For Immediate Release
September 5, 2024

CLARK ART INSTITUTE HOSTS 2024–25 SEASON
OF THE MET: LIVE IN HD

Williamstown, Massachusetts—The Clark Art Institute airs the 2024–25 season of the Metropolitan Opera’s acclaimed The Met: Live in HD series. This award-winning series of live, high-definition cinema simulcasts features the full live performance along with backstage interviews and commentary. Unless otherwise noted, the Clark broadcasts the operas at 1 pm on select Saturdays in its auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center.

Tickets $25 ($22 members, $18 students, $5 children 15 and under). Advance registration encouraged; capacity is limited. To purchase tickets, visit clarkart.edu/events or call the box office at 413 458 0524. No refunds.

October 5, 2024
Les Contes d'Hoffman
Offenbach’s fantastical opera stars French tenor Benjamin Bernheim in the title role of the tormented poet. Joining Bernheim is American soprano Erin Morley as Olympia, South African soprano Pretty Yende as Antonia, and French mezzo-soprano Clémentine Margaine as Giulietta to complete Hoffmann’s trio of lovers. Marco Armiliato conducts Bartlett Sher’s evocative production, which also features American bass-baritone Christian Van Horn as the Four Villains and Russian mezzo-soprano Vasilisa Berzhanskaya in her company debut as Nicklausse.

October 19, 2024
Grounded
Tony Award–winning composer Jeanine Tesori’s powerful new opera Grounded premieres at the Metropolitan Opera, wrestling with often-overlooked issues created by twenty first-century warmaking. Canadian mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo stars as the hotshot fighter pilot whose unplanned pregnancy takes her out of the cockpit and lands her in Las Vegas, operating a Reaper drone halfway around the world. American tenor Ben Bliss costars as the Wyoming rancher Eric in a high-tech production by Michael Mayer.

Sunday, November 24, 2024 
Tosca [prerecorded]
Extraordinary Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen stars as the passionate title diva in David McVicar’s thrilling production of Puccini’s opera. British-Italian tenor Freddie De Tommaso makes his company debut as Tosca’s revolutionary lover Cavaradossi, and powerhouse American baritone Quinn Kelsey is the sadistic chief of police Scarpia. Maestro Xian Zhang conducts.
Please note: the Clark is showing a prerecorded broadcast of this production.

December 28, 2024
The Magic Flute [encore]
The Met made history in December 2006 when it presented its first Live in HD transmission to cinemas worldwide: the abridged English-language version of Mozart’s The Magic Flute. Julie Taymor’s whimsical production features a winning ensemble, including tenor Matthew Polenzani, baritone Nathan Gunn, and bass René Pape.
Please note: the Clark is showing an encore presentation of the 2006 production.

January 25, 2025, 12:30 pm 
Aida
American soprano Angel Blue headlines as the Ethiopian princess torn between love and country in a new production of Verdi’s Aida by Michael Mayer that features intricate projections and dazzling animations. Romanian-Hungarian mezzo-soprano Judit Kutasi also stars as Aida’s rival Amneris, alongside Polish tenor Piotr Beczała as the soldier Radamès. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium to conduct.
Please note: earlier start time at 12:30 pm!

March 15, 2025
Fidelio
Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen returns to the Met as Leonore, the faithful wife who risks everything to save her husband from the clutches of tyranny in Beethoven’s Fidelio. British tenor David Butt Philip is the political prisoner Florestan, Polish bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny is the villainous Don Pizarro, veteran German bass René Pape is the jailer Rocco, Chinese soprano Ying Fang and German tenor Magnus Dietrich are the young Marzelline and Jaquino, and Danish bass Stephen Milling is the principled Don Fernando. Susanna Mälkki conducts.

April 26, 2025
Le Nozze di Figaro
Mozart’s timeless comedy returns to cinemas worldwide. Conductor Joana Mallwitz takes the podium in her Met debut to conduct a stellar ensemble cast including American bass-baritone Michael Sumuel as the clever valet Figaro, Ukrainian soprano Olga Kulchynska as the wily maid Susanna, Canadian baritone Joshua Hopkins as the skirt-chasing Count, Italian soprano Federica Lombardi as his anguished wife, and French mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa as the adolescent page Cherubino.

May 17, 2025
Salome
Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Strauss’s one-act tragedy in the company’s first new production of the work in twenty years. Director Claus Guth gives the biblical story a perceptive Victorian-era setting. South African soprano Elza van den Heever leads as the abused and unhinged antiheroine, with Swedish baritone Peter Mattei as the imprisoned prophet Jochanaan; German tenor Gerhard Siegel as Salome’s lecherous stepfather King Herod; American mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung as his wife Herodias; and Polish tenor Piotr Buszewski as Narraboth.

May 31, 2025
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
The Metropolitan Opera’s 2024–25 Live in HD season closes with Rossini’s effervescent comedy. Russian mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina headlines a winning ensemble as the feisty heroine, Rosina, alongside American tenor Jack Swanson in his Met debut as her beloved Count Almaviva. Moldovan baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky stars as Figaro, the ingenious barber of Seville, with Hungarian bass-baritone Peter Kálmán as Dr. Bartolo and Russian bass Alexander Vinogradov as Don Basilio. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts Bartlett Sher’s madcap production.

ABOUT THE CLARK
 The Clark Art Institute, located in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts, is one of a small number of institutions globally that is both an art museum and a center for research, critical discussion, and higher education in the visual arts. Opened in 1955, the Clark houses exceptional European and American paintings and sculpture, extensive collections of master prints and drawings, English silver, and early photography. Acting as convener through its Research and Academic Program, the Clark gathers an international community of scholars to participate in a lively program of conferences, colloquia, and workshops on topics of vital importance to the visual arts. The Clark library, consisting of some 300,000 volumes, is one of the nation’s premier art history libraries. The Clark also houses and co-sponsors the Williams College Graduate Program in the History of Art.

The Clark, which has a three-star rating in the Michelin Green Guide, is located at 225 South Street in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Its 140-acre campus includes miles of hiking and walking trails through woodlands and meadows, providing an exceptional experience of art in nature. Galleries are open 10 am to 5 pm Tuesday through Sunday from September through June, and daily in July and August. Admission is free January through March and is $20 from March through December; admission is free year-round for Clark members, all visitors age 21 and under, and students with a valid student ID. Free admission is also available through several programs, including First Sundays Free; a local library pass program; and EBT Card to Culture. For information on these programs and more, visit clarkart.edu or call 413 458 2303.

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