Metropolitan Opera Live in HD Summer Encores: The Enchanted Island

The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD and Fathom/National CineMedia present Metropolitan Opera Live in HD Summer Encores: The Enchanted Island.  

This summer, enjoy select encore performances from the award-winning Live in HD series of movie theater presentations. All encore performances will be shown at 7 pm local time.

A contemporary take on the 18th-century genre of the pastiche, this delightful Baroque fantasy brings together some of the greatest arias and ensembles by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, Purcell, and other composers, with a new English libretto by Jeremy Sams, inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

The all-star cast is headed by David Daniels as Prospero, Joyce DiDonato as Sycorax, Danielle de Niese as Ariel, Luca Pisaroni as Caliban, and the legendary Plácido Domingo as Neptune.  Pictured: DiDonato, Domingo and Daniels.

William Christie conducts this dazzling world-premiere production.

Special Fathom Features: Go behind the scenes with Met opera stars including interviews with cast, crew, and production teams who give an unprecedented look at what goes into the staging of an opera.

SYNOPSIS.

This performance was originally transmitted live on Saturday, January 21, 2012.
Running times are approximate, and theaters are subject to change.
Photo Credit: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera

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