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3 Performances

Les Contes d’Hoffmann

Friday, December 11, 2009
8:00 pm

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. Inspired by Kafka, Sher describes his production as “a magical journey in which the character works out different manifestations of his psyche.” Joseph Calleja sings the tour-de-force title role, opposite Anna Netrebko as the tragic Antonia and Alan Held as the demonic four villains.

On December 3, the Met celebrates the opening night of this exciting new production with a gala benefit. Learn more.

Composer:  Jacques Offenbach
Cast: Levine; Kim, Netrebko, Gubanova, Lindsey, Calleja, Held

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

Der Rosenkavalier

Friday, January 15, 2010
7:30 pm

Renée Fleming and Susan Graham reign supreme in Richard Strauss’s masterpiece. Kristinn Sigmundsson is Baron Ochs.

Composer:  Richard Strauss
Cast: de Waart; Fleming, Graham, Schäfer, Cutler, Allen, Sigmundsson

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

Hamlet

Friday, April 9, 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; Petersen, Larmore, Spence, Keenlyside, Morris

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