THE METROPOLITAN OPERA Subject to change 2016-17 TOLL BROTHERS-METROPOLITAN OPERA INTERNATIONAL RADIO NETWORK SEASON Last update: 11/18/2016
Date Opera On-Air Last Broadcast
2016 Central Time December 3 MANON LESCAUT (Puccini) First SatMat Marco Armiliato; Anna Netrebko (Manon Lescaut), Marcelo Álvarez (des Grieux), Christopher Maltman 12:00 noon 3/5/2016 (Lescaut), Brindley Sherratt (Geronte de Ravoir) December 10 L'AMOUR DE LOIN (Saariaho) — New Production/Met Premiere 12:00 noon Met/Network Premiere HD** Susanna Mälkki; Susanna Phillips (Clémence), Tamara Mumford (The Pilgrim), Eric Owens (Jaufré Rudel) December 17 SALOME (R. Strauss) Johannes Debus; Patricia Racette (Salome), Nancy Fabiola Herrera (Herodias), Gerhard Siegel (Herod), Kang 12:00 noon 3/27/2004 Wang (Narraboth), Željko Lučić (Jochanaan) December 24 HANSEL AND GRETEL (Humperdinck) — in English Performance from January 1, 2008 12:00 noon 1/3/2015 Vladimir Jurowski; Christine Schäfer (Gretel), Alice Coote (Hansel), Rosalind Plowright (Gertrude), Philip Langridge (The Witch), Alan Held (Peter) December 31 L'ITALIANA IN ALGERI (Rossini) Performance from Fall 2016 12:00 noon 2/28/2004 James Levine; Marianna Pizzolato (Isabella), René Barbera (Lindoro), Nicola Alaimo (Taddeo), Ildar Abdrazakov (Mustafà) 2017 January 7 NABUCCO (Verdi) James Levine; Liudmyla Monastyrska (Abigaille), Jamie Barton (Fenena), Russell Thomas (Ismaele), 12:00 noon 2/26/2005 HD** Plácido Domingo (Nabucco), Dmitry Belosselskiy (Zaccaria) January 14 LA BOHÈME (Puccini) Carlo Rizzi; Ailyn Pérez (Mimì), Susanna Phillips (Musetta), Michael Fabiano (Rodolfo), Alessio Arduini 12:00 noon 12/5/2015 (Marcello), Alexey Lavrov (Schaunard), Christian Van Horn (Colline), Paul Plishka (Benoit/Alcindoro) January 21 ROMÉO ET JULIETTE (Gounod) — New Production Gianandrea Noseda; Diana Damrau (Juliette), Vittorio Grigolo (Roméo), Elliot Madore (Mercutio), 12:00 noon 12/15/2007 HD** Mikhail Petrenko (Frère Laurent) January 28 IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA (Rossini) Maurizio Benini; Pretty Yende (Rosina), Dmitry Korchak (Count Almaviva), Peter Mattei (Figaro), 12:00 noon 12/26/2015 Maurizio Muraro (Dr. Bartolo), Mikhail Petrenko (Don Basilio) February 4 RIGOLETTO (Verdi) Pier Giorgio Morandi; Olga Peretyatko (Gilda), Oksana Volkova (Maddalena), Stephen Costello (Duke of 12:00 noon 12/12/2015 Mantua), Željko Lučić (Rigoletto), Andrea Mastroni (Sparafucile) February 11 CARMEN (Bizet) Dan Ettinger; Maria Agresta (Micaëla), Clémentine Margaine (Carmen), Marcelo Álvarez (Don José), 12:00 noon 3/7/2015 Kyle Ketelsen (Escamillo) February 18 I PURITANI (Bellini) Maurizio Benini; Diana Damrau (Elvira Walton), Javier Camarena (Lord Arturo Talbot), 12:00 noon 5/3/2014 Alexey Markov (Riccardo Forth), Luca Pisaroni (Giorgio Walton) February 25 RUSALKA (Dvořák) — New Production Mark Elder; Kristine Opolais (Rusalka), Katarina Dalayman (The Foreign Princess), Jamie Barton (Ježibaba), 12:00 noon 2/8/2014 HD** Brandon Jovanovich (The Prince), Eric Owens (The Water Sprite) March 4 WERTHER (Massenet) Edward Gardner; Anna Christy (Sophie), Isabel Leonard (Charlotte), Vittorio Grigolo (Werther), 12:00 noon 3/15/2014 David Bižić (Albert), Maurizio Muraro (Le Bailli) March 11 LA TRAVIATA (Verdi) Nicola Luisotti; Sonya Yoncheva (Violetta Valéry), Michael Fabiano (Alfredo Germont), 12:00 noon 12/27/2014 HD** Thomas Hampson (Giorgio Germont) March 18 GUILLAUME TELL (Rossini) — New Production Performance from Fall 2016 Fabio Luisi; Marina Rebeka (Mathilde), Janai Brugger (Jemmy), Maria Zifchak (Hedwige), Bryan Hymel 12:00 noon Network Premiere (Arnold), Gerald Finley (Guillaume Tell), Marco Spotti (Walter Furst), Kwangchul Youn (Melcthal), John Relyea (Gesler) March 25 IDOMENEO (Mozart) James Levine; Elza van den Heever (Elettra), Nadine Sierra (Ilia), Alice Coote (Idamante), 12:00 noon 12/9/2006 HD** Matthew Polenzani (Idomeneo), Alan Opie (Arbace) April 1 FIDELIO (Beethoven) Sebastian Weigle; Adrianne Pieczonka (Leonore), Hanna-Elisabeth Müller (Marzelline), Klaus Florian Vogt 12:00 noon 4/1/2006 (Florestan), David Portillo (Jaquino), Greer Grimsley (Don Pizarro), Falk Struckmann (Rocco), Günther Groissböck (Don Fernando) April 8 TRISTAN UND ISOLDE (Wagner) — New Production Performance from October 8, 2016 12:00 noon 12/6/2008 Simon Rattle; Nina Stemme (Isolde), Ekaterina Gubanova (Brangäne), Stuart Skelton (Tristan), Evgeny Nikitin (Kurwenal), René Pape (King Marke) April 15 AIDA (Verdi) Daniele Rustioni; Krassimira Stoyanova (Aida), Violeta Urmana (Amneris), Riccardo Massi (Radamès), 12:00 noon 1/10/2015 George Gagnidze (Amonasro), James Morris (Ramfis), Soloman Howard (The King) April 22 EUGENE ONEGIN (Tchaikovsky) Robin Ticciati; Anna Netrebko (Tatiana), Elena Maximova (Olga), Alexey Dolgov (Lenski), 12:00 noon 1/18/2014 HD** Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Onegin), Štefan Kocán (Gremin) April 29 DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER (Wagner) Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Amber Wagner (Senta), Dolora Zajick (Mary), Jay Hunter Morris (Erik), 12:00 noon 12/16/2000 Ben Bliss (The Steersman), Michael Volle (The Dutchman), Franz-Josef Selig (Daland) May 6 CYRANO DE BERGERAC (Alfano) Marco Armiliato; Patricia Racette (Roxane), Roberto Alagna (Cyrano), Atalla Ayan (Christian), 12:00 noon 2/4/2006 Juan Jesús Rodríguez (de Guiche) May 13 DER ROSENKAVALIER (R. Strauss) — New Production Sebastian Weigle; Renée Fleming (Marschallin), Elīna Garanča (Octavian), Erin Morley (Sophie), 12:00 noon 2/22/2014 HD** Matthew Polenzani (A Singer), Marcus Brück (Faninal), Günther Groissböck (Baron Ochs) ALL TIMES CENTRAL STANDARD