The season of live broadcasts from the New York Metropolitan Opera starts in October. It will open with Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner. In Brno, you can watch the broadcasts in the Reduta Theatre and in the University Scala Cinema. This season will also offer productions such as Don Giovanni, starring Adam Plachetka, Nabucco, Rusalka and Eugene Onegin.
The 2016/17 season will begin on 8 October 2016 and will bring a total of 10 opera productions. The first one will be Tristan and Isolde directed by the acclaimed Polish director Mariusz Treliński. Leading Wagnerian soprano Nina Stemme will be in the role of Isolde. This broadcast will be the 100th in history. The director of the Metropolitan Opera Peter Gelb said: "On the occasion of the 100th broadcast, we would like to express our gratitude to all the artists and technicians, who have contributed to constantly increasing the quality of the broadcasts, as well as to hundreds of thousands of spectators who fill theatres across the world on Saturdays."
One of the most frequently performed Czech operas - Rusalka by composer Antonín Dvořák - will get a new arrangement. Directed by American director Mary Zimmerman, the lead character will be performed by the Latvian soprano Kristine Opolais. Another premiere is Gounod's opera Romeo and Juliet with German soprano Diana Damrau and Italian tenor Vittorio Grigolo in the lead roles. The production of Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss will feature Latvian mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča and the lead Met soloist Reneé Fleming. The programme also features the premiere of the contemporary Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho Love from Afar.
In Verdi's Nabucco, the role of King Nebuchadnezzar will be performed by Plácido Domingo. The Czech opera scene will be represented by Adam Plachetka in a production of Don Giovanni. The Russian soprano Anna Netrebko in the role of Tatiana is a guest in Tchaikovsky'slyric opera Eugene Onegin.
The season of opera broadcasts will open on Saturday, 8 October from 5:45 p.m. in the Reduta Theatre and in the University Scala Cinema.
2016/2017 SEASON PROGRAMME
Saturday, 8 October 2016 5:45 p.m. Richard Wagner | Tristan und Isolde
Saturday, 22 October 2016 at 6:45 p.m. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Don Giovanni
Saturday, 10 December 2016 at 6:45 p.m. Kaija Saariaho | Love from Afar
Saturday, 7 January 2017 at 6:45 p.m. Giuseppe Verdi | Nabucco
Saturday, 21 January 2017 at 6:45 p.m. Charles Gounod | Romeo and Juliet
Saturday, 25 February 2017 at 6:45 p.m. Antonín Dvořák | Rusalka
Saturday, 11 March 2017 at 6:45 p.m. Giuseppe Verdi | La Traviata
Saturday, 25 March 2017 at 5:45 p.m. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Idomeneo
Saturday, 22 April 2017 at 6:45 p.m. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Eugene Onegin
Saturday, 13 May 2017 at 6:15 p.m. Richard Strauss | Der Rosenkavalier
