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Opera & Classical
Opera expert Scott Eyerly
$10 General Admission /
Opera expert Scott Eyerly gives an introductory talk about each Met opera before its live broadcast. Mixing erudition and humor, Eyerly's lectures enhance the opera-goer's experience. All interested community members are welcome to attend these educational seminars whether attending the broadcast or not.
These talks will take place at the Mahaiwe on
Saturday, November 19 at 11:00am (Glass's Satyagraha);
Saturday, December 3 at 10:30am (Handel's Rodelinda);
Saturday, December 10 at 11:00am (Gounod's Faust);
Saturday, January 21 at 11:00am (Sams's The Enchanted Island);
Saturday, February 11 at 10:00am (Wagner's Gtterdmmerung);
Saturday, February 25 at 11:00am (Verdi's Ernani);
Saturday, April 7 at 10:00am (Massenet's Manon);
and Saturday, April 14 at 11:00am (Verdi's La Traviata).
Tickets are $10 per lecture or $100 for the series of 11 lectures (general admission). WHDD Robin Hood Radio in Northwest Connecticut now airs these talks as radio broadcasts and podcasts.
These talks will take place at the Mahaiwe on
Saturday, November 19 at 11:00am (Glass's Satyagraha);
Saturday, December 3 at 10:30am (Handel's Rodelinda);
Saturday, December 10 at 11:00am (Gounod's Faust);
Saturday, January 21 at 11:00am (Sams's The Enchanted Island);
Saturday, February 11 at 10:00am (Wagner's Gtterdmmerung);
Saturday, February 25 at 11:00am (Verdi's Ernani);
Saturday, April 7 at 10:00am (Massenet's Manon);
and Saturday, April 14 at 11:00am (Verdi's La Traviata).
Tickets are $10 per lecture or $100 for the series of 11 lectures (general admission). WHDD Robin Hood Radio in Northwest Connecticut now airs these talks as radio broadcasts and podcasts.
Mozart's Don Giovanni - New Production
Met Opera "Live in HD"
Met Opera "Live in HD"
November 6 at 1PM (Encore)
$25 Adults / $18 Students Under 13
Running Time - 4Hrs 00Min
Mariusz Kwiecien brings his youthful and sensual interpretation of Mozart's timeless anti-hero to the Met for the first time, under the direction of Tony Award¨-winning director Michael Grandage and with Fabio Luisi conducting. Also starring Marina Rebeka, Barbara Frittoli, Ramon Vargas, and Luca Pisaroni.
CEWM: Chamber Orchestra Kremlin
Close Encounters With Music
Sunday, October 30 at 2PM$40/$30 Balcony
With Dvorak's sunny Serenade for Strings Op. 22 and Elgar's Serenade in E minor, Shostakovich's tragic Chamber Symphony Op. 110, and Bach's radical Contrapunctus I from The Art of The Fugue, this 17-member string orchestra returns for another highly-anticipated engagement. The "creme de la Kremlin" has carved out a singular niche, touring the US, Europe, Asia, and South America, and recording over 30 CDs with its signature supercharged brilliance ("The ensemble's music director elicited warm, full-blooded and virtuosic playing with colorfully shaped, gleaming phrases" - The New York Times). Luigi Boccherini's Cello Concerto features Yehuda Hanani as soloist.
Misha Rachlevsky, conductor; Chamber Orchestra Kremlin; Yehuda Hanani, cello
Misha Rachlevsky, conductor; Chamber Orchestra Kremlin; Yehuda Hanani, cello
Wagner's Siegfried - New Production
Met Opera "Live in HD"
Met Opera "Live in HD"
November 16 at 12PM(Encore)
$25 Adults / $18 Students Under 13
Running Time - 5Hrs 56Min
In part three of the Ring, Wagner's cosmic vision focuses on his hero's early conquests, while Robert Lepage's revolutionary stage machine transforms itself from bewitched forest to mountaintop love nest. Gary Lehman sings the title role and Deborah Voigt's Brnnhilde is his prize. Bryn Terfel is the Wanderer. Fabio Luisi conducts.
Glass's Satyagraha - Met Opera "Live in HD"
November 23 at 1PM(Encore)
$25 Adults / $18 Students Under 13
Running Time - 4Hrs 13 Min
The Met's visually extravagant production is back for an encore engagement. Richard Croft (right) once again is Gandhi in Philip Glass's unforgettable opera, which the Washington Post calls "a profound and beautiful work of theater."
Handel's Rodelinda - Met Opera "Live in HD"
December 7 at 12:30PM (Encore)
$25 Adults / $18 Students Under 13
Running Time - 4Hrs 15Min
Sensational in the 2004 Met premiere of Stephen Wadsworth's much-heralded production, Rene Fleming reprises the title role. She's joined by Stephanie Blythe and countertenor Andreas Scholl, and Baroque specialist Harry Bicket conducts.
CEWM:Lisztomania! A 200th Anniversary Celebration
Close Encounters With Music
Suinday December 4 at 2pm$40/$30 Balcony
Fan frenzy and the cult of celebrity had their roots with Franz Liszt, sex symbol and showman extraordinaire. Keyboard innovator and a powerful genius whose compositions blazed the way for Impressionism, Romanticism, and atonality, he is regarded as the greatest pianist of all time, mesmerizing audiences at his thousands of concert appearances. A portrait will emerge in this program: Liszt's pictorial piano solo works; Saint-Sans' Rondo Capriccioso, (one of the many composers he generously promoted) and Mendelssohn's C minor Trio (the antipodal "abstract music" composer to his tone poems). Also, four recently published works for cello and piano, transcribed by Liszt himself, with acclaimed interpreter Jeffrey Swann ("His Liszt was a triumph of virtuosity" - Cincinnati Post).
Jeffrey Swann, piano; Yehonatan Berick, violin; Yehuda Hanani, cello
Jeffrey Swann, piano; Yehonatan Berick, violin; Yehuda Hanani, cello
Gounod's Faust - New Production
Met Opera "Live in HD"
Met Opera "Live in HD"
December 14 at 1PM (Encore)
$25 Adults / $18 Students Under 13
Running Time - 4Hrs 25Min
With Jonas Kaufmann in the title role, Ren Pape as the devil, and Marina Poplavskaya as Marguerite, Gounod's classic retelling of the Faust legend couldn't be better served. Tony Award-winning director Des McAnuff updates the story to the first half of the 20th century with a production that won praise in London last season. Yannick Nzet-Sguin conducts on the heels of his Don Carlo success.
Mozart's The Magic Flute
General Admission $14
Enter a magical world of dancing bears, giant birds, and colorful adventure in Mozart?s ever-popular masterpiece The Magic Flute. This abridged 100-minute version, sung in English, is perfect for opera fans of all ages. Tony¨ Award winner Julie Taymor (The Lion King) directs a youthful cast conducted by Metropolitan Opera Music Director James Levine. Sung in English.
Conductor: James Levine; Production: Julie Taymor; Ying Huang, Erika Miklsa, Matthew Polenzani, Ren Pape, Nathan Gunn
Conductor: James Levine; Production: Julie Taymor; Ying Huang, Erika Miklsa, Matthew Polenzani, Ren Pape, Nathan Gunn
Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel "Live in HD"
General Admission $14
Richard Jones?s innovative staging reveals the darker underpinnings of this charming and beloved tale. Alice Coote and Christine Schfer play the siblings lost in a shadowy world of unknown menace, pursued by the Witch, portrayed by tenor Philip Langridge, who seeks to devour them. This English-language production of Engelbert Humperdinck?s masterful treatment of the Brothers Grimm story was the second in the Met?s annual series of special holiday presentations.
Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski; Production: Richard Jones; Christine Schfer, Alice Coote, Rosalind Plowright, Philip Langridge, Alan Held
Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski; Production: Richard Jones; Christine Schfer, Alice Coote, Rosalind Plowright, Philip Langridge, Alan Held
The Enchanted Island - New Production
Met Opera "Live in HD"
Met Opera "Live in HD"
January 25 at 1PM(Encore)
$25 Adults / $18 Students Under 13
Running Time - 3Hrs 40Min
In one extraordinary new work, lovers of Baroque opera have it all: the world's best singers, glorious music of the Baroque masters, and a story drawn from Shakespeare. In The Enchanted Island, the lovers from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream are shipwrecked on his other-worldly island of The Tempest. Inspired by the musical pastiches and masques of the 18th century, the work showcases arias and ensembles by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, and others, and a new libretto by Jeremy Sams. Eminent conductor William Christie leads an all-star cast with David Daniels (Prospero) and Joyce DiDonato (Sycorax) as the formidable foes, Plcido Domingo as Neptune, Danielle de Niese as Ariel, and Luca Pisaroni as Caliban. Lisette Oropesa and Anthony Roth Costanzo play Miranda and Ferdinand. The dazzling production is directed and designed by Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch (Satyagraha and the Met's 125 anniversary gala).
Gotterdammerung
$25 Adults / $18 Students Under 13
Running Time - 6Hrs 24Min
With its cataclysmic climax, the Met's new Ring cycle, directed by Robert Lepage, comes to its resolution. Deborah Voigt stars as Brynnhilde and Gary Lehman is Siegfried the star-crossed lovers doomed by fate. James Levine conducts.
Tickets Go On Sale At Noon On:
August 19 Mahaiwe Patrons/Met Members
August 26 Friends Of The Mahaiwe
September 1 General Public
Tickets Go On Sale At Noon On:
August 19 Mahaiwe Patrons/Met Members
August 26 Friends Of The Mahaiwe
September 1 General Public
Verdi's Ernani - Met Opera "Live in HD"
March 7 at 1PM (Encore)
$25 Adults / $18 Students Under 13
Running Time - 3Hrs 54Min
Angela Meade takes center stage in Verdi's thrilling early gem. Marcello Giordani is her mismatched lover, and all-star Verdians Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Ferruccio Furlanetto round out the cast.
CEWM - Grand Piano Quartets: Schumann and Brahms
Close Encounters With Music
Saturday, March 24 at 6PM$40/$30 Balcony
The complex relationship between Robert Schumann and
Johannes Brahms continues to fascinate, with the
immortal Clara hovering as common muse. The
Piano Quartets in E fl at Major, Opus 44 (Schumann)
and G minor, Opus 25 (Brahms) deliver an enthralling
range of emotions?vigor, passion, power, and the
timelessness of enduring masterpieces. Both
were premiered by Clara Schumann, and the
music evokes an auditory remembrance of things
past, glimpses into a lost world of nobility and higher ideals.
Lydia Artymiw, piano
Arnaud Sussmann, violin
Toby Appel, viola
Yehuda Hanani, cello
Lydia Artymiw, piano
Arnaud Sussmann, violin
Toby Appel, viola
Yehuda Hanani, cello
Massenet's Manon - New Production
Met Opera "Live in HD"
Met Opera "Live in HD"
April 11 at 12PM (Encore)
$25 Adults / $18 Students Under 13
Running Time - 4Hrs 8Min
Anna Netrebko's dazzling portrayal of the tragic heroine in Laurent Pelly's new production travels to the Met from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Piotr Beczala and Paulo Szot also star, with the Met's Principal Guest Conductor Fabio Luisi on the podium.
Verdi's La Traviata - Met Opera "Live in HD"
April 22 at 1PM(Encore)
$25 Adullts / $18 Students Under 13
Running Time - 3Hrs 12Min
Natalie Dessay will put on the red dress in Willy Decker's stunning production, in her first Violetta at the Met. Matthew Polenzani sings Alfredo, Dmitri Hvorostovsky is Germont, and Principal Guest Conductor Fabio Luisi is on the podium.
CEWM - Trade Winds-From China with Love
Close Encounters With Music
Saturday, April 21 at 6PM$40
Before today's multiculturalism and
penchant for fusion, the musical dialogue
between East and West began with Debussy,
Ravel, and the American avant-garde. China's
"Empress of Pipa," soloist Liu Fang, performs
traditional selections on the Chinese counterparts
to the lute and zither, and is joined by Yehuda Hanani
for a premiere by Pulitzer Prize winner Zhou Long. Bulgarian
pianist Emma Tahmizian plays Mother Goose and Leo Ornstein's
remarkable A la Chinoise, and Israeli violinist Hagai Shaham
offers Debussy's pentatonic-inflected Sonata and
Fritz Kreisler's Tambourin Chinois.
Liu Fang, pipa and guzheng
Emma Tahmizian, piano
Hagai Shaham, violin
Yehuda Hanani, cello
Liu Fang, pipa and guzheng
Emma Tahmizian, piano
Hagai Shaham, violin
Yehuda Hanani, cello
2011 - 2012 Season Met Opera "Live in HD"
ENCORE SERIES
ENCORE SERIES
2011-2012 Series
$25 Adults / $18 Students under 13
Donizetti's - ANNA BOLENA - Sun, Oct 23 - 1pm
Mozart's - DON GIOVANNI - Sun, Nov 6 - 1pm
Wagner's - SIEGFRIED - Wed, Nov 16 - 12pm
Glass's - SATYAGRAHA - Wed, Nov 23 - 1pm
Handel's - RODELINDA - Wed, Dec 7 - 12:30pm
Gounod's - FAUST - Wed, Dec 14 -1pm
THE ENCHANTED ISLAND - Wed, Jan 25 - 1pm
Wagner's - GOTTERDAMMERUNG - Wed, Feb 15 - 12pm
Verdi's - ERNANI - Wed, March 7 - 1pm
Massenet's - MANON - Wed, April 11 - 12pm
Verdi's - LA TRAVIATA - Sun, April 22 - 1pm
Due to popular demand, we have added a second screening for each of the Met Opera "Live in HD" broadcasts. Tickets will go on sale as of Sept 28th for series subscriptions and individual operas.
$25 Adults / $18 Students under 13
Donizetti's - ANNA BOLENA - Sun, Oct 23 - 1pm
Mozart's - DON GIOVANNI - Sun, Nov 6 - 1pm
Wagner's - SIEGFRIED - Wed, Nov 16 - 12pm
Glass's - SATYAGRAHA - Wed, Nov 23 - 1pm
Handel's - RODELINDA - Wed, Dec 7 - 12:30pm
Gounod's - FAUST - Wed, Dec 14 -1pm
THE ENCHANTED ISLAND - Wed, Jan 25 - 1pm
Wagner's - GOTTERDAMMERUNG - Wed, Feb 15 - 12pm
Verdi's - ERNANI - Wed, March 7 - 1pm
Massenet's - MANON - Wed, April 11 - 12pm
Verdi's - LA TRAVIATA - Sun, April 22 - 1pm
Due to popular demand, we have added a second screening for each of the Met Opera "Live in HD" broadcasts. Tickets will go on sale as of Sept 28th for series subscriptions and individual operas.
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