Italian Masterworks 2

Series Detail - Italian Masterworks 2 /

4 Performances

Aida

Friday, November 6, 2009
8:00 pm

The Met has assembled a cast of powerful voices to match Aida’s epic scale, which in this grand production uses every stage lift in the house. Shanghai-born soprano Hui He makes her Met debut in the title role, with Dolora Zajick as her rival for the affections of Salvatore Licitra’s
Radamès. Carlo Guelfi is Amonasro, and Paolo Carignani conducts.

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Cast: Carignani; Urmana, Zajick, Margison, Guelfi, Anastassov, Miller

Sung in Italian with Met Titles in English, German and Spanish

Simon Boccanegra

Friday, January 22, 2010
8:00 pm

Five decades into a legendary Met career, Plácido Domingo makes history singing the baritone title role. With James Levine on the podium, Adrianne Pieczonka, Marcello Giordani, and James Morris star in Verdi’s gripping political thriller.

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Cast: Levine; Pieczonka, Giordani, Domingo, Morris

Sung in Italian with Met Titles in English, German and Spanish

Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Friday, February 26, 2010
8:00 pm

If you’re a fan of spectacular singing and great comic timing, you won’t want to miss Barlett Sher’s hit production. Diana Damrau brings her sparkling soprano to the role of Rosina, with Lawrence Brownlee and Franco Vassallo as her partners in comedy.

Composer: Gioachino Rossini
Cast: Benini; Damrau, Brownlee, Vassallo, Muraro, Ramey

Sung in Italian with Met Titles in English, German and Spanish

Attila

Friday, March 12, 2010
8:00 pm

Riccardo Muti, a champion of the Verdian tradition, makes his Met debut with one of the composer’s rousing early operas. This story of civilization’s encounter with barbarism is explored in a new production by director Pierre Audi. Some of the brightest lights in contemporary design, including Miuccia Prada and the architecture team of Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron (the 2008 Beijing Olympics “Bird’s Nest” stadium), have created the costumes and scenery. “Our approach is to stay very close to the descriptions supported by Verdi: destruction, rubble, lagoon, forest, darkness—all in a very naturalistic way,” explain Herzog and de Meuron. Ildar Abdrazakov sings the title role, joined by Violeta Urmana, Ramón Vargas, and Carlos Alvarez.