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classical music, opera, theatre

Handel: Agrippina - Encore

  • 1 March 2020, Sunday
  • 6 pm — 10 pm
  • one interval
  • Auditorium
Produced by Müpa Budapest
one interval
Auditorium

Conductor:

Harry Bicket

Cast:

Poppea
Brenda Rae
Agrippina
Joyce DiDonato
Nerone
Kate Lindsey
Ottone
Iestyn Davies
Pallante
Duncan Rock
Claudio
Matthew Rose

Featuring:

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Creators:

Set design, costumes
John Macfarlane
Lighting
Paule Constable
Choreography
Andrew George
Director
Sir David McVicar

The Met's new production.

Handel's tale whisks us off to ancient Rome with its countless intrigues and loose morals: this will be the first time that the Metropolitan Opera's stage hosts this Italian-language masterpiece that the 24-year-old genius premièred in Venice in 1709. The New York opera house's leading star mezzo-soprano, Joyce di Donato, will portray the conniving and power-hungry title character under the baton of Harry Bicket, who has won extensive recognition around the... world for his performances of Baroque music, including the operas of Handel. Staging the production is one of the most distinguished opera directors of recent decades: David McVicar has contrived a fantastic way to reframe the plot of this black comedy about power - its hold and its abuse - without making any secret of its contemporary overtones.
In this cast luxuriating with top-notch singers, the mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey will portray Agrippina's son, the future emperor Nerone, in a role that was originally written, as per the custom of the time, for castrated singers. Singing the part of Poppea, whose otherworldly beauty brings her into close proximity with power, is the incredibly versatile Brenda Rae, while the ambitious commander will be played by Iestyn Davies, one of the finest countertenors of our time, with Matthew Rose, a base sought after around the world, playing the exhausted emperor.

The 'Metropolitan Opera Live in HD' transmissions have been made possible through the cooperation of our partner, Cikánek Management.


Presented by: Müpa Budapest

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