Metropolitan Opera Live in HD (also known as The Met: Live in HD) is a series of live opera performances transmitted in

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via satellite from the

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in New York City to select venues, primarily

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s, in the United States and other parts of the world. The first transmission was of a condensed English-language version of Mozart's ''

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'' on December 30, 2006. Many of the video recordings are later rebroadcast via

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as part of the ''

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at the Met'' series, and most are made available for streaming at Met Opera on Demand, a collection which also includes earlier SD video and analog telecasts and audio recordings from

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History

To transmit the series via satellite

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in the US and Canada, the Met has partnered with Fathom Events. The series is broadcast to

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, Cinemark,

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(Regal Cinemas, United Artists and Edwards), Goodrich, Kerasotes, Marcus and

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movie theaters as well as a series of independent venues such as arts centers and college campuses. Its aims include building a larger audience for the Met and garnering excitement for arts at a local level. The original idea for presenting operas in this way came from the new incoming general manager of the Met, Peter Gelb in late 2006. Gelb brought in veteran TV director

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to oversee the series. Exhibiting the Met's performances in digital movie theaters is in line with other audience-expanding efforts by the Met such as radio broadcasts on Sirius Radio,

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downloads, live streaming video on the Met website, and free opening night screenings in

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and at

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. The Met is also sponsoring free HD broadcasts into selected New York City public schools."Metropolitan Opera to Offer Hi-Def Simulcasts in NYC Public Schools"
Playbill.com, December 12, 2007 The simulcasts allow more people to experience the Met's performance offerings. This audience includes current opera fans unable to get to New York City to see the shows in person and potential opera fans looking for an easy, affordable method of checking out a new art form. Tom Galley, chief operations and technology officer of

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, describes the experience by saying: In the US, the series has also been broadcast in both high definition and regular TV as part of the

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's ''

'' series under the title ''Great Performances at the Met''. In addition, selected performances can now be viewed online.

International expansion

The first season included seven theatres in Britain, two in Japan and one in Norway. After its successful launch, several other countries joined for the second season and 100 screens were added, selling an additional 20,000 tickets. These included cinemas in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. 2008 saw the network expand even further to include more screens in the countries named above plus other countries such as Australia, Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Argentina (Buenos Aires and Mar del Plata), and Poland, as well as the territory of Puerto Rico. Reaction in the British press has been positive: The author Peter Conrad praised Gelb's showmanship:

Production

six Metropolitan Opera employees work full-time on Live in HD. About 40 people work on the technical aspects of each broadcast, with one comparing the scale of the logistics to the preshow coverage of the

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s. Host

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volunteers her services. No same-day substitution of a major cast member for a Live in HD performance was necessary until January 2010, perhaps because of the appeal of performing for a worldwide audience and the opportunity to appear on the subsequent DVD of the broadcast.

Audience

Movie and radio broadcast revenue increased for the Met from about $5 million in 2006, Live in HD's first year, to $22 million in 2008, with Live in HD contributing the bulk of the growth. For the 2009/10 season, the Met spent about $12 million in production and received about half of the $47 million box-office gross. After paying royalties to its cast and crew, the Met earned a $8 million profit. The Met's Live in HD revenue for the 2012/13 season was $34.5 million. According to a 2008 study commissioned by

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, most Live in HD attendees were "moderate and frequent opera goers". About one in five, however, did not attend a live opera performance in the previous two years, with some being completely new to opera and attending because of curiosity about it. The majority claimed to equally enjoy broadcast and live opera, and more than half stated they would "very likely" attend an opera performance at the Met if visiting New York. A 2011

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thesis found that "''Live in HD'' does not at present cannibalize the local live opera audience ... utThere is no evidence that tgenerates more live opera attendance or brings new audiences into local opera houses". A report outlines the economics of the Met's 2013–2014 season:

Last season, 10 operas were transmitted via satellite into at least 2,000 theaters in 66 countries, including more than 800 U.S. theaters. Box office hit $60 million worldwide (average ticket prices were $23 last season), with theater owners splitting sales 50–50 with the Met (insiders say the split is more advantageous to the Met in North America) and
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taking a small percentage as well.

Vladica and Davis have utilised Q methodology to analyse audience reactions and judgments of entertainment value with respect to this series, and related cultural events transmitted to cinemas. By the time the Met began planning for its tenth anniversary season (2015–2016), its ''Live in HD'' series had become a major source of income, bringing in $60 million in yearly revenue and $17 to $18 million in profit, 12% of the total for the company. It was being presented in 2,000 theatres in 70 countries and 11 time zones.

Seasons

2006–2007

Beginning on December 30, 2006, as part of the company's effort to build revenues and attract new audiences, the Met broadcast a series of six performances live via satellite into movie theaters. The series was carried in over 100 movie theaters across North America plus others in Britain, Japan and one in Norway. It included: *

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's production of Mozart's ''

'', on December 30, 2006, in an abridged English version conducted by

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and starring Ying Huang as Pamina, Matthew Polenzani as Tamino, and

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as Papageno. * Bellini's ''

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'', on January 6, 2007, starring

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, Eric Cutler and Franco Vassallo in the roles of Elvira, Arturo and Riccardo, in the 1976 Sandro Sequi production conducted by Patrick Summers. * The world premiere of

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's ''

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'', on January 13, 2007, with

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in the title role of Emperor Qin in a production by Zhan Yimou and conducted by Dun himself. * Tchaikovsky's ''

Eugene Onegin ''Eugene Onegin, A Novel in Verse'' (, Reforms of Russian orthography, pre-reform Russian: Евгеній Онѣгинъ, романъ въ стихахъ, ) is a novel in verse written by Alexander Pushkin. ''Onegin'' is considered a classic of ...

'', on February 24, 2007, starring Dmitri Hvorostovsky,

and

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in the roles of Onegin, Tatiana and Lensky in Robert Carsen's simple but beautiful production conducted by

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. * Rossini's ''

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'', on March 24, 2007, in the new hit production by Bartlett Sher, with Peter Mattei,

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and

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as Figaro, Rosina and Almaviva, and conducted by Maurizio Benini. * Puccini's ''

Il trittico ''Il trittico'' (''The Triptych'') is the title of a collection of three one-act operas, '' Il tabarro'', '' Suor Angelica'', and '' Gianni Schicchi'', by Giacomo Puccini. The work received its world premiere at the Metropolitan Opera on 14 Decem ...

'', on April 28, 2007, in another new hit production, this time by Jack O'Brien and conducted by James Levine.

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, Salvatore Licitra and Juan Pons, in the roles of Giorgetta, Luigi and Michele, sang in '' Il tabarro'', Barbara Frittoli starred in the title role of '' Suor Angelica'', and ''

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'' was played by Alessandro Corbelli with Olga Mykytenko and Massimo Giordano in the roles of Lauretta and Rinuccio. Stephanie Blythe starred in all three operas, singing the roles of Frugola, the Princess and Zita. In addition, limited repeat showings of the operas were offered in most of the presenting cities. Within the US, digital sound for the performances was provided by

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. These movie transmissions were successful at the box office as well as having received wide and generally favorable press coverage. The Met reports that 91% of available seats were sold for the HD performances. According to General Manager Peter Gelb, there were 60,000 people in cinemas around the world watching the March 24 transmission of ''The Barber of Seville''. ''

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'' reported that 324,000 tickets were sold worldwide for the 2006–07 season, while each simulcast cost $850,000 to $1 million to produce.Daniel Wakin
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, ''

'', May 17, 2007 If one counts ''Il trittico'' as a single work, this is the only Met Live in HD season in which every work broadcast is by a different composer. The Met nearly accomplished this during the 2014–15 season, but swapped ''Il barbiere di Siviglia'' in for ''The Death of Klinghoffer'', thus causing a double-up of Rossini operas (as ''La donna del lago'' was already scheduled).

2007–2008

Due to the success of the first season, the Metropolitan Opera decided to increase the number of HD broadcasts to movie theaters from six to eight during the 2007–2008 season. Further, the number of available theaters expanded to 330 across the US and additional countries throughout the world. The first showing on December 15, 2007,

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's '' Roméo et Juliette'', was seen on 477 screens and sold an estimated 97,000 tickets. The series continued by featuring seven more of the Met's productions following ''Roméo et Juliette'' and ending with ''

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'' on April 26, 2008. The Met planned to broadcast to double the number of theaters in the US compared with the previous season, as well as to additional countries. The number of participating venues in the US, which includes movie theatre chains as well as independent theatres and some college campus venues, was 343. While "the scope of the series expands to include more than 700 locations across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.... The Met has said that it hopes to reach as many as one million audience members with this season's HD transmissions" The schedule of live broadcasts included: * Gounod's '' Roméo et Juliette'' (

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, conducted by

), broadcast on December 15, 2007 * Humperdinck's ''

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'' ( Christine Schäfer,

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, conducted by

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), broadcast on January 1, 2008 * Verdi's ''

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'' ( Željko Lučić,

, John Relyea, conducted by

), broadcast on January 12, 2008 * Puccini's '' Manon Lescaut'' ( Karita Mattila,

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, Dwayne Croft, conducted by

), broadcast on February 16, 2008 * Britten's '' Peter Grimes'' ( Anthony Dean Griffey, Patricia Racette, Felicity Palmer, conducted by

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), broadcast on March 15, 2008 * Wagner's ''

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'' ( Deborah Voigt, Robert Dean Smith,

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, conducted by

), broadcast on March 22, 2008 * Puccini's ''

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'' (

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, conducted by

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), broadcast on April 5, 2008 * Donizetti's ''

'' ( Natalie Dessay,

, Alessandro Corbelli, conducted by

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), broadcast on April 26, 2008 By the end of the season, 920,000 peopleexceeding the total number of people who attended live performances at the Met over the entire seasonattended the 8 screenings bringing in a gross of $13.3 million from North America and $5 million from overseas.

2008–2009

The HD season for 2008–2009 included 11 productions, including the Opening Night Gala on September 22, 2008, (broadcast in North America only). * Opening Night Gala (Excerpts from '' La traviata'', ''

Manon ''Manon'' () is an ''opéra comique'' in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, based on the 1731 novel '' L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut'' by the Abbé Prévost. It was f ...

'' and '' Capriccio'', starring

), broadcast on September 22, 2008 * Richard Strauss' ''

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'' ( Karita Mattila, Kim Begley, Juha Uusitalo, conducted by Patrick Summers), broadcast on October 11, 2008 * John Adams' '' Doctor Atomic'' ( Gerald Finley, Eric Owens,

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, conducted by Alan Gilbert), broadcast on November 8, 2008 * Berlioz's ''

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'' (

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, John Relyea, conducted by

), broadcast on November 22, 2008 * Massenet's '' Thaïs'' (

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, Michael Schade, conducted by Jesús López Cobos), broadcast on December 20, 2008 * Puccini's '' La rondine'' (

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, Lisette Oropesa, Marius Brenciu, conducted by

), broadcast on January 10, 2009 * Gluck's '' Orfeo ed Euridice'' ( Stephanie Blythe, Danielle de Niese, Heidi Grant Murphy, conducted by

, broadcast on January 24, 2009 * Donizetti's ''

Lucia di Lammermoor ''Lucia di Lammermoor'' () is a (tragic opera) in three acts by Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. Salvadore Cammarano wrote the Italian-language libretto loosely based upon Sir Walter Scott's 1819 historical novel '' The Bride of Lammermoor''. ...

'' (

, Piotr Beczała, Mariusz Kwiecień, conducted by Marco Armiliato), broadcast on February 7, 2009 * Puccini's ''

Madama Butterfly ''Madama Butterfly'' (; ''Madame Butterfly'') is an opera in three acts (originally two) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It is based on the short story " Madame Butterfly" (1898) by John Lu ...

'' ( Patricia Racette,

, Dwayne Croft, conducted by Patrick Summers), broadcast on March 7, 2009 * Bellini's ''

La sonnambula ''La sonnambula'' (; ''The Sleepwalker'') is an opera semiseria in two acts, with music in the ''bel canto'' tradition by Vincenzo Bellini set to an Italian libretto by Felice Romani, based on a scenario for a ''ballet-pantomime'' written by Eu ...

'' ( Natalie Dessay,

, Michele Pertusi, conducted by Evelino Pidò), broadcast on March 21, 2009 * Rossini's ''

La Cenerentola ("Cinderella, or Goodness Triumphant") is an operatic in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. The libretto was written by Jacopo Ferretti, based on the libretti written by Charles-Guillaume Étienne for the opera '' Cendrillon'' with music by Nico ...

'' ( Elīna Garanča, Lawrence Brownlee, Alessandro Corbelli, conducted by Maurizio Benini), broadcast on May 9, 2009 As of February 2009, over 1.1 million tickets to HD broadcasts had been sold.

2009–2010

* Puccini's ''

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'' ( Karita Mattila, Marcelo Álvarez, George Gagnidze, conducted by Joseph Colaneri), broadcast on October 10, 2009 * Verdi's ''

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'' ( Violeta Urmana, Dolora Zajick, Johan Botha, conducted by Daniele Gatti), broadcast on October 24, 2009 * Puccini's ''

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'' (

, Marina Poplavskaya,

, conducted by

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), broadcast on November 7, 2009 * Offenbach's ''

Les Contes d'Hoffmann ''The Tales of Hoffmann'' (French: ) is an by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was written by Jules Barbier, based on three short stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann, who is the protagonist of the story. It was Offenbach's final work; he died in ...

'' ( Joseph Calleja,

, Kate Lindsey, Alan Held, conducted by

), broadcast on December 19, 2009 * Richard Strauss' ''

Der Rosenkavalier (''The Knight of the Rose'' or ''The Rose-Bearer''), Op. 59, is a comic opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to an original German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. It is loosely adapted from Louvet de Couvrai's novel ''Les amours du cheva ...

'' (

, Kristinn Sigmundsson, Christine Schäfer, conducted by

Edo de Waart Edo de Waart (born 1 June 1941, Amsterdam) is a Dutch retired conductor. He is Music Director Laureate of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. De Waart is the former music director of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (2016-2019), chief conductor ...

), broadcast on January 9, 2010 * Bizet's ''

Carmen ''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first performed by the O ...

'' ( Elīna Garanča,

, Barbara Frittoli, Teddy Tahu Rhodes, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin), broadcast on January 16, 2010 * ''

Simon Boccanegra ''Simon Boccanegra'' () is an opera with a prologue and three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the play ''Simón Bocanegra'' (1843) by Antonio García Gutiérrez, whose play ''El trovador'' had bee ...

'' (

, James Morris, Adrianne Pieczonka,

, conducted by

), broadcast on February 6, 2010 * Thomas' ''

Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (the ...

'' ( Simon Keenlyside, James Morris, Marlis Petersen, conducted by Louis Langrée), broadcast on March 27, 2010 * Rossini's ''

Armida Armida is the fictional character of a Saracen sorceress, created by the Italian late Renaissance poet Torquato Tasso. Description In Tasso's epic '' Jerusalem Delivered'' (), Rinaldo is a fierce and determined warrior who is also honorabl ...

'' (

, Lawrence Brownlee, John Osborn, conducted by Riccardo Frizza), broadcast on May 1, 2010

2010–2011

''Lucia di Lammermoor'' became the first opera to receive a repeat HD broadcast, having previously been HD'd during the 2008-09 season. * Wagner's ''

Das Rheingold ''Das Rheingold'' (; ''The Rhinegold''), Wagner-Werk-Verzeichnis, WWV 86A, is the first of the four epic poetry, epic music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's Literary cycle, cycle ''Der Ring des Nibelungen'' (English: ''The Ring of the Nib ...

'' (

Bryn Terfel Bryn Terfel Jones (; born 9 November 1965), is a Welsh bass-baritone opera and concert singer. Terfel was initially primarily associated with the roles of Mozart, particularly '' Figaro'', '' Leporello'' and ''Don Giovanni,'' but he has subsequ ...

, Eric Owens, Stephanie Blythe, Richard Croft, conducted by

), broadcast on October 9, 2010 * Mussorgsky's ''

Boris Godunov Boris Feodorovich Godunov (; ; ) was the ''de facto'' regent of Russia from 1585 to 1598 and then tsar from 1598 to 1605 following the death of Feodor I, the last of the Rurik dynasty. After the end of Feodor's reign, Russia descended into t ...

'' ( René Pape, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Ekaterina Semenchuk, conducted by

), broadcast on October 23, 2010 * Donizetti's ''

Don Pasquale ''Don Pasquale'' () is a Gaetano Donizetti opera buffa, or comic opera, in three acts, with an Italian libretto completed largely by Giovanni Ruffini as well as the composer. It was based on a libretto by Angelo Anelli for Stefano Pavesi's oper ...

'' (

, John Del Carlo, Mariusz Kwiecień, Matthew Polenzani, conducted by

), broadcast on November 13, 2010 * Verdi's '' Don Carlo'' (

, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Marina Poplavskaya, Simon Keenlyside, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin), broadcast on December 11, 2010 * Puccini's '' La fanciulla del West'' ( Deborah Voigt,

, Lucio Gallo, conducted by

), broadcast on January 8, 2011 * John Adams' ''

Nixon in China ''Nixon in China'' is an opera in three acts by John Adams with a libretto by Alice Goodman. Adams's first opera, it was inspired by U.S. president Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to the People's Republic of China. The work premiered at the Houston ...

'' ( James Maddalena, Janis Kelly,

Kathleen Kim Kathleen Kim is a Korean operatic coloratura soprano. Her repertoire includes roles in operas by Handel, Mozart, Donizetti, Verdi, and Offenbach, among others, as well as in oratorios such as the ''Messiah'' and sacred works such as Mozart's '' ...

, conducted by

John Adams John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was a Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father and the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before Presidency of John Adams, his presidency, he was a leader of ...

), broadcast on February 12, 2011 * Gluck's ''

Iphigénie en Tauride ''Iphigénie en Tauride'' (, ''Iphigenia in Tauris'') is a 1779 opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck in four acts. It was his fifth opera for the French stage. The libretto was written by Nicolas-François Guillard. With ''Iphigénie,'' Gluck too ...

'' (

, Paul Groves, conducted by Patrick Summers), broadcast on February 26, 2011 * Donizetti's ''

'' ( Natalie Dessay, Joseph Calleja,

, conducted by Patrick Summers), broadcast on March 19, 2011 * Rossini's '' Le comte Ory'' (

, Diana Damrau, conducted by Maurizio Benini), broadcast on April 9, 2011 * Richard Strauss' '' Capriccio'' (

, Joseph Kaiser, Russell Braun, conducted by Andrew Davis), broadcast on April 23, 2011 * Verdi's '' Il trovatore'' ( Sondra Radvanovsky, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Marcelo Álvarez, Dolora Zajick conducted by

), broadcast on April 30, 2011 * Wagner's ''

Die Walküre (; ''The Valkyrie''), Wagner-Werk-Verzeichnis, WWV 86B, is the second of the four epic poetry, epic music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's Literary cycle, cycle ''Der Ring des Nibelungen'' (English: ''The Ring of the Nibelung''). It was ...

'' ( Deborah Voigt,

Jonas Kaufmann Jonas Kaufmann (born July 10, 1969) is a German- Austrian tenor opera singer. He is best known for the versatility of his repertoire, performing a variety of opera roles in multiple languages in recital Tommasini, Anthony (21 February 2014)"A Teno ...

, Eva-Maria Westbroek,

, conducted by

), broadcast on May 14, 2011

2011–2012

* Donizetti's ''

Anna Bolena ''Anna Bolena'' is a tragic opera (''tragedia lirica'') in two acts composed by Gaetano Donizetti. Felice Romani wrote the Italian libretto after Ippolito Pindemonte's ''Enrico VIII ossia Anna Bolena'' and Alessandro Pepoli's ''Anna Bolena'', ...

'' (

, Ekaterina Gubanova,

Ildar Abdrazakov Ildàr Amìrovich Abdrazàkov (; , ''Abdrazaqov İldar Ämir ulı''; born 26 September 1976) is a Russian bass opera singer. Honoured Artist of Russia (2021). Early life and career Abdrazakov was born in Ufa, the capital of the Republic of Bas ...

, conducted by

), broadcast on October 15, 2011 * Mozart's ''

Don Giovanni ''Don Giovanni'' (; K. 527; full title: , literally ''The Rake Punished, or Don Giovanni'') is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. Its subject is a centuries-old Spanish legen ...

'' ( Mariusz Kwiecień, Marina Rebeka, Luca Pisaroni, Barbara Frittoli, conducted by Fabio Luisi), broadcast on October 29, 2011 * Wagner's ''

Siegfried Siegfried is a German-language male given name, composed from the Germanic elements ''sig'' "victory" and ''frithu'' "protection, peace". The German name has the Old Norse cognate ''Sigfriðr, Sigfrøðr'', which gives rise to Swedish ''Sigfrid' ...

'' ( Jay Hunter Morris,

, Deborah Voigt, conducted by Fabio Luisi), broadcast on November 5, 2011 * Glass' ''

Satyagraha Satyāgraha (from ; ''satya'': "truth", ''āgraha'': "insistence" or "holding firmly to"), or "holding firmly to truth",' or "truth force", is a particular form of nonviolent resistance or civil resistance. Someone who practises satyagraha is ...

'' ( Richard Croft, Maria Zifchak, Rachelle Durkin, conducted by Dante Anzolini), broadcast on November 19, 2011 * Handel's '' Rodelinda'' (

Andreas Scholl Andreas Scholl (born 10 November 1967) is a German countertenor, a male classical singer in the alto vocal range, specialising in Baroque music. Born into a family of singers, Scholl was enrolled at the age of seven into the Kiedricher Chorbube ...

, Stephanie Blythe, conducted by Harry Bicket), broadcast on December 3, 2011 * Gounod's ''

Faust Faust ( , ) is the protagonist of a classic German folklore, German legend based on the historical Johann Georg Faust (). The erudite Faust is highly successful yet dissatisfied with his life, which leads him to make a deal with the Devil at a ...

'' (

, René Pape, Marina Poplavskaya, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin), broadcast on December 10, 2011 * Baroque pastiche'' The Enchanted Island'' ( David Daniels,

, Danielle de Niese,

, Lisette Oropesa, Anthony Roth Costanzo, conducted by William Christie), broadcast on January 21, 2012 * Wagner's ''

Götterdämmerung ' (; ''Twilight of the Gods''), Wagner-Werk-Verzeichnis, WWV 86D, is the last of the four epic poetry, epic music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's Literary cycle, cycle ''Der Ring des Nibelungen'' (English: ''The Ring of the Nibelung''). I ...

'' ( Deborah Voigt, Jay Hunter Morris, Waltraud Meier, conducted by Fabio Luisi), broadcast on February 11, 2012 * Verdi's ''

Ernani ''Ernani'' is an operatic ''dramma lirico'' in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the 1830 play ''Hernani (drama), Hernani'' by Victor Hugo. Verdi was commissioned by the Teatro La Fenice in Ve ...

'' ( Angela Meade,

, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Ferruccio Furlanetto, conducted by Marco Armiliato), broadcast on February 25, 2012 * Massenet's ''

'' (

, Piotr Beczała, Paulo Szot, conducted by Fabio Luisi), broadcast on April 7, 2012 * Verdi's '' La traviata'' ( Natalie Dessay, Matthew Polenzani, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, conducted by Fabio Luisi), broadcast on April 14, 2012

2012–2013

* Donizetti's ''

L'elisir d'amore ''L'elisir d'amore'' (; ''The Elixir of Love'') is a (comic melodrama, opera buffa) in two acts by the Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. Felice Romani wrote the Italian libretto, after Eugène Scribe's libretto for Daniel Auber's (1831). ...

'' (

, Matthew Polenzani, Mariusz Kwiecień, Ambrogio Maestri, conducted by Maurizio Benini), broadcast on October 13, 2012 * Verdi's ''

Otello ''Otello'' () is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on William Shakespeare, Shakespeare's play ''Othello''. It was Verdi's penultimate opera, first performed at the La Scala, Teatro alla Scala, M ...

'' ( Johan Botha,

, Falk Struckmann, conducted by Semyon Bychkov), broadcast on October 27, 2012 * Adès' ''

The Tempest ''The Tempest'' is a Shakespeare's plays, play by William Shakespeare, probably written in 1610–1611, and thought to be one of the last plays that he wrote alone. After the first scene, which takes place on a ship at sea during a tempest, th ...

'' ( Simon Keenlyside, Isabel Leonard, Audrey Luna, conducted by

Thomas Adès Thomas Joseph Edmund Adès (born 1 March 1971) is a British composer, pianist and conductor. Five compositions by Adès received votes in the 2017 Classic Voice poll of the greatest works of art music since 2000: ''The Tempest (opera), The T ...

), broadcast on November 10, 2012 * Mozart's ''

La clemenza di Tito (''The Clemency of Titus''), K. 621, is an ''opera seria'' in two acts composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Caterino Mazzolà, after Pietro Metastasio. Mozart completed the work in the midst of composing ''Die Zauberfl ...

'' ( Elīna Garanča, Barbara Frittoli, Giuseppe Filianoti, conducted by Harry Bicket), broadcast on December 1, 2012 * Verdi's '' Un ballo in maschera'' ( Marcelo Álvarez, Sondra Radvanovsky, Dmitri Hvorostovsky,

, Stephanie Blythe, conducted by Fabio Luisi), broadcast on December 8, 2012 * Verdi's ''

'' ( Liudmyla Monastyrska,

, Olga Borodina, conducted by Fabio Luisi), broadcast on December 15, 2012 * Berlioz's ''

Les Troyens ''Les Troyens'' (; in English: ''The Trojans'') is a French grand opera in five acts, running for about five hours, by Hector Berlioz. The libretto was written by Berlioz himself from Virgil's epic poem the ''Aeneid''; the score was composed be ...

'' ( Bryan Hymel,

, Deborah Voigt, conducted by Fabio Luisi), broadcast on January 5, 2013 * Donizetti's ''

Maria Stuarda ''Maria Stuarda'' (Mary Stuart) is a tragic opera (''tragedia lirica''), in two acts, by Gaetano Donizetti, to a libretto by Giuseppe Bardari, based on Andrea Maffei's translation of Friedrich Schiller's 1800 play '' Maria Stuart''. The opera ...

'' (

, Elza van den Heever, Matthew Polenzani, conducted by Maurizio Benini, broadcast on January 19, 2013 * Verdi's ''

Rigoletto ''Rigoletto'' is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the 1832 play '' Le roi s'amuse'' by Victor Hugo. Despite serious initial problems with the Austrian censors who had c ...

'' ( Željko Lučić, Diana Damrau, Piotr Beczała, conducted by Michele Mariotti), broadcast on February 16, 2013 * Wagner's ''

Parsifal ''Parsifal'' ( WWV 111) is a music drama in three acts by the German composer Richard Wagner and his last composition. Wagner's own libretto for the work is freely based on the 13th-century Middle High German chivalric romance ''Parzival'' of th ...

'' (

, René Pape, Peter Mattei, Katarina Dalayman, conducted by Daniele Gatti), broadcast on March 2, 2013 * Zandonai's ''

Francesca da Rimini Francesca da Rimini or Francesca da Polenta (died between 1283 and 1286) was an Italian noblewoman of Ravenna, who was murdered by her husband, Giovanni Malatesta, upon his discovery of her affair with his brother, Paolo Malatesta. She was a ...

'' ( Eva-Maria Westbroek,

, Mark Delavan, conducted by

), broadcast on March 16, 2013 * Handel's ''

Giulio Cesare ''Giulio Cesare in Egitto'' (; ; HWV 17), commonly known as , is a dramma per musica (''opera seria'') in three acts composed by George Frideric Handel for the Royal Academy of Music in 1724. The libretto was written by Nicola Francesco Haym ...

'' ( Natalie Dessay, David Daniels,

, conducted by Harry Bicket), broadcast on April 27, 2013

2013–2014

* Tchaikovsky's ''

'' (

, Mariusz Kwiecień, Piotr Beczała, conducted by

), broadcast on October 5, 2013 * Shostakovich's '' The Nose'' ( Paulo Szot, Andrey Popov, Alexander Lewis, conducted by Pavel Smelkov), broadcast on October 26, 2013 * Puccini's ''

'' ( Patricia Racette,

, George Gagnidze, conducted by Riccardo Frizza), broadcast on November 9, 2013 * Verdi's ''

Falstaff Sir John Falstaff is a fictional character who appears in three plays by William Shakespeare and is eulogised in a fourth. His significance as a fully developed character is primarily formed in the plays ''Henry IV, Part 1'' and '' Part 2'', w ...

'' ( Ambrogio Maestri, Angela Meade, Stephanie Blythe conducted by

), broadcast on December 14, 2013 * Dvorák's ''

Rusalka In Slavic folklore, the rusalka (plural: rusalki; , plural: русалки; , plural: ''rusałki'') is a female entity, often malicious toward mankind and frequently associated with water. It has counterparts in other parts of Europe, such as th ...

'' (

, Dolora Zajick, Piotr Beczała, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin), broadcast on February 8, 2014 * Borodin's '' Prince Igor'' (

, Oksana Dyka, Anita Rachvelishvili, conducted by

Gianandrea Noseda Gianandrea Noseda (born 23 April 1964) is an Italian conductor. He is currently the music director of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C.; general music director (''Generalmusikdirektor)'' of Zurich Opera; principal guest condu ...

), broadcast on March 1, 2014 * Massenet's ''

Werther ''Werther'' is an opera (''drame lyrique'') in four acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Édouard Blau, Paul Milliet and Georges Hartmann (who used the pseudonym Henri Grémont). It is loosely based on Goethe's epistolary novel ''The S ...

'' (

, Sophie Koch, David Bižić, Lisette Oropesa, conducted by Alain Altinoglu), broadcast on March 15, 2014 * Puccini's ''

'' ( Kristīne Opolais,

Vittorio Grigolo Vittorio Grigolo (correctly Vittorio Grigòlo, born 19 February 1977) is an Italian operatic tenor. Early life Grigolo was born in Arezzo and raised in Rome. He began singing by the age of four. When he was nine years old he accompanied his moth ...

, Susanna Phillips, conducted by Stefano Ranzani), broadcast on April 5, 2014 * Mozart's ''

Così fan tutte (''Women are like that, or The School for Lovers''), Köchel catalogue, K. 588, is an opera buffa in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was first performed on 26 January 1790 at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria. The libretto was written ...

'' ( Susanna Phillips, Danielle de Niese, Matthew Polenzani, Isabel Leonard, Rodion Pogossov, Maurizio Muraro, conducted by

), broadcast on April 26, 2014 * Rossini's ''

'' (

, Luca Pisaroni, conducted by Fabio Luisi), broadcast on May 10, 2014

2014–2015

The 2014–2015 season presented 12 operas in 10 HD transmissions, including (for the first time in the series) two "double-bills" where two short operas were staged together on the same program.

's '' The Death of Klinghoffer'' was originally planned for an HD transmission but was replaced by ''Il barbiere di Siviglia'' due to controversy after the work was accused of being anti-Semitic. The 2014–15 season is the most recent season in which more of the operas being broadcast were first-time Live in HD broadcasts (8 operas in 6 broadcasts) than repeat broadcasts (4 operas in as many broadcasts); all seasons since then have either had equal numbers or more operas getting repeat broadcasts. * ''

'' ( Željko Lučić,

, Joseph Calleja, René Pape, conducted by Fabio Luisi), broadcast on October 11, 2014 * ''

Le nozze di Figaro ''The Marriage of Figaro'' (, ), K. 492, is a ''commedia per musica'' (opera buffa) in four acts composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna ...

'' (

, Marlis Petersen, Peter Mattei, conducted by

), broadcast on October 18, 2014 * ''

'' (Anita Rachvelishvili, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Anita Hartig,

, conducted by Pablo Heras-Casado), broadcast on November 1, 2014 * ''

Il barbiere di Siviglia ''The Barber of Seville, or The Useless Precaution'' ( ) is an ''opera buffa'' (comic opera) in two acts composed by Gioachino Rossini with an Italian libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based on Pierre Beaumarchais's French comedy '' ...

'' ( Isabel Leonard, Lawrence Brownlee, Christopher Maltman, conducted by Michele Mariotti), broadcast on November 22, 2014 * ''

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (; "The Master-Singers of Nuremberg"), WWV 96, is a music drama, or opera, in three acts, by Richard Wagner. It is the longest opera commonly performed, taking nearly four and a half hours, not counting two breaks between acts, and is traditio ...

'' ( Michael Volle, Johan Botha,

Annette Dasch Annette Dasch (born 24 March 1976) is a German soprano. She has performed in opera and concerts internationally, often portraying List of operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mozart characters such as Elvira in ''Don Giovanni'' at La Scala, Aminta ...

, conducted by

), broadcast on December 13, 2014 * ''

The Merry Widow ''The Merry Widow'' ( ) is an operetta by the Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár. The Libretto, librettists, Viktor Léon and Leo Stein (writer), Leo Stein, based the story – concerning a rich widow, and her countrymen's ...

'' (

Kelli O'Hara Kelli Christine O'Hara (born April 16, 1976) is an American actress and singer, most known for her work on the Broadway and opera stages. An eight-time Tony Award nominee, O'Hara won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her perfor ...

Thomas Allen Thomas Allen may refer to: Clergy *Thomas Allen (nonconformist) (1608–1673), Anglican/nonconformist priest in England and New England *Thomas Allen (dean of Chester) (died 1732) *Thomas Allen (scholar) (1681–1755), Anglican priest in England * ...

conducted by Andrew Davis), broadcast on January 17, 2015 * ''

Les contes d'Hoffmann ''The Tales of Hoffmann'' (French: ) is an by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was written by Jules Barbier, based on three short stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann, who is the protagonist of the story. It was Offenbach's final work; he died in ...

'' (

, Hibla Gerzmava,

, Kate Lindsey conducted by

Yves Abel Yves Abel (born 1963) is a Canadian conductor. Career Abel was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of French parents. He made his professional debut as a boy, singing solo in Mozart's ''The Magic Flute'' at the Canadian Opera Company. He studie ...

), broadcast on January 31, 2015 * '' Iolanta'' and '' Duke Bluebeard's Castle'' (

, Piotr Beczała,

Nadja Michael Nadja Michael (born 1969) is a German opera singer with an active international career singing leading soprano roles. Her mother's great-aunt was the soprano Erna Sack. Early life and education She was born near Leipzig in Wurzen, then East ...

, Mikhail Petrenko, conducted by

), broadcast on February 14, 2015 * ''

La donna del lago ''La donna del lago'' (English language, English: ''The Lady of the Lake'') is an opera composed by Gioachino Rossini with a libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola (whose verses are described as "limpid" by one critic) based on the French translationO ...

'' (

, Daniela Barcellona, conducted by Michele Mariotti), broadcast on March 14, 2015 * ''

Cavalleria rusticana ''Cavalleria rusticana'' (; ) is an opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, adapted from an 1880 Cavalleria rusticana (short story), short story of the same name and subsequent ...

'' and ''

Pagliacci ''Pagliacci'' (; literal translation, 'Clowns') is an Italian opera in a prologue and two acts, with music and libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo. The opera tells the tale of Canio, actor and leader of a commedia dell'arte theatrical company, who mu ...

'' ( Marcelo Álvarez, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Patricia Racette, conducted by Fabio Luisi), broadcast on April 25, 2015

2015–2016

* '' Il trovatore'' (

, Yonghoon Lee, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Dolora Zajick, conducted by

), broadcast on October 3, 2015 * ''

'' ( Aleksandrs Antoņenko, Sonya Yoncheva, Željko Lučić, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin), broadcast on October 17, 2015 * ''

Tannhäuser Tannhäuser (; ), often stylized "The Tannhäuser", was a German Minnesinger and traveling poet. Historically, his biography, including the dates he lived, is obscure beyond the poetry, which suggests he lived between 1245 and 1265. His name ...

'' ( Johan Botha, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Peter Mattei, Michelle DeYoung, conducted by

), broadcast on October 31, 2015 * ''

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'' ( Marlis Petersen,

, Johan Reuter, conducted by Lothar Koenigs), broadcast on November 21, 2015 * ''

Les pêcheurs de perles ' (, ''The Pearl Fishers'') is an opera in three acts by the French composer Georges Bizet, to a libretto by Eugène Cormon and Michel Carré. It was premiered on 30 September 1863 at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris, and was given 18 performan ...

'' ( Matthew Polenzani, Diana Damrau, Mariusz Kwiecień, conducted by

), broadcast on January 16, 2016 * ''

'' (

Nina Stemme Nina Maria Stemme (born Thöldte, 11 May 1963) is a Swedish dramatic soprano opera singer. Stemme "is regarded by today's opera fans as our era's greatest Wagnerian soprano". In 2010, Michael Kimmelman wrote of one of Stemme's performances in ...

, Marco Berti, Anita Hartig, conducted by Paolo Carignani), broadcast on January 30, 2016 * '' Manon Lescaut'' ( Kristīne Opolais,

, Massimo Cavalletti, conducted by Fabio Luisi), broadcast on March 5, 2016 * ''

'' ( Kristīne Opolais,

, Dwayne Croft, conducted by Karel Mark Chichon), broadcast on April 2, 2016 * ''

Roberto Devereux ''Roberto Devereux'' (in full , ; "Robert Devereux, or the Earl of Essex") is an 1837 (tragic opera) in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The opera is loosely based on the life of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, an influential member of the ...

'' ( Sondra Radvanovsky, Matthew Polenzani, Elīna Garanča, Mariusz Kwiecień, conducted by Maurizio Benini), broadcast on April 16, 2016 * '' Elektra'' (

, Waltraud Meier, Adrianne Pieczonka, Eric Owens, conducted by

Esa-Pekka Salonen Esa-Pekka Salonen (; born 30 June 1958) is a Finnish conducting, conductor and composer. He is the music director of the San Francisco Symphony and conductor laureate of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra in London and the Sw ...

), broadcast on April 30, 2016

2016–2017

The 2016–2017 season included the presentation of the first opera by a female composer in the series, '' L'Amour de loin'' of Kaija Saariaho, which also marked the first opera in the series to feature a female conductor,

Susanna Mälkki Susanna Ulla Marjukka Mälkki (born 13 March 1969) is a Finnish conductor and cellist. Early life and education Mälkki was born on 13 March 1969 in Helsinki. She began to learn the violin, piano, and cello in her youth, eventually focusing ...

. The presentation of ''

'' marked the final performances in their respective roles by

(the Marschallin) and Elīna Garanča (Octavian). * ''

'' (

Stuart Skelton Stuart Skelton (born 1968 in Sydney) is an Australian operatic heldentenor. In 2016 he opened the Metropolitan Opera season with Nina Stemme in Wagner's ''Tristan und Isolde''. Discography Studio concert recordings *2008: Mahler – '' Das Li ...

, Ekaterina Gubanova, René Pape, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle), broadcast on October 8, 2016 * ''

'' ( Simon Keenlyside, Hibla Gerzmava, Malin Byström, Paul Appleby, Adam Plachetka conducted by Fabio Luisi), broadcast on October 22, 2016 * '' L'Amour de loin'' ( Eric Owens, Susanna Phillips, Tamara Mumford, conducted by

), broadcast on December 10, 2016 * ''

Nabucco ''Nabucco'' (; short for ''Nabucodonosor'' , i.e. "Nebuchadnezzar II, Nebuchadnezzar") is an Italian-language opera in four acts composed in 1841 by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera. The libretto is based on the biblic ...

'' (

, Liudmyla Monastyrska, Dimitry Belosselskiy, Jamie Barton, conducted by

), broadcast on January 7, 2017 * '' Roméo et Juliette'' ( Diana Damrau,

, Mikhail Petrenko, Elliot Madore, Virginie Verrez, conducted by Gianndrea Noseda), broadcast on January 21, 2017 * ''

'' ( Kristīne Opolais, Brandon Jovanovich, Jamie Barton, Eric Owens, Katarina Dalayman, conducted by

Mark Elder Sir Mark Philip Elder (born 2 June 1947) is a British conductor. Life and career Elder was born in Hexham, Northumberland, the son of a dentist. He played the bassoon when in primary school, at Bryanston School, Dorset, and in the National ...

), broadcast on February 25, 2017 * '' La traviata'' ( Sonya Yoncheva,

Michael Fabiano Michael Fabiano (born 8 May 1984) is an American operatic tenor. Born in Montclair, New Jersey, he has performed in leading opera houses throughout the world, including the San Francisco Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Paris Opera, Sydney Opera, Teatr ...

, conducted by

), broadcast on March 11, 2017 * ''

Idomeneo (Italian for ''Idomeneus, King of Crete, or, Ilia and Idamante''; usually referred to simply as ''Idomeneo'', Köchel catalogue, K. 366) is an Italian-language opera seria by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The libretto was adapted by Giambattista Vares ...

'' ( Matthew Polenzani,

, Elza van den Heever, Nadine Sierra, conducted by James Levine), broadcast on March 25, 2017 * ''

'' (

, Peter Mattei, Alexy Dolgov, Štefan Kocán, conducted by Robin Ticciati), broadcast on April 22, 2017 * ''

'' (

, Elīna Garanča, Erin Morley, Günther Groissböck, conducted by Sebastian Weigle), broadcast on May 13, 2017

2017–2018

* ''

Norma Norma may refer to: * Norma (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) ** Norma Lizbeth Ramos, a Mexican bullying victim Astronomy *Norma (constellation) * 555 Norma, a minor asteroid * Cygnus Arm or Norma Arm, a spiral ...

'' ( Sondra Radvanovsky,

, Joseph Calleja, Matthew Rose, conducted by Carlo Rizzi), broadcast on October 7, 2017 * ''

Die Zauberflöte ''The Magic Flute'' (, ), K. 620, is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. It is a ''Singspiel'', a popular form that included both singing and spoken dialogue. The work premiered on ...

'' ( Golda Schultz, Kathryn Lewek, Charles Castronovo, Markus Werba, René Pape, conducted by

), broadcast on October 14, 2017 * ''

The Exterminating Angel ''The Exterminating Angel'' () is a 1962 Mexican surrealism, surrealist black comedy film written and directed by Luis Buñuel. Starring Silvia Pinal and produced by Pinal's then-husband Gustavo Alatriste, the film tells the story of a group of ...

'' ( Sally Matthews,

, Christine Rice, Iestyn Davies, Rod Gilfry, John Tomlinson, Amanda Echalaz, conducted by

), broadcast on November 18, 2017 * ''

'' ( Sonya Yoncheva,

, Željko Lučić, conducted by Emmanuel Villaume), broadcast on January 27, 2018 * ''

'' ( Pretty Yende, Matthew Polenzani,

Ildebrando D'Arcangelo Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (born 14 December 1969) is an Italian opera singer. He has been called a bass-baritone, though he prefers the term basso cantabile. Career A native of Pescara, Abruzzo, D'Arcangelo began his studies in 1985 at the conserv ...

, Davide Luciano, conducted by Domingo Hindoyan), broadcast on February 10, 2018 * ''

'' ( Sonya Yoncheva, Susanna Phillips,

, Lucas Meachem, conducted by

), broadcast on February 24, 2018 * ''

Semiramide ''Semiramide'' () is an opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. The libretto by Gaetano Rossi is based on Voltaire's tragedy ''Sémiramis (tragedy), Semiramis'', which in turn was based on the legend of Semiramis of Assyria. The opera was first ...

'' ( Angela Meade, Elizabeth DeShong, Javier Camarena,

, conducted by Maurizio Benini), broadcast on March 10, 2018 * ''

'' (

, Amanda Majeski, Serena Malfi, Ben Bliss, Adam Plachetka, Christopher Maltman, conducted by David Robertson), broadcast on March 31, 2018 * ''

Luisa Miller ''Luisa Miller'' is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, based on the play '' Kabale und Liebe'' (''Intrigue and Love'') by the German dramatist Friedrich von Schiller. Verdi's initial idea f ...

'' ( Sonya Yoncheva, Olesya Petrova, Piotr Beczała,

, conducted by Bertrand de Billy), broadcast on April 14, 2018 * '' Cendrillon'' (

, Stephanie Blythe,

, conducted by Bertrand de Billy), broadcast on April 28, 2018

2018–2019

* ''

'' (

, Anita Rachvelishvili, Aleksandrs Antoņenko,

Quinn Kelsey Quinn Kamakanalani Kelsey (born 7 March 1978) is a Hawaiian baritone,

, conducted by

), broadcast on October 6, 2018 * ''

Samson et Dalila ''Samson and Delilah'' (), Op. 47, is a grand opera in three acts and four scenes by Camille Saint-Saëns to a French libretto by Ferdinand Lemaire. It was first performed in Weimar at the (Grand Ducal) Theater (now the Staatskapelle Weimar) on 2 ...

'' ( Elīna Garanča,

, Laurent Naouri, Dmitry Belosselskiy, conducted by

), broadcast on October 20, 2018 * '' La fanciulla del West'' ( Eva-Maria Westbroek,

, Željko Lučić, Carlo Bosi, conducted by

), broadcast on October 27, 2018 * ''Marnie (opera), Marnie'' ( Isabel Leonard, Christopher Maltman, Denyce Graves, Iestyn Davies, Janis Kelly, conducted by Robert Spano), broadcast on November 10, 2018 * '' La traviata'' ( Diana Damrau,

, Quinn Kelsey, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin), broadcast on December 15, 2018 * ''Adriana Lecouvreur'' (

, Piotr Beczała, Anita Rachvelishvili, Ambrogio Maestri, conducted by

), broadcast on January 12, 2019 * ''

'' (Clémentine Margaine,

, Aleksandra Kurzak, Alexander Vinogradov (bass), Alexander Vinogradov, conducted by Louis Langrée), broadcast on February 2, 2019 * ''

'' ( Pretty Yende, Javier Camarena, Stephanie Blythe, Maurizio Muraro, Kathleen Turner, conducted by Enrique Mazzola), broadcast on March 2, 2019 * ''

'' (Christine Goerke, Eva-Maria Westbroek,

, Greer Grimsley, Jamie Barton, conducted by Philippe Jordan), broadcast on March 30, 2019 * ''Dialogues des Carmélites'' ( Isabel Leonard, Adrianne Pieczonka, Karita Mattila, Karen Cargill, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin), broadcast on May 11, 2019

2019–2020 (abbreviated)

The final three performances were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. * ''

'' (Christine Goerke, Yusif Eyvazov, Eleonora Buratto, James Morris, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin) broadcast on October 12, 2019 * ''

'' ( Lisette Oropesa,

, Artur Ruciński, Carlo Bosi, conducted by Maurizio Benini), broadcast on October 26, 2019 * ''

'' (Hui He, Elizabeth DeShong, Bruce Sledge,The American tenor Bruce Sledge sang Pinkerton, replacing on short notice the previously scheduled Andrea Carè, and the Brazilian baritone Paulo Szot sang Sharpless, replacing the previously scheduled

"CID: 357311"
Met Opera Archive). Paulo Szot, conducted by Pier Giorgio Morandi), broadcast on November 9, 2019 * ''Akhnaten (opera), Akhnaten'' ( Anthony Roth Costanzo, J'Nai Bridges, Dísella Lárusdóttir, Aaron Blake, Zachary James, conducted by Karen Kamensek), broadcast on November 23, 2019 * ''Wozzeck'' ( Peter Mattei, Elza van den Heever, Gerhard Siegel, Christian Van Horn, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin), broadcast on January 11, 2020 * ''Porgy and Bess'' ( Eric Owens, Angel Blue, Denyce Graves, Latonia Moore, Frederick Ballentine, Alfred Walker, Golda Schultz, conducted by David Robertson), broadcast on February 1, 2020 * ''Agrippina (opera), Agrippina'' (

, Brenda Rae, Kate Lindsey, Iestyn Davies, Matthew Rose, conducted by Harry Bicket), broadcast on February 29, 2020, The following broadcasts were scheduled, but cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic: * ''Der fliegende Holländer'' (Yevgeny Nikitin (bass-baritone), Evgeny Nikitin, Anja Kampe, Sergey Skorokhodov, Franz-Josef Selig, conducted by

). Originally scheduled for March 14, 2020, the Live-in-HD performance was cancelled, but a video recording prepared from rehearsal tapes of earlier performances was telecast on July 5, 2020, as part of the PBS ''

'' series and is available for streaming at Met Opera on Demand. * ''

'' (

, Brian Jagde, Michael Volle, conducted by Bertrand de Billy), originally scheduled for April 11, 2020Metropolitan Opera in Cinemas (archived September 16, 2019)
* ''

'' ( Diana Damrau, Jamie Barton, Stephen Costello, Michele Pertusi, conducted by Maurizio Benini), originally scheduled for May 9, 2020

2020–2021 (cancelled)

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the Met was forced to cancel its entire 2020–2021 season. The following performances were scheduled to be broadcast: * ''

'' (

, Piotr Beczała, Anita Rachvelishvili,

, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin) * ''Il Trovatore'' ( Sonya Yoncheva, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Roberto Aronica,

Quinn Kelsey Quinn Kamakanalani Kelsey (born 7 March 1978) is a Hawaiian baritone,

, conducted by Michele Mariotti) * ''Fidelio'' (Lise Davidsen, Brandon Jovanovich, Franz-Josef Selig, Tomasz Konieczny, Golda Schultz, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin) * ''

'' (Christiane Karg, Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Thomas Oliemans, Kathryn Lewek, Stephan Milling, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel) * '' Roméo et Juliette'' ( Nadine Sierra, Stephen Costello, Joshua Hopkins, Julie Boulianne,

, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin) * ''

'' ( Peter Mattei, Gerald Finley, Ailyn Pérez, Isabel Leonard, Ben Bliss, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin) * ''Dead Man Walking (opera), Dead Man Walking'' (

, Etienne Dupuis,

, Latonia Moore, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin) * ''Die Frau ohne Schatten'' ( Elza van den Heever,

, Evelyn Herlitzius, Klaus Florian Vogt, Michael Volle, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin) * ''

'' (George Gagnidze,

, Dmitry Belosselskiy, Varduhi Abrahamyan, Najmiddin Mavlyanov, conducted by Marco Armiliato) * ''Il Pirata'' ( Diana Damrau, Javier Camarena, Nicolas Testé, conducted by Maurizio Benini)

2021–2022

* ''

'' ( René Pape, David Butt Philip, Ain Anger, Maxim Paster, Aleksey Bogdanov, conducted by Sebastian Weigle), broadcast on October 9, 2021 * ''Fire Shut Up in My Bones'' (Will Liverman, Angel Blue, Latonia Moore, Ryan Speedo Green, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin), broadcast on October 23, 2021 * ''Eurydice (Aucoin), Eurydice'' (Erin Morley, Joshua Hopkins, Jakub Józef Orliński, Barry Banks (tenor), Barry Banks, Nathan Berg, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin), broadcast on December 4, 2021 * ''Cendrillon (Massenet), Cinderella'' ( Isabel Leonard, Stephanie Blythe, Emily D'Angelo, Jessica Pratt (soprano), Jessica Pratt, Laurent Naouri, conducted by Emmanuel Villaume), broadcast on January 1, 2022 * ''

'' (

Quinn Kelsey Quinn Kamakanalani Kelsey (born 7 March 1978) is a Hawaiian baritone,

, Piotr Beczala, Rosa Feola, Andrea Mastroni, Varduhi Abrahamyan, conducted by Daniele Rustioni), broadcast on January 29, 2022 * ''Ariadne auf Naxos'' (Lise Davidsen, Brenda Rae, Isabel Leonard, Brandon Jovanovich, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Sean Michael Plumb, Wolfgang Brendel, conducted by Marek Janowski), broadcast on March 12, 2022 * ''Don Carlos'' ( Matthew Polenzani, Sonya Yoncheva, Jamie Barton, Etienne Dupuis, Eric Owens, John Relyea, conducted b
Patrick Furrer
, broadcast on March 26, 2022 * ''

'' ( Liudmyla Monastyrska, Yonghoon Lee, Ermonela Jaho, Ferruccio Furlanetto conducted by Marco Armiliato), broadcast on May 7, 2022 * ''

'' ( Nadine Sierra, Javier Camarena, Artur Rucinski, Christian Van Horn, conducted by Riccardo Frizza), broadcast on May 21, 2022 * ''Hamlet (Dean), Hamlet'' (composed by Brett Dean) (Allan Clayton, Brenda Rae, Rod Gilfry, Sarah Connelly, Sir John Tomlinson, Willian Burden, Jacques Imbrailo, conducted by Nicholas Carter (conductor), Nicholas Carter), broadcast on June 4, 2022

2022–2023

The season was originally scheduled to include a broadcast of ''Don Carlo'' in a four-act Italian version on November 19, 2022. It was removed from the schedule and replaced with ''Falstaff'' following the firing of Anna Netrebko from the ''Don Carlo'' revival. This is the second time that an HD broadcast has been replaced, after the replacement of ''The Death of Klinghoffer'' in 2014. * ''Medea (opera), Medea'' ( Sondra Radvanovsky, Matthew Polenzani, Janai Brugger, Michele Pertusi, conducted by Carlo Rizzi), broadcast on October 22, 2022. * ''La Traviata'' ( Nadine Sierra, Stephen Costello, Luca Salsi, conducted by Daniele Callegari) broadcast on November 5, 2022 * ''The Hours (opera), The Hours'' (

, Denyce Graves, William Burden (tenor), William Burden, Kyle Ketelsen, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin) broadcast on December 10, 2022 * ''Fedora (opera), Fedora'' ( Sonya Yoncheva, Piotr Beczala, Rosa Feola, Lucas Meachem, conducted by

, broadcast January 14, 2023 * ''Lohengrin (opera), Lohengrin'' (Piotr Beczala, Tamara Wilson, Christine Goerke, Yevgeny Nikitin (bass-baritone), Evgeny Nikitin, Günther Groissböck, Brian Mulligan, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin), broadcast March 18, 2023 * ''

'' ( Michael Volle, Ailyn Pérez, Christopher Maltman, Hera Hyesang Park, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Bogdan Volkov, Jennifer Johnson Cano, conducted by Daniele Rustioni) broadcast on April 1, 2023 * ''

'' (Lise Davidsen, Samantha Hankey, Erin Morley, Günther Groissböck, conducted by Simone Young) broadcast April 15, 2023 * ''Champion (opera), Champion'' ( Eric Owens, Ryan Speedo Green, Latonia Moore, Stephanie Blythe) conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin), broadcast April 29, 2023. * ''

'' ( Peter Mattei, Adam Plachetka, Federica Lombardi, Ana María Martínez, Ying Fang, Ben Bliss, conducted by Nathalie Stutzmann) broadcast May 20, 2023 * ''

'' ( Lawrence Brownlee, Erin Morley, Kathryn Lewek, Thomas Oliemans, Stephen Milling, conducted by Nathalie Stutzmann), broadcast June 3, 2023

2023–2024

* ''Dead Man Walking (opera), Dead Man Walking'' (

, Ryan McKinny, Latonia Moore, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin) broadcast on October 21, 2023 * ''X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X'' (Will Liverman, Leah Hawkins, Raehann Bryce-Davis, Victor Ryan Robertson, Michael Sumuel, conducted by Kazem Abdullah) broadcast November 18, 2023 * ''Florencia en el Amazonas'' (Ailyn Pérez, Mattia Olivieri, Gabriella Reyes, Mario Chang, Nancy Fabiola Herrera, Michael Chioldi, Greer Grimsley, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin) broadcast December 9, 2023 * ''

'' ( Liudmyla Monastyrska, George Gagnidze, SeokJong Baek, Dmitry Belosselskiy, Maria Barakova, conducted by Daniele Callegari) broadcast January 6, 2024 * ''Carmen (opera), Carmen'' (Aigul Akhmetshina, Piotr Beczala, Angel Blue, Kyle Ketelsen, conducted by Daniele Rustioni broadcast January 27, 2024 * ''La Forza del Destino'' (Lise Davidsen, Brian Jagde, Igor Golovatenko, Soloman Howard, Judit Kutasi, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin) broadcast March 9, 2024 * '' Roméo et Juliette'' ( Nadine Sierra, Benjamin Bernheim, Will Liverman, Samantha Hankey, Alfred Walker, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin) broadcast March 23, 2024 * ''La Rondine'' (Angel Blue, Jonathan Tetelman, Emily Pogorelc, Bekhzod Davronov, conducted by Speranza Scappucci) broadcast April 20, 2024 * ''

'' (Asmik Grigorian, Jonathan Tetelman, Lucas Meachem, Elizabeth DeShong, conducted by Xian Zhang (conductor), Xian Zhang) broadcast May 11, 2024

2024–2025

*''

'' (Benjamin Bernheim, Christian Van Horn, Erin Morley, Pretty Yende, Clémentine Margaine, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, conducted by Marco Armiliato) broadcast October 5, 2024 *''Grounded (opera), Grounded'' (Emily D'Angelo, Ellie Dehn, Ben Bliss, Kyle Miller, Greer Grimsley, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin) broadcast October 19, 2024 *''

'' (Lise Davidsen, Freddie De Tommaso,

Quinn Kelsey Quinn Kamakanalani Kelsey (born 7 March 1978) is a Hawaiian baritone,

, Patrick Carfizzi, conducted by Xian Zhang (conductor), Xian Zhang) broadcast November 23, 2024 * ''

'' (Angel Blue, Piotr Beczala, Judit Kutasi,

Quinn Kelsey Quinn Kamakanalani Kelsey (born 7 March 1978) is a Hawaiian baritone,

, Morris Robinson,Robinson replaced the originally announced Dmitry Belosselskiy, who withdrew due to illness. conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin) broadcast Jan 25, 2025 * ''Fidelio'' (Lise Davidsen, David Butt Philip, René Pape, Tomasz Konieczny, Ying Fang, conducted by

) to be broadcast March 15, 2025 * ''Le Nozze di Figaro'' (Michael Sumuel, Olga Kulchynska, Federica Lombardi, Joshua Hopkins, Marianne Crebassa, conducted by Joana Mallwitz) to be broadcast April 26, 2025 * ''

'' ( Elza van den Heever, Peter Mattei, Gerhard Siegel, Michelle DeYoung, Piotr Buzweski, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin) to be broadcast May 17, 2025 * ''Il Barbiere di Siviglia'' (Aigul Akhmetshina, Jack Swanson, Andrey Zhilikhovsky, Peter Káláman, Alexander Vinogradov (bass), Alexander Vinogradov, conducted by Giocomo Sagripanti) to be broadcast May 31, 2025

2025–2026

*''La Sonnambula'' ( Nadine Sierra, Xabier Anduaga, Alexander Vinogradov (bass), Alexander Vinogradov, Sydney Manscasola, conducted by Riccardo Frizza) to be broadcast October 18, 2025 *''La Boheme'' (Juliana Grigoryan, Freddie De Tommaso, Heidi Stober, Lucas Meachem, Jongmin Park, Iurii Samoilov, conducted by Keri-Lynn Wilson), to be broadcast November 8, 2025 *''Arabella'' (Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Tomasz Konieczny, Louisa Alder, Pavol Breslik, Brindley Sherratt, conducted by Nicholas Carter (conductor), Nicholas Carter) to be broadcast November 22, 2025 *''Andrea Chenier'' (Piotr Beczala, Sonya Yoncheva, Igor Golovatenko, Conducted by Daniele Rustioni) to be broadcast December 13, *''I Puritani'' ( Lisette Oropesa, Lawrence Brownlee, Artur Ruciński, Christian Van Horn, conducted by Marco Armiliato) to be broadcast January 10, 2026 *''

'' (Lise Davidsen, Michael Spyres, Ekaterina Gubanova, Ryan Speedo Green, Tomasz Konieczny, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin) to be broadcast March 21, 2026 *''

'' (Igor Golovatenko, Asmik Grigorian, Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Alexander Tsymbalyuk, Stephanie Blythe, conducted by Timur Zangiev) to be broadcast May 2, 2026 *''El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego'' ( Isabel Leonard, Carlos Álvarez (baritone), Carlos Álvarez, Nils Wanderer, Gabriella Reyes, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin) to be broadcast May 30, 2026

References

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