Handmaiden
La magnífica puesta en escena de Franco Zeffirelli de la última ópera de Puccini (un cuento de hadas ambientado en una China mítica) es una de las más populares del repertorio del Metropolitan. En esta producción en vivo y en alta resolución María Guleghina se hace cargo del papel que le da título y Marcello Giordani es Calaf, el príncipe desconocido. Marina Poplavskaya y Samuel Ramey coprotagonizan la ópera y Andris Nelsons la dirige en su debut en el Metropolitan.
Lolette
This elegant romance is the least-known work of the mature Giacomo Puccini . The story concerns a kept woman who defies convention to chase a dream of romantic love with an earnest, if naïve, young man. This Met Opera production features the dynamic soprano Angela Gheorghiu and Frenchborn tenor Roberto Alagna performing the roles of Magda and Ruggero, it blooms into its rightful place in the glorious Puccini canon. La Rondine (The Swallow) was commissioned by Vienna s Carltheater in 1913. Due to the impending outbreak of World War I, premiered in 1917, at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo with Gilda Dalla Rizza and Tito Schipa. Set in a Parisian salon, it is the story of Magda, the glamorous mistress of wealthy banker Rambaldo. Her yearning for romantic love compels her into the arms of the ardent and adoring young Ruggero.
