Thanks to an agreement signed with Metropolitan Opera House of New York, the Subsecretary of Culture of the city of Buenos Aires presents the 11 High Definition transmissions, captured by 32 cameras, of the 2008-09 opera season, live from the Metropolitan Opera stage in New York City, at Centro Cultural Cine Teatro 25 de Mayo.
Opera lovers in Buenos Aires will now be able to enjoy the best productions, with the greatest singers and reggisseurs of the moment. The series starts September 22nd, 2008, with the Opening Night Gala starring soprano Renée Fleming and tenor Ramón Vargas, in acts from operas of Giuseppe Verdi, Jules Massenet and Richard Strauss.
The CCCT 25 de Mayo is the first theater in South America to join the network of almost 800 venues in 17 countries that receive “The MET: Live in HD”. The previous season was enjoyed by an audience of 1 million people around the world.
CCCT 25 de Mayo: Av. Triunvirato 4444
Tickets: on sale at the theater's box office, Wednesday to Friday, 4 pm to 8 pm. Saturdays and Sundays, 2 pm to 8 pm. By phone: (011) 4524-7997.
Prices: $ 80 - $ 65 - $ 50 Argentine Pesos.
Program:
Monday, September 22, 2008 - 7 PM
Opening Night Gala: Starring Renée Fleming. Fully staged performances of the second act of Verdi’s La Traviata, the third act of Massenet’s Manon, and the final scene from Richard Strauss’s Capriccio. Tenor Ramón Vargas and baritones Thomas Hampson and Dwayne Croft join the soprano. Conductors: James Levine and Marco Armiliato; Renée Fleming, Ramón Vargas, Thomas Hampson, Dwayne Croft
Saturday, October 11, 2008 - 2 PM
Salome - Richard Strauss: Karita Mattila caused a sensation when she sang Salome at the Met for the first time in 2004. She reprises her stunning interpretation of the part, including her unforgettable Dance of the Seven Veils. Conductor: Mikko Franck; Production: Jürgen Flimm; Karita Mattila, Ildikó Komlósi, Juha Uusitalo, Kim Begley, Joseph Kaiser
Saturday, November 8, 2008 - 4 PM
Doctor Atomic (Met Premiere) - John Adams: This contemporary masterpiece explores a momentous episode of modern history: the creation of the atomic bomb. Director Penny Woolcock makes her Met debut. Baritone Gerald Finley plays J. Robert Oppenheimer, the title character. Conductor: Alan Gilbert; Production: Penny Woolcock; Sasha Cooke, Meredith Arwady, Gerald Finley, Eric Owens, Richard Paul Fink
Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 4 PM
La Damnation de Faust (New Production) - Berlioz: Robert Lepage, one of theater’s most imaginative directors, applies his artistry to Berlioz’s contemplation of good and evil. Using projections, Lepage has created a vision for La Damnation de Faust that seamlessly marries art and technology. Marcello Giordani stars in the title role opposite Susan Graham as Marguerite and John Relyea as Méphistophélès. Conductor: James Levine; Production: Robert Lepage; Susan Graham, Marcello Giordani, John Relyea
Saturday, December 20, 2008 - 3 PM
Thaïs (New Production) - Massenet: Renée Fleming stars as the Egyptian courtesan in search of spiritual sustenance. Thomas Hampson is the monk who falls from grace. Conductor: Jesús López-Cobos; Production: John Cox; Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, Michael Schade
Saturday, January 10, 2009 - 4 PM
La Rondine (New Production) - Puccini: Angela Gheorghiu plays the kept woman who gambles on true love, and Robert Alagna is the man who makes her question the cost of her glittering existence, in this ravishing romance from the world’s most popular opera composer. Director: Nicolas Joël. Conductor: Marco Armiliato; Production: Nicolas Joël; Angela Gheorghiu, Lisette Oropesa, Roberto Alagna, Marius Brenciu, Samuel Ramey
Saturday, January 24, 2009 - 4 PM
Orfeo ed Euridice - Gluck: This complete vision, with choreography by Morris and costumes by Isaac Mizrahi, features the artistry of Stephanie Blythe in the male title role. The alluring Danielle de Niese is Orfeo’s adored wife, Euridice, who inspires the hero to face the underworld for her sake. Conductor: James Levine; Production: Mark Morris; Stephanie Blythe, Danielle de Niese
Saturday, February 7, 2009 - 4 PM
Lucia di Lammermoor - Donizetti: Anna Netrebko sings the title role of Donizetti’s fragile heroine for the first time at the Met, with tenor Rolando Villazón in the part of her lover, Edgardo. Baritone Mariusz Kwiecien is her tyrannical brother. Conductor: Marco Armiliato; Production: Mary Zimmerman; Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón, Mariusz Kwiecien, Ildar Abdrazakov
Saturday, March 7, 2009 - 3 PM
Madama Butterfly - Puccini: Cristina Gallardo-Domâs returns to the title role of Anthony Minghella’s stunning production, a new classic of the Met repertory, opposite Marcello Giordani. Conductor: Patrick Summers; Production: Anthony Minghella; Cristina Gallardo-Domâs, Marcello Giordani
Saturday, March 21, 2009 - 2 PM
La Sonnambula (New Production) - Bellini: Mary Zimmerman underlines La Sonnambula’s dual elements of sleep and wakefulness in an intriguing staging set in the present. Bellini’s hauntingly lyrical score soars as performed by Dessay and Juan Diego Flórez, back from their sensational run together in La Fille du Régiment. Conductor: Evelino Pidò; Production: Mary Zimmerman; Natalie Dessay, Juan Diego Flórez, Michele Pertusi
Saturday, May 9, 2009 - 1:30 PM
La Cenerentola - Rossini: Hot on the heels of her triumphant Met debut as Rosina in last season’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Elīna Garanča portrays another Rossini charmer in this bel canto Cinderella story. Lawrence Brownlee is her Prince Charming. Veteran baritone Alessandro Corbelli demonstrates his impeccable comic timing to match the gravitas of Met favorite John Relyea. Conductor: Maurizio Benini; Production: Cesare Lievi; Elīna Garanča, Lawrence Brownlee, Simone Alberghini, Alessandro Corbelli, John Relyea
Opera lovers in Buenos Aires will now be able to enjoy the best productions, with the greatest singers and reggisseurs of the moment. The series starts September 22nd, 2008, with the Opening Night Gala starring soprano Renée Fleming and tenor Ramón Vargas, in acts from operas of Giuseppe Verdi, Jules Massenet and Richard Strauss.
The CCCT 25 de Mayo is the first theater in South America to join the network of almost 800 venues in 17 countries that receive “The MET: Live in HD”. The previous season was enjoyed by an audience of 1 million people around the world.
CCCT 25 de Mayo: Av. Triunvirato 4444
Tickets: on sale at the theater's box office, Wednesday to Friday, 4 pm to 8 pm. Saturdays and Sundays, 2 pm to 8 pm. By phone: (011) 4524-7997.
Prices: $ 80 - $ 65 - $ 50 Argentine Pesos.
Program:
Monday, September 22, 2008 - 7 PM
Opening Night Gala: Starring Renée Fleming. Fully staged performances of the second act of Verdi’s La Traviata, the third act of Massenet’s Manon, and the final scene from Richard Strauss’s Capriccio. Tenor Ramón Vargas and baritones Thomas Hampson and Dwayne Croft join the soprano. Conductors: James Levine and Marco Armiliato; Renée Fleming, Ramón Vargas, Thomas Hampson, Dwayne Croft
Saturday, October 11, 2008 - 2 PM
Salome - Richard Strauss: Karita Mattila caused a sensation when she sang Salome at the Met for the first time in 2004. She reprises her stunning interpretation of the part, including her unforgettable Dance of the Seven Veils. Conductor: Mikko Franck; Production: Jürgen Flimm; Karita Mattila, Ildikó Komlósi, Juha Uusitalo, Kim Begley, Joseph Kaiser
Saturday, November 8, 2008 - 4 PM
Doctor Atomic (Met Premiere) - John Adams: This contemporary masterpiece explores a momentous episode of modern history: the creation of the atomic bomb. Director Penny Woolcock makes her Met debut. Baritone Gerald Finley plays J. Robert Oppenheimer, the title character. Conductor: Alan Gilbert; Production: Penny Woolcock; Sasha Cooke, Meredith Arwady, Gerald Finley, Eric Owens, Richard Paul Fink
Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 4 PM
La Damnation de Faust (New Production) - Berlioz: Robert Lepage, one of theater’s most imaginative directors, applies his artistry to Berlioz’s contemplation of good and evil. Using projections, Lepage has created a vision for La Damnation de Faust that seamlessly marries art and technology. Marcello Giordani stars in the title role opposite Susan Graham as Marguerite and John Relyea as Méphistophélès. Conductor: James Levine; Production: Robert Lepage; Susan Graham, Marcello Giordani, John Relyea
Saturday, December 20, 2008 - 3 PM
Thaïs (New Production) - Massenet: Renée Fleming stars as the Egyptian courtesan in search of spiritual sustenance. Thomas Hampson is the monk who falls from grace. Conductor: Jesús López-Cobos; Production: John Cox; Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, Michael Schade
Saturday, January 10, 2009 - 4 PM
La Rondine (New Production) - Puccini: Angela Gheorghiu plays the kept woman who gambles on true love, and Robert Alagna is the man who makes her question the cost of her glittering existence, in this ravishing romance from the world’s most popular opera composer. Director: Nicolas Joël. Conductor: Marco Armiliato; Production: Nicolas Joël; Angela Gheorghiu, Lisette Oropesa, Roberto Alagna, Marius Brenciu, Samuel Ramey
Saturday, January 24, 2009 - 4 PM
Orfeo ed Euridice - Gluck: This complete vision, with choreography by Morris and costumes by Isaac Mizrahi, features the artistry of Stephanie Blythe in the male title role. The alluring Danielle de Niese is Orfeo’s adored wife, Euridice, who inspires the hero to face the underworld for her sake. Conductor: James Levine; Production: Mark Morris; Stephanie Blythe, Danielle de Niese
Saturday, February 7, 2009 - 4 PM
Lucia di Lammermoor - Donizetti: Anna Netrebko sings the title role of Donizetti’s fragile heroine for the first time at the Met, with tenor Rolando Villazón in the part of her lover, Edgardo. Baritone Mariusz Kwiecien is her tyrannical brother. Conductor: Marco Armiliato; Production: Mary Zimmerman; Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón, Mariusz Kwiecien, Ildar Abdrazakov
Saturday, March 7, 2009 - 3 PM
Madama Butterfly - Puccini: Cristina Gallardo-Domâs returns to the title role of Anthony Minghella’s stunning production, a new classic of the Met repertory, opposite Marcello Giordani. Conductor: Patrick Summers; Production: Anthony Minghella; Cristina Gallardo-Domâs, Marcello Giordani
Saturday, March 21, 2009 - 2 PM
La Sonnambula (New Production) - Bellini: Mary Zimmerman underlines La Sonnambula’s dual elements of sleep and wakefulness in an intriguing staging set in the present. Bellini’s hauntingly lyrical score soars as performed by Dessay and Juan Diego Flórez, back from their sensational run together in La Fille du Régiment. Conductor: Evelino Pidò; Production: Mary Zimmerman; Natalie Dessay, Juan Diego Flórez, Michele Pertusi
Saturday, May 9, 2009 - 1:30 PM
La Cenerentola - Rossini: Hot on the heels of her triumphant Met debut as Rosina in last season’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Elīna Garanča portrays another Rossini charmer in this bel canto Cinderella story. Lawrence Brownlee is her Prince Charming. Veteran baritone Alessandro Corbelli demonstrates his impeccable comic timing to match the gravitas of Met favorite John Relyea. Conductor: Maurizio Benini; Production: Cesare Lievi; Elīna Garanča, Lawrence Brownlee, Simone Alberghini, Alessandro Corbelli, John Relyea
*Programs and casting subject to change. Running times are approximate and they can change with the DST both in Buenos Aires and New Your. Confirm hours at: (011) 4524-7997.
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