Donizetti’s comic gem L’Elisir d’Amore, directed by Bartlett Sher and conducted by Maurizio Benini, stars Anna Netrebko in her Met role debut as the beautiful landowner Adina, with Matthew Polenzani as Nemorino, the simple peasant who falls in love with her. Mariusz Kwiecien sings Adina’s arrogant fiancé, Sergeant Belcore, and Ambrogio Maestri sings the role of the magic potion-peddling Doctor Dulcamara.

(originally transmitted live on October 13, 2012)

In one of the most dramatic saves in Live in HD history, soprano Kristine Opolais sang the role of Mimi with only a few hours notice in Franco Zeffirelli’s breathtaking production of La Bohème, the most-performed opera in Met history. Featuring a cast of hundreds, a glorious onstage snow scene, and a detailed reconstruction of the Latin Quarter in Paris, La Bohème also stars Italian tenor Vittorio Grigolo as the passionate poet Rodolfo, Susanna Phillips as the flirtatious Musetta, and Massimo Cavalletti is the painter Marcello. Stefano Ranzani conducts.

(originally transmitted live on April 5, 2014)

Met Music Director James Levine conducts Mozart’s barbed romance Così fan tutte, a comic masterpiece about the romantic complications that ensue when a pair of friends decide to test their fiancée’s fidelity. Lesley Koenig’s sleek production features a cast filled with rising Met stars, including Susanna Phillips and Isabel Leonard as the sisters Fiordiligi and Dorabella; Matthew Polenzani and Rodion Pogossov as their fiancés, Ferrando and Guglielmo; and Danielle de Niese as their feisty maid Despina. Maurizio Muraro is the cynical Don Alfonso.

(originally transmitted live on April 26, 2014)

The season
begins with a new production of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, conducted by Sir
Simon Rattle in his first Live in HD performance. Nina Stemme stars as Isolde—a
touchstone role she has sung with major opera companies around the world. Her
Tristan is Australian heldentenor Stuart Skelton, who sang Siegmund in the
Met’s Ring cycle in 2013. The cast also includes Ekaterina Gubanova as Brangäne
and Evgeny Nikitin as Kurwenal (both in Met role debuts), with René Pape
reprising King Marke, a role he has sung to acclaim in three previous Met
seasons. The staging, by Mariusz Treliński (who directed the 2015 Met double
bill of Iolanta and Bluebeard’s Castle) is a co-production with the Festival
Hall Baden-Baden, Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera, and China National
Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) Beijing.

 Run Time: 5:15

 Encore:  Sunday, October 30, 2016 at 1:00 pm

The season begins with a new production of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle in his first Live in HD performance. Nina Stemme stars as Isolde—a touchstone role she has sung with major opera companies around the world. Her Tristan is Australian heldentenor Stuart Skelton, who sang Siegmund in the Met’s Ring cycle in 2013. The cast also includes Ekaterina Gubanova as Brangäne and Evgeny Nikitin as Kurwenal (both in Met role debuts), with René Pape reprising King Marke, a role he has sung to acclaim in three previous Met seasons. The staging, by Mariusz Treliński (who directed the 2015 Met double bill of Iolanta and Bluebeard’s Castle) is a co-production with the Festival Hall Baden-Baden, Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera, and China National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) Beijing.

Run Time: 5:15

Simon
Keenlyside makes his Met role debut as the unrepentant seducer in Tony Award
winner Michael Grandage’s staging of Mozart’s masterpiece. Met Principal
Conductor Fabio Luisi leads a cast that includes Hibla Gerzmava as Donna Anna,
Malin Byström as Donna Elvira, Serena Malfi as Zerlina, Adam Plachetka as
Leporello, Matthew Rose as Masetto, Kwangchul Youn as the Commendatore, and
Rolando Villazón in his Live in HD debut as Don Ottavio.

Run Time: 3:45

Tickets on sale July 20th, 2016

Simon
Keenlyside makes his Met role debut as the unrepentant seducer in Tony Award
winner Michael Grandage’s staging of Mozart’s masterpiece. Met Principal
Conductor Fabio Luisi leads a cast that includes Hibla Gerzmava as Donna Anna,
Malin Byström as Donna Elvira, Serena Malfi as Zerlina, Adam Plachetka as
Leporello, Matthew Rose as Masetto, Kwangchul Youn as the Commendatore, and
Rolando Villazón in his Live in HD debut as Don Ottavio.

Run Time: 3:45

One of the most highly praised operas of recent years, which had its premiere at the Salzburg Festival in 2000, Kaija Saariaho’s yearning medieval romance L’Amour de Loin (“Love From Afar”), has its Met premiere this season. The production is by
Robert Lepage, co-produced with L’Opéra de Québec, where it premiered to acclaim last summer, in collaboration with Ex Machina. Debuting Finnish conductor Susanna Mälkki leads the performance, which stars Susanna Phillips as Clémence, Eric Owens as Jaufré, and Tamara Mumford as the Pilgrim who carries messages of love between them.

Run Time: 3:00

Encore: Sunday, January 15,
2017 1:00 pm