Alek Shrader Movies
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The Metropolitan Opera: The Tempest
The Metropolitan Opera: The TempestMOVIE
Composer Thomas Adès conducts the Met premiere of his powerful opera based on Shakespeare’s last play, in Robert Lepage’s brilliantly inventive produc...
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The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry Widow
The Metropolitan Opera: The Merry WidowMOVIE
Renée Fleming lights up the Met stage as Hanna Glawari, the fabulously wealthy widow of the title in Lehár’s beloved operetta, set in Paris and seen i...
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L'heure espagnole
L'heure espagnoleMOVIE
L'Heure espagnole is a one-act operatic farce written by Ravel and first premiered in 1911. The title's literal translation is "The Spanish Hour", but...
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The Audition
The AuditionMOVIE
An engrossing behind-the-scenes quasi-documentary as 10 hopefuls vie for a spot on the Met's roster.
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Donizetti: Don Pasqual - Glyndebourne
Donizetti: Don Pasqual - GlyndebourneMOVIE
One of the reasons why Donizetti's Don Pasquale is regarded as a cornerstone of the Italian comic opera tradition is because its characters are no mer...
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Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - The San Francisco Opera
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - The San Francisco OperaMOVIE
It is love at first sight when the knight Walther von Stolzing first meets the goldsmith’s daughter, Eva. But tradition trumps love in 19th-century Nu...