{"id":58843,"date":"2019-02-21T09:18:30","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T14:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=58843"},"modified":"2019-02-22T07:30:20","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T12:30:20","slug":"the-scoop-10-terrific-operas-for-met-live-in-hd-2019-20-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2019\/02\/21\/the-scoop-10-terrific-operas-for-met-live-in-hd-2019-20-season\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | 10 Terrific Operas For Met Live in HD 2019-20 Season"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Met: Live in HD, the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning series of live high-definition cinema simulcasts, announces 2019\/20 season.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A bright spot for opera fans in otherwise dreary, wintry Toronto is the announcements by various opera companies their upcoming season.\u00a0 And when you can\u2019t be there in person, the next best thing is to see the show in the cinema, especially when it\u2019s transmitted live.<\/p>\n

When it comes to seeing operas live in the movie houses here in Canada, you can\u2019t beat the Met Opera Live in HD<\/strong>, presented by Cineplex. The 2019-20 season will be the 14th\u00a0<\/sup>season of showing Met Opera at your local cinema.\u00a0 I still remember that first transmission, the abridged, English language The Magic Flute <\/em>in December 2006. It caught the public\u2019s imagination, and the annual lineup of Met in HD has grown by leaps and bounds.<\/p>\n

The 2019-20 season features a lineup of 10 operas and five new productions. There\u2019s something for every taste \u2014 a mix of old and the new, war horses as well as 21st-<\/span>century works. \u00a0Productions range from the ultra-opulent Zeffirelli Turandot<\/em> (Oct. 12) starring American dramatic soprano Christine Goerke, to minimalist Philip Glass\u2019s Akhnaten<\/em>, a Met premiere.<\/p>\n

Puccini is well represented \u2014 in addition to Turandot, we\u2019ll get Tosca<\/em> starring Russian superstar Anna Netrebko, and Madama Butterfly<\/em> with Chinese soprano Hui He, not to mention the redoubtable Placido Domingo as Sharpless. French opera fans will love the revival of Massenet\u2019s Manon in the fabulous production by Laurent Pelly, starring Lisette Oropesa and Michael Fabiano as the pair of lovers. This opera also marks the belated Met debut of Canadian baritone Brett Polegato.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, there\u2019s the obligatory Bel Canto in Maria Stuarda<\/em>; Wagner fans get a new production of Der fliegende Hollander<\/em> with the great Bryn Terfel as Dutchman no less. Canada\u2019s own Yannick Nezet-Seguin, in his second year as Met\u2019s Music Director, will be at the helm of the 20th-century masterpiece, Wozzeck<\/em>.\u00a0 And there\u2019ll be a new production of Gershwin\u2019s Porgy and Bess<\/em> starring Angel Blue and Golda Schultz, two of the most beautiful soprano voices of today.<\/p>\n

Consider that there are only 10 productions, something has to give. Unfortunately no Russian opera this year and no Richard Strauss. Perhaps the most surprising is an absence of Verdi, but as they say, you can\u2019t please everybody. I, for one, am really looking forward to the new season.<\/p>\n

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The Met: Live in HD 2019\u201320 Schedule<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Turandot<\/em><\/strong> (Giacomo Puccini) REVIVAL \/ October 12, 2019, at 12:55 PM ET<\/p>\n

Conductor: Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin \/ Production: Franco Zeffirelli<\/p>\n

Cast: Christine Goerke (Turandot), Eleonora Buratto (Li\u00f9), Roberto Aronica (Cal\u00e0f), James Morris (Timur)<\/p>\n

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Manon<\/em><\/strong> (Jules Massenet) REVIVAL \/ October 26, 2019, at 12:55PM ET<\/p>\n

Conductor: Maurizio Benini \/ Production: Laurent Pelly<\/p>\n

Cast: Lisette Oropesa (Manon), Michael Fabiano (Chevalier des Grieux), Carlo Bosi (Guillot de Morfontaine), Artur Ruci\u0144ski (Lescaut), Brett Polegato (de Br\u00e9tigny), Kwangchul Youn (Comte des Grieux)<\/p>\n

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Madama Butterfly<\/em><\/strong> (Giacomo Puccini) REVIVAL \/ November 9, 2019, at 12:55 PM ET<\/p>\n

Conductor: Pier Giorgio Morandi \/ Production: Anthony Minghella<\/p>\n

Cast: Hui He (Cio-Cio-San), Elizabeth DeShong (Suzuki), Andrea Car\u00e8 (Pinkerton), Pl\u00e1cido Domingo (Sharpless)<\/p>\n

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Akhnaten<\/em><\/strong> (Philip Glass) MET PREMIERE \/FIRST TIME IN HD \/ November 23, 2019, at 12:55 PM ET<\/p>\n

Conductor: Karen Kamensek \/ Production: Phelim McDermott<\/p>\n

Cast: D\u00edsella L\u00e1rusd\u00f3ttir (Queen Tye), J\u2019Nai Bridges (Nefertiti), Anthony Roth Costanzo (Akhnaten), Aaron Blake (High Priest of Amon), Will Liverman (Horemhab), Richard Bernstein (Aye), Zachary James (Amenhotep)<\/p>\n

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Wozzeck<\/em><\/strong> (Alban Berg) NEW PRODUCTION \/FIRST TIME IN HD \/ January 11, 2020, at 12:55 PM ET<\/p>\n

Conductor: Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin \/ Production: William Kentridge<\/p>\n

Cast: Elza van den Heever (Marie), Tamara Mumford (Margret), Christopher Ventris (The Drum-Major), Gerhard Siegel (The Captain), Andrew Staples (Andres), Peter Mattei (Wozzeck), Christian Van Horn (Doctor)<\/p>\n

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Porgy and Bess<\/em><\/strong> (Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, Ira Gershwin) NEW PRODUCTION \/FIRST TIME IN HD \/ February 1, 2020, at 12:55 PM ET<\/p>\n

Conductor: David Robertson \/ Production: James Robinson<\/p>\n

Cast: Angel Blue (Bess), Golda Schultz (Clara), Latonia Moore (Serena), Denyce Graves (Maria), Frederick Ballentine (Sportin\u2019 Life), Eric Owens (Porgy), Alfred Walker (Crown), Donovan Singletary (Jake)<\/p>\n

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Agrippina<\/em><\/strong> (George Frideric Handel)\u00a0 MET PREMIERE \/FIRST TIME IN HD \/ February 29, 2020, at 12:55 PM ET<\/p>\n

Conductor: Harry Bicket \/ Production: Sir David McVicar<\/p>\n

Cast: Brenda Rae (Poppea), Joyce DiDonato (Agrippina), Kate Lindsey (Nerone), Iestyn Davies (Ottone), Duncan Rock (Pallante), Matthew Rose (Claudio)<\/p>\n

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Der Fliegende Holl\u00e4nder<\/em><\/strong> (Richard Wagner) NEW PRODUCTION \/FIRST TIME IN HD \/ March 14, 2020, at 12:55 PM ET<\/p>\n

Conductor: Valery Gergiev \/ Production: Fran\u00e7ois Girard<\/p>\n

Cast: Anja Kampe (Senta), Mihoko Fujimura (Mary), Sergey Skorokhodov (Erik), David Portillo (Steuermann), Sir Bryn Terfel (Holl\u00e4nder), Franz-Josef Selig (Daland)<\/p>\n

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Tosca <\/em><\/strong>(Giacomo Puccini) REVIVAL \/ April 11, 2020, at 12:55PM ET<\/p>\n

Conductor: Bertrand de Billy \/ Production: Sir David McVicar<\/p>\n

Cast: Anna Netrebko (Tosca), Brian Jagde (Cavaradossi), Michael Volle (Scarpia), Patrick Carfizzi (Sacristan)<\/p>\n

Maria Stuarda<\/strong><\/em> (Gaetano Donizetti) REVIVAL \/ May 9, 2020, at 12:55PM ET<\/p>\n

Conductor: Maurizio Benini \/ Production: Sir David McVicar<\/p>\n

Cast: Diana Damrau (Maria Stuarda), Jamie Barton (Elisabetta), Stephen Costello (Leicester), Andrzej Filo\u0144czyk (Cecil), Michele Pertusi (Talbot)<\/p>\n

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