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2018-2019 Operas within Driving Distance
Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito. April 20
Mozart's final Opera Seria was written for the coronation of Austrian Emperor Leopold II in 1791. Joyce di Donato is Sesto in this production with Matthew Polenzani as Titus.
Wagner: Die Walkure
Part 2 of The Ring of the Nibelungen starts one hour early both on the radio and at your local movie theater. Christine Goerke and Greer Grimsley are the warrior goddess and her father the king of the gods.
Saint-Saens: Samson et Dalila. March 23
Anita Rachvelishvili is Dalila with Gregory Kunde as Samson for the spring run of Samson and Dalila. Sir Mark Elder conducts this new production of Saint-Saens only opera that remains in repoertory.
Verdi: Falstaff. March 16
Ambrogio Maestri returns to comedy as Verdi's penultimate title character, Sir John Falstaff. The production is updated to post-World War II England.
Wagner: Das Rheingold. 9 February
This year's Ring Cycle begins with Greer Grimsley as Wotan in Das Rheingold.
Donizetti: La Fille du Regiment. March 2
Actress Kathleen Turner portrays the Duchess of Krakenthorpe along with Stephanie Blythe as the Marquise de Berkenfeld at the beginning of Act III of this charming comedy, available in your local theater in a Live from the Met in HD broadcast as well as the radio broadcast. Pretty Yende and javier Camarena are the lovers Marie and Tonio.
Verdi: Rigoletto. February 23
The Met's infamous Rigoletto in Las Vegas production returns with Roberto Frontali in the title role with Nadine Sierra and Vittorio Grigolo as Gilda and the Duke of Mantua.
