Opera as Spectacle 2

Series Detail - Opera as Spectacle 2 /

3 Performances

Il Trittico

Saturday, December 5, 2009
8:00 pm

Patricia Racette stars in all three one-act operas of Puccini's ambitious operatic triptych. Jack O'Brien's spectacular production also features Stephanie Blythe, reprising her acclaimed interpretation from the 2007 premiere run. The stellar cast also includes Željko Lucic and Alessandro Corbelli, who returns to the title role of Gianni Schicchi.

Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Cast: Ranzani; Racette, Antonenko, Lucic, Blythe, Racette, Murphy, Blythe, Racette, Pirgu, Corbelli, Blythe

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

Turandot

Saturday, January 9, 2010
8:30 pm

Franco Zeffirelli’s breathtaking production stars Maria Guleghina in the title role of the ruthless princess. As Calàf, Marcello Giordani sings “Nessun dorma.” Andris Nelsons conducts.

Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Cast: Nelsons; Lindstrom, Kovalevska, Licitra, Tian

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

Tosca

Saturday, April 17, 2010
8:30 pm

“Tosca combines Puccini’s glorious musical inspiration with the melodramatic vitality of one of the great Hitchcock films,” says Music Director James Levine who conducted the opening night performance. “From the very first bar of the piece, the opera seizes you and keeps you on the edge of your seat until the last note.” Karita Mattila, who sings the title role for the first time at the Met, says, “There are so many fascinating qualities to Tosca. At first I thought, ‘How will it feel to kill somebody on stage?’ But Tosca is like an action movie, and the drama just happens.” Luc Bondy, acclaimed for his imaginative theater and opera productions, directs. Marcelo Álvarez and George Gagnidze open as Cavaradossi and Scarpia, with Jonas Kaufmann, Marcello Giordani, and Bryn Terfel stepping in for later performances.

A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Milan, and Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich.

Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Cast: Levine; Mattila, Kaufmann, Terfel, Del Carlo

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