Kristine Opolais will sing Mimi in today's matinee performance of Puccini's La Bohème, replacing Anita Hartig, who is ill.
Miss Opolais has agreed to perform today on extremely short notice after singing the title role of Madama Butterfly for the first time at the Met just last evening. Opolais has sung Mimi with the Vienna State Opera, Berlin State Opera, and Latvian National Opera and will sing the role at the Met next season. She made an acclaimed Met debut last year as Magda in Puccini's La Rondine.
Today's performance of La Bohème, which is being transmitted worldwide as part of the Met's Live in HD series, is expected to reach a global audience of more than 300,000 people.
La Bohème also stars
Susanna Phillips as Musetta,
Vittorio Grigolo as Rodolfo, Massimo Cavalletti as Marcello,
Patrick Carfizzi as Schaunard, Oren Gradus as Colline, and
Donald Maxwell as Benoît/Alcindoro. Stefano Ranzani conducts.
