2019-20 Season Repertory and Casting
February 20th, 2019
2019 -20 Season
Repertory and Casting
Casting as of June 7, 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
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: Plácido Domingo/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: Roberto Aronica/Marco Berti
Timur: James Morris
Production: Franco Zeffirelli
Set Designer: Franco Zeffirelli
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*
Sharpless: Paulo Szot/Plácido Domingo/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
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
Count: Adam Plachetka/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
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
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
Jan 10, 14, 18mat, 23, 26mat, 31, Feb 3, 7, 26, 29, Mar 5, 9, 13, 19
Conductor: Karel Mark Chichon/Bertrand de Billy
Violetta Valéry: Aleksandra Kurzak/Lisette Oropesa
Alfredo Germont: Dmytro Popov/Vittorio Grigolo
Giorgio Germont: Quinn Kelsey/Luca Salsi
Production: Michael Mayer
Set Designer: Christine Jones
Costume Designer: Susan Hilferty
Lighting Designer: Kevin Adams
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 Faust
Hector Berlioz
Jan 25mat, 29, Feb 1, 4, 8mat, 12, 15
Conductor: Edward Gardner
Marguerite: Elīna Garanča
Faust: Bryan Hymel/Michael Spyres*
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
George Frideric Handel
Metropolitan Opera Premiere
Feb 6, 9mat, 13, 17, 22, 25, 29mat, Mar 3, 7
Conductor: Harry Bicket
Poppea: Brenda Rae*
Agrippina: Joyce DiDonato
Nerone: Kate Lindsey
Ottone: Iestyn Davies
Pallante: Duncan Rock
Claudio: Matthew Rose
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 la Monnaie/De Munt Brussels 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: Nicole Car/Jennifer Check
Dorabella: Serena Malfi/Carolyn Sproule
Despina: Heidi Stober
Ferrando: Ben Bliss
Guglielmo: Luca Pisaroni
Don Alfonso: Gerald Finley
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
Gioachino Rossini
Mar 12, 17, 21mat, 25, 28, Apr 3
Conductor: James Gaffigan
Angelina: Tara Erraught
Don Ramiro: Javier Camarena
Dandini: Davide Luciano
Don Magnifico: Maurizio Muraro
Alidoro: Christian Van Horn
Production: Cesare Lievi
Set and Costume Designer: Maurizio Balò
Lighting Designer: Gigi Saccomandi
Choreographer: Daniela Schiavone
Production a gift of Alberto Vilar
Der Fliegende Holländer
Richard Wagner
New Production
Mar 2, 6, 10, 14mat, 18, 21, 24, 27
Conductor: Valery Gergiev/Patrick Furrer
Senta: Anja Kampe*
Mary: Mihoko Fujimura*
Erik: Sergey Skorokhodov/TBA
Steuermann: David Portillo/Alok Kumar
Holländer: Sir Bryn Terfel
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/Erin Morley
Charlotte: Joyce DiDonato
Werther: Piotr Beczała
Albert: Etienne Dupuis/Joshua Hopkins
The Bailiff: Alan Opie
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
Tosca
Giacomo Puccini
Mar 26, 29mat, Apr 2, 5mat, 11mat, 15, 18
Conductor: Bertrand de Billy
Tosca: Anna Netrebko/Jennifer Rowley
Cavaradossi: Najmiddin Mavlyanov/Brian Jagde
Scarpia: George Gagnidze/Michael Volle
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
Simon Boccanegra: Carlos Álvarez
Paolo: Elchin Azizov
Jacopo Fiesco: Dmitry Belosselskiy
Production: Giancarlo del Monaco
Set and Costume Designer: Michael Scott
Lighting Designer: Wayne Chouinard
Production a gift of the Estate of Anna Case Mackay
Additional funding from the Metropolitan Opera Club, the Annie 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
Gaetano Donizetti
Apr 19mat, 23, 27, 30, May 3mat, 9mat
Conductor: Maurizio Benini
Maria Stuarda: Diana Damrau
Elisabetta: Jamie Barton
Leicester: Stephen Costello
Cecil: Andrzej Filończyk*
Talbot: Michele Pertusi
Production: Sir David McVicar
Set and Costume Designer: John Macfarlane
Lighting Designer: Jennifer Tipton
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
Manon Lescaut: Sonya Yoncheva
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: Dolora Zajick
Boris: Pavel Černoch*
Tichon: Stefan Margita
Vanya Kudrjas: Paul Appleby
Dikoi: Sir John Tomlinson
Production: Sir Jonathan Miller
Set and Costume Designer: Robert Israel
Lighting Designer: Gil Wechsler
Production gift of The Lila Acheson and DeWitt Wallace Fund for Lincoln Center