Video: Great Performances at the Met
In a historic first for any major performing arts institution in this country or abroad, the Metropolitan Opera this season will transmit six of its Saturday matinee performances live in high definition into movie theaters in the United States, Canada and Europe. These productions will later be broadcast on PBS. The operas are the new English-language adaptation of Mozart's The Magic Flute, conducted by James Levine and directed by Julie Taymor; I Puritani starring Anna Netrebko; the world premiere production of Tan Dun's The First Emperor with Placido Domingo in the title role; Eugene Onegin with Renee Fleming and Dmitri Hvorostovsky, conducted by Valery Gergiev; the new production of The Barber of Seville with Juan Diego Florez; and the new production of Il Trittico, conducted by Maestro James Levine and directed by Jack O'Brien.
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Great Performances | "Flesh Rebels" from Nixon in China | PBS (#506)
Watch an excerpt of the ballet choreographed by Mark Morris for the Met Opera 03:20
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Great Performances | "News has a kind of mystery" from Nixon in China | PBS (#506)
James Maddalena, as Richard Nixon, sings an aria from the Met Opera's Nixon in China 01:45
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Great Performances | Iphegenie en Tauride | Je t'implore et je tremble | PBS (#505)
Watch Susan Graham perform an aria from GP at the Met Iphegenie en Tauride 02:24
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Great Performances at the Met | Iphigenie en Tauride | PBS (#505)
Patrick Summers conducts a revival of Stephen Wadsworth's acclaimed 2007 production 00:31
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Great Performances at the Met | Nixon in China | PBS (#506)
Starring James Maddalena as Richard Nixon, a role he created at the premiere in 1987 00:30
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Great Performances at the Met | La Fanciulla del West | PBS (#504)
Commerate The Met's first world debut with this production of Puccini's opera 00:31
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Great Performances | GP at the Met: Don Carlo | PBS (#503)
Love, politics, and religion intertwine against the backdrop of the Spanish Inquisition 00:31
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Great Performances | Boris Godunov - Preview | PBS (#502)
Stephen Wadsworth directs the company's first new production of the opera since 1974 00:32
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Great Performances | Don Pasquale | PBS (#501)
Donizetti's charming comic opera "Don Pasquale," starring Anna Netrebko 00:31
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Great Performances at the Met | Don Pasquale | PBS (#501)
Anna Netrebko stars in and James Levine conducts Otto Schenk's acclaimed production of Donizetti's sparkling comic opera. 00:30
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Great Performances at the Met | Armida - Preview | PBS (#410)
Soprano Renee Fleming triumphs as the vengeful sorceress in Rossini's Armida 00:30
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Great Performances at the Met | Hamlet - Preview | PBS (#409)
Ambroise Thomas's Hamlet returns to the Met Opera after 113 years since its last staging 00:30



