Michael's Movies: Performances

2014-03-15 Werther metoperafamily.org

Jules Massenet
Conductor Alain Altinoglu
Production Richard Eyre
Set and Costume Designer Rob Howell
Lighting Designer Peter Mumford
Video Designer Wendall K. Harrington
Choreographer Sara Erde
Live in HD Host Patricia Racette
Charlotte Sophie Koch
Sophie Lisette Oropesa
The Bailiff Jonathan Summers
Johann Philip Cokorinos
Schmidt Tony Stevenson
Werther Jonas Kaufmann
Brühlmann Christopher Job
Käthchen Maya Lahyani
Albert David Bižic
Cast
en.wikipedia.org
NYT. ANTHONY TOMMASINI. Things End Badly for a Poet, but Quite Well for the Tenor
telegraph.co.uk
huffingtonpost.com


2013-06-26 Il Trovatore metoperafamily.org

Giuseppe Verdi
Original transmission April 30, 2011
Conductor Marco Armiliato
Production David McVicar
Set designer Charles Edwards
Costume designer Brigitte Reiffenstuel
Lighting designed by Jennifer Tipton
Choreographer Leah Hausman
Stage director Paula Williams
Leonora Sondra Radvanovsky
Azucena Dolora Zajick
Manrico Marcelo Álvarez
Count di LunA Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Ferrando Štefan Kocán
Cast
en.wikipedia.org
nytimes.com
operatoday.com
Youtube. End of Act 1
youtube.com


2013-03-02 Parsifal metoperafamily.org

Richard Wagner
Conductor Daniele Gatti
Production Francois Girard
Set Designer Michael Levine
Costume Designer Thibault Vancraenenbroeck
Lighting Designer David Finn
Video Designer Peter Flaherty
Choreographer Carolyn Choa
Dramaturg Serge Lamothe
Live in HD Host Eric Owens
Kundry Katarina Dalayman
Parsifal Jonas Kaufmann
Amfortas Peter Mattei
Klingsor Evgeny Nikitin
Gurnemanz René Pape
Cast
en.wikipedia.org
nytimes.com
ft.com


2012-11-13 Siegfried (La Scala) teatroallascala.org

Richard Wagner
Synopsis
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Staging: Guy Cassiers
Sets: Guy Cassiers and Enrico Bagnoli
Costumes: Tim van Steenbergen
Lights: Enrico Bagnoli
Video: Arjen Klerkx and Kurt D’Haeseleer
Siegfried: Lance Ryan
Mime: Peter Bronder
Der Wanderer: Terje Stensvold
Alberich: Johannes Martin Kränzle
Fafner: Alexander Tsymbalyuk
Erda: Anna Larsson
Brünnhilde: Nina Stemme
en.wikipedia.org


2012-10-13 L'Elisir d'Amore metoperafamily.org

Gaetano Donizetti
Conductor: Maurizio Benini
Production: Bartlett Sher
Adina: Anna Netrebko
Nemorino: Matthew Polenzani
Belcore: Mariusz Kwiecien
Doctor Dulcamara: Ambrogio Maestri
Cast
Wiki
NYT
ft.com
huffingtonpost.com


2012-05-14 Die Walküre metoperafamily.org

Richard Wagner
Conductor: James Levine
Production: Robert Lepage
Live in HD Hosts: Plácido Domingo & Joyce DiDonato
Brünnhilde: Deborah Voigt
Sieglinde: Eva-Maria Westbroek
Fricka: Stephanie Blythe
Siegmund: Jonas Kaufmann
Wotan: Bryn Terfel
Hunding: Hans-Peter König
Cast
en.wikipedia.org
washingtonpost.com
nytimes.com
youtube.com
youtube.com
The ride
Youtube. Magic fire


2012-04-07 Manon metoperafamily.org

Jules Massenet
Conductor: Fabio Luisi
Manon: Anna Netrebko
des Grieux: Piotr Beczala
Lescaut: Paulo Szot
Comte des Grieux: David Pittsinger
Cast
en.wikipedia.org
Russian text
nytimes.com
nj.com


2012-02-25 Ernani metoperafamily.org

Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor: Marco Armiliato
Ernani, a bandit: Marcello Giordani
Elvira, Silva’s niece and betrothed: Angela Meade
Don Carlo, king of Spain: Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Don Ruy Gómez de Silva, a Spanish grandee: Ferruccio Furlanetto
Cast
Wiki
nytimes.com
radio3.cbc.ca


2012-02-11 Götterdämmerung metoperafamily.org

Richard Wagner
Conductor: Fabio Luisi
Brünnhilde: Katarina Dalayman
Gutrune: Wendy Bryn Harmer
Waltraute: Waltraud Meier
Siegfried: Stephen Gould
Gunther: Iain Paterson
Alberich: Eric Owens
Hagen: Hans-Peter König
Production: Robert Lepage
Cast
Wiki
nytimes.com
NYT
FRED COHN


2011-12-07 Don Giovanni (La Scala) teatroallascala.org

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor: DANIEL BARENBOIM
Staging: ROBERT CARSEN
Sets: MICHAEL LEVINE
Costumes: BRIGITTE REIFFENSTUEL
Lights: ROBERT CARSEN and PETER VAN PRAET
Choreography: PHILIPPE GIRAUDEAU
Don Giovanni: PETER MATTEI
Donna Anna: ANNA NETREBKO
Don Ottavio: GIUSEPPE FILIANOTI
Donna Elvira: BARBARA FRITTOLI
Leporello: BRYN TERFEL
Zerlina: ANNA PROHASKA
Masetto: STEFAN KOCAN
en.wikipedia.org
Antonella Ciancio, Ilaria Polleschi. Don Giovanni meets austere Italy at La Scala opening
youtube.com
youtube.com


2011-12-03 Rodelinda metoperafamily.org

George Frideric Handel
Cast
Wiki
NYT JAMES R.OESTREICH. Bringing Back the Baroque in a Revival Tailored to the Met
Larry Murray. RENÉE FLEMING DELIVERS STUNNING PORTRAYAL AS HANDEL’S RODELINDA
youtube.com


2011-02-26 Iphigénie en Tauride metoperafamily.org

Christoph Willibald von Gluck
Cast
Wiki
NYT. ZACHARY WOOLFE. In Dark Temple, Antiquity’s Sober Doings
Donald Rosenberg. Gluck's simply beautiful 'Iphigenie en Tauride' is Met's next high-definition offering


2010-11-13 Don Pasquale metoperafamily.org

Gaetano Donizetti
Cast
Wiki
NYT. VIVIEN SCHWEITZER
MIKE SILVERMAN


2010-10-09 Das Rheingold metoperafamily.org

Richard Wagner
Cast
Wiki
telegraph.co.uk
nytimes.com


2010-05-19 Armida metoperafamily.org

Gioachino Rossini
Cast
Wiki
youtube.com
FT. Martin Bernheimer
NJ. Ronni Reich
NYT. ANTHONY TOMMASINI


2010-01-16 Carmen metoperafamily.org

Georges Bizet
Cast
Wiki
NYT slide show
Justin Davidson
Steve Cohen


2010-01-09 Der Rosenkavalier metoperafamily.org

Richard Strauss
Cast
Wiki


2009-12-19 Les Contes d'Hoffmann metoperafamily.org

Jacques Offenbach
Cast
Wiki
John Yohalem
broadwayworld.com
anna-netrebko.blogspot.com


2009-11-11 Aida metoperafamily.org

Giuseppe Verdi
Wiki
imdb.com
Susan Hall
Sarah Boslaugh


2009-11-07 Turandot metoperafamily.org

Giacomo Puccini
Cast
Wiki
Zachary Woolfe


2009-10-28 Tosca metoperafamily.org

Giacomo Puccini
Cast
Wiki
Mark Swed. New 'Tosca' opens Metropolitan Opera season
ANTHONY TOMMASINI


2009-07-29 Il Barbiere di Siviglia metoperafamily.org

Gioachino Rossini
Cast
Wiki
Michael Portantiere


2009-05-09 La Cenerentola metoperafamily.org

Gioachino Rossini
Wiki
David Hawley


2008-01-12 Macbeth metoperafamily.org

Giuseppe Verdi
Cast
Wiki