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Great Performances at the Met Season 8 Episodes
Season 8 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 2014 - 2014
Episode 1
Eugene Onegin
Fri, Jan 17, 2014 177 mins
Season 8 opens with Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin," starring Anna Netrebko as Tatiana, a young Russian who's rebuffed by the object of her affection, Eugene Onegin (Mariusz Kwiecien).
Episode 2
The Nose
Sun, Feb 23, 2014 117 mins
William Kentridge's production of Shostakovich's "The Nose," about a hapless bureaucrat (Paulo Szot) and his runaway nose (Alexander Lewis).
Episode 3
Tosca
Sun, Mar 9, 2014 147 mins
Puccini's "Tosca" stars soprano Patricia Racette as the title character, whose lover (Roberto Alagna) is arrested and threatened with death unless she gives herself to the police chief (George Gagnidze).
Episode 4
Falstaff
Sun, Apr 13, 2014 147 mins
A production of Verdi's "Falstaff," updated to take place in 1950s-era London. The boorish Sir John Falstaff (Ambrogio Maestri) schemes to seduce the wives of two wealthy men in order to pay off his debts, but the women—after comparing the similar love letters he sent them—turn his plan upside down.
Episode 5
Rusalka
Tue, May 13, 2014 177 mins
Renée Fleming stars in Dvořák's "Rusalka," about a water sprite who loves a human prince (Piotr Beczala). The cast also includes Dolora Zajickas as the witch Ježibaba; Emily Mageeas as Rusalka's rival; and John Relyea as Rusalka's father.
Episode 6
Prince Igor
Sun, Jun 22, 2014 207 mins
Alexander Borodin's "Prince Igor," about a 12th-century Russian ruler (Ildar Abdrazakov) who defends his country against invading forces. The opera, which was unfinished at the time of Borodin's 1887 death, includes orchestrated passages by composer-conductor Pavel Smelkov. Soprano Oksana Dykain appears as Igor's wife, Yaroslavna; mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili plays the Polovtsian princess Konchakovna; and tenor Sergey Semishkur plays Igor's son, Vladimir Igorevich.
Episode 7
La Boheme
Fri, Jun 27, 2014 147 mins
Puccini's "La Bohème," about a doomed love affair between poet Rodolfo (Vittorio Grigolo) and seamstress Mimi (Kristine Opolais) in Paris during the 1830s.
Episode 8
Werther
Sun, Jul 20, 2014 147 mins
Jonas Kaufmann stars in Richard Eyre's production of Massenet's "Werther," about a poet whose feelings for the fair Charlotte (Sophie Koch) lead him to do the unthinkable, for she has another man on her mind: the honorable Albert (David Bizic), whom she promised her dying mother she would marry.
Episode 9
Così fan tutte
Sun, Aug 24, 2014 207 mins
James Levine conducts Mozart's comic masterpiece "Cosi fan tutte," in which the fidelity of two sisters (Susanna Phillips, Isabel Leonard) is tested by their fiancés (Matthew Polenzani, Rodion Pogossov).
Episode 10
La Cenerentola
Sun, Sep 7, 2014 177 mins
"La Cenerentola," Rossini's take on the Cinderella fairy tale, stars Joyce DiDonato in the title role and Juan Diego Flórez as the dashing prince.