Archive for the ‘Old Met’ Category
04/13/13 – Die Walkure – NOON
Metropolitan Opera Die Walküre by Richard Wagner Libretto by Richard Wagner Sung in German Approximate running time: 5 hrs. 4 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. In the second installment, the […]
04/06/13 – Das Rheingold – 1:00pm
Metropolitan Opera Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner Libretto by Richard Wagner Sung in German Approximate running time: 2 hrs. 46 min, wihtout intermission. 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. In the epic’s first installment, […]
03/30/13 – La Traviata – 1:00pm
Metropolitan Opera La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave Sung in Italian Approximate running time: 2 hrs. 37 min, one intermission. Soprano Diana Damrau tackles Verdi’s eternal heroine for the first time anywhere in Willy Decker’s inspiring production. Plácido Domingo expands his repertoire to sing the baritone role of Germont, Violetta’s tormentor. Tenor […]
03/23/13 – La Forza del Destino – 1:00pm
Metropolitan Opera La Forza del Destino by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave Sung in Italian Approximate running time: 3 hrs. 33 min. The Met Archival Broadcast: March 12, 1977 Matinee Broadcast Cast/Crew Leonora: Leontyne Price Don Alvaro: Plácido Domingo Don Carlo: Cornell MacNeil Padre Guardiano: Martti Talvela Preziosilla: Rosalind Elias Fra Melitone: Renato Capecchi Marquis de Calatrava: Malcolm Smith Curra: Carlotta Ordassy […]
03/16/13 – Francesca da Rimini – 1:00pm
Metropolitan Opera Francesca da Rimini by Riccardo Zandonai Libretto by Tito Ricordi Sung in Italian Approximate running time: 3 hrs. 33 min., including 3 intermissions Eva-Maria Westbroek and Marcello Giordani star in the Met’s production of Zandonai’s melodic gem, inspired by Dante’s Inferno. Marco Armiliato conducts. Eva-Maria Westbroek “exudes warmth and intelligence in the title role” (Financial […]
03/09/13 – Don Carlo – 1:00pm
Metropolitan Opera Don Carlo by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Camille du Locle and François Joseph Méry Sung in Italian Approximate running time: 4 hrs. 35 min., including 2 intermissions Nicholas Hytner’s powerful 2010 production features a strong cast for Verdi’s epic vision of the Spanish Inquisition. Ramón Vargas sings the title role, joined by Barbara Frittoli, Anna Smirnova, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Ferruccio […]
03/02/13 – Parsifal – NOON
Metropolitan Opera Parsifal by Richard Wagner Libretto by Richard Wagner Sung in German Approximate running time: 5 hrs. 35 min., including 2 intermissions Director François Girard’s timeless new vision for Wagner’s final masterpiece explores the many facets of this mystical score, while designer Michael Levine (Eugene Onegin) creates a surreal landscape. Jonas Kaufmann stars in the title role […]
02/23/13 – Carmen – 1:00pm
Metropolitan Opera Carmen by Georges Bizet Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy Sung in French Approximate running time: 3 hrs. 13 min., including 1 intermission The Met’s hit production of Bizet’s Carmen stars Anita Rachvelishvili, who made a sensational Met debut in the title role in 2010. “With her smoldering, earthy sexuality, she is ideal for the role” of the sultry […]
02/16/13 – Rigoletto – 1PM
Metropolitan Opera Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave Sung in Italian Approximate running time: 3 hrs. 2 min., including 2 intermissions Michael Mayer’s bold new production locates Verdi’s tragedy of lust, betrayal, and revenge in Las Vegas in 1960. Željko Lucic sings the title role and Diana Damrau is his beautiful daughter, who falls under […]
02/09/13 – L’Elisir d’Amore – 1:00pm
Metropolitan Opera L’Elisir d’Amore by Gaetano Donizetti Libretto by Felice Romani Sung in Italian Approximate running time: 2 hrs. 41 min., including 1 intermission Anna Netrebko and Matthew Polenzani star in one of the greatest comic gems in opera, as the fickle Adina and her besotted Nemorino. Bartlett Sher, whose previous productions of Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Le Comte Ory, and Les […]
