Monday marks the start of week 4 at the Met with a new line-up of streaming performances from New York. As you know, each broadcast becomes available at 7:30 PM/EDT at the Metropolitan Opera’s website. Each opera will be available for 23 hours.
Here’s the line-up for this week and there are some real gems here. Broadway fans might be interested to know that Tony Award-winner Kelli O’Hara appears in Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte on Sunday, April 12th.
Monday, April 6 – Verdi’s Aida
Conducted by Nicola Luisotti, starring Anna Netrebko, Anita Rachvelishvili, and Aleksandrs Antonenko.
Tuesday, April 7 – Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West
Conducted by Nicola Luisotti, starring Deborah Voigt, Marcello Giordani, and Lucio Gallo.
Wednesday, April 8 – Verdi’s Falstaff
Conducted by James Levine, starring Lisette Oropesa, Angela Meade, Stephanie Blythe, and Ambrogio Maestri.
Thursday, April 9 – Wagner’s Parsifal
Conducted by Daniele Gatti, starring Katarina Dalayman, Jonas Kaufmann, Peter Mattei, and René Pape.
Friday, April 10 – Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette
Conducted by Gianandrea Noseda, starring Diana Damrau and Vittorio Grigolo.
Saturday, April 11 – Donizetti’s Don Pasquale
Conducted by James Levine; starring Anna Netrebko, Matthew Polenzani, and Mariusz Kwiecien.
Sunday, April 12 – Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte
Conducted by David Robertson; starring Amanda Majeski, Serena Malfi, Kelli O’Hara, Ben Bliss, Adam Plachetka, and Christopher Maltman.
With such a great line-up for Week 4 at the Met, what do you think will be part of Week 5?
Photo from Cosi fan tutte by Jonathan Tichler/Courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera