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L'amour de loin / Kaija Saariaho.

Met Opera on Demand Available online

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Format:
Video
Author/Creator:
Saariaho, Kaija, composer, composer.
Contributor:
Phillips, Susanna, 1981- performer, performer.
Mumford, Tamara, performer, performer.
Owens, Eric, 1970- performer, performer.
Mälkki, Susanna, conductor, conductor.
Lepage, Robert, 1957- film director, director.
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), performer, performer.
Language:
English
French
German
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Subjects (All):
Operas.
Genre:
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 video file (2 hr., 21 min., 57 sec.)) : sound, color
polychrome
Place of Publication:
[New York, New York] : [Metropolitan Opera], [2016]
Language Note:
Sung in French; English, French, German, Russian, Spanish and Swedish subtitles.
System Details:
digital
video file
streaming video file
Summary:
Robert Lepage's dreamlike production, with its thousands of twinkling LED lights stretching across the stage to represent the sea, encapsulates the mystic feeling of L'Amour de Loin, Saariaho's haunting opera of distant love. Eric Owens is Jaufré Rudel, a troubadour in 12th century France who has become tired of his hedonistic life and longs for an idealized love. Enter the Pilgrim (Tamara Mumford) who tells him his perfect love does, in fact, exist, far across the sea. She is Clémence, Countess of Tripoli (Susanna Phillips). The magic of the characters' inner lives as they explore the meaning of love, longing, life, and death is heightened by Saariaho's hypnotic and bewitching score, conducted by Susanna Mälkki.
Contents:
Opening credits
Introduction by Deborah Voigt
Traversée
Premier tableau: Jaufré Rudel ; J'ai appris à parler du bonheur
Deuxième tableau: Le Pèlerin ; Peut-être bien qu'elle n'existe pas
Qu'as-tu fais de moi, Pèlerin?
Premier tableau: Clémence : Pèlerin, dites-moi!
Un homme pense à vous.
Deuxième tableau: L'amour de loin : Rien ne vous oblige à l'aimer
Ja mais d'amor no'm gauzirai
Premiere tableau: Au châtrau de Blaye : Pèlerin, Pèlerin, dis-moi avant toute chose
Jaufré, elle sait
Peut-être ferais-je mieux de m'en aller
Deuxième tableau: A Tripoli, sur la plage : Ben tenc la Seignor per verai
Non, par Notre Seigneur, je ne souffre pas
Introduction to Acts IV and V by Deborah Voigt
Premiere tableau: Mer indigo
Me croiras-tu, Pèlerin
Deuxième tableau: Songe : Je l'ai vue, Pèlerin
Calme-toi, Jaufré
Troisiième tableau: Tempête : Je devrais être l'homme le plus heureux au monde
Ces choses se savent, oui
Premiere tableau: Jardin de la Citadelle : Comtesse, regardez!
Noble dame, je vous apporte une nouvelle
Deuxième tableau: Si la mort pouvait attendre : C'est vous, c'est vous, c'est vous
J'aurais tant voulu être poétesse
Seigneur, si je pouvais rester ainsi
Troisième tableau: J'espère encore : J'espère encore, mon Dieu
J'avais cru en toi
Quartième tableau: Vers toi qui es si loin : Si tu t'appelles Amour
Bows and closing credits
Backstage at the Met with host Deborah Voigt. Interview with Tamara Mumford and Eric Owens ; Interview with Susanna Mälkki and Susanna Phillips ; Peter Gelb interview with Robert Lepage and Michael Curry ; Interview with Kaija Saariaho and Amin Maalouf.
Participant:
Susanna Phillips, Tamara Mumford, Eric Owens ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Susanna Mälkki, conductor.
Credits:
Director, Robert Lepage.
Notes:
Recorded live 2016 The Metropolitan Opera, New York, New York.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
OCLC:
1018379592
Publisher Number:
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Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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