Encore: The Enchanted Island
The Met: Live in HD presents the world premiere of a new opera featuring the lovers from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream shipwrecked on Prospero's island from The Tempest. The score incorporates music from more than 30 operas, cantatas, and oratorios by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, and other masters of the Baroque period. Phelim McDermott (Satyagraha) directs; William Christie conducts the orchestra. Approximate run time three hours, 30 minutes.