La Bohème, Met, New York 27. Feb 2010

Third performance of the run of "La Bohème" at the Met starring Anna Netrebko as Mimi and Piotr Beczala as Rodolfo.

La Bohème
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Text in Italian by Giuseppe Giacosa und Luigi Illica, based on Henry Murger's novel "Scènes de la Vie de Bohème"

Metropolitan Opera House, New York 27. Feb 2010

Production
Production: Franco Zeffirelli
Set designer: Franco Zeffirelli
Costume designer: Peter J. Hall
Lighting designer: Gil Wechsler
Stage director: J. Knighten Smit

Cast
Mimi: Anna Netrebko
Musetta: Nicole Cabell
Rodolfo: Piotr Beczala
Marcello: Gerald Finley
Schaunard: Massimo Cavalletti
Colline: Oren Gradus
Benoît: Paul Plishka
Alcindoro: Paul Plishka
Parpignol: Jeremy Little
Sergeant: Jason Hendrix
Officer: Joseph Turi

Musical Direction: Marco Armiliato
Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera

About the Opera
Opera Background
Characters
About the Composer
Story and Music
Synopsis

Broadcasts

The performances on 24., 27. February and 2., 10., 17. March, are broadcast live on the Metropolitan Opera Radio on Sirius channel 78 and XM channel 79. The Saturday matinee performance on 27. February is also broadcast live over the Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network. The performances on 24. February and 10. March, are streamed live via RealNetworks internet streaming on the Met website.

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La Bohème, Met, New York 24. Feb 2010

Second performance of the run of "La Bohème" at the Met starring Anna Netrebko as Mimi and Piotr Beczala as Rodolfo. This is the first performance of the run that has been broadcast live on the Metropolitan Opera Radio on Sirius channel 78 and XM channel 79 and streamed live via RealNetworks internet streaming on the Met website.

La Bohème
Music by Giacomo Puccini

Text in Italian by Giuseppe Giacosa und Luigi Illica, based on Henry Murger's novel "Scènes de la Vie de Bohème"

Metropolitan Opera House, New York 24. Feb 2010

Production
Production: Franco Zeffirelli
Set designer: Franco Zeffirelli
Costume designer: Peter J. Hall
Lighting designer: Gil Wechsler
Stage director: J. Knighten Smit

Cast
Mimi: Anna Netrebko
Musetta: Nicole Cabell
Rodolfo: Piotr Beczala
Marcello: Gerald Finley
Schaunard: Massimo Cavalletti
Colline: Oren Gradus
Benoît: Paul Plishka
Alcindoro: Paul Plishka
Parpignol: Jeremy Little
Sergeant: John Shelhart
Officer: Joseph Turi

Musical Direction: Marco Armiliato
Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera

About the Opera
Opera Background
Characters
About the Composer
Story and Music
Synopsis

On-line Press Reviews
[1] La boheme: Metropolitan Opera, New York, 24th February 2010 | Opera Brittania | Arlene J Klotzko | 1. March 2010

Photos

Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczala, Gerald Finley, Nicole Cabell, Oren Gradus and Massimo Cavalletti at the final curtain calls, Met, New York 24. Feb 2010. Photo: Lisa

Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczala, Gerald Finley, Nicole Cabell, Oren Gradus and Massimo Cavalletti at the final curtain calls, Met, New York 24. Feb 2010. Photo: Leone

Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczala, Gerald Finley, Nicole Cabell, Oren Gradus, Massimo Cavalletti and Marco Armiliato at the final curtain calls, Met, New York 24. Feb 2010. Photo: Lisa

Anna Netrebko, Gerald Finley and Marco Armiliato at the final curtain calls, Met, New York 24. Feb 2010. Photo: Leone

Anna Netrebko at the final curtain calls, Met, New York 24. Feb 2010. Photo: Leone

Anna Netrebko at the stage door, Met, New York 24. Feb 2010. Photo: Lisa

Anna Netrebko at the stage door, Met, New York 24. Feb 2010. Photo: Lisa

Anna Netrebko at the stage door, Met, New York 24. Feb 2010. Photo: Lisa

Broadcasts

The performances on 24., 27. February and 2., 10., 17. March are broadcast live on the Metropolitan Opera Radio on Sirius channel 78 and XM channel 79. The Saturday matinee performance on 27. February is also broadcast live over the Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network. The performances on 24. February and 10. March are streamed live via RealNetworks internet streaming on the Met website.

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Anna Netrebko will perform in Don Pasquale at the Met 2010-2011 Season

Today the Metropolitan Opera has announced the new 2010-2011 Season. Anna Netrrebko sings Norina in a revival of Otto Schenk's production of Donizetti's Don Pasquale. Matthew Polenzani and Barry Banks (18. Nov 2010) are Ernesto, Mariusz Kwiecien is Dr. Malatesta and John del Carlo is Don Pasquale. James Levine conducts all performances, except the one on 18. Nov 2010, for which the conductor has to be announced.

Two runs have been scheduled. The first one, with 6 performances (29. Oct, 2., 6., 10., 13., 18. Nov 2010), runs from 29. Oct to 18. Nov 2010 and the second one, with 5 performances (4., 8., 11., 14., 19. Feb 2011), runs from 4. Feb to 19. Feb 2011.

The performance on 13. Nov 2010 will be live broadcast within the Met Live in HD Series.

Anna Netrebko made her debut as Norina at the Met on 31. Mar 2006, opposite Juan Diego Florez as Ernesto, Mariusz Kwiecien as Dr Malatesta and Simone Alaimo as Don Pasquale. Before the 3rd Act Joseph Volpe, general manager of the Met at that time, came on stage to announce that Juan Diego Florez had suffered an "allergic attack" and would be replaced by Barry Banks for the final act. The conductor was Maurizio Benini. Check out the Don Pasquale page at the Met Archives for a collection of photos of the production.

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