Le Comte Ory
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Mar 24, 2011
Closed Apr 21, 2011
Opened Mar 24, 2011
Closed Apr 21, 2011
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Rossini's vocally dazzling comedy soars with bel canto sensation Juan Diego Flórez in the title role of this Met premiere production. He vies with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, in the trouser role of Isolier, for the love of the lonely Countess Adèle, sung by soprano Diana Damrau. Bartlett Sher, director of the Met's popular productions of Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Les Contes d'Hoffmann, describes the world of Le Comte Ory as, "a place where love is dangerous. People get hurt. That can be very funny and very painful. Rossini captures both--with the most beautiful love music he ever wrote."
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When you see how Tony Award-winning director Bartlett Sher treats the first act of Gioachino Rossini's little-known 19th-century opera
Le Comte Ory, you will think you know why the Metropolitan Opera management has taken over 180 years to get to it. However, when you're gifted with the hilarious second act -- in which you'll marvel at Sher's deft hand and the singing of leads Juan Diego Florez, Diana Damrau, and Joyce DiDonato -- you'll wonder what's taken them so long.
Based on a play by librettists Eugene Scribe and Charles-Gaspard Delestre, the plot of Le Comte Ory is as moronic as can be -- even by opera standards -- although it admittedly provides some good, clean fun before the fin[...]