This last is a new production and all three are directed by Sir David McVicar. The most eagerly anticipated event of this season is the complete triptych of Donizetti's Three Queens operas: Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda and for the first time ever at the Met, Roberto Devereux. In a drop from years past, the generale consists of 18 shows although one is the standard double bill of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci making for a sum tota of 25 operas. Four of them are imports from other opera houses in London, Baden-Baden and Aix-en-Provence.
In addition to Otello, there are five other new productions scheduled. Tenor Aleksandrs Antonenko will deliver the opening "Esultate!" and Sonya Yoncheva is the hapless Desdemona. The award-winning Broadway director turns his hand from light bel canto comedies ( The Barber of Seville, L'Elisir d'Amore) to the much heavier Shakespearean tragedy by way of Giuseppe Verdi. 21, 2015) is a new production of Otello by Bart Sher. So without further ado, the Opening Night (Sept. The Metropolitan Opera unveiled its 2015-2016 slate at 1pm today, with a roster of operas and new productions that veers toward the conservative for America's largest opera company. Photo by Kristian Schuller © 2015 The Metropolitan Opera (l.-r.) Aleksandrs Antonenko, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Aleksandrs Antonenko,Īleksandrs Antonenko, Aleksandrs Antonenko, and Aleksandrs Antonenko Six new productions, nineteen revivals and as usual wilderness of mirrors.
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