Maurizio Benini conducts the telecast performance, which is October 26. Artur Ruciński sings Lescaut, Manon’s cousin (in this operatic setting) Carlo Bosi sings Guillot de Montfontaine, the elderly scallywag who wishes to have Manon for himself Brett Polegato is de Brétigny, the not-much-better fellow whose same wish came true. She is joined by Michael Fabiano, who sings Manon’s faithful, but let’s face it, naïve lover Des Grieux. Soprano Lisette Oropesa triumphantly returns to the Met to star in the title role. The by-now familiar style of director and costume designer Laurant Pelly, teamed with set designer Chantal Thomas, is evident in their conception of Manon, Jules Massenet’s opera based on the Prévost novel from the mid-18th century.

Roberto Aronica sings Calaf Nessun dorma, Calaf’s signature aria in Act III, is pretty close to the top of the list of ‘arias well known even by people who haven’t yet been to a live opera at the Met.’ Eleonora Buratto is Liu, a slave girl veteran bass James Morris sings Timur, Calaf’s blind father. Director/designer Franco Zeffirelli spared no detail in this one! The performance is conducted by the Met’s Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin American soprano Christine Goerke essays the ice Princess Turandot her Brünnhilde in the complete Ring Cycles this past spring were wildly acclaimed. The HD season opens on October 12 with Turandot, Puccini’s last and grandest opera in one of the Met’s grandest productions. Please note: your theater of choice may air the live performance also an encore, same day or sometimes only as an ‘encore’ on a different day and/or different time altogether. As it turns out, this season all of the telecasts will begin at 12:55 p.m. As in previous previews, OperaMetro lists below the date and time of the to-be-telecast live performance on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center.

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