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Saturday, January 5, 12 PM*
Berlioz: Les Troyens
Pre-opera lunch, 11 AM*
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Francesca Zambello’s 2003 production of Berlioz’s Trojan War epic returns to the Met for its first revival. Fabio Luisi conducts a cast led by Marcello Giordani in the central role of Aeneas, the hero who flees the ruins of Troy for a new set of challenges in the North African kingdom of Carthage. Deborah Voigt reprises the role of the cursed Trojan prophetess Cassandra and Susan Graham makes her debut as Dido, the noble but heartbroken Queen of Carthage. Approximate runtime: 5:41.