Archive for the ‘Old Met’ Category
03/22/14 – Wozzeck – 1:00pm
Metropolitan Opera Wozzeck by Alban Berg Libretto by Alban Berg and Georg Büchner Sung in German Approximate running time 1 hrs. 37 min. No intermission. Wozzeck’s longtime champion James Levine conducts Berg’s gripping score of passion, despair, and murder. Deborah Voigt and Thomas Hampson step into the demanding roles of Marie and the hapless title character […]
03/15/14 – Werther – 1:00pm
Metropolitan Opera Werther by Jules Massenet LIbretto by Édouard Blau, Paul Milliet and Georges Hartmann Sung in French Approximate running time 2 hrs. 50 min. One intermission. Jonas Kaufmann stars in the title role of Massenet’s sublime adaptation of Goethe’s revolutionary and tragic romance, opposite Sophie Koch as Charlotte. The new production is directed and designed by […]
03/08/14 – The Enchanted Island – 1:00pm
Metropolitan Opera The Enchanted Island by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, Purcell, and others Devised and Written by Jeremy Sams Sung in English Approximate running time 3 hrs. 5 min. One intermission. The Met’s delightful Baroque fantasy returns after its critically acclaimed world-premiere run in 2011–12, bringing together the music of Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, Purcell, and other composers, set […]
03/01/14 – Prince Igor – 1:00pm
Metropolitan Opera Prince Igor by Alexander Borodin Libretto by Alexander Borodin Sung in Russian Approximate running time 4 hrs. 15 min. with 2 intermissions. Borodin’s defining Russian epic, famous for its Polovtsian Dances, comes to the Met for the first time in nearly 100 years. Dmitri Tcherniakov’s new production is a brilliant psychological journey through the mind […]
02/22/14 – Der Rosenkavalier – 1pm
Metropolitan Opera Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal Sung in German Approximate running time 4 hrs. 23 min. with 2 intermissions. Strauss’s bittersweet comic masterpiece features a superb ensemble led by Martina Serafin as the Marschallin. The performances celebrate the 100th anniversary of the opera’s U.S. premiere. Edward Gardner conducts. “Witty, elegant and […]
02/15/14 – Die Frau Ohne Schatten – 1:00pm
Metropolitan Opera Die Frau Ohne Schatten by Richard Strauss Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal Sung in German Approximate running time 4 hrs. 2 min. with 2 intermissions. A legendary Met production directed by the late Herbert Wernicke returns for the first time in ten years. The fantastical genius of the Strauss score and the Hofmannsthal libretto […]
02/08/14 – Rusalka – 1:00pm
Metropolitan Opera Rusalka by Antonin Dvorak Libretto by Jaroslav Kvapil Sung in Czech Approximate running time 3 hrs. 45 min. with 2 intermissions. The great Renée Fleming returns to one of her signature roles, singing the enchanting “Song to the Moon” in Dvorák’s soulful fairy-tale opera. Tenor Piotr Beczala co-stars as the Prince, Dolora Zajick is Ježibaba, and […]
02/01/14 – Madama Butterfly – 1:00pm
Metropolitan Opera Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa Sung in Italian Approximate running time 3 hrs. 15 min. Anthony Minghella’s breathtakingly beautiful and powerfully dramatic production returns, with Amanda Echalaz making her Met debut as Cio-Cio-San. Rising tenor Bryan Hymel sings Pinkerton. Cast/Crew Conductor: Philippe Auguin Cio-Cio-San: Amanda Echalaz Suzuki: Elizabeth […]
01/25/14 – L’Elisir d’Amore – 1:00pm
Metropolitan Opera L’Elisir d’Amore by Gaetano Donizetti Librettist Felice Romani Sung in Italian Approximate running time 2 hrs. 41 min. Anna Netrebko reprises her adorable Adina in Bartlett Sher’s charming production of Donizetti’s tender comedy, sharing the role with Andriana Chuchman in her Met debut. Ramón Vargas is the love-struck Nemorino, and Erwin Schrott sings the likeable […]
01/18/14 – Eugene Onegin – 1:00pm
Metropolitan Opera Eugene Onegin by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Librettists Konstantin Shilovsky and Peter Tchaikovsky Sung in Rissian Approximate running time 3 hrs. 25 min. Marina Poplavskaya and Peter Mattei take on the roles of the lovestruck Tatiana and the imperious Onegin in Deborah Warner’s new production of Tchaikovsky’s fateful romance, which opened the Met season in September, directed […]
