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Tuesday, June 16, 7:00pm
Conducted by Met Music Director James Levine, the 110-minute production, with English translation by J.D. McClatchy, was created to appeal to music lovers of all ages. Heading the cast are Ying Huang as Pamina, Erika Miklósa as Queen of the Night, Matthew Polenzani as Tamino, Nathan Gunn as Papageno, and René Pape as Sarastro. Director Julie Taymor.
“Our abridged, English-language version of The Magic Flute is the Met’s answer to The Nutcracker,” said Met General Manager Peter Gelb. “It’s the perfect production for attracting new and younger audiences to opera.”
Tuesday, July 7, 7:00pm
Karita Mattila calls on her extraordinary acting powers to portray Tatiana, who develops from young girl to experienced woman over the course of this lush romantic masterpiece. The challenges of the title role will be met by Thomas Hampson as the nobleman whose aristocratic façade is pierced by love too late.
Tchaikovsky’s sweeping depiction of impossible love is set amid all the pathos and pageantry of Imperial Russia. Dance music for every kind of character, from peasants to nobility, is contrasted with moving solos such as the soprano’s great letter scene and the tenor’s heartbreaking farewell to life. An engrossing and insightful drama, Eugene Onegin uses a lushly romantic score to present adult relationships in all their complexity.
Tuesday, July 21, 7:00pm
Tenor Juan Diego Florez as Count Almaviva opposite star mezzo Joyce Di Donato as the feisty Rosina. Barbiere is light on its feet, with mobile sets that allow the comic action to swirl from stage to audience and back again.
Tuesday, August 18, 7:00pm
The world’s most popular opera is an inexhaustible treasure trove of genuine feeling, a revelation in music of the details that make up the human experience in modern times. Franco Zeffirelli’s ingenious production still draws gasps and applause more than 25 years after its premiere—La Bohème remains an essential operatic experience.
Pucciini’s timeless opera of young love and loss stars the extraordinary Angela Gheorghiu as Mimì and Ramón Vargas as Rodolfo. Nicola Luisotti conducts the performance which was transmitted live in high definition to audiences internationally. Filmed in Hi-Definition Widescreen
Tuesday, September 1, 7:00pm
Experience the “exceedingly yummy operatic cake” that was called “the operatic show of the season” by The Times of London when it opened at Covent Garden. Audiences were dazzled by Natalie Dessay’s fearless coloratura and impeccable comic timing and by Juan Diego Flórez’s remarkable musicality—complete with the famous high Cs. Dessay and Flórez are an “operatic coupling made in heaven” raved the Financial Times. Directed by Laurent Pelly, the production also boasts stage legend and Tony Award® winner Marian Seldes as the Duchess of Krakenthorp.
Saturday, September 19, 7:00pm
With its stunning visuals, it accentuates the beauty and timelessness of Puccini’s searing tragedy. Over the course of a century since its first performance, this story of a lovelorn geisha betrayed by an American Navy lieutenant has resonated far beyond the opera house and become an essential part of the cultural conversation.
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