The MET? A New Production Of Die Walkure? In HD? At A Cinema Near You? Surely Not?
Just in case you have been living under a bush for the last few months (one can say one thing for the MET: it's marketing department earns it's money. One would think sometimes there is only one opera house in the world - never mind the US), The 14th of May sees the Met broadcast - in HD as they keep telling us - their new production of Die Walkure.
Where?
At a cinema (if your lucky) near you
The details?
Cast? Conductor: James Levine Brünnhilde: Deborah Voigt Sieglinde: Eva Maria Westbroek Fricka: Stephanie Blythe Siegmund: Jonas Kaufmann Wotan: Bryn Terfel Hunding: Hans-Peter König
The Production Team?
Production: Robert Lepage Associate Director: Neilson Vignola Set Designer: Carl Fillion Costume Designer: François St-Aubin Lighting Designer: Etienne Boucher Video Image Artist: Boris Firquet
The Videos?
Bryn Terfel (Wotan) and Deborah Voigt (Brünnhilde)
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