The Met: Live in HD 2010-11 Season    2010-11  樂季

Hong Kong  香港

20 November 2010 – 10 July 2011
2010年11月20日 - 2011年7月10日

Wagner’s Das Rheingold – New Production
華格納 萊茵的黃金 – 新製作

Expected Running time: 3 hours   演出約3小時
Sung in German with English subtitles    以德文演出附英文字幕

Two unparalleled artists join forces to create a groundbreaking new Ring for the Met: Maestro James Levine and director Robert Lepage. The cycle launches with Das Rheingold, the prologue to Wagner’s epic drama. “The Ring is not just a story or a series of operas, it’s a cosmos,” says Lepage, who brings cutting-edge technology and his own visionary imagination to the world’s greatest theatrical journey. Bryn Terfel sings the leading role of Wotan for the first time with the company, heading an extraordinary cast.

由指揮James Levine和導演Robert Lepage，兩位無與倫比的藝術家聯攜手創造出令人嘆為觀止的《尼伯龍根的指環》新製作 (下稱《指環》)。由《萊茵的黃金》為華格納的史詩戲劇《指環》揭開序幕。導演勒Robert Lepage，為這世上最偉大的戲劇之旅注入先進的科技元素和充滿創意的想像力。他說：「《指環》不僅僅是個故事或一系列的歌劇，它是個完整的宇宙。」Bryn Terfel首次在本劇院演唱此劇主角沃坦，率領一眾非凡出色的歌唱家同台演出。

James Levine; Wendy Bryn Harmer, Stephanie Blythe, Patricia Bardon, Richard Croft, Gerhard Siegel, Bryn Terfel, Eric Owens, Franz-Josef Selig, Hans-Peter König

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Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov – New Production
穆索爾斯基 包里斯‧戈杜諾夫 - 新製作

Expected Running time: 5 hours   演出約5小時
Sung in Russian with English subtitles   以俄文演出附英文字幕

René Pape takes on one of the greatest bass roles in a production by renowned theater and opera director Peter Stein, in his Met debut. Valery Gergiev conducts Mussorgsky’s epic spectacle that captures the suffering and ambition of a nation. “Boris Godunov is a masterpiece,” Stein says. “The challenge is to transmit the enormous emotional depth of the whole thing. Boris is the czar, but he is expressing a problem we all have: the consequences of human actions.” Aleksandrs Antonenko, Vladimir Ognovenko, and Ekaterina Semenchuk lead the huge cast.

由著名戲劇和歌劇導演Peter Stein監製，René Pape首次於Met演出，飾演歌劇中最偉大的男低音角色之一。Valery Gergiev指揮穆索爾斯基如史詩般偉大壯觀的樂章，描繪出民族的苦難和野心。Stein說：「波里斯‧郭德諾夫是齣傑作，最大的挑戰是傳遞整齣歌劇的強烈情感深度。」「波里斯雖貴為沙皇，但他陳述了一個我們共有的問題，就是人類行為所引起的後果。」Aleksandrs Antonenko，Vladimir Ognovenko和Ekaterina Semenchuk領龐大陣容傾力演出。

Valery Gergiev; Ekaterina Semenchuk, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Oleg Balashov, Evgeny Nikitin, René Pape, Mikhail Petrenko, Vladimir Ognovenko

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Donizetti’s Don Pasquale
董尼采蒂 唐‧帕斯誇萊 - 新製作

Expected Running time: 3 hours, 30 minutes   演出約3小時 30分鐘
Sung in Italian with English subtitles    以意大利文演出附英文字幕

Anna Netrebko revives her sensational turn in this sophisticated bel canto comedy, opposite Matthew Polenzani, Mariusz Kwiecien, and John Del Carlo in the title role. Music Director James Levine conducts. When Otto Schenk’s production premiered in 2006, the New York Times called it “brilliant” and “wonderful.”

Anna Netrebko在本齣複雜巧妙的美聲演唱風格喜劇中呈現她的絕妙唱功，與Matthew Polenzani，Mariusz Kwiecien和John Del Carlo領銜主演。Otto Schenk的製作於2006年首演時，紐約時報稱之為「技藝超群」和「精采絶倫」。

James Levine; Anna Netrebko, Matthew Polenzani, Mariusz Kwiecien, John Del Carlo

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Verdi’s Don Carlo – New Production
威爾第 卡洛王子 - 新製作

Expected Running time: 4 hours, 30 minutes   演出約4小時30分鐘
Sung in Italian with English subtitles   以意大利文演出附英文字幕

Director Nicholas Hytner makes his Met debut with this new production of Verdi’s profound, beautiful, and most ambitious opera. Roberto Alagna leads the cast, and Ferruccio Furlanetto, Marina Poplavskaya, Anna Smirnova, and Simon Keenlyside also star. Yannick Nézet-Séguin, back after his triumphant debut leading Carmen, conducts. “I think Don Carlo is the quintessential Verdi opera,” Hytner says. “Right through this opera there is, on the one hand, an implacable expression of impending doom and, on the other hand, a succession of the most gloriously open-throated arias, the most fantastically determined music.”

導演Nicholas Hytner首次於Met執導，呈現威爾第這齣意味深長、優美動人、雄心勃勃的歌劇之新製作。Roberto Alagna領銜主演，與Ferruccio Furlanetto，Marina Poplavskaya，Anna Smirnova和Simon Keenlyside同台演出。Yannick Nézet-Séguin，繼首次登場指揮卡門大獲好評後載譽歸來。Hytner說：「我覺得卡洛王子是典型的威爾第歌劇。整齣歌劇，一方面強烈地表達對前景暗淡的無可奈何，另一方面，是一連串最歡愉的開喉詠嘆調，極其堅決的樂章。」

Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Marina Poplavskaya, Anna Smirnova, Roberto Alagna, Simon Keenlyside, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Eric Halfvarson

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Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West
普契尼 西部女郎

Expected Running time: 3 hours, 30 minutes   演出約3小時30分鐘
Sung in Italian with English subtitles   以意大利文演出附英文字幕

Puccini’s wild-west opera had its world premiere in 1910 at the Met. Now, on the occasion of its centennial, all-American diva Deborah Voigt sings the title role of the “girl of the golden west,” starring opposite Marcello Giordani. Nicola Luisotti conducts.

普契尼的西部荒原歌劇於1910年在大都會舉行世界首演。適逢其100週年之際，由正宗美籍女歌后Deborah Voigt主演「金色西部的女郎」，與Marcello Giordani演對手戲。由Nicola Luisotti指揮。

Nicola Luisotti; Deborah Voigt, Marcello Giordani, Lucio Gallo

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Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride
格魯克 伊菲珍妮在陶里德

Expected Running time: 2 hours, 30 minutes   演出約2小時30分鐘
Sung in French with English subtitles   以法文演出附英文字幕

Susan Graham and Plácido Domingo reprise their starring roles in Gluck’s nuanced and elegant interpretation of this primal Greek myth. Tenor Paul Groves also returns to Stephen Wadsworth’s insightful production, first seen in 2007. Patrick Summers conducts.

Susan Graham和Plácido Domingo再次主演格魯克以細緻和優雅手法演之原始希臘神話中的角色。男高音Paul Groves也再次演出Stephen Wadsworth這齣於2007年首演，具洞悉力的製作。Patrick Summers指揮。

Patrick Summers; Susan Graham, Plácido Domingo, Paul Groves, Gordon Hawkins

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Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor
董尼采第 拉美默爾的露琪亞

Expected Running time: 4 hours   演出約4小時
Sung in Italian with English subtitles   以意大利文演出附英文字幕

Natalie Dessay triumphed as the fragile heroine of Donizetti’s masterpiece on Opening Night of the 2007–08 season in Mary Zimmerman’s hit production. Now she returns to the role of the innocent young woman driven to madness, opposite Joseph Calleja, who sings her lover Edgardo.

Natalie Dessay在2007-08樂季開幕之夜，化身為由Mary Zimmerman監製，大受歡迎的董尼采第傑作中纖柔的女主角。她再次飾演純潔無暇青年女子因遭受打擊而瘋狂的角色，而她的對手Joseph Calleja將演唱她的情人艾德嘉。

Patrick Summers; Natalie Dessay, Joseph Calleja, Ludovic Tézier, Kwangchul Youn

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Rossini’s Le Comte Ory - New Production
羅西尼 歐利伯爵 - 新製作

Expected Running time: 3 hours   演出約3小時
Sung in French with English subtitles   以法文演出附英文字幕

Rossini’s vocally dazzling comedy stars bel canto sensation Juan Diego Flórez in the title role of this Met premiere production. He vies with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, in the trouser role of Isolier, for the love of the lonely Countess Adèle, sung by soprano Diana Damrau. Bartlett Sher, director of the Met’s hit productions of The Barber of Seville and The Tales of Hoffmann, describes the world of the opera as, “a place where love is dangerous. People get hurt. That can be very funny and very painful. Rossini captures both—with the most beautiful love music Rossini ever wrote.”

羅西尼令人嘆為觀止的喜歌劇其新製作首演，將由壯麗美聲歌唱家Juan Diego Flórez領銜主演。他與反串依索利的女中音Joyce DiDonato，爭奪由女高音Diana Damrau飾演的寂寞伯爵夫人阿德萊的垂青。執導MET熱門作品塞維利亞的理髮師和霍夫曼的故事的Bartlett Sher形容歌劇世界為：「一個愛情是危險的地方。有人受到傷害，這可以非常有趣，也可以非常痛苦。羅西尼以他最美麗的愛情音樂捕捉這一切。」

Maurizio Benini; Diana Damrau, Joyce DiDonato, Susanne Resmark, Juan Diego Flórez, Stéphane Degout, Michele Pertusi

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R. Strauss’s Capriccio
史特勞斯 隨想曲

Expected Running time: 3 hours   演出約3小時
Sung in German with English subtitles   以德文演出附英文字幕

On Opening Night of the 2008–09 season, Renée Fleming dazzled audiences when she sang the final scene of Strauss’s wise and worldly meditation on art and life. Now she performs the entire work, in which the composer explores the essence of opera itself. Matthew Polenzani and Sarah Connolly also star, and Andrew Davis conducts.

在2008-09樂季的開幕演出，Renée Fleming演唱史特勞斯對藝術和生活充滿睿智和世故的沈思的最後一幕，令觀眾讚歎不已。她將演出整齣歌劇，而作曲家於其中探討了歌劇的本質。Matthew Polenzani和Sarah Connolly同台演出，由Andrew Davis指揮。

Andrew Davis; Renée Fleming, Sarah Connolly, Joseph Kaiser, Russell Braun, Morten Frank Larsen, Peter Rose

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Verdi’s Il Trovatore
威爾第 遊吟詩人

Expected Running time: 3 hours   演出約3小時
Sung in Italian with English subtitles   以意大利文演出附英文字幕

David McVicar’s stirring production of Verdi’s intense drama premiered in the 2008–09 season. James Levine leads this revival, starring four extraordinary singers—Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick, Marcelo Álvarez, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky—in what might be the composer’s most melodically rich score.

這齣威爾第扣人心弦的戲劇經David McVicar動人的製作，在2008-09樂季首演。James Levine指揮是次重演，由四位非凡的歌唱家：Sondra Radvanovsky，Dolora Zajick，Marcelo Álvarez和Dmitri Hvorostovsky主演，這可能是威爾第最富旋律的樂曲。

James Levine; Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick, Marcelo Álvarez, Dmitri Hvorostovsky

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Wagner’s Die Walküre – New Production
華格納 女武神 - 新製作

Expected Running time: 5 hours, 15 minutes   演出約5小時 15分鐘
Sung in German with English subtitles   以德文演出附英文字幕

A stellar cast comes together for this second installment of Robert Lepage’s new production of the Ring cycle, conducted by James Levine. Bryn Terfel is Wotan, lord of the Gods. Deborah Voigt adds the part of Brünnhilde to her extensive Wagnerian repertoire at the Met. Jonas Kaufmann and Eva-Maria Westbroek star as the twins, Siegmund and Sieglinde, and Stephanie Blythe is Fricka.

星光熠熠的陣容傾力演出Robert Lepage新製作的「戒指」第二部，由James Levine指揮。Bryn Terfel飾演沃坦，眾神之王。Deborah Voigt她在曾在Met演出眾多的華格納劇目再添布侖希爾德一角。Jonas Kaufmann和Eva-Maria Westbroek飾演雙胞胎齊格蒙德與齊格林德，而Stephanie Blythe飾演弗里卡。

James Levine; Deborah Voigt, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Stephanie Blythe, Jonas Kaufmann, Bryn Terfel, Hans-Peter König

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