{"id":5665,"date":"2013-10-10T12:05:36","date_gmt":"2013-10-10T19:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=5665"},"modified":"2013-10-10T12:06:32","modified_gmt":"2013-10-10T19:06:32","slug":"new-season-of-met-live-metropolitan-opera-simulcasts-in-hahn-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=5665","title":{"rendered":"New Season of “Met: Live” Metropolitan Opera Simulcasts in Hahn Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Music Academy of the West <\/a>has begun its season of high-definition screenings from ten Metropolitan Opera<\/a>\u00a0productions screening simulcasts in Hahn Hall, with Eugene Onegin<\/a><\/em>, \u00a0which will screen again<\/span>\u00a0at 2 pm on Sunday, October 27. <\/span><\/p>\n

According to a release from the Music Academy, “since its Moscow premiere in 1879, Tchaikovsky’s fateful romance based on Alexander Pushkin\u2019s verse novel of the same name has endeared itself to opera lovers the world over. Conducted by Russian maestro Valery Gergiev and directed by Fiona Shaw, Deborah Warner\u2019s new production stars soprano standout Anna Netrebko\u2014opening her third consecutive Met season\u2014in her company role debut as Tatiana, the na\u00efve, love-struck heroine. Mariusz Kwiecien portrays the imperious title character, in a much-admired interpretation he has sung in many of the world\u2019s leading opera houses, and Piotr Beczala reprises his acclaimed performance as Onegin\u2019s friend-turned-rival, Lenski. Set in the late 19th century and capturing the splendor and passion of Tchaikovsky\u2019s lyric opera, Warner\u2019s production moves episodically from farmhouse to ballroom, with a powerful snowstorm providing the dramatic setting for the finale.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n