Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD

  • : 2006
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  • PBS
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L'Elisir d'Amore
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13, 2012
Nemorino (Matthew Polenzani) is in love with Adina (Anna Netrebko), but isn't too sure if she feels the same way about him. She might be more interested in the handsome Sgt Belcore .. show full overview
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Otello
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27, 2012
It took Verdi's publisher several months and repeated meetings to coax the composer out of retirement; it was only after meeting his librettist, Arrigo Boito, that Verdi finally gave in .. show full overview
7x3
The Tempest
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10, 2012
Based on Shakespeare's play in spirit and story, if not the actual text. Composer Ades employs a variety of musical styles and forms, ranging from dissonance to lyrical tonality and .. show full overview
7x4
La Clemenza di Tito
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01, 2012
Mozart went two years without an opera commission after Cosi Fan Tutte in 1788. La Clemenza di Tito was composed "on spec" for the new emperor's coronation and is something of a .. show full overview
7x5
Un Ballo in Maschera
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08, 2012
Sung with great power and drama by Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Marcleo Alvarez, and Sondra Radvanovsky. The staging is often at odds with the libretto: for instance, in the second scene, we .. show full overview
7x6
Aida
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15, 2012
The Met reprises its 2009 performance with a fresh cast, and the results are an impressive improvement over the prior outing. Monastyrska makes her Met debut and is a revelation as the .. show full overview
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Les Troyens
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05, 2013
Berlioz did not live long enough to see a fully realized performance of his monumental achievement: the operatic version of Virgil's Aeneid. In its day it was overshadowed by the more .. show full overview
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Maria Stuarda
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19, 2013
The second in Donizetti's trilogy of the "Tudor Queens" is the story of Mary, Queen of Scots. Even working within the constraints of bel canto conventions, Donizetti infuses the drama .. show full overview
7x9
Rigoletto
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16, 2013
Rigoletto re-imagined for some reason in Las Vegas, Rat Pack era. The Duke is now Frank Sinatra, the courtiers are his buddies. Rigoletto might be Don Rickles. Who can say? Two .. show full overview
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Parsifal
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02, 2013
The Met assembled an ideal cast for François Girard’s acclaimed new production of Wagner’s final masterpiece. Jonas Kaufmann in the title role of the fool “made wise by compassion” is as .. show full overview
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Francesca da Rimini
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16, 2013
Paulo is sent by his brother Giovanni to fetch him a bride, and now Francesca waits for him to arrive. This being opera, they immediately fall head over heels in love. Still, she has .. show full overview
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Giulio Cesare
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27, 2013
Handel's opera tells the story of Julius Caesar's visit to Cleopatra in Egypt. It is considered by many to be the prime example of opera seria: a noble and "serious" style of Italian .. show full overview

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