The 4th Metropolitan Opera performance of Giuseppe Verdi's Attila CONDUCTOR Riccardo Muti IN ORDER OF VOCAL APPEARANCE Attila, King of the Huns IIdar Abdrazakov Uldino, Attila's slave, also secretly allied to the Aquileians Russell Thomas* Odabella, the Lord of Aquileia's daughter Violeta Urmana Ezio, a Roman general Giovanni Meoni Foresta, a knight of Aquileia Ramon Vargas This performance . is being broadcast Leone, a Roman bishop live on Metropolitan Samuel Ramey Opera Radio on SIRIUS channel 78 and XM channel 79. Saturday, March 6. 2010, 1:00-3:25 pm -----_._-------_.. _- ---_. ------------- GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813--1901) RIGOLmO OPERA EN TROIS ACTES (1851) L1VRET DE FRANCESCO MARIA PIAVE D'APRES LEROIS'AMus£ DE VICTOR HUGO a OPERA BASTILLE 'J., 4) 0 1 24 26, 29 septembre, 2(2110, 14, 17, 20, 22, 24, 28, 31 octobre iJ 19h30 5 octobre et 2 novembre a14h30 ~ 2008-2009 II Duca di Mantova Stefano ~ Rigoletto Juan Po'fiS {24, 26, 29 sept., 2, 5, 7, 10 ,14 oct.} Ambroggio Maestri {17, 20, 22, 2~ 28,31 oct., 2 nov.} Gilda Ekaterina Syurina V Sparafucile Kristinn Sigmundsson Maddalena Varduhi Abrahamyan Giovanna Cornelia Oncioiu II Conte di Monterone Carlo Cigni Marullo Igor Gnidii Matteo Borsa Jason Bridges II Conte di Ceprano Yuri Kissin La Contessa Claudia Calli Poggio della Duchessa Anna Wall Usciere di corte Jian"Hong Zhao Duree du spectacle 2h35 premiere partie lh entrocte 30mn deuxieme partie lh05 JT'~~,~ M t,..,-;:..... ~~.'_"..,--, ii~<". "---".1t.-~.Ii S 1,(1;i , I d ,~' , 1. e "'"r. _-? -"'-..;;....'w" ... ......... Opera ;zoo7-o8 Season The 85th Metropolitan Opera performance of Giuseppe Verdi's '- Ernani This performance is broadcast live over The Toll Brothers- Conductor Metropolitan Roberto Abbado Opera International Radio Network, IN ORDER OF VOCAL APPEARANCE sponsored by Toll Brothers, Ernani, a bandit America's luxury Marcello Giordani home bUilder®, Elvira, Silva's niece and with generous betrothed long-term Sondra Radvanovsky support from The Annenberg Don Carlo. king of Spain Foundation Thomas Hampson and the Vincent A. Stabile Giovanna, Elvira's duenna Wendy White Endowment for Broadcast Media, Don Ruy Gomez de Silva, and through a Spanish grandee contributions from Ferruccio Furlanetto r\ listeners worldwide. , Jago, Silva's squire -' " . .c This afternoon's Keith Miller ~ . ; performance is also - Don Riccardo, the king's squire I being broadcast Ryan Smith •.' "'- live on Metropolitan Opera Radio, on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 85. Saturday, March 29, 2008, 1:30-4:55pm "--------- -_...•_-------- o;:-~~~~""",_",.", L"''''''''''' '''''' _''''''' _ ''''''' _ _..,.__ _ .... Placido Domingo, General Director • Kent Nagano, Music Director Edgar Baitzel, Chief Operating Officer presents GIUSEPPE VERDI LA TRAVIATA Libretto by FRANCESCO MARIA PIAVE Based on the play La Dame aux Camelias by Alexandre Dumas fils Cast CONDUCTOR Violetta Valery Elizabeth Futral The running time is John Fiore approximately two hours DIRECTOR AND DESICNER Alfredo Germont Joseph Calleja and fifty-five minutes, Marta Domingo which includes two twenty­ Giorgio Germont Dwayne Croft minute intermissions. CHOREOCRAPH ER Kitty Mcnamee Flora Bervoix Suzanna Guzman Supertitles written by LIGHTING DESIGNER David Anglin; cued by Trevor Stirlin Burk Gastone, Vicomte de Letorieres Peter Nathan Foltz Cathy Miller and Linda LOS ANGELES OPERA Zoolalian. CONCERTMASTER Baron Douphol Philip Kraus Stuart Canin Marquis d'Obigny Lee Poulis Pre-performance lectures LOS ANGELES OPERA by Alan Chapman. Pre­ CHORUS MASTER William Vendice Doctor Grenvil JinyoungJang performance lectures are generously sponsored by Annina Jessica Swink the Flora L. Thornton Set constructed by San Foundation and the Opera Diego Opera Scenic Giuseppe, Violetta's servant John Kimberling Studio. Costumes created League of Los Angeles. by the Los Angeles A Messenger Mark Kelley Opera Costume Shop. Wigs constructed by the Los Angeles Opera Wig Flora's Servant Tim Smith Department. Artists subject to change. NEW PRODUCTION This production has been made possible by generous support from Malsi Doyle and Michael Forman and CulturArte de Puerto Rico and Bertita and Guillermo L. Martinez Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the house management. Memhers of the audience who leave during the performance will not be shown back inlo the theater until the next intermission. The use of cameras and recording equipment is strictly prohibited. Please tum off all beepers, watch alarms and cellular phones. Your use of a ticket acknowledges your willingness to appear in photographs taken in public areas of the Music Center and releases the Center and its lessees and others from liability resulting from use of such photographs. Any microphones ou stage are for recording purposes only; they are nol used for amplification. PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P3 - This production is made possible, in part, by Mr. and Mrs. David T. TraiteJ. Corporate support for this production provided by ChevronTexaco. Opera in four acts by GIUSEPPE VERDI Libretto by FRANCESCO MARIA PIAVE Based on the play La Dame aux camelias by ALEXANDRE DUMAS fils La Traviata ~~e One W~O Str~yed) (in Italian) Conductor Patrick Summers/ CAST Robert Wood* (10/5, 10/8) (in order ofappearance) Director John Copley Violetta Valery Ruth Ann Swenson Set Designer Mary Dunleavy (10/5, 10/8) John Conklin Costume Designer Doctor Grenvil Stephen Bryant David Walker Baron Douphol Ricardo Herrera t Lighting Designer Thomas j. Munn Flora Bervoix Catherine Cook Chorus Director Marchese d'Obigny joshua Bloom t Ian Robertson Annina Katherine Rohrer t ,-...... -iusical Preparation Jryndon Hassman Gastone de Letorieres Thomas Glenn t john Churchwell Alfredo Germont Rolando Villazon* john Parr Robert Wood Giuseppe Richard Walker Svetlana Gorzhevskaya Giorgio Germont Dmitri Hvorostovsky Supertitles Zeljko LuciC* (10/5, 10/8) jerry Sherk Assistant Stage Director A messenger William Pickersgill Mark Streshinsky A servant Jere Torkelson Stage Manager Brett Finley Flamenco Dancers Carmen Granados Susana Mendieta Costume Supervisor Juan Moyoli* Kathleen Lussier-West Scenery constructed in Demimondaines, gentlemen, servants San Francisco Opera Scenic Studios *San Francisco Opera Debut tCurrent Adler Fellow Costumes execLlted by San Francisco Opera Costume Shop TIME AD PLACE: Mid-19th-century Paris and environs First Performance: ACT I Violetta's house Venice, March 6, 1853 -INTERMISSION - First San Francisco Opera Performance: October 4, 1924 ACT II A country house near Paris - INTERMISSION - TU ESDAY, SEPTEMB ER 14 at 8 PM SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 at 8 PM ACT III Flora's house TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 at 7:30 PM - Pause- FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 at 8 PM ACT IV Violetta's house r·MO DAY, SEPTEMBER 27 at 7:30 PM / HURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 at 7:30 PM SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3 at 2:00 PM Latecomers will not be seated during the performance after the lights have dimmed. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5 at 7:30 PM The use ofcameras, cellular phones and any kind of recording equipment is strictly forbidden. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8 at 8:00 PM The performance will last approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes. 2004-05 SEASON SAN FRANCISCO OPERA Production new to San Francisco Opera This production is made possible, in part, by Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund. Opera in four acts by GIUSEPPE VERDI Text by SALVATORE CAMMARANO and LEONE EMANUELE BARDARE After the play by ANTONIO GARCiA GUTIERREZ n trovatore (in Italian) Conductor Marco Armiliato \ Stage Director ,.. \ Brad Dalton Designer CAST John Conklin Lighting DesigneT Robert Wierzel* Ferrando Mark S. Doss Chorus Direct01' Inez Mamie Breckenridge Ian Robertson Leonora Marina Nlescheriakova Musical Prepa1'ation Count di Luna Carlos Alvarez* John Churchwell Haijing Fu* (6/30, 7/2) Carol Isaac Manrico Richard Margison Philip Kuttner ~ Bryndon Hassman Azucena (II Gypsy) Dolara Zajick Sara Jobin Ruiz (A messenge1) Harold Gray Meers* Ernest Fredric Knell Ron Valentino Prompter' Soldiers, nuns, Gypsies Philip Kuttner TI.L\1E AND PLACE: Fifteenth-cenmry Spain Supertitles Christopher Bergen ACT I (The Duel) Scene 1 The hall of the palace guards Assistant Stage Directm' Scene 2 Outside the Palace Josemaria Condemi Stage ManageT ACT II (The Gypsy) Scene 1 The Gypsy Camp Lisa Anderson Scene 2 The Convent Fight DirectoT INTERMISSION Jonathan Rider ACT III (The Gypsy~ son) Scene 1 Outside the Fortress Production owned by Seattle Opera Scene 2 A room in the Fortress ACT IV (The ToTture) Scene I Outside the prison tower First performance: Scene 2 The Prison Rome, 19 January 1853 First San Francisco Opera pelformance: 6 October 1926 Sill\TDAY,JUNE 15 AT 2:00 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18 AT 7:30 SATURDAY, JUNE 21 AT 8:00 ,..----. TUESDAY,]UNE 24 AT 8:00 /' , fRIDAY, JUNE 27 AT 8:00 V Latecomers will110t be seated during the peiforrnance after the lights have dimmed. MONDAY, JUNE 30 AT 7:30 The use ofcameras, cellular phones and any kind ofrec01'ding equipment is strictlyforbidden. WEDNESDAY, JULY 2 AT 8:00 The pe1formance will last appl'oximately tbl'ee hours. SATURDAY, JULY 5 AT 2:00 10 2002-03 SEAS 0 N SAN FRANCISCO OPERA This production is made possible, in part, by The Bernard Osher Endowment Fund. Opera in four acts by GIUSEPPE VERDI Libretto by ARRIGO BOITO Based on the play by William Shakespeare Otello (in Italian) Condl~ctor Donald Runnicles Stage Director Emilio Sagi CAST Designel' (in order ofappearance) Zack Brown Lighting Designer Montano Philip Skinner Thomas J. Munn Cassio Raymond Very Associate Lighting Designer Iago Sergei Leiferkus Christopher Maravich Roderigo Brian Andersont