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Daniel Cat谩n's Florencia en el Amazonas

Opening the new season of broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera in New York City: the story of a Latin American opera star, inspired by the magic realism of Gabriel Garc铆a M谩rquez

Opening the new season of broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera in New York City: the story of a Latin American opera star, inspired by the magic realism of Gabriel Garc铆a M谩rquez. Music Director Yannick N茅zet-S茅guin conducts this Met premiere production of Mexican composer Daniel Cat谩n鈥檚 1996 opera, which stars Ailyn P茅rez as Florencia Grimaldi, the operatic soprano who returns to her native South America to perform at the legendary Amazonas opera house in Manaus 鈥� and to search for her lost lover, vanished in the Amazon rainforest.

Presented by Debra Lew Harder, with commentator Ira Siff.

Florencia ..... Ailyn P茅rez (soprano)
Rosalba, journalist ..... Gabriella Reyes (soprano)
Steamboat Captain ..... Greer Grimsley (bass-baritone)
Arcadio, his nephew ..... Mario Chang (tenor)
Riolobo, First Mate ..... Mattia Olivieri (baritone)
Paula ..... Nancy Fabiola Herrera (mezzo-soprano)
脕lvaro ..... Michael Chioldi (baritone)
Sailor ..... Tyler Simpson (bass-baritone)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Conductor Yannick N茅zet-S茅guin

3 hours, 29 minutes

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Sat 9 Dec 2023 18:30
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Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Messiah: Part 1, Scenes 1, 2 and 3

    Singer: Alice Coote. Singer: Allan Clayton. Singer: Matthew Rose. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Handel: Messiah.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1-13.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh (Suite)

    Orchestra: Gurzenich Orchestra of Cologne. Conductor: Dmitri Georgievich Kitayenko.
    • Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov & Lyadov: Works.
    • Oehms Classics.
    • 201-204.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Waltz (Three Easy Pieces, No 2)

    Performer: Katia Lab猫que. Performer: Marielle Lab猫que.
    • Stravinsky / Debussy Katia Et Marielle Labeque.
    • KML.

Broadcast

  • Sat 9 Dec 2023 18:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3