It's another season filled with high notes, big drama and fabulous music as live broadcasts of the Metropolitan Opera return to Classical MPR. Here's what's in store for the 2018-2019 season.
PUCCINI — Il Trittico
Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, 11:30 a.m.
Wagner, Blythe, Álvarez, Gagnidze, Muraro, Opolais, McKay, Mkhitaryan, Ayan, Domingo
Bertrand de Billy, conductor
VERDI — La Traviata
Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018, noon
Damrau, Diego Flórez, Kelsey
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
PUCCINI — La Fanciulla del West
Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018, noon
(Performance from Oct. 27, 2018)
Eva-Maria Westbroek, Jonas Kaufmann, Carlo Bosi, Zeljko Lucic, Michael Todd Simpson, Matthew Rose, Oren Gradus
Marco Armiliato, conductor
MOZART — The Magic Flute
Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018, noon
Morley, Lewek, Bliss, Ryan, Gunn, Walker, Robinson
Harry Bicket, conductor
VERDI — Otello
Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019, noon
Yoncheva, Johnson Cano, Skelton, Dolgov, Lucic, Morris
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
CILEA — Adriana Lecouvreur
Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019, noon
Netrebko, Rachvelishvili, Beczala, Bosi, Maestri, Muraro
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
DEBUSSY — Pelléas et Mélisande
Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, 11:30 a.m.
Leonard, Lemieux, Appleby, Ketelson, Furlanetto
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
MUHLY — Marnie
Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019, noon
Leonard, Maltman
Robert Spano, conductor
From a Nov. 10, 2018, performance
BIZET — Carmen
Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019, noon
Kurzak, Margaine, Alagna, Vinogradov
Louis Langrée, conductor
TCHAIKOVSKY & BARTOK — Iolanta/Bluebeard's Castle
Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019, 11:30 a.m.
Yoncheva, Polenzani, Markov, Azizov, Kowaljow, Denoke, Finley
Henrik Nánási, conductor
MOZART — Don Giovanni
Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019, noon
Willis-Sorenson, Lombardi, Garifullina, de Barbeyrac, Pisaroni, Abdrazakov, Cedel, Kocán
Cornelius Meister, conductor
VERDI — Rigoletto
Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019, noon
Sierra, Zaharia, Grigolo, Frontali, Kocan
Nicola Luisotti, conductor
DONIZETTI — La Fille du Régiment
Saturday, Mar. 2, 2019, noon
Yende, Blythe, Camarena, Muraro
Enrique Mazzola, conductor
WAGNER— Das Rheingold
Saturday, Mar. 9, 2019, noon
Bryn Harmer, Barton, Cargill, Ernst, Siegel, Grimsley, Konieczny, Groissböck, Belosselskiy
Philippe Jordan, conductor
VERDI — Falstaff
Saturday, Mar. 16, 2019, noon
Schultz, Pérez, Lemieux, Johnson Cano, Demuro, Maestri, Jesús Rodríguez
Richard Farnes, conductor
SAINT-SAENS — Samson et Dalila
Saturday, Mar. 23, 2019, noon
Elder, Rachvelishvili, Antonenko, Naouri, Konieczny, Groissböck
Sir Mark Elder, conductor
WAGNER — Die Walküre
Saturday, Mar. 30, 2019, 11 a.m.
Goerke, Westbroek, Barton, Skelton, Grimsley, Groissböck
Philippe Jordan, conductor
PUCCINI — Tosca
Saturday, Apr. 6, 2019, noon
Rowley, Calleja, Koch, Cokorinos
Carlo Rizzi, conductor
WAGNER — Siegfried
Saturday, Apr. 13, 2019, 10:30 a.m.
Goerke, Morley, Cargill, Vinke, Siegel, Volle, Konieczny, Belosselskiy
Philippe Jordan, conductor
MOZART — La Clemenza di Tito
Saturday, Apr. 20, 2019, noon
Fang, van den Heever, DiDonato, Murrihy, Polenzani, Van Horn
Lothar Koenigs, conductor
WAGNER — Götterdämmerung
Saturday, Apr. 27, 2019, 10 a.m.
Goerke, Haller, Schuster, Schager, Nikitin, Konieczny, Owens
Philippe Jordan, conductor
VERDI — Aida
Saturday, May 4, 2019, noon
Netrebko, Rachvelishvili, Antonenko, Kelsey, Belosselskiy, Green
Nicola Luisotti, conductor
POULENC — Dialogues des Carmelites
Saturday, May 11, 2019, 11 a.m.
Leonard, Pieczonka, Morley, Cargill, Mattila, Portillo, Croft
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
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