Ariel Bybee

Lucia di Lammermoor (1983)

This telecast offers a rare opportunity to see the legendary Joan Sutherland in the role that first catapulted her to international stardom. She drove audiences wild by the way her opulent voice caressed the music’s long phrases and sprinted effortlessly through ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kirk Browning
CAST:  Joan Sutherland  •  Pablo Elvira  •  Paul Plishka  •  Alfredo Kraus

This telecast offers a rare opportunity to see the legendary Joan Sutherland in the role that first catapulted her to international stardom. She drove audiences wild by the way her opulent voice caressed the music’s long phrases and sprinted effortlessly through ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kirk Browning
CAST:  Joan Sutherland  •  Pablo Elvira  •  Paul Plishka  •  Alfredo Kraus

La Traviata - The Met (1981)

James Levine leads a remarkable cast in one of Verdi’s most enduringly popular operas and brings fresh insights to this beloved score. Ileana Cotrubas is poignant and touching as Violetta, the consumptive courtesan who finds true love with Alfredo, sung with style ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian Large
CAST:  Ileana Cotrubas  •  Plácido Domingo  •  Cornell MacNeil  •  Ariel Bybee

James Levine leads a remarkable cast in one of Verdi’s most enduringly popular operas and brings fresh insights to this beloved score. Ileana Cotrubas is poignant and touching as Violetta, the consumptive courtesan who finds true love with Alfredo, sung with style ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian Large
CAST:  Ileana Cotrubas  •  Plácido Domingo  •  Cornell MacNeil  •  Ariel Bybee

Rigoletto (1977)

A Victor Hugo play, haunting and scandalous, provided the inspiration for Verdi’s mid-career masterpiece. A vengeful but misguided court jester strives to save his daughter from a duke’s licentious clutches, but can't part with the feeling that a curse looms over ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kirk Browning  •  John Dexter
CAST:  Cornell MacNeil  •  Ileana Cotrubas  •  Justino Díaz  •  Plácido Domingo

A Victor Hugo play, haunting and scandalous, provided the inspiration for Verdi’s mid-career masterpiece. A vengeful but misguided court jester strives to save his daughter from a duke’s licentious clutches, but can't part with the feeling that a curse looms over ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kirk Browning  •  John Dexter
CAST:  Cornell MacNeil  •  Ileana Cotrubas  •  Justino Díaz  •  Plácido Domingo

An Evening with Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti (1988)

Opera greats Luciano Pavarotti and Joan Sutherland -- one of the most acclaimed tenors and one of the most beloved sopranos of the 20th century -- take the stage at the Met for a gala evening of opera scenes with special guest Leo Nucci. Filmed in 1987, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kirk Browning
CAST:  Joan Sutherland  •  Luciano Pavarotti  •  Leo Nucci  •  Isola Jones

Opera greats Luciano Pavarotti and Joan Sutherland -- one of the most acclaimed tenors and one of the most beloved sopranos of the 20th century -- take the stage at the Met for a gala evening of opera scenes with special guest Leo Nucci. Filmed in 1987, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kirk Browning
CAST:  Joan Sutherland  •  Luciano Pavarotti  •  Leo Nucci  •  Isola Jones