Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Librettists: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Konstantin Shilovsky, after Alexander Pushkin's poem Production: Robert Carsen Conductor: Valery Gergiev Performers: Renée Fleming (Tatiana), Elena Zaremba (Olga), Ramón Vargas (Lenski), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Onegin), Svetlana Volkova (Mme. Larina), Larisa Shevchenko (Filippyevna), Sergei ...
Nick Heavican/Metropolitan Opera Composer: Benjamin Britten Librettists: Montague Slater Production: John Doyle Conductor: Donald Runnicles Performers: Anthony Dean Griffey (Peter Grimes), Patricia Racette (Ellen Orford), Anthony Michaels-Moore (Balstrode) Synopsis: Acclaimed tenor Anthony Dean Griffey tackles the title role in Benjamin Britten’s haunting Peter Grimes. Under ...
Composer: Tan Dun Librettist: Ha Jin and Tan Dun, based on the HISTORICAL RECORDS by Sima Qian (c. 145-85 BCE) and on Wei Lu's screenplay for THE EMPEROR'S SHADOW Production: Zhang Yimou Conductor: Tan Dun Performers: Wu Hsing-Kuo (Ying-Yang Master), Michelle DeYoung (Shaman), Plácido Domingo ...
Composer: Vincenzo Bellini Librettist: Carlo Pepoli, after a play by François Ancelot and Xavier Boniface Saintine Production: Sandro Sequi Conductor: Patrick Summers Performers: Anna Netrebko (Elvira Walton), Eric Cutler (Lord Arturo Talbot), Franco Vassallo (Sir Riccardo Forth), John Relyea (Sir Giorgio Walton), Maria Zifchak (Queen ...
Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera Composer: Giacomo Puccini Librettists: Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Domenico Oliva, Marco Praga, Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica, Giulio Riccordi Production: Gina Lapinski Conductor: James Levine Performers: Karita Mattila (Manon Lescaut), Dwayne Croft (Lescaut), Dale Travis (Geronte di Ravoir) Synopsis: On the heels of her triumph ...
Recorded on stage at London’s Hampstead Theatre, South African-born Antony Sher performs a stage adaptation of Primo Levi’s concentration camp memoir, Survival in Auschwitz.