Starting this October, Aldeburgh Cinema is delighted to launch a new season of operas from the New York MET.

Kicking off with Das Rheingold on Saturday 9 Ocober at 6pm, the new season is guarenteed to delight both opera lovers and newcomers.

See the Opera/Ballet page for a full list & links to individual operas.

Booking opens the 1st June 2010

Tickets: £22/£20 Cinema Club members

New York Metropolitan Opera: 2010-11 Season 

Timings are approximate & subject to change

Saturday 9th October at 6pm

Das Rheingold - Wagner

Performance runtime: 3hrs 15mins  

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.

 

Saturday 23rd October at 5pm

Boris Godunov - Mussorgsky

Performance runtime: 5hrs 30mins

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 sufferingand ambition of a nation.

 

Saturday 13th November at 6pm

Don Pasquale - Donizetti

Performance runtime: 4hrs

James Levine; Anna Netrebko, Matthew Polenzani, Mariusz Kwiecien, John Del Carlo.

Anna Netrebko returns to the role that made her a Met star.

 

Saturday 11th December at 5.30pm

Don Carlo - Verdi

Performance runtime: 5hrs

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.

 

Saturday 8th January at 6pm

La Fanciulla Del West - Puccini

Performance runtime: 3hrs 50mins

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.

 

Saturday 26th February at 6pm

Iphigénie en Tauride - Gluck

Performance runtime: 3hrs 15mins

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.

 

Saturday 19th March at 5pm

Lucia di Lammermoor - Donizetti

Performance runtime: 4hrs 20mins

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.

 

Saturday 9th April at 6pm

Le Comte Ory - Rossini

Performance runtime: 3hrs 25mins

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.

 

Saturday 23rd April at 6pm

Capriccio - Strauss

Performance runtime: 3hrs 30mins

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.

 

Saturday 30th April at 6pm

Il Trovatore - Verdi

Performance runtime: 3hrs 30mins

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.

 

Saturday 14th May at 5pm

Die Walküre - Wagner

Performance runtime: 5hrs 35mins

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.