Richard Jones News

The second season of Metropolitan Opera: Live in High Definition kicks off worldwide on Saturday, December 15 at 1PM (EST) with the first of the Met's eight live opera transmissions: Gounod's Roméo et Juliette, starring Anna Netrebko and Roberto Alagna, conducted by Plácido Domingo.

Broadway star Jeffrey Carlson, most recently seen in Hamlet at D.C.'s Shakespeare Theatre, will take on another Shakespearean title role with Richard II at Yale Repertory Theatre,

Theatre directors Mary Zimmerman, Adrian Noble, Richard Jones and John Doyle will be among those staging operas at the Met during the opera company's 2007-2008 season.