Dancer (uncredited)
뉴욕 발레단에 소속된 니나(나탈리 포트만)는 전직 발레리나 출신인 엄마 에리카(바바라 허쉬)의 총애를 받으며 모든 것을 발레에 바치고 있다. 예술 감독 토마스 리로이(뱅상 카셀)는 백조와 흑조라는 베스(위노나 라이더)를 새로운 시즌의 오프닝 작품 백조의 호수에서 강판시키고 니나를 발탁한다. 하지만 순수하고 나약한 백조 연기에 비해 관능적이고 도발적인 흑조를 연기하는 데에는 어딘지 불안한 니나. 게다가 새로 입단한 릴리(밀라 쿠니스)는 니나처럼 정교한 테크닉은 없지만, 무대를 압도하는 카리스마와 관능미로 은근히 비교 대상이 되는데...
Bianca
This elegant romance is the least-known work of the mature Giacomo Puccini . The story concerns a kept woman who defies convention to chase a dream of romantic love with an earnest, if naïve, young man. This Met Opera production features the dynamic soprano Angela Gheorghiu and Frenchborn tenor Roberto Alagna performing the roles of Magda and Ruggero, it blooms into its rightful place in the glorious Puccini canon. La Rondine (The Swallow) was commissioned by Vienna s Carltheater in 1913. Due to the impending outbreak of World War I, premiered in 1917, at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo with Gilda Dalla Rizza and Tito Schipa. Set in a Parisian salon, it is the story of Magda, the glamorous mistress of wealthy banker Rambaldo. Her yearning for romantic love compels her into the arms of the ardent and adoring young Ruggero.
Crobyle
When the most voluptuous, sought-after courtesan in the world meets an ascetic monk whose life is devoted to God, you know erotic sparks are going to fly. And when the clash takes place in a glorious, but rarely performed, opera by Massenet, it’s a delight to the ear just as much as to the eye. Renée Fleming is every inch the glamorous Thaïs, swathed in elegant gowns designed by Christian Lacroix. Thomas Hampson is Athanaël, the tortured man of God. This production by John Cox, which premiered in December 2008, brilliantly sets the stage for a confrontation as old as civilization itself.
