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. 

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

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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

Apr
10
Fri
2020
ROMÉO ET JULIETTE [NMOS]
Apr 10 @ 7:30 PM – 11:55 PM

ROMÉO ET JULIETTE:Gounod
Noseda; Damrau, Grigolo, Petrenko, Madore, Verrez
Original Air Date: 01/21/2017  Live in HD  SID.20150539
Roméo……………….Vittorio Grigolo
Juliette…………….Diana Damrau
Frère Laurent………..Mikhail Petrenko
Stéphano…………….Virginie Verrez
Mercutio…………….Elliot Madore
Benvolio…………….Tony Stevenson
Gertrude…………….Diana Montague
Capulet……………..Laurent Naouri
Tybalt………………Diego Silva
Pâris……………….David Crawford
Grégorio…………….Jeongcheol Cha
Duke of Verona……….Oren Gradus

Conductor……………Gianandrea Noseda

Production…………..Bartlett Sher
Set Designer…………Michael Yeargan
Costume Designer……..Catherine Zuber
Lighting designer…….Jennifer Tipton
Choreographer………..Chase Brock
Fight Director……….B. H. Barry
TV Director………….Gary Halvorson

Apr
11
Sat
2020
DON PASQUALE [NMOS]
Apr 11 @ 7:30 PM – 11:55 PM

DON PASQUALE:Donizetti
Original Air Date: 11/13/2010   Live in HD   SID.20150646
Don Pasquale…………John Del Carlo
Norina………………Anna Netrebko
Ernesto……………..Matthew Polenzani
Dr. Malatesta………..Mariusz Kwiecien
Notary………………Bernard Fitch

Conductor……………James Levine

Production…………..Otto Schenk
Designer…………….Rolf Langenfass
Lighting designer…….Duane Schuler
TV Director………….Gary Halvorson

This season Don Pasquale was performed with one intermission, between Acts II and III

The Met: Live in HD series is made possible by a gift of its founding sponsor, the Neubauer Family Foundation  Bloomberg is the global corporate sponsor of The Met: Live in HD.

Production photos

Apr
12
Sun
2020
COSÌ FAN TUTTE [NMOS]
Apr 12 @ 7:30 PM – 11:55 PM

COSÌ FAN TUTTE:Mozart
Robertson; Majeski, Bliss, Malfi, Plachetka, O’Hara, Maltman
Original Air Date: 03/31/2018   Live in HD   SID.20150754
Fiordiligi…………..Amanda Majeski
Ferrando…………….Ben Bliss
Dorabella……………Serena Malfi
Guglielmo……………Adam Plachetka
Despina……………..Kelli O’Hara
Don Alfonso………….Christopher Maltman

Skills Ensemble: Betty Bloomerz, Nicholas DeCegli, Sarah Folkins, *
Leo the Human Gumby, Jonathan Nosan, Titano Oddfellow,,
Cristina Pitter, Sage Sovereign, Ray Valenz, Anna Venizelos,
Josh Walker, Zoe Ziegfeld *Jeff Stilt and Kelsey Strauch replaced Valenz and Bloomer as Skills for the first half of Act I

Harpsichord Continuo….Natalia Katyukova
Conductor……………David Robertson

Production…………..Phelim McDermott
Set Designer…………Tom Pye
Costume Designer……..Laura Hopkins
Lighting Designer…….Paule Constable
TV Director………….Gary Halvorson

Apr
20
Mon
2020
ELEKTRA [NMOS]
Apr 20 @ 7:30 PM – 11:55 PM

ELEKTRA:Strauss
Esa-Pekka Salonen; Nina Stemme, Waltraud Meier, Adrianne Pieczonka, Eric Owens
Original Air Date: 04/30/2016
Live in HD
SID.20170107

Apr
21
Tue
2020
TOSCA [NMOS]
Apr 21 @ 7:30 PM – 11:55 PM


TOSCA:Puccini
Villaume; Yoncheva, Grigolo, Lucic
Original Air Date: 01/27/2018

SID.20170215
Sir David McVicar’s “smashing new production” is “a grand triumph” (Huffington Post), featuring an exciting cast led by soprano Sonya Yoncheva in the title role of the fiery diva and Vittorio Grigolo as her passionate lover, Cavaradossi. The pair are “youthful, ardent, and innocent … their duets electric, their kisses hot and numerous” (Wall Street Journal). Yoncheva’s sound is “richly textured and shimmering,” and “Grigolo’s Mario is a true hothead … complete with thrilling top notes” (New York Times). Željko Lučić is “an imposing figure with a voice to match” (Wall Street Journal) as the villainous police chief, Scarpia, and Emmanuel Villaume conducts. Production a gift of Jacqueline Desmarais, in memory of Paul G. Desmarais Sr; The Paiko Foundation; and Dr. Elena Prokupets, in memory of her late husband, Rudy Prokupets Major funding from Rolex -metopera.org

Apr
22
Wed
2020
LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN [NMOS]
Apr 22 @ 7:30 PM – 11:55 PM


LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN:Offenbach
James Levine: Joseph Calleja, Anna Netrebko, Kate Lindsey, Alan Held
Original Air Date: 12/19/2009
Live in HD
SID.20170323

Apr
23
Thu
2020
THE MERRY WIDOW [NMOS]
Apr 23 @ 7:30 PM – 11:55 PM


THE MERRY WIDOW:Lehar
Andrew David: Renée Fleming, Nathan Gunn, Kelli O’Hara, Thomas Allen
Original Air Date: 01/17/2015
Live in HD
SID.20170431

Apr
24
Fri
2020
LA TRAVIATA [NMOS]
Apr 24 @ 7:30 PM – 11:55 PM


LA TRAVIATA:Verdi
Fabio Luisi: Natalie Dessay, Matthew Polenzani, Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Original Air Date: 04/14/2012
Live in HD
SID.20170539

Apr
26
Sun
2020
LA CENERENTOLA [NMOS]
Apr 26 @ 8:00 PM – Apr 27 @ 12:25 AM


LA CENERENTOLA:Rossini
Luisi: DiDonato, Flórez, Pisaroni
Original Air Date: 05/10/2014
Live in HD
SID.20170755
Read RWW’s Review of the HD Broadcast with this cast.