2017-18 Live Broadcasts

Feb
18
Mon
2019
LA FILLE DU RÉGIMENT
Feb 18 @ 7:30 PM – 11:55 PM


LA FILLE DU RÉGIMENT:Donizetti
Original Air Date: 02/11/2019
Mazzola; Yende, Blythe, Turner, Camarena, Corbelli
SID.19080107
Tenor Javier Camarena and soprano Pretty Yende team up for a feast of bel canto vocal fireworks—including the show-stopping tenor aria “Ah! Mes amis … Pour mon âme,” with its nine high Cs. Alessandro Corbelli and Maurizio Muraro trade off as the comic Sergeant Sulpice, with mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe as the outlandish Marquise of Berkenfield. And in an exciting piece of casting, stage and screen icon Kathleen Turner makes her Met debut in the speaking role of the Duchess of Krakenthorp. Enrique Mazzola conducts. A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera; the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London; and the Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna

Feb
22
Fri
2019
FALSTAFF
Feb 22 @ 8:00 PM – 11:55 PM


FALSTAFF:Verdi
Original Air Date: 02/22/2019
Farnes; Schultz, Pérez, Lemieux, Johnson Cano, Demuro, Maestri, Rodríguez
SID.19080535
Baritone Ambrogio Maestri brings his larger-than-life portrayal of the title role back for the first time since his Met role debut in the 2013–14 season. Robert Carsen’s insightful production—which moves the action to postwar England in the 1950s—features an exceptional cast that includes soprano Ailyn Pérez as Alice Ford and soprano Golda Schultz as Nannetta.

Feb
23
Sat
2019
RIGOLETTO
Feb 23 @ 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM


RIGOLETTO:Verdi
Original Air Date: 02/23/2019
Luisotti; Sierra, Zaharia, Grigolo, Frontali, Kocán
SID.19080640
Verdi’s tragic jester returns in Michael Mayer’s neon-bedecked, Las Vegas–themed production. Baritones Roberto Frontali and George Gagnidze share the title role, and soprano Nadine Sierra reprises her portrayal of Gilda, the role that helped launch her now-blossoming Met career. Tenors Vittorio Grigolo, Francesco Demuro, Matthew Polenzani, and Stephen Costello share the role of the lascivious Duke, and Nicola Luisotti conducts.

Program 022319-Rigoletto

First Intermission
-Backstage Pass: Loren Toolajian interviews Nadine Sierra and Roberto Frontali
-TOLL BROTHERS – METROPOLITAN OPERA QUIZ
Guest Artist: Jamie Barton; Host: Brian Zeger
Panelists: Cori Ellison, Jeff McMillan, and Rich Miller

Second Intermission
-Backstage Pass: Loren Toolajian interviews Vittorio Grigolo
-Mary Jo Heath interviews General Manager Peter Gelb