Season 2021 2022

Metropolitan Opera New York

21/22

This season, make way for novelty and originality! Explore lyrical art in all its

variety, from bel canto to jazz influences, through twelve shows presented live

from the Metropolitan Opera in New York at Le Bugue.

This eclectic program promotes both unpublished operas by contemporary

composers - Comme un feu devorant contained in my bones (Fire shut up in

my bones) by Terence Blanchard, Eurydice by Matthew Aucoin, Hamlet by

Brett Dean - and major works from the repertoire. , all carried by prestigious

names on the international scene.

Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov opens the season in October, followed by eleven

titles including seven new productions ones including Rigoletto by Verdi,

Ariane à Naxos by Strauss, Don Carlos by Verdi and Lucia di Lammermoor by

Donizetti.

Let the music transport you and experience vibrant emotions from stage to

screen, live from New York to Le Bugue.

L’association Confluence des Arts et des Savoirs

vous propose pour la saison 2021-2022 trois

opéras qui vous ont été présentés et qui vous ont

charmé au cours des années passées. Ces

Opera ticket: € 15 per person.

Reservations: exclusively at g.thomasset@orange.fr or by phone at 06 80 63 33 08.

During the intermission, a garnished plate is available for € 7, wine extra.

The broadcasts will take place in the Eugène Le Roy-24260 Le Bugue room as part of a

COVID 19 protocol protocol validated by the Prefecture of the Dordogne.

The pass sanitaire is required at the entrance of the room.

You wish to receive information on the next operas, send us your e-mail address to:

g.thomasset@orange.fr. Let your friends know about our program.

2021-2022 CALENDAR SEASON

2021 OCTOBER Sat. oct. 9 BORIS GODOUNOV Mussorgski 6.25pm

OCTOBER Sat. oct. 23 FIRE SHUT UP IN MY

BONES Blanchard 6.25pm

NOVEMBER Sat. nov. 13 ARMIDA Rossini 6.25pm

NOVEMBER Sat. nov. 27 MACBETH Verdi 6.25pm

2022 JANUARY Sat. jan. 1st CINDERELLA Massenet 6.25pm

JANUARY Sat. jan. 29 RIGOLETTO Verdi 6.25pm

FEBRUARY Sat. feb. 19 LE COMTE ORY Rossini 6.25pm

MARCH Sat. mar 12 ARIADNE AUF NAXOS Strauss 6.25pm

MARCH Sat. mar 26 DON CARLOS Verdi 4.15pm

APRIL Sat. april 16 MARIA STUART Donizetti 6.25pm

MAY Sat. may 7 TURANDOT Puccini 6.25pm

MAY Sat. may 21 LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR Donizetti 6.25pm

Samedi

9

Octobre 2021 - 18h25

For the 2021-2022 season, the Confluence des Arts et des Savoirs association offers

replacing Euridice and Hamlet additional operas that have been presented to you and that

have charmed you over the past few years. These recordings are provided to us by the

MET, they have the quality of live broadcasts.

BORIS GODOUNOV

Saturday

9 october 2021 6.25pm

Live from New york

Composer Modeste Mussorgski Production Stefen Wadsworth Conductor Sebastian Weigle

Cast René Pape (Boris Godounov), David Butt Philipp (Grigory), Maxim Paster (Shuisky), Aleksey Bogdanov (Shchelkalov), Ain Anger (Pimène), Ryan Speedo Green (Varlaam)

Boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia, seized power under opaque circumstances which disturb his serenity. Learning from the monk Pimenes of the terrible actions carried out by the sovereign to gain access to the throne, the novice Grigori decides to provoke fate and undertakes to overthrow the Tsar by posing as the legitimate contender for the crown. Mussorgsky's masterpiece offers a formidable portrait of the tormented Tsar torn between startling ambition and paralyzing paranoia, embodied by bass René Pape. Conductor Sebastian Weigle conducts this pillar of the Russian repertoire, taken up in its original version from 1869. Stephen Wadsworth's touching production poignantly captures the hope and suffering of the Russian people. Opera in one prologue and four acts, presented in Russian with French subtitles.

Saturday

23 October 2021 – 6.25pm

Fire shut up in my bones Comme un feu dévorant enfermé dans mes os

Live from New York

Composer Terence Blanchard Production James Robinson & Camille A. Brown Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin Cast Angel Blue (Destiny/Loneliness/Greta), Latonia Moore (Billie), Will Liverman (Charles) The youngest of five boys, Charles is very attached to his mother Billie who, in addition to working hard, has to put up with her husband's infidelities. The child thrives as best he can until the day when a traumatic event forever turns his life upside down. For the first time in the history of the Met, a work composed by an African-American is presented on its prestigious stage. By adapting journalist Charles M. Blow's memoirs for opera, jazz musician and composer Terence Blanchard reveals a profound lyrical work. In the cast, we find the soprano Angel Blue, discovered live at the cinema in Porgy and Bess during the 19-20 season, in a staging co-signed by James Robinson and Camille A. Brown. Opera in three acts presented in English with French subtitles.

Saturday

13 November 2021 – 6.25pm ARMIDA

Recorded in New York

Composer Gioachino Rossini Production Mary Zimmerman Conductor Riccardo Frizza

Cast Renée Fleming (Armida), Lawrence Brownlee (Rinaldo), Barry Banks (Gernando/Carlo), John Osborn (Goffredo), Kobie Van Rensburg (Ubaldo)

An evening to match the event: Armida first performed on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera in New York, almost two hundred years after its creation. If Rossini's dramma per musica, composed in Naples in 1817, does not appear more often in lyric theaters, in America or elsewhere, it is not because of its lower quality - on the contrary - but because it requires a cast that is almost impossible to bring together: six tenors, three of whom are at least well versed in the very perilous exercise of Rossini's song, and a soprano with an exceptional voice and dramatic temperament. Supreme role that Maria Callas, in 1952 in Florence, took to a dizzying height. On a different scale but with its own strengths, Renée Fleming offered, in 1993 in Pesaro, a striking interpretation, enhanced by the presence of suitable tenors (which Callas did not have). Seventeen years later, and without having in the meantime taken up the torch of the magician, the American singer once again takes up the challenge. We wonder about the motivations of an artist who, at the height of her fame, takes the double risk of facing a murderous score and of confronting her own ghost. We even salute the courage that presided over such an enterprise. Especially since Armida is pretty much Renée Fleming's only foray into a world foreign to her vocal nature. In 1993, the beauty of the timbre and the ardor of youth gave the change.

Saturday

27

November 2021 – 6.25pm MACBETH Recorded in New York

Composer Giuseppe Verdi Production Adrian Noble Conductor Fabio Luisi Cast Anna Netreko (Lady Macbeth), Željko Lučić (Macbeth), Joseph Calleja (Macduff), René PAPE (Banquo)

On a deserted moor, three witches promise Macbeth an exceptional fate: he will be king. To fulfill the prophecy as much as to satisfy his wife's ambition, Macbeth assassinates his ruler and his friend. But murder calls for murder. To drown the guilt that gnaws at him and silence the ghosts that haunt him, Macbeth kills. Until the spilled blood in turn overwhelmed him. Like the original Shakespearean tragedy, the opera is all black in both subject matter and musical writing. A book about power and perdition, the plot centers on Macbeth and especially his wife, a dominant figure in the drama and for whom the composer wrote one of his finest roles as a prima donna. One of his finest but also one of the heaviest vocally, requiring from its performer both full possession of the highs of the first act and the qualities of a dramatic soprano in the fourth, especially for the famous sleepwalking scene. The entire work is built around the poisonous seduction of Lady Macbeth, a magnificent twilight figure, whose lust for power and evil might dominate the plot throughout.

Saturday

1st

January 2022 – 6.25pm

CINDIRELLA Live from New York

Composer Jules Massenet Production Laurent Pelly Conductor Emmanuel Villaume

Cast Isabel Leonard (Cendrillon/Lucette), Jessica Pratt (la Fée), Emily D'Angelo (le Prince Charmant), Stephanie Blythe (Mme de la Haltière) Laurent Naouri (Pandolfe)

Madame de La Haltière is delighted that a ball is being given at the King's, hoping that the Prince falls in love with one of his two daughters. It was without counting the surprise appearance of a beautiful stranger with whom he falls head over heels in love. At the stroke of midnight, the mysterious woman rushed off, leaving one of her shoes behind. This year, celebrate the New Year in New York! Presented in a deliciously whimsical staging by Laurent Pelly and in an abridged version, Massenet's opera based on Perrault's famous tale will offer a magical break the day after New Year's Eve. One-act opera presented in English with French subtitles.

Saturday

29 January 2022 – 6.25pm

RIGOLETTO

En direct de New York

Composer Giuseppe Verdi Production Bartlett Sher Conductor Daniele RUSTIONI Cast Quinn Kelsey (Rigoletto), Rosa Feola (Gilda), Piotr Beczała (le duc de Mantoue), Andrea Mastroni (Sparafucile), Varduhi Abrahamyan (Maddalena) During a costume ball, the jester Rigoletto humiliates guests who are victims of the maneuvers of the Duke of Mantua, a shameless seducer. To make him pay for his mockery, Rigoletto's enemies set out to capture his daughter Gilda, whom they believe to be his mistress. When the jester realizes he has been the target of a bad trick, he decides to take revenge with the help of the brigand Sparafucile. Taken from Victor Hugo's famous play, Le Roi d'amuse, Rigoletto helped make Verdi an essential reference in opera. The Met is hosting a new production of this ruthless tragedy, setting the action in a hushed, Art Deco 1920s Europe, which features baritone Quinn Kelsey at the helm of the cast in the imposing title role. Opera in three acts presented in Italian with French subtitles.

Saturday

19 February 2022- 6.25pm

LE COMTE ORY

Recorded in New York

Composer Gioachino Rossini Production Bartlett Sher Conductor Maurizio Benini

Cast Joyce DiDonato (Isolier), Diania Damrau (La Comtesse Adèle), Juan Diego Florez (Le Comte Ory), Stéphane Degout (Raimbaud), Michèle Pertusi (Le Gouverneur)

Rossini's rarely heard comedy is a brilliant performance in Bartlett Sher's first Met production, with a trio of today's bel canto's biggest stars in the lead roles: Juan Diego Flórez is Count Ory, a handsome thug who finds women - all women - irresistible. Diana Damrau sings the virtuous Countess Adele and Joyce DiDonato is Isolier, the count's page, who is also in love with the countess. Jokes, misunderstandings, and sexist disguises - including knights disguised as nuns - abound in this hilarious story of deception and seduction. In Paris, Rossini, who reigns over musical life, composed his last comedy, Le Comte Ory, the penultimate opera with which he enjoyed considerable success. The persistence of the enthusiastic reception for this opera bouffe is undoubtedly due to the combination of energized music and great virtuosity, coupled with a delightful libretto written around numerous misunderstandings and drama. The sparkling, invigorating and jubilant rhythm of the score is thus based on vaudevillesque situations worthy of Feydeau, a seductive reference for an audience today. At the time of the Crusades, the lords of the land left for the Holy Land, leaving the women defenseless. This is how the sister of the Lord of Formoutiers languishes in her castle, coveted by a depraved count and a page in love. Each begins to approach the beautiful recluse, Ory by dressing up, Isolier by revealing his soul: which of the two will lead the game?

Saturdayi

12 march 2022 – 6.25pm

ARIADNE AUF NAXOS

ARIANE À NAXOS En direct de New York

Composer Richard Strauss Production Elijah Moshinsky Conductor Marek Janowski Cast Lise Davidsen (Ariane) Brenda Rae (Zerbinette) Isabel Leonard (le Compositeur) Brandon Jovanovich (Bacchus) Sean Michael Plumb (Arlequin) Johannes Martin Kränzle (le Maître de musique) A sumptuous evening is given in Vienna by a rich bourgeois. On the program: a new opera, at the end of which will be presented a comedy as entertainment followed by fireworks. At the last minute, it was decided that the opera and the comedy would be performed at the same time. This singular work by Richard Strauss offers a judicious mise en abyme which reveals the richness of opera as an art form. The exhilarating soprano Lise Davidsen makes her Met debut as Ariadne, the mythological heroine abandoned on her island, directed by conductor Marek Janowski. Opera in a prologue and an act presented in German with French subtitles.

Saturday

26

March 2022 – 4.15pm

DON CARLOS Attention – special schedule

En direct de New York

Composer Giuseppe Verdi Production Sir David Mc Vicar Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin Cast Matthew Polenzani (Don Carlos) Sonya Yoncheva (Élisabeth de Valois) Etienne Dupuis (Rodrigue) Elīna Garanča (Eboli) G nt er Groi b ck (Philippe II) John Relyea (Le grand Inquisiteur) Between Don Carlos and Elisabeth of Valois, the hope of a marriage of love is quickly buried: Elisabeth must marry Philippe II, King of Spain and father of Don Carlos. Resigned although still in love with Elisabeth, Don Carlos takes compassion for the Flemings, persecuted by the Spanish crown. From then on, he opposed his father politically. Privately, the king suspects him of having an affair with Elisabeth. For the first time in its history, the company presents the original French version in five acts of Verdi's opera, mixing love and politics in a monumental new staging. The son facing the father, the Church facing the State, love facing duty, and an admirable score: nothing is lacking to bring the dramatic tension to its paroxysm! Opera in five acts presented in French with French subtitles.

Saturday

16

April 2022 – 6.25pm

MARIA STUART

Recorded from New York

Composer Gaetano Donizetti Production David Mc Vicar Conductor Maurizio Benini Cast Joyce DiDonato (Maria Stuart), Elza Van Den Heever (Elisabeth), Francesco Meli (Leicester), Joshua Hopkins (Cecil) Matthew Rose (Talbot) David McVicar stages here the second opera in Donizetti's Tudor trilogy, which takes up the royal characters at the fateful moments of their lives. Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato plays Marie Stuart, the doomed Queen of Scots, in this great bel canto drama. South African soprano Elza Van Den Heever makes her Met stage debut as the formidable rival, Queen Elizabeth I. Elisabeth, Queen of England, is in love with Leicester, appointed by her ambassador to the King of France. While her union with the ruler from across the Channel is preparing, Elisabeth tells Leicester that she reserves the right to annul the marriage, hoping to soften him. Faced with her indifference, Elisabeth fears that Leicester has fallen under the spell of her cousin Marie, Queen of Scots, whom she has condemned to death.

Opera in two acts presented in Italian with

French subtitles.

Saturday

7 may 2022 – 6.25pm

TURANDOT

En direct de New York

Composer Giacomo Puccini Production Franco Zefffirelli Conductor Marco Armiliato Cast Anna Netrebko (Turandot), Michelle Bradley (Liù), Yonghoon (Calàf), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Timur) In Beijing, Princess Turandot forces all her suitors to solve three puzzles to get her hand. If they fail, death is promised to them. Calàf arrives in the city, where he finds his father Timur and his companion Liù. Dazzled by the beauty of Turandot, he decides to take up the challenge of the cruel princess despite the insistent pleas of the two beings who care about him. Superstar Anna Netrebko will mark her long-awaited debut as Turandot at the Metropolitan Opera, in the lush and popular staging by Franco Zeffirelli under the musical direction of Marco Armilato. Tenor Yonghoon Lee is Calàf, the daring prince determined to win the love of the princess. We will also find the soprano Michelle Bradley in the devoted Liù as well as the legendary bass Ferruccio Furlanetto in the role of Timur. Opera in three acts presented in Italian with French subtitles.

Saturday

31

May 2022 – 6.25pm

LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR

En direct de New York

Composer Gaetano Donizetti Production Simon Stoene Conductor Riccardo Frizza Cast

Nadine Sierra (Lucia Ashton) Javier Camarena (Edgardo Ravenswood) Artur Ruciń ki (Enrico A ton) Matthew Rose (Raimondo) Lucia Ashton and Edgardo Ravenswood swear love and loyalty to each other in defiance of the apparent enmity between their two families. Enrico, Lucia's brother, has other plans for her: to satisfy his personal interest, and while Edgardo has left for France, he presents his sister with false accusations against the one she loves and pushes her despite she to sign a marriage contract with Arturo Bucklaw. Flagship piece by Italian composer Donizetti, Lucia Di Lammermoor features a sextet renowned for being one of the most beautiful ensembles in the entire repertoire. Her title role, which oscillates between fragility and madness, represents a formidable challenge for the soprano who embodies it. The remarkable cast of this electrifying new production by Simon Stone promises a breathtaking evening! Opera in three acts presented in Italian

with French subtitles.

MOVIE THEATER :

WHAT ARE THE HEALTH MEASURES IN PLACE?

PASS SANITAIRE

New regulations from Monday August 9:

Establishment of the pass sanitaire

Following the final vote of the law by the Constitutional Council and

the decree of August 7, the limitation of the gauges is removed and

the control of the Pass Sanitaire for all adults becomes mandatory in

the rooms, from Monday August 30, for all the sessions.

As for the mask, it is still compulsory indoors.

The pass sanitaire is in the form of a QRCode:

• To be imported into your TousAntiCovid-Carnet application

• To be printed from the Ameli.fr portal

How to get this health pass?

• a complete vaccination schedule

• proof of a negative test of less than 72 hours

• The result of a positive test attesting to recovery from Covid-19,

dating more than 11 days and less than 6 months

This program for the 2021-2022 season of

the operas from

NEW YORK METROPOLITAN OPERA

is brought to you by

the association

CONFLUENCE OF ARTS AND KNOWLEDGE

For any contact or information please

contact:

Guy Thomasset

0680633308

g.thomasset@orange.fr