Spring 2015 Season
New Opera
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The News New York Premiere FRIDAY, APRIL 17 & SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 7:00 P.M.
“[A] multimedia experience that splashes political hot potatoes across the stage yet refuses to be cynical or polemical. It leaves the audience puzzled and delighted at the same time.” —PITTSBURGH POST GAZETTE The News is a multimedia “reality opera” that transforms current events, political rhetoric, and the media into operatic hyper-drama. Crafted from news broadcasts and set to music by the influential composer Jacob Ter Veldhuis (JacobTV), the opera receives its New York premiere with Fulcrum Point Ensemble, featuring vocalists Nora Fischer and Loire. Tickets start at $50 BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 23) The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
John Zorn’s Sacred Visions SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1:30 & 3:30 P.M.
“Eerie harmonic layers were built upon the wordless syllables, an austere medieval aesthetic punctuated with colorful contemporary twists... [“The Holy Visions”] segued from plainchant to more complex polyphony, sounding along the way, sweet, simple and crazed.” —NEW YORK TIMES Returning to the Met after a triumphant daylong concert, the edgy and continually inventive composer and MacArthur Fellow John Zorn creates a performance specifically for the Fuentidueña Chapel at The Cloisters. The program features the world premiere of The Remedy of Fortune, composed specifically for The Cloisters; the New York premiere of Pandora’s Box, featuring acclaimed vocalist Tony Arnold with JACK Quartet; and The Holy Visions, performed by Jane Sheldon, Sarah Brailey, Mellissa Hughes, Abigail Fischer, and Kirsten Sollek. Tickets start at $50 BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 23) The Fuentidueña Chapel at The Cloisters
The News by Marco Borggreve © Nederlandse Reisopera
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New Opera La Celestina U.S. Premiere FRIDAY, MARCH 20–SUNDAY, MARCH 29, DURING MUSEUM HOURS
“[Erratica’s] oeuvre is a mystical mash-up of contrasting eras, languages and musical genres, and—surprisingly—it works.” —EYE WEEKLY (U.K.) At the center of one of the great masterpieces of Spanish literature is La Celestina: a witch, a healer, a meddler, a prostitute, and, perhaps, a “conversa.” Published in 1499, the eponymous work catapulted Spanish literature out of the Middle Ages and into the Renaissance. Commissioned for the Met’s extraordinary sixteenth-century Vélez Blanco Patio, La Celestina is now a site-specific video opera that tells the story of a nobleman; his love interest; his dishonest, scheming servants; and the local prostitute/witch. Using a multichannel audio and video installation, Erratica transforms this unique architectural space into an immersive dramatic-musical experience in which the characters each tell their own version of the story, Rashomon-style. Full of ribald jokes, outrageous circumstances, and scathing social criticism, the story takes a very dark turn and ends in unfathomable tragedy. Free with Museum admission Vélez Blanco Patio
Right: La Celestina rendering by Manual Cinema Below: Fredrika Brillembourg and Alessandra Ferri in The Raven, directed and choreographed by Luca Veggetti. Photo © Richard Termine
4 La Celestina rendering courtesy Opera Erratica
The Tempest Songbook Gotham Chamber Opera in a co-production with the Martha Graham Dance Company FRIDAY, MARCH 27 & SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 7:00 P.M. SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 3:00 P.M. In The Tempest Songbook, the endlessly adventurous Gotham Chamber Opera presents incidental music for Shakespeare’s The Tempest (composed in 1695 and attributed to Henry Purcell) and Kaija Saariaho’s 2004 Tempest Songbook for soprano, baritone, and period instrument ensemble, in its U.S. and World Stage premieres. The Tempest Songbook explores the themes of Shakespeare’s play, creating a lyrical vision through dance, movement, and song. Neal Goren, Conductor Luca Veggetti, Director/Choreographer Clifton Taylor and Luca Veggetti, Scenic Design Clifton Taylor, Lighting Design Peter Speliopoulos, Costume Design
Jean-Baptiste Barrière, Video Creation Jennifer Zetlan, Soprano Thomas Richards, Bass-baritone Dancers from the Martha Graham Dance Company
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Tullio Lombardo’s
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The Return
Created by Reid Farrington An interactive installation on the return of Tullio Lombardo’s Adam JULY 2015, DURING MUSEUM HOURS The Return celebrates the arduous and groundbreaking restoration, recently completed by Met conservators, of one of the greatest sculptures of the Italian Renaissance: Tullio Lombardo’s Adam (ca. 1490–95). This revolutionary interactive work invites visitors to dynamically investigate the over decade-long conservation project. One can probe aspects such as the statue’s fall from its pedestal and its poetic parallel to Adam’s fall from grace told in the book of Genesis. Hidden cameras, speakers, and microphones allow visitors to communicate with unseen video puppeteers who lead them through the works’ extraordinary story, using a digital “window” that displays the restored sculpture. Free with Museum admission The Venetian Sculpture Gallery
Behind the Fig Leaf WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 6:00 P.M. Luke Syson, Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Curator in Charge, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Twelve years after the terrible accident that left him in pieces, the painstaking restoration of Tullio Lombardo’s Adam (ca. 1490–95), arguably the most important Renaissance marble in America, is complete. He now stands resplendent in a new, specially designed gallery, and, once again, we can appreciate the subtlety of Tullio’s carving and the beauty of Adam’s figure. But there is one feature that, if we’re not attentive, we might take for granted: his fig leaf. So habituated are we to the coy convention of the leaf that hides the genitals of sculpted male nudes that we have almost ceased to reflect upon its origins and meaning. Here it is fundamental to the story of Adam—a concealment that actually draws attention to itself. And its inclusion opens up two larger questions: How did sculptors of the Renaissance incorporate narrative within their depictions of a single figure? And, how did they represent the invisible using a medium that is so palpably of our world? Tickets start at $40 The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
These programs are in conjunction with the exhibition Tullio Lombardo’s Adam: A Masterpiece Restored, on view through July 2015.
Tullio Lombardo (Italian, ca. 1455–1532). Adam, ca. 1490–95. Marble, Overall: 6 ft. 31/2 in., 770lb. (191.8 cm, 349.2697 kg). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Fletcher Fund, 1936 (36.163) Opposite: Tullio Lombardo (Italian, ca. 1455–1532). Adam (detail), ca. 1490–95. Marble, Overall: 6 ft. 31/2 in., 770lb. (191.8 cm, 349.2697kg). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Fletcher Fund, 1936 (36.163). Photographed during conservation by Carolyn Riccardelli, MMA
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Celebrating Asian Art
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Presented in celebration of the one-hundredth anniversary of the Asian Art Department at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Paradise Interrupted Excerpts from the new installation opera by visual artist Jennifer Wen Ma and composer Huang Ruo with vocalist Qian Yi SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 3:00 & 7:00 P.M. The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing is the setting for a preview of Paradise Interrupted, an eagerly awaited opera that poetically weaves the Western myth of the Garden of Eden and the Chinese myth of the Peony Pavilion. The narrative follows a woman in search of an unattainable ideal, exploring a world that is activated by her singing voice as she attempts to return to the garden. Tickets start at $54 BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 23) The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing
This program is presented in conjunction with China: Through the Looking Glass, on view May 7–August 16, 2015. Paradise Interrupted is co-commissioned and co-produced by Spoleto Festival USA and Lincoln Center Festival.
Lang Lang at the Met Opening Concert in conjunction with China: Through the Looking Glass THURSDAY, MAY 14, 8:00 P.M. Heralded as the “hottest artist on the classical music planet” by the New York Times, Lang Lang performs in the grand setting of the Met’s Great Hall. Tickets start at $100 The Great Hall • This performance will be Live Streamed at metmuseum.org.
This program is presented in conjunction with China: Through the Looking Glass, on view May 7–August 16, 2015.
The Great Wave: Japanese Art at the Met 2 THURSDAYS / 1 TUESDAY AT 11:00 A.M.: MARCH 12, 19 & 31 John Carpenter, Curator of Japanese Art, Department of Asian Art, MMA One of the great masterpieces of world art, Katsushika Hokusai’s Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as the Great Wave (ca. 1830–32), is said to have inspired Debussy’s La Mer (The Sea) and Rilke’s Der Berg (The Mountain). In this three-part series, Met curator John Carpenter examines the three critical elements of Hokusai’s thundering seascape to lead viewers on a larger discovery of the Met’s extraordinary collection of Japanese art, from historical, to classical, to contemporary works. March 12 Turbulent Waves: Images of Seas and Streams March 19 Eternal Mountains: Landscape Paintings and Prints March 31 People at Work and Play: Genre Scenes Single tickets start at $30 / Series: $75 The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849). Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura) (detail), also known as the Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei), ca. 1830–1832. Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 101/8 x 1415/16 in. (25.7 x 37.9 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 (JP1847)
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In the Galleries
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The Grand Tour WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21 & THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 8:00 P.M. “Here too, the portraits seemed to stop and listen...joyous.” —NEW YORK TIMES
Hailed by the New York Times as “perhaps the most perfect realization yet of the mission of Met Museum Presents,” The Grand Tour, which sold out last season, returns with music from the British Isles in the Met’s Drue Heinz Gallery for British painting; Dutch songs and dances played on the recorders, shawms, bagpipes, and lute seen in the paintings of Bruegel, Vermeer, and Rembrandt; music from sixteenth-century Spain in the El Greco gallery; and, honoring the Met’s seventeenth-century Italian galleries, music composed for Concerto delle donne, the group of professional female singers who revolutionized the role of women in music during the late Renaissance under Alfonso II, Duke of Ferrara. Tickets start at $125
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European Paintings Galleries
Pierre Boulez: A 90th Birthday Celebration Conor Hanick, piano THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1:00 & 3:00 P.M. Called “brilliant” by the New York Times, pianist Conor Hanick brings his “refinement, color, crispness and wondrous variety of articulation” to the Met’s newly reinstalled twentieth-century galleries in celebration of one of that century’s greatest musical minds, Pierre Boulez. The program includes compositions by Boulez, as well as work that inspired him and work he inspired. Free with Museum admission Gallery 918
Jazz & Colors at the Met The Masterworks Edition FRIDAY, JANUARY 30 & FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 6:00 & 8:00 P.M. A dozen ensembles. A dozen galleries. One setlist. Lose yourself at the Met and find dazzling masterpieces of art and jazz. Free with Museum admission Galleries throughout the Museum These concerts are presented in collaboration with Dayglo Ventures.
Clarion Society: Victoria’s “Requiem” SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 7:30 P.M. “The choir sounded radiant...singing with a hushed, intense intimacy that bloomed into a full-blooded, gorgeous sheen.” —NEW YORK TIMES New York’s first period instrument performance ensemble presents the hauntingly beautiful Requiem of Tomás Luis de Victoria—the most famous composer of sixteenthcentury Spain—in the Met’s Medieval Sculpture Hall. Tickets start at $75 BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 23) Medieval Sculpture Hall The Grand Tour © Stephanie Berger
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In the Galleries Vijay Iyer Trio in the Temple SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 8:00 P.M. Over the past decade, Vijay Iyer has become one of the most vital and distinctive new jazz voices. With this concert, Iyer (one of jazz’s “ascendant pacesetters”—New York Times) and his trio, bassist Stephan Crump and drummer Marcus Gilmore, celebrate the release of their brand new album Break Stuff (ECM). Known for its intuitive and intense performances, the group brings its individual voice to The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing. Tickets start at $40 BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 23) The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing
Drone Mass World Premiere TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 7:00 P.M. Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson joins American Contemporary Music Ensemble and the 2014 Grammy Award–winning vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth to perform Drone Mass, a contemporary oratorio that fuses the sounds of string quartet, electronics, and vocals, and uses texts based on the Coptic Gospel of the Egyptians. This world premiere is realized in the Met’s magnificent Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing, among dazzling artifacts and architecture of ancient Egypt. Tickets start at $40
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The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing
Charles Lloyd: Wild Man Dance Suite SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 8:00 P.M. “Mr. Lloyd has come up with a strange and beautiful distillation of the American experience, part abandoned and wild, part immensely controlled and sophisticated.” —NEW YORK TIMES A sweeping new masterpiece from Charles Lloyd (tenor saxophone, flute, tarogato), Wild Man Dance Suite blends traditional jazz elements with visceral sounds and textures from antiquity. In this work, Lloyd has created something altogether new and exciting: composed for a quartet of piano (Jason Moran), bass (Joe Sanders), and drums (Eric Harland)—with the addition of the Greek lyra (Sokratis Sinopoulos) and the Hungarian cimbalom (Miklós Lukács)—the suite’s six movements are performed like a flowing orchestral unit. This concert marks the North American premiere of the piece. Tickets start at $60 BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 23) The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing
Vijay Iyer Trio © Juan Hitters Charles Lloyd © Dorothy Darr Background: The Temple of Dendur, ca. 15 B.C. Roman Period. Aeolian Sandstone; L. from gate to rear of temple 24 m, 60 cm (82 ft.). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Given to the United States by Egypt in 1965, awarded to 12 The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1967, and installed in The Sackler Wing in 1978 (68.154)
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Exhibitions Amplified
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Theo Bleckmann: Songs in the Key of D SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 7:00 P.M. The incomparable composer/vocalist Theo Bleckmann presents an evening of songs about dying, death, mourning and transcendence, inspired by Death Becomes Her, the Met’s autumn Costume Institute exhibition. A Grammy-nominated artist, Bleckmann’s remarkable range and laser-focused wit engages a serious topic with a rare combination of intellect and heart. With Henry Hey (piano), Matt Moran (vibraphone), and Mark Guiliana (drums and samples). Free with Museum admission The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
This program is in conjunction with the exhibition Death Becomes Her: A Century of Mourning Attire, on view through February 1, 2015.
A Musical Tribute to Thomas Hart Benton with Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 7:00 P.M. In 1930, Thomas Hart Benton was commissioned to create a mural for the boardroom of The New School on West 12th Street in New York. His ten-panel work, America Today, offers a moving narrative of early twentieth-century America—and inspires this evening of dance music from Harlem’s heyday. Jazz pianist Orrin Evans leads his Captain Black Big Band in a sizzling rendition of Harlem’s golden musical age. Tickets start at $35 BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 23) The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
This program is in conjunction with the exhibition Thomas Hart Benton’s America Today Mural Rediscovered, on view through April 19, 2015.
Looking East from Byzantium SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 7:00 P.M. The Met celebrates the recent acquisition of four Byzantine icons with a concert that traces the trajectory of music east from Byzantium. Composer and multiinstrumentalist Mehmet Ali Sanlikol and master chanter Eleftherios Eleftheriadis illustrate the interconnectedness between Byzantine and Islamic chant, as well as improvisation traditions. Tickets start at $40 BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 23) The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium Presented in collaboration with the Axion Estin Foundation.
Theo Bleckmann © John Labbé
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Exhibitions Amplified
Masters of Indian Dance: Nrityagram SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 5:00 & 7:00 P.M. With its sculptural forms, sinuous movements, and emotional intensity, Odissi—one of the oldest dance traditions in the world—speaks of love and union with the divine. Surupa Sen and Bijayini Satpathy, the principal dancers of India’s world-renowned Nrityagram dance troupe, transport viewers to enchanted worlds of magic and spirituality with their grace and power. This performance of solos and duets set to an original live score includes pieces from Samyoga, Songs of Love and Longing, and the U.S. premiere of Shyamala Vandana. Free with Museum admission The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing
This program is in conjunction with the exhibition Treasures from India: Jewels from the Al‑Thani Collection, on view through January 25, 2015.
Ensemble Caprice: Turning Music into Gold THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 7:00 P.M. “[A]n immensely thoughtful and progressive force on the musical scene” —NEW YORK TIMES
Performing on period instruments, the endlessly inventive Ensemble Caprice spotlights the rich and fascinating culture of the court of Rudolf II in Prague—the most interesting European city of its time—where scientists, artists, musicians, and alchemists mixed and mingled to outrageous and resplendent results. Tickets start at $65 BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 23) The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
This program is in conjunction with the exhibition Bartholomeus Spranger: Splendor and Eroticism in Imperial Prague, on view through February 1, 2015.
16 Nrityagram © Rupert Lorhaldar
The Civilians
The Civilians is a New York–based theater company that creates original work derived from investigations into the world beyond the theater. During the 2014–15 season, the group will explore the Museum and—through the alchemy of stagecraft and songs—create original works of theater inspired by the stories uncovered through its investigation into the objects, ideas, and people that inhabit the Met. This is an unprecedented creative collaboration between a forwardthinking theater company and a global museum.
“They’re excellent guerrilla journalists, getting extraordinary candor from deceptively ordinary interviewees.” —NEW YORK MAGAZINE
The End and the Beginning FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 7:00 P.M. A magical romp through dying, death, and the afterlife, this performance is staged in the incomparable Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing. Tickets start at $25 The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing
The Way They Live FRIDAY, MAY 15 & SATURDAY, MAY 16, 7:00 P.M. A new work, commissioned by Met Museum Presents, The Way They Live is a theatrical treatment of the Met’s American Wing, embracing the immense complexity of what it means to be an American. Tickets start at $25 The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
The Civilians © Sheldon Noland
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Chamber Music Wild Sound: Glenn Kotche and Third Coast Percussion FRIDAY, MAY 29, 7:00 P.M. Percussionist and composer Glenn Kotche (of Wilco) and Chicago-based ensemble Third Coast Percussion (Ensemble-in-Residence at the University of Notre Dame’s DeBartolo Performing Arts Center) have created a unique program that centers on one of the most extraordinary objects in the Met’s Musical Instruments collection: an 1880 Rock Harmonicon, also known as a stone dulcimer. In addition, these inspired musicians perform some of the most vital percussion-based classical music of the twentieth century, including Steve Reich’s Music for Pieces of Wood and Nagoya Marimbas. Tickets start at $35 BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 23) The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
Beethoven: The Complete Works for Cello and Piano Christopher O’Riley and Matt Haimovitz SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 3:00 & 7:00 P.M. Pianist and host of NPR’s From the Top Christopher O’Riley and acclaimed cellist Matt Haimovitz perform Beethoven’s full oeuvre for cello and piano. O’Riley will be performing on a replica of a six-and-a-half-octave Viennese fortepiano (ca. 1830) by R. J. Regier (Freeport, ME), modeled after Graf and Bösendorfer, commissioned and owned by The Juilliard School. Tickets start at $40 BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 23) The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
CONTACT! The New York Philharmonic and the Metropolitan Museum join forces for a new season of CONTACT!, the Philharmonic’s acclaimed new-music series conceived by Music Director Alan Gilbert. “Contact! programs seem like must-hear adventures with provocative, enticing contemporary music.” —NEW YORK TIMES SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 7:00 P.M. Alan Gilbert and assistant conductor Courtney Lewis conduct an all-Nordic program including works by Per Nørgård, Đuro Živković, and Kalevi Aho, as well as the U.S. premiere of the string orchestra version of Kaija Saariaho’s Terra Memoria. FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 7:00 P.M. Jeffrey Milarsky, one of today’s leading conductors of contemporary music, conducts a Japan-focused program with works by Takemitsu, Messiaen, and Dai Fujikura, as well as the U.S. premiere of Misato Mochizuki’s Si blue, si calme. Single tickets start at $25 / Series: $40 BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 23) The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
William Till (American). Rock Harmonicon, ca. 1880. Gneiss and hornblende schist; overall: H. 42 x L. 97 1/2 in. (106.7 x 247.7 cm), longest stone: 26 in. (66 cm), shortest stone: 9 in. (22.9 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 18 The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889 (89.4.2931)
Attacca Quartet
“Stunning...a demonstration of a musical maturity far beyond its members’ years...” —STRAD 20
Met Museum Presents is proud to welcome Attacca Quartet as the 2014–15 Quartet in Residence for a season of inventive and unforgettable performances, including a gallery concert, a dance commission, and a music/video collaboration. Praised by the New York Times as a “fiery young ensemble” that plays “music with fierce dedication,” the group will delight audiences by drawing inspiration and influence from the treasures of the Met’s galleries and collections.
Obsession FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 7:00 P.M. Drawing inspiration from an exhibition that examines Paul Cézanne’s lifelong—some would say obsessive—artistic dialogue with his wife, muse, and model, Hortense Fiquet, Attacca mines a similar relationship: that of Czech composer Leoš Janáček and the married woman thirty-seven years his junior, Kamila Stösslová, with whom he exchanged more than 700 letters, and who inspired his quartets. This program includes both of Janáček’s string quartets and Arvo Pärt’s Fratres. Tickets start at $45
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This program is in conjunction with the exhibition Madame Cézanne, on view through March 15, 2015.
John Adams: “Confirmed” Dances TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 7:00 P.M. Since its inception, Attacca has championed the music of John Adams (“the most vital and eloquent composer in America” —New York Times) and now joyfully takes up John’s Book of Alleged Dances (1994), composed for the Kronos Quartet. According to Adams, the dances were “alleged” because “the steps for them had yet to be invented.” Attacca has invited the charismatic choreographer and former William Forsythe principal dancer Francesca Harper to set the dances for this concert. Tickets start at $45
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Seven Words THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 7:00 P.M. “[A]n ambitious and thoughtful project” —NEW YORK TIMES Returning to the Met after a critically acclaimed premiere in 2013, Seven Words is a music-video work that enfolds Haydn’s transformative Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross in a compelling and evocative video environment by the hugely innovative video artist Ofri Cnaani. For this performance, which takes place during Holy Week, Attacca performs the string quartet arrangement of the piece, and collaborates with Cnaani on its staging and direction. Tickets start at $45
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Paul Cézanne (French, 1839–1906). Madame Cézanne (Hortense Fiquet, 1840–1922) in the Conservatory (detail), 1891. Oil on canvas; 361/4 x 283/4 in. (92.1 x 73 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Bequest of Stephen C. Clark, 1960 (61.101.2)
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Songwriters at the Met
A Valentine from Rosanne Cash SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 7:00 P.M. Following her sold-out performance in 2014, singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash returns to the Met with a special program for Valentine’s Day.* Tickets start at $75 The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
*Wine and Dine on Valentine’s Day Ticket holders are invited to the Members Dining Room to enjoy a two-course Perfect Pairs Dinner featuring classic food and wine pairings for $75 per person. Wine flights may be added for $38 per person. The Members Dining Room has pre- and post-concert dinner seatings available. Reservations are suggested; please call 212-570-3975.
Judy Collins: A Birthday Celebration FRIDAY, MAY 1, 7:00 P.M. One of folk music’s most beloved icons, Judy Collins celebrates her seventy-sixth birthday at the Met. Tickets start at $75 The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
22 Rosanne Cash © Rebecca Greenfield
Bring the Kids
Spend the evening with your children, give the babysitter a night off, and turn your kids on to the extraordinary world of live performance. With the Met’s Bring the Kids initiative, one full-price adult ticket allows you to purchase up to three kids’ tickets for $1 each. Available programs range from classical and contemporary music to opera and multimedia performances. Studies show that early—and repeated—exposure to classical music has a positive effect on children: they’re more likely to seek out live performance, to become passionate about classical music, and to become regular audience members. Bring the Kids can give your children the gift of a lifelong passion and curiosity for the performing arts while keeping it affordable for you. And with three kids’ tickets per adult ticket, they can bring friends! For children ages 7–16.
Bring the Kids Programs Each program title is followed by its page number. JacobTV: The News (3) John Zorn’s Sacred Visions (3) Paradise Interrupted (9) The Grand Tour (11) Victoria’s Requiem (11) Vijay Iyer Trio in the Temple (12) Drone Mass (12) Charles Lloyd: Wild Man Dance Suite (12) A Musical Tribute to Thomas Hart Benton (15) Looking East from Byzantium (15)
Glenn Kotche in Wild Sound (page 18)
Ensemble Caprice (16) Wild Sound: Glenn Kotche and Third Coast Percussion (18) Beethoven: The Complete Works for Cello and Piano (18) CONTACT! (18) Attacca: Obsession (21) John Adams: “Confirmed” Dances (21) Seven Words (21) The Unknown “Lincoln-Douglass” Debate (31)
photo © Zoran Orlic
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SPARK with Julie Burstein
Showing to Tell WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 6:00 P.M. Nadine Orenstein, Drue Heinz Curator in Charge, Department of Drawing and Prints, MMA Brian Selznick, Caldecott Award–winning and best-selling author of The Invention of Hugo Cabret and Wonderstruck Artists tell stories by showing us the world. In tonight’s conversation, Met curator Nadine Orenstein and author Brian Selznick explore the work of creators from Rembrandt to Melies, whose images deliver the narrative.
Opening for the Book of Jeremiah: Verba Jeremie, from the Winchester Bible, fol. 148r, ca. 1150–80. Winchester Cathedral Priory of St, Swithun. Tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Lent by the Chapter of Winchester Cathedral. Image courtesy of 24 the Chapter of Winchester Cathedral
Words and pictures are the most universal and powerful means that we use to connect with the world around us. In this special SPARK series, we embark on an exploration—from the invention of writing more than 5,000 years ago in Mesopotamia, to illuminated manuscripts meant for contemplation and reflection, to contemporary graphic novels. Met curators and contemporary artists and designers examine the millennia-old dance between words and images. SPARK is hosted by Julie Burstein, author and Peabody Award–winning creator of public radio’s Studio 360. Single tickets start at $30 / Series: $100 The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
The Winchester Bible MONDAY, MARCH 2, 6:00 P.M. Charles Little, Curator, Medieval Art and The Cloisters, MMA Yana van Dyke, Conservator, Paper Conservation, MMA What can we learn from a more than 900-year-old book? This conversation explores the materials and creation of illuminated manuscripts in the Middle Ages. This program is in conjunction with the exhibition The Winchester Bible: A Masterpiece of Medieval Art, on view through March 8, 2015.
Graphic Storytelling: From Cuneiform Tablets to New York’s New Pedestrian Maps THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 6:00 P.M. Kim Benzel, Associate Curator, Ancient Near Eastern Art, MMA Michael Bierut, award-winning graphic designer, partner at Pentagram, and cofounder of Design Observer In this conversation, Met curator Kim Benzel takes us back to the dawn of writing in the Near East, and graphic designer Michael Bierut brings us up to the moment, as we look at how words and images work together to tell stories in ancient and contemporary design.
Created for Reflection: Illuminated Manuscripts and Bedtime Stories THURSDAY, MAY 21, 6:00 P.M. Melanie Holcomb, Curator, Medieval Art and The Cloisters, MMA David Small, Caldecott Award–winning children’s book author, and illustrator of Imogene’s Antlers and the best-selling graphic memoir Stitches Met curator Melanie Holcomb joins author and illustrator David Small to examine the power of illustrations from illuminated medieval manuscripts to contemporary bedtime stories. 25
Daytime Lectures Art, Sex, and Shopping: Welcome to the 18th Century 3 THURSDAYS AT 11:00 A.M.: APRIL 23 & 30, MAY 7 Anne Higonnet, author and Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Art History, Barnard College, Columbia University Three stories about shopping, seduction, and self-expression take us inside the Met’s great eighteenth-century period rooms. Each story takes a detailed look at the unparalleled craftsmanship and the cunning sleight of hand that are embedded in the glorious Wrightsman Galleries. Along the way, we meet the people who are today absent from these once-bustling spaces: the wealthy who once owned them, the artisans who created them, and the servants who managed them. Single tickets start at $30 / Series: $75 The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
Van Gogh in Bloom WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2:30 P.M. Remco van Vliet, third generation Dutch Master Florist The Met’s Great Hall floral designer Remco van Vliet re-creates iconic Van Gogh scenes in a stunning demonstration. Tickets start at $30 The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
This demonstration is in conjunction with the exhibition Van Gogh: Irises and Roses, on view May 12–August 16, 2015.
Sargent’s Circle of Friends 2 WEDNESDAYS AT 11 :00 A.M.: MAY 27 & JUNE 10 Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser, Alice Pratt Brown Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture, The American Wing, MMA Stephanie L. Herdrich, Research Associate, The American Wing, MMA Throughout his career, John Singer Sargent created portraits of the most influential artists, writers, actors, dancers, and musicians of the era, many of whom were close friends. Brilliant works of art and penetrating character studies, these portraits—often highly charged, intimate, witty, idiosyncratic, and experimental—are also records of relationships, influences, aspirations, and allegiances. These lectures explore the underlying friendships between Sargent and his artistic sitters, and consider their significance for his life and art. May 27 Actors and Artists June 10 Performers and Patrons Single tickets start at $30 / Series: $50 The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
This program is in conjunction with the exhibition Sargent: Portraits of Artists and Friends, on view June 30–October 4, 2015.
John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925). The Fountain, Villa Torlonia, Frascati, Italy (detail), 1907. Oil on canvas; 281/8 x
26 221/4 in. (71.4 x 56.5 cm). Friends of American Art Collection, 1914.57, Photography © The Art Institute of Chicago
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Daytime Lectures
Rule, Britannia! British Painting from Hogarth to the Pre-Raphaelites 6 WEDNESDAYS AT 11:00 A.M.: MARCH 18 & 25; APRIL 1, 8, 15 & 22 Kathryn Calley Galitz, Associate Museum Educator, MMA Charting the development of British painting from William Hogarth’s London to the medievalizing excesses of the Pre-Raphaelites in the Victorian era, Met educator Kathryn Calley Galitz turns her laser-sharp eye to British painting in a series that features her beloved charismatic and charming style. March 18 Hogarth à la Mode and the Taste for English Art March 25 Reynolds/Gainsborough: Portrait of a Rivalry April 1 Americans in London: History in the Making April 8 John Constable and the Rise of the English Landscape April 15 J.M.W. Turner April 22 Past Perfect: The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood Single tickets start at $30 / Series: $162 The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
The Great Wave: Japanese Art at the Met 2 THURSDAYS / 1 TUESDAY AT 11:00 A.M.: MARCH 12, 19 & 31 See page 9 for details.
Sir Edward Burne-Jones (British 1833–1898). The Love Song (detail), 1868-77. Oil on canvas; 45 x 613/8 in. (114.3 x 155.9 cm).
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Evening Talks
Leonard A. Lauder, Collecting Cubism WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 6:00 P.M. Leonard A. Lauder, Chairman Emeritus, The Estée Lauder Companies, Inc.; Chairman Emeritus, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York The Leonard A. Lauder Cubist Collection represents a thirty-five-year journey of looking, learning, patience, and pursuit. In this special lecture, Leonard A. Lauder discusses the early influences that drew him to Cubism, the choices he made in acquiring works, and his criteria for assembling a world-class collection. Tickets start at $40 The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
This program is in conjunction with the exhibition Cubism: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection, on view through February 16, 2015.
Fernand Léger (French, 1881–1955), Composition (The Typographer), 1918–19. Oil on canvas, 981/4 × 721/4 in. (249.6 × 183.5 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Promised Gift from the Leonard A. Lauder Cubist Collection © 2015 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
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Evening Talks The Atelier with Alina Cho Alina Cho, fashion journalist and Editor-at-Large, Ballantine Bantam Dell Alina Cho discusses the fashion industry—at the intersection of art and ideas—with Donatella Versace, artistic director for the Versace Group, and Alber Elbaz, creative director of Lanvin. THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 6:00 P.M. Alina Cho and Donatella Versace Tickets start at $45 The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 6:00 P.M. Alina Cho and Alber Elbaz Tickets start at $40 The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
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A Conversation on Mark Rothko WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 6:00 P.M. Annie Cohen-Solal, cultural historian, author of biographies about Leo Castelli and Jean-Paul Sartre, and an upcoming biography of Mark Rothko Marla Prather, Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art, MMA Annie Cohen-Solal is joined by Met curator Marla Prather to discuss one of the giants of the twentieth century and to consider how Rothko’s Jewish upbringing, education, and values contributed to his vision and his desire to fill a spiritual void. Tickets start at $30 The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
The Unknown “Lincoln-Douglass” Debate FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 6:00 P.M. Harold Holzer, historian Featuring Norm Lewis Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass never publicly debated. But using words from their correspondence and commentary, illustrated by period images, historian Harold Holzer brings the two great figures face-to-face. Featuring Tony Award– nominated actor and singer Norm Lewis (Porgy and Bess, Phantom of the Opera, ABC’s Scandal). Tickets start at $40
BRING THE KIDS FOR $1 (SEE PAGE 23)
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Above: Mark and Mell Rothko in 53rd Street studio, ca. 1953. Photographer: Henry Elkan. © 2005 Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko Left: Alber Elbaz © Stephane Gallois
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Support for Leadership support for Met Museum Presents provided by: Adrienne Arsht Brodsky Family Foundation Adrian Cheng Isabel C. Iverson and Walter T. Iverson Mrs. Joseph H. King Fund Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Fund Stavros Niarchos Foundation Mrs. Donald Oenslager Fund Grace Jarcho Ross and Daniel G. Ross Concert Fund The Giorgio S. Sacerdote Fund Estate of Kathryn Walter Stein Xerox Foundation Dirk and Natasha Ziff
Additional major supporters: Bloomberg Philanthropies Chester Dale Fund Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art Firebird Circle French Institute Alliance Française The Arthur Gillender Fund The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation The Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation Japan Foundation through the Performing Arts JAPAN program Kaplen Brothers Fund Lavori Sterling Foundation, Inc. New York State Council on the Arts Samuel White Patterson Lecture Fund The C.F. Roe Slade Foundation Nicki and Harold Tanner Ann G. Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee Clara Lloyd-Smith Weber Fund Anonymous (2) Gifts of $10,000 and above, as of November 19, 2014
Treasures from India: Jewels from the Al‑Thani Collection on view through January 25, 2015 The exhibition is made possible by Cartier.
Bartholomeus Spranger: Splendor and Eroticism in Imperial Prague on view through February 1, 2015 The exhibition is made possible by the Placido Arango Fund and The Schiff Foundation.
Cubism: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection on view through February 16, 2015 The exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.
The Winchester Bible: A Masterpiece of Medieval Art on view through March 8, 2015 The exhibition is made possible by the Michel David-Weill Fund. The Winchester Bible has been lent by The Chapter of Winchester Cathedral.
Madame Cézanne on view through March 15, 2015 The exhibition is made possible by The Florence Gould Foundation. It is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.
Thomas Hart Benton’s America Today Mural Rediscovered on view through April 19, 2015 The gift of the mural and the exhibition are made possible by AXA.
China: Through the Looking Glass on view May 7–August 16, 2015 The exhibition is made possible by Yahoo. Additional support is provided by Condé Nast.
Van Gogh: Irises and Roses on view May 12–August 16, 2015 The exhibition is made possible by the Janice H. Levin Fund.
Sargent: Portraits of Artists and Friends on view June 30–October 4, 2015 The exhibition is made possible by The Marguerite and Frank A. Cosgrove Jr. Fund. 32
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Spring 2015 Season JANUARY Sat, Jan 10 Wed, Jan 21 Thu, Jan 22 Thu, Jan 29 Fri, Jan 30
5 & 7 pm TD 8 pm EPG 8 pm EPG 7 pm GRR 6 & 8 pm
Masters of Indian Dance: Nrityagram The Grand Tour The Grand Tour Ensemble Caprice: Turning Music into Gold Jazz & Colors at the Met (various galleries)
16 11 11 16 11
7 pm 7 pm 6 pm 6 pm 7 pm 7 pm
Attacca: Obsession Theo Bleckmann: Songs in the Key of D Leonard A. Lauder, Collecting Cubism The Unknown “Lincoln-Douglass” Debate A Valentine from Rosanne Cash A Musical Tribute to Thomas Hart Benton
21 15 29 31 22 15
FEBRUARY Fri, Feb 6 Sat, Feb 7 Wed, Feb 11 Fri, Feb 13 Sat, Feb 14 Fri, Feb 20
GRR GRR GRR GRR GRR GRR
MARCH Mon, Mar 2 6 pm GRR Fri, Mar 6 7 pm TD Sat, Mar 7 7 pm GRR Sat, Mar 7 8 pm TD Wed, Mar 11 6 pm GRR Thu, Mar 12 11 am GRR Sat, Mar 14 7 pm GRR Tue, Mar 17 7 pm TD Wed, Mar 18 11 am GRR Thu, Mar 19 11 am GRR Mar 20–29, Museum Hours VBP Sat, Mar 21 3 & 7 pm TD Tue, Mar 24 7 pm GRR Wed, Mar 25 11 am GRR Thu, Mar 26 1 & 3 pm 918 Fri, Mar 27 7 pm GRR Sat, Mar 28 7 pm GRR Sat, Mar 28 7:30 pm MSH Sun, Mar 29 3 pm GRR Tue, Mar 31 11 am GRR
SPARK: The Winchester Bible 25 The Civilians: The End and the Beginning 17 CONTACT! 18 Vijay Iyer Trio in the Temple 12 A Conversation on Mark Rothko 31 The Great Wave: Japanese Art at the Met 9 Looking East from Byzantium 15 Drone Mass 12 Rule, Britannia! British Painting 28 The Great Wave: Japanese Art at the Met 9 Erratica: La Celestina 4 Paradise Interrupted 9 Attacca: John Adams: “Confirmed” Dances 21 Rule, Britannia! British Painting 28 Pierre Boulez: A 90th Birthday Celebration 11 Gotham Chamber Opera: The Tempest Songbook 5 Gotham Chamber Opera: The Tempest Songbook 5 Clarion Society: Victoria’s Requiem 11 Gotham Chamber Opera: The Tempest Songbook 5 The Great Wave: Japanese Art at the Met 9
APRIL Wed, Apr 1 Thu, Apr 2 Wed, Apr 8 Wed, Apr 8 Sat, Apr 11 Wed, Apr 15 Fri, Apr 17 Sat, Apr 18 Sat, Apr 18 Wed, Apr 22 Thu, Apr 23 Thu, Apr 23 Fri, Apr 24 Thu, Apr 30 Thu, Apr 30
11 am GRR 7 pm GRR 11 am GRR 6 pm GRR 3 & 7 pm GRR 11 am GRR 7 pm GRR 7 pm GRR 8 pm TD 11 am GRR 11 am GRR 6 pm GRR 6 & 8 pm 11 am GRR 6 pm GRR
Rule, Britannia! British Painting Attacca: Seven Words Rule, Britannia! British Painting Behind the Fig Leaf Beethoven: Complete Works for Cello and Piano Rule, Britannia! British Painting JacobTV: The News JacobTV: The News Charles Lloyd: Wild Man Dance Suite Rule, Britannia! British Painting Art, Sex, and Shopping SPARK: Graphic Storytelling Jazz & Colors at the Met (various galleries) Art, Sex, and Shopping The Atelier with Alina Cho
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MAY Fri, May 1 7 pm GRR Thu, May 7 11 am GRR Wed, May 13 2:30 pm GRR Thu, May 14 8 pm GH Fri, May 15 7 pm GRR Sat, May 16 7 pm GRR Thu, May 21 6 pm GRR Wed, May 27 11 am GRR Fri, May 29 7 pm GRR Sat, May 30 1:30/3:30 pm FCC
Judy Collins: A Birthday Celebration 22 Art, Sex, and Shopping 26 Van Gogh in Bloom 26 Lang Lang at the Met 9 The Civilians: The Way They Live 17 The Civilians: The Way They Live 17 SPARK: Created for Reflection 25 Sargent’s Circle of Friends 26 Wild Sound: Glenn Kotche/Third Coast Percussion 18 John Zorn’s Sacred Visions 3
JUNE Fri, June 5 Tue, June 9 Wed, June 10 Wed, June 10
7 pm 6 pm 11 am 6 pm
GRR GRR GRR GRR
CONTACT! The Atelier with Alina Cho Sargent’s Circle of Friends SPARK: Showing to Tell
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JULY July
Museum Hours VSG
performance 918 EPG FCC GH GRR
The Return
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Gallery 918 European Paintings Galleries The Fuentidueña Chapel at The Cloisters The Great Hall The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
Paradise Interrupted (page 9)
MSH Medieval Sculpture Hall TD The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing VBP Vélez Blanco Patio VSG The Venetian Sculpture Gallery
Image courtesy Jennifer Wen Ma studio