Special Events
Marcello Giordani as Faust
La Damnation de Faust
THE METROPOLITAN OPERA :
OCTOBER 2008 to MAY 2009 SEASON
Captured Live in High Definition and Screening Concurrently with the New York Season
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Get ready for the 2008-09 season of Met operas:
Tickets for individual sessions are $25 for Adults and $21 for Concession.
A season pass is $90 for Adults and $74 for Concession.
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Strauss' SALOME
Sat 25th Oct; Sun 26th Oct
Karita Mattila caused a
sensation when she sang
Salome at the Met for the
first time in 2004.
She reprises her stunning
interpretation of the part,
including her unforgettable
Dance of the Seven Veils.
Conductor: Mikko Franck; Production: Jürgen Flimm;
Karita Mattila, Ildikó Komlósi, Juha Uusitalo,
Kim Begley, Joseph Kaiser.
1hr 37mins. One Interval. |
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Adam's DOCTOR ATOMIC
Sat 22nd Nov; Sun 23rd Nov
John Adams’ contemporary masterpiece explores a
momentous episode of
modern history: the
creation of the atomic
bomb. Director Penny
Woolcock makes her Met
debut with this gripping story that changed the
course of history. Baritone Gerald Finley plays
J. Robert Oppenheimer, the title character.
Conductor: Alan Gilbert; Production: Penny Woolcock;
Sasha Cooke, Meredith Arwady, Gerald Finley.
3hrs 21mins. One Interval. |
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Berlioz' LA DAMNATION DE FAUST
Sat 6th Dec; Sun 7th
Robert Lepage, one of
theater’s most imaginative
directors, applies his artistry
to Berlioz’s contemplation
of good and evil. Using
projections, Lepage has
created a vision for La
Damnation de Faust that
seamlessly marries art and technology. Marcello
Giordani stars in the title role opposite Susan Graham
as Marguerite and John Relyea as Méphistophélès.
Conductor: James Levine; Production: Robert Lepage;
Susan Graham, Marcello Giordani, John Relyea.
2hrs 45mins. One Interval. |
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Massenet's THAÏS
Sat 10th Jan; Sun 11th Jan
Renée Fleming stars as the
Egyptian courtesan in
search of spiritual
sustenance. Thomas
Hampson is the monk
who falls from grace.
Massenet’s sensual opera is
presented in a new
production by John Cox.
Conductor: Jesús López-Cobos; Production: John Cox;
Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, Michael Schade.
3hrs 21mins. Two Intervals. |
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Puccini's LA RONDINE
Sat 31st Jan; Sun 1st Feb
Angela Gheorghiu and
Roberto Alagna provide the
star power to deliver this
ravishing romance from the
world’s most popular opera
composer. Gheorghiu plays
the kept woman who
gambles on true love, and
Alagna is the man who makes her question the cost
of her glittering existence. Nicolas Joël directs the new
production of this gorgeously melodic look at love.
Conductor: Marco Armiliato; Production: Nicolas Joël;
Angela Gheorghiu, Lisette Oropesa, Roberto Alagna, Marius Brenciu.
2hrs 15mins. One Interval. |
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Gluck's ORFEO ED EURIDICE
Sat 14th Feb; Sun 15th Feb
Mark Morris’ acclaimed
production returns. This
complete vision for Gluck,
with choreography by
Morris and costumes by
Isaac Mizrahi, features the
artistry of Stephanie Blythe
in the male title role. The
alluring Danielle de Niese is Orfeo’s adored wife,
Euridice, who inspires the hero to face the underworld
for her sake. Music Director James Levine conducts.
Conductor: James Levine; Production: Mark Morris;
Stephanie Blythe & Danielle de Niese.
1hr 31mins. One Interval. |
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Donizetti's LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
Sat 7th Mar; Sun 8th Mar
Anna Netrebko sings the
title role of Donizetti’s
fragile heroine for the first
time at the Met, with tenor
Rolando Villazón in the
part of her lover, Edgardo.
Baritone Mariusz Kwiecien
is her tyrannical brother.
Mary Zimmerman’s hit production is
staged as a Victorian ghost story.
Conductor: Marco Armiliato; Production: Mary Zimmerman;
Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón, Mariusz Kwiecien.
3hrs 20mins. Two Intervals. |
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Puccini's MADAMA BUTTERFLY
Sat 21st Mar; Sun 22nd Mar
Cristina Gallardo-Domâs
returns to the title role
in the late Anthony
Minghella’s (The English
Patient, Talented Mr
Ripley) stunning
production, a new classic of
the Met repertory, opposite Marcello Giordani.
Conductor: Patrick Summers; Production: Anthony Minghella;
Cristina Gallardo-Domâs & Marcello Giordani.
3hrs 21mins. Two Intervals. |
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Bellini's LA SONNAMBULA
Sat 4th Apr; Sun 5th Apr
Mary Zimmerman, who
directed Natalie Dessay in
last season’s hit production
of Lucia di Lammermoor,
underlines La Sonnambula’s
dual elements of sleep and
wakefulness in an intriguing
staging set in the present.
Bellini’s hauntingly lyrical score soars as performed
by Dessay and Juan Diego Flórez, back from their
sensational run together in La Fille du Régiment.
Conductor: Evelino Pidò; Production: Mary Zimmerman;
Natalie Dessay, Juan Diego Flórez, Michele Pertusi.
2hrs 40mins. One Interval. |
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Rossini's LA CENERENTOLA
Sat 23rd May; Sun 24th May
Hot on the heels of her
triumphant Met debut as
Rosina in last season’s Il
Barbiere di Siviglia, Elina
Garanca portrays another
Rossini charmer in this
bel canto Cinderella story.
Lawrence Brownlee is her
Prince Charming. Veteran baritone lessandro Corbelli
demonstrates his impeccable comic timing to match
the gravitas of Met favorite John Relyea.
Conductor: Maurizio Benini; Production: Cesare Lievi;
Elina Garanca, Lawrence Brownlee, Alessandro Corbelli, John Relyea.
3hrs. One Interval. |
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