Gioachino Rossini’s La Cenerentola is perhaps the most famous operatic version of the Cinderella story, and it is like no other interpretation.
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GP at the Met: La Cenerentola: Preview of La Cenerentola
GP at the Met: La Sonnambula: Preview of La Sonnambula
Natalie Dessay’s “walks the walk” of Vincenzo Bellini’s quintessential character Amina, the woman sleepwalker, in Zimmerman’s production of the 1831 classic.
GP at the Met: Madama Butterfly: Preview of Madama Butterfly
Soprano Patricia Racette stars as Cio-Cio-San, the young geisha, in this re-staging of of the late Anthony Minghella's Madama Butterfly.
GP at the Met: Orfeo ed Euridice: Preview of Orfeo ed Euridice
Stephanie Blythe commands the Met stage as the grieving husband Orfeo in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice.
GP at the Met: La Rondine: Preview of La Rondine
Angela Gheorghiu and husband Roberto Alagna perform in Puccini's tale of an unhappy kept woman who opts for one last fling with an idealistic young man.
GP at the Met: Lucia di Lammermoor: Lucia di Lammermoor preview
Soprano Anna Netrebko dazzles in the demanding title role, a young woman driven to madness by love and politics.
Renée Fleming is Egyptian courtesan Thaïs in Jules Massenet’s perfumed tale of lust and salvation.
Recorded last September to mark the opening of the Met’s 125th anniversary season, showcases soprano Renee Fleming in three of her favorite roles.
GP at The Met: Salome: Introduction
Soprano Karita Mattila caused a sensation when she sang Salome at the Met in 2004, stunning the opera world with her interpretation of Strauss’ biblical princess.




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