This world-premiere Baroque fantasy combines music by Handel, Vivaldi, and Rameau with a new libretto inspired by Shakespeare.
Conductor: William Christie; Production Julian Crouch & Phelim McDermott; Danielle de Niese, Lisette Oropesa, Joyce DiDonato, David Daniels, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Plácido Domingo, Luca Pisaroni
Running Time: 3 hours
(Original Transmission: Saturday, January 21, 2012)
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Michael Grandage’s new production of one of opera’s supreme masterpieces stars Mariusz Kwiecien in the title role. Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi leads the Met Orchestra.
Conductor: Fabio Luisi; Production: Michael Grandage; Marina Rebeka, Barbara Frittoli, Mojca Erdmann, Ramón Vargas, Mariusz Kwiecien, Luca Pisaroni, Joshua Bloom, Štefan Kocán.
Running Time: 2 hours 53 minutes
(Original Transmission: Saturday, October 29, 2011)
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Natalie Dessay and Juan Diego Flórez deliver the bel canto fireworks of Bellini’s score. Mary Zimmerman’s inventive production places the action in a contemporary rehearsal room where a production of La Sonnambula is being prepared.
Conductor: Evelino Pidò; Production: Mary Zimmerman; Natalie Dessay, Juan Diego Flórez, Michele Pertusi
Running Time: 2 hours 17 minutes
(Original Transmission: Saturday, March 21, 2009)
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Philip Glass’s landmark opera, whose Sanskrit title translates as “truth force,” explores Mahatma Gandhi’s formative years in South Africa. The visually extravagant production, starring Richard Croft, is directed and designed by Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch.
Satyagraha features minimal subtitles. Composer Philip Glass used as his text the ancient Sanskrit scripture the Bhagavad Gita, which does not relate to the actual action taking place on stage. Glass did not wish the text to be understood—just to be heard—and to allow the actions on stage to speak for themselves.
Conductor: Dante Anzolini; Production: Phelim McDermott; Rachelle Durkin, Richard Croft, Kim Josephson, Alfred Walker
Running Time: 2 hours 45 minutes
(Original transmission: Saturday, November 19, 2011)
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Karita Mattila gives a tour-de-force performance as the title heroine of Strauss’s powerful drama, based on Oscar Wilde’s play. Juha Uusitalo is Jochanaan in the Met’s striking production.
Conductor: Patrick Summers; Production: Jürgen Flimm; Karita Mattila, Ildikó Komlósi, Juha Uusitalo, Kim Begley, Joseph Kaiser
Running Time: 1 hour 46 minutes
(Original transmission: Saturday, October 11, 2008)
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Rossini’s charming Cinderella story is ideally served by an extraordinary cast, led by Elīna Garanča in the title role, Lawrence Brownlee as her prince, and Alessandro Corbelli as Don Magnifico.
Conductor: Maurizio Benini; Production: Cesare Lievi; Elīna Garanča, Lawrence Brownlee, Simone Alberghini, Alessandro Corbelli, John Relyea
Running Time: 2 hours 42 minutes
(Original transmission: Saturday, May 9, 2009
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Jonas Kaufmann, Marina Poplavskaya, and René Pape bring Gounod’s retelling of the Faust legend to dramatic life in director des McAnuff’s new production, which updates the story to the dawn of the nuclear age.
Conductor: Yannick Nézét-Séguin; Production: Dec McAnuff; Marina Poplavskaya, Michèle Losier, Jonas Kaufmann, Russel Braun, René Pape
Running Time: 2 hours 57 minutes
(Original transmission: Saturday, December 10, 2011)
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Bartlett Sher’s Met premiere production of Rossini’s vocally dazzling comedy features a trio of bel canto stars: Juan Diego Flórez in the title role, Diana Damrau as Countess Adèle, and Joyce DiDonato in the trouser role of the page Isolier.
Maurizio Benini; Diana Damrau, Joyce DiDonato, Susanne Resmark, Juan Diego Flórez, Stéphane Degout, Michele Pertusi
Running Time: 2 hours 21 minutes
(Original transmission: April 9, 2011)
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David McVicar’s acclaimed 2009 production stars four great Verdi singers: Sondra Radvanovsky is Leonora, Marcelo Álvarez is Manrico, Dmitri Hvorostovsky sings Count di Luna, and Dolora Zajick is Azucena.
Marco Armiliato; Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick, Marcelo Álvarez, Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Running Time: 2 hours 22 minutes
(Original transmission: Saturday, April 30, 2011)
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Anna Netrebko stars as the ill-fated queen in David McVicar’s Met premiere production, which opened the 2011–12 season. Ekaterina Gubanova is her rival, Jane Seymour, and Ildar Abdrazakov sings Henry VIII.
Conductor: Marco Armiliato; Production: David McVicar; Ekaterina Gubanova, Anna Netrebko, Ildar Abdrazakov, Keith Miller, Stephen Costello, Eduardo Valdes, Tamara Mumford
Running Time: 3 hours
(Original transmission: Saturday, October 15, 2011)
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