Opera (1980) Music by Philip Glass Vocal text by Constance DeJong, adapted from the Bhagavad Gita Book by Philip Glass and Constance DeJong Metropolitan Opera, New York Live in HD Coproduction of: The Metropolitan Opera with The English National Opera in collaboration with Improbable theater company Director: Phelim McDermott Designer: Julian Crouch (Artistic Directors of […]
Operas
Siegfried
Opera by Richard Wagner Metropolitan Opera (New York) Live in HD (Revere, MA) Conductor: Fabio Luisi Production: Robert Lepage Associate Director: Neilson Vignola, Set Designer: Carl Fillion, Costume Designer: Francois St-Aubin, Lighting Designer: Etienne Boucher, Video Image Artist: Pedro Pires With Deborah Voigt (Brünnhilde), Patricia Bardon (Erda), Jay Hunter Morris (Siegfried), Gerhard Siegel (Mime), Bryn […]
Macbeth
Opera by Giuseppi Verdi Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and Andrea Maffei, after William Shakespeare’s drama Boston Lyric Opera Shubert Theater Boston, MA November 4 – November 13, 2011 Conductor: David Angus Stage Director: David Schweizer Costume Designer: Nancy Leary, Set Designer: John Conklin, Lighting Designer: Robert Wierzel With Daniel Sutin (Macbeth), Darren E. Stokes […]
Die Walküre
Opera by Richard Wagner Metropolitan Opera Lincoln Center for the Arts, New York, NY Live in HD James Levine (conductor) Robert Lepage (director) Carl Fillion (set designer) Etienne Boucher (lighting designer) Boris Firquet (video images) With: Bryn Terfel (Wotan) Deborah Voigt (Brünnhilde) Jonas Kaufmann (Siegmund) Eva-Maria Westbroek (Sieglinde) Hans-Peter König (Hunding) Stephanie Blythe (Fricka) Kelly […]
Don Carlo
Opera by Giuseppi Verdi Based on a play by Friedrich Schiller Metropolitan Opera, New York Can the production really be as good as they say it is? Apparently so. Marina Poplavskaya, in the female lead, steals the show. Before seeing this production, I had read such a glowing review in Time magazine that I was […]