TRISTAN UND ISOLDE:Wagner
Rattle; Skelton, Stemme, Gubanova, Pape, Nikitin
Original Air Date: 10/08/2016
Live in HD
SID.20130107
Bachtrack Review
Tristan………………..Stuart Skelton
Isolde…………………Nina Stemme
Brangäne……………….Ekaterina Gubanova
King Marke……………..René Pape
Kurwenal……………….Evgeny Nikitin
Melot………………….Neal Cooper
Sailor’s Voice………….Tony Stevenson
Steersman………………David Crawford
Shepherd……………….Alex Richardson
Young Tristan…………..Jonathan O’Reilly
English Horn Solo……….Pedro R. Díaz
Conductor………………Simon Rattle
Production……………..Mariusz Trelinski
Set Designer……………Boris Kudlicka
Costume Designer………..Marek Adamski
Lighting Designer……….Marc Heinz
Choreographer…………..Tomasz Wygoda
Video Production Designer..Bartek Macias
TV Director…………….Gary Halvorson
DIE WALKÜRE:Wagner
Levine; Voigt, Westbroek, Blythe, Kaufmann, Terfel, Konig
Original Air Date: 05/14/2011 Live in HD
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Brünnhilde…………..Deborah Voigt
Siegmund…………….Jonas Kaufmann
Sieglinde……………Eva-Maria Westbroek
Wotan……………….Bryn Terfel
Fricka………………Stephanie Blythe
Hunding……………..Hans-Peter König
Gerhilde…………….Kelly Cae Hogan
Grimgerde……………Mary Ann McCormick
Helmwige…………….Molly Fillmore
Ortlinde…………….Wendy Bryn Harmer
Rossweisse…………..Lindsay Ammann
Schwertleite…………Mary Phillips
Siegrune…………….Eve Gigliotti
Waltraute……………Marjorie Elinor Dix
Conductor……………James Levine
Production…………..Robert Lepage
Associate Director……Neilson Vignola
Set Designer…………Carl Fillion
Costume Designer……..François St-Aubin
Lighting Designer…….Etienne Boucher
Video Image Artist……Boris Firquet
TV Director………….Gary Halvorson
SIEGFRIED:Wagner
Luisi; Voigt, Bardon, Erdmann, Hunter Morris, Siegel, Owens, Konig, Terfel
Original Air Date: 11/05/2011 Live in HD
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Production Photos
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Siegfried……………Jay Hunter Morris
Brünnhilde…………..Deborah Voigt
Wanderer…………….Bryn Terfel
Erda………………..Patricia Bardon
Mime………………..Gerhard Siegel
Alberich…………….Eric Owens
Fafner………………Hans-Peter König
Forest Bird………….Mojca Erdmann
Stage Horn Solo: Erik Ralske
Conductor……………Fabio Luisi
Production…………..Robert Lepage
Associate Director……Neilson Vignola
Set designer…………Carl Fillion
Costume designer……..François St-Aubin
Lighting designer…….Etienne Boucher
Video Image Artist……Pedro Pires
TV Director………….Gary Halvorson
GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG:Wagner
Luisi; Voigt, Harmer, Meier, Hunter Morris, Owens, Paterson, Konig
Original Air Date: 02/11/2012 Live in HD
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Brünnhilde…………..Deborah Voigt
Siegfried……………Jay Hunter Morris
Gunther……………..Iain Paterson
Gutrune……………..Wendy Bryn Harmer
Hagen……………….Hans-Peter König
Waltraute……………Waltraud Meier
Alberich…………….Eric Owens
First Norn…………..Maria Radner
Second Norn………….Elizabeth Bishop
Third Norn…………..Heidi Melton
Woglinde…………….Erin Morley
Wellgunde……………Jennifer Johnson Cano
Flosshilde…………..Tamara Mumford
Stage Horn solo: Erik Ralske
Conductor……………Fabio Luisi
Production…………..Robert Lepage
Associate Director……Neilson Vignola
Set designer…………Carl Fillion
Costume designer……..François St-Aubin
Lighting designer…….Etienne Boucher
Video Image Artist……Lionel Arnould
TV Director………….Gary Halvorson
DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG:Wagner
Levine; Dasch, Cargill, Appleby, Martin Kranzle, Botha, Konig, Volle
Original Air Date: 12/13/2014 Live in HD
SID.20130648
NY Times Tommasini review. This was the last run of the Schenk traditional production (premiered 1993) New production by Herheim was originally scheduled for 19-20 season.
Hans Sachs…………..Michael Volle
Eva…………………Annette Dasch
Walther von Stolzing….Johan Botha
Magdalene……………Karen Cargill
David……………….Paul Appleby
Beckmesser…………..Johannes Martin Kränzle
Pogner………………Hans-Peter König
Kothner……………..Martin Gantner
Vogelgesang………….Benjamin Bliss
Nachtigall…………..John Moore
Ortel……………….David Crawford
Zorn………………..David Cangelosi
Moser……………….Noah Baetge
Eisslinger…………..Tony Stevenson
Foltz……………….Brian Kontes
Schwarz……………..Ricardo Lugo
Night Watchman……….Matthew Rose
Conductor……………James Levine
Production…………..Otto Schenk
Set Designer…………Günther Schneider-Siemssen
Costume Designer……..Rolf Langenfass
Lighting Designer…….Gil Wechsler
Stage Director……….Paula Suozzi
Choreography…………Carmen De Lavallade
TV Director………….Matthew Diamond
TANNHÄUSER:Wagner
Levine; Botha, Westbroek, DeYoung, Mattei, Groissbock*
Original Air Date: 10/31/2015 Live in HD
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Tannhäuser…………..Johan Botha
Elisabeth……………Eva-Maria Westbroek
Wolfram……………..Peter Mattei
Venus……………….Michelle DeYoung
Hermann……………..Günther Groissböck
Walther……………..Noah Baetge
Heinrich…………….Adam Klein
Biterolf…………….Ryan McKinny
Reinmar……………..Ricardo Lugo
Shepherd…………….Ying Fang
Pages: Daniel Katzman, Connor Tsui, Michael Graham, Thomas White, Ruby Gilmore, Emma Kramer, Andre Gulick, Brandon Harnett
Three Graces: Marybeth Hansohn, Ana Luiza Luizi, Sarah Weber Gallo
Conductor……………James Levine
Production…………..Otto Schenk
Set designer…………Günther Schneider-Siemssen
Costume designer……..Patricia Zipprodt
Lighting designer…….Gil Wechsler
Choreographer………..Norbert Vesak
Stage Director……….Stephen Pickover
TV Director………….Barbara Willis Sweete
DIALOGUES DES CARMÉLITES:Poulenc
Nézet-Séguin; Leonard, Pieczonka, Morley, Cargill, Mattila, Portillo, Croft
Original Air Date: 05/11/2019
Live in HDMOD Video
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IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA:Rossini
Benini; Mattei, DiDonato, Flórez, Del Carlo, Relyea
Original Air Date: 03/24/2007
Live in HDMOD Video
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This is a simulcast of the first season Live in HD videocast. It’s the only matinee broadcast appearance of Mattei, DiDonato and Florez together, and they are a splendid trio.
NIXON IN CHINA:Adams
John Adams: James Maddalena, Janis Kelly, Kathleen Kim
Original Air Date: 02/12/2011
Live in HD
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DON CARLO:Verdi
Nezet-Seguin; Poplavskaya, Smirnova, Alagna, Keenlyside, Furlanetto, Halfvarson
Original Air Date: 12/11/2010
Live in HD
SID.20140430
The Met’s new production is played in five acts with two intermissions, the first between Acts 2 and 3, and the second after Act 3. The version used is Verdi’s final revision from 1886, sung in Italian, including the act that takes place at Fontainebleau (Act 1). It is almost identical to the version used in the Met’s previous production by John Dexter, with the exception of the opening section of the Fontainebleau scene. Instead of the longer scene between Elisabeth and the woodcutters which opened the opera in the Dexter production, the new production uses the abbreviated version with which Verdi replaced the original just before the Paris premiere in 1867.
The music of the Herald is sung by the Count of Lerma.
Don Carlo……………Roberto Alagna
Elizabeth of Valois…..Marina Poplavskaya
Rodrigo……………..Simon Keenlyside
Princess Eboli……….Anna Smirnova
Philip II……………Ferruccio Furlanetto
Grand Inquisitor……..Eric Halfvarson
Priest Inquisitor…….Tommaso Matelli
Celestial Voice………Jennifer Check
Friar……………….Alexei Tanovitski8 *
Tebaldo……………. Layla Claire
Count of Lerma……….Eduardo Valdes
Countess of Aremberg….Anne Dyas
Flemish Deputy……….Donovan Singletary
Flemish Deputy……….Keith Harris
Flemish Deputy……….Christopher Schaldenbrand
Flemish Deputy……….Joshua Benaim
Flemish Deputy……….Tyler Simpson
Flemish Deputy……….Eric Jordan
Conductor……………Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Production…………..Nicholas Hytner
Designer…………….Bob Crowley
Lighting designer…….Mark Henderson
TV Director………….Gary Halvorson
LES PÊCHEURS DE PERLES:Bizet
Noseda; Damrau, Polenzani, Kwiecien, Teste*
Original Air Date: 01/16/2016
Live in HD
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Léila……………….Diana Damrau
Nadir……………….Matthew Polenzani
Zurga……………….Mariusz Kwiecien
Nourabad…………….Nicolas Testé
Conductor……………Gianandrea Noseda
Production…………..Penny Woolcock
Set Designer…………Dick Bird
Costume Designer……..Kevin Pollard
Lighting Designer…….Jen Schriever
Projection Design…….59 Productions
Movement Director…….Andrew Dawson
TV Director………….Matthew Diamond
MACBETH:Verdi
Fabio Luisi: Željko Lučić, Anna Netrebko, Joseph Calleja, René Pape
Original Air Date: 10/11/2014
Live in HD
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NORMA:Bellini
Rizzi; Radvanovsky, DiDonato, Calleja, Rose
Original Air Date: 10/07/2017
Live in HD
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Norma……………….Sondra Radvanovsky
Pollione…………….Joseph Calleja
Adalgisa…………….Joyce DiDonato
Oroveso……………..Matthew Rose
Clotilde…………….Michelle Bradley
Flavio………………Adam Diegel
Child……………….Christopher Reynolds
Child……………….John Reynolds
Conductor……………Carlo Rizzi
Production…………..David McVicar
Set Designer…………Robert Jones
Costume Designer……..Moritz Junge
Lighting Designerr……Paule Constable
Movement Directo……..Leah Hausman
TV Director………….Gary Halvorson
AIDA:Verdi
Luisotti; Netrebko, Rachvelishvili, Antonenko, Kelsey, Belosselskiy, Speedo Green
Original Air Date: 10/06/2018
Live in HDMOD Video
SID.20150107
In what should be a highlight of the new season, soprano Anna Netrebko sings her first Met Aida, going toe-to-toe with mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili as Amneris. Later in the season, a second star-studded cast takes over, with Sondra Radvanovsky and Dolora Zajick as the leading ladies.Tenors Aleksandrs Antonenko and Yonghoon Lee alternate as Radamès, and Nicola Luisotti and Plácido Domingo take the podium for the Met’s monumental production. Production a gift of Mrs. Donald D. Harrington Revival a gift of Viking Cruises
LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST:Puccini
Nicola Luisotti: Deborah Voigt, Marcello Giordani, Lucio Gallo
Original Air Date: 01/08/2011
Live in HD
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FALSTAFF:Verdi
James Levine: Ambrogio Maestri, Angela Meade, Stephanie Blythe
Original Air Date: 12/14/2013
Live in HD
SID.20150323
RWW Review: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1RMiPKOgCMMZcpJOyf4zIeCwiMaNWIjI3Wx7i1Z7etM4
PARSIFAL:Wagner
Original Air Date: 03/02/2013 Live in HD SID.20150431
Conductor……………Daniele Gatti
Parsifal…………….Jonas Kaufmann
Kundry………………Katarina Dalayman
Amfortas…………….Peter Mattei
Gurnemanz……………René Pape
Klingsor…………….Evgeny Nikitin
Titurel……………..Rúni Brattaberg
Voice……………….Maria Zifchak
First Esquire………..Jennifer Forni
Second Esquire……….Lauren McNeese
Third Esquire………..Andrew Stenson
Fourth Esquire……….Mario Chang
First Knight…………Mark Schowalter
Second Knight………..Ryan Speedo Green
Flower Maidens: Kiera Duffy, Lei Xu, Irene Roberts, Haeran Hong, Katherine Whyte, Heather Johnson
Production…………..François Girard
Set Designer…………Michael Levine
Costume Designer……..Thibault Vancraenenbroeck
Lighting Designer…….David Finn
Video Designer……….Peter Flaherty
Choreographer………..Carolyn Choa
Dramaturg……………Serge Lamothe
TV Director………….Barbara Willis Sweete
ROMÉO ET JULIETTE:Gounod
Noseda; Damrau, Grigolo, Petrenko, Madore, Verrez
Original Air Date: 01/21/2017 Live in HD SID.20150539
Roméo……………….Vittorio Grigolo
Juliette…………….Diana Damrau
Frère Laurent………..Mikhail Petrenko
Stéphano…………….Virginie Verrez
Mercutio…………….Elliot Madore
Benvolio…………….Tony Stevenson
Gertrude…………….Diana Montague
Capulet……………..Laurent Naouri
Tybalt………………Diego Silva
Pâris……………….David Crawford
Grégorio…………….Jeongcheol Cha
Duke of Verona……….Oren Gradus
Conductor……………Gianandrea Noseda
Production…………..Bartlett Sher
Set Designer…………Michael Yeargan
Costume Designer……..Catherine Zuber
Lighting designer…….Jennifer Tipton
Choreographer………..Chase Brock
Fight Director……….B. H. Barry
TV Director………….Gary Halvorson
DON PASQUALE:Donizetti
Original Air Date: 11/13/2010 Live in HD SID.20150646
Don Pasquale…………John Del Carlo
Norina………………Anna Netrebko
Ernesto……………..Matthew Polenzani
Dr. Malatesta………..Mariusz Kwiecien
Notary………………Bernard Fitch
Conductor……………James Levine
Production…………..Otto Schenk
Designer…………….Rolf Langenfass
Lighting designer…….Duane Schuler
TV Director………….Gary Halvorson
This season Don Pasquale was performed with one intermission, between Acts II and III
The Met: Live in HD series is made possible by a gift of its founding sponsor, the Neubauer Family Foundation Bloomberg is the global corporate sponsor of The Met: Live in HD.
COSÌ FAN TUTTE:Mozart
Robertson; Majeski, Bliss, Malfi, Plachetka, O’Hara, Maltman
Original Air Date: 03/31/2018 Live in HD SID.20150754
Fiordiligi…………..Amanda Majeski
Ferrando…………….Ben Bliss
Dorabella……………Serena Malfi
Guglielmo……………Adam Plachetka
Despina……………..Kelli O’Hara
Don Alfonso………….Christopher Maltman
Skills Ensemble: Betty Bloomerz, Nicholas DeCegli, Sarah Folkins, *
Leo the Human Gumby, Jonathan Nosan, Titano Oddfellow,,
Cristina Pitter, Sage Sovereign, Ray Valenz, Anna Venizelos,
Josh Walker, Zoe Ziegfeld *Jeff Stilt and Kelsey Strauch replaced Valenz and Bloomer as Skills for the first half of Act I
Harpsichord Continuo….Natalia Katyukova
Conductor……………David Robertson
Production…………..Phelim McDermott
Set Designer…………Tom Pye
Costume Designer……..Laura Hopkins
Lighting Designer…….Paule Constable
TV Director………….Gary Halvorson
RUSALKA:Dvorak
Nézet-Séguin; Fleming, Beczala, Magee, Zajick, Relyea
Original Air Date: 02/08/2014
Live in HD
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Read RWW’s Review of the Live in HD broadcast of this cast.
BORIS GODUNOV:Mussorgsky
Gergiev; Semenchuk, Antonenko, Balashov, Nikitin, Pape, Petrenko, Ognovenko
Original Air Date: 10/23/2010
Live in HDMOD Video
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LA RONDINE:Puccini
Marco Armiliato [it]: Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Samuel Ramey
Original Air Date: 01/10/2009
Live in HD
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LE COMTE ORY:Rossini
Maurizio Benini: Juan Diego Flórez, Joyce DiDonato, Diana Damrau
Original Air Date: 04/09/2011
Live in HD
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MADAMA BUTTERFLY:Puccini
Patrick Summers: Patricia Racette, Marcello Giordani, Dwayne Croft
Original Air Date: 03/07/2009
Live in HD
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SIMON BOCCANEGRA:Verdi
Original Air Date: 02/05/2011 SID.20160000
THE CAST (in order of vocal appearance)
Paolo Albiani baritone, NICOLA ALAIMO
Pietro bass, RICHARD BERNSTEIN
Simon Boccanegra baritone, DMITRI HVOROSTOVSKY
Jacopo Fiesco bass, FERRUCCIO FURLANETTO
Amelia soprano, BARBARA FRITTOLI
Gabriele Adorno tenor, RAMÓN VARGAS
Amelia’s maid mezzo, EDYTA KULCZAK
Captain tenor, ADAM LAURENCE HERSKOWITZ
THE SCENES Timings (ET) (Genoa, 14th c.)
1:00- PROLOGUE A public square
-2:31 ACT I
Sc. 1 Grimaldi palace gardens, twenty-five years later
Sc. 2 Doge’s council chamber
3:00- ACT II Doge’s apartments
-3:59 ACT III The council chamber
NYTIMES Review
ADRIANA LECOUVREUR:Cilea
Noseda; Netrebko, Rachvelishvili, Beczala, Bosi, Maestri, Muraro
Original Air Date: 01/12/2019
Live in HDMOD Video
SID.20160647
Based on a play by Eugène Scribe, the story was inspired by the real-life intrigues of famed actress Adrienne Lecouvreur and the legendary soldier—and lover—Maurice of Saxony. Cilea’s operatic retelling quickly became a favorite of charismatic soloists. The title character in particular is a quintessential diva role. Drama Queen (Article by William Berger) “On New Year’s Eve, Francesco Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur returns to the Met with soprano Anna Netrebko in the touchstone title role. She teams up with tenor Piotr Beczała as her lover, Maurizio—a brilliant pairing of stars fresh off a joint triumph in performances of Adriana in Vienna. Mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili rounds out the all-star principal trio, and maestro Gianandrea Noseda is on the podium. Sir David McVicar’s new staging—the Met’s first new production of the work in more than half a century—embraces Cilea’s glamorous 18th-century Parisian setting but also mines for deeper artistic significance in an opera that is often underestimated.” (William Berger) Co-Production of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London; Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona; Wiener Staatsoper; San Francisco Opera; and L’Opéra National de Paris Production a gift of The Sybil B. Harrington Endowment Fund
DER ROSENKAVALIER:Strauss
Weigle; Garanca, Fleming, Groissböck, Morley, Brück, Polenzani
Original Air Date: 05/13/2017
MOD VideoLive in HD
SID.20160755
ELEKTRA:Strauss
Esa-Pekka Salonen; Nina Stemme, Waltraud Meier, Adrianne Pieczonka, Eric Owens
Original Air Date: 04/30/2016
Live in HD
SID.20170107