THE METROPOLITAN OPERA Subject to change 2019-20 TOLL BROTHERS-METROPOLITAN OPERA INTERNATIONAL RADIO NETWORK SEASON as of 10/29/2019 Dela On- Off- Delay Last Date Opera INT y Air Air end Broadcast start 2019 October 12 TURANDOT (Puccini) 1:00 4:22 2 3/24/2018 HD** Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Christine Goerke (Turandot), Eleonora Buratto (Liù), Yusif Eyvazov (Calàf), James Morris (Timur) October 26 MANON (Massenet) Maurizio Benini; Lisette Oropesa (Manon), Michael Fabiano (Chevalier des Grieux), Carlo Bosi (Guillot de Morfontaine), 1:00 5:12 2 3/21/2015 HD** Artur Ruciński (Lescaut), Brett Polegato (de Brétigny), Kwangchul Youn (Comte des Grieux) November 9 MADAMA BUTTERFLY (Puccini) 1:00 4:32 2 3/3/2018 HD** Pier Giorgio Morandi; Hui He (Cio-Cio-San), Elizabeth DeShong (Suzuki), Bruce Sledge (Pinkerton), Paulo Szot (Sharpless) November 23 AKHNATEN (Philip Glass) – New Production/Met Premiere Network Karen Kamensek; Dísella Lárusdóttir (Queen Tye), J'Nai Bridges (Nefertiti), Anthony Roth Costanzo (Akhnaten), 1:00 4:56 2 HD** Premiere Aaron Blake (High Priest of Amon), Will Liverman (Horemhab), Richard Bernstein (Aye), Zachary James (Amenhotep III) December 7 AKHNATEN (Philip Glass) – New Production/Met Premiere Network Karen Kamensek; Dísella Lárusdóttir (Queen Tye), J'Nai Bridges (Nefertiti), Anthony Roth Costanzo (Akhnaten), 1:00 4:45 2 First SatMat Premiere Aaron Blake (High Priest of Amon), Will Liverman (Horemhab), Richard Bernstein (Aye), Zachary James (Amenhotep III) December 14 THE QUEEN OF SPADES (Tchaikovsky) Vasily Petrenko; Lise Davidsen (Lisa), Elena Maximova (Pauline), Larissa Diadkova (The Countess), Yusif Eyvazov (Hermann), 1:00 4:45 1 3/26/2011 Igor Golovatenko (Yeletsky), Alexey Markov (Tomsky) December 21 MACBETH (Verdi) Performance from Fall 2019 1:00 4:10 1 2/7/2015 Marco Armiliato; Anna Netrebko (Lady Macbeth), Matthew Polenzani (Macduff), Željko Lučić (Macbeth), Ildar Abdrazakov (Banquo) December 28 THE MAGIC FLUTE (Mozart) – Abridged English-language version Lothar Koenigs; Ying Fang (Pamina), Kathryn Lewek (Queen of the Night), David Portillo (Tamino), Rodell Rosel (Monostatos), 1:00 3:00 0 12/29/2018 Joshua Hopkins (Papageno), Patrick Carfizzi (Speaker), Soloman Howard (Sarastro) 2020 January 4 DER ROSENKAVALIER (R. Strauss) Sir Simon Rattle; Camilla Nylund (Marschallin), Magdalena Kožená (Octavian), Golda Schultz (Sophie), Katharine Goeldner (Annina), 12:00 4:30 2 1:00 5:30 5/13/2017 Matthew Polenzani (A Singer), Thomas Ebenstein (Valzacchi), Markus Eiche (Faninal), Günther Groissböck (Baron Ochs) January 11 WOZZECK (Berg) – New Production Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Elza van den Heever (Marie), Tamara Mumford (Margret), Christopher Ventris (The Drum-Major), 1:00 2:57 0 3/22/2014 HD** Gerhard Siegel (The Captain), Andrew Staples (Andres), Peter Mattei (Wozzeck), Christian Van Horn (Doctor) January 18 LA TRAVIATA (Verdi) 1:00 4:20 2 12/15/2018 Karel Mark Chichon; Aleksandra Kurzak (Violetta Valéry), Dmytro Popov (Alfredo Germont), Quinn Kelsey (Giorgio Germont) January 25 LA BOHÈME (Puccini) Performance from Fall 2019 1:00 4:00 2 2/24/2018 Marco Armiliato; Ailyn Pérez (Mimì), Olga Kulchynska (Musetta), Matthew Polenzani (Rodolfo), David Bizic (Marcello), Andrei Zhilikovsky (Schaunard), Jongmin Park (Colline), Arthur Woodley (Benoit/Alcindoro) February 1 The Gershwins’ PORGY AND BESS – New Production David Robertson; Angel Blue (Bess), Golda Schultz (Clara), Latonia Moore (Serena), Denyce Graves (Maria), Frederick Ballentine (Sportin' 1:00 4:40 1 1/27/1990 HD** Life), Eric Owens (Porgy), Alfred Walker (Crown), Donovan Singletary (Jake) February 8 LA DAMNATION DE FAUST (Berlioz) 1:00 3:55 1 11/29/2008 Edward Gardner; Elīna Garanča (Marguerite), Michael Spyres (Faust), Ildar Abdrazakov (Méphistophélès) February 15 MANON (Massenet) Performance from October 26, 2019 1:00 4:55 2 3/21/2015 Maurizio Benini; Lisette Oropesa (Manon), Michael Fabiano (Chevalier des Grieux), Carlo Bosi (Guillot de Morfontaine), Artur Ruciński (Lescaut), Brett Polegato (de Brétigny), Kwangchul Youn (Comte des Grieux) February 22 LE NOZZE DI FIGARO (Mozart) Cornelius Meister; Anita Hartig (Countess), Hanna-Elisabeth Müller (Susanna), Marianne Crebassa (Cherubino), 1:00 4:40 1 12/23/2017 MaryAnn McCormick (Marcellina), Mariusz Kwiecień (Count), Adam Plachetka (Figaro), Maurizio Muraro (Dr. Bartolo) February 29 AGRIPPINA (Handel) – New Production/Met Premiere Network Harry Bicket; Brenda Rae (Poppea), Joyce DiDonato (Agrippina), Kate Lindsey (Nerone), Iestyn Davies (Ottone), Duncan Rock (Pallante), 1:00 5:10 1 HD** Premiere Matthew Rose (Claudio) March 7 COSÌ FAN TUTTE (Mozart) Harry Bicket; Nicole Car (Fiordiligi), Serena Malfi (Dorabella), Heidi Stober (Despina), Ben Bliss (Ferrando), Luca Pisaroni (Guglielmo), 1:00 4:45 1 3/31/2018 Gerald Finley (Don Alfonso) March 14 DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER (Wagner) – New Production Valery Gergiev; Anja Kampe (Senta), Mihoko Fujimura (Mary), Sergey Skorokhodov (Erik), David Portillo (Steuermann), 1:00 3:44 0 4/29/2017 HD** Sir Bryn Terfel (Holländer), Franz-Josef Selig (Daland) March 21 LA CENERENTOLA (Rossini) James Gaffigan; Tara Erraught (Angelina), Javier Camarena (Don Ramiro), Vito Priante (Dandini), Maurizio Muraro (Don Magnifico), 12:30 4:00 1 1:00 4:30 5/10/2014 Christian Van Horn (Alidoro) March 28 WERTHER (Massenet) Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Erin Morley (Sophie), Joyce DiDonato (Charlotte), Piotr Beczała (Werther), Etienne Dupuis (Albert), 1:00 4:05 1 3/4/2017 Alan Opie (Le Bailli) April 4 ORFEO ED EURIDICE (Gluck) Performance from Fall 2019 1:00 2:45 0 1/24/2009 Mark Wigglesworth; Hei-Kyung Hong (Euridice), Hera Hyesang Park (Amore), Jamie Barton (Orfeo) April 11 TOSCA (Puccini) 1:00 4:17 2 1/27/2018 HD** Bertrand de Billy; Anna Netrebko (Tosca), Brian Jagde (Cavaradossi), Michael Volle (Scarpia), Patrick Carfizzi (Sacristan) April 18 SIMON BOCCANEGRA (Verdi) Carlo Rizzi; Ailyn Pérez (Amelia Grimaldi), Joseph Calleja (Gabriele Adorno), Carlos Álvarez (Simon Boccanegra), Elchin Azizov (Paolo), 12:30 3:55 1 1:00 4:25 4/9/2016 Dmitry Belosselskiy (Jacopo Fiesco) TURANDOT (Puccini) April 25 1:00 4:15 2 3/24/2018 Carlo Rizzi; Nina Stemme (Turandot), Hibla Gerzmava (Liù), Marco Berti (Calàf), James Morris (Timur) May 2 KÁŤA KABANOVÁ (Janácek) Lothar Koenigs; Susanna Phillips (Káťa), Daniela Mack (Varvara), Dolora Zajick (Kabanicha), Pavel Černoch (Boris), Štefan Margita (Tichon), 1:00 3:25 1 12/25/2004 Paul Appleby (Váňya Kudrjáš), Sir John Tomlinson (Dikoj) May 9 MARIA STUARDA (Donizetti) Maurizio Benini; Diana Damrau (Maria Stuarda), Jamie Barton (Elisabetta), Stephen Costello (Leicester), Andrzej Filończyk (Cecil), 1:00 4:06 1 2/20/2016 HD** Michele Pertusi (Talbot) ALL TIMES EASTERN ** HD transmission begins at 12:55 PM; Radio Broadcast begins at 1:00 PM