{"id":2550,"date":"2020-02-18T03:26:27","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T03:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vdh.qpi.temporary.site\/website_74e49bd5\/?p=2550"},"modified":"2020-02-19T03:54:41","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T03:54:41","slug":"aida-opens-ccp-met-opera-in-hd-season-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/palawanderer.net\/?p=2550","title":{"rendered":"‘Aida’ opens CCP MET Opera in HD Season 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

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ITALIAN composer Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida opens the seventh season of the CCP Met Opera in HD, special screenings of the latest operatic productions of the Metropolitan Opera in New York through high definition digital technology, on March 10, 2020.<\/p>\n

Set in ancient Egypt, the four-act drama brings to life the love triangle between a warrior, an Ethiopian slave and a princess. \u00a0Warrior Radam\u00e8s falls in love with Aida, the Ethiopian slave of Princess Amneris, the king\u2019s daughter. Unbeknownst, the princess has feelings for the warrior. \u00a0When the three meet, Amneris jealously senses Radames’ feelings for Aida. \u00a0An opera about imperial duty and forbidden love, sung in Italian.<\/p>\n

Music by Giuseppe Verdi, with libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, soprano Anna Netrebko sings Aida, going toe-to-toe with mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili as Amneris and tenor Aleksandrs Antonenko as Radam\u00e8s. Maestro Nicola Luisotti takes the podium.<\/p>\n

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Composer Camille Saint-Sa\u00ebns’s operatic take on the classic story of Samson and Delilah takes the cinema stage on April 21, 2020. \u00a0Biblical epic Samson et Dalila stars tenor Roberto Alagna as the heroic Samson who ultimately falls victim to the seductive power of Dalila, portrayed by mezzo-soprano El\u012bna Garan\u010da. \u00a0Bass-baritone Laurent Naouri sings the sinister High Priest of Dagon. \u00a0Completing the cast are baritone Elchin Azizov as the Philistine king Abim\u00e9lech and bass Dmitry Belosselskiy as the Old Hebrew.<\/p>\n

Darko Tresnjak, the Tony Award\u2013winning director of “A Gentleman\u2019s Guide to Love & Murder,” made his debut directing the new Met production of the opera in 20 years. \u00a0Sir Mark Elder conducts.<\/p>\n

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Catch Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata, a tale about a Parisian courtesan who sacrifices all for love, on May 12, 2020. \u00a0In his first Live in HD appearance as the Met\u2019s Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director, Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin conducts Michael Mayer\u2019s richly textured new production, featuring a dazzling 18th-century setting that changes with the seasons.<\/p>\n

Soprano Diana Damrau plays the tragic heroine, Violetta, and tenor Juan Diego Fl\u00f3rez returns to the Met for the first time in five seasons to sing Alfredo, Violetta\u2019s hapless lover. \u00a0Baritone Quinn Kelsey is Alfredo\u2019s father, Germont, who destroys their love.<\/p>\n

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Georges Bizet’s Carmen is the fourth installment of the Opera in HD season, slated on June 23, 2020. \u00a0Set among the Romani people in Seville, Carmen is a gritty tragedy starring the most famous of all operatic vixens.<\/p>\n

Mezzo-soprano Cl\u00e9mentine Margaine is opera\u2019s ultimate seductress, opposite tenor Roberto Alagna. \u00a0Soprano Aleksandra Kurzak sings Mica\u00ebla, alongside bass Alexander Vinogradov as the swaggering bullfighter Escamillo. \u00a0Louis Langr\u00e9e conducts Sir Richard Eyre\u2019s lively production.<\/p>\n

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Come July 21, 2020, CCP Met Opera in HD presents Gaetano Donizetti’s La Fille du R\u00e9giment, an operatic comedy that mixes hilarious complications with virtuoso slapstick and wonderful singing. \u00a0Libretto by Georges Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Bayard, it follows Marie, the feisty tomboy raised by a regiment of French soldiers.<\/p>\n

Bel canto stars Pretty Yende and Javier Camarena team up for a feast of vocal fireworks on the stage, while baritone Maurizio Muraro is Sergeant Sulplice, with mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe as the outlandish Marquise of Berkenfield. \u00a0Enrique Mazzola conducts.<\/p>\n

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Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmelites closes the seventh season on August 25, 2020. \u00a0The Met\u2019s Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin leads an accomplished ensemble in Poulenc\u2019s devastating modern masterpiece of faith and martyrdom. \u00a0Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard is the young Blanche de La Force, opposite Met legend Karita Mattila as the First Prioress.<\/p>\n

The CCP Met Opera in HD series is presented by the Cultural Center of the Philippines, the New York Metropolitan<\/p>\n

Opera and the Filipinas Opera Society Foundation Inc., in cooperation with the Ayala Malls Cinemas.<\/p>\n

All screenings will be held at Greenbelt 3 Cinema 1, at 6:30 p.m. \u00a0Tickets are priced at Php450. \u00a0Season subscription will be Php2,400 for six shows. \u00a0For more information, call the CCP Film, Broadcast and New Media Division at 8832-1125, local 1702 & 1705. \u00a0Or visit the CCP social media accounts and website (www.culturalcenter.gov.ph).<\/p>\n

For subscription and ticket reservations, contact CCP Sales and Promotions at 8832-3706 or email ccpsalesandpromo@gmail. \u00a0You may also inquire at Greenbelt 3 Cinemas Customer Service Nos. 7757-3861 \/ 62. (PR)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ITALIAN composer Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida opens the seventh season of the CCP Met Opera in HD, special screenings of the latest operatic productions of the Metropolitan Opera in New York through high definition digital technology, on March 10, 2020. Set in ancient Egypt, the four-act drama brings to life the love triangle between a warrior, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-events"],"pageone_source":{"pageone_source":"","author_name":"Evo Joel Contrivida"},"_pageone_source":"","zyndk8_nxtgen_metadata":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/palawanderer.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/palawanderer.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/palawanderer.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/palawanderer.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/palawanderer.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/palawanderer.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2550\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/palawanderer.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/palawanderer.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/palawanderer.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}