As a preview of sorts of the Next Big Thing at the Met, here’s a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta featuring Piotr Beczala from 2002.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Iolanta

Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow
The Moscow Chamber Choir
Vladimir Fedoseyev, conductor
Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory
13 March 2002

Iolanta – Olgy Mykytenko
Count Vaudémont – Piotr Beczala
Robert – Andrey Grigoriev
King René – Benno Schollum
Ibn-Hakia – Vladimir Krassov
Almeric – Roman Muravitsky
Bertrand – Nikolai Didenko
Martha – Nina Romanova
Brigitte – Bella Kabanova
Laura – Larissa Kostyuk