This will be WEEK 11 of the Metropolitan Opera’s free streaming of performances from their Live In HD series. While the past weeks may have seemed like a troubled dream, this streaming series has certainly made it a lot more tolerable. Speaking of dreams, this week’s schedule features Bellini’s La Sonnambula and a couple from Berlioz, La Damnation de Faust and Les Troyens. This week’s historical performance features Placido Domingo and Renata Scotto in Puccini’s Manon Lescaut, a performance from 1980 with James Levine conducting.
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Schedule for May 24 – May 31
Sunday, May 24
Massenet: Manon
Starring Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczała, and Paulo Szot, conducted by Fabio Luisi.
(April 7, 2012)
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Monday, May 25
Hector Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
Starring Susan Graham, Marcello Giordani, and John Relyea, conducted by James Levine. (November 22, 2008)
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Tuesday, May 26
Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani
Starring Angela Meade, Marcello Giordani, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, and Ferruccio Furlanetto, conducted by Marco Armiliato
(February 25, 2012)
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Wednesday, May 27
Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Starring Renata Scotto, Plácido Domingo, and Pablo Elvira, conducted by James Levine
(March 29, 1980)
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Thursday, May 28
Hector Berlioz: Les Troyens
Starring Deborah Voigt, Susan Graham, Bryan Hymel, and Dwayne Croft, conducted by Fabio Luisi
(January 5, 2013)
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Friday, May 29
Viewers’ Choice: Vincenzo Bellini – La Sonnambula
Starring Natalie Dessay and Juan Diego Flórez, conducted by Evelino Pidò
(March 21, 2009)
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Saturday, May 30
Gaetano Donizetti: L’Elisir d’Amore
Starring Pretty Yende, Matthew Polenzani, Davide Luciano, and Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, conducted by Domingo Hindoyan
(February 10, 2018)
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Sunday, May 31
Richard Strauss: Salome
Starring Karita Mattila, Ildikó Komlósi, Kim Begley, Joseph Kaiser, and Juha Uusitalo, conducted by Patrick Summers
(October 11, 2008)
