Series Detail - French Gems / 
4 Performances
La Damnation de Faust
Friday, October 23, 2009
8:30 pm
When it premiered last season Robert Lepage’s production amazed audiences through its use of virtual scenery, interactive video, and aerial acrobatics. Ramón Vargas, Olga Borodina, and Ildar Abdrazakov will bring Berlioz’s stunning score to life, with James Conlon conducting. In collaboration with Ex Machina.
This production was reconceived for the Metropolitan Opera and is based on a co-production of the Saito Kinen Festival and the Opéra National de Paris
Composer:
Hector Berlioz
Cast: Conlon; Borodina, Vargas, Abdrazakov
Sung in French with Met Titles in English, German and Spanish
Carmen
Friday, January 8, 2010
8:00 pm
"Carmen is about sex, violence, and racism—and its corollary: freedom,” says Olivier Award-winning director Richard Eyre. “It is one of the inalienably great works of art. It’s sexy, in every sense. And I think it should be shocking.” Elina Garanca sings Carmen for the first time at the Met. Roberto Alagna and Jonas Kaufmann share the role of the obsessed Don José, Barbara Frittoli is Micaëla, and Mariusz Kwiecien is the matador Escamillo. Angela Gheorghiu and Olga Borodina sing Carmen in later performances. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts.
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Composer:
Georges Bizet
Cast: Nézet-Séguin; Frittoli, Garanca, Alagna, Kwiecien
Sung in French with Met Titles in English, German and Spanish
La Fille du Régiment
Friday, February 19, 2010
8:00 pm
New king of the high Cs Juan Diego Flórez reprises his headline-grabbing performance in the comic hit from the 2007–08 season. Diana Damrau makes her Met role debut as Marie. Kiri Te Kanawa returns to the Met stage in the speaking role of the Duchess of Krakenthorp.
A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera; the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London; and the Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna
Composer:
Gaetano Donizetti
Cast: Armiliato; Damrau, Arwady, Te Kanawa, Flórez, Muraro
Sung in French with Met Titles in English, German and Spanish
Hamlet
Friday, April 2, 2010
8:00 pm
Simon Keenlyside and Natalie Dessay bring their extraordinary acting and singing skills to two of Shakespeare’s unforgettable characters. When this production, directed by Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leiser, opened in London at Covent Garden, The Independent called Keenlyside’s Hamlet, "a revelation - thrilling throughout.” Dessay plays the volatile Ophelia, whose extended mad scene is among the greatest in opera. Louis Langrée conducts.
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Composer:
Ambroise Thomas
Cast: Langrée; Dessay, Larmore, Spence, Keenlyside, Morris
Sung in French with Met Titles in English, German and Spanish