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10 Episodes 2019 - 2019
Episode 1
Sun, Jan 20, 2019 210 mins
Anna Netrebko and Anita Rachvelishvili star in Verdi's "Aida," about a military commander in ancient Egypt who risks his life for the love of an enslaved Ethiopian princess. Nicola Luisotti conducts.
Episode 2
Fri, Feb 1, 2019 90 mins
Nico Muhly's reimagining of Winston Graham's novel about a beautiful, mysterious woman who assumes multiple identities. Isabel Leonard stars in the title role alongside Christopher Maltman as Mark Rutland. Robert Spano conducts.
Episode 3
Sun, Feb 24, 2019 150 mins
A production of Puccini's "La Fanciulla del West," about an Old West saloon owner in a California gold-rush town who'll stop at nothing to get the man she wants.
Episode 4
Sun, Mar 24, 2019 90 mins
Features the performance of Saint-Saëns's epicSamson et Dalila.
Episode 5
Fri, Apr 5, 2019 180 mins
Soprano Diana Damrau stars in Verdi's "La Traviata," about a frail courtesan who sacrifices her happiness in order to spare her beloved (Juan Diego Flórez) and his family the strife that her reputation could cause them.
Episode 6
Sun, May 12, 2019 90 mins
Anna Netrebko stars, taking on the title role of the real-life French actress who dazzled 18th-century audiences with her on-and offstage passion.
Episode 7
Sun, Jun 16, 2019 90 mins
A production of Bizet's "Carmen," starring Clémentine Margaine in the title role; and Roberto Alagna as the soldier who becomes obsessed with her.
Episode 8
Sun, Jul 7, 2019 90 mins
Soprano Pretty Yende stars as Marie, an orphan adopted by French troops in this production of Donizetti's comedic "Fille du Régiment," which updates the setting from the Napoleonic era to World War I. Tenor Javier Camarena costars as Tonio, the soldier she's promised to wed.
Episode 9
Sun, Aug 11, 2019 267 mins
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 in the earthly affairs that follow, Wotan has little choice but to punish his daughter for her transgression.
Episode 10
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 90 mins
John Dexter's production of the Poulenc classic about the power of faith.