The Metropolitan Opera: La Clemenza di Tito

Name: The Metropolitan Opera: La Clemenza di Tito
Director: Barbara Willis Sweete
Genre: Music
Released: 2012-12-01
Duration: 2 h 35 min
Cast: Giuseppe Filianoti, Barbara Frittoli, Kate Lindsey, Elīna Garanča, Lucy Crowe

2012

2h 35m

Music

Director: Barbara Willis Sweete

Writer: Caterino Mazzolà

Overview

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s dramatic production brings ancient Rome to life for this gripping tale of revenge, terror, and attempted murder. Giuseppe Filianoti is the Emperor Tito who chooses Servilia to be his Empress. But when she tells him she is already in love with Annio he decides to wed Vitellia instead. Unaware of the honor about to be bestowed on her, Vitelllia, daughter of the deposed emperor, is determined to seek revenge on Tito and ensnares her lover Sesto in her dark plot. Early music specialist Harry Bicket conducts.