Events: The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD
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February 25 2012 February 26 2012
Verdi’s Ernani
American soprano Angela Meade, whose rise to fame was chronicled in the 2008 documentary The Audition, steps into the spotlight as Elvira, a noblewoman pursued by three men. Meade, whose extraordinary vocal ability has earned her comparisons to Golden Age talents, is making her first Live in HD appearance.
Italian tenor Marcello Giordani, who starred in the Live in HD transmissions of La Damnation de Faust, La Fanciulla del West, Madama Butterfly, Manon Lescaut, Simon Boccanegra, and Turandot, sings the title role of Ernani, an honorable bandit in love with Elvira.
Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky sings his first-ever performances in the pivotal role of Don Carlo, the monarch who wants Elvira for himself.
Ferruccio Furlanetto, who received extraordinary critical acclaim for his performance as King Philip in the Live in HD transmission of Don Carlo, sings another famous Verdi bass role, as Elvira’s older suitor, Don Rey Gomez de Silva.
Marco Armiliato, who led the hit Met premiere production of Anna Bolena earlier this season, returns to lead a thrilling account of Verdi’s exciting early opera. -
March 10 2012
Wagner’s Siegfried– New Production
In part three of the Ring, Wagner’s cosmic vision focuses on his hero’s early conquests, while Robert Lepage’s revolutionary stage machine transforms itself from bewitched forest to mountaintop love nest. Gary Lehman sings the title role and Deborah Voigt’s Brünnhilde is his prize. Bryn Terfel is the Wanderer. James Levine conducts.
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April 07 2012 April 08 2012
Massenet’s Manon
Anna Netrebko’s dazzling portrayal of the tragic heroine in Laurent Pelly’s new production travels to the Met from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Piotr Beczala and Paulo Szot also star, with the Met’s Principal Guest Conductor Fabio Luisi on the podium.
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April 14 2012 April 15 2012
Verdi’s La Traviata
Natalie Dessay will put on the red dress in Willy Decker’s stunning production, in her first Violetta at the Met. Matthew Polenzani sings Alfredo, Dmitri Hvorostovsky is Germont, and Principal Guest Conductor Fabio Luisi is on the podium.
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