Upcoming KUED Met Broadcasts

La Damnation De Faust
KUED HD Channel 7.1
Sun, Mar 22nd, ‘09 @ 3:00 pm
Director Robert Lepage applies his stunning artistry to Berlioz’s musical examination of good and evil. Using interactive video projections, Lepage has created a vision for La Damnation de Faust that seamlessly marries art and technology. Marcello Giordani stars in the title role opposite Susan Graham as Marguerite and John Relyea as Mephistopheles. Met Music Director James Levine conducts this rarely staged opera.
Thais
KUED HD Channel 7.1
Sun, Apr 5th, ‘09 @ 3:00 pm
The radiant Renee Fleming plays the Egyptian courtesan in search of spiritual sustenance. Thomas Hampson is the monk who falls from grace. Massenet’s sensual opera is presented in a new production by John Cox.
Lucia Di Lamermoor
KUED HD Channel 7.1
Wed, Apr 15th, ‘09 @ 8:00 pm Fri, Apr 17th, ‘09 @ 2:00 am Sun, May 3rd, ‘09 @ 3:00 pm
Anna Netrebko portrays the fragile title heroine of Donizetti’s opera, presented as a Victorian ghost story in Mary Zimmerman’s hit production. Rolando Villazon sings Lucia’s lover, Edgardo, and baritone Mariusz Kwiecien is her tyrannical brother. Marco Armiliato conducts.