Series Detail - All Puccini 3 / 
4 Performances
Tosca
Saturday, October 17, 2009
8:00 pm
“Tosca combines Puccini’s glorious musical inspiration with the melodramatic vitality of one of the great Hitchcock films,” says Music Director James Levine who conducted the opening night performance. “From the very first bar of the piece, the opera seizes you and keeps you on the edge of your seat until the last note.” Karita Mattila, who sings the title role for the first time at the Met, says, “There are so many fascinating qualities to Tosca. At first I thought, ‘How will it feel to kill somebody on stage?’ But Tosca is like an action movie, and the drama just happens.” Luc Bondy, acclaimed for his imaginative theater and opera productions, directs. Marcelo Álvarez and George Gagnidze open as Cavaradossi and Scarpia, with Jonas Kaufmann, Marcello Giordani, and Bryn Terfel stepping in for later performances.
A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Milan, and Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich.
Read more about the Opening Night Gala featuring the premiere performance of Tosca
Composer:
Giacomo Puccini
Cast: Colaneri; Mattila, Álvarez, Gagnidze, Plishka
Sung in Italian with Met Titles in English, German and Spanish
Il Trittico
Saturday, December 5, 2009
8:00 pm
Patricia Racette stars in all three one-act operas of Puccini's ambitious operatic triptych. Jack O'Brien's spectacular production also features Stephanie Blythe, reprising her acclaimed interpretation from the 2007 premiere run. The stellar cast also includes Željko Lucic and Alessandro Corbelli, who returns to the title role of Gianni Schicchi.
Composer:
Giacomo Puccini
Cast: Ranzani; Racette, Antonenko, Lucic, Blythe, Racette, Murphy, Blythe, Racette, Pirgu, Corbelli, Blythe
Sung in Italian with Met Titles in English, German and Spanish
Turandot
Saturday, January 16, 2010
8:30 pm
Franco Zeffirelli’s breathtaking production stars Maria Guleghina in the title role of the ruthless princess. As Calàf, Marcello Giordani sings “Nessun dorma.” Andris Nelsons conducts.
Composer:
Giacomo Puccini
Cast: Nelsons; Guleghina, Kovalevska, Licitra, Tian
Sung in Italian with Met Titles in English, German and Spanish
La Bohème
Saturday, March 6, 2010
8:00 pm
Anna Netrebko stars in the most popular opera in the repertory. Piotr Beczala, who signaled his arrival as a top lyric tenor in last season’s Lucia di Lammermoor, sings his first Met Rodolfo in Franco Zeffirelli’s legendary production. Gerald Finley is Marcello, opposite Nicole Cabell and Ruth Ann Swenson alternating as Musetta.
Composer:
Giacomo Puccini
Cast: Armiliato; Netrebko, Cabell, Beczala, Finley, Cavalletti, Shenyang, Plishka
Sung in Italian with Met Titles in English, German and Spanish