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Donizetti's
Anna Bolena
Saturday
October 15, 2011
@ 12:55 p.m.
(New Production) |
Anna Netrebko opens the Met season with her portrayal of the ill-fated queen driven insane by her unfaithful king. She sings one of opera's greatest mad scenes in this Met premiere production by David McVicar. Ekaterina Gubanova is her rival, Jane Seymour, Lldar Abdrazakov sings Henry VIII, and Marco Armiliato conducts. |
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Mozart's
Don Giovanni
Saturday
October 29, 2011
@ 12:55 PM
(New Production) |
Mariusz Kwiecien brings his youthful and sensual interpretation of Mozart's timeless anti-hero to the Met for the first time, under the direction of Tony Award-winning director Michael Grandage and with Fabio Luisi conducting. Also starring Marina Rebeka, Barbara Frittoli, Ramon Vargas, and Luca Pisaroni. |
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Wagner's
Siegfried
Saturday
November 5, 2011
@ 12:00 p.m.
(New Production) |
In part three of the Ring, Wagner's cosmic vision focuses on his hero's early conquests, while Robert Lepage's revolutionary stage machine transforms itself from bewitched forest to mountaintop love nest. Gary Lehman sings the title role and Deborah Voigt's Brunnhilde is his prize. Bryn Terfel is the Wanderer. Fabio Luisi conducts. |
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Glass's
Satyagraha
Saturday
November 19, 2011
@ 12:55 p.m. |
The Met's visually extravagant production is back for an encore engagement. Richard Croft (left) once again is Gandhi in Philip Glass's unforgettable opera, which the Washington Post calls "a profound and beautiful work of theater." |
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Handel's
Rodelinda
Sunday
December 4, 2011
@ 1:30 p.m.
(Special Date Showing) |
Sensational in the 2004 Met premiere of Stephen Wadsworth's much-heralded production, Renee Fleming reprises the title role. She's joined by Stephanie Blythe and countertenor Andreas Scholl, and Baroque specialist Harry Bicket conducts. |
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Gounod's
Faust
Sunday
December 11, 2011
@ 1:30 p.m.
(New Production and
Special Date Showing) |
With Jonas Kaufmann in the title role, Rene Pape as the devil, and Marina Poplavskaya as Marguerite, Gounod's classic retelling of the Faust legend couldn't be better served. Tony Award-winning director Des McAnuff updates the story to the first half of the 20th century with a production that won praise in London last season. Yannick Nezet-Seguin conducts on the heels of his Don Carlo success. |
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The Enchanted Island
Saturday
January 21, 2012
@ 12:55 p.m.
(New Production) |
In one extraordinary new work, lovers of Baroque opera have it all: the world's best singers, some of the finest music of the Baroque masters, and a story drawn from Shakespeare. In this highly-anticipated world premiere, the lovers from A Midsummer Night's Dream are shipwrecked on the other-worldly island of The Tempest, providing the dramatic setting for a fantastic journey. Inspired by the musical pastiches and masques of the 18th century, The Enchanted Island showcases glorious arias and ensembles by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, and others, and a new libretto by Jeremy Sams. Eminent conductor William Christie leads an all-star cast with David Daniels (Prospero) and Joyce DiDonato (Sycorax) as the formidable foes, Placido Domingo as Neptune, Danielle de Niese as Ariel, and Luca Pisaroni as Caliban. Lisette Oropesa and Anthony Roth Costanzo play Miranda and Ferdinand. The dazzling production is directed and designed by Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch (Satyagraha and the Met's 125 anniversary gala). |
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Wagner's
Gotterdammerung
Saturday
February 11, 2012
@ 12:00 p.m. |
With its cataclysmic climax, the Met's new Ring cycle, directed by Robert Lepage, comes to its resolution. Deborah Voigt stars as Brunnhilde and Gary Lehman is Siegfried--the star-crossed lovers doomed by fate. Fabio Luisi conducts. |
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Verdi's
Ernani
Saturday
February 25, 2012
@ 12:55 p.m. |
Angela Meade takes center stage in Verdi's thrilling early gem. Salvatore Licitra is her mismatched lover, and all-star Verdians Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Ferruccio Furlanetto round out the cast. |
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Massenet's
Manon
Saturday
April 7, 2012
@ 12:00 p.m.
(New Production) |
Anna Netrebko's dazzling portrayal of the tragic heroine in Laurent Pelly's new production travels to the Met from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Piotr Beczala and Paulo Szot also star, with the Met's Principal Guest Conductor Fabio Luisi on the podium. |
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Verdi's
La Triviata
Saturday
April 14, 2012
@ 12:55 p.m. |
Natalie Dessay will put on the red dress in Willy Decker's stunning production, in her first Violetta at the Met. Matthew Polenzani sings Alfredo, Dmitri Hvorostovsky is Germont, and Principal Guest Conductor Fabio Luisi is on the podium. |