The Metropolitan Opera Nightly Streams, April 20-26 2020

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The Metropolitan Opera Nightly Streams

Week 6

www.metopera.org

“Our free Nightly Opera Streams continue with a week of operas both scintillating and searing. Explore the articles and resources below to expand your knowledge and enhance your experience as you enjoy the streams....“


Week 6
Each stream becomes available at 7:30 p.m. EDT and remains accessible for on-demand viewing until 6:30 p.m. the following day.

Monday, April 20
Strauss’s Elektra
Starring Nina Stemme, Adrianne Pieczonka, Waltraud Meier, and Eric Owens, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen. From April 30, 2016.

Tuesday, April 21
Puccini’s Tosca
Starring Sonya Yoncheva, Vittorio Grigolo, and Željko Lučić, conducted by Emmanuel Villaume. From January 27, 2018.

Wednesday, April 22
Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Starring Anna Netrebko, Kathleen Kim, Ekaterina Gubanova, Joseph Calleja, and Alan Held, conducted by James Levine. From December 19, 2009.

Thursday, April 23
Lehar’s The Merry Widow
Starring Renée Fleming, Kelli O’Hara, and Nathan Gunn, conducted by Sir Andrew Davis. From January 17, 2015.

Friday, April 24
Verdi’s La Traviata
Starring Natalie Dessay, Matthew Polenzani, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky, conducted by Fabio Luisi. From April 14, 2012.

Saturday, April 25
At-Home Gala
More than 40 leading artists perform in a live stream from their homes around the world.

Sunday, April 26
Rossini’s La Cenerentola
Starring Joyce DiDonato and Juan Diego Flórez, conducted by Fabio Luisi. From May 10, 2014.

Sir David McVicar’s production of Puccini’s classic melodrama Tosca transports audiences to the gritty, glittering, and gripping world in Rome in 1800.
Photo: The Metropolitan Opera

 

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I know there are some strange peep who enjoy opera.
For me, the cruelest fate would be "death by opera."

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There is nothing better than grand opera done well.

There is little worse than grand opera done poorly.

 

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Two of our favorites back-to-back
Tosca and Tales of Hoffman

For a taste of Tosca, read this and listen to short clips Maria Callas from 1953 (a studio recording long before the broadcasts). NY Times paywall may apply.

The Best Opera Recording Ever Is Maria Callas Singing ‘Tosca.’ Hear Why. (Published 2017)

These 10 clips show why a riveting 1953 version of Puccini’s opera deserves its status as one of the finest classical albums ever made.

www.nytimes.com