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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Great Performances at the Met Season 7 Episode 1 - L'Elisir d'Amore
    8.9/10(31 votes)

    #1 - L'Elisir d'Amore

    S7:E1

    Season 7 opens with Gaetano Donizetti's comic opera "L'Elisir d'Amore," about a peasant (Matthew Polenzani) who wins the heart of a beautiful farm owner (Anna Netrebko) with the help of a love potion he purchased from a quack doctor (Ambrogio Maestri). Originally broadcast live in movie theaters as part of The Met: Live in HD series. Originally broadcast live in movie theaters as part of The Met: Live in HD series.

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  2. Great Performances at the Met Season 7 Episode 2 - Otello
    7.7/10(23 votes)

    #2 - Otello

    S7:E2

    Verdi's "Otello," about a Moorish general (Johan Botha) who comes to suspect his wife (Renée Fleming) of infidelity due to seeds of doubt sowed by a treacherous aide (Falk Struckmann). Originally broadcast live in movie theaters as part of The Met: Live in HD series.

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  3. Great Performances at the Met Season 7 Episode 3 - The Tempest
    7.7/10(24 votes)

    #3 - The Tempest

    S7:E3

    Thomas Adès conducts his operatic adaptation of Shakespeare's "The Tempest." The production stars Simon Keenlyside as the exiled Prospero and Isabel Leonard as his daughter Miranda, who falls for the son (Alek Shrader) of her father's rival after a shipwreck brings him to their island. Originally broadcast live in movie theaters as part of The Met: Live in HD series.

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  4. Great Performances at the Met Season 7 Episode 4 - La Clemenza di Tito
    8.5/10(26 votes)

    #4 - La Clemenza di Tito

    S7:E4

    Mozart's "La Clemenza di Tito" stars Elina Garanca in the trouser role of Sesto, who finds himself enmeshed in an assassination plot against Roman emperor Titus (Giuseppe Filianoti) through the manipulations of vengeful Vitellia (Barbara Frittoli), the daughter of a deposed emperor, after her hopes of becoming his consort are dashed. Originally broadcast live in movie theaters as part of The Met: Live in HD series.

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  5. Great Performances at the Met Season 7 Episode 5 - Un Ballo in Maschera
    8.2/10(23 votes)

    #5 - Un Ballo in Maschera

    S7:E5

    Verdi's "Un Ballo in Maschera," about a Swedish king (Marcelo Álvarez) pursuing an affair with his best friend's wife (Sondra Radvanovsky). Originally broadcast live in movie theaters as part of The Met: Live in HD series.

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  6. Great Performances at the Met Season 7 Episode 6 - Rigoletto
    7.6/10(19 votes)

    #6 - Rigoletto

    S7:E6

    Verdi's "Rigoletto" is updated to 1960s-era Las Vegas, where a womanizing lounge singer (Piotr Beczala) seduces the daughter (Diana Damrau) of his sidekick (Zeljko Lucic), causing his pal to seek revenge by hiring a hit man (Stefan Kocán) to off him. Originally broadcast live in movie theaters as part of The Met: Live in HD series.

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  7. Great Performances at the Met Season 7 Episode 7 - Aida
    7.8/10(16 votes)

    #7 - Aida

    S7:E7

    Liudmyla Monastyrska and Roberto Alagna star in Verdi's "Aida," about a military commander in ancient Egypt who risks his life for the love of an enslaved Ethiopian princess. Fabio Luisi conducts. Originally broadcast live in movie theaters as part of The Met: Live in HD series.

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  8. Great Performances at the Met Season 7 Episode 8 - Les Troyens
    8.9/10(31 votes)

    #8 - Les Troyens

    S7:E8

    Berlioz's "Les Troyens," about a Trojan military commander (Bryan Hymel) who flees the fallen Troy and lands in the North African kingdom of Carthage, where he falls for the queen (Susan Graham). Deborah Voigt plays Cassandra, the Trojan prophetess whose warnings about an apparent gift from the Greeks are ignored. Originally broadcast live in movie theaters as part of The Met: Live in HD series.

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  9. Great Performances at the Met Season 7 Episode 9 - Maria Stuarda
    7.4/10(36 votes)

    #9 - Maria Stuarda

    S7:E9

    A performance of Gaetano Donizetti's "Maria Stuarda," about the rivalry between Mary, Queen of Scots (Joyce DiDonato) and Elizabeth I (Elza van den Heever). Originally broadcast live in movie theaters as part of The Met: Live in HD series.

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  10. Great Performances at the Met Season 7 Episode 10 - Parsifal
    7.8/10(38 votes)

    #10 - Parsifal

    S7:E10

    Richard Wagner's "Parsifal," about a fool (Jonas Kaufmann) who may be key to a wounded king's recovery. The cast also includes René Pape as knight Gurnemanz; Katarina Dalayman as siren Kundry; Peter Mattei as King Amfortas; and Evgeny Nikitin as Klingsor, the evil wizard. Originally broadcast live in movie theaters as part of The Met: Live in HD series.

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  11. Great Performances at the Met Season 7 Episode 11 - Francesca da Rimini
    7.7/10(17 votes)

    #11 - Francesca da Rimini

    S7:E11

    A production of Riccardo Zandonai's "Francesca da Rimini," about a doomed romance between a warlord's wife (Eva-Maria Westbroek) and brother (Marcello Giordani). Originally broadcast live in movie theaters as part of The Met: Live in HD series.

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  12. Great Performances at the Met Season 7 Episode 12 - Giulio Cesare
    8.4/10(20 votes)

    #12 - Giulio Cesare

    S7:E12

    David Daniels and Natalie Dessay star in David McVicar's imaginative take on "Giulio Cesare," Handel's opera about Caesar and Cleopatra. The cast also includes Alice Coote in the trouser role of Sesto, a Roman youth; Guido Loconsolo as Egyptian general Achilla; and John Moore as Roman general Curio. Host: Renée Fleming. Originally broadcast live in movie theaters as part of The Met: Live in HD series.

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Season 7 Ratings Summary

"L'Elisir d'Amore" is the best rated episode of "Great Performances at the Met" season 7. It scored 8.9/10 based on 31 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/18/2013. This episode is rated 1.2 points higher than the second-best, "Otello".