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The Metropolitan Opera: Kaija Saariaho’s L’Amour de Loin

Airs Saturday, December 10, at 12 noon. The 2016-17 Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast season continues with the network broadcast premiere of Kaija Saariaho’s L’Amour de Loin (“Love From Afar”), one of the most highly praised operas of recent years. Susanna Mälkki conducts the cast which stars Eric Owens as Jaufré Rudel, a troubadour on a quest to find his perfect love, opposite Susanna Phillips as Clémence, the Countess of Tripoli, and Tamara Mumford as the Pilgrim who carries messages across the sea between them. L’Amour de Loin will be heard live over the Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network at 12:00 noon CT on Saturday, December 10.