For those interested, and indeed well reported elsewhere, the NY Metropolitan Opera has released the listing of next year’s season of Live in HD simulcast productions, as follows:
Tosca [Puccini], October 10 – Levine (c); Mattila, M. Álvarez, Uusitalo, Plishka
Aida [Verdi], October 24 – Gatti (c); Urmana, Zajick, Botha, Guelfi, Scandiuzzi, Kocán
Turandot [Puccini], November 7 – Nelsons (c); Guleghina, Poplavskaya, Giordani, Ramey
Les Contes d’Hoffmann [Offenbach], December 19 – Levine (c); Kim, Netrebko, Gubanova, Garanča, Villazón, Pape
Der Rosenkavalier [R. Strauss], January 9 – Levine (c); Fleming, Graham, Schäfer, Cutler, Allen, Sigmundsson
Carmen [Bizet], January 16 – Nézet-Séguin (c); Frittoli, Gheorghiu, Alagna, Kwiecien
Simon Boccanegra [Verdi], February 6 – Levine (c); Pieczonka, Giordani, Domingo, Morris
Hamlet [Thomas], March 27 – Langrée (c); Dessay, Larmore, Spence, Keenlyside, Morris
Armida [Rossini], May 1 – Frizza (c); Fleming, Brownlee, Ford, Zapata, Banks, van Rensburg
Even by the Met’s standards, there’s some real luxury casting here, and if anything it seems a stronger season than this year’s, so there’d be no hesitation in recommending any of these. It’s particularly nice to see the rarely-performed Armida of Rossini included, in what will also be the work’s Met premiere – with Renée Fleming as the eponymous sorceress, up against no less than six tenors…
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09/03/2009 at 7:28 pm
Harold Hodes
“Tosca” is by Puccini, not Verdi.
09/03/2009 at 9:51 pm
Michael Lee
Oops – a slip of the keyboard, as it were! My thanks and apologies… this is now corrected
05/05/2009 at 9:47 pm
Fred Carter
Where do I go to get a list of where the various simulcasts will occur.? I need help
It’s nice to know when, but it helps to know where it is available.
Thanks for your help
Fred
Fred Carter
05/05/2009 at 10:17 pm
Michael Lee
Hi Fred –
It all depends on which country you’re in! In Ireland, we have so far only three screens showing the simulcasts (Dundrum and Swords in Co. Dublin, SGC Dungarvan in Co. Waterford), and links to those cinemas are on the Opera Ireland website at http://www.operaireland.com/index.jsp?p=94&n=119&a=0.
If you live elsewhere, then you should refer to the Met’s own site – the most relevant page seems to be http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/broadcast/hd_events_next.aspx. On the left-hand side of the page you’ll see a box marked “Buy HD Tickets Now” with links for the US and All other countries, which should lead you to the venue information you’re looking for. If you’ve time, there’s still one more in this year’s season to go, with Rossini’s La Cenerentola on this coming Saturday. I hope you find a screen near to where you are.