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**METROPOLITAN OPERA RADIO BROADCAST ALERT**Lisette Oropesa stars in Massenet’s Manon, opposite Michael Fabiano, in a performance from last fallRadio Broadcast: Saturday, February 15 at 1:00 p.m. ETThe 2019-20 Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast season continues with Manon, Massenet’s ravishing opera featuring an irresistible heroine, in a performance taped last fall. American soprano Lisette Oropesa stars in the title role, a young girl seduced by the glamor of Paris. American tenor Michael Fabiano co-stars as Manon’s smitten lover, the Chevalier des Grieux. The cast also features Artur Ruciński as Manon’s cousin Lescaut and Kwangchul Youn as the Chevalier’s father, the Comte des Grieux, with Carlo Bosi as Guillot de Morfontaine and Brett Polegato as de Brétigny. Maurizio Benini conducts the Met Orchestra and Chorus. Manon will be heard over Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network at 1:00 p.m. ET on Saturday, February 15. Winner of the Met’s 2019 Beverly Sills Artist Award and the 2019 Richard Tucker Award, Lisette Oropesa sang Manon for the first time this season. Since launching her career as a member of the Met’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, she has sung more than 120 performances with the company, in roles such as Gretel in Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, Gilda in Verdi’s Rigoletto, Nannetta in Verdi’s Falstaff, Miranda in the world premiere of the Baroque pastiche The Enchanted Island, and Susanna in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro. Oropesa recently sang Amelia in Verdi’s?I Masnadieri?for her debut at La Scala, and made role and company debuts singing the title role in Handel’s Rodelinda at the Gran Teatre del?Liceu in Barcelona and Isabelle in Meyerbeer’s?Robert le Diable?at La Monnaie in Brussels. This month, she returns to the Met stage to star as Violetta in Verdi’s La Traviata. Michael Fabiano has previously sung the role of the Chevalier des Grieux at San Francisco Opera. Honored with the Beverly Sills Artist Award and the Richard Tucker Award in 2014, he has appeared numerous times at the Met since his 2010 company debut, in roles such as Alfredo in La Traviata, Edgardo in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, Faust in Boito’s Mefistofele, and Rodolfo in Puccini’s La Bohème. He can be seen this season in the title roles of Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann at Paris Opera and Verdi’s Don Carlo at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, as well as Don José in Bizet’s Carmen at Berlin State Opera and Alfredo in La Traviata at Teatro Real in Madrid.Italian tenor Carlo Bosi made his Met debut in 2013 as Dr. Caius in Falstaff, returning last season as the Abbé in Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur and Nick in Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West, both of which were seen in cinemas globally as part of the Met’s Live in HD series. Other performances this season include Goro in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly at Royal Opera, Covent Garden, Spoletta in Puccini’s Tosca at La Scala, and Dr. Caius in Falstaff at Teatro Massimo in Palermo. He appears again at the Met this spring as the Emperor in Puccini’s Turandot.Polish baritone Artur Ruciński has sung the role of Lescaut previously in Valencia, Spain. He made his Met debut in the 2015–16 season as Sharpless in Madama Butterfly, followed by performances last season as Giorgio Germont in La Traviata. Other recent credits include Verdi roles such as Paolo in Simon Boccanegra at La Scala, Ford in Falstaff at Frankfurt Opera, and Count di Luna in Il Trovatore at the Salzburg Festival, in addition to Marcello in La Bohème, a role he has sung at Paris Opera and Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona and reprised last month at the Met.Canadian baritone Brett Polegato made his Met debut this season as de Brétigny. He has been seen in roles such as Dr. Joseph Talbot in William Bolcolm’s Dinner at Eight at Wexford Festival Opera, Zurga in Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de Perles at Seattle Opera, Kurwenal in Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde at Thé?tre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, and the title roles in Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin at Canadian Opera Company. South Korean bass Kwangchul Youn adds a new role to his Met repertory as the Comte des Grieux. Since his 2004 Met debut as Sarastro in Mozart’s Die Zauberfl?te, he has sung more than 100 performances with the company, appearing as Ramfis in Verdi’s Aida, Sparafucile in Rigoletto, Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor, the Commendatore in Don Giovanni, Narbal in Berlioz’s Les Troyens, and King Marke in Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, among other roles. In coming months he can be seen as Jacopo Fiesco in Simon Boccanegra at Hamburg State Opera, Gurnemanz in Wagner’s Parsifal in Hamburg and at Houston Grand Opera, and Heinrich in Wagner’s Lohengrin at Zurich Opera. Italian conductor Maurizio Benini made his Met debut in 1998 leading Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore. His many notable performances with the company include Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Semiramide, and Le Comte Ory; Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor and Don Pasquale; Bellini’s Norma and I Puritani; and the Met premieres of Donizetti’s Roberto Devereux and Maria Stuarda. He has led performances at opera houses around the world, including Vienna State Opera, La Scala, Paris Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Royal Opera, Covent Garden. He will conduct Maria Stuarda when the opera returns to the Met this spring. The intermissions will include artist interviews.PHOTOS AND VIDEOS Click here to download photos and videos from Manon THE STARS OF MANON About the Metropolitan Opera Radio BroadcastsThe Metropolitan Opera celebrates its 89th season of Saturday Afternoon Radio Broadcasts—the longest-running classical music series in American broadcast history. Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts have brought opera into millions of homes and enriched the lives of many, playing a vital and unparalleled role in the development and appreciation of opera in this country. Mary Jo Heath hosts, joined each week in the broadcast booth by commentator Ira Siff. The broadcasts are heard worldwide, reaching millions of opera lovers in more than 35 countries. Listeners can visit for a wealth of information about the Met broadcasts. For details about all Met performances this season, as well as ticket information, visit the Met’s website at .# # #Contact: Renata KapilevichMetropolitan Opera(212) 870-7457rkapilevich@ ................
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