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Nov. 05 2016

12/10/16 – L’Amour de Loin – 1pm

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Metropolitan Opera

L’Amour de Loin
Composed by Kaija Saariaho
Libretto by Amin Maalouf

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. Eric Owens is the knight on a quest of love and Susanna Phillips is his lover on the other side of the sea. Conductor Susanna Mälkki makes her Met debut.

  • SUNG IN FRENCH
  • ESTIMATED RUN TIME 2 HRS 33 MINS
  • front page photo credit: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera

Susanna Mälkki

CONDUCTOR Susanna Mälkki

Susanna Phillips

CLÉMENCE Susanna Phillips

THE PILGRIM Tamara Mumford

Eric Ownes

JAUFRÉ RUDEL Eric Owens

PRODUCTION Robert Lepage

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Sybille Wilson

SET AND COSTUME DESIGNERS Michael Curry

LIGHTING DESIGNER Kevin Adams

LIGHTSCAPE IMAGE DESIGNER Lionel Arnould

SOUND DESIGNER Mark Grey

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