Below is information about what many of us will have a chance to see
in a cinema next season. No Hansel and Gretel and Rosenkavalier with
wrong Sophie. What a pity!
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The Met: Live in HD series details
The Met: Live in HD series will present nine live transmissions in its
fourth season. Tickets for the 2009-10 series will go on sale in
September; Met members will have ticket priority before tickets are
made available to the general public. The schedule is as follows:
Tosca, October 10 – Levine; Mattila, M. Álvarez, Uusitalo, Plishka
Aida, October 24 – Gatti; Urmana, Zajick, Botha, Guelfi, Scandiuzzi, Kocán
Turandot, November 7 – Nelsons; Guleghina, Poplavskaya, Giordani, Ramey
Les Contes d'Hoffmann, December 19 – Levine; Kim, Netrebko, Gubanova,
Garanča, Villazón, Pape
Der Rosenkavalier, January 9 – Levine; Fleming, Graham, Schäfer,
Cutler, Allen, Sigmundsson
Carmen, January 16 – Nézet-Séguin; Frittoli, Gheorghiu, Alagna, Kwiecien
Simon Boccanegra, February 6 – Levine; Pieczonka, Giordani, Domingo,
Morris
Hamlet, March 27 – Langrée; Dessay, Larmore, Spence, Keenlyside, Morris
Armida, May 1 – Frizza; Fleming, Brownlee, Ford, Zapata, Banks, van
Rensburg
The Met: Live in HD performances began airing on PBS in January 2007,
and nine of these HD performances are now available on DVD. The most
recent, The Magic Flute, is released by the Met and is available at
the newly renovated Met Opera Shop in the opera house lobby. The
2009-10 season will see more releases of archival videos and audio
recordings on the Met's own label.
The Met: Live in HD is made possible by a generous grant from the
Neubauer Family Foundation.