La Traviata at the Met, Saturday, April 24

April 24th, 2010

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La Traviata will be performed at The Metropolitan Opera on Saturday, April 24th.

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Attila

March 22nd, 2010

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Attila — tonight at the The Met.

Simon Boccanegra at The MET, Friday, January 29

January 28th, 2010

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Simon Boccanegra at The MET, Friday, January 29th at 8:00 PM.

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Turandot at The MET

January 4th, 2010

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Turandot tonight at The Met.

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Carmen at The MET

December 31st, 2009

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A new production of Carmen featuring Elina Garanca as Carmen, and Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conducting, and Choreography by Christopher Wheeldon opens Thursday, December 31, 2009, 6:30 pm - 9:36 pm at The MET.

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Elektra at The MET

December 22nd, 2009

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Elektra

Approximate running time 1 hrs. 45 min.

Richard Strauss’s blazing score stars Susan Bullock as the demented princess. Deborah Voigt plays her devoted sister, Chrysothemis, and Fabio Luisi conducts.

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Hansel and Gretal Tonight at the MET

December 14th, 2009

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Hansel and Gretel

Haunting, charming, and a little wicked, the Met’s production returns as the season’s special holiday presentation for families. Miah Persson and Angelika Kirchschlager are the lost siblings. Philip Langridge reprises his outlandish portrayal of the Witch in Humperdinck’s take on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale. Sung in English and conducted by Fabio Luisi.

This production was originally created for Welsh National Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Approximate running time 2 hrs. 15 min.

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Le Nozze de Figaro at The MET

November 30th, 2009

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Le Nozze di Figaro tonight at The Metropolitan Opera.

Approximate running time 3 hrs. 31 min.

Mozart’s timeless masterpiece stars Danielle de Niese and John Relyea as the servant couple who out maneuver their bosses (and everyone else in their world) over the course of one crazy day. Bo Skovhus is the philandering Count and Emma Bell his long-suffering wife. Isabel Leonard upsets the household as the excitable pageboy Cherubino. In the later performances, Annette Dasch, Lisette Oropesa, Ludovic Tézier, and Luca Pisaroni take over the leading roles. Maestros Dan Ettinger and Fabio Luisi share the podium.

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The Damnation of Faust at The MET

October 26th, 2009

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The Damnation of Faust at The MET,

tonight.

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