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.
The Met: Live in HD 2016-2017 - L'Amour de Loin trailer
Budget
Not disclosed
Revenue
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Studio
1 review
Title
The Metropolitan Opera: L’Amour de Loin
Released
Dec 10, 2016
Rated
Not rated
Original Audio
French
Runtime
2h 10m
Status
Released
Studio
The Metropolitan Opera
