NYC OPERA TRIP 2013- MET LIVE- LE COMTE ORY PERFORMANCE & BACKSTAGE MEET & GREET

Posted by Layla on February 2, 2013 in LIVE OPERA, OPERA TRIPS | Leave a comment

GIOACHINO ROSSINI

2012-2013 MET OPERA SEASON

FEBRUARY 2, 2013 @ 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 production. He vies with mezzo-soprano Karine Deshayes, in the trouser role of Isolier, for the love of the lonely Countess Adèle, sung by soprano Pretty Yende. 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 http://www.metopera.org

CONDUCTOR: Maurizio Benini

PRODUCTION: Bartlett Sher

CAST: Pretty Yende, Karine Deshayes, Susanne Resmark, Juan Diego Flórez, Nathan Gunn, Susanne Resmark, Nicola Uliveri

CAST SHEET & SYNOPSIS:  Feb 2 Comte Ory

VIDEO: Video courtesy of The Metropolitan Opera.

PHOTOS: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera

Juan Diego Flórez as Count Ory in Rossini’s “Le Comte Ory.”

Juan Diego Flórez as Count Ory in Rossini’s “Le Comte Ory.”

Pretty Yende as Countess Adèle and Juan Diego Flórez as Count Ory in Rossini’s “Le Comte Ory.”

Pretty Yende as Countess Adèle in Rossini’s “Le Comte Ory.”

Juan Diego Flórez (center) as Count Ory in Rossini’s “Le Comte Ory.”

Juan Diego Flórez as Count Ory and Pretty Yende as Countess Adèle in Rossini’s “Le Comte Ory.”

Juan Diego Flórez as Count Ory and Pretty Yende as Countess Adèle in Rossini’s “Le Comte Ory.”

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