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Live Metropolitan Opera Saturday Radio Broadcasts
Saturdays at 11am
December 5, 2020 – June 5, 2021
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December 5, 2020
Prokofiev’s War and Peace
Performance from March 2, 2002
Valery Gergiev, conductor
Anna Netrebko (Natasha Rostova)
Ekaterina Semenchuk (Sonya)
Elena Obraztsova (Mme. Akhrosimova)
Gegam Grigorian (Count Pierre Bezukhov)
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Prince Andrei)
Vassily Gerello (Napoleon Bonaparte)
Samuel Ramey (Field Marshal Kutuzov)
Approx. Length: 4 hours, 10 minutes
December 12
Beethoven’s Fidelio
Performance from April 1, 2017
Sebastian Weigle, conductor
Adrianne Pieczonka (Leonore)
Hanna-Elisabeth Müller (Marzelline)
Klaus Florian Vogt (Florestan)
David Portillo (Jaquino)
Greer Grimsley (Don Pizarro)
Falk Struckmann (Rocco)
Günther Groissböck (Don Fernando)
Approx. Length: 2 hours, 40 minutes
December 26
Mozart’s The Magic Flute – abridged English-language version
Performance from December 21, 2010
Erik Nielsen, conductor
Susanna Phillips (Pamina)
Erika Miklósa (Queen of the Night)
Russell Thomas (Tamino)
Alan Oke (Monostatos)
Nathan Gunn (Papageno)
Morris Robinson (Sarastro)
Approx. Length: 2 hours
2021
February 27
Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier
Performance from May 13, 2017
Sebastian Weigle, conductor
Renée Fleming (Marschallin)
Elīna Garanča (Octavian)
Erin Morley (Sophie)
Helene Schneiderman (Annina)
Matthew Polenzani (A Singer)
Alan Oke (Valzacchi)
Markus Brück (Faninal)
Günther Groissböck (Baron Ochs)
Approx. Length: 4 hours 5 minutes
March 13
Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro
Performance from January 10, 2018
Harry Bicket, conductor
Ailyn Pérez (Countess)
Nadine Sierra (Susanna)
Isabel Leonard (Cherubino)
Katarina Leoson (Marcellina)
Mariusz Kwiecien (Count)
Ildar Abdrazakov (Figaro)
Maurizio Muraro (Dr. Bartolo)
Approx. Length: 3 hours 35 minutes
March 27
Mozart’s Don Giovanni
Performance from March 10, 2012
Andrew Davis, conductor
Marina Rebeka (Donna Anna)
Ellie Dehn (Donna Elvira)
Isabel Leonard (Zerlina)
Matthew Polenzani (Don Ottavio)
Gerald Finley (Don Giovanni)
Bryn Terfel (Leporello)
Shenyang (Masetto)
James Morris (Commendatore)
Approx. Length: 3 hours 30 minutes
May 8
Anna Netrebko Puccini Gala
Performance from December 31, 2019
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
LA BOHÈME, ACT I:
Anna Netrebko (Mimì)
Matthew Polenzani (Rodolfo)
Quinn Kelsey (Marcello)
Davide Luciano (Schaunard)
Christian Van Horn (Colline)
Arthur Woodley (Benoit);
TOSCA, ACT I:
Anna Netrebko (Tosca)
Yusif Eyvazov (Cavaradossi)
Evgeny Nikitin (Scarpia)
Patrick Carfizzi (Sacristan);
TURANDOT, ACT II:
Anna Netrebko (Turandot)
Yusif Eyvazov (Calàf)
Approx. Length: 3 hours 5 minutes
June 5
Britten’s Billy Budd
Performance from March 8, 1997
Steuart Bedford, conductor
Philip Langridge (Captain Vere)
Dwayne Croft (Billy Budd)
James Morris (Claggart)
Victor Braun (Mr. Redburn)
Julien Robbins (Lt. Ratcliffe)
James Courtney (Mr. Flint)
Paul Plishka (Dansker)
Approx. Length: 3 hours 10 minutes