The Nose
Starring Andrey Popov, Alexander Lewis, and Paulo Szot, conducted by Pavel Smelkov. Production by William Kentridge. From October 26, 2013.
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Pelléas et Mélisande
Recorded in March 2021. New production of the Opéra de Lille.
From an unknown woman
On this day in 1992 soprano Deborah Polaski made her Met debut as Kundry.
Francesca da Rimini
Starring Renata Scotto, Plácido Domingo, and Cornell MacNeil, conducted by James Levine. Production by Piero Faggioni. From April 7, 1984.
Who wants to ‘Live’ forever?
The Metropolitan Opera announces two further concerts in the Met Stars Live in Concert series.
I, Franco
Franco Corelli was born on April 8, 1921 in Ancona and Trove Thursday celebrates the matinee-idol tenor’s centenary with a pair of his rare non-Met US appearances; seducing Marie Collier in La Fanciulla del West and vacillating between Ilva Ligabue and Grace Bumbry in Il Trovatore.
Ice queen
Born on this day in 1912 actress and Olympian Sonja Henie.
Eugene Onegin
Starring Anna Netrebko, Elena Maximova, Alexey Dolgov, Peter Mattei, and Stefan Kocan, conducted by Robin Ticciati. Production by Deborah Warner. From April 22, 2017.
Our god is an awesome god
Our Own Henson Keys will make his opera debut in the role of Wotan in Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Twilight: Gods, directed by Yuval Sharon and starring Christine Goerke.
Fidelio
Peter Schneider conducts Klaus Florian Vogt, Anja Kampe, Evgeny Nikitin and Stephen Milling.
Hush now, don’t explain
Born on this day in 1915 singer, songwriter and actress Billie Holiday.
Rigoletto
Streaming and discussion begin at 7:30 PM. Photo: Met Archives
Sens and sensibility
Born on this day in 1900 soprano Gina Cigna.
Faust
Starring Marina Poplavskaya, Jonas Kaufmann, and René Pape, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Production by Des McAnuff. From December 10, 2011.
Mortal combat
Happy 60th birthday soprano Anna Caterina Antonacci.
Tristan und Isolde
Starring Nina Stemme, Ekaterina Gubanova, Stuart Skelton, Evgeny Nikitin, and René Pape, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle. Production by Mariusz Trelinski. From October 8, 2016.
One more kiss
Without attempting to rival The New York Times’ enormous celebratory package, your doyenne lauds the golden anniversary of the Broadway opening night of the seminal musical Follies with a selection of parterre box and parterre box-adjacent pieces devoted to this gorgeous monster of a show.
If you can find me, I’m here
Born on this day in 1932 actor Anthony Perkins.
L’Elisir d’Amore
Starring Anna Netrebko, Matthew Polenzani, Mariusz Kwiecien and Ambrogio Maestri, conducted by Maurizio Benini. Production by Bartlett Sher. From October 13, 2012.
We’ll always have Paris
If you missed Amour during its Broadway premiere 19 years ago, you’re not alone.
Rusalka
Performance from February 8, 2014: Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Renée Fleming (Rusalka), Emily Magee (Foreign Princess), Dolora Zajick (Jezibaba), Piotr Beczala (Prince), John Relyea (Water Gnome).
“I like to sing love songs”
Born on this day 99 years ago, actress and singer Doris Day.
Werther
Starring Lisette Oropesa, Sophie Koch, Jonas Kaufmann, and David Bizic, conducted by Alain Altinoglu. Production by Sir Richard Eyre. From March 15, 2013.
Parsifal
Daniel Barenboim conducts Andreas Schager, Matthias Hölle, René Pape, Wolfgang Koch and Anja Kampe. Directed by Dmitri Tcherniakov. Recorded at Berlin State Opera, Unter den Linden.