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Sirius/XM Metropolitan Opera broadcast schedule for 2009-1010. Performances on dates highlighted in bold will also be streamed via RealNetworks from the Met’s website. Season premieres are marked with (P). SEPTEMBER 21 Mon 6:30 Puccini: Tosca. (P) Levine; Mattila, Álvarez, Gagnidze, Plishka [Note: Radio broadcast begins at 6:00 with a 30-minute pre-show] 22 Tue 8:00 Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro. (P) Ettinger; Bell, de Niese, Leonard, Skovhus, Relyea 23 Wed 8:00 Mozart: Die Zauberflöte. (P) Labadie; Phillips, Miklósa, Klink, Maltman, Pittsinger, Zeppenfeld 28 Mon 8:00 Puccini: Tosca. Levine; Mattila, Álvarez, Gagnidze, Plishka OCTOBER 2 Fri 8:00 Verdi: Aida. (P) Gatti; Urmana, Zajick, Botha, Guelfi, Scandiuzzi, Kocán 3 Sat 8:30 Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia. (P) Benini; DiDonato, Banks, Pogossov, Del Carlo, Anastassov 5 Mon 8:00 Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro. Ettinger; Bell, de Niese, Leonard, Skovhus, Relyea 6 Tue 8:00 Puccini: Tosca. Levine; Mattila, Álvarez, Gagnidze, Plishka 8 Thurs 8:00 Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Benini; DiDonato, Banks, Pogossov, Del Carlo, Anastassov 12 Mon 8:00 Verdi: Aida. Gatti; Urmana, Zajick, Botha, Guelfi, Scandiuzzi, Kocán 13 Tue 7:30 Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (P) Levine; Fleming, Graham, Persson, Vargas, Ketelsen, Sigmundsson 14 Wed 8:00 Puccini: Tosca. Colaneri; Mattila, Álvarez, Gagnidze, Plishka 19 Mon 7:30 Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier. Levine; Fleming, Graham, Persson, Banks, Ketelsen, Sigmundsson 21 Wed 8:00 Verdi: Aida. Gatti; Urmana, Zajick, Botha, Guelfi, Scandiuzzi, Kocán 23 Fri 8:30 Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust. (P) Conlon; Borodina, Vargas, Abdrazakov 27 Tue 8:00 Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Benini; DiDonato, Banks, Pogossov, Del Carlo, Anastassov 28 Wed 8:00 Puccini: Turandot. (P) Nelsons; Guleghina, Poplavskaya, Giordani, Ramey 30 Fri 8:00 Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust. Conlon; Borodina, Vargas, Abdrazakov NOVEMBER 2 Mon 8:00 Verdi: Aida. Carignani; Urmana, Zajick, Margison, Guelfi, Anastassov, Miller 3 Tue 8:00 Puccini: Turandot. Nelsons; Guleghina, Poplavskaya, Giordani, Ramey 4 Wed 8:00 Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Benini; DiDonato, Banks, Vassallo, Del Carlo, Scandiuzzi 9 Mon 8:00 Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust. Conlon; Borodina, Vargas, Abdrazakov 10 Tues 8:00 Puccini: Turandot. Nelsons; Lindstrom, Poplavskaya, Giordani, Ramey 12 Thurs 8:00 Janácek: From the House of the Dead. (P) Salonen; Margita, Streit, Hoare, Mattei, White 16 Mon 8:00 Janácek: From the House of the Dead. Salonen; Margita, Streit, Hoare, Mattei, White 17 Tue 8:00 Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust. Conlon; Borodina, Vargas, Abdrazakov 20 Fri 8:00 Puccini: Il Trittico. (P) Ranzani; Racette, Antonenko, Lucic / Racette, Murphy, Blythe / Racette, Blythe, Pirgu, Corbelli 24 Tue 9:00 Janácek: From the House of the Dead. Salonen; Margita, Streit, Hoare, Mattei, White 25 Wed 8:00 Puccini: Il Trittico. Ranzani; Racette, Antonenko, Lucic / Racette, Murphy, Blythe / Racette, Blythe, Pirgu, Corbelli 27 Fri 8:00 Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro. Luisi; Dasch, Oropesa, Leonard, Tézier, Pisaroni 30 Mon 8:00 Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro. Luisi; Dasch, Oropesa, Leonard, Tézier, Pisaroni DECEMBER 2 Wed 8:00 Janácek: From the House of the Dead. Salonen; Margita, Streit, Hoare, Mattei, White 3 Thurs 8:00 Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann. (P) Levine; Kim, Netrebko, Gubanova, Lindsey, Calleja, Held 10 Thurs 8:00 Strauss: Elektra. (P) Luisi; Bullock, Voigt, Palmer, Schmidt, Nikitin 11 Fri 8:00 Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann. Levine; Kim, Netrebko, Gubanova, Lindsey, Calleja, Held 12 Sat 12:30 Puccini: Il Trittico. Ranzani; Racette, Licitra, Lucic / Racette, Murphy, Blythe / Racette, Blythe, Pirgu, Corbelli 14 Mon 8:00 Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel. (P) Davis; Persson, Kirchschlager, Plowright, Langridge, Croft 15 Tue 8:00 Strauss: Elektra. Luisi; Bullock, Voigt, Palmer, Schmidt, Nikitin 19 Sat 1:00 Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann. Levine; Kim, Netrebko, Gubanova, Lindsey, Calleja, Held 21 Mon 11:00 Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel. Davis; Persson, Kirchschlager, Plowright, Langridge, Croft 23 Wed 8:00 Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann. Keenan; Kim, Netrebko, Gubanova, Lindsey, Calleja, Held 26 Sat 1:00 Strauss: Elektra. Luisi; Bullock, Voigt, Palmer, Schmidt, Nikitin 30 Wed 8:00 Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann. Keenan; Kim, Netrebko, Gubanova, Lindsey, Calleja, Held 31 Thurs 6:30 Bizet: Carmen. (P) Nézet-Séguin; Frittoli, Garanca, Alagna, Kwiecien JANUARY 2 Sat 1:00 Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel. Davis; Persson, Kirchschlager, Plowright, Langridge, Croft 6 Wed 7:30 Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier. Levine; Fleming, Graham, Schäfer, Cutler, Allen, Sigmundsson 7 Thur 8:00 Puccini: Turandot. Nelsons; Guleghina, Kovalevska, Webb, Tian 9 Sat 1:00 Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier. Levine; Fleming, Graham, Schäfer, Cutler, Allen, Sigmundsson 11 Mon 8:00 Verdi: Stiffelio. (P) Domingo; Marambio, Cura, Dobber, Ens 12 Tue 8:00 Bizet: Carmen. Nézet-Séguin; Frittoli, Garanca, Alagna, Kwiecien 16 Sat 1:00 Bizet: Carmen. Nézet-Séguin; Frittoli, Garanca, Alagna, Kwiecien 18 Mon 8:00 Verdi: Simon Boccanegra. (P) Levine; Pieczonka, Giordani, Domingo, Morris 20 Wed 8:00 Puccini: Turandot. Nelsons; Guleghina, Kovalevska, Licitra, Tian 21 Thurs 8:00 Bizet: Carmen. Nézet-Séguin; Frittoli, Garanca, Alagna, Kwiecien 23 Sat 1:00 Barber: Vanessa (from February 1, 1958) Mitropoulos; Steber, Elias, Resnik, Gedda, Tozzi [Archival broadcast] 25 Mon 8:00 Verdi: Simon Boccanegra. Levine; Pieczonka, Giordani, Domingo, Morris 28 Thur 8:00 Puccini: Turandot. Salemkour; Lindstrom, Doronzio, Porretta, Tian 30 Sat 1:00 Verdi: Stiffelio. Domingo; Marambio, Cura, Dobber, Ens FEBRUARY 1 Mon 8:00 Bizet: Carmen. Altinoglu; Kovalevska, Borodina, Jovanovich, Kwiecien 2 Tue 8:00 Verdi: Simon Boccanegra. Levine; Pieczonka, Giordani, Domingo, Morris 4 Thurs 8:00 Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos (P) Petrenko; Stemme, Kim, Connolly, Ryan, Schmeckenbecher 6 Sat 1:00 Verdi: Simon Boccanegra. Levine; Pieczonka, Giordani, Domingo, Morris 8 Mon 8:00 Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos. Petrenko; Stemme, Kim, Connolly, Ryan, Schmeckenbecher 9 Tue 8:00 Bizet: Carmen. Altinoglu; Kovalevska, Borodina, Jovanovich, Rhodes 13 Sat 1:00 Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment. Armiliato; Damrau, Palmer, Te Kanawa, Flórez, Muraro 16 Tue 8:00 Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment. Armiliato; Damrau, Palmer, Te Kanawa, Flórez, Muraro 20 Sat 1:00 Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos. Petrenko; Stemme, Kim, Connolly, Ryan, Schmeckenbecher 22 Mon 8:00 Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment. Armiliato; Damrau, Palmer, Te Kanawa, Flórez, Muraro 24 Wed 8:00 Puccini: La Bohème. Armiliato; Netrebko, Cabell, Beczala, Finley, Cavalletti, Gradus, Plishka 27 Sat 1:00 Puccini: La Bohème. Armiliato; Netrebko, Cabell, Beczala, Finley, Cavalletti, Gradus, Plishka MARCH 1 Mon 8:00 Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Benini; Damrau, Brownlee, Vassallo, Muraro, Ramey 2 Tues 8:00 Puccini: La Bohème. Armiliato; Netrebko, Cabell, Beczala, Finley, Cavalletti, Gradus, Plishka 5 Fri 8:00 Shostakovich: The Nose. (P) Gergiev; Popov, Gietz, Szot 6 Sat 1:00 BROADCAST TBD 10 Wed 8:00 Puccini: La Bohème. Armiliato; Netrebko, Swenson, Beczala, Petean, Carfizzi, Gradus, Plishka 13 Sat 1:00 Shostakovich: The Nose. Gergiev; Popov, Gietz, Szot 14 Sun 3:00 RECORDING: National Council Auditions 16 Tue 8:00 Thomas: Hamlet. (P) Langrée: Dessay, Larmore, Spence, Keenlyside, Morris 17 Wed 8:00 Puccini: La Bohème. Armiliato; Netrebko, Swenson, Beczala, Petean, Cavalletti, Gradus, Plishka 18 Thurs 8:00 Shostakovich: The Nose. Gergiev; Popov, Gietz, Szot 20 Sat 1:00 Janácek: From the House of the Dead. (from Fall 2009) Salonen; Margita, Streit, Hoare, Mattei, White 23 Tue 8:00 Shostakovich: The Nose. Gergiev; Popov, Gietz, Szot 24 Wed 8:00 Thomas: Hamlet. Langrée: Dessay, Larmore, Spence, Keenlyside, Morris 27 Sat 1:00 Thomas: Hamlet. Langrée: Dessay, Larmore, Spence, Keenlyside, Morris 29 Mon 8:00 Verdi: La Traviata. (P) Slatkin; Gheorghiu, Valenti, Hampson 30 Tue 8:00 Thomas: Hamlet. Langrée: Dessay, Larmore, Spence, Keenlyside, Morris APRIL 3 Sat 1:00 Verdi: Aida. Carignani; Papian, Zajick, Licitra, Guelfi, Colombara, Kocán 5 Mon 8:00 Thomas: Hamlet. Langrée: Dessay, Larmore, Spence, Keenlyside, Morris 7 Wed 8:00 Verdi: La Traviata. Slatkin; Gheorghiu, Valenti, Hampson 10 Sat 1:00 Mozart: Die Zauberflöte. Fischer; Kleiter, Shagimuratova, Polenzani, Gunn, Pittsinger, König 12 Mon 8:00 Rossini: Armida (P) Frizza; Fleming, Brownlee, Ford, Zapata, Banks, van Rensburg 15 Thur 8:00 Mozart: Die Zauberflöte. Nadler; Kleiter, Shagimuratova, Polenzani, Pogossov, Pittsinger, König 16 Fri 8:00 Rossini: Armida. Frizza; Fleming, Brownlee, Ford, Zapata, Banks, van Rensburg 17 Sat 1:00 Verdi: La Traviata. Slatkin; Gheorghiu, Valenti, Hampson 19 Mon 8:00 Rossini: Armida. Frizza; Fleming, Brownlee, Ford, Zapata, Banks, van Rensburg 23 Fri 8:00 Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer. Ono; Voigt, Gould, Uusitalo, König 24 Sat 1:00 Puccini: Tosca. Levine; Mattila, Kaufmann, Terfel, Del Carlo 27 Tue 8:00 Rossini: Armida. Frizza; Fleming, Brownlee, Ford, Zapata, Banks, van Rensburg 28 Wed 8:00 Bizet: Carmen. Altinoglu; Kovalevska, Gheorghiu, Kaufmann, Kwiecien MAY 1 Sat 1:00 Rossini: Armida. Frizza; Fleming, Brownlee, Ford, Zapata, Banks, van Rensburg 3 Mon 8:00 Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer. Ono; Voigt, Gould, Uusitalo, König 5 Wed 8:00 Puccini: Tosca. Auguin; Dessì, Giordani, Gagnidze, Plishka 8 Sat 1:00 Berg: Lulu. Levine; Petersen, von Otter, Lehman, Schade, Pittsinger, Morris 10 Mon 8:00 Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer. Ono; Voigt, Gould, Uusitalo, König 11 Tues 8:00 Rossini: Armida. Frizza; Fleming, Brownlee, Ford, Zapata, Banks, van Rensburg 12 Wed 8:00 Berg: Lulu. Levine; Petersen, von Otter, Lehman, Schade, Pittsinger, Morris |