2018-2019 Met Opera Season Premiere of Mefistofele Is Thursday, Nov. 8

Summary: The 2018-2019 Met Opera season premiere of Mefistofele is Thursday, Nov. 8, during the season’s seventh week.

The 2018-2019 Met Opera season premiere of Boito’s Mefistofele is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m.: The Metropolitan Opera @MetOpera, via Facebook Feb. 15, 2018

The 2018-2019 Met Opera season premiere of Mefistofele is Thursday, Nov. 8, amid continuing performances of Bizet’s Carmen, Muhly’s Marnie and Puccini’s Tosca during the season’s seventh week.

The 2018-2019 Met Opera season’s seventh week opens with the first of the week’s two performances of Tosca by Italian opera composer Giacomo Puccini (Dec. 22, 1858-Nov. 29, 1924). The week’s first Tosca performance begins at 8 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, Monday, Nov. 5. The week’s second Tosca performance is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 9, at 8 p.m.

The 2018-2019 Met Opera season premiere of Tosca took place during the season’s fifth week. Tosca’s 2018-2019 season premiere occurred Thursday, Oct. 25, at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The 2018-2019 season’s staging is a revival of Sir David McVicar’s production. The Scottish opera and theatre director’s staging debuted as a new production Dec. 31, 2017, in the Metropolitan Opera’s 951st performance of Tosca.

The 2018-2019 Met Opera season’s seventh week also continues performances of Carmen by French Romantic Era composer Georges Bizet (Oct. 25, 1838-June 3, 1875). The seventh week offers two performances of Carmen. The week’s first performance takes place Tuesday, Nov. 6, at 7:30 p.m. The week’s second performance is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 10, at 8 p.m.

The 2018-2019 Met Opera’s season premiere of Carmen occurred during the season’s sixth week. Carmen’s 2018-2019 season premiere took place Tuesday, Oct. 30, at 7:30 p.m. EDT.

The 2018-2019 Met Opera season’s seventh week also offers two performances of Marnie by American contemporary classical music composer Nico Muhly. The week’s Marnie performances are given Wednesday, Nov. 7, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 10, at 1 p.m.

Saturday’s performance is also available via the Metropolitan Opera’s 2018-2019 Live in HD series. Marnie is transmitted as fourth in the 2018-2019 season’s schedule of 10 Live in HD operas. The Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD series transmits high-definition videos via satellite from the opera house to more than 2,200 cinema screens in over 70 countries.

The 2018-2019 Met Opera season premiere of Mefistofele by Italian composer and librettist Arrigo Boito (Feb. 24, 1842-June 10, 1918) takes place Thursday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m. The season premiere is the only performance of Mefistofele given during the 2018-2019 Met Opera season’s seventh week.

Including the season premiere, the 2018-2019 Met Opera season features seven performances of Mefistofele. In addition to the season premiere, five performances are scheduled for November. The month’s remaining performances are given Monday, Nov. 12, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, Nov. 16, at 7:30 p.m.; Monday, Nov. 19, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 24, at 8 p.m.; and Tuesday, Nov. 27, at 7:30 p.m.

Only one performance of Mefistofele takes place in December. The month’s solitary performance is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 1, at 1 p.m.

The 2018-2019 Met Opera season’s Saturday matinee radio broadcast schedule includes the December performance. Mefistofele’s solitary December performance opens the 2018-2019 Met Opera Saturday matinee radio broadcast season as the first of the season’s 24 Saturday matinee radio broadcasts.

The 2018-2019 Met Opera season’s staging is a revival of Robert Carsen’s production. The Canadian opera director’s new production debuted Nov. 5, 1999, in the Metropolitan Opera’s 55th performance of Mefistofele.

Robert Carsen’s production team comprises Michael Levine, costume and set designer; Duane Schuler, lighting designer; and Alphonse Poulin, choreographer. Paula Suozzi is the revival stage director. Lucy Arner, Joseph Colaneri, Joan Dornemann and Dennis Giauque are credited with musical preparation.

The takeaway for the 2018-2019 Met Opera season premiere of Mefistofele Thursday, Nov. 8, is that Boito’s Faustian opera joins continuing performances of Bizet’s Carmen, Muhly’s Marnie and Puccini’s Tosca in the 2018-2019 Met Opera season’s seventh week.

American contemporary classical music composer Nico Muhly’s Marnie is available Saturday, Nov. 10, beginning at 1 p.m., via the 2018-2019 Met Opera’s Live in HD series: The Metropolitan Opera @MetOpera, via Facebook Feb. 19, 2018

Acknowledgment

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The 2018-2019 Met Opera season premiere of Boito’s Mefistofele is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m.: The Metropolitan Opera @MetOpera, via Facebook Feb. 15, 2018, @ https://www.facebook.com/MetOpera/photos/a.134969600532.229232.20807115532/10160137120435533/

American contemporary classical music composer Nico Muhly’s Marnie is available Saturday, Nov. 10, beginning at 1 p.m., via the 2018-2019 Met Opera’s Live in HD series: The Metropolitan Opera @MetOpera, via Facebook Feb. 19, 2018, @ https://www.facebook.com/MetOpera/photos/a.134969600532.229232.20807115532/10160146381850533/

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