Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD
Season 14
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Live performances of operas from New York's Metropolitan Opera.
Where to Watch Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD • Season 14
9 Episodes
- Manon
E1ManonEver since graduating from the Met’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, Lisette Oropesa has had a meteoric career around the world, excelling in some of the pinnacles of the soprano repertoire. During the 2019–20 season, she returned to the Met stage to star in her largest role with the company to date, the irresistible heroine of Massenet’s Manon. - Madama Butterfly
E2Madama ButterflyAnthony Minghella’s exquisite production—an instant classic at the Met since its 2006 premiere—provides an evocative setting for this tragedy about a noble but naive geisha awaiting the return of her American Navy lieutenant. Key to the staging are symbolic visuals that tap into traditional Japanese culture while honoring the searching, timeless beauty of Puccini’s mid-career masterpiece. - Akhnaten
E4AkhnatenThe last installment in Philip Glass’ “Portrait Trilogy,” Akhnaten follows the short seventeen-year reign of Amenhotep IV, who renamed himself Akhnaten meaning “of Aten.” The sun god, Aten, was the one god that Akhnaten believed in, making him one of the first ancient leaders to venture into monotheism. Star countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo is the title pharaoh, with the striking mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges in her Met debut as his wife, Nefertiti. To match the opera’s hypnotic, ritualistic music, director Phelim McDermott has created an arresting vision that includes a virtuosic company of acrobats and jugglers. - Wozzeck
E5WozzeckAfter wowing audiences with his astounding production of Lulu in 2015, South African artist William Kentridge now focuses his extraordinary visual imagination on Berg’s other operatic masterpiece, set in an apocalyptic pre–World War I environment. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin is on the podium for this important event, with baritone Peter Mattei making his highly anticipated role debut as the title character. Soprano Elza van den Heever is Wozzeck’s unfaithful mate, and the commanding cast also includes tenor Christopher Ventris as the Drum-Major, bass-baritone Christian Van Horn as the Doctor, and tenor Gerhard Siegel as the Captain. - Der Fliegende Hollander
E7Der Fliegende HollanderIn François Girard’s stirring new production of Der Fliegende Holländer, celebrated conductor Valery Gergiev is on the podium for Wagner’s breakout operatic masterpiece, an eerie ghost story about the otherworldly Flying Dutchman. Having already sung a number of the composer’s works at the Met, bass-baritone Evgeny Nikitin delivers a commanding performance in the title role, opposite soprano Anja Kampe in her debut season as Senta. The thrilling cast also stars tenor Sergey Skorokhodov as Erik, bass Franz-Josef Selig as Daland, mezzo-soprano Mihoko Fujimura as Mary, and tenor David Portillo as the Steersman.
