2024-25 Metropolitan Opera Saturday Matinee Broadcast Series

August 16

R. Wagner: DIE WALKÜRE

From the Royal Ballet and Opera in London, England

Christopher Maltman (Wotan), Elisabet Strid (Brünnhilde), Natalya Romaniw (Sieglinde), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Siegmund), Soloman Howard (Hunding), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Antonio Pappano, conductor.

August 23

J. Massenet: WERTHER

From Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, France

Benjamin Bernheim (Werther), Marina Viotti (Charlotte), Jean-Sébastien Bou (Albert), Sandra Hamaoui (Sophie), Les Siècles, Orchestre National de France, Marc Leroy-Calatayud, conductor.

August 30

R. Strauss: DER ROSENKAVALIER

From Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, France

Marlis Petersen (The Marschallin), Marina Viotti (Octavian), Regula Mühlemann (Sophie), Peter Rose (Baron Ochs), Orchestre National de France, Henrik Nánási, conductor.

September 6

H. Purcell: DIDO AND AENEAS / K. Weill: THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS

From the Danish National Symphony Orchestra in Copenhagen, Denmark

Dido and Aeneas: Danielle De Niese (Dido), Jóhann Kristinsson (Aeneas), Julie Roset (Belinda)

The Seven Deadly Sins: Danielle De Niese (Anna I and Anna II), Kristoffer Appel (Father), Benjamin Nellemose (Brother), Mads Skovgaard Andersen (Brother), Per Hoyer (Mother)

Malmö Opera Chorus and Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Paterson, conductor.

September 13

P. Mascagni: CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / R. Leoncavallo: PAGLIACCI

From the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Germany

Cavalleria rusticana: Yulia Matochkina (Santuzza), Ican Gyngazov (Turiddu), Rosalind Plowright (Lucia), Ekaterine Buachidze (Lola)

Pagliacci: Ailyn Pérez (Nedda), Jonas Kaufmann (Canio), Wolfgang Koch (Tonio)

September 20

G. Faure: PENELOPE

From the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Germany

Brandon Jovanovich (Ulysse), Thomas Mole (Eumée), Leigh Melrose (Eurymaque), Joel Williams (Léodès), Victoria Karkacheva (Pénélope), Bavarian State Orchestra. Susanna Mälkki, conductor.

September 27

G. Verdi: RIGOLETTO

From LA Opera in Los Angeles, California

Quinn Kelsey (Rigoletto), Lisette Oropesa (Gilda), René Barbera (Duke of Mantua), Peixin Chen (Sparafucile), Sarah Saturnino (Maddalena)

October 4

W.A. Mozart: COSÌ FAN TUTTE

From LA Opera in Los Angeles, California

Erica Petrocelli (Fiordiligi), Rihab Chaieb (Dorabella), Ana María Martínez (Despina), Anthony León (Ferrando), Justin Austin (Guglielmo), Rod Gilfry (Don Alfonso)

October 11

G.F. Handel: GIULIO CESARE

From Le Concert d'Astrée / Salzburg Festival

Christophe Dumaux (Giulio Cesare), Olga Kulchynska (Cleopatra), Lucile Rechardot (Cornelia), Federico Florio (Sesto), Yurly Mynenko (Tolomeo), Salzburg Bach Choir, Michael Schneider (chorus director), Le Concert d’Astrée. Emmanuelle Haïm, conductor.

October 18

G. Charpentier: LOUISE

From Le Concert d'Astrée / Salzburg Festival

Elsa Dreisig (Louise), Adam Smith (Julien), Sophie Koch (Mother), Nicolas Courjal (Father), Lyon Opera Children’s Chorus, Lyon Opera Chorus. Ciacomo Sagripanti, conductor.

October 25

G. Bizet: LES PÊCHEURS DE PERLES

From Les Musiciens du Louvre / Aix-en-Provence Festival

Elsa Benoit (Leïla), Pene Pati (Nadir), Florian Sempey (Zurga), Edwin Crossley-Mercer (Nourabad), Grand Avignon Opera Chorus, Les Musiciens du Louvre. Marc Minkowski, conductor.

November 1

R. Wagner: DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG

From the Bayreuth Festival in Bayreuth, Germany

Georg Zeepenfeld (Hans Sachs), Michael Nagy (Sixtus Beckmesser), Jordan Shanahan (Fritz Kothner), Michael Spyres (Walther von Stolzing), Christina Nilsson (Eva), Christa Mayer (Magdalena), Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra. Danele Gatti, conductor.

November 8

R. Wagner: PARSIFAL

From the Bayreuth Festival in Bayreuth, Germany

Andreas Schager (Parsifal), Michael Volle (Armfortas), Tobias Kehrer (Titurel), Georg Zeppenfeld (Gurnemanz), Jordan Shanahan (Klingsor), Ekaterina Gubanova (Kundry), Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra. Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor.

November 15

R. Wagner: LOHENGRIN

From the Bayreuth Festival in Bayreuth, Germany

Piotr Beczala (Lohengrin), Elza van den Heever (Elsa of Brabant), Ólafur Sigurðarson (Friedrich von Telramund), Miina-Liisa Värelä (Ortrud), Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Thomas Eitier-de Lint (chorus director), Bayreuth Festival Orchestra. Christian Thielemann, conductor.

November 22

P. Tchaikovsky: IOLANTA

From the Vienna State Opera in Vienna, Austria

Sonya Yoncheva (Iolanta), Ivo Stanchev (René, King of Provence), Boris Pinkhasovich (Robert, Duke of Burgundy), Dmytro Popov (Count Vaudémont), Monika Bohinec (Marta), Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna State Opera Orchestra. Tugan Sokhiev, conductor.

November 29

R. Strauss: ARABELLA

From the Vienna State Opera in Vienna, Austria

Camilla Nylund (Arabella), Sabine Devieilhe (Zdenka), Michael Volle (Mandryka), Margaret Plummer (Adelaide), Wolfgang Bankl (Count Waldner), Michael Laurenz (Matteo), Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna State Opera Orchestra. Christian Thielemann, conductor.

December 6

V. Bellini: NORMA

From the Vienna State Opera in Vienna, Austria

Federica Lombardi (Norma), Juan Diego Flórez (Pollione), Ildebrando D’Arcangelo (Oroveso), Vasilisa Berzhanskaya (Adalgisa), Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Michele Mariotti (conductor).