The Metropolitan Opera: Agrippina
Plot: 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

Joyce DiDonato
Nicholas Tamagna
Brenda Rae
Kate Lindsey
Iestyn Davies
Duncan Rock
Matthew Rose
Deborah Voigt
Harry Bicket
David McVicar
Gary Halvorson
Mia Bongiovanni
Peter Gelb
Elena Park
Georg Friedrich Händel