Nightly Opera Streams, May 31–June 6

Aria Code: The Operas Behind the Podcast

This week of free streams showcases some of the operatic masterpieces explored in Aria Code, our insightful and entertaining podcast created in collaboration with WQXR. Enjoy popular Live in HD performances featuring some of the Met’s biggest stars, and then listen to the related episodes of Aria Code below, featuring insights from the artists. A full schedule for the week is available at the bottom of this page.

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Aria Code Episodes

Listen to episodes of Aria Code related to each of this week’s free streams.

Additional Content

Week 64

Monday, May 31
Puccini’Turandot
Starring Christine Goerke, Eleonora Buratto, Yusif Eyvazov, and James Morris, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Production by Franco Zeffirelli. From October 12, 2019.

Tuesday, June 1
Saint-Saëns’s Samson et Dalila
Starring Elīna Garanča, Roberto Alagna, Laurent Naouri, Elchin Azizov, and Dmitry Belosselskiy, conducted by Sir Mark Elder. Production by Darko Tresnjak. From October 20, 2018.

Wednesday, June 2
Bizet’Carmen
Starring Aleksandra Kurzak, Clémentine Margaine, Roberto Alagna, and Alexander Vinogradov, conducted by Louis Langrée. Production by Sir Richard Eyre. From February 2, 2019.

Thursday, June 3
Donizetti’La Fille du Régiment
Starring Pretty Yende, Stephanie Blythe, Kathleen Turner, Javier Camarena, and Maurizio Muraro, conducted by Enrique Mazzola. Production by Laurent Pelly. From March 2, 2019.

Friday, June 4
The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
Starring Angel Blue, Golda Schultz, Latonia Moore, Denyce Graves, Frederick Ballentine, Eric Owens, Alfred Walker, and Donovan Singletary, conducted by David Robertson. Production by James Robinson. From February 1, 2020.

Saturday, June 5
Verdi’Macbeth
Starring Anna Netrebko, Joseph Calleja, Željko Lučić, and René Pape, conducted by Fabio Luisi. Production by Adrian Noble. From October 11, 2014.

Sunday, June 6
Philip Glass’Akhnaten
Starring Dísella Lárusdóttir, J’Nai Bridges, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Aaron Blake, Will Liverman, Richard Bernstein, and Zachary James, conducted by Karen Kamensek. Production by Phelim McDermott. From November 23, 2019.