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- January 2008 - Giuseppe Verdi’s Macbeth is the third opera
to be transmitted live in high definition from the Met to Europe.
It can be watched in movie theatres accross Europe on Saturday,
January 12, 2008 (1:30 – 4:50 pm ET). The running time is
3 hours, 20 minutes and there is one 15-minute intermission. James
Levine conducts and baritone Lado Ataneli stars in the towering
title role. Bass-baritone John Relyea plays the role of the doomed
Banquo. It is the second season for this experiment in transcontinental
transmitting live, with a total of 8 operas transmitted so far.
operas in high definition transmission
on-line
tickets
Macbeth
broadcasted live to Europe and Canada
- the 12th of January 2008
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USA bits - "The Mettropolitan Opera has
launched a series of wide-ranging initiatives, most recently
a comprehensive and landmark new media plan to make its
opera performances available regularly on multiple platforms.
These include live high-definition transmissions to movie
theaters in North America and Europe; a 24-hour subscription-radio
channel on SIRIUS, featuring live and historic broadcasts;
and, in partnership with RealNetworks, the streaming of
live performances on the Met website and archival broadcasts
via Real’s Rhapsody online music service."
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mission statement
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USA bits -
The Frankfurt Oper in Germany, starting the second
half of its Season 2007 - 2008 with Giacomo Puccini's
Il Trittico, an opera that had its premiere in 1918
at the Metropolitan in New York, unwittingly highlights
the century old New York connection that exists in the 'opera
world' between Europe and America. The decision to stage
an opera that had its premiere in New York coincides with
the innovative experiment of the Metropolitan to beam live
opera performances to Europe. Eight of the Met's opera performances
will be transmitted in high-definition to various participating
movie theatres in Europe. On the 12th of January 2008 Verdi's
Macbeth will be transmitted from the Met and on
the 13th of January 2008 the Frankfurt Oper puts its Il
Trittico on stage. - argospier
oper frankfurt page
oper frankfurt program
on-line tickets
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bits - Erwin Schrott, bass and winner of the
Plácido Domingo’s Operalia competition in 1998 is
rising in rank among the premier interpreters of Mozart’s
operas in roles ranging from Figaro to the Count, Don Alfonso
to Don Giovanni. -
erwin schrott interview
Ballet
in New York
USA
bits - As a tribute
to the late tenor Pavaroti, the Met will broadcast the classic
1977 La Bohème starring Luciano Pavarotti and Renata Scotto
on January 19. Originally recorded in 1977, this performance features
a young James Levine on the podium and Pavarotti in one of his
most popular roles.
USA
bits - Philip Glass’s Satyagraha (1980),
a chant-like atonality based on the Bhagavad Gita and Mahatma
Gandhi’s formative years in South Africa will be performed
in The Metropolitan Opera in April. Stage and design is by Phelim
McDermott and designer Julian Crouch and use will be made of improvisational
puppetry. - satyagraha
at the metropolitan
contact
argospier
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