Archive for the ‘Old Met’ Category
01/11/14 – Die Fledermaus – 1:00PM
Metropolitan Opera Die Fledermaus by Joann Strauss, Jr. with lyrics by Jeremy Sams and dialog by Douglas Carter Beane Sung in English Approximate running time 3 hrs. 45 min. Jeremy Sams returns to the Met, after his major success with The Enchanted Island, to direct a new production of Johann Strauss’s beloved operatic confection, with a revised libretto by […]
01/04/14 – Magic Flute – 1:00pm
Metropolitan Opera The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder Sung in English Approximate running time 1 hrs. 40 min. Julie Taymor’s fanciful production—complete with dancing bears and giant flamingos—is sung in English and runs a brisk 100 minutes in this abridged holiday version for families. The winning cast includes Alek Shrader as Tamino, […]
12/28/13 – Tosca – 1:00PM
Metropolitan Opera Tosca by Giacomo Puccini Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa Sung in Italian Approximate running time 3 hrs. 10 min. Puccini’s timeless verismo score is well served by two exceptional casts. Patricia Racette and Sondra Radvanovsky share the title role of the jealous diva, opposite two leading tenors—Roberto Alagna and Marcello Giordani. George Gagnidze […]
12/21/13 – A Midsummer Night’s Dream – 1:00pm
Metropolitan Opera A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Benjamin Britten Libretto by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears, after Shakespeare Sung in Italian Approximate running time 3 hrs. 35 min. Britten’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s magical romance returns to the Met for the first time in ten years, in celebration of the composer’s centennial. James Conlon conducts the gifted […]
12/14/13 – Falstaff – 1:00pm
Metropolitan Opera Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Arrigo Boito Sung in Italian Approximate running time 2 hrs. 50 min. An undisputed master of Verdi’s final comic masterpiece, James Levine conducts Robert Carsen’s acclaimed production, the first new Met Falstaff since 1964. Ambrogio Maestri sings the role of the blustery Sir John Falstaff, opposite a marvelous […]
12/07/13 – MET BEGINS! Rigoletto – 1:00pm
Metropolitan Opera Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave based on the play Le Roi s’Amuse by Victor Hugo Sung in Italian Approximate running time 3 hrs. 2 min. Dmitri Hvorostovsky sings the title role of Verdi’s tragic masterpiece for the first time at the Met in Michael Mayer’s dazzling production set in Las Vegas—the neon-bedecked […]
5/11/13 – Gotterdammerung – NOON
Metropolitan Opera Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner Libretto by Richard Wagner Sung in German Approximate running time: 5 hrs. 31 min., 2 intermissions. Robert Lepage’s landmark production of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen is back for three complete cycles in spring 2013, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the composer’s birth. The Ring‘s cataclysmic finale stars Deborah Voigt and Katarina […]
5/04/13 – Dialogues des Carmelites – 1:00PM
Metropolitan Opera Dialogues des Carmélites by Francis Poulenc Libretto by Francis Poulenc, after Georges Bernanos Sung in French Approximate running time: 3 hrs. 2 min., 1 intermission. In one of the Met’s greatest productions, Poulenc’s masterpiece makes a rare return to the repertory with a fine cast led by Patricia Racette, Felicity Palmer, and Isabel Leonard. Louis Langrée conducts […]
04/27/13 – Giulio Cesare – 1PM
Metropolitan Opera Giulio Cesare by George Frideric Handel Libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym Sung in Italian Approximate running time: 4 hrs. 5 min., 2 intermissions. The opera that conquered London in Handel’s time comes to the Met in David McVicar’s inventive production—which triumphed at its Glyndebourne premiere in 2005. The Guardian praised McVicar’s “witty, sexy, and tragic post-colonial framing of […]
04/20/13 – Siegfried – NOON
Metropolitan Opera Die Walküre by Richard Wagner Libretto by Richard Wagner Sung in German Approximate running time: 5 hrs. 6 min., 2 intermissions. Robert Lepage’s landmark production of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen is back for three complete cycles in spring 2013, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the composer’s birth. Jay Hunter Morris reprises his […]
