Gaetano Donizetti's  ANNA BOLENA

Saturday 5 November & Sunday 6 November 2011

Anna Netrebko opens the Met season with her portrayal of the ill-fated queen driven insane by her unfaithful king. She sings one of opera's greatest mad scenes in this Met premiere production by David McVicar. Ekaterina Gubanova is her rival, Jane Seymour, Ildar Abdrazakov sings Henry VIII, and Marco Armiliato conducts.

Met Premiere Production
Conductor: Marco Armiliato
Production: David McVicar
Anna Netrebko (Anna Bolena)

Ekaterina Gubanova (Giovanna Seymour)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's  DON GIOVANNI

Saturday 19 November & Sunday 20 November 2011

Mariusz Kwiecien brings his youthful and sensual interpretation of Mozart’s timeless anti-hero to the Met for the first time, under the direction of Tony Award®-winning director Michael Grandage and with James Levine conducting. Also starring Marina Rebeka, Barbara Frittoli, Ramón Vargas, and Luca Pisaroni.

Conductor: James Levine
Production: Michael Grandage
Mariusz Kwiecien (Don Giovanni)

Marina Rebeka (Donna Anna)

Richard Wagner's  SIEGFRIED

11am Sunday 4 December 2011

In part three of the Ring, Wagner’s cosmic vision focuses on his hero’s early conquests, while Robert Lepage’s revolutionary stage machine transforms itself from bewitched forest to mountaintop love nest. Gary Lehman sings the title role and Deborah Voigt’s Brünnhilde is his prize. Bryn Terfel is the Wanderer. James Levine conducts.

New Robert Lepage Production
Conductor: James Levine
Deborah Voigt (Brünnhilde)

Bryn Terfel (Wanderer)

Philip Glass'  SATYAGRAHA

Saturday 17 December & Sunday 18 December 2011

The Met's visually extravagant production is back for an encore engagement. Richard Croft (right) once again is Gandhi in Philip Glass’s unforgettable opera, which the Washington Post calls “a profound and beautiful work of theater.”

Conductor: Dante Anzolini
Production: Phelim McDermott
Richard Croft (M. K. Gandhi)
Rachelle Durkin (Miss Schlesen)

George Frideric Handel's  RODELINDA

NO SCREENING Saturday 7 January & NO SCREENING Sunday 8 January 2012

Sensational in the 2004 Met premiere of Stephen Wadsworth’s much-heralded production, Renée Fleming reprises the title role. She’s joined by Stephanie Blythe and countertenor Andreas Scholl, and Baroque specialist Harry Bicket conducts.

Conductor: Harry Bicket
Production: Stephen Wadsworth
Renée Fleming (Rodelinda)
Stephanie Blythe (Eduige)

Charles Gounod's  FAUST

Saturday 21 January & Sunday 22 January 2012

With Jonas Kaufmann in the title role, René Pape as the devil, and Marina Poplavskaya as Marguerite, Gounod’s classic retelling of the Faust legend couldn’t be better served. Tony Award-winning director Des McAnuff updates the story to the first half of the 20th century with a production that won praise in London last season. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts on the heels of his Don Carlo success.

New Production by Des McAnuff
Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Jonas Kaufmann (Faust)
René Pape (Méphistophélès)

THE ENCHANTED ISLAND – World Premiere

Saturday 11 February & Sunday 12 February 2012

In one extraordinary new work, lovers of Baroque opera have it all: the world’s best singers, glorious music of the Baroque masters, and a story drawn from Shakespeare. In The Enchanted Island, the lovers from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream are shipwrecked on his other-worldly island of The Tempest. Inspired by the musical pastiches and masques of the 18th century, the work showcases arias and ensembles by Handel, Vivaldi,  Rameau, and others, and a new libretto by Jeremy Sams and Plácido Domingo as Neptune.

World Premiere Production
Original English-language libretto by Jeremy Sams
Composer: George Frideric Handel, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Antonio Vivaldi (and others)
Conductor: William Christie
Production: Phelim McDermott
Plácido Domingo (Neptune)
David Daniels (Prospero)
Joyce DiDonato (Sycorax)

Richard Wagner's  GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG

11am Sunday 4 March 2012

With its cataclysmic climax, the Met’s new Ring cycle, directed by Robert Lepage, comes to its resolution. Deborah Voigt stars as Brünnhilde and Gary Lehman is Siegfried — the star-crossed lovers doomed by fate. James Levine conducts.

New Robert Lepage Production
Conductor: James Levine
Deborah Voigt (Brünnhilde)
Wendy Bryn Harmer (Gutrune)

Guiseppe Verdi's  ERNANI

Saturday 17 March & Sunday 18 March 2012

Angela Meade takes centre stage in Verdi’s thrilling early gem. Salvatore Licitra is her mismatched lover, and all-star Verdians Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Ferruccio Furlanetto round out the cast.

Conductor: Marco Armiliato
Production: Pier Luigi Samaritani
Angela Meade (Elvira)
Salvatore Licitra (Ernani)

Jules Massenet's  MANON

Saturday 28 April & Sunday 29 April 2012

Anna Netrebko's dazzling portrayal of the tragic heroine in Laurent Pelly’s new production travels to the Met from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Piotr Beczala and Paulo Szot also star, with the Met’s Principal Guest Conductor Fabio Luisi on the podium.

New Production starring Anna Netrebko
Conductor: Fabio Luisi
Production: Laurent Pelly
Anna Netrebko (Manon)
Piotr Beczala (Chevalier des Grieux)

Guiseppi Verdi's  LA TRAVIATA

Saturday 12 May & Sunday 13 May 2012

Natalie Dessay will put on the red dress in Willy Decker’s stunning production, in her first Violetta at the Met. Matthew Polenzani sings Alfredo, Dmitri Hvorostovsky is Germont, and Principal Guest Conductor Fabio Luisi is on the podium.

Conductor: Fabio Luisi
Production: Willy Decker
Natalie Dessay (Violetta Valéry)
Matthew Polenzani (Alfredo Germont)