Series Detail - The Art of Bel Canto 1 / 
3 Performances
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Thursday, October 15, 2009
8:00 pm
If you’re a fan of spectacular singing and great comic timing, you won’t want to miss Barlett Sher’s hit production. Diana Damrau brings her sparkling soprano to the role of Rosina, with Lawrence Brownlee and Franco Vassallo as her partners in comedy.
Composer:
Gioachino Rossini
Cast: Benini; DiDonato, Banks, Pogossov, Del Carlo, Anastassov
Sung in Italian with Met Titles in English, German and Spanish
La Fille du Régiment
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
8:00 pm
New king of the high Cs Juan Diego Flórez reprises his headline-grabbing performance in the comic hit from the 2007–08 season. Diana Damrau makes her Met role debut as Marie. Kiri Te Kanawa returns to the Met stage in the speaking role of the Duchess of Krakenthorp.
A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera; the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London; and the Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna
Composer:
Gaetano Donizetti
Cast: Armiliato; Damrau, Arwady, Te Kanawa, Flórez, Muraro
Sung in French with Met Titles in English, German and Spanish
Armida
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
8:00 pm
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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Composer:
Gioachino Rossini
Cast: Frizza; Fleming, Brownlee, Ford, Zapata, Banks, van Rensburg
Sung in Italian with Met Titles in English, German and Spanish