Gioachino Rossini
Armida
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 (6:30 PM local time)
Expected Running time: 4 hours, 25 minutes. 2 intermissions
The Ultimate Stage Spectacle – An encore performance of The Met: Live in HD will be shown in select theatres on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at 6:30 PM in all time zones. Please note: not all theatres showing the live transmission will present an encore showing.
This mythical story of a sorceress who enthralls men in her island prison has inspired operatic settings by a multitude of composers, including Gluck, Haydn, and Dvorák. Renée Fleming stars in the title role of Rossini’s version, opposite no fewer than six tenors. Tony Award winner Mary Zimmerman returns to direct this new production of a work she describes as “a buried treasure, a box of jewels.” The fanciful and magical tale, Zimmerman says, “has an epic, enchanted quality and a tremendous visual element.”
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Casting subject to change.
Running time is approximate.
