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The Met: Live in HD celebrates its 10th season

Gramophone
Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Anna Netrebko as Leonora in Verdi's Il Trovatore. Photo by Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera.
A scene from Act III of Puccini's "Tosca." Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera Taken at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City on January 5, 2012.
Elza van den Heever as Elisabetta in Donizetti's "Maria Stuarda." Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera Taken during the rehearsal on December 24, 2012 at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.
A scene from Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci." Photo by Cory Weaver/Metropolitan Opera.
A scene from Puccini's "Madama Butterfly." Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
Joyce DiDonato as Elena in Rossini's "La Donna del Lago." Photo: Ken Howard/ Metropolitan Opera
A scene from the Act 2 ballet in Johann Strauss, Jr.'s "Die Fledermaus." Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
Kristine Opolais in the title role of Puccini's "Manon Lescaut". Photographed by Kristian Schuller/ Metropolitan Opera.
A scene from Act 2 of Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore.” Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera Taken at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City on September 12, 2012.
Nina Stemme in the title role of R. Strauss's "Elektra". Photographed by Kristian Schuller/Metropolitan Opera.
A scene from Donizetti's "Don Pasquale." Photo by Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera.
Diana Damrau as Leila in a new production of Bizet's "Les pêcheurs de perles."Photographed by Kristian Schuller/Metropolitan Opera.

The Met: Live in HD series is marking its 10th season of broadcasting to cinemas around the world this year. The 2015-16 season includes 10 live transmissions, with five productions new to the series.

The season commences with Verdi's Il trovatore on October 3 – starring Anna Netrebko as Leonora – and Otello on October 17, Wagner's Tannhäuser on October 31, Berg's Lulu on November 21, Bizet's Les pêcheurs de perles (January 16), Puccini's Turandot (January 30), Manon Lescaut (March 5) and Madama Butterfly (April 2), Donizetti's Roberto Devereux (April 16) and Strauss's Elektra (April 30). 

For full details of the new season, visit metopera.org/hdlive.

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