"Bellini's La Sonnambula opens at the Metropolitan Opera October 6, in a new production directed by Mexican tenor Rolando Villazón, making his house directorial debut after two decades of having performed upon its stage. Soprano Nadine Sierra stars as Amina, the titular somnambulist, whose nocturnal misadventures cause a misunderstanding which jeopardizes her impending marriage to Elvino, played by tenor Xabier Anduaga."
"This week also marks the season's final performances of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. The opera by composer Mason Bates and librettist Gene Scheer opened the Met's season last month in a production directed by Bartlett Sher. The operatic adaptation of Michael Chabon's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel follows Josef Kavalier and Samuel Klayman, two Jewish cousins who break into the burgeoning comic book industry of the 1930s with the creation of an anti-fascist superhero called The Escapist, inspired by Kavalier's escape from Nazi-occupied Prague."
"Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the New York Philharmonic October 9-11 in performances of Boulez's Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna. The composition divides the orchestra into eight groups spread throughout the performance space, and the performance will feature L.A. Dance Project performing choreography by Benjamin Millepied. The concert will also include Igor Stravinsky's Octet,"
Rolando Villazón makes his Metropolitan Opera directorial debut with a new production of Bellini's La Sonnambula, opening October 6, starring Nadine Sierra as Amina and Xabier Anduaga as Elvino, with Riccardo Frizza conducting. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Mason Bates and Gene Scheer concludes its Met run with final performances on October 8 and 11 after opening the season in Bartlett Sher's production; the opera follows two Jewish cousins who create the anti-fascist superhero The Escapist. Esa-Pekka Salonen leads the New York Philharmonic October 9–11 in Boulez's Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna, featuring L.A. Dance Project choreography by Benjamin Millepied and a performance of Stravinsky's Octet.
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