Archive for the ‘Old Met’ Category
1/30/16 – TURANDOT @ 1:00PM
Metropolitan Opera Turnadot by Giacomo Puccini Libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni Approximate running time: 3 hrs 15 mins Lise Lindstrom and Nina Stemme take turns in the title role of the proud princess of ancient China, whose riddles doom every suitor who seeks her hand. Tenors Marcelo Álvarez, Marco Berti, and Yusif Eyvazov are […]
1/23/16 – TANNHAUSER @ 1:00PM
Metropolitan Opera Tannhauser by Richard Wagner Libretto by Richard Wagner Approximate running time: 4 hrs 20 mins James Levine conducts Wagner’s early masterpiece in its first return to the Met stage in more than a decade. Today’s leading Wagnerian tenor, Johan Botha, takes on the daunting title role of the young knight caught between true love and […]
1/16/16 – LES PECHEURS DE PERLES @ 1:00PM
Metropolitan Opera Les Pecheurs De Perles by Georges Bizet Libretto by Eugène Cormon and Michel Carré Approximate running time: 2 hrs 29 mins 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 […]
1/09/16 – ANNA BOLENA @ 1:00PM
Metropolitan Opera Anna Bolena by Gaetano Donizetti Libretto by Felice Romani Approximate running time:3 hrs 30 mins Sondra Radvanovsky embarks on her quest to sing all three of Donizetti’s Tudor queens, here as Anne Boleyn. Ildar Abdrazakov is King Henry VIII, Jamie Barton is Jane Seymour, the king’s consort, and Stephen Costello plays the queen’s love […]
1/02/16 – DIE FLEDERMAUS @ 1:00PM
Metropolitan Opera Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss II Libretto by Karl Haffner Approximate running time 3 hrs 45 mins James Levine brings his incomparable musicianship to Johann Strauss, Jr.’s beloved operetta for the first time in his 45-year Met career. The Met’s glittering recent production stars soprano Susanna Phillips as Rosalinde, tenor Toby Spence as her […]
12/26/15 – THE BARBER OF SEVILLE @ 1:00PM
Metropolitan Opera The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini Libretto by Cesare Sterbini High spirits return for the holidays in the Met’s family-friendly, English-language, two-hour adaptation of one of opera’s most winning comedies. Bartlett Sher’s effervescent production of Rossini’s tuneful masterpiece stars the charming mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, revisiting her portrayal of Rosina, the girl who behaves […]
12/19/15 – LA DONNA DEL LAGO @ 1:00PM
Metropolitan Opera La Donna del Lago by Gioachino Rossini Libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola Approximate running time 3 hrs 10 mins Joyce DiDonato reprises her stunning portrayal of the “lady of the lake” in Rossini’s dazzling bel canto showcase set in the medieval Scottish highlands. Tenor Lawrence Brownlee is the king who pursues her. Rossini master […]
12/12/15 – Rigoletto @ 1:00PM
Metropolitan Opera Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave Approximate running time 3 hrs 6 mins George Gagnidze and Željko Lučić share the pinnacle role of the Italian baritone repertory in Michael Mayer’s electrifying production set in 1960 in a Las Vegas casino. Tenors Piotr Beczala and Stephen Costello alternate as the licentious Duke. […]
12/5/15 LA BOHEME @ 1:00PM – MET BEGINS
Metropolitan Opera La Boheme by Giacomo Puccini Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa Approximate running time 3 hrs 0 mins Puccini’s unforgettable tale of love, youth, and tragic loss returns in Franco Zeffirelli’s classic production, perhaps his most beloved staging of all. Maria Agresta, Ramón Vargas, and Bryan Hymel are among the artists appearing as […]
The Met mourns Margaret Juntwait
Press release from the Metropolitan Opera: “The Metropolitan Opera mourns the death of our radio host Margaret Juntwait, who passed away this morning after a long battle with ovarian cancer. For millions of listeners around the world, Margaret was the voice of the Met for the past decade. She was appointed to the post in […]
