recommended.
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Rossini: La Donna del Lago
7.8
An all-star cast assembled for the Met’s first-ever performances of Rossini’s romantic retelling of Sir Walter Scott’s epic poem The Lady of the Lake. Joyce DiDonato is Elena, the title heroine, who is being pursued by not one, but two tenors—setting off sensational vocal fireworks. Juan Diego Flórez is King James V of Scotland, disguised as the humble Uberto, and John Osborn sings his political enemy, and rival in love, Rodrigo Di Dhu. Complicating matters is the fact that Elena herself loves Malcolm, a trouser role sung by mezzo-soprano Daniela Barcellona, and that she is the daughter of Duglas (Oren Gradus), another of the king’s political adversaries. Paul Curran’s atmospheric production is conducted by Michele Mariotti.
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Il Barbiere di Siviglia [The Metropolitan Opera]
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Le public s’est déchaîné devant la production dynamique de Bartlett Sher, qui a trouvé des moyens nouveaux et surprenants de rapprocher plus que jamais la comédie effervescente de Rossini. Le casting stellaire a relevé le défi avec une énergie irrésistible et un vocalisme de bravoure. Juan Diego Flórez est le comte Almaviva, qui déclenche une colorature époustouflante tout en courtisant la fougueuse Rosina de Joyce DiDonato, avec l'aide de Peter Mattei dans le rôle du seul et unique Figaro, le barbier bien-aimé de Séville et l'homme de la ville.
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Florence Foster Jenkins La vraie histoire de la soprano qui chantait faux
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Chanteuse exécrable, mais chanteuse malgré tout : ainsi peut-on résumer le chemin étonnant tracé par cette riche excentrique Américaine passionnée d'opéra, dont la vie rocambolesque a inspiré Stephen Frears (Florence Foster Jenkins, 2016, avec Meryl Streep) et Xavier Giannoli (Marguerite, 2015, avec Catherine Frot). Née en Pennsylvanie en 1868, cette héritière mélomane et mondaine fait d'abord ses débuts au piano avant de se produire sur les scènes new-yorkaises comme soprano. Passionnée d'opéra et animée d'une indéboulonnable confiance en elle-même, elle doit sa renommée à ses nombreuses relations, qui la flatteront toute sa vie, mais aussi et surtout à son extraordinaire inaptitude musicale. En 1944, elle donne au Carnegie Hall, ce temple de l'excellence artistique, un épouvantable concert dont l’enregistrement battra des records de ventes, tant il est peu commun d'entendre ainsi massacrer les plus grands airs du répertoire. ...
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Cendrillon
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Cendrillon

Apr 28, 2018
Pandolfe regrette amèrement son remariage avec l’irascible comtesse de la Haltière, dont les deux méchantes filles persécutent sa propre fille Lucette sans qu’il ait voix au chapitre. La pauvre jeune fille surnommée « Cendrillon » n’est pas autorisée à participer au grand bal royal auquel toute la maisonnée se prépare activement. Heureusement, Cendrillon peut compter sur l’aide de la Fée, sa marraine, qui la transforme en une belle et mystérieuse inconnue. Magnifiquement parée, Lucette peut se rendre au bal où elle subjugue le Prince Charmant qui fera ensuite tout pour la retrouver.
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La Cenerentola [The Metropolitan Opera]
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Si jamais un compositeur est né pour mettre en musique le conte de fées enchanteur de Cendrillon, c'est bien Rossini. Son héroïne très appréciée Angelina (Elīna Garanča) doit faire face non seulement à de méchantes demi-sœurs, mais aussi à un père extravagant et farfelu, Don Magnifico (Alessandro Corbelli). Et dans cette version, le prince (Lawrence Brownlee) et son valet (Simone Alberghini) échangent leurs identités, ce qui provoque une délicieuse confusion sans fin. Avec la délicieuse production de contes de Cesare Lievi et la direction experte de Maurizio Benini, tout est aussi léger et délicieux qu'un merveilleux soufflé musical.
The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni
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Simon Keenlyside smolders dangerously in the title role of Mozart’s version of the legend of Don Juan, creating a vivid portrait of a man who is a law unto himself, and all the more dangerous for his eternally seductive allure. Adam Plachetka is his occasionally unruly servant Leporello. It’s when Giovanni tangles with Donna Anna (Hibla Gerzmava) that things start to unravel, aided by the reappearance of Donna Elvira (Malin Byström), who is determined not to let her seducer go. With Paul Appleby as Don Ottavio, Donna Anna’s eternally steadfast fiancé. Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi leads the Met Orchestra and Chorus.
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Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
7.9
Join host Michael Keaton to celebrate "Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood," the pioneering children's series that premiered nationally 50 years ago. Celebrities, cast members and Joanne Rogers reveal their favorite memories from the series.
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Massenet: Werther
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Massenet: Werther

Jun 27, 2016
Werther loves Charlotte, but she promised her mother on her deathbed that she would marry Albert. After the marriage Charlotte suggests that Werther should travel – but not forget her. Benoît Jacquot’s production of Massenet’s tragic opera explores the conflict between duty and our most passionate desires.
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Hercules - Handel
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Hercules - Handel

Jan 01, 2004
William Christie, the master of Baroque music, and stage producer Luc Bondy join forces in Paris to give Handel's masterwork a new lease of life.
Maria by Callas
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Maria by Callas

Dec 13, 2017
Le film est entièrement constitué d'archives personnelles et dévoile des images inédites, photographies, films Super 8, enregistrements privés de ses concerts, lettres et interviews dans les coulisses de ses performances.
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In War and Peace - Harmony Through Music
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Recorded live in June 2017 at the magnificent Liceu Theatre in Barcelona, this DVD is the companion to Joyce DiDonato’s award-winning album In War and Peace: Harmony through Music. Seeking answers to the existential question “In the midst of chaos, how do you find peace?”, it makes a compelling piece of music theatre as DiDonato journeys through arias by Handel, Purcell, Monteverdi, Leo and Jommelli with Il Pomo d’Oro and conductor Maxim Emelyanychev. On stage, In War and Peace: Harmony through Music makes a compelling piece of music theatre. In Barcelona, as on the European and North American tours she made in late 2016, DiDonato was joined by the baroque orchestra Il Pomo d’Oro and its principal conductor Maxim Emelyanychev. May and June 2018 bring further performances in Portugal, France, Germany, Turkey and Hungary.
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Norma [The Metropolitan Opera]
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Le rôle de Norma a fait éclore certaines des sopranos les plus appréciées de l'opéra. Ainsi, un nouveau chapitre de la carrière de Sondra Radvanovsky s'est ouvert lorsqu'elle l'a joué pour la première fois au Met en 2013. Elle l'a repris quatre ans plus tard, ouvrant la saison 2017-2018 dans une nouvelle production évocatrice de Sir David McVicar. Sa performance n’est rien de moins qu’un tour de force, combinant engagement dramatique et véritable bel canto, dans un équilibre entre la puissante intensité du rôle et des moments de lyrisme délicat. Dans le rôle d'Adalgisa, la jeune prêtresse tiraillée entre amour et devoir, la mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato livre une interprétation empreinte d'une grande nuance émotionnelle. Le ténor Joseph Calleja est le proconsul romain agressif Pollione. Matthew Rose est le guerrier Oroveso, père de Norma. À la tête du Met, le maestro Carlo Rizzi fait ressortir les couleurs vibrantes de la partition magistrale de Bellini.
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The Metropolitan Opera: Agrippina
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Dans le rôle de l'impératrice, la mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato dirige la première au Met de cette histoire de tromperie et d'escroquerie de Haendel. Harry Bicket dirige la nouvelle production de Sir David McVicar, qui donne à cette comédie noire baroque une mise à jour moderne et politiquement chargée.
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Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala
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In its most ambitious effort yet to bring the joy and artistry of opera to audiences everywhere during the Met’s closure, the company presented an unprecedented virtual At-Home Gala, featuring more than 40 leading artists performing in a live stream from their homes all around the world.
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Berlioz: Les Troyens
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Berlioz: Les Troyens

Apr 15, 2017
This release from Erato consists of highlights from the live concert of April 15, 2017 in the city of Strasbourg in eastern France. A magnificent cast of singers, predominantly Francophone, assembled under the baton of John Nelson, an acknowledged master of Berlioz’s music who has conducted Les Troyens more frequently than anyone else over a period of more than 40 years; he made his name with the piece when he led performances at New York’s Metropolitan Opera in 1974 and enjoyed great acclaim for a production at the Frankfurt Opera shortly before the Strasbourg concerts.
Faust [The Metropolitan Opera]
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Le ténor Jonas Kaufmann est fascinant en tant que personnage principal de l'opéra populaire de Gounod, vu dans cette présentation en direct en HD de la production passionnante de Des McAnuff de 2011 qui place l'histoire mythique et intemporelle dans un décor du début du XXe siècle. René Pape dans le rôle de Méphistophélès est à la fois menaçant et élégant, et Marina Poplavskaya livre un portrait d'une intensité saisissante de l'innocente Marguerite. Russell Braun dans le rôle de son frère, Valentin, brille dans son air de l'Acte II. Sur le podium, Yannick Nézet-Séguin fait ressortir tout le lyrisme et la dramaturgie de la partition de Gounod.
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Ernani [The Metropolitan Opera]
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La star montante du Met, Angela Meade, est Elvira, la jeune femme prise entre trois hommes : son amant, le noble devenu hors-la-loi Ernani (Marcello Giordani) ; son tuteur, le riche et âgé de Silva, qui la veut pour lui (Ferruccio Furlanetto) ; et Don Carlo, le roi d'Espagne, qui désire également Elvira (Dmitri Hvorostovsky). Les premiers drames de Verdi regorgent de mélodies entraînantes et de rythmes entraînants, interprétés magistralement par le Met Orchestra et le Chœur dirigés par Marco Armiliato.
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Les Troyens [The Metropolitan Opera]
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Le chef-d’œuvre épique de Berlioz raconte la magnifique saga des suites de la guerre de Troie et des exploits d’Énée. Le ténor montant Bryan Hymel, dans ses débuts au Met, incarne le héros chargé par les dieux de la fondation de la ville de Rome. Susan Graham incarne Didon, reine de Carthage, qui devient l'amante d'Énée, et Deborah Voigt chante Cassandra, la princesse troyenne dont les avertissements sur la destruction imminente de Troie restent lettre morte. La production atmosphérique de Francesca Zambello, mettant en vedette la chorégraphie de Doug Varone, est dirigée par le chef d'orchestre principal du Met, Fabio Luisi.
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Иоланта/Замок герцога «Синяя борода»
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Valery Gergiev conducts Mariusz Trelinski’s thrilling new production of these rarely heard one-act operas. Anna Netrebko stars as the blind princess of the title in Tchaikovsky’s lyrical work, opposite Piotr Beczala as Vaudémont, the man who wins her love—and wakes her desire to be able to see. Nadja Michael and Mikhail Petrenko are Judith and Bluebeard in Bartók’s gripping psychological thriller about a woman discovering her new husband’s murderous past.
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Orfeo ed Euridice [The Metropolitan Opera]
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La production par le réalisateur et chorégraphe Mark Morris du chef-d'œuvre de Gluck met à jour l'histoire immortelle de ses racines grecques antiques au présent intemporel, où, dit-il, «l'union du chœur et des danseurs semble inévitable et inséparable». Avec des costumes d'Isaac Mizrahi et un décor conçu par Allen Moyer, cette production entoure l'action du superbe chœur du Met habillé comme une foule de personnages historiques qui témoignent du pouvoir transformateur de l'amour. Orfeo (Stephanie Blythe) est tellement rongé par le chagrin à la mort de sa bien-aimée Euridice (Danielle de Niese) que les dieux (Heidi Grant Murphy dans le rôle d'Amor) lui permettent de la ramener des enfers - s'il ne la regarde pas le chemin. Bien sûr, il ne peut s'empêcher de regarder, mais les dieux sont vraiment miséricordieux.
The Metropolitan Opera: Akhnaten
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Philip Glass’ opera “Akhnaten”, premiered in Stuttgart in 1984, forms the third part of the portrait opera trilogy about personalities who have influenced the course of human history. The conclusion of the trilogy deals with the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten, who attempted to establish a kind of monotheistic cult around the god Aton during his reign in the 14th century BC, but failed due to the resistance of the priesthood. The production presented here was undoubtedly one of the very great successes of the 2019/20 season at New York’s Metropolitan Opera, due not only to the outstanding cast of singers (led by countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo) but also to Phelim McDermott’s imaginative staging, which captivates with sometimes breathtaking imagery.
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Bizet: Carmen
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Bizet: Carmen

Nov 01, 2014
Georgian mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili gives a dynamic performance as Bizet’s iconic gypsy, the woman who lives by her own rules. Aleksandrs Antonenko is Don José, the soldier who falls under her spell, and Ildar Abdrazakov plays Escamillo, the swaggering bullfighter who takes Carmen away from Don José—an action that seals Carmen’s tragic fate. Anita Hartig is Micaëla, and Pablo Heras-Casado conducts Richard Eyre’s hit production, set in 1930s Spain.
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Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi
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The story of Romeo and Juliet, who pay for their passion with their lives, has been interpreted in the widest variety of literary and musical genres ever since the Renaissance. Vincenzo Bellini's much too rarely staged Romeo and Juliet opera, I Capuleti e i Montecchi, is far removed from Shakespeare's version: rather than telling the story of a tenderly burgeoning love, the piece is an account of the last 24 hours in the two young people's lives. The underlying mood of the piece is thus one of melancholy - which then develops into a catastrophic maelstrom. The première of the thrilling Zurich production of this bel canto gem, directed by Christof Loy and conducted by Fabio Luisi, was enthusiastically received by critics and audiences alike. The two protagonists also met with acclaim: experience world star Joyce DiDonato in the trouser role of Romeo, with the young Ukrainia soprano Olga Kulchynska at her side as Giulietta.
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The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2017
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Le **Concert annuel du Réveillon du Nouvel An** est l'un des événements phares du calendrier de tout amateur de musique classique à Berlin et au-delà. Le soir du Nouvel An, les **Berliner Philharmoniker** invitent un soliste exceptionnel pour une **gala festive**. Ensemble, les musiciens font leurs adieux à l'année écoulée et accueillent la nouvelle. Le concert de **2017** était dirigé par **Simon Rattle** et mettait en vedette **Joyce DiDonato** (mezzo-soprano).
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Great Performances
5.4

Great Performances

Jan 01, 2025
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