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FULL 2010-11 PROGRAMME
Wagner’s Das Rheingold – Saturday 9th October at 6.00pm. James Levine; Wendy Bryn Harmer, Stephanie Blythe, Patricia Bardon, Richard Croft, Gerhard Siegel, Bryn Terfel, Eric Owens, Franz-Josef Selig, Hans-Peter König.
Robert Lepage’s new production of the Ring cycle opens with the prologue to Wagner’s epic drama with Bryn Terfel singing the leading role of Wotan for the first time with the company, heading an extraordinary cast.
Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov – Saturday 23rd October at 5.00pm. Performance runtime: 5:30
Valery Gergiev; Ekaterina Semenchuk, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Oleg Balashov, Evgeny Nikitin, René Pape, Mikhail Petrenko, Vladimir Ognovenko.
Bass René Pape takes on one of the greatest roles in a production by monumental theatre and opera director Peter Stein, in his Met debut. Valery Gergiev conducts Mussorgsky’s soulful spectacle, which captures the suffering and ambition of a nation.
Donizetti’s Don Pasquale – Saturday 13th November at 6.00pm. Performance runtime: 4:00
James Levine; Anna Netrebko, Matthew Polenzani, Mariusz Kwiecien, John Del Carlo.
Anna Netrebko returns to the role that made her a Met star.
Verdi’s Don Carlo – Saturday 11th December at 5.30pm. Performance runtime: 5:00
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Marina Poplavskaya, Anna Smirnova, Roberto Alagna, Simon Keenlyside, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Eric Halfvarson.
Nicholas Hytner ('The History Boys', 'The Madness of King George') makes his Met debut with this new production which was greeted with popular success when it opened in London. Roberto Alagna leads the cast in the title role of Verdi’s most ambitious opera.
Puccini’s La Fanciulla Del West – Saturday 8th January at 6.00pm. Performance runtime: 3:50
Nicola Luisotti; Deborah Voigt, Marcello Giordani, Juha Uusitalo.
Puccini’s wild west opera stars all-American diva Deborah Voigt in a performance that marks the 100th anniversary of the opera’s world premiere at the Met.
John Adams’ Nixon In China – Saturday 12 February 6.00pm Performance runtime: 4:00
John Adams; Peter Sellars, Deborah James Maddalena, Richard Paul Fink, Kathleen Kim.
Peter Sellars makes his Met debut with this groundbreaking 1987 work, an exploration of the human truths beyond the headlines surrounding President Nixon’s 1972 encounter with Communist China.
Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride – Saturday 26th February at 6.00pm. Performance runtime: 3:15
Patrick Summers; Susan Graham, Plácido Domingo, Paul Groves, Gordon Hawkins.
Susan Graham, Plácido Domingo and Paul Groves reprise their starring roles in Gluck’s masterful interpretation of the Greek myth.
Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor – Saturday 19th March at 5.00pm. Performance runtime: 4:20
Patrick Summers; Natalie Dessay, Joseph Calleja, Ludovic Tézier, Kwangchul Youn.
Natalie Dessay returns to her triumphant portrayal of the fragile heroine in the Met’s hit production.
Rossini’s Le Comte Ory – Saturday 9th April at 6.00pm. Performance runtime: 3:25
Maurizio Benini; Diana Damrau, Joyce DiDonato, Susanne Resmark, Juan Diego Flórez, Stéphane Degout, Michele Pertusi.
Rossini’s vocally dazzling comedy soars with bel canto sensation Juan Diego Flórez in the title role of this Met premiere production. He vies with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, in the trouser role of Isolier, for the love of the lonely Countess Adele, sung by soprano Diana Damrau.
Strauss’s Capriccio – Saturday 23rd April at 6.00pm. Performance runtime: 3:30
Andrew Davis; Renée Fleming, Sarah Connolly, Joseph Kaiser, Russell Braun, Morten Frank Larsen.
Renée Fleming dazzled audiences when she sang Capriccio’s final scene on Opening Night of the 2008-09 season. Now she sings Strauss’s entire diva showvcase, with Andrew Davis conducting.
Verdi’s Il Trovatore – Saturday 30th April at 6.00pm. Performance runtime: 3:30
James Levine; Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick, Marcelo Álvarez, Dmitri Hvorostovsky
David McVicar’s gripping production returns with Patricia Racette, Sondra Radvanovsky and Dolora Zajick conducted by Music Director James Levine.
Wagner’s Die Walküre – Saturday 14th May at 5.00pm, Performance runtime: 5:35
James Levine; Deborah Voigt, Eva Maria Westbroek, Stephanie Blythe, Jonas Kaufmann, Bryn Terfel, Hans-Peter König
The Met has assembled an extraordinary cast for the second installment of Robert Lepage’s new production of the Ring cycle, conducted by James Levine. Bryn Terfel is Wotan, lord of the Gods. Deborah Voigt adds the part of Brunnhilde to her extensive Wagnerian repertoire at the Met.