GIUSEPPE VERDI 2011-2012 HD OPERA SEASON APRIL 14, 2012 @ 12:55 PM RUN TIME: 3 HRS 5 MIN Natalie Dessay puts on the red dress in Willy Decker’s stunning production, in her first Violetta at the Met. Matthew Polenzani sings Alfredo, Dimitri Hvorostovsky is Germont, and Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi is on the podium. Text courtesy […]

JULES MASSENET 2011-2012 HD OPERA SEASON APRIL 7, 2012 @ 12:00 PM RUN TIME: 4 HRS 5 MIN Laurent Pelly’s new production stars Anna Netrebko as the free-spirited beauty Manon Lescaut in Puccini’s first hit opera. The story of the magnetic attraction between two young lovers is the perfect vehicle for the soprano’s exhilarating charisma, especially when […]