Posts Tagged ‘Metropolitan Opera’
02/25/12 – Ernani – 1:00pm
By Giuseppe Verdi Librettist: Francesco Maria PIave Sung in Italian Approximate running time 3 hrs. 30 min. Angela Meade takes center stage in Verdi’s thrilling early gem. With Marcello Giordani in the role of her mismatched lover, and all-star Verdians Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Ferruccio Furlanetto round out the cast. Cast Conductor: Marco Armiliato Elvira: Angela […]
02/18/12 – The Barber of Seville – 1:00pm
By Gioachino Rossini Librettist: Cesare Sterbini Sung in Italian Rodion Pogossov stars in the title role of the barber in Bartlett Sher’s popular production, which propels the comic action right into the audience with Diana Damrau as Rosina. Cast Conductor: Maurizio Benini Rosina: Diana Damrau Count Almaviva: Colin Lee Figaro: Rodion Pogossov Dr. Bartolo: John […]
02/11/12 – Götterdämmerung – 12:00pm
by Richard Wagner Librettist Richard Wagner Sung in German With its cataclysmic climax, the Met’s new Ring cycle, directed by Robert Lepage, comes to its resolution. Deborah Voigt stars as Brünnhilde and Jay Hunter Morris is Siegfried—the star-crossed lovers doomed by fate. Fabio Luisi conducts. Cast Conductor: Fabio Luisi Brünnhilde: Deborah Voigt Gutrune: Wendy Bryn […]
02/04/12 – Anna Bolena – 1:00PM
by Gaetanto Donizatti Librettist Felice Romani sung in Itanlian Anna Netrebko opens the Met season with her portrayal of the ill-fated queen driven insane by her unfaithful king. She sings one of opera’s greatest mad scenes in this Met premiere production by David McVicar. Ekaterina Gubanova is her rival, Jane Seymour, Ildar Abdrazakov sings Henry […]
Getting away to it all
I’m not one to sit around on vacation. I love my job, but it does entail spending most of my workday in a small room with a bunch of electronics, & I’m a pretty sociable person, & not very sedentary, so when I leave town for a few days, I need to be somewhere with […]
01/28/12 – Tosca – 1:00pm
Tosca by Giacomo Puccini Librettists: Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica sung in Italian Approximate running time 3 hrs. 0 min. Patricia Racette won plaudits when she first sang the title role at the Met in 2010. Now she she’s back with Robert Dean Smith as her heroic lover, Cavaradossi. James Morris is Scarpia. Cast Conductor: […]
01/21/12 – The Enchanted Island – 1:00PM
The Enchanted Island by George Frideric Handel, Antonio Vivaldi, Jean-Philippe Rameau and others In one extraordinary new work, lovers of Baroque opera have it all: the world’s best singers, glorious music of the Baroque masters, and a story drawn from Shakespeare. In The Enchanted Island, the lovers from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream are shipwrecked […]
01/14/12 – Norma – 1:00PM
Archival Broadcast: Bellini’s Norma, April 4, 1970 January 14, 2012 1:00 pm ET Bonynge; Sutherland, Horne, Bergonzi, Siepi
01/07/12 – Hansel and Gretel – 1:00pm
Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck The Met’s wickedly funny production returns as this season’s English-language holiday presentation for families, with special prices and midweek matinees. Aleksandra Kurzak is Gretel, with Kate Lindsey and Alice Coote alternating as Hansel. Robert Brubaker is the Witch who plots to bake them into gingerbread. PRODUCTION CREDITS Production: Richard […]
12/31/11 – Die Fledermaus – 1:00pm
Archival Broadcast: Strauss’s Die Fledermaus, January 20, 1951 December 31, 2011 1:00 pm ET Ormandy; Piazza, Munsel, Stevens,Kullman, Tucker, J. Brownlee, Gilford
