abatt Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 http://metopera.org/metopera/season/index.aspx?type=next&sn=st New season announced. Here's the link to the Live in HD movies for next season http://metopera.org/metopera/liveinhd/live-in-hd-2015-16-season The Electra cast is phenomenal. Also looking forward to the Kaufmann-Opolais Manon Lescaut. Anna Netrebko is getting a solo recital at the Met on 2/28/16. Link to comment
sandik Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 William Kentridge and Lulu! Link to comment
Helene Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Yes!!! Nina Stemme twice! A Tannhauser with Westbroek and Mattei! "Trovatore" with Netrebko, Lee, Hvorostovsky, and Zajick! Radvanovky, Graham, Polenzani and Kwiecien in "Roberto Devereux" -- I haven't seen that since Sills in the '70's.I guess it was a toss-up between this and "Anna Bolena" and "Maria Stuarda." The five Donizetti operas are a little over 20% of next year's season, tied with Puccini, and it's not even an anniversary year for him (born 1797, died 1848). I wish I liked Opalais more. Kaufmann's enough to get me to "Manon Lescaut," but Alagna's not enough for "Madame Butterfly." "Elektra" and "Lulu" in the same season is pretty out there for the Met, and there are only a couple of the Usual Suspects on the HD schedule, where they bypassed the two Donizetti comedies from the season. I hope that at least one of the Monastyrska Toscas and Hymel's Rodolfos are broadcast on Sirius. Link to comment
Dale Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 I'm less picky about my opera than I am about ballet, so I'm pretty pleased with the HD offerings for next season. Especially with Lulu, Elektra and Tannhauser. Link to comment
Birdsall Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Nina Stemme's Brunnhilde in SF's Ring in summer 2011 was phenomenal!!!! It was truly an experience of a lifetime to hear the role sung so well even including small details like Brunnhilde's trills. So it is good to see her get some interesting roles at the Met. She seems determined to specialize in the Birgit Nilsson roles, and I hope she is up to that continuing challenge. Unless her voice has taken a turn for the worse since I saw her, I think her Elektra and Turandot should be very fascinating. In contrast, I am at a total loss to understand why Radvanovsky keeps getting bel canto roles all over the world. Donizetti's Three Queens require so much in terms of drama and artistry and pure bel canto line. I just heard parts of her recent Norma at the Liceu. I know a lot of people love her and think she's wonderful, but I just do not "get" her at all. To me she sounds like an inexperienced student in this repetoire. I wish for the days of Jane Eaglen to come back after hearing Radvanovsky, and Eaglen was treated as a disastrous Norma at the Met, but most of us had no idea how low the bel canto ship would sink in years to come. It truly pains me to see how this repetoire (which was a favorite for well over 20 years) is sung today. Link to comment
abatt Posted January 26, 2016 Author Share Posted January 26, 2016 It was announced today that Jonas Kaufmann is cancelling all of his performances at the Met in Manon Lescaut due to "illness". Roberto Alagna is substituting for Kaufmann. Link to comment
canbelto Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 I was there for the premiere last night. I didn't really like it. Opolais's voice just doesn't do it for me in this role. http://poisonivywalloftext.blogspot.com/2016/02/manon-lescaut.html Link to comment
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