2017-18 Live Broadcasts

Mar
7
Sat
2020
COSÌ FAN TUTTE
Mar 7 @ 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM


COSÌ FAN TUTTE:Mozart
Bicket; Car, Malfi, Stober, Bliss, Pisaroni, Finley
Original Air Date: 03/07/2020

SID.20100600
Coney Island once again comes to the stage of the Met with the first revival of Phelim McDermott’s popular staging inspired by the side shows of the boardwalk. The pairs of young lovers are a casting dream: soprano Nicole Car, mezzo-soprano Serena Malfi, tenor Ben Bliss, and bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni, with the glorious bass-baritone Gerald Finley as the cynical Don Alfonso and the charming soprano Heidi Stober as the mischievous maid Despina. Harry Bicket conducts. Co-production of the Metropolitan Opera and English National Opera In collaboration with Improbable

Mar
14
Sat
2020
DER FLIEGENDE HOLLANDER
Mar 14 @ 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM


DER FLIEGENDE HOLLANDER:Wagner
Valery Gergiev: Evgeny Nikitin, Anja Kampe, Sergey Skorokhodov, Franz-Josef Selig
Broadcast of performance from 03/10/2020 
SID.20110640

The March 14 live performance and the LIVE IN HD Transmission have been canceled due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation and the recommendations of  city, state and federal elected officials.  

The broadcast will be of the Tuesday 3-10 performance taped as preparation for the Saturday Live in HD transmission. 

François Girard, whose revelatory 2013 take on Parsifal set the recent Met standard for Wagner stagings, unveils a spellbinding new vision of the composer’s tale of a cursed sea captain doomed to sail the open ocean for eternity. With sweeping sets by John Macfarlane, Girard’s new production turns the Met stage into a rich, layered tableau reminiscent of a vast oil painting. Valery Gergiev conducts a brilliant cast led by bass-baritone Evgeny Nikitin as the Dutchman, with German soprano Anja Kampe making her anticipated Met debut as the devoted Senta, whose selfless love is what the Dutchman seeks. Bass Franz-Josef Selig is her father, Daland, and tenor Sergey Skorokhodov is her deserted former lover, Erik. A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera; Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam; The Abu Dhabi Festival; and Opéra de Québec

Mar
16
Mon
2020
CARMEN [NMOS]
Mar 16 @ 7:30 PM – 11:55 PM


CARMEN:Bizet
Nezet-Seguin; Frittoli, Garanca, Alagna, Tahu Rhodes
Original Air Date: 01/16/2010
Live in HDMOD Video
SID.20120100

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Overall, the afternoon gets an A; not that there werent things to NOT like, but the balance of elements was extremely satisfying, and you understand why Carmen can survive anything from Spike Jones (set in a bubble gum factory decades before regie theatre was thought of) to Carmen Jones to whatever some crazy director somewhere in the EU is cooking up. What a score, even if you’re listening mostly to Choudens and Guiraud recitatives. The melodies, the characters, the everything. Elina Garanca voice’s is both fruity and clear. Her middle and upper voice are technically very satisfying and if there is a little weakness at the bottom in a theare the size of the Met, she has baby blue eyes and a command of the role that clearly put her as a favorite Carmen (Stevens, but Resnik (Dallas, 1963), Bumbry, Verrett, Borodina, De Los Angeles (Newark), Crespin, Horne, Baltsa are the ones most worthy of mention. Alagna is such a theatre performer that you go with him even when everything is not perfect. He is a very fine Jose, had to make the high climax of the Flower song pure falsetto to avoid a crack, but overall one of my favorite Joses. That he is arguably the best with the text of any doesn’t hurt, and visually he’s quite a specimen at 47. Carmen has to give him up because he’s immature not because he isn’t the hottest guy in Seville. Frittoli has many roles her Fiordiligi in the house, many Desdemonas, and her wrenching Suor Angelica. Her vibrato is always 10% too “loose” to be ideal, but when she needs to get out a big climax, she’s right there. only Freni and Lidia Marimpietri (Dallas, 1963) have made a greater impact. Teddy Tahu Rhodes was a late (10 am this morning) replacement for Kwiecien who was ill. Though he is often portrayed as a bari hunk, he looked skinny in the costume, and I wasn’t much impressed. The vocal if not stylistic standard is Merrill. Better Escamillos – Jose van Dam, Sam Ramey, Rene Pape, Norman Treigle (also in that first Carmen). Conducting. Yannick Nezet-Seguin. The musical preparation was outstanding. He started the first act prelude like a house of fire, but as he was accompanying the singers, came into more traditional tempi; he got a nice Gallic tang out of the orchestra. Where the preparation showed was in the many numbers that mix in the quintet of smugglers with chorus and 1 or more of the principals. Elizabeth Caballero as Frasquita sounded VERY good; we should hear more of her, but the ensemble was really terrific today. Except for the final tableau , the production is very satisfactory, and a good visual Carmen.

Mar
17
Tue
2020
LA BOHEME [NMOS]
Mar 17 @ 7:30 PM – 11:55 PM


LA BOHEME :Puccini
Luisotti; Gheorghiu, Arteta, Vargas, Tezier
Original Air Date: 04/05/2008
Live in HDMOD Video
SID.20120200

Mar
18
Wed
2020
IL TROVATORE [NMOS]
Mar 18 @ 7:30 PM – 11:55 PM


IL TROVATORE:Verdi
Armiliato, Netrebko, Zajick, Hvorostovsky, Lee
Original Air Date: 10/03/2015
Live in HD
SID.20120300

Mar
19
Thu
2020
LA TRAVIATA [NMOS]
Mar 19 @ 7:30 PM – 11:55 PM

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LA TRAVIATA:Verdi
Nézet-Séguin; Damrau, Flórez, Kelsey
Original Air Date: 12/15/2018
Live in HD
SID.20120400
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Michael Mayer’s richly textured new production, featuring a dazzling 19th-century setting that changes with the seasons. Soprano Diana Damrau plays the tragic heroine, Violetta, and tenor Juan Diego Flórez returns to the Met for the first time since 2015 to sing the role of Alfredo, Violetta’s hapless lover. Baritone Quinn Kelsey is Alfredo’s father, Germont, who destroys their love. Later performances feature Anita Hartig, Stephen Costello, Artur Ruciński, and Plácido Domingo.

REVIEW: The Met Turns the Tragedy of ‘Traviata’ Into Dull Disney Schmaltz By James Jorden • 12/05/18 – Well, you have to give the Met credit for accomplishing a feat no other opera company in the world could—or should. At Tuesday’s gala new production of La Traviata, the company managed to downgrade Verdi’s masterpiece of musical drama to a kitschy Disney musical. The prime culprit in this act of artistic vandalism is director Michael Mayer, who seems to have no handle at all on this classic tale of a courtesan inspired by true love to make the most profound sacrifice. In the great duet in the second act, for example, when the penitent Violetta confronts Germont, the morally outraged father of her lover, the singers circled listlessly around a bed that hogged center stage through all three acts.

Review: ‘La Traviata’ Opens a New Era at the Met Opera By Anthony Tommasini Dec. 5, 2018 ….””To begin his tenure as the company’s music director, Mr. Nézet-Séguin led an uncommonly fine rendition of Verdi’s “La Traviata,” in a new staging by Michael Mayer that stars the soprano Diana Damrau and the tenor Juan Diego Flórez. And in a rare gesture of respect and good will, the Met’s musicians joined Mr. Nézet-Séguin on stage for a bow after the show.

Mar
20
Fri
2020
LA FILLE DU RÉGIMENT [NMOS]
Mar 20 @ 7:30 PM – 11:55 PM


LA FILLE DU RÉGIMENT :Donizetti
Armiliato; Dessay, Palmer, Florez, Corbelli
Original Air Date: 04/26/2008
Live in HDMOD Video
SID.20120500

Mar
21
Sat
2020
LA CENERENTOLA
Mar 21 @ 12:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Fabio Luisi: Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Flórez, Luca Pisaroni
Original Air Date 5/10/2014 SID.20120000

The live broadcast of La Cenerentola scheduled for March 21 has been canceled due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation

Today’s Broadcast is of the LA CENERENTOLA performance from May 10, 2014 

Single Intermission 
HD Host Deborah Voigt interviews Joyce DiDonato and Juan Diego Flórez about La Cenerentola
Mary Jo Heath inteviews General Manager Peter Gelb

Angelina…………….Joyce DiDonato
Prince Ramiro………..Juan Diego Flórez
Dandini……………..Pietro Spagnoli
Don Magnifico………..Alessandro Corbelli
Clorinda…………….Rachelle Durkin
Tisbe……………….Patricia Risley
Alidoro……………..Luca Pisaroni
Conductor……………Fabio Luisi
Recitative Accompanist: Dennis Giauque
Production…………..Cesare Lievi
Designer…………….Maurizio Balò
Lighting Designer…….Gigi Saccomandi
Choreographer………..Daniela Schiavone
Stage Director……….Eric Einhorn
TV Director………….Barbara Willis Sweete

Read RWW’s Review of this HD Broadcast

LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR [NMOS]
Mar 21 @ 7:30 PM – 11:55 PM


LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR:Donizetti
Armiliato; Netrebko, Beczała, Kwiecień
Original Air Date: 02/07/2009
Live in HD  SID.20120699
February 7, 2009 Matinee /HD Transmission/Simulcast

LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR {580} 
Donizetti–Cammarano
Lucia……………….Anna Netrebko
Edgardo……………..Piotr Beczala
Enrico………………Mariusz Kwiecien
Raimondo…………….Ildar Abdrazakov
Normanno…………….Michael Myers
Alisa……………….Michaela Martens
Arturo………………Colin Lee
Flute Solo: Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson
Harp Solo: Mariko Anraku
Armonica Solo: Cecilia Brauer
Conductor……………Marco Armiliato

Production…………..Mary Zimmerman
Set designer…………Daniel Ostling
Costume designer……..Mara Blumenfeld
Lighting designer…….T. J. Gerckens
Choreography…………Daniel Pelzig
TV Director…………Gary Halvorson

READ Robert W White’s Review 

Mar
22
Sun
2020
EUGENE ONEGIN [NMOS]
Mar 22 @ 7:30 PM – 11:55 PM


EUGENE ONEGIN:Tchaikovsky
Gergiev; Hvorostovsky, Fleming, Vargas, Zaremba, Aleksashkin
Original Air Date: 02/24/2007
Live in HD MOD Audio MOD Video  SID.20120700
This performance is well known as one of the first season hits from the Met Live in HD. It is available on video in Blu-Ray (not so many of the Met performances are), as well as in MOoD. Gergiev, Hvorostovsky and Fleming deliver on their superstar standing both in audio and video.

EUGENE ONEGIN {122}
P. I. Tchaikovsky-P. I. Tchaikovsky/Shilovsky
Eugene Onegin………..Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Tatiana……………..Renée Fleming
Lensky………………Ramón Vargas
Olga………………..Elena Zaremba
Prince Gremin………..Sergei Aleksashkin
Larina………………Svetlana Volkova *Debut
Filippyevna………….Larisa Shevchenko
Triquet……………..Jean-Paul Fouchécourt
Captain……………..Keith Miller
Zaretsky…………….Richard Bernstein
Dance……………….Sam Meredith
Dance……………….Linda Gelinas

Conductor……………Valery Gergiev

Production…………..Robert Carsen
Designer…………….Michael Levine
Lighting Designer…….Jean Kalman
Choreographer………..Serge Bennathan
Stage Director……….Peter McClintock

Production Photos

Mar
23
Mon
2020
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE [NMOS]
Mar 23 @ 7:30 PM – 11:55 PM


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

Mar
24
Tue
2020
DAS RHEINGOLD [NMOS]
Mar 24 @ 7:30 PM – 11:55 PM


DAS RHEINGOLD:Wagner
Levine; Terfel, Croft, Owens, Blythe
Original Air Date: 10/09/2010
Live in HD
SID.20130215

Categories: Archive Featured LiVE in HD NMOS Tags: 2010-2011 2013 Blythe Croft DAS RHEINGOLD Levine NMOS Owens Terfel wagner
Mar
25
Wed
2020
DIE WALKÜRE [NMOS]
Mar 25 @ 7:30 PM – 11:55 PM


DIE WALKÜRE:Wagner
Levine; Voigt, Westbroek, Blythe, Kaufmann, Terfel, Konig
Original Air Date: 05/14/2011  Live in HD
SID.20130323

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

Review 

Mar
26
Thu
2020
SIEGFRIED [NMOS]
Mar 26 @ 7:30 PM – 11:55 PM


SIEGFRIED:Wagner
Luisi; Voigt, Bardon, Erdmann, Hunter Morris, Siegel, Owens, Konig, Terfel
Original Air Date: 11/05/2011  Live in HD
SID.20130432

Production Photos 
Read RWWs review

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

 

Mar
27
Fri
2020
GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG [NMOS]
Mar 27 @ 7:30 PM – 11:55 PM


GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG:Wagner
Luisi; Voigt, Harmer, Meier, Hunter Morris, Owens, Paterson, Konig
Original Air Date: 02/11/2012  Live in HD  
SID.20130540

Review
Production Photos

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

 

Mar
28
Sat
2020
WERTHER
Mar 28 @ 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Massenet
Alain Altinoglu: Jonas Kaufmann, Sophie Koch, Lisette Oropesa
Original Air Date: 3/15/2014   SID.20130000
Broadcast Performance from March 15, 2014

The performances of Werther scheduled for March 16, 20, 23, 28, and 31 have been canceled due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation and the recommendations of our city, state, and federal elected officials.

READ RWW’s Review of this Live in HD Broadcast. 

Production Photos

DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG [NMOS]
Mar 28 @ 7:30 PM – 11:55 PM

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

Mar
29
Sun
2020
TANNHÄUSER [NMOS]
Mar 29 @ 7:30 PM – 11:55 PM


TANNHÄUSER:Wagner
Levine; Botha, Westbroek, DeYoung, Mattei, Groissbock*
Original Air Date: 10/31/2015  Live in HD
SID.20130756

Review

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

Mar
30
Mon
2020
DIALOGUES DES CARMÉLITES [NMOS]
Mar 30 @ 7:30 PM – 11:55 PM


DIALOGUES DES CARMÉLITES:Poulenc
Nézet-Séguin; Leonard, Pieczonka, Morley, Cargill, Mattila, Portillo, Croft
Original Air Date: 05/11/2019
Live in HDMOD Video
SID.20140107

Mar
31
Tue
2020
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA [NMOS]
Mar 31 @ 7:30 PM – 11:55 PM


IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA:Rossini
Benini; Mattei, DiDonato, Flórez, Del Carlo, Relyea
Original Air Date: 03/24/2007
Live in HDMOD Video
SID.20140214
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.

Apr
1
Wed
2020
NIXON IN CHINA [NMOS]
Apr 1 @ 7:30 PM – 11:45 PM


NIXON IN CHINA:Adams
John Adams: James Maddalena, Janis Kelly, Kathleen Kim
Original Air Date: 02/12/2011
Live in HD
SID.20140322

Apr
2
Thu
2020
DON CARLO [NMOS]
Apr 2 @ 7:30 PM – 11:55 PM


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

Apr
3
Fri
2020
LES PÊCHEURS DE PERLES [NMOS]
Apr 3 @ 7:30 PM – 11:55 PM

LES PÊCHEURS DE PERLES:Bizet
Noseda; Damrau, Polenzani, Kwiecien, Teste*
Original Air Date: 01/16/2016
Live in HD
SID.20140538

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

Apr
4
Sat
2020
ORFEO ED EURIDICE
Apr 4 @ 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM


ORFEO ED EURIDICE:Gluck
Wigglesworth; Hong, Park, Barton
Original Air Date: 11/01/2019

SID.20140644
NYT Tommasini [10/21/2019] … The excellent British conductor Mark Wigglesworth, best known for his work with the English National Opera in London, drew out the warmth and refinement of Gluck’s score. But the Met Orchestra’s playing lacked precision and crispness, especially during the bustling overture, which sounded somewhat wan and limp. …. The veteran soprano Hei-Kyung Hong, who made her Met debut in 1984, was a winning Euridice. Though there were moments of patchy tone and shaky pitch in her singing, the radiance of her voice came through. She sang with a vigor and clarity that brought out the best from Ms. Barton. …During the final celebration of the reunion of Orfeo and Euridice, the Mark Morris ensemble took over the show with a suite of joyous dances. The orchestra responded with its most crisp and animated playing.once the god of love, Amore, here the bright-voiced soprano Hera Hyesang Park, arrived: Winged and wearing a peach-colored shirt, floppy pants and sneakers, she descended (on wires) from the heavens. In her vibrant singing and sassy manner, Ms. Park brought a touch of jaded exuberance to the proceedings: This Amore admits to being baffled by the romantic entanglements of mortals…..The veteran soprano Hei-Kyung Hong, who made her Met debut in 1984, was a winning Euridice. Though there were moments of patchy tone and shaky pitch in her singing, the radiance of her voice came through. She sang with a vigor and clarity that brought out the best from Ms. Barton. During the final celebration of the reunion of Orfeo and Euridice, the Mark Morris ensemble took over the show with a suite of joyous dances. The orchestra responded with its most crisp and animated playing.

MACBETH [NMOS]
Apr 4 @ 7:30 PM – 11:55 PM


MACBETH:Verdi
Fabio Luisi: Željko Lučić, Anna Netrebko, Joseph Calleja, René Pape
Original Air Date: 10/11/2014
Live in HD
SID.20140646

Apr
5
Sun
2020
NORMA [NMOS]
Apr 5 @ 7:30 PM – 11:55 PM

NORMA:Bellini
Rizzi; Radvanovsky, DiDonato, Calleja, Rose
Original Air Date: 10/07/2017
Live in HD
SID.20140754

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

Apr
6
Mon
2020
AIDA [NMOS]
Apr 6 @ 7:30 PM – 11:55 PM


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

Apr
7
Tue
2020
LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST [NMOS]
Apr 7 @ 7:30 PM – 11:55 PM

LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST:Puccini
Nicola Luisotti: Deborah Voigt, Marcello Giordani, Lucio Gallo
Original Air Date: 01/08/2011
Live in HD
SID.20150215

Apr
8
Wed
2020
FALSTAFF [NMOS]
Apr 8 @ 7:30 PM – 11:55 PM

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

Apr
9
Thu
2020
PARSIFAL [NMOS]
Apr 9 @ 7:30 PM – 11:55 PM

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

Production Photo