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Having found success with Anne Hathaway in the leading role, the play was later transformed into an opera by two-time Tony Award-winner Jeanine Tesori: first premiered in Washington in 2023, it is now coming to the Met. Taking on the two roles in the chamber opera under the baton of Yannick Nézet-Seguin will be Canadian mezzo-soprano Emily D'Angelo and American tenor Ben Bliss.
The broadcast will be sung in the original language, and shown with Hungarian and English subtitles.
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Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Performers:
Jess........................................Emily D'Angelo
Eric.........................................Ben Bliss
Featuring: The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
libretto: George Brant
set design: Mimi Lien
costumes: Tom Broecker
lighting: Kevin Adams
projections: Jason H. Thompson, Kaitlyn Pietras
sound design: Palmer Hefferan
choreographer: David Neumann
dramaturg: Paul Cremo
director: Michael Mayer
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