[Met Concert/Gala] CID:356718
50 YEARS AT LINCOLN CENTER: A GALA CELEBRATION. Metropolitan Opera House: 05/07/2017., Metropolitan Opera Radio Sirius XM channel 74 Broadcast live
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Metropolitan Opera House
May 7, 2017 Broadcast/Streamed
50 YEARS AT LINCOLN CENTER: A GALA CELEBRATION
Bernstein: WEST SIDE STORY
Overture from the film
Conductor...............Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Video: LEONTYNE PRICE ON OPENING
THE NEW MET IN SAMUEL BARBER"S
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
Barber: ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
Franco Zeffirelli's production of Antony And Cleopatra
inaugurated the new opera house at Lincoln Center
on September 16, 1966
From Alexandria, this is the news
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Conductor...............Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Giordano: ANDREA CHÉNIER
Setting inspired by Nicolas Joël's 1996 production
Nemico della patria
Plácido Domingo
Conductor...............Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Verdi: LUISA MILLER
The setting for this selection is taken
from the 1968 production by
Nathaniel Merrill
Oh! Fede negar potessi...Quando le sere al placido
Piotr Beczala
Conductor...............Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Mozart: LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
A new production by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
was presented in 1985
Hai già vinta la causa...Vedrò mentr'io
Michael Volle
Conductor...............Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Donizetti: DON PASQUALE
The production by Otto Schenk in 2006
was set in 19th century Rome.
Pronta io son
Pretty Yende
Mariusz Kwiecien
Conductor................Marco Armiliato
Puccini: TOSCA
Franco Zeffirelli's 1985 production featured
a recreation of the Palazzo Farnese in Act II
Vissi d'Arte
Kristine Opolais
Conductor................Marco Armiliato
Mussorgsky: BORIS GODUNOV
August Everding's 1974 production was
adorned with Russian iconography
Boris' Mad Scene
René Pape
Conductor................Marco Armiliato
Puccini: LA BOHÈME
Franco Zeffirelli's 1981 staging has appeared in
almost every season over the past three-and-a-half decades
Che gelida manina...Sì, mi chiamano Mimì
Ehi! Rodolfo!...O soave Fanciulla
Sonya Yoncheva
Joseph Calleja
Dwayne Croft
Yunpeng Wang
Sava Vemic
Conductor...............Yannick Nézet-Séguin
General Manager, Peter Gelb, made an
announcement from the stage informing
the surprised audience of Dmitri Hvorostovsky's
unscheduled appearance.
Verdi: RIGOLETTO
Cortigiani, vil razza dannata
Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Conductor...............Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Massenet: WERTHER
The 2014 production was the creation of
Richard Eyre
Va! Laisse couler mes larmes
Joyce DiDonato
Conductor...............Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Video: MARC CHAGALL ON THE INSTALLATION OF HIS
MURALS AT THE MET
Mozart: DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE
Marc Chagall's production premiered in the MET's
first season at Lincoln Center in 1966
Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja
Michael Volle
Conductor...............Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Berlioz: LES TROYENS
Francesca Zambello's 2003 production inspired
this Gala's setting
Nuit d'ivresse
Susan Graham
Matthew Polenzani
Conductor...............Marco Armiliato
Cilea: ADRIANA LECOUVREUR
Nathaniel Merrill's production entered the MET's
repertory in 1963
Acerba voluttà, dolce tortura
Dolora Zajick
Conductor...............Marco Armiliato
Video: THE LINCOLN CENTER GROUNDBREAKING
Donizetti: LA FILLE DU RÉGIMENT
Laurent Pelly's production entered the MET's
repertory in 2008
Ah! Mes amis...Pour mon âme!
Javier Camarena
Conductor...............Marco Armiliato
Verdi: MACBETH
Adrian Noble's concept premiered at the MET in 2007
Nel dì della vittoria..Vieni, t'affretta...Or tutti sorgete
Anna Netrebko
Christopher Job
Conductor...............Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Wagner: TANNHÄUSER
The 1977 production marked the first
collaboration between Otto Schenk and
Günther Schneider-Siemssen
Entrance of the Guests
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Conductor...............Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Video: DESIGNING THE MET CHANDELIERS
Gershwin: PORGY AND BESS
For the 1985 MET premiere Nathaniel Merrill directed
and Robert O'Hearn was the designer
Bess, you is my woman now
Pretty Yende
Eric Owens
Conductor...............Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Saint-Saëns: SAMSON ET DALILA
The 1964 production by Nathaniel Merrill
and Robert O'Hearn was one of the last new
productions at the old MET on 39th Street
and Broadway that was also presented at
the new MET at Lincoln Center
Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix
Elina Garanca
Conductor...............Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Verdi: DON CARLO
The 1950 season opened with Don Carlo
in a production by Margaret Webster and
inaugurated Rudolf Bing's tenure as General
Manager
Grand Inquisitor Scene
Günther Groissböck
James Morris
Conductor...............Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Gounod: ROMÉO ET JULIETTE
Guy Joosten' 2005 production's images
of the cosmos brought a metaphysical
element to the story.
Ah! Lève-toi, soleil!
Vittorio Grigolo
Conductor: Marco Armiliato
Verdi: LA TRAVIATA
The first of the two productions of
La Traviata by Franco Zeffirelli premiered
in 1989
È strano...Ah, fors'è lui...Sempre libera
Diana Damrau
Matthew Polenzani
Conductor: Marco Armiliato
Handel: GIULIO CESARE
David McVicar's 2013 production
drew on Bollywood for inspiration
Son nata a lagrimar
Stephanie Blythe
David Daniels
Conductor: Marco Armiliato
Verdi: OTELLO
Herbert Graf's 1963 production was
included in the MET's inaugural season
at Lincoln Center
Vanne!...Credo
Zeljko Lucic
Conductor...............Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Adès: THE TEMPEST
The 2012 Met premiere was produced by Robert Lepage
What was before
Isabel Leonard
Ben Bliss
Dwayne Croft
Conductor...............Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Video: JAMES LEVINE IN CONVERSATION AND IN
ACTION
Puccini: TOSCA
Franco Zeffirelli's 1985 production was shown
at the MET until 2006
E lucevan le stelle
Vittorio Grigolo
Conductor...............James Levine
Mozart: LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
The 1998 premiere of Jonathan Miller's staging
had sets inspired by an 18th century country estate.
The Countess served as Renée Fleming's 1991
MET debut
Porgi, Amor
Renée Fleming
Conductor...............James Levine
Massanet: THAÏS
John Cox's production premiered in 2008 with
Renée Fleming in the title role
Baigne d'eau tes mains et tes lèvres
Renée Fleming
Plàcido Domingo
Conductor...............James Levine
Verdi: I LOMBARDI
Mark Lamos 1993 production marked the MET premiere of
this early Verdi work
Qual voluttà trascorrere
Angela Meade
Michael Fabiano
Günther Groissböck
Violin Solo.............David Chan
Conductor...............James Levine
Rossini SEMIRAMIDE
John Copley and John Conklin's 1990 production
restored the work to the MET absent for nearly
a century
Bel raggio lusinghier
Joyce DiDonato
Conductor...............James Levine
Puccini: MADAMA BUTTERFLY
Yoshio Aoyama's 1958 production appeared
during the MET's first season at Lincoln Center
Un bel di
Anna Netrebko
Conductor...............James Levine
Verdi: AIDA
Sonja Frisell's production premiered at the MET in 1988
Act II Finale
Latonia Moore
Dolora Zajick
Yusif Eyvazov
Zelko Lucic
James Morris
Sava Vemic
Conductor...............James Levine
Chorus Master...........Donald Palumbo
Production..............Julian Crouch
Set Designer............Julian Crouch
Projection Designer.....59 Productions
Costume Designer........Kevin Pollard
Lighting Designer.......Brian MacDevitt
This special gala performance is a gift of Sana H. Sabbagh
Broadcast live on Metropolitan Opera Radio Sirius XM channel 74
Streamed at metopera.org