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Met Opera 2011: Boris Godunov (G)

Bass Rene Pape takes on one of the greatest roles in a production by monumental theater and opera director Peter Stein, in his Met debut. Valery Gergiev conducts Mussorgsky's soulful spectacle, which captures the suffering and ambition of a nation. "Boris Godunov is a masterpiece," Stein says. "The challenge is to transmit the enormous emotional depth of the whole thing. Boris is the czar, but he is expressing a problem we all have: the consequences of human actions." Aleksandrs Antonenko, Vladimir Ognovenko, and Ekaterina Semenchuk lead the huge cast in a work that is also a breathtaking showcase for the Met's formidable chorus. "Boris," Stein says, "is one of the richest operas ever written."

27 Nov 2010 10:00 a.m.
28 Nov 2010 5:00 p.m.
29 Nov 2010 6:00 p.m.
1 Dec 2010 10:00 a.m.
2 Dec 2010 12:30 p.m.
3 Dec 2010 10:00 a.m.

Met Opera 2011: Capriccio (G)

Renee Fleming dazzled audiences when she sang Capriccio's final scene on Opening Night of the 2008â09 season. Now she sings Strauss's entire diva showcase, with Andrew Davis conducting.

28 May 2011 10:00 a.m.
29 May 2011 6:00 p.m.
30 May 2011 6:30 p.m.
1 Jun 2011 10:00 a.m.
2 Jun 2011 1:30 p.m.
3 Jun 2011 10:00 a.m.

Met Opera 2011: Das Rheingold (G)

The Met's 2010â11 season opens November 4 with the first installment of Robert Lepage's highly anticipated new production of Wagner's Ring cycle. Music Director James Levine, in his 40th anniversary season with the company, conducts a stellar cast led by Bryn Terfel as Wotan.

6 Nov 2010 10:00 a.m.
7 Nov 2010 6:00 p.m.
8 Nov 2010 6:30 p.m.
10 Nov 2010 10:00 a.m.
11 Nov 2010 1:30 p.m.
12 Nov 2010 10:00 a.m.

Met Opera 2011: Die Walkure (G)

The Met has assembled a stellar cast for this second installment of Robert Lepage's new production of the Ring cycle, conducted by James Levine: Bryn Terfel is Wotan, lord of the Gods. Deborah Voigt adds the part of Brünnhilde to her extensive Wagnerian repertoire at the Met. Jonas Kaufmann and Eva-Maria Westbroek star as the twins, Siegmund and Sieglinde, and Stephanie Blythe is Fricka.

2 Jul 2011 10:00 a.m.
3 Jul 2011 5:00 p.m.
4 Jul 2011 6:00 p.m.
6 Jul 2011 10:00 a.m.
7 Jul 2011 12:30 p.m.
8 Jul 2011 10:00 a.m.

Met Opera 2011: Don Carlo (G)

"I think Don Carlo is the quintessential Verdi opera," says director Nicholas Hytner (The History Boys, The Madness of King George), who makes his Met debut with this new production, which was greeted with popular success when it opened in London. "Right through this opera there is, on the one hand, an implacable expression of impending doom and, on the other hand, a succession of the most gloriously open-throated arias, the most fantastically determined music." Roberto Alagna leads the cast in the title role. Ferruccio Furlanetto, Marina Poplavskaya, Anna Smirnova, and Simon Keenlyside also star in Verdi's most ambitious opera. "Not one of these characters is prepared to accept his or her own tragic destiny," Hytner says of this epic tragedy in which romantic desire shapes the course of nations. Yannick Nezet- Seguin, back after his triumphant debut leading Carmen, conducts.

29 Jan 2011 10:00 a.m.
30 Jan 2011 5:00 p.m.
31 Jan 2011 6:00 p.m.
2 Feb 2011 10:00 a.m.
3 Feb 2011 12:30 p.m.
4 Feb 2011 10:00 a.m.

Met Opera 2011: Don Pasquale (G)

Anna Netrebko returns to the role that made her a Met star, with Matthew Polenzani, Mariusz Kwiecien, and John Del Carlo. Music Director James Levine conducts.

18 Dec 2010 10:00 a.m.
19 Dec 2010 6:00 p.m.
20 Dec 2010 6:30 p.m.
22 Dec 2010 10:00 a.m.
23 Dec 2010 1:30 p.m.

Met Opera 2011: IL Trovatore (G)

David McVicar's gripping production returns with Patricia Racette, Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick, Marcelo Alvarez, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, and Å½eljko LuciÄ. James Levine and Marco Armiliato conduct.

18 Jun 2011 10:00 a.m.
19 Jun 2011 6:00 p.m.
20 Jun 2011 6:30 p.m.
22 Jun 2011 10:00 a.m.
23 Jun 2011 1:30 p.m.
24 Jun 2011 10:00 a.m.

Met Opera 2011: Iphigenie En Tauride (G)

Susan Graham, Placido Domingo, and Paul Groves reprise their starring roles in Gluck's masterful interpretation of the Greek myth.

19 Mar 2011 10:00 a.m.
20 Mar 2011 6:00 p.m.
21 Mar 2011 6:30 p.m.
23 Mar 2011 10:00 a.m.
24 Mar 2011 1:30 p.m.
25 Mar 2011 10:00 a.m.

Met Opera 2011: La Fanciulla Del West (G)

Puccini's wild west opera stars all-American diva Deborah Voigt and Marcello Giordani, and is conducted by Nicola Luisotti. The performances mark the 100th anniversary of the opera's world premiere at the Met.

19 Feb 2011 10:00 a.m.
20 Feb 2011 6:00 p.m.
21 Feb 2011 6:30 p.m.
23 Feb 2011 10:00 a.m.
24 Feb 2011 1:30 p.m.
25 Feb 2011 10:00 a.m.

Met Opera 2011: Le Comte Ory (G)

Rossini's vocally dazzling comedy soars with bel canto sensation Juan Diego Flórez in the title role of this Met premiere production. He vies with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, in the trouser role of Isolier, for the love of the lonely Countess Adele, sung by soprano Diana Damrau. Bartlett Sher, director of the Met's popular productions of The Barber of Seville and The Tales of Hoffmann, describes the world of Le Comte Ory as, "a place where love is dangerous. People get hurt. That can be very funny and very painful. Rossini captures both- with the most beautiful love music he ever wrote."

7 May 2011 10:00 a.m.
8 May 2011 6:00 p.m.
9 May 2011 6:30 p.m.
11 May 2011 10:00 a.m.
12 May 2011 1:30 p.m.
13 May 2011 10:00 a.m.

Met Opera 2011: Lucia Di Lammermoor (G)

Natalie Dessay returns to her triumphant portrayal of the fragile heroine in the Met's hit production. Also starring Joseph Calleja

9 Apr 2011 10:00 a.m.
10 Apr 2011 6:00 p.m.
11 Apr 2011 6:30 p.m.
13 Apr 2011 10:00 a.m.
14 Apr 2011 1:30 p.m.
15 Apr 2011 10:00 a.m.

Met Opera 2011 : Nixon In China (G)

Acclaimed director and longtime Adams collaborator Peter Sellars makes his Met debut with this groundbreaking 1987 work, an exploration of the human truths beyond the headlines surrounding President Nixon's historic 1972 encounter with Mao and Communist China. Baritone James Maddalena stars as Nixon, a role he created to widespread acclaim. Nixon in China, Sellars says, "shows you what opera can do to history, which is to deepen it and move into its more subtle, nuanced, and mysterious corners."

5 Mar 2011 10:00 a.m.
6 Mar 2011 6:00 p.m.
7 Mar 2011 6:30 p.m.
9 Mar 2011 10:00 a.m.
10 Mar 2011 1:30 p.m.
11 Mar 2011 10:00 a.m.

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