Štefan Kocán
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Macbeth
2004-01-01
Macbeth
Overview: Carlos Álvarez takes the title role in the first of Verdi's Shakespearean operas, with Maria Guleghina as the manipulative wife whose desire to gain the Scottish throne drives her husband to murder and leaves both with blood on their hands. Bruno Campanella conducts the Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu in the 2004 recording of Phyllida Lloyd's powerful production, first staged at London's Royal Opera House.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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The Metropolitan Opera: Il Trovatore
2011-04-30
The Metropolitan Opera: Il Trovatore
Overview: Verdi’s IL TROVATORE again storms the Met stage in a star-studded, anvil-wielding cast , including Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick and Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Marcelo Álvarez sings Manrico, the troubadour of the title. The story is well-known already: The gypsy Azucena has harbored a grudge for thirty years, but she is about to have revenge at last. Meanwhile, her son Manrico is in love with Leonora, but so is his arch-enemy, the Count Di Luna. A pot-boiler, where every tune is a hit.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-04-30
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Verdi: Il Trovatore
2011-04-30
Verdi: Il Trovatore
Overview: Giuseppe Verdi's masterpiece calls for 4 great singers: one weak link and the whole may collapse. The Metropolitan Opera assembled a quartet of stars for this new production by David McVickar: Sondra Radvanovsky, Marcelo Álvarez, Dolora Zajick, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky. The opera - about mistaken identities and hair-raising bloody revenge - could hardly receive a better performance.
Genres: Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2011-04-30
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Mozart Don Giovanni
2011-06-11
Mozart Don Giovanni
Overview: Don Juan sins with his servant and is doomed in this tragicomic opera.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2011-06-11
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The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni
2011-10-29
The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni
Overview: Imbuing the familiar Don Juan myth with a captivating combination of comedy, seductiveness, danger, and damnation, Mozart created an enduring masterpiece that has been a cornerstone of the repertory since its 1787 premiere. The opera offers a rare opportunity for two baritones to star alongside one another as the title Lothario and his faithful yet conflicted servant, Leporello, as well as three memorable female roles—multifaceted women who both suffer the Don’s abuses and plot their revenge.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-29
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The Metropolitan Opera: Aida
2012-12-15
The Metropolitan Opera: Aida
Overview: The Met’s spectacular production of Verdi’s Egyptian epic captures both the grandeur and the intimacy of this powerful tale of love and politics. Liudmyla Monastyrska is Aida, the Ethiopian princess-turned-slave in love with the Egyptian warrior Radamès, sung by Roberto Alagna. Olga Borodina is her rival, Amneris, daughter of the Pharao, and George Gagnidze sings Aida’s father, Amonasro, the King of Ethiopia. Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi is on the podium.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-12-15
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Verdi: Aida
2009-10-24
Verdi: Aida
Overview: Aida (2009) Metropolitan Opera. Verdi / Italian. Live from the Met 2009.
Genres: Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2009-10-24
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Prince Igor
2014-03-01
Prince Igor
Overview: Live performance from the Metropolitan Opera, March 1, 2014. Absent from the Met stage since 1917, Borodin’s masterwork about an introspective prince’s military campaign against the invading Polovtsians returned in 2014 with a first-rate cast and an astonishing production by Dmitri Tcherniakov. Well worth the wait, the sets feature visually striking projections interlaced with lush flowering fields, and the first act delivers one of opera’s most exciting dance medleys, a portion of which went mainstream in the 1950s when Tony Bennett recorded “Stranger in Paradise.”
Genres: Music
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2014-03-01
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The Metropolitan Opera: Eugene Onegin
2017-04-22
The Metropolitan Opera: Eugene Onegin
Overview: Tchaikovsky’s setting of Pushkin’s timeless verse novel is presented on the Met stage in Deborah Warner’s moving production, starring Anna Netrebko as Tatiana and Mariusz Kwiecien and Peter Mattei sharing the title role. Alexey Dolgov sings the role of Lenski, and Robin Ticciati conducts.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-04-22
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Parsifal
2018-04-04
Parsifal
Overview: Production from Antwerp. The knight Titurel has built a fortress for two sacred objects he has miraculously obtained: thechalice from the Last Supper in which Christ's blood was later collected, and the spear thatwounded Christ on the cross. The chalice is believed to be the Holy Grail that gives life and has apurifying effect on the human race. The Grail has become the focus for a community of knightswho, strengthened by the holy chalice, are willing to fight for the faith. All the knights have takena vow of chastity. However, the Grail King Amfortas, their leader and Titurel’s son, fails to resistseduction by Kundry, a woman with a double life: she is both a Grail messenger and temptressin the service of Klingsor.
Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2018-04-04
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The Metropolitan Opera: Rigoletto
2013-02-16
The Metropolitan Opera: Rigoletto
Overview: Michael Mayer’s acclaimed production, first seen in the 2012–13 season, sets the action of Verdi’s masterpiece in 1960 Las Vegas—a neon-lit world ruled by money and ruthless, powerful men. Piotr Beczała is the Duke, a popular entertainer and casino owner who will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Željko Lučić sings Rigoletto, his sidekick and comedian, and Diana Damrau is Rigoletto’s innocent daughter, Gilda. When she is seduced by the Duke, Rigoletto sets out on a tragic course of murderous revenge. Štefan Kocán is the assassin Sparafucile and Michele Mariotti conducts.
Genres: Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2013-02-16
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The Met — Il Trovatore
2015-10-03
The Met — Il Trovatore
Overview: Soprano Anna Netrebko appears in her highly anticipated Met role debut as Leonora, the tortured heroine who sacrifices her own life for the love of the Gypsy troubadour. Dmitri Hvorostovsky sings Count di Luna, Yonghoon Lee is Manrico in his Met role debut as the title character, Dolora Zajick sings her signature role of the gypsy Azucena, and Štefan Kocán is Ferrando. Marco Armiliato conducts Sir David McVicar’s Goya-inspired production.
Genres: Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2015-10-03
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