Series Detail - Love Stories 2 / 
3 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
Carmen
Friday, January 8, 2010
8:00 pm
"Carmen is about sex, violence, and racism—and its corollary: freedom,” says Olivier Award-winning director Richard Eyre. “It is one of the inalienably great works of art. It’s sexy, in every sense. And I think it should be shocking.” Elina Garanca sings Carmen for the first time at the Met. Roberto Alagna and Jonas Kaufmann share the role of the obsessed Don José, Barbara Frittoli is Micaëla, and Mariusz Kwiecien is the matador Escamillo. Angela Gheorghiu and Olga Borodina sing Carmen in later performances. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts.
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Composer:
Georges Bizet
Cast: Nézet-Séguin; Frittoli, Garanca, Alagna, Kwiecien
Sung in French with Met Titles in English, German and Spanish
La Fille du Régiment
Friday, February 19, 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