2020 2021 Season
Metropolitan Opera 20/21
Metropolitan Opera 20/21
Jealousy and deceit, dedication and sacrifice, revenge and ambition, passion and devotion… By virtue of their variety, the titles that make up this season have in common that they push us to explore feelings, in all their depth and diversity. As always, the Metropolitan Opera honors the richness of the repertoire by offering Italian (Verdi, Bellini), German (Strauss, Mozart), French (Gounod) and American (Heggie) works, performed by the greatest artists of the world lyrical scene. in memorable scenes. This season, the Met offers the public the opportunity to discover three new productions among the seven titles on its program, and to experience vibrant emotions from the stage to the screen, live from the Metropolitan Opera New York to the cinema.
In order to maintain a qualitative offer at the height of what it has always offered, and because since the launch of its “Live in HD” series the Metropolitan Opera has always offered a live and HD experience in cinema, the MET has finally decided to cancel the first 3 shows of its 20/21 season at the cinema. As a reminder, the 3 operas concerned were Aïda, Le Trouvère and Fidelio. The MET will resume its cinema season in January 2021 with 7 shows broadcast live.
The Confluence des Arts et des Savoirs association has decided to offer you in 2020 three operas that have been presented to you, which have charmed you over the past years. These recordings are provided to us by the MET, they have the quality of live broadcasts.
Opera ticket: € 15 per person.
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2020-2021 SEASON CALENDAR
2020 OCTOBER Sam. 10 oct. LE TROUVÈRE Verdi 18h55
NOVEMBER Sam. 7 nov. LE COMTE ORY Rossini 18h55
DECEMBER Sam. 12 dec. LA CENERENTOLA Rossini 18h55
2021 JANUARY Sam. 16-jan LA FLÛTE ENCHANTÉE Mozart 18h55
Sam. 30-jan ROMÉO ET JULIETTE Gounod 18h55
27- MARCH Sam. DON GIOVANNI Mozart 17h55 march
APRIL Sam. 17-apr DEAD MAN WALKING Heggie 18h55
Sam. 24-apr LA FEMME SANS OMBRE Strauss 17h55
MAY Sam. 8-may NABUCCO Verdi 18h55
JUNE Sam. 5-june LE PIRATE Bellini 18h55
Saturday
10 October 2020 - 18h
LE TROUVÈRE / IL TROVATORE. Giuseppe Verdi Recorded in New York
Composer Giuseppe Verdi Producion Sir David Mac Vicar ConductorMarco Amiliato
Cast Anna Netrebko (Leonora), Dolora Zajick (Azucena), Yonghoon Lee (Manrico), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Comte de Luna)
This production, staged inspired by David McVicar and directed by Marco Armiliato, gathered an extraordinary cast. Anna Netrebko is Leonora, the young noblewoman at the center of the story, in love with the troubadour embodied by the tenor Yonghoon Lee, but also pursued by the Count di Luna, sung by the great and regretful Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Dolora Zajick completes the quartet in the role of Azucena, the mysterious gypsy woman who sets dramatic events in motion. For this Trouvère broadcast from the Metropolitan
Opera in New York, the big show is guaranteed. In revolving sets, David Mc Vicar stages a more or less contained violence for a still tortuous plot transposed here in the 18th century. It's an all-stars cast as the host, Susan Graham, puts it. And it's true: Anna Netrebko's Leonora, literally lashes out in the last act - the most successful of all. Dmitri Hvorostosky, visibly well recovered - which earned him a standing ovation and a shower of flowers - plays a violent and tense count to
the extreme. Veteran Dolora Zajic's Azucena is more cavernous than ever and remains impressive, especially in the last act. Yonghoon Lee more or less skilfully plays Manrico's traps but is not stingy with nuances. Note the excellent house choir, which as often obviously takes great pleasure in playing as much as singing. Marco Armiliato wins everything without weakness. We're almost in Hollywood. Everyone is doing tons of it, the audience is delirious, we kiss each other at the salutes. Opera sometimes is a hell of a (beautiful) cinema.
Saturday
7 November 2020 - 18h LE COMTE ORY. Gioachino Rossini Recorded in New York Composer Gioachino Rossini Production Bartlett Sher Conductor Maurizio Benini
Cast Juan Diego Florez (Le Comte Ory), Diana Damrau (La comtesse Adèle), Joyce DiDonato (Isolier)
The MET in all its splendor: Florez, Damrau, DiDonato and Pertusi united on the same stage, there is no need to say, it throws! The king of the evening is undoubtedly Juan Diego Florez. One would believe the role of the Count written for Juan Diego Florez: a sonorous and well-projected voice, a caressing timbre… As soon as he entered "May the destinies prosper", we can only surrender. Finally the French is perfectly intelligible, and the actor full of wit: libidinous as he would like disguised as a hermit or a nun. Question interpretive imagination he finds the answer in his governor.
The programming in New York of this work so long neglected may seem surprising. Is Count Ory in fashion? We can only rejoice at the success of this opera, which has remained in the shadow of Le Voyage à Reims over the past decades, for which it covers half of the score.
L'Isolier by Joyce DiDonato seems at first glance a little behind: if we find all the Belcantist elegance of the mezzo, it seems to give way to its partners in the sets,
for lack of arrogance in the acute and power deficit. However, the magical trio of the second act ("In favor of this dark night") finds her once again sovereign. Diana Damrau plays a crazy Countess Adele, half nympho half prudish, the nympho side quickly taking over! Sparkling scenically, the German soprano lacks a more nourished medium and a touch of madness in the vocalization to completely satisfy us.
Saturday
12 Deember 2020 - 18h LA CENERENTOLA . Gioachino Rossini Recorded in New York Composer Gioachino Rossini Production Cesare Lievi Conductor Maurizio Benini
Cast Elina Garanca (Angelina), Lawrence Brownlee (Don Ramiro), Yonghoon Lee (Manrico), Alessandro Corbelli (Don Magnifico)
Left alone by her sisters-in-law who bullied her,
Cenerentola meets her prince. Much to the annoyance of her in-laws, her beauty, grace and kindness will triumph in the eyes of the world ... Rossini's last bouffe opera, his lyrical adaptation of the tale takes on the allure of a comedy full of gaiety with many deceptions, role reversals and love at first sight. Elina Garanca plays the poor Cinderella on whom her stepfather and her sisters-in-law fight while her prince is played by bel canto master Lawrence Brownlee. This production delights. A true technical performance, it is also a true artistic performance, full of beauty and charm which undoubtedly makes it a new benchmark for this Rossini classic. The Met's production is intended to be a family-friendly, cohesive show that does not suffer from any downtime. This opera immortalizes Lawrence Brownlee's Ramiro. The young American tenor signs a great performance, the emotional charge of his singing bursts the screen (which he will share with his Cinderella). Brownlee has a superb face, terribly expressive and a rare thing, he remains in even the most perilous vocal gesture always pleasant to watch. But Brownlee is distinguished above all by humanity and therefore, the constant emotion that emanates from his voice. On paper, her relationship with Elina’s boreal blonde might seem unlikely, and yet it works. We literally fall for these lovers in United Colors of Benetton fashion. It must be said that Elina Garanca ended up picking us up, where we did not necessarily expect her.
Saturday
7 January 2021 - 18h
LA FLÛTE ENCHANTÉE. Mozart Live from New York
Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Production Julie Taymor Conductor Gustavo Dudamel
Cast Kathrin Lewek (La reine de la nuit), Christiane Karg (Pamina), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Tamino), Thomas Oliemans (Papageno)
One of opera's most beloved fables returns, with musical director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Patrick Furrer and Cornelius Meister leading the colorful and puppet- filled production of Tony Award-winning Julie Taymor. The main Mozartians cast include soprano Christiane Karg as Pamina, tenor Stanislas de Barbeyrac as Tamino, baritone Thomas Oliemans in his Met debut as Papageno, soprano Kathryn Lewek as Queen of the Night and bass Stephen Milling as Sarastro.
Tamino is saved in extremis from a snake by the three ladies of honor of the Queen of the Night. When he regains consciousness, they show him the portrait of Pamina, the lovely daughter of the Queen, with whom he immediately falls in love. To get his hand, the valiant Tamino will have to free the Princess of Sarastro, of which she is a prisoner. Equipped with a magic flute and accompanied by Papageno, the Queen's bird catcher, the young man sets out on his journey.
This colorful and lively production by Julie Taymor brings to life one of the repertoire's most beloved fables. On stage, Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Christiane Karg, Kathryn Lewek and Thomas Oliemans will be led by conductor Gustavo Dudamel, who is conducting for the first time a Met opera broadcast live in cinema.
Saturday
30 January 2021 - 18h
ROMÉO ET JULIETTE. Charles Gounod Live from New York
Composer Charles Gounod Production Bartelett Sher Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Cast Nadine Sierra (Juliette), Stefen Costello (Roméo), Julie Bourlianne (Stephano), Laurent Naouri (Capulet)
Romeo and Juliet fall in love with each other at the Capulets' masked ball. But their respective families are enemies. Brother Laurent, who sees in the love of young people a means of reconciling their two families, agrees to marry them in secret, even if the fierce vendetta between the Montagues and the Capulets continues to claim victims. .
The American soprano Nadine Sierra plays Juliette for the first time on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera, facing Stephen Costello who will be her Romeo. The sumptuous score by Charles Gounod will be conducted by the musical director of the house, Yannick Nézet- Séguin, in a realistic and romantic staging by Bartlett Sher.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts one of the most sumptuous scores in the repertoire, leading Gounod's honeyed adaptation of Shakespeare's timeless tragedy. Radiant soprano Nadine Sierra makes her Met debut as effervescent Juliet, alongside tenors Stephen Costello and Benjamin Bernheim, in her highly anticipated Met debut as the ardent Romeo, all in realism romantic staging by Bartlett Sher.
Saturday
27 March 2021 - 17h WARNING – special schedule
DON GOVIANNI. Mozart Live from New York
Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Productionne Michael Grandage Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Cast Peter Mattei (Don Giovanni), Ailyn Pérez (Donna Anna), Isabel Leonard (Donna Elvira), Ryan Speedo Green (Le Commandeur), Ben Bliss (Don Octavio), Hera Hyesang Park (Zerlina)
Don Giovanni is an irrepressible womanizer. He wants to seduce Donna Anna but his attempt ends in failure. To save his daughter's honor, the Commander challenges Don Giovanni to a duel, who mortally wounds him. The charmer gets out of the woods and immediately thinks of his new conquest. This time, he sets his sights on Zerlina, promised to Masetto. It was without counting the return of Donna Elvira, the former mistress of Don Giovanni still in love with him.
The genius Mozart approaches his lyrical narration of the myth of Dom Juan with lightness and irony. Under the baton of conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, baritone Peter Mattei plays a magnetic Don Giovanni alongside a starred cast where Gerald Finley takes on the role of the faithful Leporello, and Ailyn Pérez, Isabel Leonard Hera Hyesang Park form the trio of women wronged by Don Giovanni.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin directs a star-studded cast led by baritone Peter Mattei as Magnetic Don Giovanni, alongside bass-baritone Gerald Finley's Leporello, who takes over the title role later in the season. Soprano Ailyn Pérez, mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard and soprano Hera Hyesang Park form a superlative trio with Donna Anna, Donna Elvira and Zerlina, and tenor Ben Bliss rounds out the main cast as Don Ottavio.
Saturday
17 April 2021 - 18h New production
DEAD MAN WALKING. Jake Heggie
Live from New York
Composer Jake Heggie Production Ivo van Hove Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Cast Joyce DiDonato (Sœur Helen Prejean), Latonia Moore (Sœur Rose), Susan Graham (Madame de Rocher), Etienne Dupuis (Joseph De Rocher)
American composer Jake Heggie's 21st-century masterpiece, the most-performed new opera of the past 20 years, gets its long-awaited premiere at the Met, in Ivo van Hove's second new staging of the season . Based on Sister Helen Prejean's memoir of her fight for the soul of a convicted murderer, Dead Man Walking combines the dramatic drama of its subject with the beautiful and poignant music of Heggie and a brilliant libretto by award-winning Terrence McNally. 'a Tony and Emmy award.
Musical director Yannick Nézet-Séguin is on the podium for this historic first, with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato in the role of Helen Prejean. The outstanding cast also includes baritone Etienne Dupuis as convict Joseph De Rocher, soprano Latonia Moore as Sister Rose and legendary mezzo-soprano Susan Graham - who performed Prejean at the opera premiere in 2000 - in the role of De Rocher's mother.
In Louisiana, in the 1980s, Joseph De Rocher was sentenced to death for homicide. Sister Helen, to whom the inmate has asked to be his spiritual advisor, agrees to accompany him. She will have to face the reproach of her sisters, the prison director and the parents of the victims. But his determination to support Joseph for his repentance is unwavering.
Saturday New production 24 April 2021 - 18h
LA FEMME SANS OMBRE. Richard Strauss Live from New York
Composer Richard Strauss Production Herbert Vernicke Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Cast Elza van den Heever (l'Impératrice), Nina Stemme (la femme du teinturier), Klaus Florian Vogt (l'Empereur), Ryan Speedo Green (un esprit messager), Evelyn Herlitzius (la nourrice)
Yannick Nézet-Séguin directs Herbert Wernicke's sensational staging of Strauss's masterful vision of love from another world, which requires a cast of the best dramatic voices. Tenor Klaus Florian Vogt and soprano Elza van den Heever are the Supernatural Emperor and Empress (The Shadowless Woman), baritone Michael Volle and soprano Nina Stemme are Barak and his wife, and soprano Evelyn Herlitzius is the sinister nurse.
The daughter of Keikobad, King of the Spirits, is a supernatural being and married to a human, the Emperor of the Southeast Islands. A messenger tells her that she has only three days to spend on earth and that unless she finds a shadow, she will have to return to her home kingdom and her husband will be petrified. With her nanny, they are hired by a dyer and convince his wife to cede her shadow to the Empress in exchange for all the riches she can desire.
Richard Strauss's mystical work on two couples in search of emotional and spiritual salvation invests the Metropolitan Opera for its first live broadcast in the cinema, supported by a cast which is perfectly illustrated in the dramatic vocal register.
Saturday
8 May 2021 - 18h
NABUCCO. Giuseppe Verdi
Live from New York
Composer Giuseppe Verdi Production Elijah Moshinsky Conductor Marco Armiliato
Cast Anna Netrebko (Abigaille), George Gagnidze (Nabucco), Varduhi Abrahamyan (Fenena), Najmiddin
Mavlyanov (Ismaël), Dmitry Belosselskiy (Zaccharie)
Confirming her place as one of history’s most compelling dramatic sopranos, Anna Netrebko adds bloodthirsty Babylonian Princess Abigaille to her already impressive roster of roles at the Met, in exchange for Oksana Dyka. Baritone George Gagnidze is the tyrannical leader Nabucco, alongside mezzo- soprano Varduhi Abrahamyan as Fenena, tenor Najmiddin Mavlyanov as Ismaele and basses Morris Robinson and Dmitry Belosselskiy as Zaccaria. Marco Armiliato directs.
The Hebrew people are held captive in Babylon during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar (Nabucco). The king's daughter, Fenena, married the religion of the Jews out of love for Ishmael. Her older sister Abigaille learns that she was born a slave. When rumors of Nabucco's death spread, Abigaille tries to seize power.
The epic production of this staple of the Verdian repertoire is back, and for the first time on stage at the Met Russian diva Anna Netrebko will play Abigaille, the power-hungry Babylonian princess, while Georgian baritone George Gagnidze will lend his voice to the royal Nabucco.
Saturday
5 June 2021 - 18h New production
LE PIRATE. Vicenzo Bellini Live from New York
Composer Vicenzo Bellini Production John Copley Conductor Maurizio Benini
Cast Diana Damrau (Imogène), Javier Camarena (Gualtiero), Christopher Maltman (Ernesto), Nicolas Testé (Goffredo)
Jewel of Bel Canto, this rarely performed opera returns, in its concert version, on the stage of the Met after 14 years of absence.
Soprano Diana Damrau shines in this work by Bellini for the "pyrotechnics" of bel canto, playing the story of a woman driven mad by the love of her exiled pirate. Tenor Javier Camarena shows off his spectacular high notes as a buccaneer. Maurizio Benini directs the remarkable production, last seen at the Met in 2003.
Survivor of a shipwreck, Gualtiero, a count turned pirate, learns that his beloved Imogene married
Ernesto, his sworn enemy, to spare his father's life. When he learns that his rival is alive, Ernesto orders his capture. Imogene implores his old love to escape but he refuses and prefers to face Ernesto.
Diana Damrau appears at the top of the bel canto in this centerpiece of Bellini's repertoire. The German soprano embodies the fiery Imogene, at the heart of the love triangle that makes up the plot of the opera.
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