While the Metropolitan found a comfortable niche in radio early on, it took decades for
the company to tailor its rarefied appeal to television. Indeed, from its earliest
days, the relationship between the quirky, impetuous and relentlessly lowbrow tube and the
formal, tradition-bound and highbrow Met was indifferent at best. The relationship
began promisingly in 1940 with a studio concert featuring the likes of Albanese and
Warren. And, although further partnerships were halted by war, three consecutive
opening nights were telecast beginning in 1948. But taste, even in those pioneer
days, gravitated more toward Uncle Milty than to Uncle Milton. Martin Mayer
remembers watching the first two opening nights -- Otello and Rosenkavalier -- at a local
bar! But by the time Bing's first opening night came around, the novelty had worn
off and the bar patrons had gone back to, presumably, wrestling. A pay-per-view
experiment in 1952 -- a transmission of Carmen to local movie houses -- did not fare
particularly well either. For the next twenty-five years, the Met company made only
occasional television appearances. By the early seventies, it was clear to
management that the only viable future for vocal arts programming was in public
television. In that era, experimental tapings, including a 1974 Contes d'Hoffmann
with Domingo and Sutherland, were made in an effort to identify and solve sound, lighting
and other technical problems. Finally, on March 15, 1977, the Metropolitan Opera
returned to television: |
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| Broadcast |
Opera |
Cast/Conductor |
| March 10, 1940 |
FIRST TELEVISION SPECIAL |
JOHNSON, CASTAGNA, JAGEL, ALBANESE,
WARREN, BURKE, TOKATYAN, BONELLI /ST. LEGER, NBC ORCHESTRA |
| November 29, 1948 |
OTELLO |
VINAY, ALBANESE, WARREN, LIPTON, GARRIS
/BUSCH |
| November 21, 1949 |
DER ROSENKAVALIER |
STEVENS, STEBER, LIST, BERGER, THOMPSON,
LIPTON, DI STEFANO /REINER |
| November 6, 1950 |
DON CARLO |
BJOERLING, RIGAL, MERRILL, SIEPI,
BARBIERI, HINES /STIEDRY |
| December 11, 1952 |
CARMEN |
STEVENS, TUCKER, CONNER, MERRILL /REINER
(CLOSED CIRCUIT TELECAST TO THEATERS) |
| February 1, 1953 |
DER FLEDERMAUS |
B. LEWIS, KULLMAN, HUNT, HAYWARD,
NOVOTNA, BROWNLEE /ORMANDY |
| February 22, 1953 |
LA BOHEME |
CONNER, SULLIVAN, B. LEWIS, GUARRERA,
HARVUOT, SCOTT /EREDE |
| April 6, 1953 |
MET JAMBOREE |
THEBOM, TUCKER, BACCALONI, DEL MONACO,
LONDON, SULLIVAN, MILANOV, PETERS, CONLEY, VALENTINO, PRICE, ALBANESE /CLEVA, RUDOLF |
| November 8, 1953 |
TOAST TO THE MET |
STEVENS, TUCKER, SIEPI, FRANKE, PETERS,
BORGE (ON CBS' "TOAST OF THE TOWN") |
| November 8, 1954 |
OPENING NIGHT GALA |
WARREN, DE LOS ANGELES, TUCKER, GUARRERA,
PETERS, MADIERA, VALLETTI, MERRILL, CORENA, HINES, FRANKE, DE PAOLIS /EREDE - CLEVA
(CLOSED CIRUIT TELECAST TO THEATERS) |
| November 25, 1956 |
TOSCA (ACT TWO EXCERPT) |
CALLAS, LONDON /MITROPOULOS (ON CBS' ED
SULLIVAN SHOW) |
| January 27, 1957 |
MADAMA BUTTERFLY (EXC) |
KIRSTEN, DEL MONACO, HAWKINS /RUDOLF ( ON
CBS' ED SULLIVAN SHOW) |
| February 17, 1957 |
RIGOLETTO (EXC) |
GUDEN, BJORLING, VOTIPKA, KING /CLEVA (ON
CBS' ED SULLIVAN SHOW) |
| March 10, 1957 |
ANDREA CHENIER (EXC) |
TEBALDI, TUCKER /RAY BLOCK ORCHESTRA (ON
CBS' ED SULLIVAN SHOW) |
| January 26, 1958 |
LA PERICHOLE (EXC) |
HURLEY, RITCHARD, UPPMAN /MOREL (ON NBC'S
OMNIBUS) |
| November 7, 1968 |
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA |
TOZZI, BERGANZA, ALVA, SERENI, CORENA
/BONYNGE (TELECAST, NHK-TOKYO: 1/4/69) |
| April 22, 1972 |
BING GALA |
SUTHERLAND, PAVAROTTI, CABALLE, DOMINGO,
TUCKER, MERRILL, MOFFO, PRICE, MCCRACKEN, ZYLIS-GARA, CORELLI, NILSSON /BONYNGE, LEVINE,
MOLINARI-PRADELLI, ADLER, BOEHM (ONE HOUR HIGHLIGHTS TELECAST, CBS: 4/30/72) |
| April 10, 1975* |
DANNY KAYE'S LOOK-IN AT MET |
MALIPONTE, CARRERAS, SILLS, ELIAS,
BLEGEN, MERRILL, DE GIUSEPPE, MORRIS /LEVINE (INCLUDED EXC. FROM 4/11/75. TELCAST, CBS:
4/27/75) |
| June 3, 1975 |
LA TRAVIATA |
SUTHERLAND, ALEXANDER, MACNEIL /BONYNGE
(ONE HR HIGHLIGHTS, NHK, TOKYO: TELECAST DATE UNKNOWN) |
| March 15, 1977 |
LA BOHEME |
SCOTTO, PAVAROTTI, NISKA, WIXELL, MONK,
PLISHKA /LEVINE |
| November 7, 1977 |
RIGOLETTO |
MACNEIL, COTRUBAS, DOMINGO, DIAZ, JONES
/LEVINE |
| March 16, 1978 |
DON GIOVANNI |
MORRIS, SUTHERLAND, VARADY, BACQUIER,
TOURANGEAU, BRECKNOCK, MONK, MACURDY /BONYNGE |
| April 5, 1978 |
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA |
TROYANOS, DOMINGO, SHINALL, JONES /LEVINE
|
| April 5, 1978 |
PAGLIACCI |
DOMINGO, STRATAS, MILNES, MONK /LEVINE |
| September 25, 1978 |
OTELLO |
VICKERS, SCOTTO, MACNEIL, GIBBS, KRAFT
/LEVINE |
| November 21, 1978 |
THE BARTERED BRIDE |
STRATAS, GEDDA, VICKERS, TALVELA /LEVINE |
| December 19, 1978 |
TOSCA |
VERRETT, PAVAROTTI, MACNEIL /CONLON |
| January 11, 1979 |
DON PASQUALE |
BACQUIER, SILLS, KRAUS, HAGEGARD
/RESCIGNO (TELECAST, PBS: 5/17/80) |
| January 20, 1979 |
LUISA MILLER |
SCOTTO, DOMINGO, MILNES, GIAIOTTI,
MORRIS, KRAFT /LEVINE |
| September 24, 1979 |
OTELLO |
DOMINGO, CRUZ-ROMO, MILNES, CIANNELLA,
LOVE /LEVINE |
| November 27, 1979 |
MAHAGONNY |
STRATAS, CASSILY, VARNAY, MACNEIL,
ULFUNG, PLISHKA /LEVINE |
| February 16, 1980 |
ELEKTRA |
NILSSON, RYSANEK, DUNN, MCINTYRE, NAGY
/LEVINE (TELECAST, PBS: 1/28/81}) |
| February 16, 1980 |
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA |
PAVAROTTI, RICCIARELLI, QUILICO, BLEGEN,
BERINI /PATANE |
| February 21, 1980 |
DON CARLO |
MOLDOVEANU, SCOTTO, MILNES, TROYANOS,
PLISHKA, HINES /LEVINE (TELECAST, PBS: 4/12/80) |
| March 29, 1980 |
MANON LESCAUT |
SCOTTO, DOMINGO, ELVIRA, CAPECCHI /LEVINE
(TELECAST, PBS: 9/27/80) |
| December 20, 1980 |
LULU |
MIGENES-JOHNSON, MAZURA, LEAR, REIGLE,
FOLDI, CARLSON /LEVINE |
| March 2, 1981 |
L'ELISIR D'AMORE |
PAVAROTTI, BLEGEN, ELLIS, BRUSCANTINI
/RESCIGNO |
| March 28, 1981 |
LA TRAVIATA |
COTRUBAS, DOMINGO, MACNEIL /LEVINE
(TELECAST LIVE TO EUROPE & ON 9/30/81 ON PBS) |
| November 14, 1981 |
IL TABARRO |
SCOTTO, MOLDOVEANU, MACNEIL, BERINI
/LEVINE |
| November 14, 1981 |
SUOR ANGELICA |
SCOTTO, TAILLON, NORDEN /LEVINE |
| November 14, 1981 |
GIANNI SCHICCHI |
BACQUIER, SCOTTO, CREECH, NORDEN, BYBEE,
TAILLON /LEVINE |
| December 15, 1981 |
RIGOLETTO |
QUILICO, EDA-PIERRE, PAVAROTTI,
BERBERIAN, JONES /LEVINE (TELECAST, PBS, 12/16/81) |
| January 16, 1982 |
LA BOHEME |
STRATAS, CARRERAS, SCOTTO, STILWELL,
MONK, MORRIS /LEVINE |
| February 28, 1982 |
CONCERT |
TROYANOS, DOMINGO /LEVINE (TELECAST, PBS:
3/3/82) |
| March 28, 1982 |
CONCERT |
PRICE, HORNE /LEVINE (TELECAST, PBS:
12/3/82) |
| October 7, 1982 |
DER ROSENKAVALIER |
TROYANOS, TE KANAWA, MOLL, BLEGEN,
HAMMOND-STROUD, CONRAD, PAVAROTTI /LEVINE |
| November 6, 1982 |
IDOMENEO |
PAVAROTTI, COTRUBAS, VON STADE, BEHRENS,
ALEXANDER /LEVINE (TELECAST LIVE TO EUROPE & ON 1/26/83 ON PBS) |
| November 13, 1982 |
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR |
SUTHERLAND, KRAUS, ELVIRA, PLISHKA
/BONYNGE (TELECAST, PBS: 9/28/83) |
| December 20, 1982 |
TANNHAUSER |
CASSILY, MARTON, TROYANOS, WEIKL, MACURDY
/LEVINE (TELECAST, PBS: 3/23/83) |
| December 25, 1982 |
HANSEL UND GRETEL |
VON STADE, BLEGEN, ELIAS, KRAFT, DEVLIN
/FULTON |
| January 30, 1983 |
CONCERT |
DOMINGO, MILNES /LEVINE (TELECAST, PBS:
5/11/83) |
| March 26, 1983 |
DON CARLO |
DOMINGO, FRENI, BUMBRY, QUILICO,
GHIAUROV, FURLANETTO /LEVINE (TLECAST LVE TO EUROPE & ON 2/1/84 ON PBS) |
| October 8, 1983 |
LES TROYENS |
NORMAN, TROYANOS, DOMINGO, MONK, PLISHKA,
TAILLON, AHLSTEDT /LEVINE (INCLUDES EXC. FROM 10/4/83. TELECAST, PBS: 3/28/84) |
| October 22, 1983 |
CENTENNIAL GALA -PART I |
MARTON, NORMAN, THOMAS, TE KANAWA, JONES,
MCCRACKEN, LEAR, STEWART, CRESPIN, RAIMONDI, PETERS, MORRIS, SUTHERLAND, BLEGEN, VON
STADE, CASSILLY, NORDEN, BOESCH, MALFITANO, KRAUS, GEDDA, BERINI, QUILICO, TOMOWA-SINTOW,
BATTLE, SOEDERSTROEM, FRENI, DOMINGO /LEVINE, BONYNGE, STIVENDER, TATE |
| October 22, 1983 |
CENTENNIAL GALA -PART II |
CABALLE, CARRERAS, PLISHKA, GIACOMINI,
MERRITT, CHEEK, WINBERGH, HARTMAN, COTRUBAS, DEVIA, KRAFT, DANIELS, TAJO, NEBLETT, ESTES,
VELIS, MACNEIL, ARROYO, DUNN, MAURO, ELVIRA, MOFFO, MERRILL, J. MEIER, ELIAS, RESNIK,
ALEXANDER, MACURDY, HINES, AMARA, BERINI, BUMBRY, BRUSON, RICCIARELLI, LEWIS, GHIAUROV,
MITCHELL, CIANNELLA, JENKINS, MOSER, SHICOFF, HORNE, NILSSON, PRICE, PAVAROTTI /BERNSTEIN,
LEVINE, PRITCHARD, FULTON |
| December 17, 1983 |
ERNANI |
PAVAROTTI, MITCHELL, MILNES, RAIMONDI
/LEVINE (TELECAST LIVE TO EUROPE & ON 12/21/83 ON PBS) |
| March 24, 1984 |
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO |
PRICE, GIACOMINI, NUCCI, GIAIOTTI, JONES,
FISSORE /LEVINE (TELECAST LIVE TO EUROPE & ON 10/31/84 ON PBS) |
| April 7, 1984 |
FRANCESCA DA RIMINI |
SCOTTO, DOMINGO, MACNEIL, LEWIS /LEVINE
(TELECAST, PBS: 1/30/85) |
| May 13, 1984 |
CENTENNIAL GALA III (TV) |
(PRIMARILY BALLET) DOMINGO /SCHERMERHORN
(TELECAST, PBS: 5/16/84) |
| December 29, 1984 |
SIMON BOCCANEGRA |
MILNES, TOMOWA-SINTOW, MOLDOVEANU,
PLISHKA, R.J. CLARK /LEVINE (TELECAST LIVE TO EUROPE & ON 4/17/85 ON PBS) |
| January 3, 1985 |
AIDA |
PRICE, MCCRACKEN, COSSOTTO, ESTES,
MACURDY /LEVINE |
| March 27, 1985 |
TOSCA |
BEHRENS, DOMINGO, MACNEIL /SINOPOLI |
| December 14, 1985 |
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO |
RAIMONDI, BATTLE, VANESS, ALLEN, VON
STADE, KORN, TAILLON /LEVINE (TELECAST, PBS: 4/23/86) |
| January 10, 1986 |
LOHENGRIN |
P. HOFMANN, MARTON, RYSANEK, ROAR,
MACURDY /LEVINE (TELECAST, PBS: 3/26/86) |
| January 11, 1986 |
L'ITALIANA IN ALGERI |
HORNE, AHLSTEDT, MONK, MONTARSOLO,
MERRITT /LEVINE |
| December 31, 1986 |
DIE FLEDERMAUS |
TE KANAWA, HAGEGARD, BLEGEN, RENDALL,
TROYANOS, DEVLIN /TATE |
| January 11, 1987 |
SUTHERLAND - PAVAROTTI GALA |
SUTHERLAND, PAVAROTTI, NUCCI, FURLANETTO,
JONES /BONYNGE (TELECAST, PBS: 3/4/87) |
| February 28, 1987 |
CARMEN |
BALTSA, CARERRAS, MITCHELL, RAMEY /LEVINE
(TELECAST, PBS: 4/1/87) |
| April 4, 1987 |
DIALOGUES DES CARMELITES |
EWING, CRESPIN, NORMAN, QUIVAR, NORDEN,
KRAFT /ROSENTHAL (TELECAST, PBS: 5/6/87) |
| April 4, 1987 |
TURANDOT |
MARTON, DOMINGO, MITCHELL, PLISHKA,
CUENOD /LEVINE (TELECAST, PBS: 1/27/88) |
| January 8, 1988 |
LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN |
SHICOFF, MORRIS, BRADLEY, TROYANOS, R.
ALEXANDER, QUITTMEYER, LACIURA /DUTOIT (TELECAST, PBS: 3/2/88) |
| March 12, 1988 |
ARIADNE AUF NAXOS |
NORMAN, BATTLE, TROYANOS, KING, NENTWIG
/LEVINE (TELECAST LIVE TO EUROPE & ON 4/27/88 ON PBS) |
| June 4, 1988 |
CONCERT (TV) |
BATTLE, DOMINGO /LEVINE (TELECAST ON NHK,
TOKYO) |
| September 18, 1988 |
RECITAL |
PAVAROTTI/LEVINE (piano) |
| October 15, 1988 |
IL TROVATORE |
PAVAROTTI, MARTON, ZAJICK, MILNES, WELLS
/LEVINE (TELECAST, PBS: 10/21/88) |
| December 3, 1988 |
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA |
NUCCI, BATTLE, BLAKE, DARA, FURLANETTO,
DI FRANCO /WEIKERT (TELECAST, PBS: 2/17/89) |
| February 1, 1989 |
BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE |
RAMEY, NORMAN /LEVINE |
| February 1, 1989 |
EWARTUNG |
NORMAN /LEVINE |
| April 8, 1989* |
DIE WALKURE |
BEHRENS, NORMAN, LAKES, MORRIS, LUDWIG,
MOLL /LEVINE (TELECAST, PBS: 6/19/90) |
| October 7, 1989 |
AIDA |
MILLO, DOMINGO, ZAJICK, MILNES,
BURCHULADZE /LEVINE (TELECAST, PBS: 12/27/89) |
| April 2, 1990 |
DON GIOVANNI |
RAMEY, VANESS, MATTILA, FURLANETTO,
UPSHAW, HADLEY, COKORINOS, MOLL /LEVINE (TELECAST, PBS: 10/31/90) |
| April 23, 1990* |
DAS RHEINGOLD |
MORRIS, LUDWIG, WLASCHIHA, JERUSALEM,
SVENDEN, ROOTERING, SALMINEN /LEVINE (TELECAST, PBS: 6/18/90) |
| April 26, 1990* |
SIEGFRIED |
JERUSALEM, BEHRENS, ZEDNIK, MORRIS,
SVENDEN, WLASCHIHA /LEVINE (TELECAST, PBS: 6/20/90) |
| May 5, 1990* |
GOTTERDAMMERUNG |
(VOLKERT), JERUSALEM, SALMINEN, RAFFELL,
LISOWSKA, LUDWIG /LEVINE (TELECAST, PBS: 6/21/90 - INCLUDES MAJOR PORTIONS OF 4/28/90
PERFORMANCE. VOLKERT DOES NOT APPEAR IN THE TELECAST.) |
| December 22, 1990 |
SEMIRAMIDE |
ANDERSON, HORNE, RAMEY, SHIN, OLSEN,
CHEEK /CONLON (TELECAST, PBS: 10/16/91) |
| January 26, 1991 |
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA |
PAVAROTTI, MILLO, NUCCI, BLACKWELL,
QUIVAR /LEVINE (TELECAST, PBS: 5/22/91) |
| February 9, 1991* |
DIE ZAUBERFLOTE |
ARAIZA, BATTLE, HEMM, SERRA, MOLL,
KILDUFF, ZEDNIK /LEVINE (TELECAST, PBS: 6/19/91) |
| September 23, 1991 |
NEW MET SILVER ANNIVERSARY |
RIGOLETTO, ACT III: NUCCI, STUDER,
PAVAROTTI, SVENDEN, GHIAUROV /LEVINE - OTELLO, ACT III: DOMINGO, FRENI, DIAZ /LEVINE - DIE
FLEDERMAUS, ACT II: DANIELS, PREY, KILDUFF, VON OTTER, CROFT, VON STADE, HAMPSON,
ANDERSON, MILNES, MILLO, FURLANETTO, BATTLE, RAMEY, FRENI /LEVINE (LIVE PAY-PER-VIEW
TELECAST. SLIGHTLY ABRIDGED TELECAST SHOWN ON PBS: 3/9/92) |
| November 16, 1991 |
L'ELISIR D'AMORE |
PAVAROTTI, BATTLE, J. PONS, DARA /LEVINE
(TELECAST, PBS: 12/23/92) |
| January 10, 1992* |
GHOSTS OF VERSAILLES |
STRATAS, HAGEGARD, G. QUILICO, G. CLARK,
HORNE, FLEMING, DAHL, KAZARAS /LEVINE (TELECAST, PBS: 9/14/92) |
| March 28, 1992* |
PARSIFAL |
JERUSALEM, W. MEIER, MOLL, WEIKL, MAZURA
/LEVINE (TELECAST, PBS: 4/7/93) |
| April 8, 1992 |
LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST |
DANIELS, DOMINGO, MILNES /SLATKIN
(TELECAST, PBS: 6/10/92) |
| October 10, 1992 |
FALSTAFF |
PLISHKA, FRENI, POLA, HORNE, BONNEY,
LOPARDO, GRAHAM /LEVINE (TELECAST, PBS: 9/13/93) |
| November 13, 1993 |
STIFFELIO |
DOMINGO, SWEET, CHERNOV, PLISHKA /LEVINE
(TELECAST, PBS, 12/27/93) |
| December 21, 1993* |
I LOMBARDI |
FLANIGAN, PAVAROTTI, BECCARIA, RAMEY
/LEVINE (TELECAST, PBS: 3/30/94) |
| January 22, 1994* |
ELEKTRA |
BEHRENS, VOIGT, FASSBAENDER, KING,
MCINTYRE /LEVINE (TELECAST, PBS: 9/12/94) |
| September 26, 1994 |
IL TABARRO |
STRATAS, DOMINGO, J. PONS, QUIVAR /LEVINE
(TELECAST, PBS: 12/28/94) |
| September 26, 1994* |
PAGLIACCI |
PAVAROTTI, STRATAS, J. PONS, CROFT
/LEVINE (TELECAST, PBS: 12/28/94) |
| November 3, 1994* |
ARABELLA |
TE KANAWA, BRENDEL, MCLAUGHLIN, KUEBLER,
DERNESCH, MCINTYRE /THIELEMANN (TELECAST, PBS: 11/1/95) |
| December 21, 1994* |
MADAMA BUTTERFLY |
MALFITANO, LEECH, WHITE, CROFT, LEFEBVRE
/GATTI (TELECAST, PBS: 12/27/95) |
| January 26, 1995* |
SIMON BOCCANEGRA |
CHERNOV, TE KANAWA, DOMINGO, LLOYD, POLA
/LEVINE (TELECAST, PBS: 4/26/95) |
| October 13, 1995* |
OTELLO |
DOMINGO, FLEMING, MORRIS, R. CROFT,
BUNNELL /LEVINE (TELECAST, PBS: 1/31/96) |
| February 27, 1996* |
COSI FAN TUTTE |
VANESS, HADLEY, MENTZER, CROFT, BARTOLI,
ALLEN /LEVINE (TELECAST, PBS: 12/30/96) |
| March 12, 1996 |
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO |
SWEET, DOMINGO, CHERNOV, SCANDIUZZI,
SCALCHI, POLA /LEVINE (TELECAST, PBS: 9/11/96) |
| April 27, 1996 |
JAMES LEVINE 25TH ANNIVERSARY GALA |
VOIGT, CHERNOV, VON STADE, HAMPSON,
SCANDIUZZI, FLEMING, LEECH, HONG, HAGEGARD, WHITE, GOERKE, DIMITROVA, FARINA, J. PONS,
BENACKOVA, GHEORGHIU, ALAGNA, COTRUBAS, ZAJICK, MORRIS, TERFEL, SWENSON, KRAUS, NORMAN,
UPSHAW, HADLEY, MATTILA, MILNES, W. MEIER, OSWALD, PLISHKA, BERGONZI, QUIVAR, ELIAS,
ANTHONY, COURTNEY, SWEET, G. JONES, RAMEY, ANDERSON, FURLANETTO, MALFITANO, CROFT, VANESS,
MENTZER, BUMBRY, MILLO, EWING, EAGLEN, TE KANAWA, VON OTTER, MURPHY, DOMINGO, ROBBINS,
KING, WEIKL, MACURDY /LEVINE |
| October 15, 1996* |
ANDREA CHENIER |
PAVAROTTI, GULEGHINA, J. PONS, WHITE
/LEVINE (TELECAST, PBS: 4/23/97) |
| March 11, 1997* |
BILLY BUDD |
CROFT, LANGRIDGE, MORRIS, BRAUN /BEDFORD
(TELECAST, PBS: 6/3/98) |
| March 25, 1997* |
CARMEN |
W. MEIER, DOMINGO, GHEORGHIU, LEIFERKUS
/LEVINE (TELECAST, PBS: 12/29/97) |
| April 26, 1997* |
FEDORA |
FRENI, DOMINGO, CROFT, ARTETA /R. ABBADO
(TELECAST, PBS: 10/29/97) |
| November 3, 1997* |
LA CENERENTOLA |
BARTOLI, VARGAS, CORBELLI, ALAIMO /LEVINE
(TELECAST, PBS: 12/28/98) |
| September 28, 1998 |
SAMSON ET DALILA |
DOMINGO, BORODINA, LEIFERKUS, FINK, PAPE
/LEVINE |
| November 11, 1998* |
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO |
TERFEL, BARTOLI, FLEMING, CROFT, MENTZER,
PLISHKA, WHITE /LEVINE (TELECAST, PBS: 12/29/99) |
| November 22, 1998 |
PAVAROTTI 30TH ANNIVERSARY GALA |
L'ELISIR D'AMORE, ACT II: PAVAROTTI,
SWENSON, DE CANDIA, NUCCI /LEVINE - LA BOHEME, ACT III: DESSI, PAVAROTTI, ARTETA, CROFT
/LEVINE - AIDA, ACT IV: GULEGHINA, PAVAROTTI, ZAJICK /LEVINE (TELECAST, PBS: 3/31/99) |
| April 7, 1999* |
THE QUEEN OF SPADES |
DOMINGO, GORCHAKOVA, SOEDERSTROEM,
HVOROSTOVSKY, PUTILIN, BORODINA /GERGIEV (TELECAST, PBS: 9/8/99) |
| December 18, 1999* |
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE |
EAGLEN, HEPPNER, DALAYMAN, KETELSEN, PAPE
/LEVINE (TELECAST, PBS: 3/21/01) |
| October 14, 2000* |
DON GIOVANNI |
TERFEL, FLEMING, KRINGELBORN, FURLANETTO,
HONG, GROVES, RELYEA, KOPTCHAK /LEVINE (TELECAST, PBS: 12/27/00) |
| October 28, 2000* |
FIDELIO |
MATTILA, HEPPNER, PAPE, STRUCKMANN,
WELCH-BABIDGE, POLENZANI /LEVINE (TELECAST, PBS: 12/26/02) |
| April 6, 2001* |
NABUCCO |
J. PONS, GULEGHINA, RAMEY, HUGHES JONES,
WHITE, DESHORTIES /LEVINE (TELECAST, PBS: 6/11/02) |
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