Halévy
La Juive
Halévy’s gripping opera had not been heard at the Met for almost 70 years when it was revived for tenor Neil Shicoff a month before this broadcast. His searing account of Eléazar, a Jewish goldsmith burdened by a terrible secret quickly became a modern operatic classic. Soile Isokoski is his beloved daughter Rachel, in love with a man who turns out not to be Samuel, a simple workman in her father’s shop, but Prince Léopold (Eric Cutler). Rachel is sent to her gruesome death by Cardinal de Brogni (Ferruccio Furlanetto), who discovers Eléazar’s secret too late.
Full SynopsisPerformance Info
Performance Date
Dec 13, 2003
Composer
Jacques-François Fromental Halévy
Librettist
Eugène Scribe
Run Time
2 HRS 54 MIN