While it seems like years have gone by since it began, this week will be WEEK 10 of the Metropolitan Opera’s free streaming of performances from their Live In HD series. The week covers many bases, including Wagner’s Lohengrin, Verdi, Puccini, and Mozart. This week’s historical performance is another Joan Sutherland classic performance from March 1978, Mozart’s Don Giovanni, with Sutherland joined by James Morris, and Gabriel Bacquier, conducted by Richard Bonynge.
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Schedule for May 17 – May 24
Sunday, May 17
Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco
Starring Liudmyla Monastyrska, Jamie Barton, Russell Thomas, Plácido Domingo, and Dmitry Belosselskiy, conducted by James Levine.
(January 7, 2017)
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Monday, May 18
Mozart: Idomeneo
Starring Nadine Sierra, Elza van den Heever, Alice Coote, and Matthew Polenzani, conducted by James Levine.
(March 25, 2017)
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Tuesday, May 19
Richard Wagner: Lohengrin
Starring Eva Marton, Leonie Rysanek, Peter Hofmann, Leif Roar, and John Macurdy, conducted by James Levine.
(January 10, 1986)
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Wednesday, May 20
Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera
Starring Sondra Radvanovsky, Kathleen Kim, Stephanie Blythe, Marcelo Álvarez, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky, conducted by Fabio Luisi.
(December 8, 2012)
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Thursday, May 21
Puccini: Turandot
Starring Christine Goerke, Eleonora Buratto, Yusif Eyvazov, and James Morris, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
(October 12, 2019)
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Friday, May 22
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Starring Joan Sutherland, James Morris, and Gabriel Bacquier, conducted by Richard Bonynge.
(March 16, 1978)
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Saturday, May 23
Gounod: Faust
Starring Marina Poplavskaya, Jonas Kaufmann, and René Pape, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. (December 10, 2011)
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Sunday, May 24
Massenet: Manon
Starring Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczała, and Paulo Szot, conducted by Fabio Luisi.
(April 7, 2012)
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