Sat. Dec. 10 at 1pm on 90.5 FM WKAR Radio | One of the most discussed, praised, and successful of recent operas, L’Amour de Loin is a seductively beautiful tale of love’s unfathomable nature.
Conductor Susanna Mälkki makes her Met debut featuring Eric Owens as the knight on a quest of love; Susanna Phillips is his lover on the other side of the sea; and Tamara Mumford is the pilgrim who brings messages back and forth.
Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho’s breakthrough opera was described by the New York Times as “transfixing…a lushly beautiful score.” Commissioned by the Salzburg Festival, where it was first seen in 2000, it will now finally have its Metropolitan Opera premiere in a dazzling new production by Robert Lepage, featuring glimmering ribbons of LED lights that extend across the length of the stage and over the orchestra pit.
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