Great Performances at The Met returns to PBS for its twelfth season in 2018, delighting audiences with nine productions featuring the world’s leading stars of opera. PBS is excited to highlight two of these operas – Norma and Tosca – with primetime broadcasts. The season opens with The Met’s new production of Bellini’s Norma, starring Sondra Radvanovsky as the titlular druid high priestess, opposite Joyce DiDonato as Norma’s new rival and Joseph Calleja as her unfaithful lover.
Episode 1
Norma
Jan 28, 2018
Season 12 of Great Performances at the Met begins with a new production of Bellini’s masterpiece about a woman scorned, conducted by Carlo Rizzi. Norma stars Sondra Radvanovsky as the titlular druid high priestess, opposite Joyce DiDonato as Norma’s new rival and Joseph Calleja as her unfaithful lover – a casting dream for bel canto fans.
Episode 2
The Exterminating Angel
Mar 25, 2018
Episode 3
L’Elisir D’Amore
Apr 29, 2018
Episode 4
La Bohème
May 20, 2018
Episode 5
Tosca
Jun 15, 2018
Episode 6
Semiramide
Jul 8, 2018
Episode 7
Cosí Fan Tutte
Jul 29, 2018
Episode 8
Luisa Miller
Aug 12, 2018
Episode 9
Cendrillon
Sep 9, 2018