MET OPERA LIVE IN HD: ARMIDA

Posted by Layla on May 1, 2010 in MET OPERA LIVE IN HD | Leave a comment

GIOACHINO ROSSINI

2009-2010 HD OPERA SEASON

MAY 1, 2010 @ 1:00 PM

RUN TIME: 3 HRS 50 MIN

This mythical story of a sorceress who enthralls men in her island prison has inspired operatic settings by a multitude of composers, including Gluck, Haydn, and Dvorˇák. Renée Fleming stars in the title role of Rossini’s version, opposite no fewer than six tenors. Tony Award winner Mary Zimmerman returns to direct this new production of a work she describes as “a buried treasure, a box of jewels.”  The fanciful and magical tale, Zimmerman says, “has an epic, enchanted quality and a tremendous visual element.”

Text courtesy of The Metropolitan Opera website:  http://www.metopera.org

Conductor: Riccardo Frizza

Production: Mary Zimmerman

Cast: Renée Fleming, Lawrence Brownlee, John Osborn, Barry Banks, Kobie van Rensburg

VIDEO: Courtesy of The Metropolitan Opera

PHOTOS: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera