2019 Summer HD Festival

In this 11th year, over ten nights performances from the Met’s Live in HD series will be shown starting with a screening of FUNNY FACE in a special co-presentation with Film at Lincoln Center.   Screenings run from August 23 through September 2.  There will be 3000 seats in the Plaza in front of the Opera House with an additional standing room area. Cancellations due to thunder/lighting or high wind will not be rescheduled. 

Aug
30
Fri
2019
LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST [HD Festival]
Aug 30 @ 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM


LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST:Puccini
Original Air Date: 10/04/2018
Armiliato; Westbroek, Eyvazov, Bosi, Lucic, Simpson, Rose, Gradus
Live in HDMOD Video SID.19359995
Soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek sings Puccini’s gun-slinging heroine in this romantic epic of the Wild West, with the heralded return of tenor Jonas Kaufmann in the role of the outlaw she loves. Tenor Yusif Eyvazov also sings some performances. Baritone Željko Lučić is the vigilante sheriff Jack Rance, and Marco Armiliato conducts.

Sep
20
Fri
2019
DIE WALKÜRE
Sep 20 @ 6:00 PM – 11:55 PM


DIE WALKÜRE:Wagner
Original Air Date: 03/30/2019
Jordan; Goerke, Westbroek, Barton, Skelton, Grimsley, Groissböck
Live in HD SID.19380534
In what is expected to be a Wagnerian event for the ages, soprano Christine Goerke, in her MET role debut, plays Brünnhilde, Wotan’s willful warrior daughter, who loses her immortality in opera’s most famous act of filial defiance. Tenor Stuart Skelton and soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek play the incestuous twins Siegmund and Sieglinde. Greer Grimsley sings Wotan. Philippe Jordan conducts.

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
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