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Music Director Emeritus James Levine Conducts a Revival of L’Italiana in Algeri, With Marianna Pizzolato and René Barbera Making Met Debuts in the Leading Roles. Rossini’s early comedy also stars Nicola Alaimo and Ildar Abdrazakov in a revival of Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s production, last seen at the Met in 2004. New York, NY – James Levine leads his first opera as the Met’s new Music Director Emeritus, a revival of Rossini’s comedy L’Italiana in Algeri. The comedic opera, which

Met Music Director James Levine Leads a Rare Revival of Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail, The Final Opera in the Met’s 2015-16 Season Albina Shagimuratova makes her role debut as Konstanze with Paul Appleby as Konstanze’s lover Belmonte, and Kathleen Kim as Konstanze’s maid Blondchen New York, NY – Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail, which has not been seen on the Met stage in almost a decade, opens April 22 led by James Levine, who recently announced that he would

Met Music Director James Levine Conducts Verdi’s Tragic Masterpiece Simon Boccanegra, With Plácido Domingo Starring in the Title Role The cast also includes Joseph Calleja as Gabriele Adorno and Ferruccio Furlanetto as Jacopo Fiesco, with rising soprano Lianna Haroutounian as Amelia New York, NY – Beginning April 1, Met Music Director James Levine conducts Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra, with Plácido Domingo starring in the title role. The legendary duo has worked together many tim

Met Music Director James Levine Conducts His First Met Performances of Johann Strauss’s Operetta Die Fledermaus. Performed in English as a Met Holiday Presentation Die Fledermaus stars Susanna Phillips as Rosalinde, Toby Spence as Eisenstein, Lucy Crowe as Adele, and Tony winner Paulo Szot as Dr. Falke The cast also features Susan Graham in her Met role debut as the fun-loving Prince Orlofsky, and two-time Tony nominee Christopher Fitzgerald in his Met debut as Frosch New Yor