La traviata. Act II ; Manon. Act III ; Capriccio. Final Scene
Item
Record ID
1061
Identifier
90686
Genre
Work Title
La traviata. Act II ; Manon. Act III ; Capriccio. Final Scene
Uniform Title
Traviata. Act II ; Manon. Act III ; Capriccio. Final Scene
Program/Series Title
Metropolitan Opera opening night gala ; The Met live in HD ; Great performances at the Met
Text Author
Piave, Francesco Maria ; 1810-1876 (libretto) ; Meilhac, Henri ; Gille, Philippe (libretto) ; Krauss, Clemens
Production Year
2008
Transmission/Release Date
2008-09-22 (Theater transmission) ; 2009-03-00 (PBS)
Transmission/Release Year
Transmitter/Outlet/Streaming Platform
Theater transmission / PBS
Conductor/Music Director
Levine, James (La traviata) ; Armiliato, Marco (Manon) ; Summers, Patrick (Capriccio)
Orchestra
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra
Soloists
La traviata: Renee Fleming ; Ramon Vargas ; Thomas Hampson ; Theodora Hanslowe ; Tony Stevenson ; John Hancock ; Louis Otley ; Paul Plishka ; Kathryn Day ; Juhwan Day ; John Shelhart. Manon: Renee Fleming ; Ramon Vargas ; Dwayne Croft ; Robert Lloyd ; Bernard Fitch ; John Hancock ; Monica Yunis ; Reveka Evangelia Mavrovitis ; Ginger Costa-Jackson ; Jason Hendrix. Capriccio: Renee Fleming ; Michael Devlin
Participants
Susan Graham (host)
TV/Film Director
Halvorson, Gary
Stage Director
Zeffirelli, Franco (La traviata) ; Ponnelle, Jean-Pierre (Manon) ; Cox, John (Capriccio)
Sets
Zeffirelli, Franco (La traviata) ; Ponnelle, Jean-Pierre (Manon) ; Pagano, Mauro (Capriccio)
Production Company
Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc.
Executive Producer
Gelb, Peter
Technical Information
The Gala was also viewed at Times Square, the Fordham University campus and on the Met's web site.
Other Information
Features: Interviews with Renee Fleming, James Levine, Penny Woodcock, Martha Stewart, Paulo Szot, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Met Technical Director John Sellars. Costume designs for Renee Fleming created by Christian Lacroix (La traviata) ; Karl Lagerfeld (Manon) ; John Cox (Capriccio)
Duration
ca. 210'
Company
Metropolitan Opera
Archive
HDTV
Sourcemat
DLCAT - 186