메트로폴리탄 오페라가 이번 시즌 개막작이었던 '카발리에와 클레이의 놀라운 모험'(The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay)을 1월 24일과 28일 북미 800여개 영화관에서 상영한다. 

이 오페라는 2차 세계대전 때 프라하에서 나치로부터 탈출한 유대인 청년 카발리에가 브루클린에 사는 사촌 클레이가 수퍼히어로 만화 '에스케이피스트'로 성공하며 겪는 이야기를 담았다. 그래미상 수상 메이슨 베이츠 작곡, 토니상 수상 바틀릿 셔 연출, 야닉 네제-세갱이 지휘봉을 잡았다. 

 

 

Miles Mykkanen as Sam Clay and Andrzej Filończyk as Joe Kavalier in a scene from Mason Bates's "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay." Photo: Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera

 

Mason Bates’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay Added to The Met: Live in HD Season by Popular Demand 

 

Screenings in 800 Theaters Across North America Beginning Saturday, January 24

Grammy Award–winning composer Mason Bates’s adaptation of Michael Chabon’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel

Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a production directed by Bartlett Sher

 

 

Andrzej Filończyk as Joe Kavalier and Miles Mykkanen as Sam Clay in Mason Bates's "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay." Photo: Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera

 

New York, NY (January 8, 2026)—Due to critical acclaim and overwhelming audience response, the Metropolitan Opera–premiere production of Mason Bates’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, recorded live earlier this season, has been added to the Live in HD season beginning January 24. The Met-commissioned opera—an adaptation of Michael Chabon’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel—is composed by Bates, with a libretto by Gene Scheer.

 

Under the baton of the Met’s Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the world of 1940s New York comes vividly to life as two Jewish cousins—a refugee from Nazi-occupied Prague and a closeted gay Brooklynite—forge a bond through the creation of the Escapist, a comic book superhero who fights fascism and frees the oppressed.

 

 

Miles Mykkanen as Sam Clay and Andrzej Filończyk as Joe Kavalier in a scene from Mason Bates's "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay." Photo: Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera

 

“This story resonates now more than ever: two young artists using their imaginative powers to challenge authority and change the world,” said Bates.

 

“This opera invites us to celebrate the power of art, just as the characters do through the creation of their comics. It reminds us that in even the darkest times, imagination can be a lifeline,” said Maestro Nézet-Séguin.

 

In his Met-debut season, baritone Andrzej Filończyk stars as Joe Kavalier, the gifted artist who flees war-torn Europe, opposite tenor Miles Mykkanen as his cousin and writing partner, Sam Clay. The cast also includes soprano Lauren Snouffer—in her Met-debut season—as Sarah Kavalier, mezzo-soprano Sun-Ly Pierce as Rosa Saks, baritone Edward Nelson as Tracy Bacon, and bass-baritones Patrick Carfizzi and Craig Colclough as Sheldon Anapol and Gerhard, respectively.   

 

Blending sweeping orchestration, jazz-inflected rhythms, and electronic music, Kavalier & Clay explores themes of identity, survival, and liberation through three distinct musical worlds. The production is directed by Tony Award–winner Bartlett Sher, with imposing set pieces and cinematic projections designed by London’s 59 Studio.

 

 

Andrzej Filończyk as Joe Kavalier, Miles Mykkanen as Sam Clay, Edward Nelson as Tracy Bacon, Sun-Ly Pierce as Rosa Saks, and Lauren Snouffer (background, above) as Sarah Kavalier in a scene from Mason Bates's "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay." Photo: Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera

The opera marks the ninth Met production for Sher, and the creative team also features debuts by costume designer Jennifer Moeller, sound designer Rick Jacobsohn, and Emmy Award–winning choreographer Mandy Moore. Paul Cremo, who also directs the Met’s Opera Commissioning Program, supports the production as dramaturg.  

 

Gary Halvorson directs the Live in HD special presentation for cinemas, which will feature exclusive behind-the-scenes content during intermission.

 

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay will be screened in select U.S. cinemas on January 24 and 28 and in Canada on January 24 and February 14. Visit Fathom Entertainment in the U.S. and Cineplex in Canada for tickets. Dates may vary at independent venues nationwide.

 

 

Andrzej Filończyk as Joe Kavalier and Miles Mykkanen as Sam Clay in Mason Bates's "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay." Photo: Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera

 

The Stars of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

 

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Montreal, Canada

Lauren Snouffer, Sarah Kavalier; Austin, Texas

Sun-Ly Pierce, Rosa Saks; Clinton, New York

Miles Mykkanen, Sam Clay; Bessemer, Michigan

Andrzej Filończyk, Joe Kavalier; Wrocław, Poland

Edward Nelson, Tracy Bacon; Los Angeles, California

Patrick Carfizzi, Sheldon Anapol; Newburgh, New York

Craig Colclough, Gerhard; Claremont, California

 

HD Live in Schools

Students and educators across the country will receive complimentary access to screenings of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay at their local theaters as part of the HD Live in Schools initiative.   

https://www.fathomentertainment.com/series/the-met-live-in-hd 

 

 

*영화관 오페라(MET HD-Live)가 더 좋은 10가지 이유

 

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