Antonín Dvořák’s opera Rusalka will be broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera on February 25, 2017 at 35 cinemas across Poland.
Dvořák’s ninth opera is one of the most successful Czech operas. First performed in Prague on March 31, 1901, it became an enormous success in the composer’s native country and soon gained recognition also abroad. The Czech libretto was written by the poet Jaroslav Kvapil based on the fairy tales of Karel Jaromír Erben and Božena Němcová. Rusalka (i.e. a watersprite from Slavic mythology, usually inhabiting a lake or river) is in many ways an example of late Romanticism, containing folklore, evocations of the natural and the supernatural worlds, and a poignant interpretation of the idea of love and death. The plot contains elements which also appear in The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen and Undine by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué.
The Metropolitan Opera’s 2016-17 season, the 50th anniversary of its home at Lincoln Center, features 225 opera performances of 26 operas in a varied repertory that ranges from 18th century masterpieces to one of the most acclaimed operas in recent years. The Met: Live in HD series, which transmits Met performances to more than 2,000 movie theaters in 70 countries around the world, continues for its 11th season and includes the broadcast of 10 performances from the season.
More information: www.kinopraha.pl
Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.
PROGRAMME "THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: Live in HD" 2016/2017 at Praha Cinema
TRISTAN UND IZOLDE Richard Wagner
October 8, 2016 - Saturday, 5:30 pm
season premiere
conductor: Sir Simon Rattle
production: Mariusz Treliński
starring: Nina Stemme, Ekaterina Gubanova, Stuart Skelton, Evgeny Nikitin, Rene Pape
DON GIOVANNI Wolfgang Amadeusz Mozart
October 22, 2016 - Saturday, 6:30 pm
new cast
conductor: Fabio Luisi
produciton: Michael Grandage
starring: Hibla Gerzmava, Malin Bystrom, Serena Malfi, Rolando Villazon, Simon Keenlyside, Adam Plachetka, Matthew Rose, Kwangchul Youn
L'AMOUR DE LOIN Kaija Saariaho
December 10, 2016 - Saturday, 6:30 pm
MET premiere
conductor: Susanna Malkki
produciton: Robert Lepage
starring: Susanna Phillips, Tamara Mumford, Eric Owens
NABUCCO Giuseppe Verdi
January 7, 2017 - Saturday, 6:30 pm
premiere in HD
conductor: James Levine
production: Elijah Moshinsky
starring: Liudmyla Monastyrska, Jamie Barton, Russell Thomas, Placido Domingo, Dmitry Belosselskiy
ROMEO ET JULIETTE Charles Gounod
January 21, 2017 - Saturday, 6:30 pm
season premiere
conductor: Gianandrea Noseda
production: Bartlett Sher
starring: Diana Damrau, Vittorio Grigolo, Elliot Madore, Mikhail Petrenko
RUSALKA Antonin Dvořak
February 25, 2017 - Saturday, 6:30 pm
season premiere
conductor: Sir Mark Elder
production: Mary Zimmerman
starring: Kristine Opolais, Katarina Dalayman, Jamie Barton, Brandon Jovanovich, Eric Owens
LA TRIAVIATA Giuseppe Verdi
March 11, 2017 - Saturday, 6:30 pm
new cast
conductor: Nicola Luisot
production: Willy Decker
starring: Sonya Yoncheva, Michael Fabiano, Thomas Hampson
IDOMENEO Wolfgang Amadeusz Mozart
March 25, 2017 - Saturday, 5:30 pm
premiere in HD
conductor: James Levine
production: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
starring: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Elza van den Heever, Nadine Sierra, Alice Coote, Matthew Polenzani, Alan Opie
EUGENE ONEGIN Pyotr Tchaikovsky
April 22, 2017 - Saturday, 6:30 pm
new cast
conductor: Robin Ticciati
set designer: Deborah Warner
production: Fiona Shaw
starring: Anna Netrebko, Elena Maximova, Alexey Dolgov, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Štefan Kocan
DER ROSENKAVALIER Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Richard Strauss
May 13, 2017 - Saturday, 6:00 pm
conductor: James Levine
production: Robert Carsen
starring: Renee Fleming, Elīna Garanča, Erin Morley, Matthew Polenzani, Marcus Bruck, Gunther Groissbock
