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MET Opera: Rigoletto

Tony Award–winning director Bartlett Sher creates a bold new take on Verdi’s timeless tragedy, resetting the opera’s action in 1920s Europe, with Art Deco sets by Michael Yeargan and elegant costumes by Catherine Zuber. Baritone Quinn Kelsey, a commanding artist at the height of his powers, brings his searing portrayal of the title role to the Met for the first time, starring alongside soprano Rosa Feola as Gilda and tenor Piotr Beczała as the Duke of Mantua, with leading maestro Daniele Rustioni on the podium.

3h 6min

Release Date: 29.01.2022

MET Opera Summer 2019: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Rossini’s madcap comedy receives a spirited production by Tony Award–winning director Bartlett Sher and stars mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, tenor Juan Diego Flórez, and baritone Peter Mattei. Maurizio Benini conducts.

2h 59min

Release Date: 31.07.2019

MET Opera Summer 2019: Roméo et Juliette

A pair of charismatic artists, tenor Vittorio Grigolo and soprano Diana Damrau, are the star-crossed lovers of Gounod’s dreamy adaptation of Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy. Gianandrea Noseda conducts.

2h 52min

Release Date: 19.06.2019

MET Opera: L’Elisir d’Amore

Donizetti’s comic gem L’Elisir d’Amore, staged by Bartlett Sher and conducted by Domingo Hindoyan, stars Pretty Yende as the spirited Adina, with Matthew Polenzani as Nemorino, the simple peasant who falls in love with her. Davide Luciano makes his Met debut as the role of Adina’s arrogant fiancé, Belcore and Ildebrando D’Arcangelo sings the role of the magic potion-peddling Doctor Dulcamara. Domingo Hindoyan makes his company debut conducting.

3h 5min

Release Date: 10.02.2018

MET Opera: Roméo et Juliette

When Diana Damrau and Vittorio Grigolo starred opposite each other in Manon at the Met in 2015, the New York Times said, “the temperature rises nearly to boiling every time Damrau and Grigolo are on stage together.” Now they’re back as opera’s classic lovers, in Gounod’s lush Shakespeare adaptation. The production, by director Bartlett Sher, has already won acclaim for its vivid 18th-century milieu and stunning costumes during runs at Salzburg and La Scala. Gianandrea Noseda conducts the sumptuous score.

3h 16min

Release Date: 21.01.2017

MET Opera Summer 2016: L'elisir d'amore

In Bartlett Sher’s new staging of the pearl of comic opera, “The Elixir of Love”, Anna Netrebko and Matthew Polenzani take the stage as Adina and Nemorino, who is in love with her. Mariusz Kwiecien is playing the belligerent sergeant Belcore and Ambrogio Maestri performs the role of Dulcamara – the lovable charlatan and elixir dealer. Conducted by Maurizio Benini. “The Elixir of Love” is Gaetano Donizetti’s comic opera in two acts. Most of the music was composed by Donizetti in less than two weeks.

2h 22min

Release Date: 06.07.2016

MET Opera: Otello

Verdi’s masterful Otello matches Shakespeare’s play in tragic intensity. Director Bartlett Sher probes the Moor’s dramatic downfall with an outstanding cast: tenor Aleksandrs Antonenko plays the doomed Otello; new soprano star Sonya Yoncheva sings Desdemona, Otello’s innocent wife and victim; and baritone Željko Lučić plays the evil Iago, who masterminds Otello’s demise. Dynamic maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts.

3h 12min

Release Date: 17.10.2015

MET Opera: Les Contes D'Hoffmann

MET Opera: Les Contes D'Hoffmann (2014/2015)

The magnetic tenor Vittorio Grigolo takes on the tortured poet and unwitting adventurer of the title of Offenbach’s operatic masterpiece, in the Met’s wild, kaleidoscopic production. Soprano Hibla Gerzmava faces the operatic hurdle of singing all three heroines—each an idealized embodiment of some aspect of Hoffmann’s desire. Thomas Hampson portrays the shadowy Four Villains, and Yves Abel conducts the sparkling score.

3h 46min

Release Date: 31.01.2015

MET Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

The Met’s effervescent production of Rossini’s classic comedy – featuring some of the most instantly recognizable melodies in all of opera – stars Isabel Leonard as the feisty Rosina, Lawrence Brownlee as her conspiring flame, and Christopher Maltman as the endlessly resourceful and charming barber, himself. Michele Mariotti conducts the vivid and tuneful score.

3h 25min

Release Date: 22.11.2014

MET Opera Summer 2013: The Barber of Seville

MET Opera Summer 2013: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

One of the most beloved operatic comedies of all time, Rossini’s The Barber of Seville is presented in a production by director Bartlett Sher. Superstar tenor Juan Diego Flórez as Count Almaviva is joined by American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato as Rosina and Peter Mattei in the title role of the swaggering barber. Libretto by Cesare Sterbini Original transmission date: Saturday, March 24, 2007 Running time 2:57 NB! Sung in Italian with Met Titles in English!

2h 57min

Release Date: 31.07.2013

MET Opera: L'Elisir d'Amore

Anna Netrebko and Matthew Polenzani star in Bartlett Sher's new production of one of the greatest comic gems in opera, as the fickle Adina and her besotted Nemorino. Mariusz Kwiecien is the blustery sergeant Belcore and Ambrogio Maestri is Dulcamara, the loveable quack and dispenser of the elixir. Maurizio Benini conducts.

3h 2min

Release Date: 13.10.2012

MET Opera Summer 2012: Les Contes D'Hoffmann

Libretto by Jules Barbier, based on the play by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré (based on stories by E.T.A. Hoffmann) World premiere: Paris, Opéra Comique, February 10, 1881 Prologue Luther’s tavern in a German city, early 19th century. The poet Hoffmann is in love with Stella, the star singer of the opera. Lindorf, a rich counselor, also loves her and has intercepted a note she has written to Hoffmann.

3h 20min

Release Date: 18.07.2012

MET Opera Summer 2012: Le Comte Ory

Cast: Diana Damrau, Joyce DiDonato, Susanne Resmark, Juan Diego Flórez, Stéphane Degout, Michele Pertusi Libretto by Eugène Scribe and Charles-Gaspard Delestre-Poirson World premiere: Paris, Opéra, August 20, 1828 Act I France, around 1200. The Count of Formoutiers and most of the men have left for the Holy Land to fight in the Crusades, leaving behind the count’s sister, Adèle, and her companion Ragonde. The young Count Ory, who is trying to win the countess, is resolved to take advantage of the situation.

2h 45min

Release Date: 27.06.2012

MET Opera: Le Comte Ory

Rossini’s vocally dazzling comedy stars 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 Adèle, sung by soprano Diana Damrau. Bartlett Sher, director of the Met’s hit productions of The Barber of Seville and The Tales of Hoffmann, describes the world of the opera as, “a place where love is dangerous. People get hurt. That can be very funny and very painful.

3h 0min

Release Date: 09.04.2011