Two years prior to the opening scene, the nobleman Florestan has exposed or attempted to expose certain crimes of the nobleman Pizarro. In revenge, Pizarro has secretly imprisoned Florestan in the prison over which Pizarro is governor. The jailer of the prison, Rocco, has a daughter, Marzelline, and a servant (or assistant), Jaquino. Florestan’s wife, Leonore, came to Rocco’s door dressed as a boy seeking employment, and Rocco hired her. On orders, Rocco has been giving Florestan diminishing rations until he is nearly starved to death. Place: A Spanish state prison, a few miles from Seville; Time: Late 18th century.

Season 6, Episode 11

该剧发生在古代锡兰海岸（今斯里兰卡），讲述了爱情与友谊的故事。纳迪尔和祖尔加是一对好朋友，他们发誓绝不让爱情破坏兄弟情谊。此时，一个神秘的女祭司来到锡兰。祖尔加爱上了她，但纳迪尔发现她正是长期失散的爱人莱伊娜。纳迪尔倍受煎熬，要在毕生所爱和友谊誓言之间做出抉择。纳迪尔和 莱伊娜屈服被抓，祖尔加妒火中烧，想借机处死二人。在最后时刻，祖尔加幡然悔悟，烧毁村庄，牺牲自己放走了纳迪尔和莱伊娜。 ----- Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de perles, set in Sri Lanka, is known above all for its unforgettable duet for tenor and baritone, but it its score is full of delightful and dramatic music. When recently staged at the Metropolitan Opera in New York it proved a major success, both for the production by Penny Woolcock and the musical performance, conducted by Paolo Noseda, with (once again) Diana Damrau as the priestess Leïla and, as the two men competing for love, the tenor Matthew Polenzani (Nadir) and the baritone Mariusz Kwiecien (Zurga). Woolcock’s concept brought the production up to date, with photographic and video references to the 2004 tsunami, and offered a superb ‘aquatic’ spectacle during the overture: the whole stage appeared to be beneath the Indian Ocean and acrobatic divers ‘swam’ down from the surface (located in the flies of the theatre). ----- The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus Gianandrea Noseda, Penny Woolcock (dir.) Diana Damrau (Leïla), Matthew Polenzani (Nadir), Mariusz Kwiecien (Zurga), Nicolas Teste (Nourabad)

多尼采蒂《玛丽·斯图亚特》是意大利作曲家葛塔诺·多尼采蒂(Donizetti Gaetano，1797—1848年)创作的歌剧作品。早在这部歌剧开始写作与首演之前，多尼采蒂就指望靠《玛丽·斯图亚特》造成轰动。但著名的编剧家罗马尼退出后，整个计划跟着走样。 席勒的原剧巧妙地将复杂的政治阴谋与心理的挣扎结合成一体，但替代编剧的律师巴达里将整个悲剧简化成两个女王之间的争权夺爱。由于那布勒斯国王亲自下令禁演，多尼采蒂被迫在彩排之前的简短时间内重新改写全剧，新的版本有不同的情节，并改名《波德蒙特》(Buondelmonte)，但1834年在那布勒斯演出时却是一大惨败。为米兰演出而写的另一个新版本还是失败，多尼采蒂只好束之高阁。 曾是苏格兰女王的玛丽亚·斯图亚达因叛国罪被关在城中。英国女王伊丽莎白认为，她超越政治竞争对手，在与心爱的男性罗伯托的关系上也是情敌。玛丽亚跪在地上请求宽大处理，但被嫉妒蒙蔽双眼的伊丽莎白却对玛丽亚进行指责和侮辱。对此，玛丽亚也勃然大怒，用可耻的话来还击伊丽莎白，称她为“玷污英国王座的卑劣私生子”。最后，伊丽莎白在死刑执行书上签字，玛丽亚听到了宣布自己死亡的大炮声.......

Now in its seventh season, the popular performance series The Met: Live in HD has brought the Metropolitan Opera’s world-class productions to a whole new audience via live video simulcasts skillfully captured with multiple high-definition cameras and beamed via satellite to cinemas around the world. As the curtain goes up on the Met’s 2012-2013 season with director Bartlett Sher’s new production of one of the greatest comic operas, Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore (starring Anna Netrebko and Matthew Polenzani and conducted by Maurizio Benini), we are pleased to present this special NYFF edition of The Met: Live in HD.The performance, transmitted live from the Met stage, will be followed by a live, in-theater discussion with Met Opera General Manager Peter Gelb and Gary Halvorson, Emmy Award-winning director of The Met: Live in HD, who will both come straight from the TV truck!

老帕斯夸莱富有但吝啬无比，他希望侄子埃内斯托找一个富贵人家的小姐结婚，并承诺给他一大笔钱。此时，他却听说埃内斯托正与一寡妇热恋。帕斯夸莱大怒，想教训不听话的侄子，威吓说自己要结婚，让侄子得不到分文。这时医生马拉泰斯塔赶来，说要把自己的修道院里的妹妹介绍给帕斯夸莱。帕斯夸莱听后心花怒放，赶走了再次拒绝相亲的埃内斯托。马拉泰斯塔所说的妹妹其实正是寡妇诺丽娜，两人计划让帕斯夸莱妥协，成全诺丽娜和埃内斯托的好事。在帕斯夸莱看到漂亮、娴静的诺丽娜后，当即与之定亲，签订婚姻协议后，诺丽娜立刻性情大变，挥霍财产，粗暴野蛮，还故意遗留一封情书让帕斯夸莱起疑。帕斯夸莱忍无可忍，试图逮到与诺丽娜约会的男人，可没想到来赴约的人竟是自己的侄子，哭笑不得的帕斯夸莱只能接受了事实，结局皆大欢喜。