sorry to interrupt the philosophy, but......
GREATEST THING EVER EVER EVER EVER EVERRRRRRRR
"The world premiere production of The First Emperor, a historical pageant of ancient China, will open on December 21, 2006. The new work, commissioned by The Met, will be composed and conducted by Tan Dun and staged by legendary film director Zhang Yimou, who made his operatic debut directing Turandot at the Forbidden City in 1998. Novelist Ha Jin co-wrote the libretto with Tan Dun. Plácido Domingo sings the title role of China’s great leader who unifies the country, but sacrifices the happiness of his daughter, Princess Yue-yang, to be portrayed by Elizabeth Futral and Sarah Coburn. The Emperor also forsakes his dear friend, a composer, Gao Jian-li, sung by Paul Groves, whom he forces to create music for the imperial inauguration. The work is based on Historical Records by Sima Qian (c. 145 – c. 85 B.C.) and on the screenplay by Wei Lu, The Legend of the Bloody Zheng."
TAN DUN! I LOVE HIM
and ha jins such a great writer that i can't even believe he agreed to do this libretto!
and zhang yimou! THAT IS SO AWESOME! even if you were bored by hero, admit it was visually magnificent. because it was.
as if that weren't all enough, PLACIDO DOMINGO! MY IDOL! is going to be in it! YES!
additional notes: netrebko in i puritani! gheorghiu in boccanegra! and eventually, gheorgiu AND alagna in carmen!
life is GREAT!
(plus, the met has lowered price pts of their cheapest tickets from 26 to 15. to reach out to the public)
(however, i'm quite mad about the english language die zauberflote production)
"The world premiere production of The First Emperor, a historical pageant of ancient China, will open on December 21, 2006. The new work, commissioned by The Met, will be composed and conducted by Tan Dun and staged by legendary film director Zhang Yimou, who made his operatic debut directing Turandot at the Forbidden City in 1998. Novelist Ha Jin co-wrote the libretto with Tan Dun. Plácido Domingo sings the title role of China’s great leader who unifies the country, but sacrifices the happiness of his daughter, Princess Yue-yang, to be portrayed by Elizabeth Futral and Sarah Coburn. The Emperor also forsakes his dear friend, a composer, Gao Jian-li, sung by Paul Groves, whom he forces to create music for the imperial inauguration. The work is based on Historical Records by Sima Qian (c. 145 – c. 85 B.C.) and on the screenplay by Wei Lu, The Legend of the Bloody Zheng."
TAN DUN! I LOVE HIM
and ha jins such a great writer that i can't even believe he agreed to do this libretto!
and zhang yimou! THAT IS SO AWESOME! even if you were bored by hero, admit it was visually magnificent. because it was.
as if that weren't all enough, PLACIDO DOMINGO! MY IDOL! is going to be in it! YES!
additional notes: netrebko in i puritani! gheorghiu in boccanegra! and eventually, gheorgiu AND alagna in carmen!
life is GREAT!
(plus, the met has lowered price pts of their cheapest tickets from 26 to 15. to reach out to the public)
(however, i'm quite mad about the english language die zauberflote production)
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