January
05
MET OPERA LIVE IN HD: LES TROYENS
HECTOR BERLIOZ
2012-2013 HD OPERA SEASON
JANUARY 5, 2013 @ 12:00 PM
RUN TIME: 5 HRS 30 MIN
Francesca Zambello’s acclaimed 2003 production of Berlioz’s Trojan War epic returns to the Met for its first revival. Fabio Luisi conducts a cast led by Marcello Giordani in the central role of Aeneas, the hero who flees the ruins of Troy for a new set of challenges in the North African kingdom of Carthage. Deborah Voigt reprises the role of the cursed Trojan prophetess Cassandra, which she sang in the new production premiere, and Susan Graham makes her Met role debut as Dido, the noble but heartbroken Queen of Carthage.
Text courtesy of The Metropolitan Opera website: http://www.metopera.org
CONDUCTOR: Fabio Luisi
PRODUCTION: Francesca Zambello
CAST: Marcello Giordani, Deborah Voigt, Susan Graham
CAST SHEET & SYNOPSIS:
VIDEO: Excerpt from Act I, featuring Deborah Voigt (Cassandra). Video courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera
PHOTOS: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera, Cory Weaver/Metropolitan Opera
Cory Weaver/Metropolitan Opera
A scene from Berlioz’s “Les Troyens.”
Cory Weaver/Metropolitan Opera
A scene from Berlioz’s “Les Troyens.”
Cory Weaver/Metropolitan Opera
Susan Graham as Dido and Karen Cargill as Anna in Berlioz’s “Les Troyens.”
Cory Weaver/Metropolitan Opera
Deborah Voigt as Cassandra in Berlioz’s “Les Troyens.”
Cory Weaver/Metropolitan Opera
Kwangchul Youn as Narbal, Susan Graham as Dido and Karen Cargill as Anna in Berlioz’s “Les Troyens.”
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