2017-18 Live Broadcasts

Jan
15
Wed
2020
PORGY AND BESS
Jan 15 @ 7:30 PM – 11:55 PM

BY GEORGE GERSHWIN, DUBOSE AND DOROTHY HEYWARD, AND IRA GERSHWIN
Robertson; Blue, Brugger, Moore, Graves, Ballentine, Owens, Walker, Singletary
Original Air Date: 01/15/2020
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Due to overwhelming public demand for the Met’s acclaimed new production of Porgy and Bess, three additional performances have been added to the schedule, on February 4, 12, and 15, 2020.

One of America’s favorite operas returns to the Met for the first time in nearly 30 years. James Robinson’s stylish production transports audiences to Catfish Row on the Charleston waterfront, vibrant with the music, dancing, emotion, and heartbreak of its inhabitants. “If you’re going to stage Gershwin’s opera, this is how,” raved the Guardian when the new production premiered in London in 2018. David Robertson conducts a dynamic cast, featuring the sympathetic duo of Eric Owens and Angel Blue in the title roles and an all-star ensemble that includes Janai Brugger, Latonia Moore, Denyce Graves, Frederick Ballentine, Alfred Walker, and Donovan Singletary.

Porgy and Bess Special Events

The worldwide copyrights in the works of George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin for this presentation are licensed by the Gershwin family.

GERSHWIN is a registered trademark of Gershwin Enterprises. Porgy and Bess is a registered trademark of Porgy and Bess Enterprises.

A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera; Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam; and English National Opera

Production a gift of The Sybil B. Harrington Endowment Fund and Douglas Dockery Thomas 

 

Jan
18
Sat
2020
LA TRAVIATA
Jan 18 @ 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM


LA TRAVIATA:Verdi
Chichon; Kurzak, Popov, Kelsey
Original Air Date: 01/18/2020

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Michael Mayer’s sumptuous staging, a highlight of the 2018–19 season, returns with two casts of bright stars. Sopranos Aleksandra Kurzak and Lisette Oropesa share the role of Violetta, the opera’s tragic heroine, opposite tenors Dmytro Popov and Piero Pretti as her ardent lover, Alfredo, and baritones Quinn Kelsey and Luca Salsi as Alfredo’s stern father, Germont. Karel Mark Chichon and Bertrand de Billy conduct one of opera’s greatest scores. 

FIRST INTERMISSION

Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Quiz
  Host:         Brian Zeger
  Guest:        Elīna Garanča
  Panelists:   Ken Benson, George Preston, and
                     Melanie Spector
  Pianist:       Bénédicte Jourdois

SECOND INTERMISSION

Backstage Pass – Loren Toolajian interviews Aleksandra Kurzak

Porgy and Bess Feature