Saturday March 7th: The Metropolitan Opera New York presents Les Troyens a Carthage from Les Troyens by Berlioz
Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin chooses this week's opera selection from the archives of the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.Rafael Kubelík conducts a performance from March 16, 1974 featuring Christa Ludwig as Didon, Jon Vickers as Énée, Mignon Dunn as Anna and John Macurdy in the role of Narbal.
Saturday March 14th: The Metropolitan Opera New York presents Puccini's Madama Butterfly
Cultures collide in Puccini's poignant tale of a loyal geisha and a callous American naval officer whose fleeting romance leaves only devastation behind. Leading soprano Sonya Yoncheva makes her Met role debut as Cio-Cio-San, one of opera's ultimate soprano roles. Tenor Adam Smith also takes on his Met debut as Pinkerton, Jennifer Johnason Cano sings Suzuki and Quinn Kelsey is Sharpless in Anthony Minghella's production live from the Metropolitan Opera New York.
Saturday March 21st: The Metropolitan Opera New York presents Wagner's Tristan and Isolde
After years of anticipation, a truly unmissable event arrives as the electrifying Lise Davidsen tackles one of the ultimate roles for dramatic soprano: the Irish princess Isolde in Wagner's transcendent meditation on love and death. Heroic tenor Michael Spyres stars opposite Davidsen as the love-drunk Tristan. The momentous occasion also marks the advent of a new, Met-debut staging by Yuval Sharon, the first American to direct an opera at Bayreuth as well as Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin's first time leading Tristan und Isolde at the Met. Mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Gubanova reprises her signature portrayal of Brangäne, alongside bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny, who sings Kurwenal after celebrated Met appearances in Wagner's Der Fliegende Holländer and Ring cycle. Bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green makes an important role debut as King Marke.
