2024-25 Robert K. Johnson Foundation-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network Season
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December 7, 2024
DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN (R. Strauss)
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Elza van den Heever (Empress), Lise Lindstrom (Dyer’s Wife), Nina Stemme (Nurse), Michael Volle (Barak), Russell Thomas (Emperor), Ryan Speedo Green (Spirit Messenger)
December 14, 2024
GROUNDED (Jeanine Tesori) – Libretto by George Brant – New Production/Met Premiere
Performance from October 19, 2024
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Emily D’Angelo (Jess), Ben Bliss (Eric), Kirsten MacKinnon (Also Jess), Kyle Miller (Sensor)
December 21, 2024
THE MAGIC FLUTE (Mozart)
J. David Jackson; Duke Kim (Tamino), Emily Pogorelc (Pamina), Sean Michael Plumb (Papageno), Kathryn Lewek (Queen of the Night), Peixin Chen (Sarastro)
December 28, 2024
HANSEL AND GRETEL (Humperdinck)
Performance from December 25, 1982
Thomas Fulton; Frederica von Stade (Hansel), Judith Blegen (Gretel), Rosalind Elias (Witch), Jean Kraft (Gertrud), Michael Devlin (Peter), Betsy Norden (Dew Fairy), Diane Kesling (Sandman)
January 4, 2025
LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN (Offenbach)
Performance from October 5, 2024
Marco Armiliato; Benjamin Bernheim (Hoffmann), Christian Van Horn (Four Villains), Vasilisa Berzhanskaya (Nicklausse/The Muse), Pretty Yende (Antonia/Stella), Erin Morley (Olympia), Clémentine Margaine (Giulietta), Aaron Blake (Four Servants)
January 11, 2025
RIGOLETTO (Verdi)
Maurizio Benini; Luca Salsi (Rigoletto), Erin Morley (Gilda), Pene Pati (Duke of Mantua), Soloman Howard (Sparafucile), Rihab Chaieb (Maddalena)
January 18, 2025
TOSCA (Puccini)
Performance from November 23, 2024
Xian Zhang; Lise Davidsen (Tosca), Freddie De Tommaso (Cavaradossi), Quinn Kelsey (Scarpia), Patrick Carfizzi (Sacristan)
January 25, 2025
AIDA (Verdi) – New Production HD
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Angel Blue (Aida), Piotr Beczała (Radamès), Judit Kutasi (Amneris), Quinn Kelsey (Amonasro), Dmitry Belosselskiy (Ramfis), Morris Robinson (King)
February 1, 2025
Artist’s Choice: LA TRAVIATA (Verdi)
Chosen by Angel Blue: Renée Fleming in a performance from November 7, 2007
Marco Armiliato; Renée Fleming (Violetta), Matthew Polenzani (Alfredo), Dwayne Croft (Germont)
February 8, 2025
Artist’s Choice: DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER (Wagner)
Chosen by Ryan Speedo Green: George London in a performance from March 5, 1960
Thomas Schippers; George London (Dutchman), Leonie Rysanek (Senta), Karl Liebl (Erik), Giorgio Tozzi (Daland)
February 15, 2025
Artist’s Choice: ARIADNE AUF NAXOS (Strauss)
Chosen by Lise Davidsen: Jessye Norman in a performance from January 5, 1985
Andrew Davis; Jessye Norman (Ariadne), Gianna Rolandi (Zerbinetta), William Cochran (Bacchus), Maria Ewing (Composer), Dale Duesing (Harlekin)
February 22, 2025
Artist’s Choice: FALSTAFF (Verdi)
Chosen by Yannick Nézet-Séguin: Leonard Bernstein conducting a performance from March 21, 1964
Leonard Bernstein; Anselmo Colzani (Falstaff), Gabriella Tucci (Alice), Regina Resnik (Quickly), Mario Sereni (Ford), Judith Raskin (Nannetta), Luigi Alva (Fenton), Rosalind Elias (Meg)
March 1, 2025
CARMEN (Bizet)
Celebrating the 150th anniversary of Bizet's opera with a performance from January 16, 2010
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Elīna Garanča (Carmen), Roberto Alagna (Don Jose), Barbara Frittoli (Micaela), Teddy Tahu Rhodes (Escamillo)
March 8, 2025
LA BOHÈME (Puccini)
Alexander Soddy; Kristina Mkhitaryan (Mimì), Joseph Calleja (Rodolfo), Brittany Renee (Musetta), Luca Micheletti (Marcello), Nicolas Testé (Colline), Gihoon Kim (Schaunard), Donald Maxwell (Benoit/Alcindoro)
March 15, 2025
FIDELIO (Beethoven) HD
Susanna Mälkki; Lise Davidsen (Leonore), David Butt Philip (Florestan), René Pape (Rocco), Tomasz Konieczny (Don Pizarro), Ying Fang (Marzelline), Magnus Dietrich (Jaquino), Stephen Milling (Don Fernando)
March 22, 2025
L'ENFANT ET LES SORTILÈGES (Ravel) / TBA
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Ravel's opera with a performance from February 28, 1981
Manuel Rosenthal; Hilda Harris (Child), Ruth Welting (Fire), Gail Robinson (Princess)
March 29, 2025
MOBY-DICK (Jake Heggie) – Libretto By Gene Scheer – New Production/Met Premiere
Karen Kamensek; Brandon Jovanovich (Captain Ahab), Stephen Costello (Greenhorn), Peter Mattei (Starbuck), Ryan Speedo Green (Queequeg), Janai Brugger (Pip), Malcolm MacKenzie (Stubb), William Burden (Flask)
April 5, 2025
AINADAMAR (Osvaldo Golijov) – Libretto By David Henry Hwang – New Production/Met Premiere
Performance from fall 2024
Miguel Harth-Bedoya; Angel Blue (Margarita Xirgu), Daniela Mack (Federico García Lorca), Elena Villalón (Nuria), Alfredo Tejada (Ramón Ruiz Alonso)
April 12, 2025
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE (Mozart)
Evan Rogister; Ben Bliss (Tamino), Golda Schultz (Pamina), Thomas Oliemans (Papageno), Kathryn Lewek (Queen of the Night), Stephen Milling (Sarastro), Thomas Ebenstein (Monostatos), Shenyang (Sprecher)
April 19, 2025
L'ASSEDIO DI CORINTO (Rossini)
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Beverly Sills’s Met debut with a performance from April 19, 1975
Thomas Schippers; Beverly Sills (Pamira), Shirley Verrett (Neocle), Harry Theyard (Cleomene), Justíno Díaz (Maometto)
April 26, 2025
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO (Mozart) HD
Joana Mallwitz; Michael Sumuel (Figaro), Olga Kulchynska (Susanna), Federica Lombardi (Countess), Joshua Hopkins (Count), Marianne Crebassa (Cherubino), Elizabeth Bishop (Marcellina), Maurizio Muraro (Dr. Bartolo)
May 3, 2025
IL TROVATORE (Verdi)
Performance from October 29, 2024
Daniele Callegari; Michael Fabiano (Manrico), Rachel Willis-Sørensen (Leonora), Jamie Barton (Azucena), Igor Golovatenko (Count di Luna), Ryan Speedo Green (Ferrando)
May 10, 2025
Listeners' Choice: Great Met Broadcasts
Opera TBA, to be selected by listener voting
May 17, 2025
SALOME (R. Strauss) – New Production HD
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Elza van den Heever (Salome), Peter Mattei (Jochanaan), Gerhard Siegel (Herod), Michelle DeYoung (Herodias), Piotr Buszewski (Narraboth)
May 24, 2025
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA (John Adams) – New Production/Met Premiere
John Adams; Julia Bullock (Cleopatra), Gerald Finley (Antony), Paul Appleby (Caesar), Elizabeth DeShong (Octavia)
May 31, 2025
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA (Rossini) HD
Giacomo Sagripanti; Andrey Zhilikhovsky (Figaro), Aigul Akhmetshina (Rosina), Jack Swanson (Count Almaviva), Peter Kálmán (Dr. Bartolo),
Alexander Vinogradov (Don Basilio)
June 7, 2025
THE QUEEN OF SPADES (Tchaikovsky)
Keri-Lynn Wilson; Brian Jagde (Hermann), Sonya Yoncheva (Lisa), Violeta Urmana (Countess), Igor Golovatenko (Prince Yeletsky), Maria Barakova (Pauline), Alexey Markov (Tomsky)