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The Met honors the late Italian production designer and director Franco Zeffirelli, Feb 11 @ 1pm

Celebrating Franco Zeffirelli, center, between acts of “La Bohème” at the Met: from left, Rosalind Elias, Paul Plishka and Angela Gheorghiu, and, from right, Peter Gelb and Justino Diaz. (2008)
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https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/31/arts/music/31bohe.html
Celebrating Franco Zeffirelli, center, between acts of “La Bohème” at the Met: from left, Rosalind Elias, Paul Plishka and Angela Gheorghiu, and, from right, Peter Gelb and Justino Diaz. (2008)

2/4 Verdi: Macbeth
Cast:
Sherrill Milnes (Macbeth)
Martina Arroyo (Lady Macbeth)
Ruggero Raimondi (Banquo)
Franco Tagliavini (Macduff)

2/11 Celebrating Franco Zeffirelli The Met commemorates the centenary of Franco Zeffirelli’s birth with a special presentation drawn from the company’s radio archives

2/18 Verdi: Don Carlo
Cast:
Russell Thomas (Don Carlo)
Eleonora Buratto (Elisabetta di Valois)
Peter Mattei (Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa)
Yulia Matochkina (Princess Eboli)
Günther Groissböck (King Filippo II)
John Relyea (The Grand Inquisitor)

2/25 Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Cast:
Svetlana Sozdateleva (Katerina Ismailova)
Brandon Jovanovich (Sergei)
John Relyea (Boris Ismailov)
Nikolai Schukoff (Zinovy Ismailov)
Alexey Shishlyaev (Police Sergeant)
Rodell Rosel (Shabby Peasant)
Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Old Convict)
Maria Barakova (Sonyetka)
Goran Jurić (Priest)