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Season 16 – Great Performances at the Met

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Opera lovers, rejoice! If you can't make it to New York to see a performance at the Metropolitan Opera, the next best thing to being there is to see one of its Saturday matinees broadcast on PBS. Originally aired as part of its "Great Performances" series, the programs got their own title in 2006. With operatic standards like "Aida," "The Barber of Seville" and "Turandot," and performances by some of opera's biggest names, including Reneé Flemming, Placido Domingo and Anna Netrebko, the series brings the best of modern opera into American homes.

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Great Performances at the Met — Season 16

Great Performances at the Met — Season 16

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Isabel Leonard

Host

Matthew Polenzani

Don Carlos

Allan Clayton

Hamlet

Nadine Sierra

Lucia di Lammermoor

Rene Pape

Actor

Joshua Hopkins

Actor

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Feb 6, 2022 Boris Godunov Bass René Pape portrays the tortured tsar in Stephen Wadsworth's production of Mussorgsky's "Boris Godunov." Details Episode 2 Aired Mar 6, 2022 Eurydice Composer Matthew Aucoin's take on "Eurydice" features soprano Erin Morley, baritone Joshua Hopkins, countertenor Jakub Józef Orlinski, bass-baritone Nathan Berg and tenor Barry Banks. Details Episode 3 Aired Apr 1, 2022 Fire Shut Up in My Bones Grammy Award-winning trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard's "Fire Shut Up in My Bones" makes history as the first opera by a Black composer to be performed by the Met. Details Episode 4 Aired May 8, 2022 Cinderella A retelling of Charles Perrault's 1698 fairy tale "Cinderella." Details Episode 5 Aired Jun 17, 2022 Rigoletto Baritone Quinn Kelsey portrays the title role in director Bartlett Sher's rendition of "Rigoletto"; host Isabel Leonard. Details Episode 6 Aired Jul 3, 2022 Ariadne Auf Naxos Soprano Lise Davidsen portrays the mythological Greek heroine of Strauss' opera "Ariadne auf Naxos." Details Episode 7 Aired Aug 7, 2022 Don Carlos The original five-act French version of Verdi's opera of doomed love among royalty, set against the backdrop of the Spanish Inquisition. Details Episode 8 Aired Sep 4, 2022 Turandot Sopranos Christine Goerke and Liudmyla Monastyrska both portray the title role of the cold-hearted princess in Puccini's "Turandot"; conducted by Marco Armiliato. Details Episode 9 Aired Oct 2, 2022 Lucia Di Lammermoor Nadine Sierra takes on the role of the haunted heroine Lucia di Lammermoor in a staging by Australian theater and film director Simon Stone. Details Episode 10 Aired Nov 6, 2022 Hamlet Neil Armfield brings his staging of "Hamlet" to New York; featuring tenor Allan Clayton in the title role. Details
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Season Info

Director
Bartlett Sher
Network
PBS
Rating
TV-14
Genre
Music
Original Language
English
Release Date
Feb 6, 2022