The Met Live in HD: Falstaff
$25 ($15 student)
- Michael Volle, baritone
- Hera Hyesang Park, soprano
- Ailyn Pérez, soprano
- Jennifer Johnson Cano, soprano
- Marie-Nicole Lemieux, mezzo-soprano
- Bogdan Volkov, tenor
- Christopher Maltman, baritone
- Daniele Rustioni, conductor
Baritone Michael Volle stars as the caddish knight Falstaff, gleefully tormented by a trio of clever women who deliver his comeuppance, in Verdi's glorious Shakespearean comedy. Maestro Daniele Rustioni takes the podium on April 1 to oversee a brilliant ensemble cast that features sopranos Hera Hyesang Park, Ailyn Pérez, and Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano Marie-Nicole Lemieux, tenor Bogdan Volkov, and baritone Christopher Maltman.
This live cinema transmission is part of the Met's award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.
About Hera Hyesang Park, soprano
Hera Hyesang Park is an exclusive Deutsche Grammophon recording artist working with orchestras and opera houses worldwide. The Korean soprano has made house and role debuts as Adina in Donizetti's The Elixir of Love (at Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin), Despina in Mozart's Così fan tutte (Bavarian Staatsoper and Glyndebourne Festival), Musetta in Puccini's La bohème (Komische Oper), Juliette in Gounod’s Roméo et Julliette (Korean National Opera), and Pamina in Mozart's The Magic Flute (Teatro Colón Buenos Aires). Her concert appearances have included Brahms's Ein deutsches Requiem at Carnegie Hall, Mahler's Symphony No. 4 with the Naples Philharmonic and San Diego Symphony, Handel's Acis and Galatea at Tanglewood and Caramoor with Philharmonia Baroque, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with the Seoul Philharmonic, and recitals at Vocal Arts DC, Alice Tully Hall, Friends of Chamber Music Miami, Montreal's Bourgie Hall, and Madrid's Auditorio Nacional de Música.
https://herahyesangpark.com/About Ailyn Pérez, soprano
About Jennifer Johnson Cano, soprano
Jennifer Johnson Cano has garnered critical acclaim for performances of both new and standard repertoire; lauded by The New York Times for her "rich-toned mezzo-soprano" voice and by Opera News as a "matchless interpreter of contemporary opera."
Highlights of Cano's operatic career have included performing the roles of Donna Elvira, Carmen and Offred with the Boston Lyric Opera; The Fox in The Cunning Little Vixen with the Cleveland Orchestra; the Mother, Dragonfly, and the Squirrel in L'enfant et les sortilèges with the San Francisco Symphony; performances of El Niño with John Adams and the London Symphony Orchestra; Carmen with the New Orleans Opera; and Orphée with the Des Moines Metro Opera and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. She has appeared in more than 100 performances on the stage at The Metropolitan Opera since her debut in the 2009-2010 season, most recently in the roles of Nicklausse, Emilia, Hansel, and Meg Page. Cano debuted the role of Virginia Woolf in the world premiere of Kevin Puts's The Hours with the Philadelphia Orchestra about which The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote, "Every word was clear both in content and intention, and her mezzo-soprano tone was deeply alluring."
https://www.jenniferjohnsoncano.net/About Marie-Nicole Lemieux, mezzo-soprano
About Bogdan Volkov, tenor
About Christopher Maltman, baritone
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