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  • Met Opera: LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN Encore (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

     

  • Met Opera: LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR Encore

    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

  • Met Opera: DER ROSENKAVALIER Encore (Broadcast in HD)

    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

  • Met Opera: L’ELISIR D’AMORE (Broadcast in HD)

    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

  • Met Opera: TEMPEST

    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

  • Met Opera: UN BALLO IN MASCHERA

    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

  • Met Opera: OTELLO (Encore)

    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.

  • Met Opera: CLEMENZA DI TITO (Broadcast in HD)

    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.

  • Met Opera: AIDA (Broadcast in HD)

    Verdi’s AIDA

    Encore: Sun. February 24, 2013 at 1 p.m.

    Broadcast in HD 

    Approx. Runtime: 3:54

    The Met’s unforgettable production of Verdi’s ancient Egyptian drama stars Liudmyla Monastyrska and Hui He. The story centers on the enslaved Ethiopian princess caught in a love triangle with the heroic Radamès, played by Roberto Alagna, and the proud Egyptian princess Amneris, sung by Olga Borodina. Fabio Luisi conducts this revival, which features recent choreography by Alexei Ratmansky.

  • Met Opera: LES TROYENS

    Berlioz’s LES TROYENS

     Encore: Sun., March 24, 2013 at 1 p.m.

    Approx. Runtime: 5:41

    The Met offers a rare opportunity to witness Berlioz’s vast epic, last performed at the Met in 2003. Deborah Voigt, Susan Graham, Marcello Giordani, and Dwayne Croft lead the starry cast, portraying characters from the Trojan War. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi marshals the large-scale musical forces.