The Puerto Rican-born American soprano has sung the role of Mimì in numerous leading houses around the world. She will be heard later this season in a new Met role, Nedda in Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, which will be broadcast on February 6.Īna María Martínez, who is appearing at the Met for the first time since her 2005 company debut as Micaëla in Carmen, makes her role debut as Musetta. Following her Met debut as Micaëla in Bizet’s Carmen in 1995, she has sung over 100 performances with the company, most recently in roles such as Elisabeth in Verdi’s Don Carlo, Vitellia in Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito,and Donna Elvira in Mozart’s Don Giovanni. (Interested in trying these out? Complimentary tickets are sometimes available inquire a week in advance at soprano Barbara Frittoli has previously sung the role of Mimì at the Met in 19, and on the company’s tour of Japan in 2011.

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Information about this broadcast and the entire Saturday Matinee radio season can be found on the Met's website. Hungarian baritone Levente Molnár makes his network broadcast debut as the painter Marcello, with Alexey Lavrov as Schaunard, Christian Van Horn as Colline, and John Del Carloas Benoit and Alcindoro. This performance of La Boheme, conducted by Paolo Carignani, stars Barbara Frittoli and Ramón Vargas as the lovers Mimì and Rodolfo, with soprano Ana María Martínez as the spitfire Musetta. Tune in to Classical WWNO at home on your computer or smartphone at, stream through our mobile apps, or tune in with your HD radio at 89.9 HD2. New Orleans-area listeners can enjoy this live performance on the Classical WWNO stream, Saturday December 5, at 12:00 noon Central Time. The 2015-16 Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast season – the company’s 85th on the air – begins with a live broadcast of the beloved Puccini opera, La Bohème.

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