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2019–20 Season Repertory and Casting Casting as of November 12, 2019 *Met debut

The Gershwins’ By George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, and Ira Gershwin New Production Sep 23, 27, 30, Oct 5mat, 10, 13mat, 16, Jan 8, 11, 15, 18, 24, 28, Feb 1mat

Conductor: David Robertson Bess: /Elizabeth Llewellyn* Clara: / Serena: Maria: Sportin’ Life: Frederick Ballentine* Porgy: Eric Owens/Kevin Short Crown: Alfred Walker Jake: /Donovan Singletary

Production: James Robinson* Set Designer: Costume Designer: Lighting Designer: Projection Designer: Luke Halls

The worldwide copyrights in the works of George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin for this presentation are licensed by the Gershwin family.

GERSHWIN is a registered trademark of Gershwin Enterprises. Porgy and Bess is a registered trademark of Porgy and Bess Enterprises.

A co-production of the Metropolitan ; Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam; and

Production a gift of The Sybil B. Harrington Endowment Fund

Additional funding from Douglas Dockery Thomas

Manon Sep 24, 28mat, Oct 2, 5, 19, 22, 26mat

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PRESS DEPARTMENT The Press: 212.870.7457 [email protected] 30 Plaza General: 212.799.3100 metopera.org New York, NY 10023 Fax: 212.870.7606 Conductor: Maurizio Benini : Chevalier des Grieux: Guillot de Morfontaine: Carlo Bosi Lescaut: de Brétigny: * Comte des Grieux:

Production: Laurent Pelly Set Designer: Chantal Thomas Costume Designer: Laurent Pelly Lighting Designer: Joël Adam Choreographer: Lionel Hoche Associate Director: Christian Räth

A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera; Royal , Covent Garden, London; Teatro alla Scala, ; and Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse

Production a gift of The Sybil B. Harrington Endowment Fund

Macbeth Sep 25, 28, Oct 1, 4, 8, 12

Conductor: Lady : /Anna Pirozzi* Macduff: Macbeth: Željko Lučić Banquo:

Production: Set and Costume Designer: Mark Thompson Lighting Designer: Jean Kalman Choreographer: Sue Lefton

Production a gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Montrone

Additional funding from Mr. and Mrs. William R. Miller; Hermione Foundation, Laura Sloate, Trustee; and The Gilbert S. Kahn & John J. Noffo Kahn Endowment Fund

Revival a gift of Rolex

Turandot Oct 3, 6mat, 9, 12mat, 19mat, 23, 26, 31, Apr 9, 13, 17, 21, 25mat

Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin/Marco Armiliato/ : / Liù: Eleonora Buratto/Gabriela Reyes/ Calàf: Yusif Eyvazov/Riccardo Massi/Alejandro Roy/Marco Berti Timur: James Morris

Production: Set Designer: Franco Zeffirelli 2 Costume Designers: Anna Anni and Dada Saligeri Lighting Designer: Gil Wechsler Choreographer: Chiang Ching

Production a gift of Mrs. Donald D. Harrington

Madama Butterfly Giacomo Puccini Oct 11, 15, 18, Nov 2mat, 6, 9mat, 13, 16, 22, 25, Apr 1, 4, 7, 11

Conductor: Pier Giorgio Morandi Cio-Cio-San: Hui He/Ana María Martínez Suzuki: Elizabeth DeShong/MaryAnn McCormick/Maria Zifchak Pinkerton: Piero Pretti*/Andrea Carè*/Bruce Sledge Sharpless: /Markus Brück

Production: Director / Choreographer: Carolyn Choa Set Designer: Michael Levine Costume Designer: Han Feng Lighting Designer: Peter Mumford Puppetry: Blind Summit

A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera; English National Opera; and the Lithuanian National Opera

Production a gift of Mercedes and Sid

Orfeo ed Euridice Christoph Willibald Gluck Oct 20mat, 24, 29, Nov 1, 4, 7, 10mat

Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth Euridice: Hei-Kyung Hong Amore: Hera Hyesang Park Orfeo:

Production: Mark Morris Set Designer: Allen Moyer Costume Designer: Lighting Designer: James F. Ingalls Choreographer: Mark Morris

Production a gift of Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer J. Thomas Jr.

La Bohème Giacomo Puccini Oct 25, 30, Nov 2, 5, 9, 14, 17mat, 21, Jan 9, 12mat, 17, 21, 25, Apr 29, May 2, 7

Conductor: Marco Armiliato/ Mimì: Ailyn Pérez/Hei-Kyung Hong/ Musetta: Olga Kulchynska*/Jacqueline Echols//Jennifer Rowley Rodolfo: Matthew Polenzani// 3 Marcello: David Bizic/Artur Ruciński/Carlos Álvarez Schaunard: Andrey Zhilikhovsky*//Rodion Pogossov Colline: Jongmin Park*/Christian Van Horn/Tareq Nazmi* Benoit/Alcindoro: Arthur Woodley/Donald Maxwell

Production: Franco Zeffirelli Set Designer: Franco Zeffirelli Costume Designer: Peter J. Hall Lighting Designer: Gil Wechsler

Production a gift of Mrs. Donald D. Harrington

Revival a gift of Rolex

Akhnaten Metropolitan Opera Premiere Nov 8, 12, 15, 19, 23mat, 30, Dec 4, 7mat

Conductor: Karen Kamensek* Queen Tye: Dísella Lárusdóttir Nefertiti: J’Nai Bridges* : High Priest of Amon: Aaron Blake Horemhab: Will Liverman Aye: Amenhotep: Zachary James*

Production: Phelim McDermott Set Designer: Tom Pye Costume Designer: Kevin Pollard Lighting Designer: Bruno Poet* Choreographer: Sean Gandini*

This production was originally created by English National Opera and LA Opera

In collaboration with Improbable

Production a gift of the Rosalie J. Coe Weir Endowment Fund

Additional funding from The H.M. Agnes Hsu-Tang, Ph.D. and Tang Endowment Fund, Dominique Laffont, Andrew J. Martin-Weber, The Walter and Endowment Fund, and the National Endowment for the Arts

Le Nozze di Figaro Wolfgang Mozart Nov 16mat, 20, 23, 26, 30mat, Dec 3, 7, 11, 14, Feb 5, 8, 11, 14, 19, 22mat

Conductor: Antonello Manacorda*/Cornelius Meister Countess: Susanna Phillips/ Susanna: /Hanna-Elisabeth Müller Cherubino: Gaëlle Arquez*/Marianne Crebassa* Marcellina: Elizabeth Bishop/MaryAnn McCormick 4 Count: Adam Plachetka/Etienne Dupuis/Mariusz Kwiecien Figaro: /Adam Plachetka Dr. Bartolo: Brindley Sherratt/Maurizio Muraro

Production: Sir Set and Costume Designer: Lighting Designer: Choreographer: Sara Erde

Production a gift of Mercedes T. Bass, and Jerry and Jane del Missier

Revival a gift of the

The Queen of Spades Nov 29, Dec 2, 5, 8mat, 14mat, 18, 21

Conductor: Vasily Petrenko* Lisa: * Pauline: Elena Maximova The Countess: Hermann: Aleksandrs Antonenko/Kristian Benedikt Yeletsky: Igor Golovatenko* Tomsky: Alexey Markov

Production: Set and Costume Designer: Mark Thompson Lighting Designer: Choreographer: John Meehan

Production a gift of the Lila Acheson and DeWitt Wallace Endowment Fund, established by the founders of The Reader’s Digest Association, Inc.

Der Rosenkavalier Dec 13, 17, 20, 23, 28, Jan 1, 4mat

Conductor: Sir Marschallin: */Katie Van Kooten Octavian: Magdalena Kožená/Angela Brower* Sophie: Golda Schultz Annina: Katharine Goeldner Italian Singer: Matthew Polenzani/Alok Kumar Valzacchi: Thomas Ebenstein* Faninal: Markus Eiche* Baron Ochs: Günther Groissböck

Production: Set Designer: Paul Steinberg Costume Designer: Brigitte Reiffenstuel Lighting Designers: Robert Carsen and Peter Van Praet Choreographer: Philippe Giraudeau

5 A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera; Covent Garden, London; Teatro Colón, ; and di Torino

Production a gift of Howard Solomon and Sarah Billinghurst Solomon

The Magic Flute Dec 15mat, 19, 21mat, 24, 26mat, 28mat, Jan 2mat, 3, 4

Conductor: Pamina: Joélle Harvey*/ Queen of the Night: /So Young Park Tamino: David Portillo/ Monostatos: Rodell Rosel Papageno: Joshua Hopkins/Will Liverman Speaker: Patrick Carfizzi/Dwayne Croft Sarastro: /Soloman Howard/Patrick Guetti*

Production: Set Designer: George Tsypin Costume Designer: Julie Taymor Lighting Designer: Donald Holder Puppet Designers: Julie Taymor and Michael Curry Choreographer: Mark Dendy English Adaptation: J. D. McClatchy

Abridged production of a gift of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Bill Rollnick and Nancy Ellison Rollnick

Original production of Die Zauberflöte a gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Kravis

Additional funding from John Van Meter, The Annenberg Foundation, Karen and Kevin Kennedy, Bill Rollnick and Nancy Ellison Rollnick, Mr. and Mrs. William R. Miller, Agnes Varis and Karl Leichtman, and Mr. and Mrs. Ezra K. Zilkha

Wozzeck New Production Dec 27, Jan 2, 7, 11mat, 16, 19mat, 22

Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin Marie: Margret: Tamara Mumford The Drum-Major: Christopher Ventris The Captain: Andres: Andrew Staples* : The Doctor: Christian Van Horn

Production: Co-Director: Luc De Wit Projection Designer: Catherine Meyburgh Set Designer: Sabine Theunissen 6 Costume Designer: Greta Goiris Lighting Designer: Urs Schönebaum

A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera; ; the , ; and Opera

Production a gift of Robert L. Turner

La Traviata Giuseppe Verdi Jan 10, 14, 18mat, 23, 26mat, 31, Feb 3, 7, 26, 29, Mar 5, 9, 13, 19

Conductor: Karel Mark Chichon/ Violetta Valéry: /Lisette Oropesa Alfredo Germont: Dmytro Popov/TBA Giorgio Germont: /Luca Salsi

Production: Set Designer: Christine Jones Costume Designer: Lighting Designer: Choreographer: Lorin Latarro

Production a gift of The Paiko Foundation

Major additional funding from Mercedes T. Bass, Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Montrone, and Rolex

La Damnation de Jan 25mat, 29, Feb 1, 8mat

Conductor: Edward Gardner Marguerite: Elīna Garanča Faust: /* Méphistophélès: Ildar Abdrazakov

Original production a gift of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Solomon

Additional funding from the Gramma Fisher Foundation, Marshalltown, Iowa, and Robert L. Turner, in memory of his father, Bert S. Turner.

Concert performances a gift of Rolex

Met Chorus costumes underwritten with a generous gift from Douglas Dockery Thomas

Agrippina Metropolitan Opera Premiere Feb 6, 9mat, 13, 17, 22, 25, 29mat, Mar 3, 7

Conductor: Poppea: * 7 : Joyce DiDonato Nerone: Ottone: Iestyn Davies Pallante: Duncan Rock Claudio:

Production: Sir David McVicar Set and Costume Designer: John Macfarlane Lighting Designer: Paule Constable Choreographer: Andrew George

This production was originally created by the Théâtre Royal de /De Munt and adapted by the Metropolitan Opera

Production a gift of Dunard Fund USA

Così fan tutte Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Feb 15mat, 18, 21, 23mat, 27, Mar 4, 7mat, 11, 14

Conductor: Harry Bicket Fiordiligi: /Jennifer Check Dorabella: Serena Malfi/Carolyn Sproule Despina: Ferrando: Ben Guglielmo: Luca Pisaroni Don Alfonso:

Production: Phelim McDermott Set Designer: Tom Pye Costume Designer: Laura Hopkins Lighting Designer: Paule Constable

Co-production of the Metropolitan Opera and English National Opera

In collaboration with Improbable

Production a gift of William R. Miller, and John Sucich/Trust of Joseph Padula

Additional funding from The Walter and Leonore Annenberg Endowment Fund, and the National Endowment for the Arts

La Cenerentola Mar 12, 17, 21mat, 25, 28, Apr 3

Conductor: James Gaffigan Angelina: Don Ramiro: Dandini: Vito Priante Don Magnifico: Maurizio Muraro Alidoro: Christian Van Horn

Production: Cesare Lievi Set and Costume Designer: Maurizio Balò 8 Lighting Designer: Saccomandi Choreographer: Daniela Schiavone

Production a gift of Alberto Vilar

Der Fliegende Holländer New Production Mar 2, 6, 10, 14mat, 18, 21, 24, 27

Conductor: /Patrick Furrer Senta: * Mary: * Erik: Sergey Skorokhodov Steuermann: David Portillo/Alok Kumar Holländer: Sir Daland: Franz-Josef Selig

Production: François Girard Set Designer: John Macfarlane Costume Designer: Moritz Junge Lighting Designer: David Finn Projection Designer: Peter Flaherty Choreographer: Carolyn Choa Dramaturg: Serge Lamothe

A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera; L’Opéra de Québec; and Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam

Production a gift of Veronica Atkins

Werther Jules Massenet Mar 16, 20, 23, 28mat, 31, Apr 4mat

Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin/J. David Jackson Sophie: Ying Fang/ Charlotte: Joyce DiDonato : Piotr Beczała Albert: Etienne Dupuis/Joshua Hopkins The Bailiff:

Production: Sir Richard Eyre Set and Costume Designer: Rob Howell Lighting Designer: Peter Mumford Video Designer: Wendall K. Harrington Choreographer: Sara Erde

Production a gift of Elizabeth M. and Jean-Marie R. Eveillard

Major funding from Rolex

Additional funding from The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc.; the Gramma Fisher Foundation, Marshalltown, Iowa; and The Gilbert S. Kahn & John J. Noffo Kahn Foundation 9

Tosca Giacomo Puccini Mar 26, 29mat, Apr 2, 5mat, 11mat, 15, 18

Conductor: Bertrand de Billy/Derrick Inouye : Anna Netrebko/Jennifer Rowley Cavaradossi: Najmiddin Mavlyanov/ Scarpia: / Sacristan: Patrick Carfizzi/Philip Cokorinos

Production: Sir David McVicar Set and Costume Designer: John Macfarlane Lighting Designer: David Finn Movement Director: Leah Hausman

Production a gift of Jacqueline Desmarais, in memory of Paul G. Desmarais Sr; The Paiko Foundation; and Dr. Elena Prokupets, in memory of her late husband, Rudy Prokupets

Major funding from Rolex

Simon Boccanegra Giuseppe Verdi Apr 10, 14, 18mat, 22, 25

Conductor: Carlo Rizzi Amelia Grimaldi: Ailyn Pérez Gabriele Adorno: Joseph Calleja : Carlos Álvarez Paolo: Elchin Azizov Jacopo Fiesco:

Production: Set and Costume Designer: Michael Scott Lighting Designer: Wayne Chouinard

Production a gift of the Estate of Mackay

Additional funding from the Metropolitan Opera Club, the Laurie Aitken Charitable Trust, The Eleanor Naylor Dana Charitable Trust, and Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Montrone

Revival a gift of the NPD Group, Inc.

Maria Stuarda Apr 19mat, 23, 27, 30, May 3mat, 9mat

Conductor: Maurizio Benini : Elisabetta: Jamie Barton Leicester: Cecil: Andrzej Filończyk* Talbot: Michele Pertusi 10

Production: Sir David McVicar Set and Costume Designer: John Macfarlane Lighting Designer: Choreographer: Leah Hausman

Production a gift of The Sybil B. Harrington Endowment Fund

Manon Lescaut Giacomo Puccini Apr 28, May 1, 5, 8

Conductor: Richard Farnes : Des Grieux: Marcelo Álvarez Edmondo: Kang Wang Lescaut: Elchin Azizov Geronte di Ravoir: Brindley Sherratt

Production: Sir Richard Eyre Set Designer: Rob Howell Costume Designer: Fotini Dimou Lighting Designer: Peter Mumford Choreographer: Sara Erde

A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera and the Baden-Baden Festival

Production a gift of Helen and Bengt Agerup and Rolex

Káťa Kabanová Leoš Janáček May 2mat, 6, 9

Conductor: Lothar Koenigs Káťa: Susanna Phillips Varvara: Daniela Mack Kabanicha: Boris: Pavel Černoch* Tichon: Stefan Margita Vanya Kudrjas: Dikoi: Sir John Tomlinson

Production: Sir Set and Costume Designer: Robert Israel Lighting Designer: Gil Wechsler

Production gift of The Lila Acheson and DeWitt Wallace Fund for Lincoln Center

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