Martha Nichols

Each Christmas Eve, the Ghost of Christmas Present selects one dark soul to be reformed by a visit from three spirits. But this season, he picked the wrong Scrooge. Clint Briggs turns the tables on his ghostly host until Present finds himself reexamining his own past, present and future.

Any new Met production of Verdi’s beloved tragedy La Traviata would be noteworthy, but Michael Mayer’s dazzling staging, which premiered during the 2018–19 season, was doubly significant as it marked Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s first performances as the Met’s Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director. On the podium for this Live in HD transmission, Nézet-Séguin leads a starry ensemble. As Violetta, the consumptive heroine fighting to find true happiness, soprano Diana Damrau delivers yet another compelling portrayal on the Met stage. Tenor Juan Diego Flórez sings his first Verdi role with the company, as Violetta’s ardent yet impetuous lover, Alfredo, and baritone Quinn Kelsey rounds out the principal cast as Giorgio Germont, Alfredo’s implacable father.

19世紀、ニューヨーク。貧しい生まれのバーナムは上流家庭の令嬢チャリティを妻に迎えたが失業し、大衆向けの博物館を開業。しかし客は集まらず、バーナムはユニークな人々を博物館に集め、歌あり踊りありで空中ぶらんこや動物の曲芸も見せるショーを売りにするとたちまち大成功。さらにバーナムは社会に認められたいという野心のため、ヨーロッパの女性歌手リンドを米国に招くが、家族やショーの出演者たちと心がすれ違いだす。

売れない女優とジャズピアニストの恋を、往年の名作ミュージカル映画を彷彿させるゴージャスでロマンチックな歌とダンスで描く。オーディションに落ちて意気消沈していた女優志望のミアは、ピアノの音色に誘われて入ったジャズバーで、ピアニストのセバスチャンと最悪な出会いをする。そして後日、ミアは、あるパーティ会場のプールサイドで不機嫌そうに80年代ポップスを演奏するセバスチャンと再会。初めての会話でぶつかりあう2人だったが、互いの才能と夢に惹かれ合ううちに恋に落ちていく。

For three decades, Kylie Minogue has been one of the world’s most successful music stars. Recorded at London’s O2 Arena in April 2011, Aphrodite Les Folies is a spectacle to behold. Featuring performance of tracks from the star’s latest album, Aphrodite, including Get Outta My Way, Closer and Put Your Hands Up (If You Feel Love), as well as classic anthems such as Can’t Get You Out Of My Head, On a Night Like This and Better The Devil You Know, this live concert sees Minogue at her best.