Terrestrial Globe with Compass
Price: $128.00 Members: $102.40
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Description
Terrestrial Globe with Compass
This wonderfully constructed desk-size globe features a stand that is made from bronze and wood and includes a true reproduction of a 17th century compass. The twelve paper goers formed around the globe are printed after originals drawn by Gerardus Mercator, the inventor of the Mercator projection, which was used from the 16th century until the middle of the 20th century. This globe is reminiscent of the kinds of globes used in the Met Opera production of Moby-Dick.
- Wood
- Bronze
- Paper
- 8.3" x 5.7"
History
JAKE HEGGIE / LIBRETTO BY GENE SCHEER
Moby-Dick
Following the haunting Met premiere of his first opera, Dead Man Walking, composer Jake Heggie returns to the company with his 2010 adaptation of Herman Melville’s sea-drenched, heaven-storming epic. A cast of standouts comes together on the decks of the Pequod, with tenor Brandon Jovanovich starring as the monomaniacal Captain Ahab, implacable in his pursuit of the white whale; tenor Stephen Costello as Greenhorn, the opera’s version of Ishmael; baritone Peter Mattei as the even-keeled first mate Starbuck; and bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green as the Polynesian harpooneer Queequeg. The cast also features soprano Janai Brugger as Pip, tenor William Burden as Flask, and baritone Malcolm MacKenzie as Stubb. Maestro Karen Kamensek takes the podium for a stunning staging by Leonard Foglia that arrives at the Met newly enlarged and refined following acclaimed runs in Dallas, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C.
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