Archive for the ‘Old Met’ Category
12/09/17 – The Magic Flute – 1pm
Metropolitan Opera WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART The Magic Flute The Met’s English-language family version of Mozart’s enchanting masterpiece has become one of the city’s essential holiday traditions. Evan Rogister conducts Julie Taymor’s spellbinding production, with special holiday pricing and a 100-minute running time. Nathan Gunn reprises his much-loved portrayal of the bird-catcher Papageno. SUNG IN ENGLISH […]
12/02/17 – Met Opera Returns with Verdi’s requiem @ 1pm!
Metropolitan Opera GIUSEPPE VERDI Requiem For the first time since 2008, James Levine conducts a special series of concerts of Verdi’s great mass, written in memory of Italian poet Alessandro Manzoni. The company has assembled a quartet of extraordinary soloists to join the incomparable Met Orchestra and Chorus: Krassimira Stoyanova, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Aleksandrs Antonenko, […]
05/13/17 – Der Rosenkavalier – 1PM
Metropolitan Opera Der Rosenkavalier Composed by Richard Strauss Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal sung in German ESTIMATED RUN TIME 4 HRS 12 MINS front page photo credit: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera The dream cast of Renée Fleming as the Marschallin and Elīna Garanča as Octavian star in Strauss’s grandest opera. In his new production, Robert Carsen, the […]
05/06/17 – Cyrano de Bergerac – 1pm
Metropolitan Opera Cyrano de Bergerac Composed by Franco Alfano Libretto by Henri Caïn sung in French ESTIMATED RUN TIME 2 HRS 53 MINS front page photo credit: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera The comedy/tragedy of Cyrano de Bergerac and his beloved Roxane, a love story for the ages, comes alive in this rediscovered operatic gem. The title role […]
04/29/17 – Der Fliegende Hollander – 1PM
Metropolitan Opera Der Fliegende Holländer Composed by Richard Wagner Libretto by Richard Wagner sung in German ESTIMATED RUN TIME 2 HRS 21 MINS front page photo credit: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera New Met star Michael Volle sings the title role of the ghostly sailor damned to wander the seas in search of the love that will set him […]
04/22/17 – Eugene Onegin – 1pm
Metropolitan Opera Eugene Onegin Composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Libretto by Konstantin Shilovsky sung in Russian ESTIMATED RUN TIME 3 HRS 38 MINS front page photo credit: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera Tchaikovsky’s setting of Pushkin’s timeless verse novel is presented on the Met stage in Deborah Warner’s moving production, starring Anna Netrebko as Tatiana and Mariusz […]
04/15/17 – Aida – 1pm
Metropolitan Opera Aida Composed by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni sung in Italian ESTIMATED RUN TIME 3 HRS 45 MINS front page photo credit: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera The Met’s monumental staging is a dazzling backdrop for the star-crossed love story set amid the clash of ancient empires. Three commanding sopranos—Liudmyla Monastyrska, Latonia Moore, and Krassimira […]
04/08/17 – Tristan und Isolde – 1pm
Metropolitan Opera Tristan und Isolde Composed by Richard Wagner Libretto by the composer sung in German ESTIMATED RUN TIME 4 HRS 47 MINS front page photo credit: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera Tristan und Isolde opens the Met season in a new production by Mariusz Treliński (the director responsible for the 2014–15 season’s double bill of Iolanta and Bluebeard’s […]
04-01-17 – Fidelio – 1pm
Metropolitan Opera Fidelio Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven Libretto by Joseph Sonnleithner sung in German ESTIMATED RUN TIME 2 HRS 33 MINS front page photo credit: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera Beethoven’s only opera—an ode to freedom, justice, and the human spirit—returns to the Met with a fine cast. Adrianne Pieczonka is Leonore, who, disguised as Fidelio, courageously […]
03/25/17 – Idomeneo – 1pm
Metropolitan Opera Idomeneo Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Libretto by Giambattista Varesco sung in Italian ESTIMATED RUN TIME 3 HRS 58 MINS front page photo credit: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera “Here is the Met at its best. … [James] Levine conducts, drawing a refined and affecting performance from the great Met orchestra and chorus and an impressive cast” (New […]