Archive for the ‘Old Met’ Category
12/20/14 – Le Nozze di Figaro – 1PM
Metropolitan Opera Le Nozze di Figaro by Amadeus Mozart Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte Sung in Italian Approximate running time 3 hrs. 34 min. Richard Eyre’s season-opening new production of Mozart’s eternal masterpiece is set in an 18th-century manor house in Seville during the 1930s. Erwin Schrott in the title role leads a stellar cast that also includes Mariusz Kwiecien […]
12/13/14 – Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg – NOON!
Metropolitan Opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner Libretto by Richard Wagner Sung in German Approximate running time 5 hrs. 50 min. James Levine returns to Wagner with a signature run of this epic comedy, back at the Met for the first time in eight years. James Morris and Michael Volle share the central role of Hans Sachs. Johan […]
12/06/14 – The MET Begins! – The Barber of Seville @1pm
Metropolitan Opera Il Barbiere Di Siviglia by Gioachino Rossini Libretto by Cesare Sterbini Sung in Italian Approximate running time 3 hrs. 0 min., with 1 intermission. In Bartlett Sher’s effervescent production of Rossini’s most popular opera, Isabel Leonard is the beautiful and feisty Rosina, who won’t be kept under lock and key. Lawrence Brownlee is her conspiring flame, Almaviva, and Christopher […]
05/10/14 – La Cenerentola – 1:00pm
Metropolitan Opera La Cenerentola by Gioachino Rossini Libretto by Jacopo Ferretti Sung in Italian Approximate running time 3 hrs. 15 min. Three peerless Rossini virtuosos star in La Cenerentola—a vocal tour de force for mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, singing her first Met performances of the Cinderella title role, and tenors Juan Diego Flórez and Javier Camarena, who share the role […]
05/03/14 – I Puritani – 1:00pm
Metropolitan Opera I Puritani by Vincenzo Beliini Libretto by Carlo Pepoli Sung in Italian Approximate running time 3 hrs. 20 min. An exciting newcomer joins three acclaimed bel canto stars in Bellini’s final opera, a vocal showcase that features one of opera’s greatest mad scenes. Olga Peretyatko makes her highly anticipated Met debut as Elvira, the […]
04/26/14 – Cosi fan tutte – 1:00pm
Metropolitan Opera Cosi fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte Sung in Italian Approximate running time 3 hrs. 40 min. Music Director James Levine conducts Mozart’s beloved opera about testing the ties of love. The cast is filled with youthful Met stars: Susanna Phillips and Isabel Leonard are the sisters Fiordiligi and […]
04/19/14 – Arabella – 1:00pm
Metropolitan Opera Arabella by Richard Strauss Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal Sung in German Approximate running time 3 hrs. 31 min. Swedish soprano Malin Byström stars in the title role of Strauss’s nostalgic romance that explores the fleeting charms of youth, opposite Michael Volle and Juliane Banse. Philippe Auguin conducts. In the title role, Malin Byström, “elegant […]
04/12/14 – Andrea Chénier – 1:00pm
Metropolitan Opera Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano Libretto by Luigi Illica Sung in Italian Approximate running time 3 hrs. 5 min, two intermissions After their powerful pairing in Il Trovatore, Marcelo Álvarez and Patricia Racette reunite in Giordano’s melodramatic story of life in times of revolutionary fervor, a passionate tale of the ill-fated love of a dashing poet […]
04/05/14 – La Bohème – 1:00pm
Metropolitan Opera La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa Sung in Italian Approximate running time 2 hrs. 55 min, two intermissions Puccini’s moving story of young love is the most performed opera in Met history—and with good reason. Anita Hartig and Barbara Frittoli star as the frail Mimì in Franco Zeffirelli’s classic production, […]
03/29/14 – La Sonnambula – 1:00pm
Metropolitan Opera La Sonnambula by Vincenzo Bellini Libretto by Felice Romani Sung in Italian Approximate running time 2 hrs. 45 min. 1 intermission. Diana Damrau stars as Amina opposite bel canto specialist Javier Camarena as Elvino in Mary Zimmerman’s intriguing staging of Bellini’s sweet love story, with its unforgettable sleepwalking aria for the heroine. Marco Armiliato conducts. […]
