Series Detail - Great Tragedies 2 /

3 Performances

Elektra

Tuesday, December 29, 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

Carmen

Monday, February 1, 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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On December 31, the Met celebrates New Year's Eve with the opening night of this highly anticipated new production of Bizet’s Carmen. Learn more

Composer:  Georges Bizet
Cast: Altinoglu; Kovalevska, Borodina, Jovanovich, Kwiecien

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

La Traviata

Tuesday, April 13, 2010
8:00 pm

Angela Gheorghiu recreates her famous portrayal of Verdi’s most engaging heroine. Franco Zeffirelli’s production features James Valenti as Alfredo and Thomas Hampson as Germont. Leonard Slatkin conducts.

Composer:  Giuseppe Verdi
Cast: Slatkin; Gheorghiu, Valenti, Hampson

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