Rossini’s LE COMTE ORY
Bel canto sensation Juan Diego Flórez sings the title role of this vocally dazzling comedy, in Bartlett Sher’s Met production. Joyce DiDonato stars in the trouser role of the page Isolier, who vies with Count Ory for the love of Countess Adèle, sung by Diana Damrau.
Production: Bartlett Sher
Conductor: Maurizio Benini
Cast: Diana Damrau, Joyce DiDonato, Susanne Resmark, Juan Diego Flórez, Stéphane Degout, Michele Pertusi
Original transmission: Saturday, April 9, 2011
Mozart’s DON GIOVANNI
Mariusz Kwiecien is the world’s most famous lover in Michael Grandage’s elegant production, led by Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi. The lineup of refined Mozartians also includes Marina Rebeka, Barbara Frittoli, Ramón Vargas, and Luca Pisaroni.
Production: Michael Grandage
Conductor: Fabio Luisi
Cast: Marina Rebeka, Barbara Frittoli, Mojca Erdmann, Ramón Vargas, Mariusz Kwiecien, Luca Pisaroni, Joshua Bloom, Štefan Kocán
Original transmission: October 29, 2011
Broadcast in HD
Offenbach’s LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN
Bartlett Sher’s 2009 production stars Joseph Calleja in the tour-de-force title role of this fictionalized take on the life and loves of the German Romantic writer E.T.A. Hoffmann. Anna Netrebko is the tragic Antonia and Alan Held sings the demonic four villains. Met Music Director James Levine conducts.
Conductor: James Levine
Production: Bartlett Sher
Cast: Kathleen Kim, Anna Netrebko, Ekaterina Gubanova, Kate Lindsey, Joseph Calleja, Alan Held
The Live in HD production of Les Contes d’Hoffmann does not include the partial nudity seen in the stage production.
Original transmission: December 19, 2009
Broadcast in HD
Anna Netrebko sings the title role of Donizetti’s bel canto tragedy in her Met role debut, with Piotr Beczala as her lover, Edgardo. Mariusz Kwiecien is her tyrannical brother. Mary Zimmerman’s hit production, first seen in 2007, is staged as a Victorian ghost story.
Production: Mary Zimmerman
Conductor: Marco Armiliato
Cast: Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczala, Mariusz Kwiecien, Ildar Abdrazakov
Original transmission: February 7, 2009
Strauss’s DER ROSENKAVALIER
Strauss’s comic masterpiece of love and intrigue in 18th-century Vienna stars Renée Fleming as the aristocratic Marschallin and Susan Graham in the trouser role of her young lover. Edo de Waart conducts a cast that also includes Kristinn Sigmundsson and Thomas Allen.
Production: Nathaniel Merrill
Conductor: Edo de Waart
Cast: Renée Fleming, Susan Graham, Christine Schäfer, Eric Cutler, Thomas Allen, Kristinn Sigmundsson
Original transmission: Saturday, January 9, 2010
Broadcast in HD
Tickets go on sale Friday, April 20, 2012
Donizetti’s L’ELISIR D’AMORE
Sat., October 13, 2012 at 12:55 p.m.
Encore: Fri., November 2, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.
Approx. Runtime: 3:02
Anna Netrebko and Matthew Polenzani star in one of the greatest comic gems in opera, as the fickle Adina and her besotted Nemorino. Bartlett Sher, whose previous productions of Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Le Comte Ory, and Les Contes d’Hoffmann have delighted Met audiences, guides this lively staging, where surface charm will meet with real emotion. Mariusz Kwiecien is the blustery sergeant Belcore and Ambrogio Maestri is Dulcamara, the loveable quack and dispenser of the elixir. Maurizio Benini conducts.
Broadcast in HD
Production a gift of the Monteforte Foundation, Inc., in honor of Wim Kooyker
Thomas Ades’ TEMPEST
Encore: Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 12:55 p.m.
Approx. Runtime: 3:30
Composer Thomas Adès conducts the Metropolitan Opera premiere of his 2004 work, which has been widely praised as a modern masterpiece. Director Robert Lepage recreates the interior of 18th-century La Scala, including the hidden workings underneath the stage, where Prospero, the banished Duke of Milan, practices his otherworldly arts. The magnetic baritone Simon Keenlyside stars as Prospero, a role he has sung to great acclaim in London.
Production a gift of Mrs. Bert S. Turner and Robert L. Turner
A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera and L’Opéra de Québec
In collaboration with Ex Machina
Verdi’s OTELLO ENCORE
Approx. Runtime: 3:27
Verdi’s Shakespearean masterpiece returns to the Met with an exciting cast. Johan Botha sings the title role opposite the acclaimed Desdemona of star soprano Renée Fleming, with Falk Struckmann as Iago and Semyon Bychkov conducting.
Mozart’s CLEMENZA DI TITO
Encore: Fri., January 25, 2013 at 7 p.m.
Approx. Runtime: 3:13
Broadcast in HD
The virtuosic Elina Garanca sings Sesto in Mozart’s drama set in ancient Rome. Giuseppe Filianoti is the noble Tito and Barbara Frittoli is Vitellia in this handsome revival of one of the composer’s final masterpieces. Harry Bicket conducts.
Verdi’s UN BALLO IN MASCHERA
Encore: Sun., February 10, 2013 at 12:55 p.m
Approx. Runtime: 3:54
Accompanied by a thrilling score, Verdi’s vivid characters grapple with life and love, betrayal and death. Director David Alden’s dreamlike setting provides a compelling backdrop for this dramatic story of jealousy and vengeance. Marcelo Álvarez stars as the conflicted king; Karita Mattila is Amelia, the object of his secret passion; and Dmitri Hvorostovsky is her suspicious husband. Kathleen Kim is the page Oscar, and mezzo-soprano powerhouses Dolora Zajick and Stephanie Blythe take turns singing the fortuneteller Ulrica. Fabio Luisi conducts.
Production a gift of the Betsy and Edward Cohen/Areté Foundation Fund for New Productions and Revivals
