Archive for the ‘Old Met’ Category
03/18/17 – Guillaume Tell – 1pm
Metropolitan Opera Guillaume Tell Composed by Gioachino Rossini Libretto by Étienne de Jouy and Hippolyte Bis sung in French ESTIMATED RUN TIME 4 HRS 34 MINS front page photo credit: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera Rossini’s epic telling of the William Tell fable returns to the Met stage after an absence of more than 80 years, in a […]
03/11/17 – La Traviata – 1pm
Metropolitan Opera La Traviata Composed by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave sung in Italian ESTIMATED RUN TIME 2 HRS 33 MINS front page photo credit: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera Sonya Yoncheva sings one of opera’s most beloved heroines, the tragic courtesan Violetta, a role in which she triumphed on the Met stage in 2015, opposite […]
03/04/17 – Werther – 1pm
Metropolitan Opera Werther Composed by Jules Massenet Libretto by Édouard Blau, Paul Milliet and Georges Hartmann sung in French ESTIMATED RUN TIME 2 HRS 54 MINS front page photo credit: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera Tenor sensation Vittorio Grigolo is Werther, the young poet who seeks the unattainable love of the beautiful Charlotte, sung by mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard. Edward […]
02/25/17 – Rusalka – 1pm
Metropolitan Opera Rusalka Composed by Antonín Dvořák Libretto by Jaroslav Kvapil sung in Czech ESTIMATED RUN TIME 3 HRS 40 MINS front page photo credit: Ken Howard/ Met Opera Kristine Opolais stars in the role that helped launch her international career, the mythical Rusalka, who sings the haunting “Song to the Moon.” Mary Zimmerman brings her […]
2/18/17 – I Puritani – 1pm
Metropolitan Opera I Puritani Composed by Vincenzo Bellini sung in Italian ESTIMATED RUN TIME 3 HRS 32 MINS front page photo credit: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera The art of bel canto will take center stage in Bellini’s lyrical jewel. The electrifying Diana Damrau is Elvira, gripped by madness and love; Javier Camarena, a sensation in his recent […]
02/11/17 – Carmen – 1pm
Metropolitan Opera Carmen Composed by Georges Bizet Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy sung in French ESTIMATED RUN TIME 3 HRS 17 MINS front page photo credit: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera Two French mezzo-sopranos, Sophie Koch and Clémentine Margaine, alternate as Bizet’s immortal heroine. Tenor Marcelo Álvarez is her hapless soldier Don José, and newcomer Maria […]
02/04/17 – Rigoletto – 1pm
Metropolitan Opera Rigoletto Composed by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave Sung in Italian ESTIMATED RUN TIME 3 HRS 2 MINS front page photo credit: Karen Almond/Metropolitan Opera Michael Mayer’s hit production of Rigoletto places the action in a neon-bedecked Las Vegas in 1960. Stephen Costello and Joseph Calleja alternate as the womanizing Duke, Olga Peretyatko is […]
01/28/17 – Il Barbiere di Siviglia – 1PM
Metropolitan Opera Il Barbiere di Siviglia Composed by Gioachino Rossini Libretto by Cesare Sterbini Sung in Italian ESTIMATED RUN TIME 3 HRS 4 MINS front page photo credit: Ken Howard/ Met Opera World premiere: Teatro Argentina, Rome, 1816. Rossini’s perfectly honed treasure survived a famously disastrous opening night (caused by factions and local politics more than any reaction to […]
01/21/17 – Romeo et Juliette – 1PM
Metropolitan Opera Roméo et Juliette Composed by Charles Gounod Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré Sung in French ESTIMATED RUN TIME 2 HRS 56 MINS front page photo credit: Ken Howard/ Met Opera World premiere: Théâtre Lyrique, Paris, 1867. Perhaps the most enduringly successful of the many operatic settings of the world’s consummate love story, Roméo et […]
01/14/17 – La Boheme – 1PM
Metropolitan Opera La Bohème Composed by Giacomo Puccini Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa Sung in Italian ESTIMATED RUN TIME 2 HRS 58 MINS front page photo credit: Marty Sohl/ Met Opera World premiere: Teatro Regio, Turin, 1896. Met company premiere: Los Angeles (on tour), November 9, 1900. La Bohème, the passionate, timeless, and indelible story of love among […]
