A sexually charged comedy about a group of friends from college coerced into reuniting for a 'partner-swapping' weekend by their former ringleader, the formidable Charlie.
Sherman McCoy, un exitoso agente de bolsa de Wall Street, ve cómo su acomodada vida peligra cuando atropella a un hombre de raza negra y se da a la fuga en su coche de alta gama; a partir de ese momento tendrá que enfrentarse a los grandes centros de poder de la sociedad moderna de Nueva York.
Comienzos del siglo XX. Tres parejas se reúnen para pasar un fin de semana en el campo: un inventor que ha creado una `bola para atrapar espíritus` y su mujer, que tiene problemas sexuales; un racionalista y pomposo profesor de filosofía y su prometida, mucho más joven que él, y un médico, mujeriego compulsivo, y su última conquista. El ambiente idílico propicia la confusión emocional de los personajes.
Opera royalty Luciano Pavarotti brings dignity and power to the title role in this 1982 production. During a squall at sea, Idomeneo -- the king of Crete -- swears to Neptune that if the monarch survives, he'll sacrifice the first person he encounters onshore. Tragically, that person ends up being his son, Idamante (Frederica Von Stade). Maestro James Levine masterfully conducts the orchestra and chorus of the Metropolitan Opera. A musical production that was designed for the "Live From the Met" series, this program was produced by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle.
Based on the off-Broadway smash of the 1970's; a poor Harvard student's romance with a girl hits a rough spot when he realizes, on his 21st birthday, that he may be in love with her brother.
Don Carlo (1980) Metropolitan Opera. Verdi / italian. King Philip's court is plagued by rebels, family squabbles and intrigue. The Spanish Inquisition tries to exert its influence. The tension finally ignites at the King's coronation, where heretics are to be burned at the stake
