The Met Opera in HD Series at The Ridgefield Playhouse

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Posted: 11/26/14 at 11:42am

The Met Opera in HD: Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Sun, 12/14/2014 - 12:00pm

The Met Opera in HD
Richard Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
(Encore)

James Levine returns to one of his signature Wagner works conducting this epic comedy—back at the Met for the first time in eight years—about a group of Renaissance “master singers” whose song contest unites a city. Johan Reuter, Johan Botha, and Annette Dasch lead the superb international cast in this charming and magisterial celebration of the power of music and art.

Approximate HD runtime 6:00 2 Intermissions

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The Met Opera in HD: Lehár’s The Merry Widow

Sat, 01/17/2015 - 6:00pm

The Met Opera in HD
Franz Lehár The Merry Widow
(Encore)

The great Renée Fleming stars as the beguiling femme fatale who captivates all Paris in Lehár’s enchanting operetta, seen in a new staging by Broadway virtuoso director and choreographer Susan Stroman (The Producers, Oklahoma!, Contact). Stroman and her design team of Julian Crouch (Satyagraha, The Enchanted Island) and costume designer William Ivey Long (Cinderella, Grey Gardens, Hairspray) have created an art-nouveau setting that climaxes with singing and dancing grisettes at the legendary Maxim’s. Nathan Gunn co-stars as Danilo and Kelli O’Hara is Valencienne. Andrew Davis conducts.

Approximate HD runtime 2:57 1 Intermission

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The Met Opera in HD: Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann

Sat, 01/31/2015 - 12:00pm

The Met Opera in HD
Jacques Offenbach Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)
(Encore)

The magnetic tenor Vittorio Grigolo takes on the tortured poet and unwitting adventurer of the title of Offenbach’s operatic masterpiece, in the Met’s wild, kaleidoscopic production. Soprano Hibla Gerzmava faces the operatic hurdle of singing all three heroines—each an idealized embodiment of some aspect of Hoffmann’s desire. Thomas Hampson portrays the shadowy Four Villains, and Yves Abel conducts the sparkling score.

Approximate HD runtime 3:46 2 Intermissions

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The Met Opera in HD: Iolanta and Bluebeard’s Castle

Sun, 02/22/2015 - 12:00pm

The Met Opera in HD
Peter Tchaikovsky Iolanta and Bela Bartók Bluebeard’s Castle
(Encore)

On the heels of her triumphant Met performances in Eugene Onegin, soprano Anna Netrebko takes on another Tchaikovsky heroine in the first opera of this intriguing double bill, consisting of an enchanting fairy tale (Iolanta) followed by an erotic psychological thriller (Duke Bluebeard’s Castle). Netrebko stars as the beautiful blind girl who experiences love for the first time in Iolanta, while Nadja Michael is the unwitting victim of the diabolical Bluebeard, played by Mikhail Petrenko. Both operas are directed by Mariusz Trelinski, who was inspired by classic noir films of the 1940s. Iolanta also stars Piotr Beczala, and Valery Gergiev conducts both operas.

Approximate HD runtime 3:39 1 Intermission

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