The Enchanted Island – New Production
Devised and written by Jeremy Sams
Music by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, and others
Saturday, January 21, 2012 (12:55PM ET / 9:55AM PT)
Expected Running time: 3 hours 35 minutes

Experience the sixth season of the Metropolitan Opera’s Peabody and Emmy Award-winning series The Met: Live in HD in movie theaters nationwide. The broadcast of The Enchanted Island will be presented live for only one day on Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 12:55 PM ET / 9:55 AM PT in select movie theaters.

In one extraordinary new work, lovers of Baroque opera have it all: the world’s best singers, glorious music of the Baroque masters, and a story drawn from Shakespeare. In The Enchanted Island, the lovers from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream are shipwrecked on his other-worldly island of The Tempest. Inspired by the musical pastiches and masques of the 18th century, the work showcases arias and ensembles by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, and others, and a new libretto by Jeremy Sams. Eminent conductor William Christie leads an all-star cast headed by David Daniels, Joyce DiDonato, and Plácido Domingo. This world-premiere production is directed and designed by Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch.