2017-18 Live Broadcasts

Dec
14
Fri
2018
OTELLO
Dec 14 @ 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM


OTELLO : Verdi
Dudamel; Yoncheva, Johnson Cano,  Skelton (cancelled), Tanner (role debut), Dolgov, Lucic, Morris

SEASON PREMIERE  – Live Broadcast 
SYNOPSIS  –  PROGRAM

MET OPERA PRESS RELEASE:  Carl Tanner will sing the title role in Verdi’s Otello in tonight’s season premiere performance, replacing Stuart Skelton, who is ill.  American tenor Carl Tanner makes his Met role debut as Otello. He made his Met debut as Dick Johnson in Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West in 2010, followed by performances as Radamès in Verdi’s Aida and Turiddu in Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana. Recent performances have included Radamès at Washington National Opera, Otello at Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, and Luigi in Puccini’s Il Tabarro at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. He was seen earlier this season singing the title role of Otello at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow and at the Savonlinna Festival in Finland. 

Conducting sensation Gustavo Dudamel makes his Met debut leading Verdi’s towering Shakespearean masterpiece, in the first revival of Bartlett Sher’s gripping 2015 production. The cast includes dynamic tenor Stuart Skelton in the title role*, star soprano Sonya Yoncheva as the devoted but doomed Desdemona, and outstanding baritone Željko Lučić as the treacherous Iago.

*(cancelled for opening night, replaced by Carl Tanner)

Production a gift of Jacqueline Desmarais, in memory of Paul G. Desmarais Sr.

Revival a gift of Rolex

Dec
15
Sat
2018
LA TRAVIATA [HD]
Dec 15 @ 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

LA TRAVIATA : Verdi
Cast: Nézet-Séguin; Damrau, Flórez, Kelsey
Live in HD

Program 121518-Traviata

First Intermission

Backstage Pass: HD Host Anita Rachvelishvili interviews Juan Diego Floréz
TOLL BROTHERS – METROPOLITAN OPERA QUIZ
Guest Artist: Bartlett Sher  Host: Gerald Martin Moore; Panelists: Neal Goren, Roger Pines, and Melanie Spector

Second Intermission
Backstage Pass: HD Host Anita Rachvelishvili interviews Diana Damrau
Backstage Pass: HD Host Anita Rachvelishvili interviews Quinn Kelsey
Radio Host Mary Jo Heath interviews Erin Morley about Magic Flute

Backstage Pass: General Manager Peter Gelb interviews Music Director Yannick Nézet-SéguinRAM

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.

Production a gift of The Paiko Foundation

Major additional funding from Mercedes T. Bass, Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Montrone, and Rolex