nico muhly / libretto by nicholas wright MARNIE SAT, NOV 10

CONDUCTOR Act I England, 1959. After stealing money from Mr. coming soon Robert Spano Strutt’s firm, Marnie changes her identity and appear- verdi PRODUCTION ance. She applies for a job at Halcyon Printing and is LA TR AVIATA Michael Mayer shocked when the man who interviews her is Mark DEC 15, 2018

SET AND PROJECTION DESIGNERS Rutland, whom she met at Mr. Strutt’s office. Marnie cilea Julian Crouch and joins Mark’s brother, Terry, for a poker game. After- ADRIANA wards, Terry makes a pass at her, but she rebuffs him. LECOUVREUR JAN 12, 2019 COSTUME DESIGNER At his home, Mark declares his romantic fascination Arianne Phillips with Marnie. Later, she breaks into the Halcyon safe, bizet but Mark catches her. He threatens to turn her in unless CARMEN LIGHTING DESIGNER FEB 2, 2019 Kevin Adams she agrees to marry him. On their honeymoon, Mark forces himself on his new wife, but Marnie escapes and donizetti CHOREOGRAPHER LA FILLE DU slits her wrist. Lynne Page RÉGIMENT MAR 2, 2019 LIVE IN HD DIRECTOR intermission Habib Azar wagner Act II Frustrated by their sexless marriage, Mark presses DIE WALKÜRE MAR 30, 2019 LIVE IN HD HOST Marnie to consult an analyst. After several weeks of Anthony Roth Costanzo treatment, she recalls some painful memories. At a party, poulenc DIALOGUES DES Mr. Strutt appears and accuses Marnie of theft. Marnie CARMÉLITES MARNIE and Mark attend a foxhunt, with Marnie riding her MAY 11, 2019 horse, Forio. When the horse panics, Marnie is thrown,

MRS. RUTLAND and Mark in injured. Forio has to be shot. Marnie arrives Janis Kelly at the hospital where Mark is recovering. As she leaves, she steals his keys. Marnie breaks into the office safe, MARNIE’S MOTHER Denyce Graves but she is unable to take the money. She goes to see her mother but arrives to find that she has died. Mark, Terry, TERRY RUTLAND and the police arrive. As she is taken into custody, Marnie Iestyn Davies simply repeats the words “I’m free.” MARK RUTLAND Christopher Maltman Production a gift of Andrew J. Martin-Weber MEMBERS GET MORE Show your love for The Met: Additional funding from the Francis Goelet Trusts, Live in HD by becoming a member today! To join, visit Commissioned by Dr. Coco Lazaroff, and American Express metopera.org/hdmember or the Metropolitan call 1.800.MET.OPERA. A co-production of the and English National Opera Music by , libretto by Nicholas Wright, based on the novel by Winston Graham By special arrangement with Universal Pictures

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