(Credit: Karen Almond) The Metropolitan Opera is set to present a Live in HD transmission of “Die Zauberflöte” on June 3, 2023. The opera stars Erin Morley, Lawrence Brownlee, Stephen Milling, Kathryn Lewek, and Thomas Oliemans. Nathalie Stutzmann conducts and Ben Bliss hosts the performance, which kicks off at 12:55 p.m. local time. Of the opening night performance, OperaWire said, {…}
The Metropolitan Opera is set to present a Live in HD transmission of Terence Blanchard’s “Champion” on April 29, 2023. The opera stars Eric Owens, Ryan Speedo Green, Latonia Moore, Stephanie Blythe, Paul Groves, and Eric Greene. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts. Lawrence Brownlee hosts the performance, which kicks off at 12:55 p.m. local time. Of the opening night performance, OperaWire raved {…}
On April 1, 2023, Fathom Events will present the Metropolitan Opera’s live transmission of Verdi’s “Falstaff” to movie theaters nationwide. Led by conductor Daniele Rustioni, the production stars baritone Michael Volle in the title role, with soprano Ailyn Perez as Alice Ford, mezzo Jennifer Johnson Cano as Meg Page, among others. Director Robert Carsen’s production first premiered at the Met {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has announced its Live in HD series for the 2023-24 season. First up is “Dead Man Walking.” Yannick Nézet-Seguin conducts a cast starring Latonia Moore, Joyce DiDonato, Susan Graham, and Ryan McKinny. Screening Date: Oct. 21, 2023 Next up is “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X.” Leah Hawkins, Raehann Bryce-Davis, Victor Ryan Roberston, Will Liverman, and {…}
(Photo: Ken Howard / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera will present Giordano’s “Fedora” Live in HD this weekend on Jan. 14, 2023. The broadcast, which kicks off at 12:55 p.m. Eastern time and marks the company’s 150th HD showcase, will be conducted by Marco Armiliato and stars Sonya Yoncheva in the title role and Piotr Beczala as her lover Loris. {…}
(Photo: Marty Sohl / Met Opera) The Met Opera’s Live in HD series for the 2021-22 season continues on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021 with a transmission of “Eurydice.” The broadcast, which kicks off at 12:55 p.m. Eastern time, is conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin and stars Erin Morley, Joshua Hopkins, Barry Banks, Jakub Josef Orlinski, and Nathan Berg. Of the opening {…}
The Met Opera’s Live in HD series for the 2019-20 season continues on Saturday, March 14, 2020 with a transmission of Wagner’s “Der Fliegende Holländer.” The broadcast, which kicks off 12:55 p.m. Eastern time, is conducted by Valery Gergiev, who captains a cast that includes Evgeny Nikitin, Anja Kampe, Franz-Josef Selig, David Portillo, Sergey Skorokhodov, and Mihoko Fujimura. Of the {…}
(Credit: Ken Howard / Metropolitan Opera) The Met Opera’s Live in HD series for the 2019-20 season continues this Saturday, Jan. 11, 2019 with a transmission of Alban Berg’s “Wozzeck.” The broadcast, which kicks off 12:55 p.m. Eastern time and is set to end before 3 p.m. local time. It will star Peter Mattei in the titular role with Elza {…}
(Credit: Karen Almond / Met Opera) The Met Opera’s Live in HD series for the 2019-20 season continues this Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019 with a transmission of Philip Glass’ “Akhnaten.” The broadcast, which kicks off 12:55 p.m. Eastern time and is set to end a little past 4 p.m. local time. It will star Anthony Roth Costanzo, Dísella Lárusdóttir, Aaron {…}
(Credit: Richard Termine) The Met Opera’s Live in HD series for the 2019-20 season continues on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019 12, 2019 with a transmission of Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly.” The broadcast, which kicks off 12:55 p.m. Eastern time, stars Hui He in the title role, Andrea Carè as Pinkerton, Paulo Szot as Sharpless, and Elizabeth DeShong as Suzuki. Pier Giorgio {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2019 Summer Encores series which will feature four total operas over the years. First up will be “Roméo et Juliette” which features Diana Damrau and Vittorio Grigolo in the title roles. This was transmitted live on Jan. 21, 2017, but this summer will appear in the U.S. on June 19, 2019 and in Canada {…}