Great Performances at the Met — Season 12
Great Performances at The Met returns to PBS for its twelfth season in 2018, delighting audiences with nine productions featuring the world’s leading stars of opera. PBS is excited to highlight two of
About this season
Great Performances at The Met returns to PBS for its twelfth season in 2018, delighting audiences with nine productions featuring the world’s leading stars of opera. PBS is excited to highlight two of these operas – Norma and Tosca – with primetime broadcasts. The season opens with The Met’s new production of Bellini’s Norma, starring Sondra Radvanovsky as the titlular druid high priestess, opposite Joyce DiDonato as Norma’s new rival and Joseph Calleja as her unfaithful lover.
Episodes (9)
1. Norma
Aired 28 January 2018 • 180 min
Season 12 of Great Performances at the Met begins with a new production of Bellini’s masterpiece about a woman scorned, conducted by Carlo Rizzi. Norma stars Sondra Radvanovsky as the titlular druid high priestess, opposite Joyce DiDonato as Norma’s new rival and Joseph Calleja as her unfaithful lover – a casting dream for bel canto fans.
2. The Exterminating Angel
Aired 25 March 2018 • 180 min
3. L’Elisir D’Amore
Aired 29 April 2018 • 180 min
4. La Bohème
Aired 20 May 2018 • 180 min
5. Tosca
Aired 15 June 2018 • 180 min
6. Semiramide
Aired 8 July 2018 • 180 min
7. Cosí Fan Tutte
Aired 29 July 2018 • 180 min
8. Luisa Miller
Aired 12 August 2018 • 180 min
9. Cendrillon
Aired 9 September 2018 • 180 min