
Octoat 12:00 pm – Wagner’s TANNHÄUSER: James Levine conducts Wagner’s early masterpiece in its first return to the Met stage in more than a decade. Dynamic maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts. Director Bartlett Sher probes the Moor’s dramatic downfall with an outstanding cast: tenor Aleksandrs Antonenko plays the doomed Otello new soprano star Sonya Yoncheva sings Desdemona, Otello’s innocent wife and victim and baritone Þeljko Luèiã plays the evil Iago, who masterminds Otello’s demise. Octoat 12:55 pm – Verdi’s OTELLO (New Production): Verdi’s masterfulOtello matches Shakespeare’s play in tragic intensity. Marco Armiliato conducts Sir David McVicar’s Goya-inspired production. Tenor Yonghoon Lee sings the ill-fated Manrico, baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky is his rival, and mezzo-soprano Dolora Zajick is the mysterious gypsy with the troubled past. Octoat 12:55 pm – Verdi’s IL TROVATORE: Soprano Anna Netrebko’s dramatic and vocal skills are on full display in her next new role at the Met-Leonora, the Verdi heroine who sacrifices her own life for the love of the gypsy troubadour. The Met Opera: Live in HD marks its tenth season this year.


Torrington, CT – The Warner Theatre is excited to announce its 2015-16 Met Opera: Live in HD Season, featuring 10 operas, 5 new to the series, streaming live from the Met.
