'The Met: Live in HD' series at local movie theaters announces new season

"The Met: Live in HD," the Metropolitan Opera's award-winning series of live transmissions to movie theaters, will feature 10 productions in the 2013-14 season.

Met Music Director James Levine returns to the podium, leading a new production of Verdi's Falstaff (December 14), directed by Robert Carsen, and the first Live in HD performance of Mozart's Così fan tutte (April 26).

From a press release:

The series opens on October 5 with Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, starring Anna Netrebko, Mariusz Kwiecien, and Piotr Beczala in a new production conducted by Valery Gergiev and directed by Deborah Warner, and also includes William Kentridge's innovative production of Shostakovich's The Nose, starring Paulo Szot (October 26); Puccini's classic drama Tosca, with Patricia Racette as the tempestuous title character and Robert Alagna as her devoted lover (November 9); Renée Fleming in one of her signature roles, the title character in Dvořák's Rusalka, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin (February 8); a new production of Borodin's rarely heard epic Prince Igor, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda, directed by Dmitri Tcherniakov in his Met debut, and starring Ildar Abdrazakov in the title role (March 1); Jonas Kaufmann and Elīna Garanča in a new staging by Richard Eyre of Massenet's tragic romance Werther (March 15); Puccini's timeless love story La Bohème, with Vittorio Grigolo starring in Franco Zeffirelli's immensely popular production (April 5); and Joyce DiDonato and Juan Diego Flórez in Rossini's Cinderella story La Cenerentola, led by Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi (May 10)."We have chosen a wide sampling of the best of our new season for the opera lovers around the world to enjoy locally," said Met General Manager Peter Gelb. "Our commitment to making opera accessible and affordable continues."

Local theaters are:

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Here is the schedule, with info provided by The Met:

The Met: Live in HD 2013-14 Schedule(with complete casting and production information) Eugene Onegin – Tchaikovsky - October 5, 2013 at 12:55 p.m. ETNew ProductionConductor: Valery GergievProduction: Deborah WarnerSet Designer: Tom PyeCostume Designer: Chloe ObolenskyLighting Designer: Jean KalmanVideo Designers: Finn Ross & Ian William GallowayChoreographer: Kim BrandstrupCast: Mariusz Kwiecien (Eugene Onegin), Anna Netrebko (Tatiana), Oksana Volkova (Olga), Piotr Beczala (Lenski), Alexei Tanovitsky (Gremin) The Live in HD season begins October 5 with acclaimed English director Deborah Warner's new production of Tchaikovsky's romantic tragedy Eugene Onegin, conducted by Valery Gergiev. Anna Netrebko opens her third consecutive Met season in her company role debut as Tatiana, the naïve heroine from Pushkin's classic novel. Mariusz Kwiecien portrays the self-confident title character, in a much-admired interpretation he has sung in many of the world's leading opera houses, and Piotr Beczala reprises his acclaimed performance as Onegin's friend-turned-rival, Lenski. Reviewing Warner's production, the Sunday Telegraph praised its "mixture of haunting visual and emotional impact: cutting straight to the heart of the work, [Warner] shows how Onegin is simultaneously about two colliding Russian societies—rustic provincialism and cosmopolitan decadence—and three wasted lives." The Nose – Shostakovich - October 26, 2013 at 12:55 p.m. ETConductor: Pavel SmelkovProduction: William KentridgeSet Designer: William Kentridge & Sabine TheunissenCostume Designer: Greta Goiris Lighting Designer: Urs SchönebaumCast: Paulo Szot (Kovalyov), Andrey Popov (Police Inspector), Alexander Lewis (The Nose) William Kentridge's dazzlingly innovative production of Shostakovich's shocking, unconventional opera about a beleaguered Russian official and his runaway nose returns to the Met for the first time since its sold-out 2010 premiere. Pavel Smelkov conducts a cast led by Paulo Szot as the hapless Kovalyov, with Andrey Popov as the menacing Police Inspector and Alexander Lewis as Kovalyov's peripatetic nose. Tosca – Puccini - November 9, 2013 at 12:55 p.m. ETConductor: Riccardo FrizzaProduction: Luc BondySet Designer: Richard PeduzziCostume Designer: Milena CanoneroLighting Designer: Max KellerCast: Patricia Racette (Tosca), Roberto Alagna (Cavaradossi), George Gagnidze (Scarpia), John Del Carlo (Sacristan) Patricia Racette portrays the tempestuous diva Floria Tosca in Luc Bondy's production of Puccini's enduring favorite. Roberto Alagna sings Tosca's lover, the painter Cavaradossi, and George Gagnidze is the corrupt, lustful Scarpia. Riccardo Frizza conducts Puccini's sweeping, dramatic tale of murder, lust, and political intrigue. Falstaff – Giuseppe Verdi – December 14, 2013 at 12:55 p.m. ETNew ProductionConductor: James LevineProduction: Robert CarsenSet Designer: Paul SteinbergCostume Designer: Brigitte ReiffenstuelLighting Designer: Robert Carsen and Peter Van PraetCast: Ambrogio Maestri (Falstaff), Lisette Oropesa (Nannetta), Angela Meade (Alice Ford), Stephanie Blythe (Mistress Quickly), Jennifer Johnson Cano (Meg Page), Paolo Fanale (Fenton), Franco Vassallo (Ford) Verdi's brilliant final masterpiece Falstaff has its first new Met production in nearly 50 years, conducted by James Levine and directed by Robert Carsen. Ambrogio Maestri sings the iconic basso buffo role of Sir John Falstaff, the boorish, blustery character originally seen in Shakespeare's Henry IV and Merry Wives of Windsor. Angela Meade is Alice Ford, one of many objects of Falstaff's affection, and Stephanie Blythe is the sharp-tongued Mistress Quickly in a cast that also includes Lisette Oropesa as Nannetta, Jennifer Johnson Cano as Meg Page, Paolo Fanale in his Met debut as Fenton, and Franco Vassallo as Ford. The International Herald Tribune praised Carsen's staging, first seen at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, as a "production of eye-catching ingenuity." Rusalka - Dvořák – February 8, 2014 at 12:55 p.m. ETConductor: Yannick Nézet-SéguinProduction: Otto SchenkSet Designer: Günther Schneider-SiemssenCostume Designer: Sylvia StrahammerLighting Designer: Gil WechslerChoreographer: Carmen de LavalladeCast: Renée Fleming (Rusalka), Emily Magee (Foreign Princess), Dolora Zajick (Ježibaba), Piotr Beczala (Prince), John Relyea (Water Sprite) Renée Fleming sings her first Live in HD performance of one of her signature roles, the lovelorn mermaid Rusalka, in Dvořák's sumptuously melodic opera. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a cast that also includes Piotr Beczala as the handsome Prince Rusalka yearns to love; Dolora Zajick as the cackling swamp witch Ježibaba; Emily Magee as the Foreign Princess, Rusalka's rival; and John Relyea as Rusalka's father, the Water Sprite. Prince Igor – Alexander Borodin – March 1, 2014 at 12:00 p.m. ETNew ProductionConductor: Gianandrea NosedaProduction: Dmitri TcherniakovSet Designer: Dmitri TcherniakovLighting Designer: Gleb FilshtinskyCast: Ildar Abdrazakov (Prince Igor Svyatoslavich), Oksana Dyka (Yaroslavna), Anita Rachvelishvili (Konchakovna), Sergey Semishkur (Vladimir Igorevich), Mikhail Petrenko (Prince Galitsky), Štefan Kocán (Khan Konchak) Alexander Borodin's epic Prince Igor has its first Met performances since 1917 in a new production staged by noted Russian opera director Dmitri Tcherniakov in his Met debut. Gianandrea Noseda conducts the lush score, famous for its celebrated "Polovtsian Dances," and Ildar Abdrazakov sings the title role of a 12th-century Russian hero. The cast also includes Oksana Dyka in her Met debut as Yaroslavna, Igor's emotionally fragile second wife; Anita Rachvelishvili as the fiery Polovtsian princess Konchakovna; Sergey Semishkur in his Met debut as Vladimir Igorevich, Igor's son and Konchakovna's lover; Mikhail Petrenko as Prince Galitsky; and Štefan Kocán as the warlord Khan Konchak. Werther – Jules Massenet – March 15, 2014 at 12:55 p.m. ETNew ProductionConductor: Alain AltinogluProduction: Richard EyreSet & Costume Designer: Rob HowellLighting Designer: Peter MumfordVideo Designer: Wendall HarringtonChoreographer: Sara ErdeCast: Jonas Kaufmann (Werther), Lisette Oropesa (Sophie), Elīna Garanča (Charlotte), David Bižić (Albert), Jonathan Summers (Le Bailli) Director Richard Eyre returns to the Met with a new staging of Massenet's tragic romance Werther, starring Jonas Kaufmann and Elīna Garanča in their first Met performances as the brooding poet Werther and his unattainable love, Charlotte. Lisette Oropesa sings the role of Sophie, Charlotte's sister; David Bižić makes his Met debut as Charlotte's fiancé, Albert; and Jonathan Summers is Charlotte's father, Le Bailli. Alain Altinoglu conducts the first new Met production of the opera in more than forty years. La Bohème - Puccini – April 5, 2014 at 12:55 p.m. ETConductor: Stefano RanzaniProduction: Franco ZeffirelliSet Designer: Franco ZeffirelliCostume Designer: Peter J. HallLighting Designer: Gil WechslerCast: Anita Hartig (Mimì), Susanna Phillips (Musetta), Vittorio Grigolo (Rodolfo), Massimo Cavalletti (Marcello), Patrick Carfizzi (Schaunard), Oren Gradus (Colline), Donald Maxwell (Benoit/Alcindoro) An exciting young cast stars in Franco Zeffirelli's classic production of La Bohème, the most-performed opera in Met history. Italian tenor Vittorio Grigolo stars as the passionate writer Rodolfo, and Romanian soprano Anita Hartig makes her Met debut as his consumptive lover, Mimì. Susanna Phillips sings the flirtatious Musetta and Massimo Cavalletti is the painter Marcello in this performance, led by rising conductor Stefano Ranzani. Così fan tutte - Mozart – April 26, 2014 at 12:55 p.m. ETConductor: James LevineProduction: Lesley KoenigDesigner: Michael YearganLighting Designer: Duane SchulerCast: Susanna Phillips (Fiordiligi), Isabel Leonard (Dorabella), Danielle de Niese (Despina), Matthew Polenzani (Ferrando), Rodion Pogossov (Guglielmo), Maurizio Muraro (Don Alfonso) James Levine conducts the first Live in HD performance of Mozart's barbed romance Così fan tutte. Lesley Koenig's sleek production will star Susanna Phillips and Isabel Leonard as the sisters Fiordiligi and Dorabella; Matthew Polenzani and Rodion Pogossov as their fiancés, Ferrando and Guglielmo; Danielle de Niese as their feisty maid Despina; and Maurizio Muraro as the cynical Don Alfonso. La Cenerentola - Rossini – May 10, 2014 at 12:55 p.m. ETConductor: Fabio LuisiProduction: Cesare Lievi Designer: Maurizio BalòLighting Designer: Gigi SaccomandiChoreographer: Daniela SchiavoneCast: Joyce DiDonato (Angelina), Juan Diego Flórez (Don Ramiro), Pietro Spagnoli (Dandini), Alessandro Corbelli (Don Magnifico), Luca Pisaroni (Alidoro) Joyce DiDonato sings her first Met performances of the title character in Rossini's Cinderella story, La Cenerentola, with bel canto master Juan Diego Flórez as her dashing prince. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi leads a cast that also includes Pietro Spagnoli in his Met debut as the servant Dandini, Alessandro Corbelli as Cenerentola's stepfather Don Magnifico, and Luca Pisaroni as Don Ramiro's tutor, Alidoro.