WEEK 12 of the Metropolitan Opera’s free streaming of performances from their Live In HD series covers quite a range. The historical performance of the week comes from the 1978 Tosca with Shirley Verrett in the title role, Luciano Pavarotti as Cavaradossi, and Cornell MacNeil as the evil Baron Scarpia. The performance was conducted by James Conlon. Along with Tosca, the week also sees Verdi’s Otello and Richard Strauss’ Salome. On Tuesday, catch Alban Berg’s Lulu—and on Friday, Thomas Ades’ The Exterminating Angel. In that cast is bass and Knoxville native Kevin Burdette.
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Schedule for May 31 – June 7
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)
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Monday, June 1
Bellini: I Puritani
Starring Anna Netrebko, Eric Cutler, Franco Vassallo, and John Relyea, conducted by Patrick Summers
(January 6, 2007)
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Tuesday, June 2
Alban Berg: Lulu
Starring Marlis Petersen, Susan Graham, Daniel Brenna, Paul Groves, Johan Reuter, and Franz Grundheber, conducted by Lothar Koenigs
(November 21, 2015)
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Wednesday, June 3
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Starring Danielle de Niese, Heidi Grant Murphy, and Stephanie Blythe, conducted by James Levine
(January 24, 2009)
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Thursday, June 4
Puccini: Tosca
Starring Shirley Verrett, Luciano Pavarotti, and Cornell MacNeil, conducted by James Conlon. (December 19, 1978)
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Friday, June 5
Thomas Adès: The Exterminating Angel
Starring Audrey Luna, Amanda Echalaz, Sally Matthews, Sophie Bevan, Alice Coote, Christine Rice, Iestyn Davies, Joseph Kaiser, Frédéric Antoun, David Portillo, David Adam Moore, Rod Gilfry, Kevin Burdette, Christian Van Horn, and John Tomlinson, conducted by Thomas Adès. (November 18, 2017)
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Saturday, June 6
Verdi’s Otello
Starring Sonya Yoncheva, Aleksandrs Antonenko, and Željko Lučić, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin
(October 17, 2015)
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Sunday, June 7
Massenet: Thaïs
Starring Renée Fleming, Michael Schade, and Thomas Hampson, conducted by Jesús López-Cobos
(December 20, 2008)
