To help you choose what to watch, the Met offers a convenient quick-reference guide as well more detailed articles and podcasts. Also on the roster are more recent accounts of Tristan und Isolde, Tannhäuser and Parsifal. The cast includes Hildegard Behrens, Christa Ludwig, James Morris, Siegfried Jerusalem and the late Jessye Norman. But while the first slate featured the Met's most recent production of the cycle, a tech-heavy version directed by Robert Lepage, this one presents the more traditionalist production created by Otto Schenk and Gunther Schneider-Siemssen and recorded in 19. Like last time, back in March, the centerpiece is the German composer's Ring tetralogy, a massive spectacle drawn from Norse literature and mythology. This is the second time the Met has devoted a full week to Wagner's oeuvre. The operas can also be accessed through the Met Opera on Demand app on various devices. )Įach production becomes available on the Met's website at 7:30pm EDT (12:30am BST) and remains there until 6:30pm EDT the next day.

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The other three productions this week were originally recorded in high definition for the Met's Live in HD series. The slate from October 5 through October 11 focuses on major works by Richard Wagner, including all four parts of the epic Ring Cycle. Details: Utopia SA has announced that tickets will go on sale on Monday 8 June 2015 for the 2015-16 New York Met Season which incorporates a total of 10 transmissions live from the Metropolitan Opera of New York in high definition in this 8th season for Utopia SA.Ī cocktail is offered prior to each MET opera transmission.The Metropolitan Opera will mount no live productions until next fall, but the company continues to lift the spirits of opera lovers around the world by streaming complete recordings from its archives every night.

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