THE MET: LIVE IN HD 2013-14 SEASON PROMOS
Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin
October 5, 2013 at 12:55 pm ET
Don’t miss the ultimate stage spectacle – The Met: Live in HD in theatres. The
2013-14 season of opera performances, transmitted live from the Metropolitan Opera
stage, begins October 5 with acclaimed English director Deborah Warner’s new
production of Tchaikovsky’s romantic tragedy Eugene Onegin. Anna Netrebko opens her
third consecutive Met season in her company role debut as Tatiana, the naïve heroine
from Pushkin’s classic novel. Mariusz Kwiecien portrays the self-confident title
character, in a much-admired interpretation he has sung in many of the world’s leading
opera houses, and Piotr Beczala reprises his acclaimed performance as Onegin’s friendturned-rival, Lenski.
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Shostakovich’s The Nose
October 26, 2013 at 12:55 pm ET
Don’t miss the ultimate stage spectacle – The Met: Live in HD in theatres. The
2013-14 season of opera performances, transmitted live from the Metropolitan Opera
stage, continues October 26 with The Nose. William Kentridge stormed the Met with his
inventive production of Shostakovich’s opera, which dazzled opera and art lovers alike in
its inaugural run in 2010. Tony Award-winner Paulo Szot reprises his acclaimed
performance of a bureaucrat, whose satirical misadventures in search of his missing nose
are based on Gogol’s comic story.
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Puccini’s Tosca
November 9, 2013 at 12:55 pm ET
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The 2013-14 season of opera performances, transmitted live from the Metropolitan
Opera stage, continues November 9 with Tosca. Puccini’s fast-moving operatic thriller
has an exceptional cast, led by Patricia Racette in the title role of the jealous diva,
opposite Roberto Alagna as her lover, Cavaradossi. Riccardo Frizza conducts Puccini’s
sweeping, dramatic tale of murder, lust, and political intrigue.
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Verdi’s Falstaff
December 14, 2013 at 12:55 pm ET
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The 2013-14 season of opera performances, transmitted live from the Metropolitan
Opera stage, continues December 14 with Falstaff. An undisputed master of Verdi's
brilliant final masterpiece, Music Director James Levine returns to the screen to conduct
Robert Carsen’s acclaimed production, the first new Met Falstaff in nearly 50 years.
Ambrogio Maestri sings the iconic bass role of Sir John Falstaff, the boorish, blustery
character originally from Shakespeare’s Henry IV and Merry Wives of Windsor. Angela
Meade is Alice Ford, one of many objects of Falstaff’s affection, and Stephanie Blythe is
the sharp-tongued Mistress Quickly.
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Dvořák’s Rusalka
February 8, 2014 at 12:55 pm ET
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The 2013-14 season of opera performances, transmitted live from the Metropolitan
Opera stage, continues February 8 with Rusalka. The great Renée Fleming returns to
one of her signature roles, singing the enchanting “Song to the Moon” in Dvořák's soulful
fairy-tale opera. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a cast that also includes Piotr Beczala as
the handsome Prince Rusalka yearns to love and Dolora Zajick as the cackling witch
Ježibaba.
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Borodin’s Prince Igor
March 1, 2014 at 12:00 pm ET
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The 2013-14 season of opera performances, transmitted live from the Metropolitan
Opera stage, continues March 1 with Prince Igor. Borodin’s Russian epic, famous for its
Polovtsian Dances, comes to the Met for the first time in nearly 100 years. Dmitri
Tcherniakov’s new production is a brilliant psychological journey through the mind of its
conflicted hero, with the founding of the Russian nation as the backdrop. Star bassbaritone Ildar Abdrazakov sings the title role of the 12th-century hero, with Gianandrea
Noseda conducting.
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Massenet’s Werther
March 15, 2014 at 12:55 pm ET
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The 2013-14 season of opera performances, transmitted live from the Metropolitan
Opera stage, continues March 15 with Werther. Jonas Kaufmann stars in the title role of
Massenet's sublime adaptation of Goethe's revolutionary romance, opposite Sophie Koch
as his unattainable love, Charlotte. The new production is directed and designed by
Richard Eyre and Rob Howell, the same team that created the Met's hit staging of
Carmen. Alain Altinoglu conducts the first new Met production of Massenet's tragedy in
more than forty years.
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Puccini’s La Bohème
April 5, 2014 at 12:55 pm ET
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The 2013-14 season of opera performances, transmitted live from the Metropolitan
Opera stage, continues April 5 with La Bohème. An exciting young cast stars in Franco
Zeffirelli’s classic production of the beloved Puccini favorite – the most-performed opera
in Met history. Tenor Vittorio Grigolo stars as the passionate writer Rodolfo, and
soprano Anita Hartig makes her Met debut as his consumptive lover, Mimì. Susanna
Phillips sings the flirtatious Musetta in this performance led by rising conductor Stefano
Ranzani.
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Mozart’s Così fan tutte
April 26, 2014 at 12:55 pm ET
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The 2013-14 season of opera performances, transmitted live from the Metropolitan
Opera stage, continues April 26 with Così fan tutte. Legendary Met maestro James
Levine conducts Mozart’s profound comedy. The charming production stars Susanna
Phillips and Isabel Leonard as the sisters Fiordiligi and Dorabella; Matthew Polenzani
and Rodion Pogossov as their fiancés, Ferrando and Guglielmo; Danielle de Niese as
their feisty maid Despina; and Maurizio Muraro as the cynical Don Alfonso.
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Rossini’s La Cenerentola
May 10, 2014 at 12:55 pm ET
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The 2013-14 season of opera performances, transmitted live from the Metropolitan
Opera stage, continues May 10 with La Cenerentola. A peerless pair of Rossini virtuosos
joins forces in this vocal tour de force: mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, singing her first
Met performances of the Cinderella title role, and the high-flying tenor Juan Diego
Flórez, as her Prince Charming. Alessandro Corbelli and Luca Pisaroni complete the cast,
with Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi leading the effervescent score.
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