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Prokofiev’s ‘War and Peace’
December 5, 2020
Anna Netrebko (Natasha), Gegam Grigorian (Bezukhov), and Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Andrei) star in this 2002 performance of Prokofiev’s adaptation of Tolstoy’s enduring masterwork. Valery Gergiev conducts.
Donizetti’s ‘Maria Stuarda’
May 9, 2020
Mary, Queen of Scots, and Queen Elizabeth I face off in this operatic tale of rivalry and political machinations.
Janáček’s ‘Káťa Kabanová’
May 2, 2020
Janáček’s gripping domestic drama, one of the defining operatic scores of the 20th century.
Puccini’s ‘Turandot’
April 25, 2020
Nina Stemme starred as the title character in this January 2016 performance conducted by Paolo Carignani and featuring Marco Berti (Calaf); Anita Hartig (Liù), and Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Timur).
Verdi’s ‘Simon Boccanegra’
April 18, 2020
Dmitri Hvorostovsky starred as the title character in this performance from 2011 also featuring Barbara Frittoli (Amelia); Ramon Vargas (Gabriele), and Ferruccio Furlanetto (Fiesco).
Puccini’s ‘Tosca’
April 11, 2020
Anna Netrebko stars as the title character in this April 2018 performance conducted by Bertrand de Billy and featuring Yusif Eyvagov (Cavaradossi) and Michael Volle (Scarpia).
Gluck’s ‘Orfeo ed Euridice’
April 4, 2020
Grieving Orfeo travels to the underworld in the hopes of saving his lover, Euridice.
Massenet’s ‘Werther’
March 28, 2020
A performance of Massenet’s 1892 adaptation of Goethe’s The Sorrows of Young Werther.
Rossini’s ‘La Cenerentola’
March 21, 2020
Rossini’s take on the indelible Cinderella fairy tale in a rebroadcast from 2014.
Wagner’s ‘Flying Dutchman’
March 14, 2020
In a new production, Valery Gergiev conducts Anja Kampe (Senta), Mihoko Fujimura (Mary), and Sergey Skorokhodov (Erik).
Mozart’s ‘Così fan tutte’
March 7, 2020
Harry Bicket conducts Nicole Car (Fiordiligi), Serena Malfi (Dorabella), Ben Bliss (Ferrando) and Luca Pisaroni (Guglielmo) in this boardwalk-set production of Mozart’s ever-popular opera buffa.
Handel’s ‘Agrippina’
February 29, 2020
In the first Met performances of Agrippina, Joyce DiDonato stars in the “controlling, power-hungry” title role. Baroque and early music specialist Harry Bicket conducts.
Mozart’s ‘Marriage of Figaro’
February 22, 2020
Adam Plachetka (Figaro), Hanna-Elisabeth Müller (Susanna), Mariusz Kwiecien (Count Almaviva), Anita Hartig (Countess Almaviva), and Marianne Crebassa (Cherubino) lead this performance of Mozart’s beloved comedic opera. Cornelius Meister conducts.
Massenet’s ‘Manon’
February 15, 2020
Soprano Lisette Oropesa is the alluring title character and Michael Fabiano is the infatuated Chevalier des Grieux in this performance of Massenet’s opéra comique. Maurizio Benini conducts.
Berlioz’s ‘The Damnation of Faust’
February 8, 2020
Michael Spyres stars as the doomed title character opposite Elīna Garanča (Marguerite) and Ildar Abdrazakov (Méphistophélès). Edward Gardner conducts.
Gershwin’s ‘Porgy and Bess’
February 1, 2020
It’s considered among the crowning achievements of 20th-century American opera. This performance of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess stars Eric Owens (Porgy) and Angel Blue (Bess), with a supporting cast of Latonia Moore (Serena); Denyce Graves (Maria); Alfred Walker (Crown); Frederick Ballantine (Sportin’ Life). David Robertson conducts.
Puccini’s La bohème
January 25, 2020
Marco Armiliato conducts this performance of Puccini’s indelible opera, which stars Matthew Polenzani (Rodolfo) and Ailyn Pérez (Mimì).
Verdi’s La traviata
January 18, 2020
Aleksandra Kurzak (Violetta), Dmytro Popov (Alfredo), and Quinn Kelsey (Germont) star in this performance of Verdi’s ardent, dramatic opera. Karel Mark Chichon conducts.
Berg’s Wozzeck
January 11, 2020
Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin is on the podium for this important event, with baritone Peter Mattei making his highly anticipated role debut as the title character. Soprano Elza van den Heever is Wozzeck’s unfaithful mate.
Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier
January 4, 2020
Star soprano Camilla Nylund is the worldly Marschallin, with the outstanding mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená as her exuberant young lover, Octavian. Bass Günther Groissböck reprises his definitive take on the lascivious Baron Ochs, and rising soprano Golda Schultz sings the innocent Sophie. Description via Metropolitan Opera
