Program Reminder:

Great Performances at the Met

Ch.	Title	Description	#	Day	Date	Time	Length	RPT	CC	DVS	AD MD
36.1	Un Ballo In Maschera	Verdi’s vivid characters grapple with life and love, betrayal and death. Director David Alden’s dreamlike setting provides a compelling backdrop for this dramatic story of jealousy and vengeance. Marcelo Alvarez stars as the conflicted king; Sondra Radvanovsky is Amelia, the object of his secret passion; and Dmitri Hvorostovsky is her suspicious husband. Fabio Luisi conducts. WEB LINK	705	SU	05/12/13	10:00am	02:26:46	-	×	×	ST
36.1	Rigoletto	Tony Award-winning director Michael Mayer makes his Met debut with a new production of Verdi’s Rigoletto. The new staging moves the opera’s tragic events from a decadent 16th-century Italian court to the glitzy, depraved setting of the Las Vegas strip circa 1960. Polish tenor Piotr Beczala sings the Duke, an amoral lounge singer whose entourage includes the world-weary comedian Rigoletto, sung by Serbian baritone Zeljko Lucic. German soprano Diana Damrau sings the role of the innocent Gilda, Rigoletto’s daughter and the victim of the predatory Duke. Michele Mariotti conducts his first company performances of the Verdi masterwork, which features one of the most famous arias in all of opera, “La donna e mobile". WEB LINK	706	SU	05/19/13	10:00am	02:26:46	-	×	×	ST
36.1	Aida	Aida, an Ethiopian princess, is captured and brought into slavery in Egypt. A military commander, Radames, struggles to choose between his love for her and his loyalty to the Pharaoh. To complicate the story further, Radames is loved by the Pharaoh's daughter Amneris, although he does not return her feelings. WEB LINK	707	SU	06/09/13	09:00am	02:56:46	-	×	×	ST