A brand-new season of the world’s best opera comes to Cinema Nouveau. The 14th season of the award-winning The Met: Live in HD 2019/2020 kicked off in November 2019, bringing some of the New York Metropolitan Opera’s finest performances to the screen – only at Cinema Nouveau and selected Ster-Kinekor theatres.
It all began on 2 November 2019 with Pucchini’s Turandot and is followed by Massenet’s Manon (16 November) and Minghella’s Madama Butterfly (30 November).
The Met: Live in HD 2019/2020 Season features 10 transmissions, including five new productions: the Met premiere of Philip Glass’s ground-breaking 20th-century opera Akhnaten, starring Anthony Roth Costanzo as the title pharaoh, conducted by Karen Kamensek; Peter Mattei in the title role of Berg’s Wozzeck, in a new staging by acclaimed visual artist and stage director William Kentridge, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin; a new production of the Gershwins’ classic American opera Porgy and Bess, last performed at the Met in 1990, starring Eric Owens and Angel Blue, directed by James Robinson and conducted by David Robertson; the Met premiere of Handel’s Agrippina, starring Joyce DiDonato in a contemporary staging by Sir David McVicar that promises to resonate with modern audiences; and a new take on Wagner’s Der Fliegende Holländer, starring Sir Bryn Terfel in the title role.
Turandot
The Metropolitan’s Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Franco Zeffirelli’s celebrated production of Turandot, which stars Christine Goerke in the title role of the icy Chinese princess who has renounced all men.
Roberto Aronica sings Calàf, the suitor who risks his head for her hand and sings the famed aria “Nessun dorma.” Eleonora Buratto is the slave girl Liù, and James Morris is Calàf’s long-lost father, Timur. Run time: 3h22m
Manon
Massenet’s lush French masterpiece Manon, the story of an innocent country girl who becomes a celebrated courtesan and then destitute prisoner—is one of the great tragic tales in literature and music.
Lisette Oropesa stars as the irresistible title character, the tragic beauty who yearns for the finer things in life, in Laurent Pelly’s revealing production. Michael Fabiano is the besotted Chevalier des Grieux, whose desperate love for Manon proves their undoing. Maurizio Benini conducts Massenet’s sensual score. Run time: 4h12m
Madama Butterfly
In this return of Anthony Minghella’s inspired vision of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, Hui He stars as Cio-Cio-San, the devoted geisha who gives everything for the American naval officer Pinkerton, sung by Andrea Carè.
Elizabeth DeShong is her devoted companion Suzuki, and Plácido Domingo adds another role to his remarkable repertoire, singing Sharpless for the first time. Pier Giorgio Morandi conducts Anthony Minghella’s beautiful, atmospheric production. Run time: 3h32m
All films will show at theses Ster-Kinekor theatres in South Africa: Rosebank Nouveau, Gateway Commercial, Brooklyn Nouveau, V&A Waterfront Nouveau, Somerset, Blue Route Mall, Bedford Square and Garden Route Mall.
The Met: Live in HD 2019 – 2020 Season at a glance
Turandot (2 November, 2019)
Manon (16 November, 2019)
Madama Butterfly (30 November, 2019)
Akhnaten (14 December, 2019)
Wozzeck (1 February, 2020)
Porgy and Bess (22 February, 2020)
Agrippina (21 March, 2020)
Der Fliegende Holländer (11 April, 2020)
Tosca (2 May, 2020)
Maria Stuarda (6 June, 2020)
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