| WELCOME
TO THE OPERA REVOLUTION.
The New York Metropolitan Opera's groundbreaking series of live,
high-definition performance transmissions to movie theatres around
the world continues to entertain Australian opera lovers at their
local cinemas.
With the extraordinary success of the recent of The Metropolitan
Opera productions, cinema audiences have cried out for more. People
who previously thought Nessun Dorma was a type of car are
now becoming true opera converts after seeing the New York Met's
Operas captured in HD on the cinema screen.
Most
cinemas offer online ticket sales. Just take the right hand link
to your local MET OPERA hosting cinema in Australia.
OPERA
CAST LISTS.
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2011-2012
MET OPERA SEASON
SCREENING CONCURRENTLY WITH THE NEW YORK
SEASONS.
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| Wagner's
Siegfried
Saturday December 3 and Sunday December
4
(Check with cinemas for additional screenings and
variations)
In part three
of the Ring, Wagner's cosmic vision focuses on his hero's early
conquests, while Robert Lepage's revolutionary stage machine transforms
itself from bewitched forest to mountaintop love nest. Jay Hunter
Morris* sings the title role and Deborah Voigt's Brünnhilde
is his prize. Bryn Terfel is the Wanderer. Fabio Luisi conducts.
Conductor:
Fabio Luisi; Production: ROBERT LEPAGE
GARY LEHMAN, DEBORAH VOIGT, BRYN TERFEL
Approximate Running Time: 5 hours 56 minutes including 2 intermissions
(Check closer to screening date)
*replaces
previously advertised Gary Lehman |
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| Philip
Glass'
Satyagraha
Saturday December 17 and Sunday December
18
(Check with cinemas for additional screenings and
variations)
The Met's visually
extravagant production is back for an encore engagement. Richard
Croft once again is Gandhi in Philip Glass's unforgettable opera,
which the Washington Post calls
'a profound and beautiful work of theatre.'
Conductor:
DANTE ANZOLINI; Production: PHELIM MCDERMOTT
RICHARD CROFT, RACHELLE DURKIN, KIM JOSEPHSON
Approximate Running Time: 4 hours 8 minutes including 2 intermissions
(Check closer to screening date) |
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| Handel's
Rodelinda
Saturday January 7 and Sunday January 8
(Check with cinemas for additional screenings and
variations)
Sensational
in the 2004 Met premiere of Stephen Wadsworth's much-heralded production,
Renée Fleming reprises the title role. She's joined by Stephanie
Blythe and countertenor Andreas Scholl, and Baroque specialist Harry
Bicket conducts.
Conductor:
HARRY BICKET; Production: STEPHEN WADSWORTH
RENÉE FLEMING, STEPHANIE BLYTHE, ANDREAS SCHOLL
Approximate Running Time: 4 hours 15 minutes including 2 intermissions
(Check closer to screening date) |
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| Gounod's
Faust
Saturday January 21 and Sunday January
22
(Check with cinemas for additional screenings and
variations)
With Jonas
Kaufmann in the title role, René Pape as the devil, and Marina
Poplavskaya as Marguerite, Gounod's classic retelling of the Faust
legend couldn’t be better served. Tony Award-winning director
Des McAnuff updates the story to the first half of the 20th century
with a production that won praise in London last season. Yannick
Nézet-Séguin conducts on the heels of his Don Carlo
success.
Conductor:
YANNICK NÉZET-SÉGUIN; Production: DES MCANUFF
JONAS KAUFMANN, RENÉ PAPE, MARINA POPLAVSKAYA
Approximate Running Time: 4 hours 20 minutes including 2 intermissions
(Check closer to screening date) |
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| Handel,
Rameau, Vivaldi & others
The Enchanted Island
Saturday February 11 and Sunday February
12
(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.
Conductor:
WILLIAM CHRISTIE; Production: PHELIM MCDERMOTT
PLÁCIDO DOMINGO, DAVID DANIELS, JOYCE DIDONATO
Approximate Running Time: 3 hours 35 minutes incl. 1 intermission
(Check closer to screening date) |
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| Wagner's
Götterdämmerung
Saturday March 3 and Sunday March 4
(Check with cinemas for additional screenings and
variations)
With its cataclysmic
climax, the Met’s new Ring cycle, directed by Robert Lepage,
comes to its resolution. Deborah Voigt stars as Brünnhilde
and Jay Hunter Morris* is Siegfried – the star-crossed lovers
doomed by fate. James Levine conducts.
Conductor:
JAMES LEVINE; Production: ROBERT LEPAGE
GARY LEHMAN, DEBORAH VOIGT, WENDY BRYN HARMER
Approximate Running Time: 6 hours 24 minutes including 2 intermissions
(Check closer to screening date)
*replaces
previously advertised Gary Lehman |
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| Verdi's
Ernani
Saturday March 17 and Sunday March 18
(Check with cinemas for additional screenings and
variations)
Angela Meade
takes centre stage in Verdi's thrilling early gem. Salvatore Licitra
is her mismatched lover, and all-star Verdians Dmitri Hvorostovsky
and Ferruccio Furlanetto round out the cast.
Conductor:
MARCO ARMILIATO; Production: PIER LUIGI SAMARITANI
ANGELA MEADE, SALVATORE LICITRA, DMITRI HVOROSTOVSKY
Approximate Running Time: 3 hours 49 minutes including 2 intermissions
(Check closer to screening date) |
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| Massenet's
Manon
Saturday April 28 and Sunday April 29
(Check with cinemas for additional screenings and
variations)
Anna Netrebko's
dazzling portrayal of the tragic heroine in Laurent Pelly's new
production travels to the Met from the Royal Opera House, Covent
Garden. Piotr Beczala and Paulo Szot also star, with the Met's Principal
Guest Conductor Fabio Luisi on the podium.
Conductor:
FABIO LUISI; Production: LAURENT PELLY
ANNA NETREBKO, PIOTR BECZALA, PAULO SZOT
Approximate Running Time: 4 hours 3 minutes including 2 intermissions
(Check closer to screening date) |
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| Verdi's
La Traviata
Saturday May 12 and Sunday May 13
(Check with cinemas for additional screenings and
variations)
Natalie Dessay
will put on the red dress in Willy Decker's stunning production,
in her first Violetta at the Met. Matthew Polenzani sings Alfredo,
Dmitri Hvorostovsky is Germont, and Principal Guest Conductor Fabio
Luisi is on the podium.
Conductor:
FABIO LUISI; Production: WILLY DECKER
NATALIE DESSAY, MATTHEW POLENZANIM, DMITRI HVOROSTOVSKY
Approximate Running Time: 3 hours 7 minutes including 1 intermission
(Check closer to screening date) |
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