Opera from the New York MET
Season starts Saturday 9 October 2010
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 suffering
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.
