Our Media Center takes you inside Film at Lincoln Center with photos, videos, and podcasts from our screenings, talks, and events, plus announcements of upcoming programs and coverage of our artist and education initiatives.
Turandot
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July 24, 2015
Nina Stemme, one of opera’s greatest dramatic sopranos, takes on the title role of the proud princess of legendary China. Tenor Marco Berti is Calàf, the brave prince who sings “Nessun dorma” and wins her hand. Franco Zeffirelli’s golden production is conducted by Paolo Carignani.
Les Pêcheurs de Perles
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July 24, 2015
New Production
Bizet’s gorgeous opera of lust and longing set in the Far East returns to the Met stage for the first time in 100 years. Soprano Diana Damrau stars as Leïla, the beautiful Hindu priestess pursued by rival pearl divers competing for her hand. Her suitors are tenor Matthew Polenzani and baritone Mariusz Kwiecien, who sing the lilting duet “Au fond du temple saint,” which opera fans know and adore. Director Penny Woolcock explores the timeless themes of pure love, betrayal, and vengeance in a production that vividly creates an undersea world on the stage of the Met. Conductor Gianandrea Noseda brings his romantic flair to the lush score from the composer of Carmen.
Lulu
By Alex Hunter
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July 24, 2015
New Production
Acclaimed artist and director William Kentridge (The Nose) applies his unique theatrical vision to Berg’s notorious femme fatale who shatters lives, including her own. Musically, the masterful score is in the sure hands of Met Music Director James Levine. Soprano Marlis Petersen has excited audiences around the world with her portrayal of the tour-de-force title role, a wild journey of love, obsession, and death. Susan Graham joins a winning cast, including Daniel Brenna and Johan Reuter.
Tannhäuser
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July 24, 2015
James Levine conducts Wagner’s early masterpiece in its first return to the Met stage in more than a decade. Today’s leading Wagnerian tenor Johan Botha takes on the daunting title role, opposite soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek as Elisabeth, adding another Wagner heroine to her Met repertoire after her acclaimed Sieglinde in the Ring a few seasons ago. On the heels of his recent triumph in Parsifal, baritone Peter Mattei sings Wolfram, and mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung is the love goddess, Venus.
Otello
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July 24, 2015
New Production
Verdi’s masterful Otello matches Shakespeare’s play in tragic intensity. Director Bartlett Sher probes the Moor’s dramatic downfall with an outstanding cast: tenor Aleksandrs Antonenko plays the doomed Otello; new soprano star Sonya Yoncheva sings Desdemona, Otello’s innocent wife and victim; and baritone Željko Lučić plays the evil Iago, who masterminds Otello’s demise. Dynamic maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts.
Il Trovatore
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July 24, 2015
Soprano Anna Netrebko’s dramatic and vocal skills are on full display in her next new role at the Met—Leonora, the Verdi heroine who sacrifices her own life for the love of the gypsy troubadour. Tenor Yonghoon Lee sings the ill-fated Manrico, baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky is his rival, and mezzo-soprano Dolora Zajick is the mysterious gypsy with the troubled past. Marco Armiliato conducts Sir David McVicar’s Goya-inspired production.
Free Talks: Parker Posey (Irrational Man)
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July 7, 2015
Parker Posey joins us on the occasion of the release of her latest film, Woody Allen’s Irrational Man, in which the onetime “Queen of the Indies” appears as a lonely professor who wants a colleague (Joaquin Phoenix) to rescue her from an unhappy marriage.
StoryCode: The Story of the Stuff
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July 1, 2015
Presented by Ashley MaynorA Web documentary investigating how local tragedies have become global, The Story of the Stuff challenges audience to think critically about the ways we express grief by focusing on the hundreds of thousands of packages sent to Newtown, Connecticut, in the wake of the Sandy Hook shootings. Director Ashley Maynor will share her experiences of telling the story of those whose lives are wrapped up in dealing with all of “the stuff.”
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
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June 29, 2015
Sinatra and Gene Kelly reteam for an enchanting turn-of-the-century musical about baseball’s early days, buoyantly directed by Busby Berkeley and highlighted by Frank’s rendition of “The Right Girl for Me.”