It's 20th c. week at the Metropolitan Opera. It's not too late for you to see these HD broadcasts free (apologies for missing Monday's Elektra, which I saw live and which was terrific):
Tuesday, September 1: Peter Grimes (Britten); Anthony Dean Griffey in a shattering performance of the title role; Patricia Racette in beautiful voice as Ellen Orford; Anthony Michaels-Moore as Balstrode. (Michaels-Moore is excellent here, which made me want to revisit what seemed not-great appearances in SF in Italian roles). Donald Runnicles conducts.
Wednesday, September 2: Nixon in China (Adams); James Maddalena, who created the title role; Russell Braun; Katherine Kim; Robert Brubaker; Janis Kelly; Richard Paul Fink. JCA conducts. Production by Peter Sellars recreating the 1987 original.
Thursday, September 3: Lulu (Berg); Marlis Petersen, Susan Graham, Daniel Brenna, Paul Groves, Johan Reuter, and Franz Grundheber, conducted by Lothar Koenigs.
Friday, September 4 & Saturday, September 5: Porgy & Bess (The Gershwins); Angel Blue, Golda Schultz, Latonia Moore, Denyce Graves, Frederick Ballentine, Eric Owens, Alfred Walker, and Donovan Singletary, conducted by David Robertson.
Sunday, September 6: The Tempest (Adès): Audrey Luna, Isabel Leonard, Iestyn Davies, Alek Shrader, Alan Oke, William Burden, Toby Spence, and Simon Keenlyside, conducted by Thomas Adès.
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