Ariadne auf Naxos

APPROPIATE

1988 / 131min.

Rating0

Genres

Music

Synopsis

Jessye Norman is a regal Ariadne, the mythological Greek heroine in this opera-within-an-opera, opposite the passionate Bacchus of the great James King. Kathleen Battle delivers the coloratura fireworks of Zerbinetta, the leader of a commedia dell’arte troupe that finds itself stranded on Ariadne’s island. Tatiana Troyanos and Franz Ferdinand Nentwig star as the young Composer and the Music Master in the opera’s prologue. James Levine brings out all the color and charm of Strauss’s brilliant chamber-sized score with its equal amounts of pathos and humor. Bodo Igesz’s production features sets by esteemed designer Oliver Messel.

Directors

Actors

James Levine

Anthony Laciura

Jessye Norman

Dawn Upshaw

MET Orchestra

James King

Kathleen Battle

James Courtney

Barbara Bonney

Tatiana Troyanos

Similar

Die Walküre

The gorgeous and evocative Otto Schenk/Günther Schneider-Siemssen production continues with this second opera in Wagner’s Ring cycle. Hildegard Behren

1990

8.0

Siegfried

Siegfried is the third of the four operas that constitute Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), by Richard Wagner.

1990

7.5

Carmen

Live performance from the Metropolitan Opera, 25 March 1997.

1997

0.0

Carmen

Martin Kušej's brilliant 2006 Carmen represents a landmark interpretation of a truly timeless opera. Led by Rolando Villazón as Don José and Marina Do

2006

0.0

Alcina

Live performance from the Grand Théâtre de Genève, February 25 2016.

2016

0.0

Carmen aux Chorégies d'Orange 2015

Live performance from Chorégies d'Orange, 11 July 2015.

2015

0.0

Carmen (Opéra de Lyon)

Live performance from the Opéra de Lyon, July 1 2012. Controversial production by Olivier Py.

2012

0.0

Eugene Onegin

Live performance by the Bolshoi Theatre at the Palais Garnier, Opéra National de Paris, 2008.

2008

0.0

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (Komische Oper Berlin)

Live performance from the Komische Oper Berlin, February 15 2016.

2016

0.0

Eugene Onegin

Live performance for Garsington Opera, June-July, 2016.

2016

0.0

Gounod: Faust

Tenor Jonas Kaufmann is riveting as the title character of Gounod’s popular opera, seen in this Live in HD presentation of Des McAnuff’s thrilling 201

2011

0.0

Francesca Da Rimini

LIve performance of Rachmaninoff's opera from the Opéra National de Lorraine, Nancy, 15 February 2015.

2015

0.0

Beatrice di Tenda

Live performance from the Zurich Opera House, January 2002.

2002

0.0

The Metropolitan Opera: Boris Godunov

Stephen Wadsworth’s production of Mussorgsky’s epic masterpiece brilliantly captures the suffering and ambition of the Russian people at a critical ti

2010

0.0

Carmen

Live performance from Teatro alla Scala, 7 December 2009 .

2009

0.0

Carmen

Live performance from the Vienna State Opera, 6 May 2010.

2010

0.0

Bizet: Carmen

This 2003 performance of Georges Bizet's 19th century opera Carmen was produced and directed by filmmaker and stage director Franco Zeffirelli, best k

2003

6.0