This will be Week 23 of the Metropolitan Opera‘s free nightly streams of performances from their archives. This week features the usual eclectic mix of works, ranging from a 2013 performance of Puccini’s Tosca to a 1982 production of Hänsel und Gretel. A different streaming begins each evening at 7:30 PM from the Met Opera website and is available for 23 hours until 6:30 PM EDT the following day. [https://www.metopera.org]
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Schedule for Week 23: August 17 – 23
Monday, August 17
Giacomo Puccini — Tosca
Starring Patricia Racette, Roberto Alagna, and George Gagnidze, conducted by Riccardo Frizza.
(November 9, 2013)
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Tuesday, August 18
Zandonai — Francesca da Rimini
Starring Renata Scotto, Plácido Domingo, and Cornell MacNeil, conducted by James Levine.
(From April 7, 1984)
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Wednesday, August 19
Tchaikovsky — Eugene Onegin
Starring Anna Netrebko, Elena Maximova, Alexey Dolgov, Peter Mattei, and Štefan Kocán, conducted by Robin Ticciati
(April 22, 2017)
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Thursday, August 20
Giuseppe Verdi — Un Ballo in Maschera
Starring Aprile Millo, Harolyn Blackwell, Florence Quivar, Luciano Pavarotti, and Leo Nucci, conducted by James Levine
(January 26, 1991)
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Friday, August 21
Verdi — Simon Boccanegra
Starring Adrianne Pieczonka, Marcello Giordani, Plácido Domingo, and James Morris, conducted by James Levine
(February 6, 2010)
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Saturday, August 22
Rossini — Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Starring Kathleen Battle, Rockwell Blake, Leo Nucci, Enzo Dara, and Ferruccio Furlanetto, conducted by Ralf Weikert
(December 3, 1988)
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Sunday, August 23
Humperdinck — Hansel and Gretel
Starring Judith Blegen, Frederica von Stade, Jean Kraft, Rosalind Elias, and Michael Devlin, conducted by Thomas Fulton
(December 25, 1982)
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