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Metropolitan Opera 20/21 Season 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. Reservations: exclusively at [email protected] or by phone at 06 80 63 33 08. During the intermission, a garnished plate is available for € 8, wine included. The broadcasts will take place in the Eugène Le Roy-24260 Le Bugue room as part of a COVID 19 protocol validated by the Prefecture of the Dordogne. You wish to receive information on the next operas, send us your email address to: [email protected] 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.
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