Great Performances at the Met
Great Performances at the Met: Season 12

Air Date

January 28, 2018

Episodes

9 episodes

Great Performances at the Met

Season 12

Overview

Great Performances at The Met returns to PBS for its twelfth season in 2018, delighting audiences with nine productions featuring the world’s leading stars of opera. PBS is excited to highlight two of these operas – Norma and Tosca – with primetime broadcasts. The season opens with The Met’s new production of Bellini’s Norma, starring Sondra Radvanovsky as the titlular druid high priestess, opposite Joyce DiDonato as Norma’s new rival and Joseph Calleja as her unfaithful lover.

Episodes

Norma

1. Norma

January 28, 2018
180 min

Season 12 of Great Performances at the Met begins with a new production of Bellini’s masterpiece about a woman scorned, conducted by Carlo Rizzi. Norma stars Sondra Radvanovsky as the titlular druid high priestess, opposite Joyce DiDonato as Norma’s new rival and Joseph Calleja as her unfaithful lover – a casting dream for bel canto fans.

2. The Exterminating Angel

March 25, 2018
180 min

3. L’Elisir D’Amore

April 29, 2018
180 min

4. La Bohème

May 20, 2018
180 min

5. Tosca

June 15, 2018
180 min

6. Semiramide

July 8, 2018
180 min

7. Cosí Fan Tutte

July 29, 2018
180 min

8. Luisa Miller

August 12, 2018
180 min

9. Cendrillon

September 9, 2018
180 min
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