BRATTLEBORO — The 2019-20 season of The Met: Live in HD opens this Saturday, Oct. 12, at 1 p.m., at the Latchis Theatre with Puccini's final masterpiece, Turandot.
Thrilling dramatic soprano Christine Goerke brings her fierce portrayal of the title princess, with Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium for Franco Zeffirelli's dazzling production of Puccini's epic tale set in China.
Tenor Yusif Eyvazov is the mysterious prince Calàf, alongside soprano Eleonora Buratto as Liù; and bass-baritone James Morris as Timur.
This live cinema transmission is part of the Met's award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to more than 2,200 theaters in more than 70 countries worldwide.
The rest of the 2019-20 Met: Live in HD series includes Manon by Massenet on Saturday, Oct. 26; Madama Butterfly by Puccini on Saturday, Nov. 9; Philip Glass' Akhnaten on Saturday, Nov. 23; Wozzeck by Berg on Saturday, Jan. 11; Porgy and Bess by Gershwin on Saturday, Feb. 1; Agrippina by Handel on Saturday, Feb. 29; Der Fliegende Hollander by Wagner on Saturday, March 14, Tosca by Puccini on Saturday, April 11; and Maria Stuarda by Donizetti on Saturday, May 9.