The Metropolitan Opera‘s free nightly streaming of performances continues this week —WEEK 21. This week features a current production of Handel’s Agrippina as well as two excellent performances from the 1990s, Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra and Wagner’s Parsifal. And, there are performances of The Magic Flute, Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Madama Butterfly, and Don Giovanni.
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Schedule for Week 21: August 3 – 9
Monday, August 3
Mozart: The Magic Flute
Starring Ying Huang, Erika Miklósa, Matthew Polenzani, Nathan Gunn, and René Pape, conducted by James Levine.
(December 30, 2006)
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Tuesday, August 4
Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Starring Erin Morley, Hibla Gerzmava, Kate Lindsey, Christine Rice, Vittorio Grigolo, and Thomas Hampson, conducted by Yves Abel
(From January 31, 2015)
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Wednesday, August 5
Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Starring Kiri Te Kanawa, Plácido Domingo, Vladimir Chernov, and Robert Lloyd, conducted by James Levine
(January 26, 1995)
Thursday, August 6
Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Starring Kristine Opolais, Maria Zifchak, Roberto Alagna, and Dwayne Croft, conducted by Karel Mark Chichon
(April 2, 2016)
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Friday, August 7
Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Starring Waltraud Meier, Siegfried Jerusalem, Bernd Weikl, and Kurt Moll, conducted by James Levine
(March 28, 1992)
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Saturday, August 8
Georg Frederick Handel: Agrippina
Starring Brenda Rae, Joyce DiDonato, Kate Lindsey, Iestyn Davies, Duncan Rock, and Matthew Rose, conducted by Harry Bicket
(February 29, 2020)
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Sunday, August 9
Mozart’s Don Giovanni
Starring Hibla Gerzmava, Malin Byström, Serena Malfi, Paul Appleby, Simon Keenlyside, and Adam Plachetka, conducted by Fabio Luisi
(October 22, 2016)
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