THE MET: LIVE IN HD 2012-13 SEASON PROMOS
Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore
October 13, 2012 at 12:55 pm ET
Don’t miss the ultimate stage spectacle – The Met: Live in HD in theatres. The
2012-13 season of opera performances, transmitted live from the Met stage, begins
October 13 with L’Elisir d’Amore. Anna Netrebko and Matthew Polenzani star in
Bartlett Sher’s new production of one of the greatest comic gems in opera, opposite
Mariusz Kwiecien as the blustery sergeant Belcore and Ambrogio Maestri as Dulcamara,
the loveable quack and dispenser of the elixir.
Experience the glamour and excitement of the Met live in high-definition at your
neighborhood theatre. Go to metopera dot org for series information, participating
locations and ticket information.
Verdi’s Otello
October 27, 2012 at 12:55 pm ET
Don’t miss the ultimate stage spectacle – The Met: Live in HD in theatres. The
2012-13 season of opera performances, transmitted live from the Met stage, continues
October 27 with Otello. Verdi’s Shakespearean masterpiece returns to the Met with
Johan Botha in the title role opposite the acclaimed Desdemona of star soprano Renée
Fleming. Semyon Bychkov conducts.
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neighborhood theatre. Go to metopera dot org for series information, participating
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Adès’s The Tempest
November 10, 2012 at 12:55 pm ET
Don’t miss the ultimate stage spectacle – The Met: Live in HD in theatres. The
2012-13 season of opera performances, transmitted live from the Met stage, continues
November 10 with The Tempest. Composer Thomas Adès conducts the Metropolitan
Opera premiere of his own work, with baritone Simon Keenlyside starring as Prospero.
Director Robert Lepage recreates the interior of 18th-century La Scala in this inventive
staging.
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Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito
December 1, 2012 at 12:55 pm ET
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2012-13 season of opera performances, transmitted live from the Met stage, continues
December 1 with La Clemenza di Tito. The virtuosic Elīna Garanča sings Sesto in
Mozart’s drama set in ancient Rome. Giuseppe Filianoti is the noble Tito and Barbara
Frittoli is Vitellia in this handsome revival of one of the composer’s final masterpieces.
Harry Bicket conducts.
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Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera
December 8, 2012 at 12:55 pm ET
Don’t miss the ultimate stage spectacle – The Met: Live in HD in theatres. The
2012-13 season of opera performances, transmitted live from the Met stage, continues
December 8 with Un Ballo in Maschera. Director David Alden’s dreamlike setting
provides a compelling backdrop for this story of jealousy and vengeance. Marcelo
Álvarez stars as the conflicted king; Sondra Radvanovsky is Amelia, the object of his
secret passion; and Dmitri Hvorostovsky is her suspicious husband. Met Principal
Conductor Fabio Luisi conducts.
Experience the glamour and excitement of the Met live in high-definition at your
neighborhood theatre. Go to metopera dot org for series information, participating
locations and ticket information.
Verdi’s Aida
December 15, 2012 at 12:55 pm ET
Don’t miss the ultimate stage spectacle – The Met: Live in HD in theatres. The
2012-13 season of opera performances, transmitted live from the Met stage, continues
December 15 with Aida. The Met’s unforgettable production of Verdi’s ancient Egyptian
drama stars Liudmyla Monastyrska as the enslaved Ethiopian princess caught in a love
triangle with the heroic Radamès, sung by Roberto Alagna, and the proud Egyptian
princess Amneris, sung by Olga Borodina. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi
conducts.
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neighborhood theatre. Go to metopera dot org for series information, participating
locations and ticket information.
Berlioz’s Les Troyens
January 5, 2013 at 12 pm ET
Don’t miss the ultimate stage spectacle – The Met: Live in HD in theatres. The
2012-13 season of opera performances, transmitted live from the Met stage, continues
January 5 with Les Troyens. A rare opportunity to witness Berlioz’s vast epic, last
performed at the Met in 2003. Deborah Voigt, Susan Graham, Marcello Giordani, and
Dwayne Croft lead the starry cast as characters united and divided by the Trojan War.
Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi conducts.
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locations and ticket information.
Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda
January 19, 2013 at 12:55 pm ET
Don’t miss the ultimate stage spectacle – The Met: Live in HD in theatres. The
2012-13 season of opera performances, transmitted live from the Met stage, continues
January 19 with Maria Stuarda. Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, one of the world’s
most exciting singers, takes on the virtuosic bel canto role of the doomed Mary, Queen of
Scots. Director David McVicar creates the Met premiere production of the second opera
in Donizetti’s Tudor trilogy, which explores regal characters at fateful moments in their
lives.
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neighborhood theatre. Go to metopera dot org for series information, participating
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Verdi’s Rigoletto
February 16, 2013 at 12:55 pm ET
Don’t miss the ultimate stage spectacle – The Met: Live in HD in theatres. The
2012-13 season of opera performances, transmitted live from the Met stage, continues
February 16 with Rigoletto. Director Michael Mayer sets his new production of Verdi’s
towering tragedy in Las Vegas in 1960. Piotr Beczala is the womanizing Duke, Željko
Lucic is his tragic sidekick, Rigoletto, and Diana Damrau is Rigoletto’s daughter, Gilda.
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Wagner’s Parsifal
March 2, 2013 at 12 pm ET
Don’t miss the ultimate stage spectacle – The Met: Live in HD in theatres. The
2012-13 season of opera performances, transmitted live from the Met stage, continues
March 2 with Parsifal. Jonas Kaufmann stars in the title role of the innocent who finds
wisdom in Francois Girard’s new vision for Wagner’s final masterpiece. The cast includes
Katarina Dalayman as the mysterious Kundry, Peter Mattei as the ailing Amfortas,
Evgeny Nikitin as the wicked Klingsor, and René Pape as the noble knight Gurnemanz.
Daniele Gatti conducts.
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neighborhood theatre. Go to metopera dot org for series information, participating
locations and ticket information.
Zandonai’s Francesca da Rimini
March 16, 2013 at 12 pm ET
Don’t miss the ultimate stage spectacle – The Met: Live in HD in theatres. The
2012-13 season of opera performances, transmitted live from the Met stage, continues
March 16 with Francesca da Rimini. Zandonai’s compelling opera, inspired by an
episode from Dante’s Inferno, returns in the Met’s ravishingly beautiful production, last
seen in 1986. Eva-Maria Westbroek and Marcello Giordani star as the doomed lovers.
Marco Armiliato conducts.
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neighborhood theatre. Go to metopera dot org for series information, participating
locations and ticket information.
Handel’s Giulio Cesare
April 27 at 12 pm ET
Don’t miss the ultimate stage spectacle – The Met: Live in HD in theatres. The
2012-13 season of opera performances, transmitted live from the Met stage, comes to a
close April 27 with Giulio Cesare. The opera that conquered London in Handel’s time
comes to the Met in David McVicar’s lively production. The world’s leading countertenor,
David Daniels, sings the title role opposite Natalie Dessay as Cleopatra. Baroque
specialist Harry Bicket conducts.
Experience the glamour and excitement of the Met live in high-definition at your
neighborhood theatre. Go to metopera dot org for series information, participating
locations and ticket information.