MET OPERA LIVE IN HD: LE COMTE ORY

Posted by Layla on April 9, 2011 in MET OPERA LIVE IN HD | Leave a comment

GIOACHINO ROSSINI

2010-2011 HD OPERA SEASON

APRIL 9, 2011 @ 1:00 PM

RUN TIME: 2 HRS 45 MIN

Rossini’s vocally dazzling comedy stars bel canto sensation Juan Diego Flórez in the title role of this Met premiere production. He vies with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, in the trouser role of Isolier, for the love of the lonely Countess Adèle, sung by soprano Diana Damrau. Bartlett Sher, director of the Met’s hit productions of The Barber of Seville and The Tales of Hoffmann, describes the world of the opera as, “a place where love is dangerous. People get hurt. That can be very funny and very painful. Rossini captures both—with the most beautiful love music Rossini ever wrote.”

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

CONDUCTOR: Maurizio Benini

PRODUCTION: Bartlett Sher

CAST: Joyce DiDonato, Susanne Resmark, Juan Diego Flórez, Stéphane Degout, Michele Pertusi

CAST SHEET & SYNOPSIS:

http://www.metoperafamily.org/uploadedFiles/ComteOry.HD.synopsis.DATES.pdf

VIDEO: The Act 1 aria from Rossini’s “Le Comte Ory” with Juan Diego Flórez as Comte Ory.  Video courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera

PHOTOS: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera