The fifth season of New York’s Met Opera will continue at Cinema Nouveau and select Ster-Kinekor Theatres with Richard Wagner’s Gotterdammerung starting on 2 March.
“Due to the success of our previous Opera Live productions, we have extended the screenings to include select Ster-Kinekor Theaters in addition to the Cinema Nouveau sites, reaching as wide an audience as possible. Our successful attendances reinforce the fact that opera is widely appealing to our local market and we are confident that Gotterdammerung will keep audiences mesmerised this March,’ says Raksha Singh of Ster-Kinekor Theatres.
Conducted by Fabio Luisi and hosted by Patricia Racette, Gotterdammerung stars Deborah Voigt as Brunnhilde, Wendy Bryn Harmer as Gutrune, Watraud Meier as Waltraute, Jay Hunter Morris as Siegfried, Iain Paterson as Gunther, Eric Owens as Alberich and Hans-Peter Konig as Hagen.
The running time is approximately seven hours, including three intermissions.
Prologue: On the Valkyries’ rock, three Norns spin the rope of Fate, recalling Wotan’s days of power and predicting the end of the Gods. When the rope breaks they descend in terror to their mother, Erda, goddess of the earth. At dawn Siegfried and his bride, Brunnhilde, emerge from their cave (“Zu neuen Taten”). Though fearful that she may lose the hero, she sends him forth to deeds of valor. As a token of his love, Siegfried gives Brunnhilde the magic Ring he took from Fafner, and she gives him her horse Grane in exchange. Passionately they bid farewell as Siegfried sets off into the world.
Other opera productions to look forward to this season includes Ernani by Verdi, starting 16 March; Manon by Massenet, starting 27 April; and La Traviata by Verdi, starting 4 May.
These will be released at the following sites:
Cinema Nouveau – Gateway
Cinema Nouveau – Cavendish
Cinema Nouveau – V&A
Cinema Nouveau – Rosebank
Cinema Nouveau – Brooklyn
Ster-Kinekor – Irene Mall
Ster-Kinekor – Shelly Beach
Ster-Kinekor – The Bridge
Ster-Kinekor – Garden Route Mall
Ster-Kinekor – Somerset
Ster-Kinekor – Bedford centre
