Strauss's Die Frau ohne Schatten
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Richard Strauss's epic fairytale live at the New York Met, starring Elza van den Heever, Lise Lindstrom, Nina Stemme, Michael Volle and Issachah Savage.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Richard Strauss's epic fairytale live at the New York Met, starring Elza van den Heever, Lise Lindstrom, Nina Stemme, Michael Volle and Issachah Savage.
Die Frau ohne Schatten is an opera that grapples with the essence of being human. Like Mozart's The Magic Flute, it explores the nature of love and human psychology through a drama of two contrasting couples: the humble dyer Barak and his wife, and the Emperor and Empress - the "woman without a shadow" of the title, who must decide whether to sacrifice someone else’s happiness to achieve her own.
Presented by Debra Lew Harder and Ira Siff.
Empress ..... Elza van den Heever (soprano)
Emperor ..... Issachah Savage (tenor)
Empress's Nurse ..... Nina Stemme (soprano)
Barak, a Dyer ..... Michael Volle (baritone)
Barak's wife ..... Lise Lindstrom (soprano)
Spirit Messenger ..... Ryan Speedo Green (bass-baritone)
Barak's hunchbacked brother ..... Thomas Capobianco (tenor)
Barak's one-eyed brother ..... Aleksey Bogdanov (baritone)
Barak's one-armed brother ..... Scott Conner (bass)
Falcon ..... Jessica Faselt (soprano)
Voice of a Young Man ..... Ryan Capozzo (tenor)
Voice from Above ..... Ronnita Miller (mezzo-soprano)
Guardian of the Threshold ..... Laura Wilde (soprano)
Servants ..... Susanne Burgess and Kathryn Henry (sopranos); Hannah Ludwig (mezzo-soprano)
Voices of the Unborn Children ..... Meryl Dominguez and Marielle Murphy (sopranos); Hannah Jones, Leia Lensing and Erin Wagner (mezzo-sopranos); Megan Esther Grey (contralto)
Watchmen ..... Brian Major (baritone); Jeongcheol Cha (bass-baritone); Paul Corona (bass)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin
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