Robert Lepage’s dreamlike production, with its thousands of twinkling LED lights stretching across the stage to represent the sea, encapsulates the mystic feeling of L’Amour de Loin, Saariaho’s haunting opera of distant love. Eric Owens is Jaufré Rudel, a troubadour in 12th century France who has become tired of his hedonistic life and longs for an idealized love. Enter the Pilgrim (Tamara Mumford) who tells him his perfect love does, in fact, exist, far across the sea. She is Clémence, Countess of Tripoli (Susanna Phillips). The magic of the characters’ inner lives as they explore the meaning of love, longing, life, and death is heightened by Saariaho’s hypnotic and bewitching score, conducted by Susanna Mälkki.
Robert Lepage
Director
Gary Halvorson
Director
Amin Maalouf
Writer
Susanna Phillips
Clémence
Tamara Mumford
The Pilgrim
Eric Owens
Jaufré Rudel
Deborah Voigt
Self - Host
MET Orchestra
Taylor Swift: Reputation Stadium Tour81%
Eminem: Live from New York City83%
Whitney Houston: Live in Concert75%
Mozart, l'opéra rock79%
One Direction: Up All Night - The Live Tour80%
Taylor Swift City of Lover Concert82%
Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids73%
Roger Waters: The Wall79%
Dua Lipa: Studio 205490%
Jesus Christ Superstar - Live Arena Tour74%
Shawn Mendes: Live in Concert80%
Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert82%
The Big Four: Live in Sofia82%
Nirvana: Live at the Paramount81%
Bee Gees: One Night Only81%
Olivia Rodrigo: GUTS World Tour77%
O'Dessa58%
Coda60%
Silk Stockings68%
High Strung Free Dance73%
