Opera Night Saturday 16 February 2019
Launched in 1931, the Met’s Saturday matinee broadcasts are the longest-running continuous classical radio series in American broadcast history. The 87th season of Saturday broadcasts will once again be heard over the Toll Brothers–Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network. You can hear the 2017/18 Season every Saturday from 7pm on Opera Night and for details of the season, view their schedule here. **Please note we will not be taking the broadcasts of December 8th, 22nd, 29th and January 12th**
Verdi's tragic jester returns in Michael Mayer's neon-bedecked, Las Vegas-themed production. Baritone Roberto Frontali sings the title role, and soprano Nadine Sierra reprises her portrayal of Gilda, the role that helped launch her now-blossoming Met career. Tenor Vittorio Grigolo sings the role of the lascivious Duke, and Nicola Luisotti conducts the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus. (Vittorio Grigolo in Verdi's Rigoletto. Photo Cory Weaver, Metropolitan Opera)
Tenor Javier Camarena and soprano Pretty Yende team up for a feast of bel canto vocal fireworks including the show-stopping tenor aria 'Ah! Mes amis,' with its nine high Cs. Maurizio Muraro is the comic Sergeant Sulpice, with mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe as the outlandish Marquise of Berkenfield. Enrique Mazzola conducts the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus. (Alessandro Corbelli and Pretty Yende in Donizetti's La Fille du Régiment. Photo Marty Sohl, Metropolitan Opera)
Title: Don Giovanni
Composer: Mozart
Performer(s): Met Opera Orchestra And Chorus, Cornelius Meister; Rachel Willis-Sørensen (Donna Anna), Federica Lombardi (Donna Elvira), Aida Garifullina (Zerlina), Stanislas De Barbeyrac (Don Ottavio), Luca Pisaroni (Don Giovanni), Ildar Abdrazakov (Leporello), Brandon Cedel (Masetto), Štefan Kocan (The Commendatore)
Duration: 220:00
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Presenter: Paul Herriott
Producer: Gail Henry
Production Co-ordinator: Ian McGlynn