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Live from the Met: John Adams's El Niño

Marin Alsop conducts John Adams's acclaimed opera-oratorio, live at the Met in New York, with a cast including Julia Bullock and Davóne Tines.

Marin Alsop conducts John Adams's acclaimed opera-oratorio, live at the Met in New York, with a cast including Julia Bullock and Davóne Tines - and a trio of countertenors. El Niño is a dramatic re-telling of the Nativity story, along with reflections on the wonders and tribulations of motherhood, incorporating sacred and secular texts in English, Spanish and Latin.

Presented by Debra Lew Harder with commentator Ira Siff.

Adams: El Niño
Julia Bullock (soprano)
Daniela Mack (mezzo-soprano)
Davóne Tines (baritone)
Key’mon W. Murrah (countertenor)
Siman Chung (countertenor)
Eric Jurenas (countertenor)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Marin Alsop (conductor)

3 hours, 28 minutes

Music Played

  • Amy Beach

    Theme and Variations for flute & string quartet Op.80

    Performer: Carol Wincenc. Performer: Kevin Lawrence. Performer: Carolyn Stuart. Performer: Sheila Browne. Performer: Brooks Whitehouse.
    • American Flute Quintets.
    • BRIDGE.
    • 4.
  • Aaron Copland

    Appalachian Spring (extract)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • DG.
  • George Gershwin

    An American in Paris

    Orchestra: Houston Symphony. Conductor: Andrés Orozco‐Estrada.
    • Music of the Americas.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 401.

Broadcast

  • Sat 4 May 2024 18:00