2019–20 Season Repertory and Casting Casting as of November 12, 2019 *Met debut The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess 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: Angel Blue/Elizabeth Llewellyn* Clara: Golda Schultz/Janai Brugger Serena: Latonia Moore Maria: Denyce Graves Sportin’ Life: Frederick Ballentine* Porgy: Eric Owens/Kevin Short Crown: Alfred Walker Jake: Ryan Speedo Green/Donovan Singletary Production: James Robinson* Set Designer: Michael Yeargan Costume Designer: Catherine Zuber Lighting Designer: Donald Holder 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 Opera; Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam; and English National Opera Production a gift of The Sybil B. Harrington Endowment Fund Additional funding from Douglas Dockery Thomas Manon Jules Massenet Sep 24, 28mat, Oct 2, 5, 19, 22, 26mat ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PRESS DEPARTMENT The Metropolitan Opera Press: 212.870.7457 [email protected] 30 Lincoln Center Plaza General: 212.799.3100 metopera.org New York, NY 10023 Fax: 212.870.7606 Conductor: Maurizio Benini Manon: Lisette Oropesa Chevalier des Grieux: Michael Fabiano Guillot de Morfontaine: Carlo Bosi Lescaut: Artur Ruciński de Brétigny: Brett Polegato* Comte des Grieux: Kwangchul Youn 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 Opera House, Covent Garden, London; Teatro alla Scala, Milan; and Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse Production a gift of The Sybil B. Harrington Endowment Fund Macbeth Giuseppe Verdi Sep 25, 28, Oct 1, 4, 8, 12 Conductor: Marco Armiliato Lady Macbeth: Anna Netrebko/Anna Pirozzi* Macduff: Matthew Polenzani Macbeth: Željko Lučić Banquo: Ildar Abdrazakov Production: Adrian Noble 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 Giacomo Puccini Oct 3, 6mat, 9, 12mat, 19mat, 23, 26, 31, Apr 9, 13, 17, 21, 25mat Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin/Marco Armiliato/Carlo Rizzi Turandot: Christine Goerke/Nina Stemme Liù: Eleonora Buratto/Gabriela Reyes/Hibla Gerzmava Calàf: Yusif Eyvazov/Riccardo Massi/Alejandro Roy/Marco Berti Timur: James Morris Production: Franco Zeffirelli 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: Paulo Szot/Markus Brück Production: Anthony Minghella Director / Choreographer: Carolyn Choa Set Designer: Michael Levine Costume Designer: Han Feng Lighting Designer: Peter Mumford Puppetry: Blind Summit Theatre A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera; English National Opera; and the Lithuanian National Opera Production a gift of Mercedes and Sid Bass 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: Jamie Barton Production: Mark Morris Set Designer: Allen Moyer Costume Designer: Isaac Mizrahi 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/Emmanuel Villaume Mimì: Ailyn Pérez/Hei-Kyung Hong/Maria Agresta Musetta: Olga Kulchynska*/Jacqueline Echols/Susanna Phillips/Jennifer Rowley Rodolfo: Matthew Polenzani/Roberto Alagna/Joseph Calleja 3 Marcello: David Bizic/Artur Ruciński/Carlos Álvarez Schaunard: Andrey Zhilikhovsky*/Elliot Madore/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 Philip Glass Metropolitan Opera Premiere Nov 8, 12, 15, 19, 23mat, 30, Dec 4, 7mat Conductor: Karen Kamensek* Queen Tye: Dísella Lárusdóttir Nefertiti: J’Nai Bridges* Akhnaten: Anthony Roth Costanzo High Priest of Amon: Aaron Blake Horemhab: Will Liverman Aye: Richard Bernstein 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 Oscar Tang Endowment Fund, Dominique Laffont, Andrew J. Martin-Weber, The Walter and Leonore Annenberg Endowment Fund, and the National Endowment for the Arts Le Nozze di Figaro Wolfgang Amadeus 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/Anita Hartig Susanna: Nadine Sierra/Hanna-Elisabeth Müller Cherubino: Gaëlle Arquez*/Marianne Crebassa* Marcellina: Elizabeth Bishop/MaryAnn McCormick 4 Count: Adam Plachetka/Etienne Dupuis/Mariusz Kwiecien Figaro: Luca Pisaroni/Adam Plachetka Dr. Bartolo: Brindley Sherratt/Maurizio Muraro Production: Sir Richard Eyre Set and Costume Designer: Rob Howell Lighting Designer: Paule Constable Choreographer: Sara Erde Production a gift of Mercedes T. Bass, and Jerry and Jane del Missier Revival a gift of the Metropolitan Opera Club The Queen of Spades Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Nov 29, Dec 2, 5, 8mat, 14mat, 18, 21 Conductor: Vasily Petrenko* Lisa: Lise Davidsen* Pauline: Elena Maximova The Countess: Larissa Diadkova Hermann: Aleksandrs Antonenko/Kristian Benedikt Yeletsky: Igor Golovatenko* Tomsky: Alexey Markov Production: Elijah Moshinsky Set and Costume Designer: Mark Thompson Lighting Designer: Paul Pyant 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 Richard Strauss Dec 13, 17, 20, 23, 28, Jan 1, 4mat Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle Marschallin: Camilla Nylund*/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: Robert Carsen 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; Royal Opera House Covent Garden, London; Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires; and Teatro Regio di Torino Production a gift of Howard Solomon and Sarah Billinghurst Solomon The Magic Flute Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Dec 15mat, 19, 21mat, 24, 26mat, 28mat, Jan 2mat, 3, 4 Conductor: Lothar Koenigs Pamina: Joélle Harvey*/Ying Fang Queen of the Night: Kathryn Lewek/So Young Park Tamino: David Portillo/Paul Groves Monostatos: Rodell Rosel Papageno: Joshua Hopkins/Will Liverman Speaker: Patrick Carfizzi/Dwayne Croft Sarastro: Morris Robinson/Soloman Howard/Patrick Guetti* Production: Julie Taymor 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 The Magic Flute 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 Alban Berg New Production Dec 27, Jan 2, 7, 11mat, 16, 19mat, 22 Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin Marie: Elza van den Heever Margret: Tamara Mumford The Drum-Major: Christopher Ventris The Captain: Gerhard Siegel Andres: Andrew Staples* Wozzeck: Peter Mattei The Doctor: Christian Van Horn Production: William Kentridge 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; Salzburg Festival; the Canadian Opera Company, Toronto; and Opera Australia Production a gift of Robert L. Turner La Traviata Giuseppe Verdi