The Ghosts of Versailles
Movie - 180mins
What happened to Figaro and his friends after the events told in Rossini’s and Mozart’s operas? One possible sequel is told in John Corigliano’s “grand opera buffa” The Ghosts of Versailles—an uproariously funny and deeply moving work inspired by Beaumarchais’s third Figaro play, La Mère Coupable, and commissioned by the Met to celebrate its 100th anniversary. This telecast captures its world premiere run, conducted by James Levine. Håkan Hagegård is Beaumarchais, Figaro’s creator, who is deeply in love with Marie Antoinette (Teresa Stratas in a heart-searing performance) and determined to rewrite history and save her from the guillotine. A young Renée Fleming, at the beginning of her international career, sings the unfaithful Rosina. Gino Quilico is the wily Figaro who tries to take matters in his own hands, and Marilyn Horne stops the show as the exotic entertainer Samira.
Cast:
Betsy
Norden
Kitt
Reuter-Foss
Wendy
Hoffmann
MET
Orchestra
Linda
Thompson
Teresa
Stratas
Håkan
Hagegård
Gino
Quilico
Renée
Fleming
Marilyn
Horne
Graham
Clark
Judith
Christin
Peter
Kazaras
Tracy
Dahl
Neil
Rosenshein
Stella
Zambalis
Wilbur
Pauley
Jane
Shaulis
Richard
Drews
James
Courtney
Ara
Berberian
Dean
Badolato
Philip
Cokorinos
Midhat
Serbagi
Betsy
Norden
Kitt
Reuter-Foss
Wendy
Hoffmann
MET
Orchestra
Linda
Thompson
Teresa
Stratas
Håkan
Hagegård
Gino
Quilico
Renée
Fleming
Marilyn
Horne