Movie Description
The Metropolitan Opera: L’Amour de Loin
(2016)Overview
Robert Lepage’s dreamlike production, with its thousands of twinkling LED lights stretching across the stage to represent the sea, encapsulates the mystic feeling of L’Amour de Loin, Saariaho’s haunting opera of distant love. Eric Owens is Jaufré Rudel, a troubadour in 12th century France who has become tired of his hedonistic life and longs for an idealized love. Enter the Pilgrim (Tamara Mumford) who tells him his perfect love does, in fact, exist, far across the sea. She is Clémence, Countess of Tripoli (Susanna Phillips). The magic of the characters’ inner lives as they explore the meaning of love, longing, life, and death is heightened by Saariaho’s hypnotic and bewitching score, conducted by Susanna Mälkki.
Featured Crew
- Director : Robert Lepage,Gary Halvorson
- Writer : Amin Maalouf
- Cast : Susanna Phillips,Tamara Mumford,Eric Owens,Deborah Voigt,MET Orchestra
Cast
Clémence
The Pilgrim
Jaufré Rudel
Self - Host
Facts
Original TitleThe Metropolitan Opera: L’Amour de Loin
Status Released
Release Information
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2016-12-10
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 02h 10m
Homepagehttps://www.metopera.org/season/on-demand/opera/?upc=811357018828
Production CompaniesThe Metropolitan Opera
Genres
- Music