Met Opera Broadcasts 2023-2024 Saturday Matinees Dec. 9 Through June 8

Summary: The schedule of Met Opera Saturday matinee broadcasts in the 2023-2024 season begins Dec. 9, 2023, and ends June 8, 2024, with a roster of 21 operas.

Giuseppe Verdi's Nabucco is scheduled to air Jan. 6, 2024, as the first of the 2023-2024 season's Saturday matinee broadcasts to play in the new year; Italian composer and librettist Temistocle Solera (Dec. 25,1815-April 21, 1878) sourced his Italian-language libretto for 19th-century Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi's (Oct. 10, 1813-Jan. 27, 1901) Nabucco, originally titled Nabucodonosor (Nebuchadnezzar), from the Old Testatment books of Second Kings (2 Kings), Jeremiah, Lamentations and Daniel; from Nabuchodonosor, a play written in 1836 by French dramatists Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois (Dec. 23, 1806-Jan. 12, 1871) and Lazare Louis François Cornu, known as Francis Cornu (Jan. 30, 1798-March 7, 1848); and from Nabuccodonosor, a ballet adapted in 1838 from the Anicet-Cornu play by Italian ballet dancer, choreographer and composer Antonio Cortesi (December 1796-April 1879); sketches for costumes for adoptive princess Abygaïl and King Nabucco for Anicet-Bourgeois and Cornu's play, which opened Oct. 17, 1836, at Théâtre de l’Ambigu-Comique (Theatre of the Comic-Ambiguity), Boulevard du Temple, 11th arrondissement of Paris (11e arrondissement de Paris; XIe arrondissement; arrondissement de Popincourt), right bank of the Seine (la rive droite de la Seine), Paris: Public Domain, via BnF (Bibliothèque nationale de France) Gallica

Met Opera's 2023-2024 season of Saturday matinee broadcasts runs from Dec. 9, 2023, through June 8, 2024, and offers 21 operas.

The 2023-2024 Saturday matinee broadcasts classify as 18 operas from Met Opera's current season, 2023-2024. Three historic performances account for three Saturday matinee broadcasts.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin qualifies as the 2023-2024 Saturday matinee radio broadcast season's most frequent conductor. Met Opera's maestro features as conductor of four of the season's 21 Saturday matinee opera broadcasts.

Florencia en el Amazonas by Mexican composer Daniel Catán (April 3, 1949-April 9, 2011) is scheduled for June 8 at 1: p.m. Eastern Time as the first of the Metropolitan Opera's 21 Saturday matinee radio broadcasts in the 2023-2024 season. Yannick Nézet-Séguin, French-Canadian (Québécois) conductor and Met Opera's Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director, conducts the Saturday matinee radio broadcast of American opera and theater director and playwright Mary Zimmerman's Met Opera premiere production.

The Magic Flute, the abridged English-language version of Die Zauberflöte by Classical Era composer Wolfgang Mozart (Jan. 27, 1756-Dec. 5, 1791), airs Dec. 16 at 12:00 p.m. noon. Swiss maestro Patrick Furrer conducts the Saturday matinee revival of American stage and film director, costume designer and playwright Julie Taymor's 2004-2005 production.

Tannhäuser by 19th-century German composer and librettist Wilhelm Richard Wagner (May 22, 1813-Feb. 13, 1883) broadcasts Dec. 23 at 1:00 p.m. Scottish maestro Donald Runnicles conducts the Saturday matinee revival of Austrian opera and theater director Otto Schenk's 1977-1978 production.

Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro plays Dec. 30 at 1:00 p.m. with a throwback performance from Saturday, April 7, 1956, in honor of the centenaries of Italian operatic lyric bass Cesare Siepi (Feb. 10, 1923-July 5, 2010) and Catalan operatic lyric soprano Victoria de los Angeles (Nov. 1, 1923-Jan. 15, 2005). German maestro Max Rudolf (June 15, 1902-Feb. 28, 1995) conducted the historic performance.

Nabucco by 19th-century Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi's (Oct. 10, 1813-Jan. 27, 1901) airs Jan. 6, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. Milanese maestro Daniele Callegari conducts the Saturday matinee revival of Australian opera director Elijah Moshinsky's 2000-2001 season production.

La Bohème by Italian opera composer Giacomo Puccini (Dec. 22, 1858-Nov. 29, 1924), broadcasts Jan. 13 at 12:30 p.m. Genoese maestro Marco Armiliato conducts the Saturday matinee revival of Tuscan film, opera and television director and producer Franco Zeffirelli's 1981-1982 season production.

Dead Man Walking by American composer Jake Heggie (born March 31, 1961) plays Jan. 20 at 1:00 p.m. as a replay of the season's Oct. 21, Saturday matinee performance. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Saturday matinee of Belgian theater director Ivo van Hove's Met Opera premiere production.

Carmen by French Romantic Era composer Georges Bizet (Oct. 25, 1838-June 3, 1875) airs Jan. 27 at 1:00 p.m. Milanese maestro Daniele Rustioni conducts the Saturday matinee of English director Carrie Cracknell's new production.

X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X by American composer and pianist Anthony Davis (born Feb. 20, 1951) broadcasts Feb. 3 at 1:00 p.m. as a replay of the season's Nov. 18 Saturday matinee performance. American maestro Kazem Abdullah conducts the Saturday matinee of American director and playwright Robert O'Hara's premiere production.

Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera plays Feb. 17 at 1:00 p.m. as a replay of one of the season's autumn performances. Milanese maestro Carlo Rizzi conducts the Saturday matinee revival of American stage director David Alden's 2012-2013 season production.

Verdi's La Forza del Destino airs March 9 at 12:00 p.m. noon. Met Opera's maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Saturday matinee of Polish opera, theater and film director Mariusz Treliński's new production.

Puccini's Turandot broadcasts March 16 at 12:00 p.m. noon. Ukrainian maestro Oksana Lyniv conducts the Saturday matinee of Franco Zeffirelli 's 1986-1987 season production.

Roméo et Juliette by French composer Charles Gounod (June 17, 1818-Oct. 18, 1893), plays March 23 at 1:00 p.m. Met Opera's maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Saturday matinee revival of American theater director Bartlett Sher's 2016-2017 season production.

L'Elisir d'Amore by Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti (Nov. 29, 1797-April 8, 1848) airs April 6 at 1:00 p.m. with a throwback performance from Saturday, April 6, 1974. Max Rudolf conducted the historic performance.

Die Fledermaus ("The Flittermouse" or "The Bat") by Austrian light music composer Johann Strauss II (Oct. 25, 1825-June 3, 1899) broadcasts April 13 as a throwback performance from Saturday, Dec. 27, 1986, in celebration of Met Opera's 150th anniversary. English classical music conductor Jeffrey Tate (April 28, 1943-June 2, 2017) conducted the Saturday performance of Otto Schenk's 1986-1987 season production.

Puccini's Rondine plays April 20 at 1:00 p.m. Roman conductor and pianist Speranza Scappucci conducts the Saturday matinee revival of French opera director Nicolas Joël's 2008-2009 season production.

Fire Shut Up in My Bones by American jazz musician and composer Terence Blanchard (born March 13, 1962) airs April 27 at 1:00 p.m. Durham, North Carolina-born maestro of American and German dual citizenship Evan Rogister conducts the Saturday matinee revival of American stage director James Robinson and American choreographer, dancer and director Camille A. Brown's 2021-2022 season production.

El Niño by American composer John Adams (born Feb. 15, 1947) broadcasts May 4 at 1:00 p.m. American-born Austrian maestro Marin Alsop conducts the Saturday matinee of American director Lileana Blain-Cruz's premiere production.

Puccini's Madama Butterfly plays May 11 at 1:00 p.m.. Chinese-American maestro Xian Zhang conducts the Saturday matinee revival of British film director, playwright and screenwriter Anthony Minghella's 2006-2007 season production.

The Hours by American composer Kevin Puts (born Jan. 3, 1972) airs May 18 at 1:00 p.m. Japanese conductor and violinist Kensho Watanabe conducts the Saturday matinee revival of English stage director Phelim McDermott's 2022-2023 season production.

Orfeo ed Euridice by German classical composer Christoph von Gluck (July 2, 1714-Nov. 15, 1787) broadcasts June 8 at 1:00 p.m. British conductor, harpsichordist and baroque music specialist Christian Curnyn conducts the Saturday matinee revival of American director, choreographer and dancer Mark Morris's 2006-2007 season production.

Venezuelan conductor Diego Matheuz makes his Met Opera debut in the 2023-2024 season's spring performances of English director Carrie Cracknell's new production of Bizet's Carmen: Diego Matheuz, via Facebook Feb. 23, 2023

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Giuseppe Verdi's Nabucco is scheduled to air Jan. 6, 2024, as the first of the 2023-2024 season's Saturday matinee broadcasts to play in the new year; Italian composer and librettist Temistocle Solera (Dec. 25,1815-April 21, 1878) sourced his Italian-language libretto for 19th-century Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi's (Oct. 10, 1813-Jan. 27, 1901) Nabucco, originally titled Nabucodonosor (Nebuchadnezzar), from the Old Testatment books of Second Kings (2 Kings), Jeremiah, Lamentations and Daniel; from Nabuchodonosor, a play written in 1836 by French dramatists Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois (Dec. 23, 1806-Jan. 12, 1871) and Lazare Louis François Cornu, known as Francis Cornu (Jan. 30, 1798-March 7, 1848); and from Nabuccodonosor, a ballet adapted in 1838 from the Anicet-Cornu play by Italian ballet dancer, choreographer and composer Antonio Cortesi (December 1796-April 1879); sketches for costumes for adoptive princess Abygaïl and King Nabucco for Anicet-Bourgeois and Cornu's play, which opened Oct. 17, 1836, at Théâtre de l’Ambigu-Comique (Theatre of the Comic-Ambiguity), Boulevard du Temple, 11th arrondissement of Paris (11e arrondissement de Paris; XIe arrondissement; arrondissement de Popincourt), right bank of the Seine (la rive droite de la Seine), Paris: Public Domain, via BnF (Bibliothèque nationale de France) Gallica @ https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8406082s/f2.item#

Venezuelan conductor Diego Matheuz makes his Met Opera debut in the 2023-2024 season's spring performances of English director Carrie Cracknell's new production of Bizet's Carmen: Diego Matheuz, via Facebook Feb. 23, 2023, @ https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0GCRjUYYWHvv7qqxxkJon6nTKvSda4qaXahegwco45VutzwoJGkZjNtfmNEnjT1yUl&id=100050589874869

For further information:

Anicet-Bourgeois, (Auguste), et Francis Cornu. Nabuchodonosor, drame d'Anicet-Bourgeois et Francis Cornu: estampes. Paris: Chez Fournier, Rue St Jacques, No 31, à Paris, [1836?].
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Diego Matheuz. "‼️‼️ I’m thrilled to announce my debut in the New York Metropolitan Opera House @metopera next year conducting Bizet’s Carmen in a new production of @carriecracknell with a beautiful cast!!! #Carmen #NewYork #Opera 🇻🇪 🇺🇸 https://www.metopera.org/season/2023-24-season/carmen/." Facebook. Feb. 23, 2023.
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