Stephen Costello plays the Duke of Mantua in the first four performances of the run and he is slated to take over the role of Roméo in Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette” after his work in Verdi’s opera. After making her debut in “I Puritani” back in 2014, Peretyatko has sung no other role besides Gilda at the Met, a run of 10 straight performances. This will be the Lučić’s fourth run of “Rigoletto” at the Met, byt far his most performed role with the company. Olga Peretyatko and Željko Lučić will be the production’s mainstays, singing every single presentation of the work this season. 20 in a lengthy run through February and then a few days in April. Lew Harder served on the applied music faculty of Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges, and she is the co-director of Medicine + Music, a co-curricular program at Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University that works closely with medical students through coachings, rehearsals, workshops, and performance opportunities to enhance their happiness and development as physicians.Verdi’s “Rigoletto” returns to the Met stage on Friday, Jan. She practiced as an emergency room physician before earning a second doctorate in music from the Ohio State University, where she studied piano with the American virtuoso Earl Wild.

Lew Harder holds Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Medicine degrees from Kent State University and Northeast Ohio Medical University. She has also recorded two solo piano albums. She is a concert pianist who has performed with orchestras and in recitals, including at Wigmore Hall in London, the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series in Chicago, and Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia. She hosted and produced a range of programming across WRTI on-air and digital platforms, such as Midday Classics and Saturday Morning Classical Coffeehouse, in addition to serving as an artist interviewer for the Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert broadcasts. Meet the Hostĭebra Lew Harder joined the on-air staff of WRTI in 2016. Learn more about advertising and sponsorship on WFMT.

Met opera schedule april 2016