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Saturday, March 06, 2010

Verdi's Attila

Riccardo Muti makes his debut at the Metropolitan Opera, conducting the company's premiere production of Verdi's early opera Attila. The maestro, 68, is known for his command of Italian opera, and is a particular champion of this 1846 rarity.

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Puccini's La Bohème

Saturday, February 27, 2010

This production of Puccini's La Boheme by the Metropolitan Opera offers some particularly notable casting, including Russian soprano Anna Netrebko as Mimi and Polish tenor Piotr Beczala singing his first Met Rodolfo.

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Ariadne auf Naxos

Saturday, February 20, 2010

In this week's broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera Strauss’s dual gifts for groundbreaking modernity and classical elegance come together in Elijah Moshinsky's fanciful production production of Ariadne auf Naxos.

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La Fille du Régiment

Saturday, February 13, 2010

With vocal pyrotechnics and a charming comic plot, Donizetti's La Fille du Regiment tells the love story of Tonio and Marie in this week's performance from the Metropolitan Opera.

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Verdi's Simon Boccanegra

Saturday, February 06, 2010

At an age when most tenors are retired and teaching master classes, tenor Placido Domingo takes on the title role of Verdi's Simon Boccanegra in this broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera.

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Verdi's Stiffelio

Saturday, January 30, 2010

This week’s broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera features Verdi’s Stiffelio. The opera, conducted by Plácido Domingo, tells the story of a preacher who finds himself torn between forgiveness and vengeance.

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Barber's Vanessa

Saturday, January 23, 2010

This week's Metropolitan Opera broadcast features a rare archival performance of Samuel Barber's Vanessa from 1958.

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Bizet's Carmen

Saturday, January 16, 2010

This week’s broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera features the acclaimed new production of Bizet's Carmen, directed by Richard Eyre and starring Latvian mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca.

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Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier

Saturday, January 09, 2010

Der Rosenkavalier, Richard Strauss' comic masterpiece of love and intrigue returns to the Metropolitan Opera with several singers playing their signature roles, including superstar soprano Renée Fleming as Marschallin.

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Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel

Saturday, January 02, 2010

Your homemade gingerbread house may be looking tired but Humperdinck's deliciously dark fairy tale is as fresh as ever in the Metropolitan Opera's English-language production of Hansel and Gretel.

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