The lecherous Falstaff, with his infamous roving eye, finally meets his match when his underhand plans to solve money troubles have the three merry wives of Windsor conspiring to teach him a lesson. After Macbeth and Otello, Verdi breathes life into Shakespeare’s great comic character in this, his spectacular final opera. Conductor Richard Farnes makes his Garsington Opera debut in this new production directed by Prix de la critique Claude Rostand winner Bruno Ravella.
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After the acclaimed Met premiere of Thomas Adès's "The Tempest" in 2012, the composer returned with another masterpiece, this time inspired by filmmaker Luis Buñuel's seminal surrealist classic "El Ángel Exterminador", during the 2017–18 season. As the opera opens, a group of elegant socialites gather for a lavish dinner party, but when it is time to leave for the night, no one is able to escape. Soon, their behavior becomes increasingly erratic and savage. The large ensemble cast tackles both the vocal and dramatic demands of Adès's opera with one riveting performance after another. Tom Cairns, who also penned the work's libretto, directs an engrossing and inventive production, using a towering wooden archway to trap the characters onstage. And Adès himself takes the podium to conduct the frenzied score, which features a host of unconventional instruments, including the eerie electronic ondes Martenot.
A faithful adaptation of the micro-opera A Hand of Bridge (1958) by Samuel Barber. Two couples reveal their deepest desires, darkest fears, and wildest fantasies during an evening playing bridge.
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エイブラハム・リンカーンが、大統領に再選された1865年。アメリカを内戦状態に追い込んだ南北戦争は4年目に突入したが、彼は奴隷制度を永遠に葬り去る合衆国憲法修正第13条を下院議会で批准させるまでは戦いを終わらせないという強い決意があった。そのためにも、国務長官ウィリアム・スワードらと共に憲法修正に必要な票を獲得するための議会工作に乗り出す。そんな中、学生だった長男ロバートが北軍へと入隊し……。＜スティーヴン・スピルバーグによる、第16代アメリカ合衆国大統領エイブラハム・リンカーンの伝記ドラマ。奴隷制の廃止と禁止を強固なものにし、泥沼化した南北戦争を終結させるため、憲法の修正に挑むリンカーンの戦いを重厚なタッチで映し出していく。ダニエル・デイ=ルイスがリンカーンにふんし、国と人民の未来をめぐる理想と現実に苦悩する彼の胸中を見事に体現。ジョセフ・ゴードン=レヴィットら、脇を固める実力派の妙演も見逃せない。＞
Frasquita
Live performance from the Metropolitan Opera, 25 March 1997.
Stepmother
Filmed performance of the opera, "Cinderella", composed by Alma Deutscher.
