Name: The Met OrchestraYannick Nézet-Séguin
Start: 2023-06-29T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-06-29T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Barbican Centre

Organization

Conductor

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Singer

Joyce DiDonato

Soloists

Angel Blue

Russell Thomas

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Barbican Centre

The Met Orchestra/Yannick Nézet-Séguin

London

United Kingdom

Barbican Concert Hall

The Met Orchestra/Yannick Nézet-Séguin: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture Tchaikovsky,P (+3 More)

Public

Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

Lear Sketches

The Trojans

Othello

Approved

Bass

Instrumentalist

Pianist

Violinist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

Percussionist

hornist

Oboist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Trombonist

Harper

Saxophonist

Harpsichordist

Bassist

Accordionist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da gamba

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Composer

Stage director

Librettist

Set designer

Costume designer

Choreographer

Lighting designer

Dancer

Actor

Chorus master

Video designer

Dramaturge

Translator

Sound designer

Repetiteur

Makeup artist

Executive producer

Hairstylist

Other

Stage Manager

Choir

Poet

Vocal coach

Teacher

Photographer

Broadcasting

Illustrator

Writer

Writing and performance

Chorus Director

Wig & Makeup Designer

Orchestra Operations

Extra

Contralto

Tenor

Countertenor

Baritone

Bass-baritone

Mezzo-soprano

Soprano

Spoken

Child vocalist

Silent

Alto

Continuo

Joyce DiDonato, Renée Fleming and Russell Thomas: if this dream team of singers wasn’t enough, add in Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the fabled Met Orchestra and you’ve got an unmissable end to our season.

Celebrating the genius of Shakespeare in musical form, the Met Orchestra open with Tchaikovsky’s swoon-inducing depiction of star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet. Matthew Aucoin fuses classical and jazz harmonies to describe one of the playwright’s most devastating tragedies in Lear Sketches. Shakespeare’s influence is everywhere: Berlioz’s Les Troyens borrows themes from The Merchant of Venice. And Verdi describes the heart-breaking story of Otello, with its anger and jealousy, and of course exquisite music, all the better to pierce the heart.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin brings his lightning-rod energy to direct the Met Orchestra in their first UK appearance in over 20 years, and the operatic power combination of Joyce DiDonato, Renée Fleming and Russell Thomas will prove that all the world is a stage. If you’re not there, wherefore art thou?

Programme

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet
Matthew Aucoin Lear Sketches
Hector Berlioz 'Chers Tyriens' from Les Troyens
'Royal Hunt and Storm' from Les Troyens
'Adieu, fière cité' from Les Troyens
Giuseppe Verdi Act IV from Otello
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Performers

The Met Orchestra
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conductor
Joyce DiDonato soprano
Renée Fleming soprano
Russell Thomas tenor

English

The Met Orchestra/Yannick Nézet-Séguin by Tchaikovsky, P. I., Aucoin, Berlioz, Verdi, From (2023/2023), Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Barbican Centre, London, United Kingdom

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Ensemble

Programme, About & Synopsis

Photos

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues