The New York Metropolitan Opera’s 2011-12 season of live Saturday midday transmissions starts October 15 at Guadalajara’s Teatro Diana. The sixth season features 11 live HD broadcasts. Tickets run from 80 to 275 pesos. You can buy a season ticket for all 11 shows (including five in 2012) and pay for ten. For purchasing information see the box to the left.
Here is a list of the six operas scheduled in 2011.
Donizetti’s Anna Bolena Saturday, October 15, 11:55 a.m.
Anna Netrebko opens the season with her portrayal of the ill-fated queen driven insane by her unfaithful king. Ekaterina Gubanova is her rival, Jane Seymour, Ildar Abdrazakov sings Henry VIII. Premiere Met production by David McVicar. Marco Armiliato conducts.
Mozart’s Don Giovanni Saturday, October 29, 11:55 a.m.
Under the direction of Tony award-winning director Michael Grandage and with James Levine conducting. Also starring Marina Rebeka, Barbara Frittoli, Ramón Vargas, and Luca Pisaroni.
Wagner’s Siegfried Saturday, November 5, 11 a.m.
Gary Lehman sings the title role and Deborah Voigt’s Brünnhilde is his prize. Bryn Terfel is the Wanderer. James Levine conducts.
Glass’s Satyagraha Saturday, November 19, 11:55 a.m.
Richard Croft once again is Gandhi in Philip Glass’s unforgettable opera, which the Washington Post calls “a profound and beautiful work of theater.”
Handel’s Rodelinda Saturday, December 3, 11:30 a.m.
Renée Fleming reprises the title role in Stephen Wadsworth’s much-heralded production. She’s joined by Stephanie Blythe and countertenor Andreas Scholl, and Baroque specialist Harry Bicket conducts.
Gounod’s Faust Saturday, December 10, 11:55 a.m.
With Jonas Kaufmann in the title role, René Pape as the devil, and Marina Poplavskaya as Marguerite, Gounod’s classic retelling of the Faust legend couldn’t be better served. Tony award-winning director Des McAnuff updates the story to the first half of the 20th century.