Met Live in HD 2011 - 2012
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The Sunrise Theater is proud to present the 2011 - 2012 Metropolitan Opera Live in HD (click here for tickets.) Season Tickets are $200 and go on sale (online and in-office) August 29, 2011. Individual Opera tickets are $25 and go on sale (online and in-office) August 31, 2011. |
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December 10, 2011 - 1:00 pm Expected Running time: 4 hours, 15 minutes With Jonas Kaufmann in the title role, René Pape as the devil, and Angela Gheorghiu as Marguerite, Gounod’s classic retelling of the Faust legend couldn’t be better served. Tony Award-winning director Des McAnuff updates the story to the first half of the 20th century with a production that won praise in London last season. A later run features another first-tier Faust cast: Roberto Alagna, Joseph Calleja, Marina Poplavskaya, and Ferruccio Furlanetto. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts on the heels of his Don Carlo success. |
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The Enchanted Island - New Production |
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January 21, 2012 - 1:00 pm Expected Running time: 3 hours, 30 minutes Inspired by the musical pastiches and masques of the 18th century, the Met presents an original Baroque fantasy, featuring a who’s who of Baroque stars led by eminent conductor William Christie. With music by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, and others, the new libretto by Jeremy Sams combines elements of The Tempest and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. David Daniels is Prospero, Joyce DiDonato is Sycorax, Danielle de Niese is Ariel, Luca Pisaroni is Caliban, and Plácido Domingo makesa special appearance as Neptune. Lisette Oropesa and Anthony Roth Costanzo also star. This dazzling production is directed and designed by Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch (Satyagraha and the Met’s 125th Anniversary Gala). |
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Wagner's Gotterdammerung |
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February 11, 2012 - 12:00 pm Expected Running time: 6 hours, 24 minutes With its cataclysmic climax, the Met’s new Ring cycle, directed by Robert Lepage, comes to its resolution. Deborah Voigt stars as Brünnhilde and Gary Lehman is Siegfried—the star-crossed lovers doomed by fate. James Levine conducts. |
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Verdi's Ernani |
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February 25, 2012 - 1:00 pm Expected Running time: 3 hours, 45 minutes Angela Meade takes center stage in Verdi’s thrilling early gem. Salvatore Licitra is her mismatched lover, and all-star Verdians Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Ferruccio Furlanetto round out the cast. |
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Massenet's Manon - New Production |
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April 7, 2012 - 12:00 pm Expected Running time: 4 hours Anna Netrebko’s dazzling portrayal of the tragic heroine in Laurent Pelly’s new production travels to the Met from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Piotr Beczala and Paulo Szot also star, with the Met’s Principal Guest Conductor Fabio Luisi on the podium. |
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Verdi's La Traviata |
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April 14, 2012 - 1:00 pm Expected Running time: 3 hours Natalie Dessay will put on the red dress in Willy Decker’s stunning production, in her first Violetta at the Met. Matthew Polenzani sings Alfredo, Dmitri Hvorostovsky is Germont, and Principal Guest Conductor Fabio Luisi is on the podium |
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