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Details: Utopia SA is screening transmission of the New York Met Summer Encore calendar, with all being held at 18:30 at Ciné Utopia in Limpertsberg.
Programme
- Friday 10 July: La Traviata, in Italian - Verdi's consumptive courtesan returns in Willy Decker's timeless setting with rising soprano Sonya Yoncheva singing the title role. Francesco Demuro is Alfredo, Aleksei Markov is Germont, and Marco Armiliato conducts.
- Friday 24 July: La fille du Regiment (The Daughter of the Regiment / Lucia di Lammermoor), in Italian - New coloratura talent Albina Shagimuratova sings bel canto’s unhinged bride, delivering opera’s most thrilling mad scene. Joseph Calleja is her tragic lover. Mary Zimmerman’s production evokes the moors and castles of Scotland for Donizetti’s melodic journey of love and deception, conducted by Maurizio Benini.
- Friday 7 August: The Merry Widow, in Italian - Susan Graham stars as the beguiling woman who captivates all Paris in Lehár's enchanting operetta, seen in a new staging by Broadway virtuoso director and choreographer Susan Stroman (The Producers, Oklahoma!, Contact). Stroman and her design team of Julian Crouch (Satyagraha, The Enchanted Island) and William Ivey Long (Cinderella, Grey Gardens, Hairspray) have created an art-nouveau setting that climaxes with singing and dancing grisettes at the legendary Maxim's. Rod Gilfry co-stars as Danilo, Stephen Costello is Camille, and Fabio Luisi conducts.
- Friday 14 August: Aida, in Italian - Grand opera at its grandest: the splendors of ancient Egypt return to the stage of the Met. Verdi's mythic love triangle features rising Ukranian soprano Oksana Dyka in the title role, opposite Violeta Urmana as Amneris and Marco Berti as Radamès. Plácido Domingo conducts.
Venue: Ciné Utopia, Luxembourg-Limpertsberg
Organiser: Utopia SA
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Reservations: Tickets for each transmission and can be purchased online at www.utopolis.lu or at the cinema.
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