Opera Saratoga is delighted to share a 2023 summer festival season that will be anchored in the heart of Saratoga Springs. “We are excited to be partnering with Universal Preservation Hall this season for our MainStage performances and look forward to introducing our audiences to this amazing space right in downtown Saratoga Springs” says Managing Director, Amanda Robie. The season will also feature concert performances in the beloved Spa Little Theatre, The Mansion of Saratoga, and at Caffè Lena.
The Selfish Giant
This season is a celebration of the immense talent of our Festival Artists, comprised of sixteen Festival Artist singers, two conductors, a pianist, and two directors, capstoned by two distinguished guest artists, Andy Papas and Eric McConnell (both of whom are alums of Opera Saratoga’s celebrated training program). “I am particularly excited about this season” says Head of Music Staff, Laurie Rogers, “as it is cast completely from...
The Selfish Giant
This season is a celebration of the immense talent of our Festival Artists, comprised of sixteen Festival Artist singers, two conductors, a pianist, and two directors, capstoned by two distinguished guest artists, Andy Papas and Eric McConnell (both of whom are alums of Opera Saratoga’s celebrated training program). “I am particularly excited about this season” says Head of Music Staff, Laurie Rogers, “as it is cast completely from...
- 3/30/2023
- by Music Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Music
Plus: FilmRise to release White Girl; Jesse Eisenberg in CinemaCon honour; and more…
Visaaranai and Parched were awarded top feature film honours as the 14th Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles came to a close at the weekend.
Visaaranai (Interrogation) was awarded the grand jury prize for best feature and the corresponding short film award went to Playgrounds.
Sanjay Mishra was presented with the best actor award for his performance in Masaan, and the best actress award honoured the cast of Parched, namely Tannishtha Chatterjee, Radhika Apte, Surveen Chawla, and Lehar Khan.
Iffla Audience awards went to Parched, and Daaravtha (The Threshold). For more information click here.
FilmRise has acquired Us rights from CAA to Elizabeth Wood’s Sundance selection White Girl starring Morgan Saylor and Brian Marc. Killer Films’ Christine Vachon is executive producer and the film will open theatrically in late summer / early autumn.Italian opera promoter All’Opera has struck a Us distribution deal with...
Visaaranai and Parched were awarded top feature film honours as the 14th Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles came to a close at the weekend.
Visaaranai (Interrogation) was awarded the grand jury prize for best feature and the corresponding short film award went to Playgrounds.
Sanjay Mishra was presented with the best actor award for his performance in Masaan, and the best actress award honoured the cast of Parched, namely Tannishtha Chatterjee, Radhika Apte, Surveen Chawla, and Lehar Khan.
Iffla Audience awards went to Parched, and Daaravtha (The Threshold). For more information click here.
FilmRise has acquired Us rights from CAA to Elizabeth Wood’s Sundance selection White Girl starring Morgan Saylor and Brian Marc. Killer Films’ Christine Vachon is executive producer and the film will open theatrically in late summer / early autumn.Italian opera promoter All’Opera has struck a Us distribution deal with...
- 4/11/2016
- ScreenDaily
This a banner year for Donizetti at the Metropolitan Opera, propelled by soprano Sondra Radvanovsky’s ambition to perform all three of his Tudor queens (Anne Boleyn; Mary, Queen of Scots; and Elizabeth I) in a single season. That urge to turn opera into an extreme sport seems misplaced, or did until Radvanovsky scorched the curtains with her high-temperature performance in Maria Stuarda. In her incarnation, Mary seemed like a thoroughly modern monarch, a highborn refugee boiling with resentment.Honor, virtue, piety, pride, and purity — these are values that artists rarely invoke today. In Donizetti’s time, though, there were dangerous currents running through those themes, and he sheathed them in brilliant music. He made sure that in the lethal clash between the Catholic Mary and the Protestant Elizabeth, the audience’s sympathies would slide subliminally toward the first, drawn by her magnetic melodies. “Deh! Tu di un umile preghiera,...
- 2/1/2016
- by Justin Davidson
- Vulture
Enter here for your chance to win two passes to all of the 2016 performances in the Metro Detroit area that are part of the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning Live in HD series of cinema presentations, including Les Pêcheurs de Perles (The Pearl Fishers), Turandot, Manon Lescaut, Madama Butterfly, Roberto Devereux, and Elektra.
Go behind the scenes with the Met’s stars! During intermission, interviews with cast, crew, and production teams give a revealing look at what goes into the staging of an opera. Celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Metropolitan Opera’s Peabody and Emmy Award-winning series The Met: Live in HD.
For your chance to receive two (2) complimentary passes to all of the performances listed below, just look for the “Enter the Contest” box further down on this page (we’ll ask what city you live in so we know what might be the closest theater to you).
But,...
Go behind the scenes with the Met’s stars! During intermission, interviews with cast, crew, and production teams give a revealing look at what goes into the staging of an opera. Celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Metropolitan Opera’s Peabody and Emmy Award-winning series The Met: Live in HD.
For your chance to receive two (2) complimentary passes to all of the performances listed below, just look for the “Enter the Contest” box further down on this page (we’ll ask what city you live in so we know what might be the closest theater to you).
But,...
- 12/18/2015
- by Administrator
- CinemaNerdz
Kate’s Classical Corner: Hannibal, Ep. 3.03, “Secondo”
As a classical musician, I can’t help but be influenced in my interpretation of Hannibal by its amazing score and soundtrack, composed and compiled by music supervisor Brian Reitzell. This is not intended to be a definitive reading of Reitzell or showrunner Bryan Fuller’s intentions in regards to the music, but rather an exploration of how these choices affect my appreciation of the given episode. Read my review of “Secondo” here.
Classical pieces featured:
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19, II. Adagio by Ludwig van Beethoven (1795): Dinner with Sogliato
While this is a lovely piece, it is a fairly straightforward choice for Hannibal’s dinner with Sogliato. The only thematic ties I note in its selection are that it was the first piano concerto composed by Beethoven (though it was published after Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op.
As a classical musician, I can’t help but be influenced in my interpretation of Hannibal by its amazing score and soundtrack, composed and compiled by music supervisor Brian Reitzell. This is not intended to be a definitive reading of Reitzell or showrunner Bryan Fuller’s intentions in regards to the music, but rather an exploration of how these choices affect my appreciation of the given episode. Read my review of “Secondo” here.
Classical pieces featured:
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19, II. Adagio by Ludwig van Beethoven (1795): Dinner with Sogliato
While this is a lovely piece, it is a fairly straightforward choice for Hannibal’s dinner with Sogliato. The only thematic ties I note in its selection are that it was the first piano concerto composed by Beethoven (though it was published after Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op.
- 6/19/2015
- by Kate Kulzick
- SoundOnSight
Kate’s Classical Corner: Hannibal, Ep. 3.01, “Antipasto”
As a classical musician, I can’t help but be influenced in my interpretation of Hannibal by its amazing score and soundtrack, composed and compiled by music supervisor Brian Reitzell. I’ll be reviewing Hannibal season three for Sound on Sight and along with each review, I’ll be writing up a few notes (or this week—thanks to the sheer volume of music—many, many notes) on the episode’s scoring and soundtrack choices. This is not intended to be a definitive reading of Reitzell or Bryan Fuller’s intentions in regards to the music, but rather an exploration of how these choices affect my appreciation of the given episode. Read my thoughts on “Antipasto” here.
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune by Claude Debussy (1894): Gideon and Hannibal eat dinner, Hannibal tends his snails
Based on L’après-midi d’un...
As a classical musician, I can’t help but be influenced in my interpretation of Hannibal by its amazing score and soundtrack, composed and compiled by music supervisor Brian Reitzell. I’ll be reviewing Hannibal season three for Sound on Sight and along with each review, I’ll be writing up a few notes (or this week—thanks to the sheer volume of music—many, many notes) on the episode’s scoring and soundtrack choices. This is not intended to be a definitive reading of Reitzell or Bryan Fuller’s intentions in regards to the music, but rather an exploration of how these choices affect my appreciation of the given episode. Read my thoughts on “Antipasto” here.
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune by Claude Debussy (1894): Gideon and Hannibal eat dinner, Hannibal tends his snails
Based on L’après-midi d’un...
- 6/5/2015
- by Kate Kulzick
- SoundOnSight
The Emmy® and Peabody award-winning “The Met: Live in HD” series is concluding it’s seventh season. Featuring 12 live operas from the Metropolitan Opera’s over the 2012-13 season, the final one is the broadcast of Handel’s Giulio Cesare. It will be presented live for only one day on Saturday, April 27, 2013 at 11:00 Am Et in the St. Louis area.
Wamg invites you to enter to win tickets to see Handel’s Giulio Cesare. We have one pair of tickets – Good For Two – to this event. Tickets are good at the AMC Chesterfield 14 and will be mailed.
To Qualify:
1. You Must Be In The St. Louis Area On Saturday.
2. Send Your Full Name To michelle@wearemoviegeeks.com .
3. Winners Will Be Chosen Through A Random Drawing Of Qualifying Contestants. No Purchase Necessary.
Handel’s Giulio Cesare - New Production
Saturday, April 27, 2013 (12:00Pm Et / 9:00Am Pt)
Expected Running Time:...
Wamg invites you to enter to win tickets to see Handel’s Giulio Cesare. We have one pair of tickets – Good For Two – to this event. Tickets are good at the AMC Chesterfield 14 and will be mailed.
To Qualify:
1. You Must Be In The St. Louis Area On Saturday.
2. Send Your Full Name To michelle@wearemoviegeeks.com .
3. Winners Will Be Chosen Through A Random Drawing Of Qualifying Contestants. No Purchase Necessary.
Handel’s Giulio Cesare - New Production
Saturday, April 27, 2013 (12:00Pm Et / 9:00Am Pt)
Expected Running Time:...
- 4/1/2013
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
As we head into March, the Emmy® and Peabody award-winning “The Met: Live in HD” series is in full swing in U.S. cinemas for a seventh season featuring 12 live operas from the Metropolitan Opera’s 2012-13 season.
The next one is the broadcast of Wagner’s Parsifal. It will be presented live for only one day on Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 11:00 Am Et in the St. Louis area.
Wamg invites you to enter to win tickets to see Parsifal This Saturday! We have one pair of tickets – Good For Two – to this event. Tickets are good at the AMC Chesterfield 14 and will be mailed.
To Qualify:
1. You Must Be In The St. Louis Area On Saturday.
2. Send Your Full Name To michelle@wearemoviegeeks.com .
3. Winners Will Be Chosen Through A Random Drawing Of Qualifying Contestants. No Purchase Necessary.
“The Met has assembled about the best Parsifal cast available today…...
The next one is the broadcast of Wagner’s Parsifal. It will be presented live for only one day on Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 11:00 Am Et in the St. Louis area.
Wamg invites you to enter to win tickets to see Parsifal This Saturday! We have one pair of tickets – Good For Two – to this event. Tickets are good at the AMC Chesterfield 14 and will be mailed.
To Qualify:
1. You Must Be In The St. Louis Area On Saturday.
2. Send Your Full Name To michelle@wearemoviegeeks.com .
3. Winners Will Be Chosen Through A Random Drawing Of Qualifying Contestants. No Purchase Necessary.
“The Met has assembled about the best Parsifal cast available today…...
- 2/27/2013
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
This week's snow and ice meant big drops for every title, despite a decent crop of new releases including Django Unchained
The winner: snow
The first properly sunny weekend of the year usually proves devastating to cinemagoing in the UK, but snow and frost can also have an impact, as has just been witnessed. Despite the arrival of a decent crop of new releases – notably the latest Quentin Tarantino flick and the 3D reissue of a Pixar hit – takings overall fell 36% from the previous weekend. All the films in the top 10 that were already on release fell by at least 40% from the previous frame, with Quartet's 60% drop in particular suggesting that the older audience was especially discouraged by icy pavements and dangerous driving conditions.
Despite a dip of 46%, Les Misérables nevertheless managed a second weekend of £4.41m, and an impressive 10-day cumulative total of £17.36m. Tom Hooper's film overtook...
The winner: snow
The first properly sunny weekend of the year usually proves devastating to cinemagoing in the UK, but snow and frost can also have an impact, as has just been witnessed. Despite the arrival of a decent crop of new releases – notably the latest Quentin Tarantino flick and the 3D reissue of a Pixar hit – takings overall fell 36% from the previous weekend. All the films in the top 10 that were already on release fell by at least 40% from the previous frame, with Quartet's 60% drop in particular suggesting that the older audience was especially discouraged by icy pavements and dangerous driving conditions.
Despite a dip of 46%, Les Misérables nevertheless managed a second weekend of £4.41m, and an impressive 10-day cumulative total of £17.36m. Tom Hooper's film overtook...
- 1/22/2013
- by Charles Gant
- The Guardian - Film News
Walter Salles's long-awaited adaptation of Jack Kerouac's 1957 novel posts a disappointing total to land seventh in the charts
The winners
It's the weekend after the release of Taken 2, it's a fortnight until the arrival of Skyfall, and the October half-term holiday is on its way: perfect conditions, in other words, to create a lull in the release calendar for films targeting adult audiences. With nothing too commercially appealing coming against it, Taken 2 posted a decent hold, and has now achieved a gross of £14.5m after just 11 days of release. Only five films so far this year had taken more after two weekends of play: The Dark Knight Rises (£30.55m), Avengers Assemble (£29.85m), The Amazing Spider-Man (£18.85m), Ted (£17.21m) and Prometheus (£15.47m). Ice Age 4: Continental Drift was released in a staggered fashion, and after two weekends of full national release had reached £17.66m. The original Taken...
The winners
It's the weekend after the release of Taken 2, it's a fortnight until the arrival of Skyfall, and the October half-term holiday is on its way: perfect conditions, in other words, to create a lull in the release calendar for films targeting adult audiences. With nothing too commercially appealing coming against it, Taken 2 posted a decent hold, and has now achieved a gross of £14.5m after just 11 days of release. Only five films so far this year had taken more after two weekends of play: The Dark Knight Rises (£30.55m), Avengers Assemble (£29.85m), The Amazing Spider-Man (£18.85m), Ted (£17.21m) and Prometheus (£15.47m). Ice Age 4: Continental Drift was released in a staggered fashion, and after two weekends of full national release had reached £17.66m. The original Taken...
- 10/16/2012
- by Charles Gant
- The Guardian - Film News
New York -- Character singer Charles Anthony, who set the record for most appearances at the Metropolitan Opera – 2,928 – during a career that spanned from 1954 to 2010, died Wednesday. He was 82.
Anthony, a tenor, died at his home in Tampa, Fla., from kidney failure following a long illness, Met spokesman Peter Clark said.
"Your talent, demeanor, joy and heart will be missed," mezzo-soprano Susanne Mentzer wrote on Twitter. "What a loss."
Beginning his career at the old Met on Broadway and moving uptown with the company to its new home at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in 1966, Anthony was a "comprimario," or supporting singer.
He shared the stage with the greatest classical artists of several eras, performing in the Met debuts of Marian Anderson, Birgit Nilsson, Jon Vickers, Leontyne Price, Franco Corelli, Joan Sutherland, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Jose Carreras.
"It's no exaggeration to say that Charlie Anthony is the soul of the Metropolitan Opera,...
Anthony, a tenor, died at his home in Tampa, Fla., from kidney failure following a long illness, Met spokesman Peter Clark said.
"Your talent, demeanor, joy and heart will be missed," mezzo-soprano Susanne Mentzer wrote on Twitter. "What a loss."
Beginning his career at the old Met on Broadway and moving uptown with the company to its new home at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in 1966, Anthony was a "comprimario," or supporting singer.
He shared the stage with the greatest classical artists of several eras, performing in the Met debuts of Marian Anderson, Birgit Nilsson, Jon Vickers, Leontyne Price, Franco Corelli, Joan Sutherland, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Jose Carreras.
"It's no exaggeration to say that Charlie Anthony is the soul of the Metropolitan Opera,...
- 2/16/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Manager Peter Gelb is leading the way in attracting a new, younger audience to New York's Metropolitan Opera, but at what cost?
In Peter Gelb's office at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, there's a screen that's flush with the wall so it resembles a window. It captures whatever is happening on the Met's stage – so its general manager's eye can be trained on rehearsals and performances all day long. When I visit, the set of Philip Glass's Satyagraha is being taken down, to be replaced, a little later, by that of Don Giovanni (both productions have British directors, to whom we will return).
It is appropriate that Gelb's eye on his operatic kingdom is via a screen, for cinema has become the company's boom area. Gelb claims it will reap $10m–$12m (£6.4m–£7.7m) net profit from this, its sixth season of live HD transmissions into cinemas. Donizetti...
In Peter Gelb's office at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, there's a screen that's flush with the wall so it resembles a window. It captures whatever is happening on the Met's stage – so its general manager's eye can be trained on rehearsals and performances all day long. When I visit, the set of Philip Glass's Satyagraha is being taken down, to be replaced, a little later, by that of Don Giovanni (both productions have British directors, to whom we will return).
It is appropriate that Gelb's eye on his operatic kingdom is via a screen, for cinema has become the company's boom area. Gelb claims it will reap $10m–$12m (£6.4m–£7.7m) net profit from this, its sixth season of live HD transmissions into cinemas. Donizetti...
- 12/9/2011
- by Charlotte Higgins
- The Guardian - Film News
Disney's robot fight flick and the Brit-dominated Dumas retelling post poor returns as Rowan Atkinson's spy has the last laugh
The four-way faceoff
It's unusual for so many major features to debut together at 350 cinemas or more, but the start of the October half-term holiday in the UK saw four new films enter the fray in wide release. None landed a knockout punch, with holdover titles Johnny English Reborn and The Lion King 3D convincingly remaining top choices for families.
Top newbie over the Friday-Sunday weekend period was Disney's pricey robot boxing flick Real Steel, grossing a mediocre £1.34m. But thanks to previews on Wednesday and Thursday totalling £428,000, The Three Musketeers lands one place above it in the official chart, with a five-day debut of £1.46m. Considering Real Steel opened in the Us with $27.3m, the UK result is about half what you might expect. Musketeers has yet to open stateside,...
The four-way faceoff
It's unusual for so many major features to debut together at 350 cinemas or more, but the start of the October half-term holiday in the UK saw four new films enter the fray in wide release. None landed a knockout punch, with holdover titles Johnny English Reborn and The Lion King 3D convincingly remaining top choices for families.
Top newbie over the Friday-Sunday weekend period was Disney's pricey robot boxing flick Real Steel, grossing a mediocre £1.34m. But thanks to previews on Wednesday and Thursday totalling £428,000, The Three Musketeers lands one place above it in the official chart, with a five-day debut of £1.46m. Considering Real Steel opened in the Us with $27.3m, the UK result is about half what you might expect. Musketeers has yet to open stateside,...
- 10/18/2011
- by Charles Gant
- The Guardian - Film News
Opera novice Mike Figgis is taking charge of Lucrezia Borgia at the Eno. Trouser parts and Renaissance porn were part of a steep learning curve
Mike Figgis is about to make his debut as an opera director at English National Opera. But his production of Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia is hardly the fulfilment of a dream for the 62-year-old Oscar-nominated director. "I was never an opera-goer growing up. I was a jazz musician. I'd go and see Miles Davis. It would never cross my mind to go to the opera. My only preconceptions about opera were based on clips I had seen, to be honest." He smiles sheepishly beneath his mop of hair. "I only went to my first opera three or four years ago, when my girlfriend took me to the Met in New York."
Figgis is the latest in a long line of Eno's recruits from the worlds...
Mike Figgis is about to make his debut as an opera director at English National Opera. But his production of Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia is hardly the fulfilment of a dream for the 62-year-old Oscar-nominated director. "I was never an opera-goer growing up. I was a jazz musician. I'd go and see Miles Davis. It would never cross my mind to go to the opera. My only preconceptions about opera were based on clips I had seen, to be honest." He smiles sheepishly beneath his mop of hair. "I only went to my first opera three or four years ago, when my girlfriend took me to the Met in New York."
Figgis is the latest in a long line of Eno's recruits from the worlds...
- 1/21/2011
- by Tom Service
- The Guardian - Film News
Our critics pick the season's highlights. From Elisabeth Moss on stage to Adele's new album, these are the dates for your cultural diary
January
5 Film 127 Hours
Danny Boyle's 10th film tells the story of Aron Ralston, played by James Franco who severed his own arm with a penknife to escape after becoming trapped while hiking in Utah.
7 Film The King's Speech
Colin Firth is introverted monarch George VI, battling a debilitating stutter with the aid of an extroverted therapist (Geoffrey Rush). The ensuing friendship is touching – and, when the second world war breaks out, of national importance.
9 Classical Hollywood Rhapsody
The Bbcso and Chorus celebrate Hollywood's golden age. Composers include Korngold, Waxman, Rózsa; films range from The Wizard of Oz to Gone with the Wind. Barbican, London. 9 Jan only.
11 Theatre Twelfth Night
To mark his 80th birthday, Peter Hall returns to the National theatre, which he ran until 1988. He directs his daughter Rebecca,...
January
5 Film 127 Hours
Danny Boyle's 10th film tells the story of Aron Ralston, played by James Franco who severed his own arm with a penknife to escape after becoming trapped while hiking in Utah.
7 Film The King's Speech
Colin Firth is introverted monarch George VI, battling a debilitating stutter with the aid of an extroverted therapist (Geoffrey Rush). The ensuing friendship is touching – and, when the second world war breaks out, of national importance.
9 Classical Hollywood Rhapsody
The Bbcso and Chorus celebrate Hollywood's golden age. Composers include Korngold, Waxman, Rózsa; films range from The Wizard of Oz to Gone with the Wind. Barbican, London. 9 Jan only.
11 Theatre Twelfth Night
To mark his 80th birthday, Peter Hall returns to the National theatre, which he ran until 1988. He directs his daughter Rebecca,...
- 12/26/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
Too often, opera's escapist fizz goes flat, and art striving for grandeur ends up portentous. Here's to a quiet alternative
Amid all the doom and gloom, we can always seek solace in culture and entertainment. I'm not averse to getting my fix in the form of something purely escapist, for example, Donizetti's comic opera La Fille du Régiment. Seen from the slips in the Royal Opera House, it was a sparkling delight. But the fizz soon evaporated and, like so much opera, I was left with the cloying aftertaste of artfully constructed, spun-sugar confectionery.
I have to admit that even in these times, or perhaps especially in these times, I'm actually drawn to the play, book or film that promises to speak to me, in some depth, about the troubled human condition; that reveals there's something worth clinging on to. And yet how often, struck by the curse of cultural hype,...
Amid all the doom and gloom, we can always seek solace in culture and entertainment. I'm not averse to getting my fix in the form of something purely escapist, for example, Donizetti's comic opera La Fille du Régiment. Seen from the slips in the Royal Opera House, it was a sparkling delight. But the fizz soon evaporated and, like so much opera, I was left with the cloying aftertaste of artfully constructed, spun-sugar confectionery.
I have to admit that even in these times, or perhaps especially in these times, I'm actually drawn to the play, book or film that promises to speak to me, in some depth, about the troubled human condition; that reveals there's something worth clinging on to. And yet how often, struck by the curse of cultural hype,...
- 6/18/2010
- by Antony Lerman
- The Guardian - Film News
• Eno hopes to repeat Minghella success
• Company says 'It's our most ambitious season yet'
The man who defined Monty Python's visual language, and directed such films as Brazil, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, is to try his hand at opera for the first time.
Terry Gilliam is to direct The Damnation of Faust at English National Opera next summer – where it is hoped that his production of Berlioz's masterpiece will not be beset by the problems that have harried the director in other contexts.
Heath Ledger died part way through the production of The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus, while The Man Who Killed Don Quixote was abandoned after Jean Rochefort, the star, suffered a herniated disc and the set flooded.
John Berry, Eno's artistic director, acknowledged the risks for newcomers attempting to take on opera. "It can be like a car crash coming at you from every angle,...
• Company says 'It's our most ambitious season yet'
The man who defined Monty Python's visual language, and directed such films as Brazil, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, is to try his hand at opera for the first time.
Terry Gilliam is to direct The Damnation of Faust at English National Opera next summer – where it is hoped that his production of Berlioz's masterpiece will not be beset by the problems that have harried the director in other contexts.
Heath Ledger died part way through the production of The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus, while The Man Who Killed Don Quixote was abandoned after Jean Rochefort, the star, suffered a herniated disc and the set flooded.
John Berry, Eno's artistic director, acknowledged the risks for newcomers attempting to take on opera. "It can be like a car crash coming at you from every angle,...
- 4/15/2010
- by Charlotte Higgins
- The Guardian - Film News
English National Opera will hope to repeat the successes of Anthony Minghella's Madam Butterfly
You can sometimes hear complaints about English National Opera – they just grab the most fashionable names from the theatre, say the company's critics, and stick them in opera and hope for the best. (Rupert "Enron" Goold's 2009 Turandot was the one that really split opinion – some found it wayward but with flashes of brilliance, others felt it proved that the only really successful opera directors are those who are primarily musicians.)
For next season, announced today, at least one can see that Eno are being consistent – they are forging a distinctive identity based on the idea of hooking talent out of other artforms and using that as a way of tempting new audiences into the London Coliseum.
And certainly, I'll be dying to see how Terry Gilliam envisions Berlioz's Damnation of Faust next May – as well...
You can sometimes hear complaints about English National Opera – they just grab the most fashionable names from the theatre, say the company's critics, and stick them in opera and hope for the best. (Rupert "Enron" Goold's 2009 Turandot was the one that really split opinion – some found it wayward but with flashes of brilliance, others felt it proved that the only really successful opera directors are those who are primarily musicians.)
For next season, announced today, at least one can see that Eno are being consistent – they are forging a distinctive identity based on the idea of hooking talent out of other artforms and using that as a way of tempting new audiences into the London Coliseum.
And certainly, I'll be dying to see how Terry Gilliam envisions Berlioz's Damnation of Faust next May – as well...
- 4/15/2010
- by Charlotte Higgins
- The Guardian - Film News
Stumped for what to buy your friends and family this year? Forget the socks and chocs and bubble bath – our critics have chosen 40 of the best music, film and TV box sets
Pop by Kitty Empire
1 The Beatles Remastered Stereo Box Set (Parlophone)
At £145, the Beatles box set probably costs roughly what a small car did in the early 1960s. But the startling detail on these CDs will repay the outlay for Beatles nerds and mere mortals alike. Its sister release, The Beatles in Mono – 1960s scooter prices, at a guess – is even more desirable, audiophiles reckon.
2 Kraftwerk The Catalogue (Mute/Emi)
Eight albums by the electronic Beatles, dating from 1974's Autobahn, all gleamingly remastered. Costing considerably less than one of Ralf Hütter's beloved bicycles, this is the master text of most electronic genres – electro, techno, even hip-hop – today.
3 Spiritualized Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space Deluxe...
Pop by Kitty Empire
1 The Beatles Remastered Stereo Box Set (Parlophone)
At £145, the Beatles box set probably costs roughly what a small car did in the early 1960s. But the startling detail on these CDs will repay the outlay for Beatles nerds and mere mortals alike. Its sister release, The Beatles in Mono – 1960s scooter prices, at a guess – is even more desirable, audiophiles reckon.
2 Kraftwerk The Catalogue (Mute/Emi)
Eight albums by the electronic Beatles, dating from 1974's Autobahn, all gleamingly remastered. Costing considerably less than one of Ralf Hütter's beloved bicycles, this is the master text of most electronic genres – electro, techno, even hip-hop – today.
3 Spiritualized Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space Deluxe...
- 11/29/2009
- The Guardian - Film News
Opera seems an unlikely portal to a new column on books. Still, a recent evening at an Atlanta production of The Elixir of Love, Donizetti’s long and silly little love song, left me thinking more of reading and readers than of bel canto, lovely as it is. As a writer, observance is blessing and curse at once. Forget immersion in most any moment—lovemaking, gardening, sports events: The Writer perversely takes notes in the midst of overwhelming pleasures and the humdrum alike. How pretty her eyelashes. The earth feels warm here, like freshly baked bread. Fourth and goal, why is Saban...
- 10/22/2009
- Pastemagazine.com
Operatic comedy at its most appealing opens the 2009/10 L.A. Opera season. A magic love potion and destiny decide the fate of a love triangle involving a small-town bumpkin, a dashing sergeant and the bewitching town flirt in one of opera's most popular comedies. Filled with light-hearted charm and bursting with feel-good laughs, Gaetano Donizetti's The Elixir of Love features effervescent Italian melodies and plenty of bel canto vocal fireworks.
- 8/14/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Piotr Beczala will sing Edgardo in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor on Saturday, February 7 at 1:00 p.m., replacing Rolando Villaz?n who is ill. The performance is being transmitted worldwide as part of The Met: Live in HD series. Mr. Beczala sang the role of Edgardo this past October at the Met to both public and critical acclaim. He is currently singing Lensky in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin at the Met, with remaining performances on February 5, 9, 14 matinee, 18, and 21 evening.
- 2/5/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Metropolitan Opera is teaming up with local movie theaters to offer "The Met: Live in HD" to see Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor." The performance will be playing in local theaters on Saturday, February 7 at 1 pm (Et) in select theaters across the country.
The production is staged as a Victorian ghost story with Anna Netrebko in the title role as the fragile heroine. Her lover, Edgardo, is played by Rolando Villazon.
The performance will be conducted by Marco Armiliato and produced by Mary Zimmerman. The running time for the show is 3 hours and 20 minutes, with 2 intermissions scheduled.
Select theaters will offer an encore presentation of the performance on Wednesday, February 18 at 7 pm in all time zones. For more details, go to www.fathomevents.com to see theater locations and encore information.
The production is staged as a Victorian ghost story with Anna Netrebko in the title role as the fragile heroine. Her lover, Edgardo, is played by Rolando Villazon.
The performance will be conducted by Marco Armiliato and produced by Mary Zimmerman. The running time for the show is 3 hours and 20 minutes, with 2 intermissions scheduled.
Select theaters will offer an encore presentation of the performance on Wednesday, February 18 at 7 pm in all time zones. For more details, go to www.fathomevents.com to see theater locations and encore information.
- 1/27/2009
- icelebz.com
The Metropolitan Opera is teaming up with local movie theaters to offer "The Met: Live in HD" to see Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor." The performance will be playing in local theaters on Saturday, February 7 at 1 pm (Et) in select theaters across the country.
The production is staged as a Victorian ghost story with Anna Netrebko in the title role as the fragile heroine. Her lover, Edgardo, is played by Rolando Villazon.
The performance will be conducted by Marco Armiliato and produced by Mary Zimmerman. The running time for the show is 3 hours and 20 minutes, with two intermissions scheduled.
Select theaters will offer an encore presentation of the performance on Wednesday, February 18 at 7 pm in all time zones. For more details, go to www.fathomevents.com to see theater locations and encore information.
The production is staged as a Victorian ghost story with Anna Netrebko in the title role as the fragile heroine. Her lover, Edgardo, is played by Rolando Villazon.
The performance will be conducted by Marco Armiliato and produced by Mary Zimmerman. The running time for the show is 3 hours and 20 minutes, with two intermissions scheduled.
Select theaters will offer an encore presentation of the performance on Wednesday, February 18 at 7 pm in all time zones. For more details, go to www.fathomevents.com to see theater locations and encore information.
- 1/27/2009
- icelebz.com
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