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The Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network begins its new season on 89.5 KBAQ on Saturday, December 9 with dynamic new intermission programs, including live interviews with singers, designers, and directors; behind-the-scenes stories; and the beloved Opera Quiz. For the Met’s 76th radio broadcast season of 22 broadcasts, announcer Margaret Juntwait returns for her third season.

Please note: Due to the nature of these live performances times are approximate and may vary.

December 9, 2006 / 11:00 a.m. MST
Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (in Italian)

Conducted by James Levine, this story of love and sacrifice in the royal family of Crete features Kobie van Rensburg in the title role, with Dorothea Röschmann , Alexandra Deshorties , and Magdalena Kožená.

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December 16, 2006 / 11:30 a.m. MST
Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi (in Italian)

Verdi’s tragedy, based on a play by Victor Hugo, features Ekaterina Siurina singing the role of Gilda, the ill-fated daughter of the cursed hunchback Rigoletto, played by Carlos Alvarez; tenor Joseph Calleja takes the role of the Duke of Mantua, and Friedrich Haider conducts.

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December 23, 2006 / 11:00 a.m. MST
Don Carlo by Giuseppe Verdi (in Italian)

Set against the struggle for Flemish independence and the war between France and Spain during the Inquisition, Don Carlo’s all-star cast includes Patricia Racette,
Olga Borodina, Johan Botha, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, René Pape, Samuel Ramey, and conductor James Levine.

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December 30, 2006 / 11:30 a.m. MST
The Magic Flute, abbreviated version in English by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (abbreviated version in English)

For the world premiere of this wondrous new interpretation of Julie Taymor’s production, American poet and librettist J.D. McClatchy provides a fresh translation; James Levine conducts, and the cast includes Isabel Bayrakdarian, Nathan Gunn , Frank Lopardo, Morris Robinson, and Cornelia Götz.

January 6, 2007 / 11:30 a.m. MST
I Puritani by Vincenzo Bellini (in Italian)

Soprano Anna Netrebko takes the bel canto role of Elvira opposite Eric Cutler’s Arturo and Franco Vassallo’s Riccardo; Patrick Summers conducts.

January 13, 2007 / 11:30 a.m. MST
The First Emperor by Tan Dun (in English)

For the world premiere of this Metropolitan Opera commission, the composer conducts his own epic new work set in the ancient court of the first emperor of China, with direction from filmmaker Zhang Yimou, known for House of Flying Daggers and Hero. Plácido Domingo sings the title role as the leader who unites China and builds the Great Wall; Paul Groves is the court composer who defies him, and Elizabeth Futral performs as the emperor’s daughter.

January 20, 2007 / 11:30 a.m. MST
Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti (in Italian)

Donizetti's opera, based on a novel by Sir Walter Scott, was revitalized by soprano Maria Callas; originally broadcast on January 20, 1956, this classic performance features Callas in one of her signature roles, with its famous Mad Scene.

January 27, 2007 / 11:30 a.m. MST
Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini (in Italian)

Chilean soprano Cristina Gallardo-Domâs sings the role of the exotic and innocent Cio-Cio San, joining tenor Marcello Giordani, baritone Dwayne Croft, and conductor James Levine.

February 3, 2007 / 11:30 a.m. MST
La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini (in Italian)

Four artists find love and heartbreak in Paris in this romantic classic; Carlo Rizzi conducts, with Cristina Gallardo-Domâs as Mimì, Susannah Glanville as Musetta, Marcello Giordani as Rodolfo and Dwayne Croft as Marcello.

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February 10, 2007 / 11:30 a.m. MST
Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci by Pietro Mascagni and Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo (in Italian)

Marco Armiliato conducts both operas in this double-bill, with soprano Dolora Zajick, tenor Salvatore Licitra, and baritone Mark Delavan, who grew up in Phoenix and studied at Grand Canyon University.

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February 17, 2007 / 11:30 a.m. MST
Jenufa by Leos Janáček (in Czech)

Karita Mattila sings the title role, with Anja Silja as Kostelnička, Jenůfa’s protective stepmother; Jiri Belohlávek conducts this tale of the redeeming power of love and forgiveness.

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February 24, 2007 / 11:30 a.m. MST
Eugene Onegin by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (in Russian)

The text for Eugene Onegin was adapted by the composer from a poem by Alexander Pushkin; Metropolitan Opera Principal Guest Conductor Valery Gergiev leads a production including baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky in the title role, soprano Renée Fleming as Tatiana, and tenor Ramón Vargas as Lenski.

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March 3, 2007 / 11:30 a.m. MST
Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi (in Italian)

Baritone Thomas Hampson sings the classic role of Boccanegra for the first time at the Met, with Angela Gheorghiu as Amelia, Marcello Giordani in the role of her lover Gabriele, and Ferruccio Furlanetto as Fiesco in this story of political struggle and abduction in 14th-century Genoa; Fabio Luisi conducts.


March 10, 2007 / 10:00 a.m. MST
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner (in German)

Based on the chronicles of the Mastersingers of 16th-century Germany, Wagner’s opera features conductor James Levine, soprano Hei-Kyung Hong, baritone James Morris, and tenor Johan Botha as the young knight who triumphs in art and love.

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March 17, 2007 / 10:30 a.m. PDT
Faust by Charles Gounod (in French)

Ramón Vargas sings the title role in this work based on the play by Goethe; Ruth Ann Swenson is Marguerite and Ildar Abdrazakov is Méphistophélès, with conductor Maurizio Benini.

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March 24, 2007 / 10:30 a.m. PDT
Il Barbiere di Siviglia by Gioacchino Rossini (in Italian)

Maurizio Benini conducts a new production; tenor Juan Diego Flórez performs as Almaviva, joined by Joyce DiDonato as Rosina, Peter Mattei as the clever Figaro, Samuel Ramey as Don Basilio and John Del Carlo in the role of the hapless Dr. Bartolo.

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March 31, 2007 / 10:30 a.m. PDT
Die Agyptische Helena by Richard Strauss (in German)

Respected Strauss interpreter Deborah Voigt sings the role of Helen of Troy in a seldom-heard mythological drama of fidelity; for the network broadcast premiere of this new production, Fabio Luisi conducts; Diana Damrau is Aithra, the wife of Poseidon, and Torsten Kerl is Menelaus, Helen’s tortured hero of a husband.

April 7, 2007 / 10:30 a.m. PDT
Andrea Chenier by Umberto Giordano (in Italian)

A tale of romance, espionage and betrayal, Andrea Chénier is based upon the life of the legendary French poet and patriot who participated in the French Revolution, only to become a victim of it himself; tenor Ben Heppner and soprano Violeta Urmana join former Valley baritone Mark Delavan; Marco Armiliato conducts.

April 14, 2007 / 10:30 a.m. PDT
Turandot by Giacomo Puccini (in Italian)

Richard Armstrong conducts Turandot’s cast, including Andrea Gruber in the icy title role, with Hei-Kyung Hong as Liù and Richard Margison as Calàf.


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April 21, 2007 / 10:30 a.m. PDT
Giulio Cesare by George Frideric Handel (in Italian)

Countertenor David Daniels returns to sing Julius Caesar at the Met, with Ruth Ann Swenson as Cleopatra and Alice Coote as Sesto. Handel specialist Harry Bicket conducts this performance, welcoming Irish mezzo-soprano Patricia Bardon and American countertenor Lawrence Zazzo in their Met broadcast debuts.

April 28, 2007 / 10:30 a.m. PDT
Il Trittico by Giacomo Puccini (in Italian)

James Levine conducts a new production of Puccini’s popular triptych of one-act operas: in Il Tabarro, Maria Guleghina is the faithless wife, Salvatore Licitra is her doomed lover, and Juan Pons is Michele. Barbara Frittoli sings the tragic title role in Suor Angelica, with Stephanie Blythe and Heidi Grant Murphy; Gianni Schicchi stars Alessandro Corbelli, Olga Mykytenko, and Massimo Giordano.

May 5, 2007 / 10:30 a.m. PDT
Orfeo ed Euridice by Christoph Willibald von Gluck (in Italian)

The final Met broadcast of the season is a new production, with Mark Morris directing and James Levine conducting. Countertenor David Daniels takes on the role of Orfeo opposite lyric soprano Lisa Milne as Euridice; Heidi Grant Murphy brings her shimmering soprano to the role of Amor, the spirit of Love.

The 2006-07 Metropolitan Opera broadcast season is sponsored by Toll Brothers, America's Luxury Home Builder(tm), with generous long-term support from The Annenberg Foundation and the Vincent A. Stabile Foundation.

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