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Original Release
12/15/2007
US Release
12/15/2007
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Themselves - Orchestra / Self - Orchestra |
| Metropolitan Opera Chorus | Chorus |
| Renée Fleming | Self - Host / Self - Special Guest Interviewer |
| Joseph Clark | Self - MET Technical Director (Intermission) |
| Metropolitan Opera Ballet | Dancers |
| James Levine | Self - Conductor |
| James Courtney | A Steersman / A sergeant / A Doctor |
| Peter Gelb | Self - MET General Manager (Intermission) / Self - Introduction / Self - Interviewer |
| Placido Domingo | Self - Conductor / Otello in Otello 1979 (Zeffirelli Feature by) / Des Grieux (Intermission features: The Defiant Women of Opera) |
| Natalie Dessay | Self - Host / Marie, a girl adopted by French Soldiers / Lucia (Intermission features: Lucia di Lammermoor Except) |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gounod: Roméo et Juliette | Saturday, 15 December 2007 |
| 2 | Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel | Tuesday, 01 January 2008 |
| 3 | Verdi: Macbeth | Saturday, 12 January 2008 |
| 4 | Puccini: Manon Lescaut | Saturday, 16 February 2008 |
| 5 | Britten: Peter Grimes | Saturday, 15 March 2008 |
| 6 | Wagner: Tristan und Isolde | Saturday, 22 March 2008 |
| 7 | Puccini: La Bohème | Saturday, 05 April 2008 |
| 8 | Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment | Saturday, 26 April 2008 |
Directors
Gary Halvorson, Barbara Willis Sweete, Brian Large
Writers
Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica, William Shakespeare, Jean-François-Alfred Bayard, David Pountney, Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, Agathe Mélinand, Andrea Maffei, George Crabbe, Montagu Slater, Richard Wagner, Adelheid Wette, Abbé Prévost, Michel Carré, Henri Murger, Francesco Maria Piave, Jules Barbier
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Themselves - Orchestra / Self - Orchestra |
| Metropolitan Opera Chorus | Chorus |
| Renée Fleming | Self - Host / Self - Special Guest Interviewer |
| Joseph Clark | Self - MET Technical Director (Intermission) |
| Metropolitan Opera Ballet | Dancers |
| James Levine | Self - Conductor |
| James Courtney | A Steersman / A sergeant / A Doctor |
| Peter Gelb | Self - MET General Manager (Intermission) / Self - Introduction / Self - Interviewer |
| Placido Domingo | Self - Conductor / Otello in Otello 1979 (Zeffirelli Feature by) / Des Grieux (Intermission features: The Defiant Women of Opera) |
| Natalie Dessay | Self - Host / Marie, a girl adopted by French Soldiers / Lucia (Intermission features: Lucia di Lammermoor Except) |
| Amir Levy | Soldier / Capulet Brother / Ball Guest |
| Mary Jo Heath | Self - Special Guest Interviewer |
| Sasha Cooke | The Sandman / Madrigal Singers |
| Joseph Turi | Villagers / A Herald |
| Robert Maher | Villagers / Costomhouse Sergeant |
| Roger Andrews | Villagers / A Coporal |
| Dean Peterson | The Duke of Verona / Hobson |
| Felicity Palmer | The Marquise of Berkenfield / Mrs. Sedley |
| Richard Pearson | Villagers / Customhouse Officer |
| David Frye | Villagers / A Townsman |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Peter Gelb | Executive Producer |
| Elena Park | Producer |
| Mia Bongiovanni | Producer |
| Victoria Warivonchik | Producer |
| Barry Goodman | Producer |
| Louisa Briccetti | Producer |
| Matthew Principe | Producer |
| Marisa Biaggi | Producer |
| Gil Gilbert | Producer |
| Pat Jaffe | Producer |
| Peter McClintock | Producer |
| Julian Sturdy | Producer |
| Mary Jo Heath | Producer |
| David Horn | Producer |
| Anu Krishnan | Producer |
