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La Clemenza di Tito.(performances during 2004-05 Metropolitan Opera season)(includes opera cast, plot, background)(Calendar)
Publication: Opera News Publication Date: 01-APR-05 Author: Mazzola, Caterino
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COPYRIGHT 2005 Metropolitan Opera Guild, Inc.
BROADCAST OF MAY 7, 2005, 1:30 P.M.
THE METROPOLITAN OPERA INTERNATIONAL RADIO NETWORK
THE 2004-05 METROPOLITAN OPERA BROADCAST SEASON IS MADE POSSIBLE BY GENEROUS GRANTS FROM THE ANNENBERG FOUNDATION AND THE VINCENT A. STABILE FOUNDATION
LA CLEMENZA DI TITO THE CAST (in order of vocal appearance) Vitellia soprano, MELANIE DIENER Sesto mezzo, ANNE SOFIE VON OTTER Annio mezzo, SARAH CONNOLLY Publio baritone, LUCA PISARONI Tito tenor, FRANK LOPARDO Berenice mime, TBA Servilia soprano, HEIDI GRANT MURPHY Conducted by JAMES LEVINE Production: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle Set and costume designer: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle Lighting designer: Gil Wechsler Stage director: Peter McClintock Chorus master: Raymond Hughes Musical preparation: Robert Myers, Donna Racik, Kevin Murphy, Gareth Morrell Assistant stage director: Gregory Keller Prompter: Donna Racik Recitative accompanist: Kevin Murphy Production a gift of the Lila Acheson and DeWitt Wallace Fund for Lincoln Center, established by the founders of The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. THE SCENES Timings (ET) (Rome, A.D. 79) ACT I 1:30-2:32 ACT II 3:03-4:15 Announcer: Margaret Juntwait Audio director: Jay David Saks INTERMISSION FEATURE Producer: Michael Bronson Timing "OPERA NEWS on the Air" 2:32-3:03 Joseph Volpe in conversation with Robert Marx Send quiz questions to Metropolitan Opera Quiz, Box 805, ED.R. Station, New York, NY 10150, or log on to www.operainfo.org.
THE STORY
ACT I. Vitellia, daughter of the deposed emperor Vitellius,...
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