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CINEMA NOUVEAU PRESENTS THE NEW 2016 \/ 17 METROPOLITAN OPERA SEASON, INCLUDING SIX NEW PRODUCTIONS<\/strong>
\nExclusively at Cinema Nouveau and select Ster-Kinekor theatres countrywide, ten opulent operas, including five new productions, from the Met stage to the big digital screen<\/p>\n

MET: LIVE IN HD BROADCASTS A NEW PRODUCTION OF WAGNER\u2019S TRAGIC OPERA, TRISTAN UND ISOLDE<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAn audacious new production\u2026 Compelling, vulnerable performances\u2026 from a strong cast, especially the astonishing soprano Nina Stemme\u2026 [Her Isolde is] outstanding…\u201d \u2013 New York Times<\/p>\n

\"Tristan<\/p>\n

The second opera in the current 2016\/17 Met: Live in HD season, filmed for broadcast into cinemas from The Metropolitan Opera in New York, is a new staging of Richard Wagner\u2019s epic tragedy, Tristan und Isolde. This powerful production releases at Cinema Nouveau and select Ster-Kinekor cinemas on Saturday, 03 December, for limited screenings.<\/p>\n

Now in its eleventh year, The Met: Live in HD series is screened in cinemas around the world, including exclusive releases at Cinema Nouveau and Ster-Kinekor here in South Africa. The Met\u2019s new season presents ten opulent, full-length operas including five new productions, three of which are new to the series.<\/p>\n

All three acts of Tristan und Isolde are originally set, respectively, aboard ship on the Irish Sea, in Cornwall (southwestern Britain), and in Brittany (northwestern France). The many versions of this story all pay homage to the Celtic ambience and probable origin of the tale. Wagner\u2019s preservation of this context emphasises several key themes associated with ancient Celtic culture: mysticism, knowledge of the magic arts, an evolved warrior code, and a distinctly non-Christian vision of the possibilities of the afterlife.<\/p>\n

The opera is conducted by Sir Simon Rattle in his first Live in HD performance, and is directed by Mariusz Treli\u0144ski. Nina Stemme stars as the world\u2019s pre-eminent Isolde, a touchstone role she has sung with major opera companies around the world. Her Tristan is Australian heldentenor Stuart Skelton, who sang Siegmund in the Met\u2019s Ring cycle in 2013.<\/p>\n

The cast also includes Ekaterina Gubanova as Brang\u00e4ne and Evgeny Nikitin as Kurwenal (both in Met role debuts), with Ren\u00e9 Pape reprising King Marke, a role he has sung to acclaim in three previous Met seasons. The staging, by Mariusz Treli\u0144ski (who directed the 2015 Met double bill of Iolanta and Bluebeard\u2019s Castle) is a co-production with the Festival Hall Baden-Baden, Teatr Wielki \u2013 Polish National Opera, and China National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) Beijing.<\/p>\n

With its world premiere at Munich Court Theater in 1865, Wagner\u2019s breathtaking meditation on love and death holds a unique place in the opera world. Its music has astounded, infuriated, and inspired audiences since it was first heard, and the title roles in Tristan und Isolde are acknowledged as among the most extraordinarily demanding in opera. The vocal challenges, the sumptuous symphonic scale of the orchestral writing, and the mystical nature of the story, with its opportunities for creative visual design, make this awe-inspiring work a phenomenon of the Met repertory.<\/p>\n

In addition to the production, cinema audiences are invited behind the scenes with the Met’s stars. Singers serve as hosts for the HD series, conducting live interviews with cast and crew members as well as the production teams. They introduce the popular behind-the-scenes features during the intermissions, giving cinema audiences an unprecedented look at what goes into staging an opera at one of the world\u2019s greatest houses. The series has become a global phenomenon with more than 19 million tickets sold since its inception ten years ago.<\/p>\n

The Tristan und Isolde intermission feature includes:<\/p>\n