Sunday, October 7, 2012

Met Rumors 2013-2014

Courtesy of La Cieca from Parterre, here are the HD operas rumored to be scheduled for the 2013-2014 season.

There are seven new productions scheduled of which Two Boys by Nicol Muhly is rumored to not be HD material. A projected new staging of I puritani will almost certainly not happen, with Natalie Dessay presumably relieved of all further bel canto duties, and the men in the cast—Lawrence Brownlee, Mariusz Kwiecien and Michele Pertusi—rolled over into other projects in spring 2014.

 Here are new productions scehduled:






1. Eugene Onegin (Netrebko, Semenchuk, Beczala, Kwiecien, Furlanetto; Conductor: Valery Gergiev; Director: Deborah Warner)-predicatble cast but looking forward.  
2. Falstaff (Meade, Oropesa, Blythe, Vassallo, Maestri; Conductor TBA; Director:Jack O’Brien)-thank god it won't be Des McAnuff
3. Die Fledermaus (Phillips, Schaefer, Szot, Costanzo, Fabiano; Conductor: Adam Fischer; Director: John Hall)-Costanzo look like he'll be doing Orlofsky interestingly
4. Prince Igor (Abdrazakov, Dyka, Semenchuk, Kocan, Ognovenko; Conductor: Valery Gergiev; Director: Dmitri Tcherniakov)- should be interesting to see what Tcherniakov will do after his Trovatore in La Monnaie.
5. Werther (Garanca, Oropesa, Kaufmann, David Bizic; Conductor: Alain Altinoglu; Director: Richard Eyre)- This is sure to be a highlight especially under the genius that Richard Eyre is.
Then there are four returning productions that are said to be locked in for HDs:
6.  The Nose (Szot, Ognovenko)- same production from 2009.
7.  La Cenerentola (DiDonato, Florez)- the second one but this one presumably a better cast.
8.  Tosca (Radvanovksy, Alagna)- not again. Especially when Radvanovksy sings out of tune and Alagna yells. hopegully its struckmann who will save the day.
9.  La boheme (Grigolo or Calleja)-I'm sick and tired of Boheme and Grigolo should expand his repertoire if he doesn't want to be stuck with these same roles for the rest of his life. But lets face it if they do Boheme lets have Grigolo, hes a better artist.
Despite the fact that there are three Strauss operas on the roster for next season (ArabellaDer Rosenkavalier, Die Frau Ohne Schatten), none will be presented on HD. Neither will be A Midsummer Night’s Dream, even though 2013 is the Britten centennial. What a shame considering these are gems and three of these productions are rarely performed and have never been taped for posterity.
Now, the next two are only gueses based on the artsits attached to the roles.
10. Rusalka (Fleming, Magee, Zajick, Beczala)- The should have been done a few years ago with Antononeko and Blythe.
11. Andrea Chenier (Racette, Alvarez)- I hope this is not true because cast is destined for bad reviews especially with Alvarez in the title role.
And the last slot is left to either  Norma (Radvanovsky, Aldrich, Antonenko)- might be good, Cosi fan tutte (Phillips, Leonard, de Niese, Polenzani) Mozart needs an HD badly or "A projected return of Parsifal has apparently been canceled in favor of a revival of" Wozzeck. The Berg opera is rumored to feature a very fancy cast indeed, including Karita Mattila, Thomas Hampson and Simon O’Neill, and there are even whispers of a comeback to the Met podium by James Levine! I hope this is true.
12. Wozzeck (or Cosi)
But where is Wagner?
So what do you think of this next season HD your thoughts?

18 comments:

  1. I would like to see Rusalka. But with Prohaska not Fleming - sorry.

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    1. That is an interesting choice. Do you if she sings the role?

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    2. You may listen to her Rusalka here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFhC3D6EHCU And she looks like Rusalka:)

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  2. It's been a dream of mine to see Fleming as Rusalka. Her "Song to the Moon" is truly remarkable. You don't have to know a word of Czech to understand what the character is conveying. I hope it's true. If it is, I'll be first in line for tickets. Her Rusalka is just sublime-and that's going off of a recording only. (And I had the honor of hearing her sing "Song to the Moon" in concert. It was amazing.)

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    1. I have been praying for Puritani, Werther and Norma so I am happy. Would love to see Martha someday. I would love to see Ildebrando d'Arcangelo in Puritani. Any Hope?? Carol R

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  3. Actual two of the three Strauss operas have been preserved both with Kiri Te Kanawa. I prefer her over Fleming and both were presented when she was in her prime.

    Der Rosenkavalier (1982)
    Arabella (1994)

    Rosenkavalier's cast is probably as good as you will ever get:

    Tatiana Troyanos
    Kiri Te Kanawa
    Kurt Moll
    Judith Blegen
    Derek Hammond-Stroud
    Luciano Pavarotti

    http://www.metoperashop.org/met-opera-productions-dvds/browse/of12/STRAUSS

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  4. Francisco, I didn't understand your reference to Dessay -- "Natalie Dessay presumably relieved of all further bel canto duties...". Could you provide some details?

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    1. dessay is presumably not singing much bel canto anymore. Olga Peretyatko will sing Puritani. http://salazarfamilycircle.blogspot.com/2012/12/olga-peretyatko-to-sing-puritani-in.html

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  5. Well, if it's true... That season wont be the best season of the metropolitan opera, but in spite of, i like some titles, specially russian titles, but where is Donizetti and Wagner? Other point that i like is La traviata wont be performed again because that clock production is not the best !

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  6. I would think they would be completing the Tudor queens trilogy next season...so Roberto Deveraux should end up in the roster somewhere.

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    1. It has been rumored that there was no elizabeth cast for roberto and therefore they have switched the date and year. Sondra will sing the role according to rumors and it will happen in two years when she sings the complete tudor queens.

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    2. What did you say ? Sondra singing aall Tudor's titles? Na, If they have not found repertory for Roberto Devereux, the Met should take a view to Europe and look for a good singer like Mariella Devia for example or Edita Gruberova who can sing the Elisabetta rol. Anow, to put Sondra as all Elizabettas wouldn't a good Idea specially in Maria Stuarda that will be better to put a mezzo as Elisabetta like Elina Garanca. I hope the Met not to make the mistake to contratc Sondra as Elisabetta.

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    3. Enrico, although I like DiDonatto very much I think it was a big mistake to put her in Stuarda. Instead of suffering through every note they should just have called Mariella Devia, she knows the role on the tip of her tongue. I saw Devia in Devereux in Marseille, stunning! All others are trying, they sound beautiful often but the cololatura is awfully cautious and hesitant compared to Devia's in my opinion.

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    4. I also saw Devia in Marseille and her Stuarda also in Naples. Completely agreed!

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  7. Next season's hd schedule? I'm pretty happy with everything except the Tosca. Would love to have had the Britten, the Frau, the Norma with Meade, plus the Two Boys, but nobody's perfect. Honolulu Jack

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  8. What? No Strauss? A travesty! I don't recall there ever being a Strauss opera in HD at all!

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    2. Actually the Met Salome with Mattila and Capriccio with Fleming are both on HD DVDs

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