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Saturday, October 10, 2009 (1:00 pm ET)
“Tosca combines Puccini’s glorious musical inspiration with the melodramatic vitality of one of the great Hitchcock films,” says Met Music Director James Levine, who conducts this new production. The opera tells the story of three people—a famous opera singer, a free-thinking painter, and a sadistic chief of police—caught in a net of love and politics. Starring Karita Mattila, Marcelo Álvarez, and George Gagnidze . Directed by Luc Bondy.
Saturday, November 7, 2009 (1:00 pm ET)
Franco Zeffirelli’s breathtaking production stars Maria Guleghina in the title role of the ruthless princess. As Calàf, Marcello Giordani sings “Nessun dorma.”
Saturday, December 19, 2009 (1:00 pm ET)
A powerhouse team joins forces for Offenbach’s psychological fantasy. James Levine conducts, and Tony Award® winner Bart Sher (South Pacific) returns after the triumph of his Met Barber of Seville to direct. Joseph Calleja sings the tour-de-force title role opposite Anna Netrebko as the tragic Antonia and Kate Lindsey as the ambiguous Nicklausse. Alan Held sings the demonic four villains.
Saturday, January 16, 2010 (1:00 pm ET)
Elina Garanca plays the seductive gypsy of the title in her role debut, opposite Roberto Alagna as the obsessed Don José.
Saturday, May 1, 2010 (1:00 pm ET)
Renée Fleming stars as Rossini’s sorceress, opposite no fewer than six tenors. Mary Zimmerman returns to direct, bringing her fine-tuned theatricality to a work she describes as “a buried treasure, a box of jewels.” The fanciful story of the sorceress who enthralls men in her island prison of sensual delights, Zimmerman says, “has an epic, enchanted quality and a tremendous visual element.”
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