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Great Performances at the Met: Ariadne Auf Naxos

Great Performances at the Met: Ariadne Auf Naxos

Sun, 08/07/2022 - 1:00pm
WXXI-TV

Lise Davidsen

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Soprano Lise Davidsen brings one of her signature roles to the Met for the first time as the mythological Greek heroine of Strauss’ masterpiece conducted by Marek Janowski. The cast also features mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard as the composer of the opera-within-an-opera around which the plot revolves, with soprano Brenda Rae as the spirited Zerbinetta, tenor Brandon Jovanovich as Ariadne’s lover, the god Bacchus, and Wolfgang Brendel as the Major-Domo. Great Performances at the Met: Ariande Auf Naxos air Sunday, August 7 at 1 p.m. on WXXI-TV.

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