Sung in Italian with English subtitles.

Cast:

Minnie SONDRA RADVANOVSKY

Dick Johnson SEOKJONG BAEK

Jack Rance CHRISTOPHER MALTMAN

Creatives:

Music GIACOMO PUCCINI

Conductor KERI-LYNN WILSON

Director RICHARD JONES

Set Designer MIRIAM BUETHER

Costume Designer NICKY GILLIBRAND

Lighting Designer MIMI JORDAN SHERIN

Choreographer LUCY BURGE

Synopsis:

Puccini's exhilarating drama of the Wild West returns in a new staging by celebrated British director Richard Jones, marking the company's first new production of La Fanciulla del West in more than 30 years. Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky adds to her already remarkable Met repertoire, making her role debut as Minnie, the tough tavern owner with a heart of gold who finds love when she least expects it. Tenor SeokJong Baek is the dashing bandit who rambles into the remote California mining town to steal her heart, opposite baritone Christopher Maltman as the lawman determined to deliver rough justice and win Minnie for himself. Maestro Keri-Lynn Wilson takes the podium to conduct one of opera's most action-packed adventures, live from the Met stage to cinemas worldwide. This production is part of the Met's award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to cinemas across the globe.

Cast:

Siegfried ANDREAS SCHAGER

Gunther THOMAS LEHMAN

Hagen MIKA KARES

Alberich CHRISTOPHER PURVES

Brunnhilde ELISABET STRID

Gutrune AMANDA MAJESKI

Waltraute ANNIKA SCHLICHT

First Norn NOA BEINART

Second Norn CLAIRE BARNETT-JONES

Third Norn CATHARINE WOODWARD

Woglinde SARAH BRADY

Wellgunde NIAMH O'SULLIVAN

Flosshilde SIAN GRIFFITHS

Creatives:

Music RICHARD WAGNER

Conductor ANTONIO PAPPANO

Director BARRIE KOSKY

Set Designer RUFUS DIDWISZUS

Costume Designer VICTORIA BEHR

Lighting Designer ALESSANDRO CARLETTI

Synopsis:

An earth in ruin. The twilight of the Gods.

Deception leads to treachery, then devastation, when Siegfried is tricked into betraying Brunnhilde. Learning the truth of her beloved's innocence, Brunnhilde at last returns the ring to the Rhinemaidens, before ordering that Valhalla be swallowed in flames. For the long-awaited finale of Wagner's epic saga, director Barrie Kosky situates the rich apocalyptic drama in a contemporary world of dream-like turmoil. Antonio Pappano, Conductor Laureate of The Royal Opera, returns to take on the impassioned, otherworldly music  including Siegfried's transporting Funeral March and Brunnhilde's electrifying Immolation Scene. The brilliant cast is led by Elisabet Strid, Andreas Schager and Mika Kares, who together with the full forces of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and the Royal Opera Chorus bring opera's greatest journey to its shattering end.