HD to theaters, streaming on computers, etc. — we need one word to include various forms of transmitting opera (and ballet, plays, and more, but that's another story), so here's my contribution: "Tele-Opera." It may not fly, but it will have to do for now.
Following San Francisco Opera's fabulous production of Falstaff, stand by for the Metropolitan's greatly promising version, in Robert Carsen's Covent Garden staging and conducted by James Levine, in local theaters on Dec. 14, beginning at 9:55 a.m. Pacific Time.
Ambrogio Maestri sings the title role, Angela Meade appears as Alice Ford, Stephanie Blythe as Mistress Quickly, Lisette Oropesa as Nannetta, Jennifer Johnson Cano as Meg Page, Paolo Fanale in his Met debut as Fenton, and Franco Vassallo as Ford.
Repeating briefly (from last week's column): The live streaming of Munich's Frau ohne Schatten on Dec. 1 at 9 a.m. Pacific Time, conducted by Kirill Petrenko, directed by Krzysztof Warlikowski; featuring Johan Botha, Adrianne Pieczonka, Deborah Polaski, Wolfgang Koch, and Elena Pankratova.