Opera
Metropolitan Opera at Christmas
25 stunning operas this December
The Metropolitan Opera Season 2009
Opening Night Gala
The Metropolitan Opera Season 2009
Opening Night Gala
The Metropolitan Opera Season 2009
The Audition
The Metropolitan Opera Season 2009
Salome
The Metropolitan Opera Season 2009
Salome
The Metropolitan Opera Season 2009
Doctor Atomic - Copyright by Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera Season 2009
Doctor Atomic - Copyright by Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera Season 2009
La Damnation de Faust - Copyright by Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera Season 2009
La Damnation de Faust - Copyright by Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera Season 2009
Thaïs - copyright by Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera Season 2009
La Rodine - Copyright by Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera Season 2009
Thaïs - Copyright by Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera Season 2009
La Rodine
The Metropolitan Opera Season 2009
Orfero ed Euridice (Orpheus and Eurydice) - Copyright by Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera Season 2009
Orfero ed Euridice (Orpheus and Eurydice) - Copyright by Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera Season 2009
Madama Butterfly - Copyright by Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera Season 2009
Madama Butterfly - Copyright by Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera Season 2009
Lucia di Lammermoor - Copyright by Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera Season 2009
Lucia di Lammermoor - Copyright by Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera Season 2009
La Sonnambula - Copyright by Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera Season 2009
La Sonnambula - Copyright by Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera Season 2009
La Cenerentola - Copyright by Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
It’s the countdown to Christmas but forget advent calendars, we’ve developed our own way to tick off the dark days of December.
You don’t need the pricey dress, the binoculars and the private box - Sky Arts 2 brings all the glamour and emotion of one of the world’s premier stages into your living room, with 25 stunning operas in December.
Enjoy both classic and innovative takes on some of the world’s most famous operas from the Metropolitan Opera Company, including Robert Lepage’s eerie La Damnation de Faust, Nicolas Joel’s light-hearted La Rondine and Anthony Minghella’s heart-wrenching Madama Butterfly, each featuring stars such as Renée Fleming, Danielle de Niese and Marcello Giordani. The season begins with The Audition, a suspenseful behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to be an opera star. Produced by award-winning documentary maker Susan Froemke, it follows three of 11 remaining contestants as they try to impress the judges, and get their big break, at the famous and gruelling Metropolitan auditions.
The Met Opera line-up on Sky Art 2 / HD this December:
01/12/2009 – 20.00 - The Audition
02/12/2009 – 20.00 - Opening Night Gala
03/12/2009 – 20.00 - Orfeo Ed Euridice
04/12/2009 – 20.00 - La Rondine
05/12/2009 – 20.00 - Manon Lescaut
06/12/2009 – 20.00 - The Barber Of Seville
07/12/2009 – 20.00 - I Puritani
08/12/2009 – 20.00 - La Fille Du Regiment
09/12/2009 – 20.00 - Il Trittico
10/12/2009 – 20.00 – Salome
11/12/2009 – 20.00 - Lucia Di Lammermoor
12/12/2009 – 20.00 - Eugene Onegin
13/12/2009 – 20.00 - La Sonnambula
14/12/2009 – 20.00 - Thais
15/12/2009 – 20.00 – Tristan And Isolde
16/12/2009 – 20.00 – Macbeth
17/12/2009 – 20.00 – Hansel And Gretel
18/12/2009 – 20.00 – Peter Grimes
19/12/2009 – 20.00 – Romeo Et Juliette
20/12/2009 – 20.00 – La Cenerentola
21/12/2009 – 20.00 – La Damnation De Faust
22/12/2009 – 20.00 – Madama Butterfly
23/12/2009 – 20.00 – The Magic Flute
24/12/2009 – 20.00 – The First Emperor
25/12/2009 – 20.00 - Doctor Atomic
26/12/2009 – 20.00 - La Boheme
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Dave
Thu 19 November 2009, 19:49
Wow! What a superb line up and a great treat for xmas! My Sky ssubscription is worth it for the opera on Sky Arts alone - i hope there are more surprises in 2010!
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Sally
Tue 24 November 2009, 17:14
This is brilliant. I didn’t have HD when the Barber of Seville, I Puritani etc were on earlier this year.
I would love to see the 1998 Met production of the Queen of Spades which must have been on in the past with Domingo, Hvorostovsky and Soderstrom. Any chance of a repeat of this please?
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Rosemary
Sun 29 November 2009, 10:47
Sky Arts is virtually the only TV I watch these days - no wonder!!!!
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Gareth
Sun 6 December 2009, 17:38
La Rondine on Friday night what a preformance by Alagna.I look forward to the rest of the Puccini preformances. Thanks again Sky Arts. Bravo!
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Grace Mary Galton
Thu 10 December 2009, 10:04
I echo Sally’s wish to see the great Placido Domingo in The Queens of Spades. What a wonderful treat that would be!
I have only just subscribed to Sky and already I have recorded operas to to take me through the cold dark, winter evenings. Thank you.
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Gabrielle
Sat 12 December 2009, 13:53
I just discovered Sky Arts last week while visiting friends in London. That particular evening, we watched I Puritani ... Bravo Anna Netrebko.
Am so happy to know your site and will watch on the Internet as I have no television! The Christmas program is wonderful.
Thank you so much.
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Alice
Tue 15 December 2009, 12:40
Fantastic line-up, and it’s been a great season - my first with SkyArts2.
I am <whispers> with The Other Side (cable) so don’t get the HD version but plain ordinary is pretty darn good!
Are there plans to show the rest of the Valenica Ring? I saw it live this summer and always did think the big screen backdrops and other effects would look better on film than in life, and they certainly do in Rheingold.
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David & Jean
Sun 20 December 2009, 19:21
We would like to say how we we have enjoyed the operas from the Met. Please continue to bring these productions to us. Just wonderful TV.
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ray
Mon 21 December 2009, 13:39
Superb version of Lucia de Lammermoor! More great singing from Anna Netrebko! Loved I Puritani ans Il Trittico. Looking fiward to Boheme Boxing Day. Great run of operas - thanks Sky!
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julie
Tue 22 December 2009, 22:45
thanks for madama butterfly. I’ve seen this production 3 times, and i love it so much.
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Mrs Alagna
Wed 23 December 2009, 15:18
Wonderful as always-what have mainstream channels to offer???- ‘netrebko & villazon in La Boheme on christmas day and they think thats serving us well ---that’s why true arts lovers go to sky arts 2. Thanks for a wonderful year. Looking forward to The Magic Flute tonight. Agree about Alagna in Rondine---but then I’m biased...........
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David Edwards
Mon 28 December 2009, 16:56
Dr Atomic on Christmas Day was brilliant. Sky Arts 2 provides amazing surprises with rarely-performed operas. Keep it up!
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Tony Fung
Tue 29 December 2009, 17:42
Is it possible to show the video of the Madama Butterfly performed by the Royal Opera House, Covenet Garder? It was shown by BBC2 a few years back and it was an excellent production.
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