Series Detail - Tragic Dramas /

3 Performances

Elektra

Thursday, December 10, 2009
8:00 pm

Richard Strauss’s blazing score stars Susan Bullock as the demented princess. Deborah Voigt plays her devoted sister, Chrysothemis, and Fabio Luisi conducts.

Composer:  Richard Strauss
Cast: Luisi; Bullock, Voigt, Palmer, Schmidt, Nikitin

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

Simon Boccanegra

Tuesday, February 2, 2010
8:00 pm

Five decades into a legendary Met career, Plácido Domingo makes history singing the baritone title role. With James Levine on the podium, Adrianne Pieczonka, Marcello Giordani, and James Morris star in Verdi’s gripping political thriller.

Composer:  Giuseppe Verdi
Cast: Levine; Pieczonka, Giordani, Domingo, Morris

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

Hamlet

Tuesday, March 30, 2010
8:00 pm

Simon Keenlyside and Natalie Dessay bring their extraordinary acting and singing skills to two of Shakespeare’s unforgettable characters. When this production, directed by Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leiser, opened in London at Covent Garden, The Independent called Keenlyside’s Hamlet, "a revelation - thrilling throughout.” Dessay plays the volatile Ophelia, whose extended mad scene is among the greatest in opera. Louis Langrée conducts.

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Composer:  Ambroise Thomas
Cast: Langrée; Dessay, Larmore, Spence, Keenlyside, Morris

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