Verdi’s La Forza del Destino (The Met: Live in HD 2023/24 Season)

EVENT DESCRIPTION

Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Verdi’s grand tale of ill-fated love, deadly vendettas, and family strife, with stellar soprano Lise Davidsen as the noble Leonora, one of the repertory’s most tormented—and thrilling—heroines. Director Mariusz Treliński delivers the company’s first new Forza in nearly 30 years, setting the scene in a contemporary world and making extensive use of the Met’s turntable to represent the unstoppable advance of destiny that drives the opera’s chain of calamitous events. The distinguished cast also features tenor Brian Jagde as Leonora’s forbidden beloved, Don Alvaro; baritone Igor Golovatenko as her vengeful brother, Don Carlo; mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Semenchuk as the fortune teller Preziosilla; bass-baritone Patrick Carfizzi as Fra Melitone; and bass Soloman Howard as both Leonora’s father and Padre Guardiano.

Trailer Preview: https://youtu.be/a3xscY7ZwOM?si=a-SHwU1FqzhQMNCt

Latest screening schedule: http://www.themetinhongkong.info/

*Senior and Student: $290

* 10% off upon showing Hong Kong Arts Administrators Association (HKAAA) membership card at cinemas’ ticket office

21 April 2024 (SUN) 2:30pm | MOViE MOViE Pacific Place

2 June 2024 (SUN) 2:30pm | Premiere Elements

ABOUT THE ARTIST / ORGANISER

The Foundation for the Arts and Music in Asia (FAMA) is a not-for-profit organisation created to increase the awareness of classical vocal music in the region and to foster an appreciation of the art of Western opera. With The Met: Live in HD program, FAMA is delighted to give residents of Hong Kong the opportunity to experience world-class opera performances from one of the world’s most famous opera companies, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, at selected cinemas in Hong Kong.