Cio-Cio-San's Aunt
소프라노 헤 휘가 미 해군 장교 핑커튼에게 모든 것을 바치는 헌신적인 게이샤로 등장한다. 핑커튼 역은 테너 안드레아 카레가 맡았고, 메조소프라노 엘리자베스 드숑이 버터플라이를 위해 헌신하는 하녀 스즈키 역을 불렀다. 토니상을 수상한 뮤지컬 배우이자 바리톤 가수인 파울로 스조트가 메트에서 처음으로 샤플레스 역을 노래했다. 피에르 조르조 모란디가 앤서니 밍겔라의 아름답고 분위기 있는 이 프로덕션을 지휘했다.
Milliner
This outstanding performance marks an unforgettable night in Met history: Renée Fleming's farewell to her signature role as the Marschallin, and Elīna Garanča's final turn as Octavian. This new production was staged by Robert Carsen, and is conducted by Sebastian Weigle
Handmaiden
Franco Zeffirelli's magnificient staging of Puccini's final opera - a fairy tale set in a mythical China - is one of the most popular in the Met repertory. In this Live in HD production, Maria Guleghina takes on the title role and Marcello Giordani is Calaf, the unknown prince. Marina Poplavskaya and Samuel Ramey co-star, and Andris Nelsons conducts in his Met debut.
Georgette
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.
