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Golijov's Ainadamar

Angel Blue and Daniela Mack star in Golijov's opera dramatizing the life and work of Poet-playwright Fedirico Garcia Lorca. Miguel Harth-Bedoya conducts.

From the New York Metropolitan Opera, Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov鈥檚 Grammy Award鈥搘inning first opera dramatizes the life and work of poet-playwright Federico Garc铆a Lorca, who was assassinated by fascist forces at the start of the Spanish Civil War for his socialist politics and homosexuality. His story emerges through the memories of Catalan actress Margarita Xirgu, Lorca鈥檚 muse鈥攕opranos Angel Blue and Gabriella Reyes鈥攚ho reminisces to her student Nuria, portrayed by soprano Elena Villal贸n. Lorca himself makes a dreamlike appearance, sung as a trouser role by mezzo-soprano Daniela Mack, and flamenco singer Alfredo Tejada completes the principal cast as the Falangist politician Ram贸n Ruiz Alonso, who arranged Lorca鈥檚 execution. Combining features of both an opera and a passion, Ainadamar, conducted by Miguel Harth-Bedoya in his Met debut, crackles with the energy and rhythms of flamenco and rumba, as well as the violent backdrop of civil war.

Presented from the Met by Debra Lew Harder and Ira Siff.

Golijov: Ainadamar

Margarita Xirgu....Angel Blue (soprano)
Federico Garc铆a Lorca..... Daniela Mack (mezzo-soprano),
Nuria.....Elena Villal贸n (soprano),
Ram贸n Ruiz Alonso.....Alfredo Tejada (tenor)
Metropolitan Opera House Chorus and Orchestra
Miguel Harth-Bedoya (conductor)

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Music Played

  • Osvaldo Golijov

    Ainadamar - Opera In 3 Images

    Performer: Gonzalo Grau. Performer: Adam Del Monte. Singer: Angel Blue. Singer: Daniela Mack. Singer: Elena Villal贸n. Singer: Alfredo Tejada. Singer: Jasmine Muhammad. Singer: Gina Perregrino. Singer: Scott Conner. Singer: Eleomar Cuello. Singer: Federico De Michelis. Choir: New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus. Orchestra: New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Miguel Harth-Bedoya.

  • Marin Marais

    Le folies d'espagne

    Performer: William Hunt. Ensemble: Purcell Quartet.
    • Marin Marais 'La folia' & other music for viols and violins The Purcell Quartet.
    • Hyperion.
    • 20.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto No 4 in D major, K218

    Performer: Gottfried von der Goltz. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Director: Kristian Bezuidenhout.
    • Aparte.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Hyperion.

Broadcast

  • Sat 5 Apr 2025 18:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3