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Original Release
10/10/2009
US Release
10/10/2009
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Metropolitan Opera Chorus | Chorus |
| Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Themselves - Orchestra |
| Metropolitan Opera Ballet | Dancers |
| Renée Fleming | Self - Host / Princess von Werdenberg / Armida, Princess of Damascus, a Sorceress |
| Christian Rozakis | Popolo / Player Villain / Peasant / Octavian Runner / Drunken Soldier / Drug Dealer |
| Keith Miller | Zuniga, a Captain / Mandarin / Jailer / Astarotte, Leader of Armida's Spirits |
| James Levine | Self - Conductor |
| Deborah Voigt | Self - Host |
| David Pittsinger | Ghost of Hamlet's Father / Angelotti |
| Richard Bernstein | Pietro / Gravediggers |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Puccini: Tosca | Saturday, 10 October 2009 |
| 2 | Verdi: Aida | Saturday, 24 October 2009 |
| 3 | Puccini: Turandot | Saturday, 07 November 2009 |
| 4 | Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann | Saturday, 19 December 2009 |
| 5 | R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier | Saturday, 09 January 2010 |
| 6 | Bizet: Carmen | Saturday, 16 January 2010 |
| 7 | Verdi: Simon Boccanegra | Saturday, 06 February 2010 |
| 8 | Thomas: Hamlet | Saturday, 27 March 2010 |
| 9 | Rossini: Armida | Saturday, 01 May 2010 |
| 10 | Armida | Sunday, 22 August 2010 |
Directors
Gary Halvorson, Barbara Willis Sweete, Brian Large
Writers
Antonio García Gutiérrez, Giovanni Federico Schmidt, Antonio Ghislanzoni, Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Halévy, Prosper Mérimée, William Shakespeare, Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Victorien Sardou, Michel Carré, Francesco Maria Piave, Arrigo Boito, Jules Barbier
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Metropolitan Opera Chorus | Chorus |
| Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Themselves - Orchestra |
| Metropolitan Opera Ballet | Dancers |
| Renée Fleming | Self - Host / Princess von Werdenberg / Armida, Princess of Damascus, a Sorceress |
| Christian Rozakis | Popolo / Player Villain / Peasant / Octavian Runner / Drunken Soldier / Drug Dealer |
| Keith Miller | Zuniga, a Captain / Mandarin / Jailer / Astarotte, Leader of Armida's Spirits |
| James Levine | Self - Conductor |
| Deborah Voigt | Self - Host |
| David Pittsinger | Ghost of Hamlet's Father / Angelotti |
| Richard Bernstein | Pietro / Gravediggers |
| Elina Garanca | Self - Next Transmission Star from 'Carmen' (Intermission) / Carmen, a Gypsy |
| James Courtney | Sciarrone / A Notary |
| Donald Palumbo | Self - Chorus master / Self - Chorus Master (Curtain Call) |
| Adam Laurence Herskowitz | A Messenger / A Captain |
| Sam Meredith | Three Masks / A Hairdresser |
| Tony Stevenson | Pang / An Innkeeper |
| Marcello Giordani | Gabriele Adorno / Calàf |
| Susan Graham | Self - Host / Octavian |
| James Morris | Jacopo Fiesco / Claudius, King of Denmark |
| Simon Keenlyside | Prince Hamlet, Gertrude's Son / Hamlet in Hamlet (Intermission) |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Peter Gelb | Executive Producer |
| Victoria Warivonchik | Producer |
| Louisa Briccetti | Producer |
| Mia Bongiovanni | Producer |
| Elena Park | Producer |
| Marisa Biaggi | Producer |
| Matthew Principe | Producer |
| Barry Goodman | Producer |
