MOBY DICK
Jake Heggie amd Geme Scheer
Three hours, including one intermission
SUNG IN ENGLISH
LA Opera On Air
“Call it a success… A whale tale with staying power” – Los Angeles Times
“Theatrically stunning… epic in scale. A vibrant, compelling piece of musical theater” – San Francisco Chronicle
Epic in every sense of the word, Moby-Dick comes to Los Angeles after a series of sold out triumphs around the world. Returning as Captain Ahab is the sensational Jay Hunter Morris, whose “fiery brilliance in his resplendent upper range captured both Ahab’s inner strength and demonic possession” (SanDiego.com). Based on Herman Melville’s classic novel, Jake Heggie’s sweeping, gorgeously detailed score has already taken its rightful place as a true contemporary masterpiece.
With astonishing visual effects and a magnificent musical score, one of the very greatest of all American novels comes thrillingly to life on the stage. A fanatical sea captain’s unrelenting obsession for revenge drives his entire crew into the face of death and destruction as they explore the vast and mysterious oceans in search of a monster.
CAST
CAPTAIN AHAB ….. Jay Hunter Morris
GREENHORN ….. Joshua Guerrero
STARBUCK, FIRST MATE ….. Morgan Smith
QUEEQUEG, A HARPOONER ….. Musa Ngqungwana
PIP, CABIN BOY ….. Jacqueline Echols
STUBB, SECOND MATE ….. Malcolm MacKenzie
FLASK, THIRD MATE ….. Matthew O’Neill
CAPTAIN GARDINER ….. Nicholas Brownlee
TASHTEGO, A HARPOONER ….. Sal Malaki
DAGGOO, A HARPOONER ….. Babatunde Akinboboye
NANTUCKET SAILOR ….. Todd Strange
SPANISH SAILOR ….. James Martin Schaefer
COMPOSER ….. Jake Heggie
LIBRETTIST ….. Gene Scheer
CONDUCTOR ….. James Conlon
FALSTAFF:Verdi
Garsington Opera
Streaming LIVE on OperaVision
(recorded Summer 2018)
Sir John Falstaff Henry Waddington
Alice Ford Mary Dunleavy
Ford Richard Burkhard
Mistress Quickly Yvonne Howard
Nannetta Soraya Mafi
Fenton Oliver Johnston
Meg Page Victoria Simmonds
Dr. Caius Colin Judson
Bardolfo Adrian Thompson
Pistola Nicholas Crawley
Page (silent) Ansh Shetty
Chorus Garsington Opera Chorus
Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor Richard Farnes
Director Bruno Ravella
Designer Giles Cadle
Lighting Designer Malcolm Rippeth
Movement Director Tim Claydon
Available for repeat viewings on Opera Vision until September 9, 2019
The streaming service is free through OperaVision, which, per its official website, is a project “supported by the European Union’s Creative Europe program, OperaVision builds on the success of The Opera Platform, with more contributing opera companies from more countries, under the editorial supervision of Opera Europa, the European association of opera companies and festivals.
LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST: Puccini
Staatsoper (Munich)
Sat, 30 March 2019, 7 pm (CET)
Conductor: James Gaffigan
Production: Andreas Dresen
With Anja Kampe (Minnie), Brandon Jovanovich (Dick), John Lundgren (Jack)
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Minnie…..Anja Kampe
Jack Rance…..John Lundgren
Dick Johnson…..Brandon Jovanovich
Nick…..Kevin Conners
Ashby…..Bálint Szabó
Sonora…..Tim Kuypers
Trin…..Manuel Günther
Sid…..Alexander Milev
Bello…..Justin Austin
Harry…..Galeano Salas
Joe…..Freddie De Tommaso
Happy…..Christian Rieger
Larkens…..Norman Garrett
Billy Jackrabbit…..Oleg Davydov
Wowkle…..Noa Beinart
Jake Wallace…..Sean Michael Plumb
José Castro…..Oğulcan Yilmaz
Ein Postillon…..Ulrich Reß
Bavarian State Orchestra
Choir of the Bavarian State Opera
AKHNATEN:Glass
Kamensek; Larusdottir, Bridges, Costanzo, Blake, Liverman, Bernstein, James
Original Air Date: 11/08/2019
SID.19450535
Director Phelim McDermott tackles another one of Philip Glass’s masterpieces, following the now-legendary Met staging of Satyagraha. Star countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo is the title pharaoh, the revolutionary ruler who transformed ancient Egypt, with the striking mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges in her Met debut as his wife, Nefertiti. To match the opera’s hypnotic, ritualistic music, McDermott has created an arresting vision that includes a virtuosic company of acrobats and jugglers. Karen Kamensek conducts in her Met debut. This production was originally created by English National Opera and LA Opera; In collaboration with Improbable; Production gift of the Rosalie J. Coe Weir Endowment Fund and the Wyncote Foundation, as recommended by Frederick R. Haas and Rafael Gomez; Additional funding from The H.M. Agnes Hsu-Tang, Ph.D. and Oscar Tang Endowment Fund, Dominique Laffont, Andrew J. Martin-Weber, The Walter and Leonore Annenberg Endowment Fund, American Express, and the National Endowment for the Arts