A new production of Puccini’s Tosca starring Karita Mattila opens THIRTEEN’s Great Performances at the Met’s fourth season on PBS. Mattila sings the title role of Tosca for the first time outside her native Finland, opposite Marcelo Álvarez as Cavaradossi. George Gagnidze is Scarpia and ...
Directed by GARY HALVORSON Conductor MAURIZIO BENINI Production CESARE LIEVI Set and Costume Designer MAURIZIO BALÒ Lighting Designer GIGI SACCOMANDI Choreographer DANIELA SCHIAVONE Stage Director SHARON THOMAS Host THOMAS HAMPSON Cast in order of vocal appearance Clorinda RACHELLE DURKIN Tisbe PATRICIA RISLEY Angelina, known as ...
Directed by BARBARA WILLIS SWEETE Conductor EVELINO PIDÒ Production MARY ZIMMERMAN Set Designer DANIEL OSTLING Costume Designer MARA BLUMENFELD Lighting Designer T.J. GERCKENS Choreographer DANIEL PELZIG Host DEBORAH VOIGT Cast in order of vocal appearance Lisa JENNIFER BLACK Alessio JEREMY GALYON Amina NATALIE DESSAY Teresa ...
Natalie Dessay’s moon-kissed fingernails are all aglow as she “walks the walk” of Vincenzo Bellini’s quintessential character Amina, perhaps the most renowned woman sleepwalker in opera history, in Zimmerman’s production of the 1831 classic La Sonnambula, Latin for “The Somnambulist.” The production will air on ...
In memory of Anthony Minghella Directed by GARY HALVORSON Conductor PATRICK SUMMERS Production ANTHONY MINGHELLA Director and Choreographer CAROLYN CHOA Set Designer MICHAEL LEVINE Costume Designer HAN FENG Lighting Designer PETER MUMFORD Puppetry BLIND SUMMIT THEATRE MARK DOWN NICK BARNES Host RENÉE FLEMING Cast in ...
Anthony Minghella’s sumptuous production of Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini’s heartbreaking tale of love and betrayal, offers viewers a rare visual treat Saturday, June 20 at Noon (ET) on Great Performances at the Met on PBS HD (check local listings). Great Performances at the Met is ...
Directed by BARBARA WILLIS SWEETE Conductor JAMES LEVINE Production MARK MORRIS Set Designer ALLEN MOYER Costume Designer ISAAC MIZRAHI Lighting Designer JAMES F. INGALLS Choreographer MARK MORRIS Host JOYCE DiDONATO Cast in order of appearance Orfeo STEPHANIE BLYTHE Amor HEIDI GRANT MURPHY Euridice DANIELLE DE ...
Stephanie Blythe commands the Met stage as the grieving husband Orfeo in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice Saturday, May 16 at Noon (ET) on Great Performances at the Met on PBS HD (check local listings). Great Performances at the Met is a presentation of THIRTEEN in ...
Directed by BRIAN LARGE Conductor MARCO ARMILIATO Production NICOLAS JOËL Staged by STEPHEN BARLOW Set Designer EZIO FRIGERIO Costume Designer FRANCA SQUARCIAPINO Lighting Designer DUANE SCHULER Host RENÉE FLEMING CAST IN ORDER OF VOCAL APPEARANCE Yvette MONICA YUNUS Bianca ALYSON CAMBRIDGE Prunier MARIUS BRENCIU Madga ...
Opera’s golden couple, Angela Gheorghiu and husband Roberto Alagna, offer viewers a rare chance to experience Giacomo Puccini’s attempt to meld Italianate opera with the bittersweet Viennese operetta formula Saturday, April 25 at noon (ET) on Great Performances at the Met on PBS HD (check ...
