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Great Performances at the Met: Falstaff – Premieres beginning Sunday, August 6 at 2 p.m. on PBS (check local listings)
Verdi’s Shakespearean comedy features an ensemble cast in Robert Carsen’s staging, with baritone Michael Volle performing in his first Verdi role at the Met as the knight Falstaff, tormented by a trio of clever women who deliver his comeuppance. Reuniting after their acclaimed turns in the production’s 2019 run are soprano Ailyn Pérez as Alice Ford, soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano as Meg Page, and mezzo-soprano Marie-Nicole Lemieux as Mistress Quickly. Soprano Hera Hyesang Park and tenor Bogdan Volkov are the young couple Nannetta and Fenton, and Maestro Daniele Rustioni conducts. Ryan Speedo Green hosts.
Leonard Bernstein’s Kaddish Symphony with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Premieres Monday, August 21 at 9 p.m. on PBS and the PBS App (check local listings)
Recorded in July 2022, Bernstein protégé Marin Alsop conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Bernstein’s “Kaddish” Symphony at the Ravinia Festival. Creating a musical meditation wherein women’s voices are the tether to the highest powers, and examining the essential, eternal questions of humanity and faith, also featured are soprano Janai Brugger and Jaye Ladymore as narrator, along with the Chicago Children’s Choir.
Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert – Premieres Friday, August 25 at 9 p.m. on PBS and the PBS App (check local listings)
An annual favorite, each summer the world-renowned Vienna Philharmonic is joined by a guest conductor and soloist to perform an enchanting open-air concert from the magnificent gardens of Vienna’s Imperial Schönbrunn Palace. The 2023 Summer Night concert will be conducted for the first time by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Music Director for both the Metropolitan Opera and the Philadelphia Orchestra, joined by mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča.
Great Performances at the Met: Der Rosenkavalier – Premieres beginning Sunday, September 10 at 2 p.m. on PBS (check local listings)
Strauss’s grand Viennese comedy includes soprano Lise Davidsen as the aging Marschallin, opposite mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard as her lover Octavian and soprano Erin Morley as Sophie, the beautiful younger woman who steals his heart. Bass Günther Groissböck returns as the churlish Baron Ochs, and Markus Brück is Sophie’s wealthy father, Faninal. Maestro Simone Young takes the Met podium to oversee Robert Carsen’s staging. Deborah Voigt hosts.