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La Traviata

April 14, 2012 by admin Leave a Comment

Natalie Dessay as Violetta and Company in La Traviata

Opera (1853)
by Giuseppi Verdi
Based on La dame aux Camélias (1852), a play adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils.
Conducted by Fabio Luisi
Metropolitan Opera
New York, NY
Live in HD

A new Met production to replace the old, warm and charming, one, now with a coolly abstract design and an uncharacteristically pixie-ish Violetta.

Satyagraha

November 19, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

Richard Croft as Gandhi

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 […]

Siegfried

November 5, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

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

November 4, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

Richard Crawley (Macduff) and John Irvin (Malcolm) with members of the BLO Chorus

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

May 14, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

Deborah Voigt as Brunnhilde in "Die Walkure"

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 […]

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