Nightly Opera Streams, June 29–July 5

Operatic legends and some of today’s most exciting artists take the stage in this week’s Nightly Opera Streams. This guide will help you prepare for the packed lineup of star-studded stagings.

View the Playbills from the original performance dates for each stream, including synopses, program notes, and more.

After her passing in 2007, friends and colleagues shared their thoughts and memories of great American soprano Beverly Sills.

Before appearing in the 2019 revival of La Fille di Régiment, legendary actress Kathleen Turner discussed making her operatic debut in Donizetti’s hilarious comedy.

The term “multidisciplinary” could have been coined for artist and director William Kentridge, whose work incorporates drawing, painting, film, animation, sound recording, live performance, and a shrewd, politically engaged intelligence.

She’s one of opera’s iconic heroines, the irresistible Gypsy seductress who leads her jealous lover to tragedy. Learn more about Bizet’s Carmen with our In Focus podcast.

In this playful Valentine’s Day conversation from 2015, Joyce DiDonato chats with her La Donna Del Lago co-star Juan Diego Flórez about the complicated plot and challenging music of Rossini’s brilliant opera.

In the fall of 2019, the entire Met family—along with the opera world at large—mourned the loss of Jessye Norman, one of the great sopranos of the past half-century.

Learn more about Tonio’s spectacular aria “Ah! Mes amis ... Pour mon âme” and its parade of high Cs with tenor Javier Camarena.

In Michael Grandage’s Met-debut production of Don Giovanni, the title character wasn’t just a serial seducer but an intensely complex individual.

Beloved bass-baritone James Morris—who appears in this week’s stream of Puccini’s La Bohème—reflects on singing more than 1,000 performances on the Met stage.

Less than a year before her death, Beverly Sills—who appears in this week’s stream of Don Pasquale—recalled her legendary career and assessed the state of opera in the 21st century.

In 2017, South African soprano Pretty Yende, who stars in La Fille du Régiment, made a surprise visit to a New York City high school to coach music students and discuss her life and career.

In the world of Shostakovich’s The Nose, as conceived by William Kentridge, body parts vanish and turn up as public officials, Anna Pavlova dances with a giant nose on her head, and life is ruled by what the director calls “an absurd logic.”

Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, who sang Elena in the Met premiere of Rossini’s La Donna del Lago, discusses the challenges and rewards of the art of bel canto.

Learn about the storied history of Wagner’s operas at the Met, from the house’s opening season in 1883 to the present day.

Based on Gogol, Shostakovich’s The Nose relates the satirical story of a man who wakes up one morning to discover his nose has disappeared. In this discussion, General Manager Peter Gelb speaks with artist and director William Kentridge about absurdism.

Part love triangle, part political drama, and packed throughout with vocal fireworks, La Donna del Lago is Rossini’s romantic retelling of Sir Walter Scott’s epic poem The Lady of the Lake. Hear from director Paul Curran about his atmospheric production.

In Richard Eyre’s production of Bizet’s masterpiece, which premiered during the 2009–10 season, Carmen’s life-or-death quest for freedom is driven by sex.

Live in HD host Renée Fleming talks with Don Giovanni stars Mariusz Kwiecień, Barbara Frittoli, and Luca Pisaroni about their roles, as well as all the onstage—and backstage—drama.

Mythology provided Wagner with a steady supply of gods, goddesses, and psychosexual dynamism to satisfy his rich and ingenious imagination. Learn more about the composer’s Nordic sources of inspiration.

Resources from the Met’s education department are available for many of the operas featured in this streaming series. Designed for use in the classroom, they are perfect for parents whose kids are now learning from home, or for anyone who’d like to know more about opera.

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