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By Culturekiosque Staff
NEW YORK, 18 JUNE 2009 - Starting 29 August
and hopefully near the end of the often intolerable tropical
humidity that is the defining feature of summer in New York,
the Metropolitan Opera will present its first Summer HD
Festival, featuring screenings of ten productions from the
company's Live in HD series.
The screenings in Lincoln Center Plaza are free with no tickets
required; 2800 seats will be available each night on a
first-come, first served basis. There are no rain dates..
The series opens with Laurent Pelly's production of Donizetti's
La Fille du Régiment, starring Natalie Dessay and Juan
Diego Flórez, and closes with Anthony Minghella's staging of
Puccini's Madama Butterfly, featuring Patricia Racette
and Marcello Giordani, on Labor Day. Three of the HD
productions to be shown are conducted by Met Music Director
James Levine.
The full schedule as follows:
La Fille du Régiment - 29 August at 8 pm
Donizetti's comic opera La Fille du Régiment stars
Natalie Dessay as Marie, Juan Diego Flórez as Tonio, Felicity
Palmer as the Marquise of Berkenfield, Alessandro Corbelli as
Sulpice, Donald Maxwell as Hortensius, and Marian Seldes in the
spoken role of the Duchess of Krakenthorp. Marco Armiliato
conducts. Approximate running time: 140 minutes.
Roméo et Juliette - 30 August at 7:30 pm
Plácido Domingo conducts Gounod's Roméo et Juliette,
starring Anna Netrebko and Roberto Alagna as the star-crossed
lovers, Isabel Leonard as Stéphano, Nathan Gunn as Mercutio,
and Robert Lloyd as Frère Laurent. Approximate running time:
175 minutes.
Eugene Onegin - 31 August at 7:45 pm
Valery Gergiev conducts Tchaikovsky's opera, Eugene
Onegin, with Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky in the
title role opposite Renée Fleming as the heartbroken Tatiana,
with tenor Ramón Vargas as Lenski. Approximate running time:
160 minutes.
Macbeth - 1 September at 8 pm
Met Music Director James Levine conducts Verdi's Macbeth,
featuring Maria Guleghina as Lady Macbeth, Željko LuÄić as
Macbeth, Dimitri Pittas as Macduff, and John Relyea as Banquo.
Approximate running time: 145 minutes.
Il Barbiere di Siviglia - 2 September at 7:45
pm
Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia , in a production by
director Bartlett Sher, features Joyce DiDonato as Rosina, Juan
Diego Flórez as Count Almaviva, Peter Mattei as Figaro, John
Del Carlo as Dr. Bartolo, John Relyea as Don Basilio, and
Claudia Waite as Berta. Maurizio Benini conducts. Approximate
running time: 165 minutes.
Peter Grimes - 3 September at 7:45 pm
Anthony Dean Griffey sings the title role of Britten's Peter
Grimes, with Patricia Racette as Ellen Orford and Anthony
Michaels-Moore as Balstrode. Donald Runnicles conducts.
Approximate running time: 150 minutes.
La Bohème - 4 September at 8 pm
Franco Zeffirelli's production of Puccini's La Bohème
features Angela Gheorghiu as Mimì, Ramón Vargas as Rodolfo
Ainhoa Arteta as Musetta, Ludovic Tézier as Marcello, Quinn
Kelsey as Schaunard, Oren Gradus as Colline, and Paul Plishka
in the dual roles of Benoit and Alcindoro. Nicola Luisotti
conducts. Approximate running time: 130 minutes.
Orfeo ed Euridice - 5 September at 8 pm
Mark Morris's production of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice
stars Stephanie Blythe as Orfeo, with Danielle de Niese as
Euridice. Heidi Grant Murphy is Amor. James Levine conducts.
Approximate running time: 100 minutes.
Il Trittico - 6 September at 7:30 pm
James Levine conducts Tony Award-winning director Jack
O'Brien's production of Puccini's Il Trittico, which
consists of three one-act operas: Il Tabarro, Suor
Angelica, and Gianni Schicchi. In Il
Tabarro, the three principal characters caught in a deadly
love triangle are portrayed by Maria Guleghina, Salvatore
Licitra and Juan Pons. Barbara Frittoli is the young nun
Angelica, with Stephanie Blythe as the Princess in Suor
Angelica, and the comedy Gianni Schicchi features
Alessandro Corbelli in the title role. Approximate running
time: 170 minutes.
Madama Butterfly - 7 September at 8:00
pm
Film director Anthony Minghella's production of Puccini's
Madama Butterfly stars Patricia Racette as
Cio-Cio-San, Marcello Giordani as Pinkerton, Dwayne Croft as
Sharpless, and Maria Zifchak as Suzuki. Patrick Summers
conducts. Approximate running time: 145 minutes
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