The Met: Live in HD – Handel’s Agrippina (Met Premiere)

A scene from Handel's "Agrippina." Photo: Antoni Bofill / Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu
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As the imperious title empress, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato leads the Met premiere of Handel’s tale of deception and deceit. Harry Bicket conducts Sir David McVicar’s wry new production, which gives this Baroque black comedy a politically charged, modern updating.

Delve even deeper into Handel’s Agrippina? Join us for a pre-opera lecture, Operatif: Handel, The Opera Composer before the broadcast. 

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All Theater Programming is supported in part by Ellen Myers, Marders, the Daryl & Steven Roth Foundation, and funding from The Ellen and James S. Marcus Endowment for Musical Programming, The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, Hess Philanthropic Fund, The Melville Straus Family Endowment, The Schaffner Family Foundation, and Vital Projects Fund, with additional support from Brown Harris Stevens, Saunders & Associates, and public funds provided by Suffolk County.
The Met Opera simulcasts at Guild Hall are made possible in part through the generosity of:
Grand Tier: Dr. Ralph Gibson, in memory of Andy Jacobyansky, who generously shared his passion, knowledge and support for the opera. The Ellen and James S. Marcus Endowment for Musical Programming, Phyllis Davis, Howie and Louise Phanstiel, and The East Hampton Star.

Dress Circle: Maureen Bluedorn, Norma Giorgetti in memory of Mary-Anne Szabaga, Barbara Horgan, Patti Kenner, Judy and Alex Laughlin, Jim Potter, David Seeler and Ngaere Macray, Maryam K. Seley, Irene and Sidney Silverman, and Norbert Weissberg in memory of Dr. Josef Weissberg.

Balcony Circle: Gabrielle Bamberger, Susan L. Blair, Diane and William Dreher, Harriet Edwards, Jeannette and H. Peter Kriendler Charitable Trust, Ernest Leatherwood, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Robert Osborne, Edward L. Schiff, Anita Sheldon, Veronica Stephens, Mary Stone, Sandra Thorn, and Peter Van Hattum in memory of Harold Simmons.

Family Circle (*Gold): Carolyn and Gioacchino Balducci*, Paulette and Sanford Balsam, Arlene Bujese and Marcel Bally*, Joanne Canary*, Bonnie and Bob Cooperman*, Ann and George Davis, James A. Fox and Martin B. Rapp, Francine Gluckman, Marsha Kranes, Robert F. Luckey, Joan and Walter Marter*, Marjorie A. Ogilvie, Marcia Previti and Peter Gumpel*, Cornelia and Lawrence Randolph*, Nancy and Murray Skurnik, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Steffan*, and Jane Wood.

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