Upcoming Broadcasts: Tonight “Carmen” Live from the MET

It’s always a great idea to sit down with a glass of wine or a good cup of coffee or tea and listen to LIVE opera.  If you can’t get to the house to hear it live, this is the next best thing.  Here is what is coming up this week!

Carmen: Tuesday September 30, 2014

7:30pm

with

Conductor: Pablo Heras-Casado
Micaëla: Anita Hartig
Carmen: Anita Rachvelishvili
Don José: Aleksandrs Antonenko
Escamillo: Massimo Cavalletti

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Anita Hartig

Soprano, Anita Hartig is Micaela

Macbeth: Friday, October 3, 2014

7:30pm

with

Conductor: Fabio Luisi
Lady Macbeth: Anna Netrebko
Macduff: Joseph Calleja
Macbeth: Željko Lucic
Banquo: René Pape

 

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Soprano Anna Netrebko is Lady Macbeth

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What’s on Met Opera Radio This Week: October 28-Nov 3

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Monday, October 28, 2013

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6:00 AM ET 9:00 AM ET

12:00 PM ET 7:25 PM ET 12:00 AM ET

Gluck: Alceste
3/8/1941-Panizza; Bampton, Maison, Warren

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
1/22/1977-Conlon; Valente, Burrows, Shane, Plishka, Uppman

Wagner: Götterdämmerung
4/17/1993-Levine; Jones, Johns, Held, Plette, Salminen

Bellini: Norma (LIVE FROM THE MET) Frizza; Meade, Barton, Antonenko, Morris

Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail
3/31/1984-Rudel; Malfitano, Araiza, Blegen, Creech, Korn

 

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

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6:00 AM ET

9:00 AM ET 12:00 PM ET 3:00 PM ET

7:55 PM ET 12:00 AM ET

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
2/24/2007-Gergiev; Hvorostovsky, Fleming, Vargas, Zaremba, Aleksashkin

Verdi: Aida
3/3/1962-Schick; Tucci, Dalis, Corelli, MacNeil, Tozzi

Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
2/7/1959-Morel; Gedda, Dobbs, Elias, Amara, London, Vanni

Janácek: Kát’a Kabanová
1/9/1999-Mackerras; Malfitano, Forst, Karnéus, Straka, Baker

Puccini: Tosca (SEASON PREMIERE – LIVE FROM THE MET)
Frizza; Racette, Alagna, Gagnidze, Del Carlo

Verdi: Rigoletto
12/7/1968-Cleva; Merrill, Moffo, Bergonzi, Love, Michalski

 

 

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

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6:00 AM ET

9:00 AM ET 12:00 PM ET 3:00 PM ET 6:00 PM ET 9:00 PM ET 12:00 AM ET

Gounod: Roméo et Juliette
1/25/1986-Cambreling; Malfitano, Shicoff, Plishka, Harris, Schexnayder

Puccini: Madama Butterfly
2/26/2000-Rudel; Crider, Larin, White, Josephson

Donizetti: La Favorita
3/11/1978-López-Cobos; Verrett, Pavarotti, Milnes, Giaiotti

Massenet: Manon
12/21/1963-Schippers; Moffo, Gedda, Guarrera, Tozzi

R. Strauss: Elektra
2/27/1971-Böhm; Nilsson, Rysanek, Madeira, Stewart, Nagy

Gluck: Alceste
3/8/1941-Panizza; Bampton, Maison, Warren

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
1/22/1977-Conlon; Valente, Burrows, Shane, Plishka, Uppman

 

 

Thursday, October 31, 2013

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6:00 AM ET 12:00 PM ET 3:00 PM ET 7:25 PM ET

12:00 AM ET

Wagner: Götterdämmerung
4/17/1993-Levine; Jones, Johns, Held, Plette, Salminen

Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail
3/31/1984-Rudel; Malfitano, Araiza, Blegen, Creech, Korn

Verdi: Aida
3/3/1962-Schick; Tucci, Dalis, Corelli, MacNeil, Tozzi

Britten: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (LIVE FROM THE MET)
Conlon; Kim, Davies, M. Rose, Kaiser, DeShong, Simpson, Wall, Costello

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
2/24/2007-Gergiev; Hvorostovsky, Fleming, Vargas, Zaremba, Aleksashkin

 

Friday, November 1, 2013

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6:00 AM ET 9:00 AM ET

12:00 PM ET 3:00 PM ET 6:00 PM ET

Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
2/7/1959-Morel; Gedda, Dobbs, Elias, Amara, London, Vanni

Janácek: Kát’a Kabanová
1/9/1999-Mackerras; Malfitano, Forst, Karnéus, Straka, Baker

R. Strauss: Elektra
2/27/1971-Böhm; Nilsson, Rysanek, Madeira, Stewart, Nagy

Verdi: Rigoletto
12/7/1968-Cleva; Merrill, Moffo, Bergonzi, Love, Michalski

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
1/22/1977-Conlon; Valente, Burrows, Shane, Plishka, Uppman

9:00 PM ET
12:00 AM ET

 

Saturday, November 2, 2013

Gounod: Roméo et Juliette
1/25/1986-Cambreling; Malfitano, Shicoff, Plishka, Harris, Schexnayder

Puccini: Madama Butterfly
2/26/2000-Rudel; Crider, Larin, White, Josephson

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6:00 AM ET 9:00 AM ET 12:00 PM ET 3:00 PM ET

6:00 PM ET

Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail
3/31/1984-Rudel; Malfitano, Araiza, Blegen, Creech, Korn

Massenet: Manon
12/21/1963-Schippers; Moffo, Gedda, Guarrera, Tozzi

Gluck: Alceste
3/8/1941-Panizza; Bampton, Maison, Warren

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
2/24/2007-Gergiev; Hvorostovsky, Fleming, Vargas, Zaremba, Aleksashkin

Wagner: Götterdämmerung
4/17/1993-Levine; Jones, Johns, Held, Plette, Salminen

12:00 AM ET Donizetti: La Favorita
3/11/1978-López-Cobos; Verrett, Pavarotti, Milnes, Giaiotti

 

Sunday, November 3, 2013

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6:00 AM ET 9:00 AM ET 12:00 PM ET

3:00 PM ET

6:00 PM ET

9:00 PM ET 12:00 AM ET

R. Strauss: Elektra
2/27/1971-Böhm; Nilsson, Rysanek, Madeira, Stewart, Nagy

Verdi: Rigoletto
12/7/1968-Cleva; Merrill, Moffo, Bergonzi, Love, Michalski

Gounod: Roméo et Juliette
1/25/1986-Cambreling; Malfitano, Shicoff, Plishka, Harris, Schexnayder

Puccini: Madama Butterfly
2/26/2000-Rudel; Crider, Larin, White, Josephson

Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
2/7/1959-Morel; Gedda, Dobbs, Elias, Amara, London, Vanni

This Month at the Met

Verdi: Aida
3/3/1962-Schick; Tucci, Dalis, Corelli, MacNeil, Tozzi

 

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At The Met This Week:

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At The Met This Week

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Tomorrow, October 14th at 3pm, meet James Levine for Signing at the Met Shop in Lincoln Center. 

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Meet James Levine

Midsummer

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

7:25pm October 14th, on Sirius/XM Radio  (Met Opera Radio)

Two Boys

A talk on Nico Muhly’s Opera, “Two Boys”

Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at 6:00 PM
Bruno Walter Auditorium at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Nico Muhly’s acclaimed opera, first seen in London in 2011, has its Met premiere in a production by Bartlett Sher. Peter Gelb talks with the composer, director, conductor David Robertson, and tenor Paul Appleby about bringing this thrilling contemporary work to the stage.

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Anna Netrebko and Mariusz Kwiecien

7:25pm Broadcast on Sirius/XM Radio (Met Opera Radio)

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Verdi Bicentennial Week on Met Opera Radio

Verdi 200th

Don’t miss this week on Met Opera Radio, devoted entirely to Verdi.

 

Monday, October 7, 2013

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6:00 AM ET 9:00 AM ET

12:00 PM ET 3:00 PM ET

6:00 PM ET 9:00 PM ET

Verdi: Rigoletto
2/10/1973-Levine; Wixell, Grist, Pavarotti, Macurdy, Grillo

This Month at the Met
Netrebko, Kwiecien, Radvanovsky, Muhly, Phillips, Leonard, Beczala, Gelb

Verdi: Aida
2/25/1967-Schippers; Price, Bumbry, Bergonzi, Merrill, Hines

Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera
12/14/1940-Panizza; Milanov, Bjorling, Sved, Castagna, Andreva

Verdi: Otello
10/13/1995-Levine; Domingo, Fleming, Morris, Bunnell, Croft

Verdi: Falstaff
4/6/2002-Levine; Terfel, Mescheriakova, Tilling, Blythe, Turay, Mentzer

 

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
1/28/1950-Stiedry; Warren, Varnay, Tucker, Szekely

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6:00 AM ET 9:00 AM ET 12:00 PM ET 3:00 PM ET 7:55 PM ET

Verdi: Il Trovatore
2/4/1961-Cleva; Corelli, Price, Sereni, Dalis, Wilderman

Verdi: La Traviata
1/5/1935-Panizza; Ponselle, Jagel, Tibbett

Verdi: I Lombardi
1/15/1994-Levine; Flanigan, Pavarotti, Beccaria, Plishka

Verdi: Don Carlo
12/23/2006-Levine; Botha, Racette, Hvorostovsky

Shostakovich: The Nose (LIVE FROM THE MET) Gergiev; Szot, Popov, Ognovenko

12:00 AM ET Verdi: Macbeth
2/21/1959-Leinsdorf; Warren, Rysanek, Hines, Bergonzi

 

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

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6:00 AM ET

9:00 AM ET 12:00 PM ET

3:00 PM ET

6:00 PM ET 9:00 PM ET 12:00 AM ET

Verdi: Nabucco
3/24/2001-Levine; Pons, Guleghina, Casanova, Tarassova, Ramey

Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani
3/9/1974-Levine; Caballé, Gedda, Milnes, Díaz

Verdi: La Forza del Destino
3/12/1977-Levine; Price, Domingo, MacNeil, Talvela, Elias, Capecchi

This Month at the Met
Netrebko, Kwiecien, Radvanovsky, Muhly, Phillips, Leonard, Beczala, Gelb

Verdi: Rigoletto
2/10/1973-Levine; Wixell, Grist, Pavarotti, Macurdy, Grillo

Verdi: Aida
2/25/1967-Schippers; Price, Bumbry, Bergonzi, Merrill, Hines

Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera
12/14/1940-Panizza; Milanov, Bjorling, Sved, Castagna, Andreva

 

Thursday, October 10, 2013

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6:00 AM ET 9:00 AM ET

12:00 PM ET 3:00 PM ET

Verdi: Otello
10/13/1995-Levine; Domingo, Fleming, Morris, Bunnell, Croft

Verdi: Falstaff
4/6/2002-Levine; Terfel, Mescheriakova, Tilling, Blythe, Turay, Mentzer

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
1/28/1950-Stiedry; Warren, Varnay, Tucker, Szekely

Verdi: Il Trovatore

6:00 PM ET 9:00 PM ET 12:00 AM ET

2/4/1961-Cleva; Corelli, Price, Sereni, Dalis, Wilderman

Verdi: La Traviata
1/5/1935-Panizza; Ponselle, Jagel, Tibbett

Verdi: I Lombardi
1/15/1994-Levine; Flanigan, Pavarotti, Beccaria, Plishka

Verdi: Don Carlo
12/23/2006-Levine; Botha, Racette, Hvorostovsky

 

Friday, October 11, 2013

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6:00 AM ET

9:00 AM ET 12:00 PM ET 3:00 PM ET

6:00 PM ET 7:25 PM ET

12:00 AM ET

Verdi: La Forza del Destino
3/12/1977-Levine; Price, Domingo, MacNeil, Talvela, Elias, Capecchi

Verdi: Macbeth
2/21/1959-Leinsdorf; Warren, Rysanek, Hines, Bergonzi

Verdi: Rigoletto
2/10/1973-Levine; Wixell, Grist, Pavarotti, Macurdy, Grillo

Verdi: Nabucco
3/24/2001-Levine; Pons, Guleghina, Casanova, Tarassova, Ramey

This Month at the Met
Netrebko, Kwiecien, Radvanovsky, Muhly, Phillips, Leonard, Beczala, Gelb

Britten: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (SEASON PREMIERE – LIVE FROM THE MET)
Conlon; Kim, Davies, M. Rose, Kaiser, DeShong, Simpson, Wall, Costello

Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani
3/9/1974-Levine; Caballé, Gedda, Milnes, Díaz

 

Saturday, October 12, 2013

6:00 AM ET Verdi: Aida
2/25/1967-Schippers; Price, Bumbry, Bergonzi, Merrill, Hines

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9:00 AM ET

12:00 PM ET 3:00 PM ET

6:00 PM ET 9:00 PM ET 12:00 AM ET

Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera
12/14/1940-Panizza; Milanov, Bjorling, Sved, Castagna, Andreva

Verdi: Otello
10/13/1995-Levine; Domingo, Fleming, Morris, Bunnell, Croft

Verdi: Falstaff
4/6/2002-Levine; Terfel, Mescheriakova, Tilling, Blythe, Turay, Mentzer

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
1/28/1950-Stiedry; Warren, Varnay, Tucker, Szekely

Verdi: Il Trovatore
2/4/1961-Cleva; Corelli, Price, Sereni, Dalis, Wilderman

This Month at the Met
Netrebko, Kwiecien, Radvanovsky, Muhly, Phillips, Leonard, Beczala, Gelb

 

Sunday, October 13, 2013

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6:00 AM ET 9:40 AM ET 12:00 PM ET 3:00 PM ET 6:00 PM ET 9:00 PM ET 12:00 AM ET

Verdi: Don Carlo
12/23/2006-Levine; Botha, Racette, Hvorostovsky

Verdi: I Lombardi
1/15/1994-Levine; Flanigan, Pavarotti, Beccaria, Plishka

Verdi: La Traviata
1/5/1935-Panizza; Ponselle, Jagel, Tibbett

Carnegie Hall Concert
Levine; DiDonato, MET Orchestra

Verdi: Macbeth
2/21/1959-Leinsdorf; Warren, Rysanek, Hines, Bergonzi

The Met on Record: Verdi: Luisa Miller (1991)
Levine; Millo, Domingo, Chernov, Quivar, Plishka, Rootering

Verdi: La Forza del Destino
3/12/1977-Levine; Price, Domingo, MacNeil, Talvela, Elias, Capecchi

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Listen to the Metropolitan Opera Season Premiere: Eugene Onegin on Monday Night!!!

This week on Met Opera Radio (accessible via Sirius/XM Radio or on the Met Opera website), you can hear Anna Netrebko in the season’s premiere of Eugene Onegin this Monday night at 6:30pm. 

 

Click here to Listen Live to the Met Broadcast

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Monday, September 23, 2013

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Puccini: Madama Butterfly

12/17/1977-Patanè; Scotto, Aragall, Love, Edwards

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
3/4/1967-Krips; Raskin, Shirley, Peters, Macurdy, Uppman

Verdi: Luisa Miller
12/11/1971-Levine; Maliponte, Alexander, MacNeil, Giaiotti, Plishka, Dunn

Rossini: La Cenerentola
3/11/00-Campanella; Larmore, Gimenez, Corbelli, Alaimo, Relyea

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (OPENING NIGHT GALA/SEASON PREMIERE – LIVE FROM THE MET) Gergiev; Kwiecien, Netrebko, Beczala, Volkova, Tanovitski

Verdi: La Forza del Destino
3/20/1954-Stiedry; Milanov, Penno, Warren, Hines, Madeira, Pechner

 

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

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Massenet: Werther
4/16/1988-Fournet; Kraus, von Stade,Stilwell, Upshaw

Bellini: La Sonnambula
12/21/1968-Bonynge; Sutherland, Alexander, Giaiotti, Boky

Verdi: Il Trovatore
3/16/1957-Rudolf; Baum, Stella, Merrill, Madeira, Moscona

Wagner: Die Walküre
12/6/1941-Leinsdorf; Traubel, Melchior, Varnay, Schorr, Thorborg

Mozart: Così fan tutte (SEASON PREMIERE – LIVE FROM THE MET)
Levine; Phillips, Polenzani, Leonard, Pogossov, de Niese, Muraro

12:00 AM ET Berg: Wozzeck
12/31/2005-Levine; Held, Dalayman, Clark, Forbis, Fink

 

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

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Wagner: Parsifal

4/12/2003-Gergiev; Domingo, Urmana, Struckmann, Pape, Putilin, Halfvarson

Strauss: Salome
2/17/1962-Rosenstock; Lewis, Vinay, Thebom, Cassel,Olvis

Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
2/7/1998-Young; Leech, Dessay, Racette, Larmore, Morris, Mentzer

Gounod: Faust
2/26/1972-Rich; Domingo, Zylis-Gara, Sereni, Tozzi

Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito
5/7/2005-Levine; Lopardo, Diener, von Otter, Murphy, Connolly

 

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Puccini: Madama Butterfly
12/17/1977-Patanè; Scotto, Aragall, Love, Edwards

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Verdi: Luisa Miller
12/11/1971-Levine; Maliponte, Alexander, MacNeil, Giaiotti, Plishka, Dunn

Wagner: Die Walküre
12/6/1941-Leinsdorf; Traubel, Melchior, Varnay, Schorr, Thorborg

Verdi: La Forza del Destino
3/20/1954-Stiedry; Milanov, Penno, Warren, Hines, Madeira, Pechner

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
3/4/1967-Krips; Raskin, Shirley, Peters, Macurdy, Uppman

6:00 PM ET 9:00 PM ET

Verdi: Il Trovatore
3/16/1957-Rudolf; Baum, Stella, Merrill, Madeira, Moscona

Rossini: La Cenerentola
3/11/00-Campanella; Larmore, Gimenez, Corbelli, Alaimo, Relyea

 

 

Friday, September 27, 2013

Berg: Wozzeck

12/31/2005-Levine; Held, Dalayman, Clark, Forbis, Fink

Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito
5/7/2005-Levine; Lopardo, Diener, von Otter, Murphy, Connolly

Massenet: Werther
4/16/1988-Fournet; Kraus, von Stade,Stilwell, Upshaw

Bellini: La Sonnambula
12/21/1968-Bonynge; Sutherland, Alexander, Giaiotti, Boky

Puccini: Madama Butterfly
12/17/1977-Patanè; Scotto, Aragall, Love, Edwards

Strauss: Salome
2/17/1962-Rosenstock; Lewis, Vinay, Thebom, Cassel,Olvis

Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
2/7/1998-Young; Leech, Dessay, Racette, Larmore, Morris, Mentzer

 

Saturday, Sunday 28, 2013

Gounod: Faust
2/26/1972-Rich; Domingo, Zylis-Gara, Sereni, Tozzi

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Verdi: La Forza del Destino
3/20/1954-Stiedry; Milanov, Penno, Warren, Hines, Madeira, Pechner

Rossini: La Cenerentola
3/11/00-Campanella; Larmore, Gimenez, Corbelli, Alaimo, Relyea

Shostakovich: The Nose (SEASON PREMIERE – LIVE FROM THE MET)
Gergiev; Szot, Popov, Ognovenko

Verdi: Luisa Miller
12/11/1971-Levine; Maliponte, Alexander, MacNeil, Giaiotti, Plishka, Dunn

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
3/4/1967-Krips; Raskin, Shirley, Peters, Macurdy, Uppman

Wagner: Die Walküre
12/6/1941-Leinsdorf; Traubel, Melchior, Varnay, Schorr, Thorborg

 

Sunday, September 29, 2013

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Verdi: Il Trovatore

3/16/1957-Rudolf; Baum, Stella, Merrill, Madeira, Moscona

Gounod: Faust
2/26/1972-Rich; Domingo, Zylis-Gara, Sereni, Tozzi

Wagner: Parsifal
4/12/2003-Gergiev; Domingo, Urmana, Struckmann, Pape, Putilin, Halfvarson

Massenet: Werther
4/16/1988-Fournet; Kraus, von Stade,Stilwell, Upshaw

The Met on Record: Verdi: La Traviata (1991) Levine; Studer, Pavarotti, Pons

Bellini: La Sonnambula
12/21/1968-Bonynge; Sutherland, Alexander, Giaiotti, Boky

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The Last Verista’s Pick of the Week on Met Opera Radio (Sirius/XM):

Monday, March 5, 2012

6:00am: Wagner: Das Rheingold
3/27/1993-Levine; Morris, Schwarz, Wlaschiha, Langridge, Gjevang, Hölle, Koptchak, Hong, Horton Murray, Held, Pampuch, Guyer, Bunnell, White

9:00am: This Month at The Met
Juan Diego Florez, Gerald Finley, Thomas Hampson, Donald Palumbo, Peter Gelb

12:00pm: Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani
3/20/1982-Levine; Scotto, Ochman, Elvira, Raimondi

3:00pm: Puccini: Tosca
1/6/1979-Conlon; Verrett, Pavarotti, MacNeil

7:30pm: Donizetti: L’Elisir d’amore (SEASON PREMIERE – LIVE FROM THE MET)
Renzetti; Flórez, Damrau, Corbelli, Kwiecien

12:00am: Verdi: Don Carlo
4/15/1961- Verchi; Corelli, Curtis-Verna, Sereni, Dalis, Hines, Uhde, Arroyo, Sgarro, Wall, Carelli, Nagy

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

6:00 AM ET 9:00 AM ET 12:00 PM ET 3:00 PM ET 7:00 PM ET

6:00am: Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
2/27/1965-Varviso; Alexander, Scovotti, Cvejic, Amara, Dooley

9:00am: Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
12/15/1973-Maag; Moffo, Alva, Shane, Hines, Gramm, Di Franco

12:00pm: Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
3/3/2007-Luisi; Hampson, Gheorghiu, Giordani, Furlanetto

3:00pm: Handel: Samson
3/1/1986-Rudel; Vickers, Mitchell, Te Kanawa

7:30pm: Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina (LIVE FROM THE MET) Petrenko; Abdrazakov, Borodina, Kotscherga, Didyk, Galouzine, Gagnidze

12:00 AM ET Beethoven: Fidelio
1/7/1984-Tennstedt; Marton, Vickers, Mazura, Plishka, Peters,Atherton


Wednesday, March 7, 2012

6:00am: Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
12/18/1999-Levine; Heppner, Eaglen, Ketelsen, Dalayman, Pape

9:00am: Massenet: Thaïs
1/28/1978-Pritchard; Sills, Gibbs, Milnes, Morris

12:00pm: This Month at The Met
Juan Diego Florez, Gerald Finley, Thomas Hampson, Donald Palumbo, Peter Gelb

3:00pm: Gounod: Faust
1/5/1991-Fulton; Leech, Soviero, Morris, Quilico, Quittmeyer

6:00pm: R. Strauss: Salome
2/12/1977-Leinsdorf; Rysanek, Ulfung, Varnay, Bailey, Riegel

9:00pm: Wagner: Das Rheingold
3/27/1993-Levine; Morris, Schwarz, Wlaschiha, Langridge, Gjevang, Hölle, Koptchak, Hong, Horton Murray, Held, Pampuch, Guyer, Bunnell, White


Thursday, March 7, 2012

6:00am: Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani
3/20/1982-Levine; Scotto, Ochman, Elvira, Raimondi

9:00am: Puccini: Tosca
1/6/1979-Conlon; Verrett, Pavarotti, MacNeil

12:00pm: Verdi: Don Carlo
4/15/1961- Verchi; Corelli, Curtis-Verna, Sereni, Dalis, Hines, Uhde, Arroyo, Sgarro, Wall, Carelli, Nagy

3:00pm: Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
12/15/1973-Maag; Moffo, Alva, Shane, Hines, Gramm, Di Franco

6:00pm: Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
3/3/2007-Luisi; Hampson, Gheorghiu, Giordani, Furlanetto

9:00pm: Handel: Samson
3/1/1986-Rudel; Vickers, Mitchell, Te Kanawa

12:00 AM ET Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
2/27/1965-Varviso; Alexander, Scovotti, Cvejic, Amara, Dooley

As Salome

Friday, March 9, 2012

6:00am: R. Strauss: Salome
2/12/1977-Leinsdorf; Rysanek, Ulfung, Varnay, Bailey, Riegel

9:00am: Beethoven: Fidelio
1/7/1984-Tennstedt; Marton, Vickers, Mazura, Plishka, Peters, Atherton

12:00pm: Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
12/18/1999-Levine; Heppner, Eaglen, Ketelsen, Dalayman, Pape

6:00pm: This Month at The Met
Juan Diego Florez, Gerald Finley, Thomas Hampson, Donald Palumbo, Peter Gelb

9:00pm: Massenet: Thaïs
1/28/1978-Pritchard; Sills, Gibbs, Milnes, Morris

12:00am: Gounod: Faust
1/5/1991-Fulton; Leech, Soviero, Morris, Quilico, Quittmeyer

Saturday, March 10, 2012

6:00am: Verdi: Don Carlo
4/15/1961- Verchi; Corelli, Curtis-Verna, Sereni, Dalis, Hines, Uhde, Arroyo, Sgarro, Wall, Carelli, Nagy

9:00am: Handel: Samson
3/1/1986-Rudel; Vickers, Mitchell, Te Kanawa

12:00pm: Mozart: Don Giovanni (LIVE FROM THE MET)
Davis; Finley, Rebeka, Terfel, Dehn, Polenzani, Leonard, Shenyang

6:00pm: Wagner: Das Rheingold 3/27/1993-Levine; Morris, Schwarz, Wlaschiha, Langridge, Gjevang, Hölle, Koptchak, Hong, Horton Murray, Held, Pampuch, Guyer, Bunnell, White

9:00pm: Puccini: Tosca
1/6/1979-Conlon; Verrett, Pavarotti, MacNeil

12:00pm: This Month at The Met
Juan Diego Florez, Gerald Finley, Thomas Hampson, Donald Palumbo, Peter Gelb

Sunday, March 11, 2012

6:00am: Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
3/3/2007-Luisi; Hampson, Gheorghiu, Giordani, Furlanetto

9:00am: Gounod: Faust
1/5/1991-Fulton; Leech, Soviero, Morris, Quilico, Quittmeyer

12:00pm: Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
2/27/1965-Varviso; Alexander, Scovotti, Cvejic, Amara, Dooley

3:00pm: Beethoven: Fidelio
1/7/1984-Tennstedt; Marton, Vickers, Mazura, Plishka, Peters, Atherton

6:00pm: Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
12/15/1973-Maag; Moffo, Alva, Shane, Hines, Gramm, Di Franco

9:00pm: The Met on Record: La Bohème (1947)
Antonicelli; Sayao, Tucker, Benzell, Valentino, Cehanovsky, Moscona

12:00am: Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani
3/20/1982-Levine; Scotto, Ochman, Elvira, Raimondi

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The Last Verista’s “Pick of the Week” for Jan 29-Feb 5, 2012 on Met Opera Radio (Sirius/XM): Millo/Pavarotti “Il Trovatore”

Monday, January 30, 2012

6:00am: Verdi: Il Trovatore
1/21/1989-Levine; Pavarotti, Millo, Milnes, Cossotto, Plishka

9:00am: R. Strauss: Salome
3/18/1972-Böhm; Rysanek, Stolze, Dalis, Stewart, MacWherter

12:00pm: Britten: Billy Budd
4/4/1992-Mackerras; Hampson, Clark, Morris, Held, Courtney

3:00pm: Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
1/28/1961-Leinsdorf; Siepi, Peters, Borg, Amara, Miller, Flagello

6:00pm: Gounod: Roméo et Juliette
1/25/1986-Cambreling; Malfitano, Shicoff, Plishka, Harris, Schexnayder

9:00pm: Puccini: La Bohème
3/19/1977-Levine; Scotto, Pavarotti, Niska, Wixell, Monk, Plishka

12:00am: Janácek: Jenufa
12/26/1992-Conlon; Benacková, Heppner, Rysanek, Trussel, Christin, Guyer, Wells, Skok, Kelly, JCourtney, Castle, Uecker, Di Franco

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

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6:00am: Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
3/27/1982-Chailly; Domingo, Welting, Troyanos, Eda-Pierre, Morris, Howells, Sénéchal

9:00am: Verdi: Nabucco
4/5/2003-Levine; Ataneli, Neves, Casanova, White, Ramey, Waite, Kowaljow, Valdes

12:00pm: Donizetti: La Favorita
3/11/1978-López-Cobos; Verrett, Pavarotti, Milnes, Giaiotti

3:00pm: Mozart: Idomeneo
12/21/1991-Levine; Heppner, Upshaw, Mentzer, Vaness, Kazaras

6:00 PM ET Wagner: Götterdämmerung (LIVE FROM THE MET) Luisi; Voigt, Gould, König, Meier, Harmer, Paterson,Owens

12:00 AM ET Verdi: Messa da Requiem
2/20/1982-Levine; Price, Quivar, Domingo, Cheek

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

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6:00am: Gounod: Faust
3/17/2007-Benini; Vargas, Swenson, Abdrazakov, Yun

9:00am: Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera
2/28/1959-Schippers; Stella, Peerce, Merrill, Madeira, Hurley

12:00pm: Wagner: Lohengrin
3/21/1998-Levine; Heppner, Voigt, Polaski, Ketelsen, Halfvarson

6:00pm: Britten: Billy Budd
4/4/1992-Mackerras; Hampson, Clark, Morris, Held, Courtney

9:00pm: Verdi: Il Trovatore
1/21/1989-Levine; Pavarotti, Millo, Milnes, Cossotto, Plishka

12:00pm: R. Strauss: Salome
3/18/1972-Böhm; Rysanek, Stolze, Dalis, Stewart, MacWherter

Thursday, February 2, 2012

6:00am: Janácek: Jenufa
12/26/1992-Conlon; Benacková, Heppner, Rysanek, Trussel, Christin, Guyer, Wells, Skok, Kelly, JCourtney, Castle, Uecker, Di Franco

9:00am: Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
1/28/1961-Leinsdorf; Siepi, Peters, Borg, Amara, Miller, Flagello

12:00pm: Gounod: Roméo et Juliette
1/25/1986-Cambreling; Malfitano, Shicoff, Plishka, Harris, Schexnayder

3:00pm: Puccini: La Bohème                                                                                                                                                                                                                       3/19/1977-Levine; Scotto, Pavarotti, Niska, Wixell, Monk, Plishka

6:00pm: Verdi: Ernani (SEASON PREMIERE – LIVE FROM THE MET) Armiliato; De Biasio, Meade, Furlanetto, Hvorostovsky

12:00am: Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
3/27/1982-Chailly; Domingo, Welting, Troyanos, Eda-Pierre, Morris, Howells, Sénéchal

Friday, February 3, 2012

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6:00am: Wagner: Lohengrin
3/21/1998-Levine; Heppner, Voigt, Polaski, Ketelsen, Halfvarson

12:00pm: Gounod: Faust
3/17/2007-Benini; Vargas, Swenson, Abdrazakov, Yun

3:00pm: Donizetti: La Favorita
3/11/1978-López-Cobos; Verrett, Pavarotti, Milnes, Giaiotti

6:00pm: Verdi: Nabucco
4/5/2003-Levine; Ataneli, Neves, Casanova, White, Ramey, Waite, Kowaljow, Valdes

9:00pm: Mozart: Idomeneo
12/21/1991-Levine; Heppner, Upshaw, Mentzer, Vaness, Kazaras

12:00pm: Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera
2/28/1959-Schippers; Stella, Peerce, Merrill, Madeira, Hurley

Saturday, February 4, 2012

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6:00am: Britten: Billy Budd
4/4/1992-Mackerras; Hampson, Clark, Morris, Held, Courtney

9:00am: Puccini: La Bohème
3/19/1977-Levine; Scotto, Pavarotti, Niska, Wixell, Monk, Plishka

12:00pm: Donizetti: Anna Bolena (LIVE FROM THE MET) Armiliato; Netrebko, Gubanova, Abdrazakov, Costello, Mumford

6:00pm: Verdi: Messa da Requiem
2/20/1982-Levine; Price, Quivar, Domingo, Cheek

9:00pm: Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
1/28/1961-Leinsdorf; Siepi, Peters, Borg, Amara, Miller, Flagello

12:00am: Gounod: Roméo et Juliette
1/25/1986-Cambreling; Malfitano, Shicoff, Plishka, Harris, Schexnayder

Sunday, February 5, 2012

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6:00am: Donizetti: La Favorita
3/11/1978-López-Cobos; Verrett, Pavarotti, Milnes, Giaiotti

9:00am: Verdi: Il Trovatore
1/21/1989-Levine; Pavarotti, Millo, Milnes, Cossotto, Plishka

12:00pm: Janácek: Jenufa
12/26/1992-Conlon; Benacková, Heppner, Rysanek, Trussel, Christin, Guyer, Wells, Skok, Kelly, JCourtney, Castle, Uecker, Di Franco

3:00pm: R. Strauss: Salome
3/18/1972-Böhm; Rysanek, Stolze, Dalis, Stewart, MacWherter

6:00pm: Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
3/27/1982-Chailly; Domingo, Welting, Troyanos, Eda-Pierre, Morris, Howells, Sénéchal

This Month at The Met
Jay Hunter Morris, Peter Gelb, Fabio Luisi, Diana Damrau, Stephanie Blythe, Quiz encore hosted by Matthew Polenzani, Angela Meade

9:00pm: Verdi: Nabucco
4/5/2003-Levine; Ataneli, Neves, Casanova, White, Ramey, Waite, Kowaljow, Valdes

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The Last Verista’s “Pick of the Week” on Met Opera Radio for January 25-29, 2012: Giordano’s “Andrea Chenier” with Richard Tucker and Zinka Milanov

Richard Tucker as Chenier

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

6:00am Wagner: Parsifal                                                                                                                                                                                                            4/14/1979-Levine; Vickers, Ludwig, Weikl, Talvela, Shinall, Plishka

12:00pm: Verdi: Don Carlo
11/11/1950-Stiedry; Björling, Rigal, Merrill, Barbieri, Siepi, Hines

Fedora Barbieri as Princess Eboli

3:00pm: R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
1/29/2000-Levine; Graham, Fleming, Hawlata, Murphy, Ketelsen

7:30pm: Various: The Enchanted Island (LIVE FROM THE MET) Christie; Daniels, DiDonato, Domingo, de Niese, Pisaroni, Oropesa, Costanzo

The Met’s “Enchanted Island”

12:00am: Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
4/7/1973-Levine; Prey, Horne, Di Giuseppe, Corena, Tozzi

Thursday, January 26, 2012

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6:00am: R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos                                                                                                                                                                                  4/14/2001-Levine; Voigt, Margison, Petrova, Mentzer, Brendel, Oswald

9:00am: Handel: Giulio Cesare
4/17/1999-Nelson; Larmore, McNair, Blythe, Daniels, Asawa

Jennifer Larmore as Giulio Cesare

12:00pm: Verdi: La Traviata
4/21/1962-Strasfogel; Moffo, Morell, Sereni

3:00pm: Mozart: Don Giovanni
12/24/1994-Hager; Morris, Sweet, Olsen, Schuman, Perry, Hong, D’Arcangelo

6:00pm: Berg: Lulu
4/2/1988-Levine; Malfitano, Mazura, Troyanos, Hamilton, Foldi

9:10pm: Verdi: I Lombardi
1/15/1994-Levine; Flanigan, Pavarotti, Beccaria, Plishka

12:00am: Giordano: Andrea Chenier
12/28/1957-Cleva; Tucker, Milanov, Warren, Elias, Lipton, Amparan

The magnificent Zinka Milanov

Friday, January 27, 2012

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6:00am: Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
4/7/1973-Levine; Prey, Horne, Di Giuseppe, Corena, Tozzi

9:00am: Puccini: Madama Butterfly
1/8/1994-Fulton; Soviero, Leech, Deng, Allen, Anthony, Courtney, Schaldenbrand, Hoffman, Aceto

12:00pm: Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
12/29/1984-Levine; Milnes, Tomowa-Sintow, Moldoveanu, Plishka, Clark

3:00pm: Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
2/24/2007-Gergiev; Hvorostovsky, Fleming, Vargas, Zaremba, Aleksashkin

6:00pm: Wagner: Götterdämmerung (SEASON PREMIERE – LIVE FROM THE MET)
Luisi; Voigt, Morris, König, Meier, Harmer, Paterson, Owens

Deborah Voigt in Gotterdammerung

12:00am: R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
1/29/2000-Levine; Graham, Fleming, Hawlata, Murphy, Ketelsen

Saturday, January 28, 2012

6:00 AM ET Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor                                                                                                                                                                      2/19/1966-Varviso; Peters, Kónya, Guarrera, Díaz, Nagy, Ordassy, Marek

9:00am: Mozart: Don Giovanni
12/24/1994-Hager; Morris, Sweet, Olsen, Schuman, Perry, Hong, D’Arcangelo

1:00pm: Puccini: Tosca (LIVE FROM THE MET) Franck; Racette, Álvarez, Morris

6:00pm: Giordano: Andrea Chenier
12/28/1957-Cleva; Tucker, Milanov, Warren, Elias, Lipton, Amparan

9:00pm: Handel: Giulio Cesare
4/17/1999-Nelson; Larmore, McNair, Blythe, Daniels, Asawa

12:00am: Verdi: Don Carlo
11/11/1950-Stiedry; Björling, Rigal, Merrill, Barbieri, Siepi, Hines

Sunday, January 29, 2012

6:00am: Verdi: La Traviata                                                                                                                                                                                                         4/21/1962-Strasfogel; Moffo, Morell, Sereni

9:00am: Berg: Lulu
4/2/1988-Levine; Malfitano, Mazura, Troyanos, Hamilton, Foldi

12:00pm: Verdi: I Lombardi
1/15/1994-Levine; Flanigan, Pavarotti, Beccaria, Plishka

3:00pm: Wagner: Parsifal
4/14/1979-Levine; Vickers, Ludwig, Weikl, Talvela, Shinall, Plishka

9:00pm: The Met on Record: Mozart: Così fan tutte (1952)
Stiedry; Steber, Tucker, Guarrera, Thebom, Peters, Alvary

12:00am: R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos
4/14/2001-Levine; Voigt, Margison, Petrova, Mentzer, Brendel, Oswald

Milanov’s Farewell at the Met

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The Last Verista’s Pick of the Week for January 9-15, 2011: Kirsten Flagstad in Beethoven’s Fidelio

Flagstad, the Great

Monday, January 9, 2012

6:00am Wagner: Siegfried                                                                                                                                                                                                          4/17/2004-Levine; West, Eaglen, Morris, Zaremba, Siegel, Fink

12:00pm: Verdi: Il Trovatore
12/19/1987-Bonynge; Sutherland, Verrett, Pavarotti, Nucci, De Grandis

3:00pm: Beethoven: Fidelio
3/10/1951-Walter; Flagstad, Svanholm, Schöffler, Ernster, Conner, Klein

7:30pm: Gounod: Faust (LIVE FROM THE MET)
Altinoglu; Calleja, Poplavskaya, Furlanetto, Petean, Lindsey

12:00pm: Puccini: La Bohème
3/19/1977-Levine; Scotto, Pavarotti, Niska, Wixell, Monk, Plishka

Tuesday, January 10, 2012
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6:00am: Rossini: L’Assedio di Corinto                                                                                                                                                                                    1/17/1976-Woitach; Sills, Díaz, Verrett, Di Giuseppe

9:00am: Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress                                                                                                                                                                                                          4/19/2003-Levine; Groves, Upshaw, Ramey, Blythe

12:00pm: Verdi: Falstaff
1/23/1965-Rosenstock; Evans, Tucci, Sereni, Resnik, Raskin, Shirley, Miller

3:00pm: R. Strauss: Elektra
2/27/1999-Levine; Schnaut, Voigt, Schwarz, Pederson, Glassman

7:30pm: Puccini: Tosca (SEASON PREMIERE – LIVE FROM THE MET) Franck; Racette, Alagna, Gagnidze

12:00am: Mozart: Così fan tutte
1/22/1972-Pritchard; Zylis-Gara, Elias, Bottazzo, Uppman, Stratas, Berry

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

6:00 AM ET Massenet: Werther                                                                                                                                                                                                    18/1989-Fournet; Wilson, Kuhlmann, Weikl, Upshaw, Capecchi

9:00am: Britten: Peter Grimes
3/24/1973-Ehrling; Vickers, Amara, Gramm, Kraft, Chookasian

12:00pm: Wagner: Das Rheingold
4/1/1989-Levine; Sotin, Ludwig, Wlaschiha, Jerusalem, Svendén, Rootering, Salminen

3:00pm: Floyd: Susannah
4/3/1999-Conlon; Fleming, Hadley, Ramey, McVeigh

6:00pm: Verdi: Aida
2/25/1967-Schippers; Price, Bumbry, Bergonzi, Merrill, Hines

9:00pm: Wagner: Siegfried
4/17/2004-Levine; West, Eaglen, Morris, Zaremba, Siegel, Fink

Thursday, January 12, 2012

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6:00am: Verdi: Il Trovatore                                                                                                                                                                                                      12/19/1987-Bonynge; Sutherland, Verrett, Pavarotti, Nucci, De Grandis

9:00am: Beethoven: Fidelio
3/10/1951-Walter; Flagstad, Svanholm, Schöffler, Ernster, Conner, Klein

12:00am: Puccini: La Bohème
3/19/1977-Levine; Scotto, Pavarotti, Niska, Wixell, Monk, Plishka

3:00pm: Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress                                                                                                                                                                                          4/19/2003-Levine; Groves, Upshaw, Ramey, Blythe

7:30pm: Various: The Enchanted Island (LIVE FROM THE MET)                                                                                                                                     Christie; Daniels, DiDonato, Domingo, de Niese, Pisaroni, Oropesa, Costanzo

12:00am: Rossini: L’Assedio di Corinto
1/17/1976-Woitach; Sills, Díaz, Verrett, Di Giuseppe

Friday, January 13, 2012

6:00 AM ET Verdi: Falstaff                                                                                                                                                                                                         1/23/1965-Rosenstock; Evans, Tucci, Sereni, Resnik, Raskin, Shirley, Miller

9:00am: R. Strauss: Elektra
2/27/1999-Levine; Schnaut, Voigt, Schwarz, Pederson, Glassman

12:00pm: Mozart: Così fan tutte
1/22/1972-Pritchard; Zylis-Gara, Elias, Bottazzo, Uppman, Stratas, Berry

3:00pm: Wagner: Siegfried
4/17/2004-Levine; West, Eaglen, Morris, Zaremba, Siegel, Fink

9:00pm: Massenet: Werther
3/18/1989-Fournet; Wilson, Kuhlmann, Weikl, Upshaw, Capecchi

12:00am: Britten: Peter Grimes
3/24/1973-Ehrling; Vickers, Amara, Gramm, Kraft, Chookasian

Saturday, January 14, 2012

6:00am: Puccini: La Bohème                                                                                                                                                                                                      3/19/1977-Levine; Scotto, Pavarotti, Niska, Wixell, Monk, Plishka

9:00am: Floyd: Susannah
4/3/1999-Conlon; Fleming, Hadley, Ramey, McVeigh

1:00pm: Bellini: Norma (ARCHIVAL BROADCAST PRESENTATION)                                                                                                                         4/4/1970-Bonynge; Sutherland, Horne, Bergonzi, Siepi

6:00pm: Verdi: Il Trovatore
12/19/1987-Bonynge; Sutherland, Verrett, Pavarotti, Nucci, De Grandis

9:00pm: Beethoven: Fidelio
3/10/1951-Walter; Flagstad, Svanholm, Schöffler, Ernster, Conner, Klein

12:00am: Wagner: Das Rheingold
4/1/1989-Levine; Sotin, Ludwig, Wlaschiha, Jerusalem, Svendén, Rootering, Salminen

Sunday, January 15, 2012 

6:00am: Mozart: Così fan tutte                                                                                                                                                                                                   1/22/1972-Pritchard; Zylis-Gara, Elias, Bottazzo, Uppman, Stratas, Berry

9:00am: Verdi: Aida
2/25/1967-Schippers; Price, Bumbry, Bergonzi, Merrill, Hines

12:00pm: Massenet: Werther
3/18/1989-Fournet; Wilson, Kuhlmann, Weikl, Upshaw, Capecchi

3:00pm: Rossini: L’Assedio di Corinto
1/17/1976-Woitach; Sills, Díaz, Verrett, Di Giuseppe

6:00pm: Verdi: Falstaff
1/23/1965-Rosenstock; Evans, Tucci, Sereni, Resnik, Raskin, Shirley, Miller

9:00pm: The Met on Record: Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro                                                                                                                                                                 (1990) Levine; Te Kanawa, Upshaw, Furlanetto, Hampson

12:00am: Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress                                                                                                                                                                                       4/19/2003-Levine; Groves, Upshaw, Ramey, Blythe

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