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The Metropolitan Opera: L’Amour de Loin

2016·Movie
2h 10min
74
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Stunning style, immersive world, a touch of humor.

Energy

Spectacular

Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.

  • Spectacle8
  • Tension4
  • Fast Pace3

Heart

Profoundly sad and wondrous

  • Melancholy9
  • Wonder8
  • Pathos7

Humor

A little humor

Not a comedy at heart.

  • Wit & Wordplay4
  • Absurdist Humor2
  • Situational Comedy1

World

Show business, faith and meaning, and history

Lived-in and easy to get lost in.

  • World Immersion10
  • Dialogue Centrality7
  • Rewatchability7

Craft

Standout direction, performances, and storytelling

Layered plot that rewards full attention.

  • Direction9
  • Acting8
  • Narrative Structure8

Style

Standout score, cinematography, and visual style

A distinctive visual signature.

  • Music Composition10
  • Music Centrality10
  • Cinematography9

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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.
OperaKaija SaariahoRobert LepageDistant Love12th CenturyTroubadourMystical ProductionHypnotic ScoreMetropolitan OperaDreamlike

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74
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Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 74/100 (IMDb 7.4). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.

How long is The Metropolitan Opera: L’Amour de Loin?

2 h 10 min

The Metropolitan Opera: L’Amour de Loin runs 2 h 10 min.

What language is The Metropolitan Opera: L’Amour de Loin in?

FrenchEnglish

It was made in French, with some English.