Matinee broadcasts from The Metropolitan Opera continue on Classical 90.5 at 10:00 a.m. this Saturday, March 14, with a performance of La donna del lago by Gioachino Rossini with a libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola, based on the French translation of The Lady of the Lake, a narrative poem written in 1810 by Sir Walter Scott. The performance will be sung in Italian and will run approximately three hours and thirty minutes.
Joyce DiDonato and Juan Diego Flórez deliver the vocal fireworks in the Met premiere of Rossini's brilliant La donna del lago, a dazzling bel canto showcase and one of the the composer's most influential works. Rising conductor Michele Mariotti is on the podium.
THE CAST
Elena: Joyce DiDonato
Malcolm Groeme: Daniela Barcellona
Giacomo V (King James): Juan Diego Flórez
Rodrigo Di Dhu: John Osborn
Duglas D'Angus: Oren Gradus
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