Romeo et Juliette

[Yankeefan007]

Romeo et Juliette#1

Posted: 12/13/07 at 2:49pm

The MET is broadcasting this Saturday's matinee of Romeo et Juliette (with Placido Domingo conducting) at all the various movie theaters which are participating.

Worthwhile to buy a ticket?

[bwaylvsong]

re: Romeo et Juliette#2

Posted: 12/13/07 at 2:53pm

Absolutely, but of course it would be better to see live.

[AC126748]

re: Romeo et Juliette#2

Posted: 12/13/07 at 3:39pm

If you can still get a ticket, yes. I saw the first performance of the season (September 25) and it was a night of beautiful singing. The voices of Netrebko and Alagna marry beautifully together, and both are more than competent actors. (Personally, I felt that it was Netrebko's finest singing to date, especially "Amour, ranime mon courage".)

bway--he WILL be seeing it live, just not at the Met proper.

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

[bwaylvsong]

re: Romeo et Juliette#3

Posted: 12/13/07 at 3:47pm

Oh, I know. I meant live, in person, at the Met.

And just to convince you to go, here's

Anna Netrebko singing Juliette's Waltz Updated On: 12/13/07 at 03:47 PM

[AC126748]

re: Romeo et Juliette#4

Posted: 12/13/07 at 3:58pm

Are tickets still available? The last time that I checked, all of the NYC locations were sold out.

I'll be seeing the Macbeth telecast from a theatre in New Jersey.

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

[SporkGoddess]

re: Romeo et Juliette#5

Posted: 12/13/07 at 4:11pm

They're a heck of a lot cheaper than actual opera tickets.

Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!

[Yankeefan007]

re: Romeo et Juliette#6

Posted: 12/13/07 at 5:59pm

AC1 - By me in Queens (the hub of sophistamicated opera folk), neither the Live performance and the Encore are sold out.

In fact, I was just able to hypothetically purchase 30 tickets.

[AlexanderB]

re: Romeo et Juliette#7

Posted: 12/13/07 at 6:03pm

A bit different, but the West Coast premier of Romeo et Juliette (the contemporary ballet version) is going to be danced by the Pacific Northwest Ballet this spring.


So excited!

[Mattbrain]

re: Romeo et Juliette#8

Posted: 12/13/07 at 6:08pm

I thought this would be about the French musical, Romeo et Juliette.

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[AC126748]

re: Romeo et Juliette#9

Posted: 12/13/07 at 6:17pm

In that case, Yankee, definitely go.

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

[bwaylvsong]

re: Romeo et Juliette#10

Posted: 12/13/07 at 6:20pm

Yes, GO! And make sure to give us a full report .

[Yankeefan007]

re: Romeo et Juliette#11

Posted: 12/13/07 at 6:21pm

My only available opportunity is the Sunday Encore. I'm still debating.

Will let y'all know.

[thtrbear]

re: Romeo et Juliette#12

Posted: 12/14/07 at 6:11pm

Do these get shown on PBS later or released on dvd? Thanks!