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Great Performances at the Met (2007) is a documentary web series in English. On MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch Great Performances at the Met online in HD.

Great Performances at the Met — Storyline

The Metropolitan Opera's series of live performance transmissions to movie theaters around the world.

Cast & Crew

• Starring: Metropolitan Opera Chorus, MET Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Ballet

Great Performances at the Met — Series Details

Great Performances at the Met — Episode Guide

Season 1

• E1: The Magic Flute (2007-01-24) — Mozart's "The Magic Flute," with Matthew Polenzani (Tamino); Nathan Gunn (Papageno); Erika Miklósa (Queen of the Night); René Pape (Sarastro); Ying Huang (Pamina); Greg Fedderly (M
• E2: I Puritani (2007-02-17) — Anna Netrebko stars in Bellini's bel canto opera "I Puritani" as a bride-to-be whose wedding day is disrupted when her betrothed (Eric Cutler) helps the condemned Queen Enrichetta
• E3: The First Emperor (2007-03-24) — Placido Domingo stars in “The First Emperor” as Chinese ruler Qin Shi Huang, who attempts to unify his kingdom with a national anthem penned by a childhood-friend-turned-composer (
• E4: Eugene Onegin (2007-04-21) — Tchaikovsky's “Eugene Onegin,” starring Renée Fleming as Tatiana, a young Russian who's rebuffed by the object of her affection, Eugene Onegin (Dmitri Hvorostovsky). Years later, a
• E5: The Barber of Seville (2007-05-26) — Gioacchino Rossini's classic comic opera “The Barber of Seville” stars Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez as Count Almaviva, whose pursuit of the lovely Rosina (Joyce DiDonato) is ai
• E6: Il trittico (2007-06-16) — “Il Trittico,” Puccini's collection of three one-act operas. “Il Tabarro” concerns doomed lovers (Maria Guleghina, Salvatore Licitra); “Suor Angelica,” is about the salvation of a

Season 2

• E1: Hansel and Gretel (2008-03-26) — The second-season opener features the Engelbert Humperdinck opera "Hansel and Gretel," about two children (Alice Coote, Christine Schäfer) who meet a witch (Philip Langridge) in th
• E2: Roméo et Juliette (2008-04-06) — A production of "Roméo et Juliette," starring Anna Netrebko and Roberto Alagna as the star-crossed lovers. Placido Domingo conducts the orchestra and chorus for the opera. Tybalt:
• E3: Macbeth (2008-04-13) — Adrian Noble's version of Verdi's "Macbeth" sets the opera in a decimated post-WWII landscape and stars baritone Željko Lucic as Lord Macbeth and soprano Maria Guleghina as Lady Ma
• E4: Manon Lescaut (2008-04-27) — Puccini's "Manon Lescaut," about a country girl (Karita Mattila) who's torn between an impoverished student (Marcello Giordani) who loves her and a rich man (Dale Travis) who wants
• E5: Peter Grimes (2008-05-18) — Anthony Dean Griffey stars in the title role of Benjamin Britten's "Peter Grimes," about an English fisherman blamed for the deaths of two assistants. Ellen Orford: Patricia Racett
• E6: Tristan und Isolde (2008-06-01) — A production of Richard Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde," about the doomed love between a Celtic princess (Deborah Voigt) and a knight (Robert Dean Smith), who's the nephew of King Ma
• E7: La Bohème (2008-06-15) — A production of Puccini's "La Bohème," about a doomed love affair between poet Rodolfo (Ramón Vargas) and seamstress Mimi (Angela Gheorghiu) in 1830s Paris. Marcello: Ludovic Tézie
• E8: La Fille du Régiment (2008-06-29) — Coloratura soprano Natalie Dessay stars as Marie, an orphan adopted by French troops in this production of Donizetti's comedic "Fille du Régiment," which updates the setting from t

Season 3

• E1: Doctor Atomic (2008-09-22) — The Season 3 premiere features a production of the John Adams opera "Doctor Atomic," about physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (Gerald Finley) and the testing of the first atomic bomb
• E2: Salome (2008-10-11) — A production of the Richard Strauss opera "Salome," about a wild-child princess (Karita Mattila) who performs the Dance of the Seven Veils for King Herod (Kim Bagley) in return for
• E3: John Adams' Doctor Atomic (2008-11-08)
• E4: The Metropolitan Opera Opening Night Gala Starring Renée Fleming (2008-11-22) — The Met's 125th opening-night gala features soprano Renée Fleming in excerpts from three of her favorite operas, Verdi's "La Traviata," Massenet's "Manon" and Strauss' "Capriccio."
• E5: Thaïs (2008-12-20) — Soprano Renée Fleming stars in the title role of Jules Massenet's "Thaïs," about an Egyptian courtesan who causes the fall from grace of a monk (Thomas Hampson). Nicias: Michael Sc
• E6: Lucia di Lammermoor (2009-01-10) — A production of Gaetano Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor," a tragic opera about a young woman (Anna Netrebko) whose brother (Mariusz Kwiecien) pressures her to marry a nobleman des
• E7: La Rondine (2009-01-24) — Soprano Angela Gheorghiu and tenor Roberto Alagna star in a production of Puccini's "La Rodine," about a kept woman who faces a difficult decision when she falls for the son of a r
• E8: Orfeo et Euridice (2009-02-07) — A production of Christoph Willibald Gluck's "Orfeo et Euridice," in which the grieving Orfeo (Stephanie Blythe) braves the underworld to retrieve his beloved wife (Danielle de Nies
• E9: Madama Butterfly (2009-03-07) — Puccini's classic "Madama Butterfly," about a Japanese geisha (Patricia Racette) who marries an American naval officer (Marcello Giordani).
• E10: La Sonnambula (2009-03-21) — A reimagining of the Bellini opera "La Sonnambula," about a young woman (Natalie Dessay) whose sleepwalking compromises her virtue and causes her beloved (Juan Diego Flórez) to can
• E11: La Cenerentola (2009-05-09) — A production of "La Cenerentola," Rossini's adaptation of the "Cinderella" fable, starring mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca in the lead role and tenor Lawrence Brownlee as her Prince Ch

Season 4

• E1: Tosca (2009-10-10) — Season 4 opens with Luc Bondy's staging of Puccini's "Tosca," starring soprano Karita Mattila as the title character, whose lover (Marcelo Álvarez) is arrested by a police chief (G
• E2: The Audition (2009-10-24) — A documentary about the 2007 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, in which contestants compete for cash prizes and the opportunity to launch a major operatic career. The
• E3: Aida (2009-10-24) — A production of Giuseppe Verdi's "Aida," about an enslaved Ethiopian princess (Violeta Urmana) in ancient Egypt who serves the pharaoh's daughter (Dolora Zajick) while competing wi
• E4: Turandot (2009-11-07) — The Puccini opera "Turandot," about a ruthless Chinese princess (Maria Guleghina) who falls for an unknown prince (Marcello Giordani).
• E5: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (2009-12-19) — A production of Jacques Offenbach's opera "Les Contes d'Hoffmann," about the life, loves and psychological manifestations of the German Romantic author E.T.A. Hoffmann (Joseph Call
• E6: Der Rosenkavalier (2010-01-09) — Renée Fleming and Susan Graham star in Richard Strauss' comic "Der Rosenkavalier" as the middle-aged Marschallin and her young lover, Octavian, who falls for a woman (Miah Persson)
• E7: Carmen (2010-01-16) — A production of Bizet's "Carmen," starring Elina Garanca in the title role, a Gypsy girl; and Roberto Alagna as the soldier who becomes obsessed with her. Host: Renee Fleming.
• E8: Simon Boccanegra (2010-02-06) — A production of Verdi's "Simon Boccanegra," starring Placido Domingo as a pirate-turned-chief magistrate. Soprano Adrianne Pieczonka costars as Amelia Grimaldi, Boccanegra's long-l
• E9: Hamlet (2010-03-27) — The Ambroise Thomas opera "Hamlet," based on the Shakespeare play, starring baritone Simon Keenlyside as the prince and soprano Marlis Petersen as Ophélie. Mezzo-soprano Jennifer L
• E10: Armida (2010-05-01) — Renée Fleming stars in the title role of Rossini's "Armida" as the niece of the Damascus king during the Crusades, a sorceress who falls for a Christian soldier (Lawrence Brownlee)

Season 5

• E1: Don Pasquale (2011-01-05) — The Season 5 premiere features Donizetti's comic "Don Pasquale," starring soprano Anna Netrebko as a penniless young woman who tricks the wealthy Don (John Del Carlo) into thinking
• E2: Boris Godunov (2011-02-13) — Mussorgsky's "Boris Godunov" stars bass René Pape as the 16th-century Russian tsar whose reign is challenged by a novice monk (Aleksandrs Antonenko) masquerading as the dead Tsarev
• E3: Don Carlo (2011-04-03) — Verdi's "Don Carlo," about a Spanish prince (Roberto Alagna) who falls for the French princess (Marina Poplavskaya) he's supposed to marry as part of a Spanish-French peace treaty,
• E4: La Fanciulla del West (2011-04-23) — A production of Puccini's "La Fanciulla del West," about an Old West saloon owner (Deborah Voigt) in a California gold-rush town who'll stop at nothing to get the man (Marcello Gio
• E5: Iphigénie en Tauride (2011-05-29) — A production of Christoph Willibald Gluck's "Iphigénie en Tauride," based on a Greek myth in which a high priestess (Susan Graham) is reunited with her brother (Placido Domingo) af
• E6: Nixon in China (2011-06-01) — Composer John Adams conducts the Met premiere of his acclaimed opera "Nixon in China," about the 37th U.S. president's historic 1972 visit to communist China. Baritone James Maddal
• E7: Lucia di Lammermoor (2011-06-26) — Natalie Dessay stars in Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" as the fragile title character, whose brother (Ludovic Tézier) forces her into an arranged marriage due to his hatred for
• E8: Le Comte Ory (2011-07-24) — Rossini's comic "Le Comte Ory" stars Juan Diego Flórez in the title role, a count who competes with his page (Joyce DiDonatofor, in a trouser role) for the hand of a lonely countes
• E9: Capriccio (2011-08-14) — Renée Fleming stars in Richard Strauss' "Capriccio," about a widowed countess who ponders whether the music or the written word is more important to musical drama while being wooed
• E10: Il Trovatore (2011-08-28) — A production of Verdi's "Il Trovatore," in which brothers (Marcelo Álvarez, Dmitri Hvorostovsky) compete for the affections of the same woman (Sondra Radvanovsky). Dolora Zajick co

Season 6

• E1: Anna Bolena (2012-01-20) — Season 6 opens with Gaetano Donizetti's "Anna Bolena," based on the last days of Anne Boleyn (Anna Netrebko), the second wife of British monarch Henry VIII (Ildar Abdrazakov). Orig
• E2: Don Giovanni (2012-02-26) — Baritone Mariusz Kwiecien stars as the serial seducer "Don Giovanni," who swaggers his way to eternal damnation in this production of Mozart's 1787 masterpiece, which costars sopra
• E3: Satyagraha (2012-03-25) — A performance of Philip Glass' "Satyagraha," about the early years of Mahatma Gandhi (Richard Croft). The production costars Rachelle Durkin, Alfred Walker and Kim Josephson; and f
• E4: Rodelinda (2012-04-22) — Renée Fleming stars in the title role of Handel's "Rodelinda," a baroque opera about a queen and her assumed-dead husband (Andreas Scholl), and the usurper (Joseph Kaiser) who want
• E5: Faust (2012-05-13) — A production of Gounod's "Faust" updates the story to the mid-20th century, with Faust (Jonas Kaufmann) now a nuclear scientist who strikes a deal with the devil (René Pape) in ord
• E7: Ernani (2012-06-17) — A production of Verdi's "Ernani," about a maiden (Angela Meade) who is romantically pursued by her uncle (Ferruccio Furlanetto), the Spanish king (Dmitri Hvorostovsky) and a bandit
• E8: Manon (2012-08-05) — Soprano Anna Netrebko stars in Jules Massenet's "Manon," about a country girl who, while on her way to a convent, falls for a young man (Piotr Beczala) before succumbing to a promi
• E9: La Traviata (2012-08-26) — Soprano Natalie Dessay stars in Willy Decker's stylized production of Verdi's "La Traviata," about a frail courtesan who sacrifices her happiness in order to spare her beloved (Mat
• E10: Wagner's Ring Cycle: Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold) (2012-09-11) — The first opera in Richard Wagner's "Ring" cycle, about a power struggle between gods and mortals over a magic ring, begins with the evil dwarf Alberich (Eric Owens) forging a ring
• E11: Wagner's Ring Cycle: Die Walküre (The Valkyrie) (2012-09-12) — The second opera in Richard Wagner's "Ring" cycle finds a traveler seeking shelter at the home of a warrior and his wife. When Brünnhilde, the daughter of the god Wotan, intervenes
• E12: Wagner's Ring Cycle: Siegfried (2012-09-13) — The third opera in Richard Wagner's "Ring" cycle finds the young Siegfried being raised by Alberich's conniving brother Mime, who hopes to use the lad to gain possession of the mag
• E13: Wagner's Ring Cycle: Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods) (2012-09-14) — In the final installment in Richard Wagner's "Ring" cycle, the love between Siegfried and Brünnhilde is torn asunder by a trio of scheming humans who want the magical ring for them

Frequently Asked Questions

How many seasons does Great Performances at the Met have? 20 season(s) with 196 episodes.

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