Series Detail - All Verdi 1 /

4 Performances

Aida

Friday, October 2, 2009
8:00 pm

The Met has assembled a cast of powerful voices to match Aida’s epic scale, which in this grand production uses every stage lift in the house. Shanghai-born soprano Hui He makes her Met debut in the title role, with Dolora Zajick as her rival for the affections of Salvatore Licitra’s
Radamès. Carlo Guelfi is Amonasro, and Paolo Carignani conducts.

Composer:  Giuseppe Verdi
Cast: Gatti; Urmana, Zajick, Botha, Guelfi, Scandiuzzi, Kocán

Sung in Italian with Met Titles in English, German and Spanish

Stiffelio

Saturday, January 23, 2010
8:00 pm

Bravura tenor José Cura leads an accomplished cast in Verdi’s powerful drama that contrasts faith and doubt. Sondra Radvanovsky is Lina and Plácido Domingo conducts.

Composer:  Giuseppe Verdi
Cast: Domingo; Di Giacomo, Cura, Dobber, Ens

Sung in Italian with Met Titles in English, German and Spanish

Attila

Saturday, February 27, 2010
8:00 pm

Riccardo Muti, a champion of the Verdian tradition, makes his Met debut with one of the composer’s rousing early operas. This story of civilization’s encounter with barbarism is explored in a new production by director Pierre Audi. Some of the brightest lights in contemporary design, including Miuccia Prada and the architecture team of Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron (the 2008 Beijing Olympics “Bird’s Nest” stadium), have created the costumes and scenery. “Our approach is to stay very close to the descriptions supported by Verdi: destruction, rubble, lagoon, forest, darkness—all in a very naturalistic way,” explain Herzog and de Meuron. Ildar Abdrazakov sings the title role, joined by Violeta Urmana, Ramón Vargas, and Carlos Alvarez.

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Composer:  Giuseppe Verdi
Cast: Muti; Urmana, Vargas, Alvarez, Abdrazakov

Sung in Italian with Met Titles in English, German and Spanish

La Traviata

Saturday, April 3, 2010
8:30 pm

Angela Gheorghiu recreates her famous portrayal of Verdi’s most engaging heroine. Franco Zeffirelli’s production features James Valenti as Alfredo and Thomas Hampson as Germont. Leonard Slatkin conducts.

Composer:  Giuseppe Verdi
Cast: Slatkin; Gheorghiu, Valenti, Hampson

Sung in Italian with Met Titles in English, German and Spanish