Sonya Yoncheva brings her acclaimed interpretation of the doomed courtesan Violetta Valéry to Live in HD audiences for the first time, opposite rising American tenor Michael Fabiano as her lover, Alfredo. Thomas Hampson sings one of his most acclaimed Met roles as Giorgio Germont, Alfredo’s disapproving father, in a revival of Willy Decker’s staging conducted by San Francisco Opera Music Director Nicola Luisotti.
Run Time: 2:55
James Levine
conducts a rare Met revival of Mozart’s Idomeneo, set in the aftermath of the
Trojan War. Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s classic production, which has its first Met
revival in over a decade this season, stars Matthew Polenzani in the title
role. The cast also includes Elza van den Heever as Elettra, Nadine Sierra as
Ilia, Alice Coote as Idamante, and Alan Opie as Arbace.
Run Time: 4:20
Encore: Sunday, April 9,
2017 at 1 pm
James Levine conducts a rare Met revival of Mozart’s Idomeneo, set in the aftermath of the
Trojan War. Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s classic production, which has its first Met
revival in over a decade this season, stars Matthew Polenzani in the title
role. The cast also includes Elza van den Heever as Elettra, Nadine Sierra as
Ilia, Alice Coote as Idamante, and Alan Opie as Arbace.
Run Time: 4:20
Anna
Netrebko reprises one of her most acclaimed roles as Tatiana, the naïve heroine
of Tchaikovsky’s opera, adapted from Pushkin’s classic novel. Dmitri
Hvorostovsky stars as the title character, who rejects Tatiana’s love until
it’s too late. Robin Ticciati, Music
Director of Glyndebourne Festival Opera, conducts the revival of Deborah
Warner’s staging, which opened the Met’s 2013-14 season. Alexey Dolgov sings
the role of Onegin’s friend-turned-rival, Lenski, with Elena Maximova as
Tatiana’s sister Olga and Štefan Kocán as Prince Gremin.
Run Time: 4:00
Encore: Sunday, April 30, 2017
at 1 pm
Ana Netrebko reprises one of her most acclaimed roles as Tatiana, the naïve heroine of Tchaikovsky’s opera, adapted from Pushkin’s classic novel. Dmitri Hvorostovsky stars as the title character, who rejects Tatiana’s love until it’s too late.Robin Ticciati, Music Director of Glyndebourne Festival Opera, conducts the revival of Deborah Warner’s staging, which opened the Met’s 2013-14 season. Alexey Dolgov sings
the role of Onegin’s friend-turned-rival, Lenski, with Elena Maximova as Tatiana’s sister Olga and Štefan Kocán as Prince Gremin.
Run Time: 4:00
The Met’s first new production since 1969 of Strauss’s rich romantic masterpiece is conducted by Music Director James Levine and directed by Robert Carsen, whose most recent Met production was the hit 2013 staging of Falstaff. Renée Fleming sings one of her signature roles as the Marschallin, opposite Elīna Garanča in her first North American performances as Octavian, the impulsive young title character. The cast also includes Günther Groissböck as Baron Ochs, Erin Morley as Sophie, Marcus Brück in his Met debut as Faninal, and Matthew Polenzani as the Italian Singer. Der Rosenkavalier is a co-production with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and Teatro Regio di Torino.
Run Time: 4:50
Encore: Sunday, May 21, 2017
at 1 pm
Tickets on sale July 20th, 2016
The Met’s first new production since 1969 of Strauss’s rich romantic masterpiece is conducted by Music Director James Levine and directed by Robert Carsen, whose most recent Met production was the hit 2013 staging of Falstaff. Renée Fleming sings one of her signature roles as the Marschallin, opposite Elīna Garanča in her first North American performances as Octavian, the impulsive young title character. The cast also includes Günther Groissböck as Baron Ochs, Erin Morley as Sophie, Marcus Brück in his Met debut as Faninal, and Matthew Polenzani as the Italian Singer. Der Rosenkavalier is a co-production with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and Teatro Regio di Torino.
Run Time: 4:50
Bizet’s gorgeous opera of lust and longing set in the Far East returns to the Met stage for the first time in 100 years. Soprano Diana Damrau stars as Leïla, the beautiful Hindu priestess pursued by rival pearl divers competing for her hand. Her suitors are tenor Matthew Polenzani and baritone Mariusz Kwiecien, who sing the lilting duet “Au fond du temple saint,” which opera fans know and adore. Director Penny Woolcock explores the timeless themes of pure love, betrayal, and vengeance in a production that vividly creates an undersea world on the stage of the Met. Conductor Gianandrea Noseda brings his romantic flair to the lush score from the composer of Carmen.
Total runtime: 2 hours, 13 minutes
Rebroadcasted from January 16, 2016
Star soprano Anna Netrebko delivers her searing portrayal of Lady Macbeth, the mad and murderous mate of Željko Lučić’s doomed Macbeth, for the first time at the Met. Adrian Noble’s chilling production of Verdi’s masterful adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy also stars Joseph Calleja as the noble Macduff and René Pape as Banquo. Fabio Luisi conducts.
Total runtime: 2 hours, 27 minutes
Originally broadcast on October 11, 2014
Met Music Director James Levine conducts Verdi’s early drama of Ancient Babylon, Nabucco, with Plácido Domingo adding a new role to his repertory as the title character. Liudmyla Monastyrska sings the tour-de-force role of Abigaille, Nabucco’s willful daughter, with Jamie Barton as Fenena, Russell Thomas as Ismaele, and Dmitri Belosselskiy as the prophet Zaccaria, the role of his 2011 Met debut.
Originally broadcast on January 7, 2017
Runtime: 2 hours, 35 minutes
