HD Live at the Met!

The new HD live opera season announced. These are extraordinary bargains and productions, at least the ones I've seen. Not to be missed if you love opera.

October 11 – R. Strauss’s Salome
Starring Karita Mattila


• November 8 – John Adams’s Doctor Atomic NEW PRODUCTION
Starring Gerald Finley


• November 22 – Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust NEW PRODUCTION
Conducted by James Levine, Starring Susan Graham and
Marcello Giordani


• December 20 – Massenet’s Thaïs NEW PRODUCTION
Starring Renée Fleming and Thomas Hampson


• January 10, 2009 – Puccini’s La Rondine NEW PRODUCTION
Starring Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna


• January 24 – Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice conducted by James Levine
Starring Stephanie Blythe and Danielle de Niese


• February 7 – Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor
Starring Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazón


• March 7 – Puccini’s Madama Butterfly
Starring Cristina Gallardo-Domâs and Marcello Giordani


• March 21 – Bellini’s La Sonnambula NEW PRODUCTION
Starring Natalie Dessay and Juan Diego Flórez


• May 9 – Rossini’s La Cenerentola
Starring Elīna Garanča


For participating locations and ticket information please visit www.metopera.org/HDLive.