• 
  Season will feature the world-premiere staging of
  
  The Hours
  
  , company premieres of
  
  Champion
  
  and
  
  Medea
  
  , and four additional new productions
  
• 
  Roster of artists to appear on screen include
  
  
  Piotr
  
  
  Beczała,
  
  Lise Davidsen
  
  ,
  
  Joyce DiDonato
  
  , Renée
  
  Fleming
  
  ,
  
  Ryan Speedo Green
  
  ,
  
  Kelli O’Hara
  
  , Ailyn Pérez,
  
  Nadine Sierra
  
  ,
  
  Michael Volle
  
  , Sonya Yoncheva, and more
  
• 
  
  Live in HD
  
  
  
  season kicks off on
  
  October 22
  
  with
  
  Medea
  
  starring Sondra Radvanovsky
  

DENVER


,


July 25, 2022


/PRNewswire/ —

The Met: Live in HD

, the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning series of live high-definition cinema simulcasts, will begin its 16th season on

October 22

and will feature ten Saturday matinee performances broadcast from the Met stage to movie theaters. Tickets are on sale now through

Fathom Events

or participating theater box offices. For a complete list of theater locations, visit

www.fathomevents.com

(

participating theaters are subject to change).

In addition to Fathom’s live Saturday transmissions, an encore of each opera will be broadcast in theaters on the following Wednesday, with presentations in both the afternoon and evening

.

The 2022–23 season begins with a live transmission of Cherubini’s

Medea

, a Met-premiere production starring soprano

Sondra Radvanovsky

in the title role.

In addition to

Medea

, the 2022–23

Live in HD

season will feature two more company premieres, both led by Met Music Director

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

: Kevin Puts’s

The Hours,

in its world-premiere production, starring the powerhouse trio of soprano

Renée

Fleming


, mezzo-soprano


Joyce DiDonato


, and soprano


Kelli O’Hara


, and the Met premiere of


Terence Blanchard


‘s first opera,

Champion

, about the life of boxer

Emile Griffith

. Four additional new productions will be presented throughout the season: Giordano’s

Fedora

with soprano

Sonya Yoncheva

in the title role; Wagner’s

Lohengrin

starring tenor

Piotr Beczała

; and two Mozart operas conducted by


Nathalie Stutzmann


, including a cinematic staging of


Don Giovanni


by


Ivo van Hove


and


Simon McBurney


‘s production of

Die Zauberflöte

, which raises the orchestra pit to allow interaction with the cast.

“Our 2022–23

Live in HD

season picks up where we will have left off at the end of the current season, with more new productions and more Met premieres than in recent decades,” said Met General Manager


Peter Gelb


. “Our lessons learned during the two years of the pandemic are that the future of the Met, and of opera, rely upon ceaselessly breaking new and diverse artistic ground. It’s our path forward.”

Live in HD

audiences will also have the chance to see


Michael Mayer


‘s celebrated production of Verdi’s

La Traviata

starring soprano


Nadine Sierra


as Violetta; and the return of two of


Robert Carsen


‘s productions, including Verdi’s

Falstaff,

with baritone


Michael Volle


singing the title role in his first Verdi opera at the Met, and Strauss’s

Der Rosenkavalier

, with soprano


Lise Davidsen


and mezzo-soprano

Isabel


Leonard

as the Marschallin and Octavian.

“We’re excited for this next season of

The Met:


Live in HD

series,” said


Ray Nutt


, CEO of Fathom Events.  “We are always proud of Fathom’s ability to bring the best in live opera to theater audiences all over the country – especially in communities that may not have the chance to see such amazing artistry live.”

Complete details, including casting, are available below.

2022–23

Live in HD

Season at a Glance:

The

Live in HD

season will begin on

October 22

with

Medea

and continues with

La Traviata

(

November 5

),

The Hours

(

December 10

),

Fedora

(

January 14

),

Lohengrin

(

March 18

),

Falstaff

(

April 1

),

Der Rosenkavalier

(

April 15

),

Champion

(

April 29

),


Don Giovanni


(

May 20

), and

Die Zauberflöte

(

June 3

). All performances will be Saturday matinees transmitted live from the Met stage. A special encore screening of

The Magic Flute

will also be presented on

December 3

.

Click here


and enter the password

MetOpera2020

for promotional photos for the 2022–23 season.

The Met: Live in HD



2022–23 Schedule

Cherubini’s

Medea—

MET PREMIERE

Live in HD



date:


October 22, 2022

Encore date:


October 26, 2022

Production

:

David McVicar

Set Designer

:

David McVicar

Costume Designer

: Doey Lüthi

Lighting Designer

:

Paule Constable

Projection Designer

: S.

Katy Tucker

Movement Director

:

Jo Meredith

Carlo Rizzi

(Conductor); Sondra Radvanovsky (Medea),

Janai Brugger

(Glauce),

Ekaterina Gubanova

(Neris),

Matthew Polenzani

(Giasone),

Michele Pertusi

(Creonte)

Having triumphed at the Met in some of the repertory’s fiercest soprano roles, Sondra Radvanovsky stars as the mythic sorceress who will stop at nothing in her quest for vengeance. Joining Radvanovsky in the Met-premiere production of Cherubini’s rarely performed masterpiece is tenor

Matthew Polenzani

as Medea’s Argonaut husband, Giasone; soprano

Janai Brugger

as her rival for his love, Glauce; bass

Michele Pertusi

as her father, Creonte, the King of Corinth; and mezzo-soprano

Ekaterina Gubanova

as Medea’s confidante, Neris.

Verdi’s

La Traviata


—

REVIVAL

Live in HD



date:


November 5, 2022

Encore date

:

November 9, 2022

Production

:

Michael Mayer

Set Designer

:

Christine Jones

Costume Designer

:

Susan Hilferty

Lighting Designer

:

Kevin Adams

Choreographe

r: Lorin Latarro

Daniele Callegari

(Conductor);

Nadine Sierra

(Violetta Valéry),

Stephen Costello

(

Alfredo Germont

),

Luca Salsi

(

Giorgio Germont

)

Soprano

Nadine Sierra

stars as the self-sacrificing courtesan Violetta—one of opera’s ultimate heroines—in

Michael Mayer’s

vibrant production of Verdi’s beloved tragedy. Tenor

Stephen Costello

is her self-centered lover Alfredo, alongside baritone

Luca Salsi

as his disapproving father and Maestro Daniele Callegari on the podium.

Kevin Puts’s

The Hours


—

WORLD-PREMIERE PRODUCTION

Live in HD



date:


December 10, 2022

Encore date

:

December 14, 2022

Librettist

:

Greg Pierce

Production

:

Phelim McDermott

Set and Costume Designer

:

Tom Pye

Lighting Designer

:

Bruno Poet

Projection Designer

:

Finn Ross

Choreographer

: Annie-B Parson

Dramaturg

:

Paul Cremo

Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Conductor); Renée

Fleming

(

Clarissa Vaughan

),

Kelli O’Hara

(

Laura Brown

),

Joyce DiDonato

(

Virginia Woolf

),

Sean Panikkar

(

Leonard Woolf

),

William Burden

(Louis),

Kyle Ketelsen

(Richard),

Brandon Cedel

(

Dan Brown

),

The world-premiere staging of Kevin Puts’s

The Hours

, adapted from

Michael Cunningham’s

acclaimed novel, which also served as the inspiration for the Oscar-winning film, arrives in cinemas this December. In her highly anticipated return to the Met, soprano Renée

Fleming

joins soprano

Kelli O’Hara

and mezzo-soprano

Joyce DiDonato

to portray three women from different eras who grapple with their inner demons and their roles in society.

Phelim McDermott

, who recently created the Met’s acclaimed production of

Philip Glass’s


Akhnaten

, directs this compelling drama, and Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium to conduct Puts’s powerful score.

Giordano’s

Fedora


—

NEW PRODUCTION

Live in HD



date:


January 14, 2023

Encore date

:

January 18, 2023

Production

:

David McVicar

Set Designer

:

Charles Edwards

Costume Designer

: Brigitte Reiffenstuel

Lighting Designer

:

Adam Silverman

Marco Armiliato

(Conductor); Sonya Yoncheva (Fedora),

Rosa Feola

(Olga), Piotr Beczała (Loris Ipanoff), Artur Ruciński (De Siriex)

Giordano’s exhilarating drama

Fedora

returns to the Met for the first time in 25 years, starring soprano Sonya Yoncheva in the title role of the 19th-century princess who falls in love with her fiancé’s murderer, Count Loris, sung by tenor Piotr Beczała. Soprano

Rosa Feola

is the Countess Olga, Fedora’s confidante, and baritone Artur Ruciński is the diplomat De Siriex.

Marco Armiliato

conducts

David McVicar’s

intricate production, with a fixed set that unfolds to reveal the opera’s settings: a palace in

St. Petersburg

, a fashionable Parisian salon, and a picturesque villa in the Swiss Alps.

Wagner’s

Lohengrin

—NEW PRODUCTION

Live in HD



date:


March 18, 2023

Encore date

:

March 22, 2023

Production

: François Girard

Set and Costume Designer

:

Tim Yip

Lighting Designer

:

David Finn

Projection Designer

:

Peter Flaherty

Choreographer

: TBA

Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Conductor);

Tamara Wilson

(Elsa),

Christine Goerke

(Ortrud), Piotr Beczała (Lohengrin),

Evgeny Nikitin

(Telramund),

Brian Mulligan

(Herald), Günther Groissböck (Heinrich)

Wagner’s

Lohengrin

returns to the Met stage after an absence of 17 years with this atmospheric new staging by François Girard. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a cast led by tenor Piotr Beczała in the title role of the mysterious swan knight. Soprano

Tamara Wilson

is the virtuous duchess Elsa, falsely accused of murder, going head-to-head with soprano

Christine Goerke

as the cunning sorceress Ortrud. Bass-baritone

Evgeny Nikitin

is Ortrud’s power-hungry husband, Telramund, and bass Günther Groissböck is

King Heinrich

.

Verdi’s

Falstaff

—REVIVAL

Live in HD



date

:

April 1, 2023

Encore date

:

April 5, 2023

Production

:

Robert Carsen

Set Designer

:

Paul Steinberg

Costume Designer

: Brigitte Reiffenstuel

Lighting Designers

:

Robert Carsen

and

Peter Van Praet

Daniele Rustioni

(Conductor); Hera Hyesang Park (Nannetta); Ailyn Pérez (

Alice Ford

);

Marie-Nicole Lemieux

(Mistress Quickly);

Jennifer Johnson Cano

(

Meg Page

);

Bogdan Volkov

(Fenton);

Michael Volle

(Falstaff);

Christopher Maltman

(Ford)

Verdi’s Shakespearean comedy features a brilliant ensemble cast in

Robert Carsen’s

celebrated staging. Baritone

Michael Volle

sings his first Verdi role at the Met as the caddish knight Falstaff, gleefully tormented by a trio of clever women who deliver his comeuppance. Reuniting after their acclaimed performances in the production’s 2019 run are soprano Ailyn Pérez as

Alice Ford

, soprano

Jennifer Johnson Cano

as

Meg Page

, and mezzo-soprano

Marie-Nicole Lemieux

as Mistress Quickly. Soprano Hera Hyesang Park and tenor

Bogdan Volkov

are the young couple Nannetta and Fenton, and

Daniele Rustioni

conducts.

Strauss’s

Der Rosenkavalier

—REVIVAL

Live in HD



date

:

April 15, 2023

Encore date

:

April 19, 2023

Production

:

Robert Carsen

Set Designer

:

Paul Steinberg

Costume Designer

: Brigitte Reiffenstuel

Lighting Designers

:

Robert Carsen

and

Peter Van Praet

Choreographer

:

Philippe Giraudeau

Simone Young

(Conductor);

Lise Davidsen

(Marschallin),

Isabel Leonard

(Octavian),

Erin Morley

(Sophie),

Katharine Goeldner

(Annina), René Barbera (Italian Singer),

Thomas Ebenstein

(Valzacchi), Markus Brück (Faninal), Günther Groissböck (

Baron Ochs

)

A stellar trio assembles to take on the lead roles of Strauss’s comedy, with soprano

Lise Davidsen

in her Met role debut as the Marschallin, opposite mezzo-soprano

Isabel Leonard

in her Met role debut as Octavian, and soprano

Erin Morley

as Sophie. Bass Günther Groissböck returns as

Baron Ochs

, and Markus Brück is Sophie’s father, Faninal. Maestro

Simone Young

takes the podium to oversee

Robert Carsen’s

fin-de-siècle staging.

Terence Blanchard’s


Champion

—MET PREMIERE

Live in HD



date:


April 29, 2023

Encore date

:

May 3, 2023

, 2023

Librettist

:

Michael Cristofer

Production

:

James Robinson

Set Designer

:

Allen Moyer

Costume Designer

:

Paul Tazewell

Lighting Designer

:

Donald Holder

Projection Designer

:

Greg Emetaz

Choreographer

:

Camille A. Brown

Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Conductor);

Latonia Moore

(

Emelda Griffith

),

Stephanie Blythe

(Kathy Hagan),

Ryan Speedo Green

(

Young Emile Griffith

),

Eric Owens

(

Emile Griffith

)

Six-time Grammy Award–winning composer

Terence Blanchard

brings his first opera to the Met after his

Fire Shut Up in

My Bones


made history in the 2021–22 season. Bass-baritone

Ryan Speedo Green

is the young boxer

Emile Griffith

, who rises from obscurity to become a world champion, and bass-baritone

Eric Owens

portrays Griffith’s older self, haunted by the ghosts of his past. Soprano

Latonia Moore

is

Emelda Griffith

, the boxer’s estranged mother, and mezzo- soprano

Stephanie Blythe

is the bar owner Kathy Hagan. Yannick Nézet-Séguin returns to the podium to conduct Blanchard’s second Met premiere. Director

James Robinson

, whose productions of

Fire Shut Up in

My Bones


and

Porgy and Bess

brought down the house, oversees the staging.

Camille A. Brown

, whose choreography electrified audiences in

Fire

and

Porgy

, also returns.

Mozart’s


Don Giovanni


—NEW PRODUCTION

Live in HD



date:


May 20, 2023

Encore date

:

May 24, 2023

Production

:

Ivo van Hove

Set and Lighting Designer

:

Jan Versweyveld

Costume Designer

: An D’Huys

Projection Designer

:

Christopher Ash

Choreographer

:

Sara Erde

Nathalie Stutzmann

(Conductor);

Federica Lombardi

(

Donna Anna

), Ana María Martínez (

Donna Elvira

),

Ying Fang

(Zerlina),

Ben Bliss

(

Don Ottavio

),

Peter Mattei

(

Don Giovanni

),

Adam Plachetka

(Leporello),

Alfred Walker

(Masetto),

Alexander Tsymbalyuk

(Commendatore)

Tony Award–winning director

Ivo van Hove

makes his Met debut with a new staging of Mozart’s tragicomedy


Don Giovanni


. The tale of deceit and damnation is set in an abstract architectural landscape that explores the dark corners of the story and its characters.

Nathalie Stutzmann

makes her Met debut conducting a star-studded cast led by baritone

Peter Mattei

as a magnetic

Don Giovanni

, alongside the Leporello of bass-baritone

Adam Plachetka

. Sopranos

Federica Lombardi

, Ana María Martínez, and

Ying Fang

are Giovanni’s conquests—Donna Anna,

Donna Elvira

, and Zerlina—and tenor

Ben Bliss

sings

Don Ottavio

.

Mozart’s

Die Zauberflöte

—NEW PRODUCTION

Live in HD



date:


June 3, 2023

Encore date

:

June 7, 2023

Production and Choreography

:

Simon McBurney

Set Designer

:

Michael Levine

Costume Designer

:

Nicky Gillibrand

Lighting Designer

:

Jean Kalman

Projection Designer

:

Finn Ross

Sound Designer

:

Gareth Fry

Nathalie Stutzmann

(Conductor);

Erin Morley

(Pamina),

Kathryn Lewek

(Queen of the Night),

Lawrence Brownlee

(Tamino),

Thomas Oliemans

(Papageno),

Alan Held

(Speaker),

Stephen Milling

(Sarastro),

Brenton Ryan

(Monostatos)

Nathalie Stutzmann

conducts her second Mozart work this season with a new production of

Die Zauberflöte

. In his Met-debut staging,

Simon McBurney

incorporates projections, sound effects, and acrobatics to match the spectacle and drama of Mozart’s fable. The brilliant cast includes soprano

Erin Morley

as Pamina, tenor

Lawrence Brownlee

as Tamino, baritone

Thomas Oliemans

in his Met debut as Papageno, soprano

Kathryn Lewek

as the Queen of the Night, and bass

Stephen Milling

as Sarastro.

Mozart’s

The Magic Flute

—SPECIAL ENCORE PRESENTATION

Originally transmitted live on

December 30, 2006

Live in HD



Encore Date:


December 3, 2022

Production

:

Julie Taymor

Set Designer:


George Tsypin

Costume Designer:


Julie Taymor

Lighting Designer:


Donald Holder

Puppet Designers:


Julie Taymor

and

Michael Curry

Choreographer:


Mark Dendy

English Adaptation:

J.D. McClatchy

James Levine

(Conductor);

Ying Huang

(Pamina), Erika Miklósa (Queen of the Night),

Matthew Polenzani

(Tamino),

Greg Fedderly

(Monostatos),

Nathan Gunn

(Papageno),

David Pittsinger

(Speaker), René Pape (Sarastro)

The Met made history in

December 2006

when it presented its first

Live in HD

transmission to cinemas worldwide—the abridged English-language version of Mozart’s

The Magic Flute

.

Julie Taymor’s

whimsical production features a winning ensemble, including tenor

Matthew Polenzani

, baritone

Nathan Gunn

, and bass René Pape. The opera returns to select movie theaters in a special encore presentation during the holiday season.

About

The Met: Live in HD

The Met: Live in HD

series has made the Met the world’s leading provider of alternative cinema content and the only arts institution with an ongoing global series of this scale. When the series launched in 2006, the Met was the first arts company to experiment with alternative cinema content. Since then, the program has expanded, with more than 29.4 million tickets sold to date and robust attendance in the world’s five largest cinema markets:

the United States

,

Germany

,

Canada

,

France

, and the

United Kingdom

. In

North America

, weekend box office ratings also remain strong, often placing

Live in HD

presentations among the weekend’s top 15 highest-grossing films.

The Met: Live in HD

series has increased accessibility to Met performances for audiences around the world. With a global average ticket price of

$23

, the series has made world-class performances accessible to millions of opera lovers each season.

Met artists serve as hosts for the

Live in HD

series, providing background on the operas, introducing exciting behind-the-scenes features, and conducting live interviews with stars, crew, and production teams.

The Met: Live in HD

series is made possible by a generous grant from its founding sponsor, the Neubauer Family Foundation. Digital support of

The Met: Live in HD

is provided by Bloomberg Philanthropies.

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series is supported by Rolex. The HD broadcasts are also supported by Toll Brothers, America’s luxury homebuilder®.

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The Met:


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