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2018 – 19 SEASON
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WELCOME Dear opera lovers, I am excited to announce not only the Met’s new season but the thrilling news that Yannick Nézet-Séguin will assume the role of Music Director at the start of the 2018 – 19 season, two years ahead of schedule. Yannick is a truly great artist and the Met can only thrive under his musical leadership. Our new season, richly varied in its programming and casting, features four new productions, some of your favorite revivals, and the return of the Ring. Yannick will lead the premiere of a new production of Verdi’s La Traviata, starring soprano Diana Damrau as Violetta and tenor Juan Diego Flórez as Alfredo; he will also conduct revivals of Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande and Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites, as well as two of three orchestral concerts at Carnegie Hall in June. Off the podium, Yannick will take part in a number of talks and events, since he is eager to enhance his relationship with you, our loyal audience. The season opens with a new staging of Saint-Saëns’s lush, romantic Samson et Dalila, with mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča and tenor Roberto Alagna reuniting at the Met for the first time since their unforgettable performances together in Carmen. Tony Award –winning director Darko Tresnjak makes his Met debut with the first new Samson production in 20 years. American composer Nico Muhly achieved a major success with the world premiere of his opera Two Boys in 2013, and we look forward to presenting a second Met-commissioned opera of his this season. Marnie, Nico’s operatic reimagining of the psychologically gripping novel that was later turned into a Hitchcock romantic thriller, features mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard
in the enigmatic title role. The production is one of two to be directed by Tony Award–winner Michael Mayer. In Michael’s sumptuous 18th-century setting for La Traviata, the ornate set, designed by Christine Jones, is a work of art in itself, evolving from scene to scene in a dazzling display of the changing seasons. Any new production featuring soprano Anna Netrebko is an operatic event not to be missed, and this season the diva headlines Sir David McVicar’s new staging of Cilea’s verismo tour de force Adriana Lecouvreur, opening on New Year’s Eve. Tenor Piotr Beczała is Maurizio, Adriana’s lover, and Gianandrea Noseda conducts. Robert Lepage’s monumental production of Wagner’s Ring cycle returns to the Met for the first time in six years, featuring America’s leading Wagnerian soprano, Christine Goerke, as Brünnhilde and outstanding singers in the other roles, as well. Robert’s ingenious scenic machine wondrously transforms itself to faithfully recreate each moment of Wagner’s epic tale of the misadventures of gods and men. The season also includes revivals of some of our most popular recent productions, including Robert Carsen’s captivating Falstaff and Penny Woolcock’s stunning vision for Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de Perles (The Pearl Fishers). And there are many opportunities to hear your favorite singers, from Sondra Radvanovsky, Sonya Yoncheva, and Joyce DiDonato to Jonas Kaufmann, Javier Camarena, and, of course, the great Plácido Domingo, who will also be fêted on our stage in the spring to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his Met debut. I believe it will be an extraordinary season and hope that you will join us.
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THE 2018 – 19 SEASON
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THE RING
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On the cover: Roberto Alagna and Elīna Garanča as Samson and Dalila, photographed by Vincent Peters
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Opposite: General Manager Peter Gelb and Music Director Designate Yannick Nézet-Séguin, photographed by Rose Callahan
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NEW PRODUCTIONS
2018 – 19 SEASON SAINT-SAËNS MUHLY VERDI CILEA
PUCCINI VERDI PUCCINI PUCCINI BIZET BOITO BIZET
REPERTORY
PUCCINI VERDI MOZART DEBUSSY TCHAIKOVSKY BARTÓK MOZART DONIZETTI VERDI VERDI MOZART POULENC
THE RING
WAGNER
SAMSON ET DALILA MARNIE LA TRAVIATA ADRIANA LECOUVREUR LA BOHÈME AIDA LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST TOSCA CARMEN MEFISTOFELE LES PÊCHEURS DE PERLES IL TRITTICO OTELLO THE MAGIC FLUTE PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE IOLANTA / BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE DON GIOVANNI LA FILLE DU RÉGIMENT RIGOLETTO FALSTAFF LA CLEMENZA DI TITO DIALOGUES DES CARMÉLITES DAS RHEINGOLD DIE WALKURE SIEGFRIED GOTTERDÄMMERUNG 5
NEW PRODUCTION A model of Alexander Dodge’s set for Act III
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS
SAMSON ET DALILA When mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča and tenor Roberto Alagna joined forces for a new production of Carmen at the Met, the results were electrifying. Now this star duo reunites for another sensual French opera when they open the season in the title roles of Saint-Saëns’s biblical epic Samson et Dalila. Darko Tresnjak, who won a Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical in 2014 for A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, makes his Met debut directing a vivid, seductive staging, featuring a monumental setting for the last-act Temple of Dagon, where the hero crushes his Philistine enemies. Sir Mark Elder conducts the first new Met production of the work in 20 years.
Conductor Sir Mark Elder
High Priest Laurent Naouri
Production Darko Tresnjak*
Dalila Elīna Garanča / Anita Rachvelishvili
Abimélech Elchin Azizov / Tomasz Konieczny
Set Designer Alexander Dodge*
Samson Roberto Alagna / Aleksandrs Antonenko / Kristian Benedikt*
The Old Hebrew Dmitry Belosselskiy/ Günther Groissböck
Costume Designer Linda J. Cho* Lighting Designer Donald Holder Choreographer Austin McCormick
Production a gift of the Gramma Fisher Foundation, Marshalltown, Iowa, and H.M. Agnes Hsu-Tang, PhD. and Oscar Tang Additional funding from The Walter and Leonore Annenberg Endowment Fund 6
opening night gala
sep 24, 28 oct 1, 5, 9, 13 mat, 16, 20 mat mar 13, 16 eve, 19, 23 mat, 28
G I ACO M O P U CC I N I
LA BOHÈME Puccini’s timeless masterpiece of love and loss features two casts of young stars. Sopranos Nicole Car (in her highly anticipated Met debut) and Ailyn Pérez share the role of the ill-fated Mimì, opposite tenors Vittorio Grigolo and Michael Fabiano as the ardent poet Rodolfo. After a celebrated Met debut as Mimì in 2017, Angel Blue returns as the spitfire Musetta, and Etienne Dupuis and Simone Piazzola make debuts as Marcello. James Gaffigan conducts. Conductor James Gaffigan* Mimì Nicole Car* / Ailyn Pérez Musetta Angel Blue / Susanna Phillips Rodolfo Vittorio Grigolo / Michael Fabiano
Marcello Etienne Dupuis* / Simone Piazzola* Schaunard Davide Luciano / Javier Arrey / Duncan Rock Colline Matthew Rose / Christian Van Horn
Production Franco Zeffirelli Set Designer Franco Zeffirelli Costume Designer Peter J. Hall Lighting Designer Gil Wechsler
Benoit / Alcindoro Donald Maxwell
sep 25, 29 mat oct 3, 6 eve, 10, 13 eve nov 29 dec 3, 6, 10, 13
GIUSEPPE VERDI
AIDA In what should be a highlight of the new season, soprano Anna Netrebko sings her first Met Aida, going toe-to-toe with mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili as Amneris. Later in the season, a second star-studded cast takes over, with Sondra Radvanovsky and Dolora Zajick as the leading ladies. Tenors Aleksandrs Antonenko and Yonghoon Lee alternate as Radamès, and Nicola Luisotti and Plácido Domingo take the podium for the Met’s monumental production. Conductor Nicola Luisotti / Plácido Domingo Aida Anna Netrebko / Tamara Wilson / Sondra Radvanovsky / Marjorie Owens Amneris Anita Rachvelishvili / Dolora Zajick / Olesya Petrova
Radamès Aleksandrs Antonenko / Yonghoon Lee Amonasro Quinn Kelsey / Roberto Frontali Ramfis Dmitry Belosselskiy / Vitalij Kowaljow / Štefan Kocán
Production Sonja Frisell Set Designer Gianni Quaranta Costume Designer Dada Saligeri Lighting Designer Gil Wechsler Choreographer Alexei Ratmansky
The King Ryan Speedo Green / Soloman Howard
sep 26, 29 eve oct 2, 6 mat, 11, 15, 18 jan 7, 11, 14, 18 feb 28 mar 4, 7 *debut
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G I ACO M O P U CC I N I
LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST Soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek sings Puccini’s gun-slinging heroine in this romantic epic of the Wild West, with the heralded return of tenor Jonas Kaufmann in the role of the outlaw she loves. Tenor Yusif Eyvazov also sings some performances. Baritone Željko Lučić is the vigilante sheriff Jack Rance, and Marco Armiliato conducts. Conductor Marco Armiliato
Jack Rance Željko Lučić
Minnie Eva-Maria Westbroek
Sonora Michael Todd Simpson
Dick Johnson Yusif Eyvazov / Jonas Kaufmann
Ashby Matthew Rose
Nick Carlo Bosi
Jake Wallace Oren Gradus
Production Giancarlo del Monaco Set and Costume Designer Michael Scott Lighting Designer Gil Wechsler
oct 4, 8, 12, 17, 20, 23, 27 mat
G I ACO M O P U CC I N I
TOSCA Met favorite Sondra Radvanovsky and rising star Jennifer Rowley share the title role of the volatile diva at the heart of Puccini’s operatic thriller. Joseph Calleja brings his stylish tenor to the role of Cavaradossi, Wolfgang Koch is the nefarious police chief Scarpia, and Carlo Rizzi conducts Sir David McVicar’s resplendent production. Conductor Carlo Rizzi
Scarpia Wolfgang Koch*
Tosca Sondra Radvanovsky / Jennifer Rowley
Sacristan Patrick Carfizzi / Philip Cokorinos
Cavaradossi Joseph Calleja
Production Sir David McVicar
Set and Costume Designer John Macfarlane Lighting Designer David Finn Movement Director Leah Hausman
oct 25, 29 nov 2, 5, 9, 13, 17 mat mar 18, 23 eve, 26, 29 apr 2, 6 mat 8
*debut
NEW PRODUCTION
Isabel Leonard as Marnie, photographed by Vincent Peters
N I CO M U H LY / L I B R E T TO B Y N I C H O L A S W R I G H T
MARNIE Composer Nico Muhly unveils his second new opera for the Met with this gripping reimagining of Winston Graham’s novel, set in the 1950s, about a beautiful, mysterious young woman who assumes multiple identities. Director Michael Mayer and his creative team have devised a fast-moving, cinematic world for this exhilarating story of denial and deceit, which also inspired a film by Alfred Hitchcock. Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard sings the enigmatic Marnie, and baritone Christopher Maltman is the man who pursues her—with disastrous results. Commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera
Conductor Robert Spano* Marnie Isabel Leonard Mrs. Rutland Janis Kelly Marnie’s Mother Denyce Graves
Mark Rutland Christopher Maltman Production Michael Mayer Set and Projection Designers Julian Crouch and 59 Productions
Costume Designer Arianne Phillips* Lighting Designer Kevin Adams Choreographer Lynne Page*
Terry Rutland Iestyn Davies
A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera and English National Opera Music by Nico Muhly, libretto by Nicholas Wright, based on the novel by Winston Graham By special arrangement with Universal Pictures Production a gift of Andrew J. Martin-Weber Additional funding from the Francis Goelet Trusts and Dr. Coco Lazaroff
metropolitan opera premiere
oct 19, 22, 27 eve, 31 nov 3 eve, 7, 10 mat 9
G EO R G E S B I Z E T
CARMEN Mezzo-soprano Clémentine Margaine reprises her remarkable portrayal of opera’s ultimate seductress, a triumph in her 2017 debut performances, with impassioned tenors Yonghoon Lee and Roberto Alagna as her lover, Don José. Omer Meir Wellber and Louis Langrée share conducting duties for Sir Richard Eyre’s powerful production, a Met favorite since its 2009 premiere. Conductor Omer Meir Wellber* / Louis Langrée Micaëla Guanqun Yu / Aleksandra Kurzak / Susanna Phillips Carmen Clémentine Margaine
Don José Yonghoon Lee / Roberto Alagna Escamillo Kyle Ketelsen / Alexander Vinogradov / Michael Todd Simpson
Production Sir Richard Eyre Set and Costume Designer Rob Howell Lighting Designer Peter Mumford Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon
oct 30 nov 3 mat, 6, 10 eve, 15 jan 9, 12 eve, 17, 21, 26 mat, 29 feb 2 mat, 5, 8
A R R I G O B O I TO
MEFISTOFELE The spectacular Robert Carsen production returns to the Met for the first time since 2000, with bass Christian Van Horn as the diabolical title character, tenor Michael Fabiano as Faust, and soprano Angela Meade as Margherita. Mefistofele is the celebrated and only opera by Arrigo Boito—who famously collaborated with Verdi on the libretti for Otello and Falstaff. Conductor TBA
Mefistofele Christian Van Horn
Lighting Designer Duane Schuler
Margherita Angela Meade
Production Robert Carsen
Choreographer Alphonse Poulin
Helen of Troy Jennifer Check
Set and Costume Designer Michael Levine
Faust Michael Fabiano
nov 8, 12, 16, 19, 24 eve, 27 dec 1 mat 10
*debut
G EO R G E S B I Z E T
LES PÊCHEURS DE PERLES ( T H E P E A R L FI S H E R S ) Penny Woolcock’s breathtaking production, a highlight of the 2015 – 16 season, makes its much awaited return with an all-star cast. Soprano Pretty Yende is the beautiful priestess Leïla, with tenor Javier Camarena and baritone Mariusz Kwiecien as rivals for her forbidden love. Emmanuel Villaume conducts Bizet’s sensual score. Co-production originally created by English National Opera Conductor Emmanuel Villaume Leïla Pretty Yende / Amanda Woodbury
Nourabad Nicolas Testé / Raymond Aceto Production Penny Woolcock
Nadir Javier Camarena
Set Designer Dick Bird
Zurga Mariusz Kwiecien
Costume Designer Kevin Pollard
Lighting Designer Jen Schriever Projection Design 59 Productions Movement Director Andrew Dawson
nov 14, 17 eve, 20, 24 mat, 28 dec 1 eve, 8 eve
G I ACO M O P U CC I N I
IL TRITTICO Jack O’Brien’s epic production of Puccini’s triple bill features first-class casting: tenor Marcelo Álvarez and soprano Amber Wagner are the illicit lovers of Il Tabarro; soprano Kristine Opolais sings the shattering title role of Suor Angelica; and the ageless Plácido Domingo celebrates the 50th anniversary of his Met debut by taking an unusual comedic turn in the title role of Gianni Schicchi. The performances mark the centennial of the work’s world premiere at the Met. Bertrand de Billy conducts. Conductor Bertrand de Billy IL TABARRO Giorgetta Amber Wagner / Tatiana Melnychenko
nov 23, 26, 30 dec 5, 8 mat, 12, 15 eve
SUOR ANGELICA Suor Angelica Kristine Opolais / Elena Stikhina* Suor Genovieffa Maureen McKay
Frugola Stephanie Blythe
La Principessa Stephanie Blythe
Luigi Marcelo Álvarez
GIANNI SCHICCHI
Michele George Gagnidze / Lucio Gallo Talpa Maurizio Muraro
Lauretta Kristina Mkhitaryan* Zita Stephanie Blythe Rinuccio Atalla Ayan
Gianni Schicchi Plácido Domingo Simone Maurizio Muraro Production Jack O’Brien Set Designer Douglas W. Schmidt Costume Designer Jess Goldstein Lighting Designers Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer 11
NEW PRODUCTION A model of Christine Jones’s set for Act II
GIUSEPPE VERDI
LA TRAVIATA Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Michael Mayer’s richly textured new production, featuring a dazzling 18th-century setting that changes with the seasons. Soprano Diana Damrau plays the tragic heroine, Violetta. Tenor Juan Diego Flórez returns to the Met for the first time in four seasons to sing the role of Alfredo, Violetta’s hapless lover. Baritone Quinn Kelsey is Alfredo’s father, Germont, who destroys their love.
Production a gift of Eva-Marie and Ray Berry / The Paiko Foundation Major additional funding from Mercedes T. Bass, Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Montrone, and Rolex 12
Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin / Nicola Luisotti Violetta Valéry Diana Damrau / Anita Hartig Alfredo Germont Juan Diego Flórez / Stephen Costello
gala season premiere
Giorgio Germont Quinn Kelsey / Artur Ruciński / Plácido Domingo Production Michael Mayer Set Designer Christine Jones
dec 4, 7, 11, 15 mat, 18, 22 mat, 26, 29 eve apr 5, 10, 13 eve, 17, 20 eve, 24, 27 eve
Costume Designer Susan Hilferty Lighting Designer Kevin Adams Choreographer Lorin Latarro*
GIUSEPPE VERDI
OTELLO Conducting sensation Gustavo Dudamel makes his Met debut leading Verdi’s towering Shakespearean masterpiece, in the first revival of Bartlett Sher’s gripping 2015 production. The outstanding cast includes tenor Stuart Skelton in the title role, soprano Sonya Yoncheva as the devoted but doomed Desdemona, and baritone Željko Lučić as the treacherous Iago. Conductor Gustavo Dudamel*
Cassio Alexey Dolgov
Set Designer Es Devlin
Desdemona Sonya Yoncheva
Iago Željko Lučić
Costume Designer Catherine Zuber
Emilia Jennifer Johnson Cano
Lodovico James Morris
Lighting Designer Donald Holder
Production Bartlett Sher
Projection Designer Luke Halls
Otello Stuart Skelton
dec 14, 17, 21, 28 jan 2, 5 mat, 10
W O L F G A N G A M A D E U S M OZ A R T
THE MAGIC FLUTE Now a holiday tradition, Julie Taymor’s beloved production of Mozart’s enchanting fairy tale returns in its abridged, English-language version for families. Soprano Erin Morley, last seen at the Met as a brilliant Olympia in Les Contes d’Hoffmann, is the empowered Pamina, and tenor Ben Bliss is the valiant Tamino. Baritone Nathan Gunn is the comic birdcatcher Papageno, and soprano Kathryn Lewek reprises her hair-raising rendition of the malevolent Queen of the Night. Harry Bicket conducts. Conductor Harry Bicket
Papageno Nathan Gunn / Duncan Rock
Pamina Erin Morley / Sydney Mancasola
Speaker Alfred Walker
Queen of the Night Kathryn Lewek / So Young Park*
Sarastro Morris Robinson / Peixin Chen*
Tamino Ben Bliss
Production Julie Taymor
Monostatos Brenton Ryan / Mark Showalter
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
holiday presentation dec 19, 22 eve, 24, 27, 29 mat jan 1 mat, 3, 5 eve *debut
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NEW PRODUCTION
Piotr Beczała and Anna Netrebko in Adriana Lecouvreur at the Vienna State Opera
FRANCESCO CILEA
ADRIANA LECOUVREUR Soprano Anna Netrebko joins the ranks of Renata Tebaldi, Montserrat Caballé, and Renata Scotto, taking on—for the first time at the Met—the title role of the real-life French actress who dazzled 18th-century audiences with her on- and offstage passion. The soprano is joined by tenor Piotr Beczała as Adriana’s lover, Maurizio. The principal cast also features mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili and bass Ambrogio Maestri. Gianandrea Noseda conducts. Sir David McVicar’s staging, which sets the action in a working replica of a Baroque theater, premiered at Covent Garden in London, where the Guardian praised the “elegant production, sumptuously designed … The spectacle guarantees a good night out.”
Conductor Gianandrea Noseda
The Abbé Carlo Bosi
Costume Designer Brigitte Reiffenstuel
Adriana Lecouvreur Anna Netrebko / Jennifer Rowley
Michonnet Ambrogio Maestri
Lighting Designer Adam Silverman
The Prince of Bouillon Maurizio Muraro
Choreographer Andrew George
The Princess of Bouillon Anita Rachvelishvili Maurizio Piotr Beczała
Production Sir David McVicar Set Designer Charles Edwards
Co-production of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London; Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona; Wiener Staatsoper; San Francisco Opera; and L’Opéra National de Paris new year’s eve gala
Production a gift of The Sybil B. Harrington Endowment Fund 14
dec 31 jan 4, 8, 12 mat, 16, 19 eve, 23, 26 eve
Associate Director Justin Way*
C L AU D E D E B U S S Y
PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE Debussy’s only opera, a mesmerizing meditation on love and betrayal, returns to the Met stage for the first time in almost a decade, with Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting the landmark score. A pair of brilliant young Met stars, tenor Paul Appleby and mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, are the naïve title lovers, and baritone Kyle Ketelsen is the imperious Prince Golaud. Ferruccio Furlanetto, as Arkel, and Marie-Nicole Lemieux, as Geneviève, complete the cast. Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin / TBA Mélisande Isabel Leonard Geneviève Marie-Nicole Lemieux*
Pelléas Paul Appleby
Set Designer John Conklin
Golaud Kyle Ketelsen
Costume Designer Clare Mitchell
Arkel Ferruccio Furlanetto
Lighting Designer Duane Schuler
Production Sir Jonathan Miller
jan 15, 19 mat, 22, 25, 31
P YOT R I LY I C H TC H A I KOV S K Y / B É L A B A R TÓ K
IOLANTA / BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE Mariusz Treliński’s haunting production of the pairing of Bartók and Tchaikovsky one-act operas makes its first return to the stage since its Met premiere in the 2014 – 15 season. Soprano Sonya Yoncheva is the blind princess, Iolanta, who discovers love for the first time, opposite tenor Matthew Polenzani as the dashing knight Vaudémont. In Bartók’s chilling Bluebeard’s Castle, baritone Gerald Finley is the menacing Bluebeard, and soprano Angela Denoke is his initially unsuspecting new wife. Henrik Nánási conducts. Co-production of the Metropolitan Opera and Teatr Wielki-Polish National Opera Conductor Henrik Nánási* IOLANTA Iolanta Sonya Yoncheva Vaudémont Matthew Polenzani jan 24, 28 feb 1, 4, 9 mat, 14 *debut
Robert Alexey Markov / Lucas Meachem Ibn-Hakia Elchin Azizov
René Vitalij Kowaljow / Alexander Roslavets* BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE Judith Angela Denoke Bluebeard Gerald Finley Production Mariusz Treliński
Set Designer Boris Kudlička Costume Designer Marek Adamski Lighting Designer Marc Heinz Projection Designer Bartek Macias Sound Designer Mark Grey Choreographer 15 Tomasz Wygoda
W O L F G A N G A M A D E U S M OZ A R T
DON GIOVANNI Baritone Peter Mattei and bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni star as opera’s most notorious seducer in Mozart’s masterpiece of dark comedy. Cornelius Meister makes his Met debut conducting performances that also include sopranos Rachel Willis-Sørensen and Guanqun Yu as Donna Anna, soprano Susanna Phillips as Donna Elvira, and bass Ildar Abdrazakov and bass-baritone Adam Plachetka as Leporello.
Conductor Cornelius Meister* Donna Anna Rachel WillisSørensen / Jennifer Check / Guanqun Yu Donna Elvira TBA / Susanna Phillips Zerlina Aida Garifullina* / Rihab Chaieb / Serena Malfi jan 30 feb 2 eve, 6, 9 eve, 13, 16 mat, 20 apr 4, 9, 12, 15, 18
Don Ottavio Stanislas de Barbeyrac* / Pavol Breslik / Paul Appleby Don Giovanni Luca Pisaroni / Peter Mattei Leporello Ildar Abdrazakov / Adam Plachetka Masetto Brandon Cedel / Peixin Chen / Kihwan Sim
The Commendatore Štefan Kocán / Dmitry Belosselskiy Production Michael Grandage Set and Costume Designer Christopher Oram Lighting Designer Paule Constable Choreographer Ben Wright
G A E TA N O D O N I Z E T T I
LA FILLE DU RÉGIMENT Tenor Javier Camarena and soprano Pretty Yende team up for a feast of bel canto vocal fireworks—including the show-stopping tenor aria “Ah! Mes amis,” with its nine high Cs. Baritone Alessandro Corbelli and bass Maurizio Muraro trade off as the comic Sergeant Sulpice, with mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe as the outlandish Marquise of Berkenfield. Enrique Mazzola conducts. A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera; the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London; and the Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna Conductor Enrique Mazzola Marie Pretty Yende
Sulpice Alessandro Corbelli / Maurizio Muraro Production Laurent Pelly
Marquise of Berkenfield Stephanie Blythe
Set Designer Chantal Thomas
Tonio Javier Camarena
Costume Designer Laurent Pelly
Lighting Designer Joël Adam Choreographer Laura Scozzi Associate Director and Dialogue Agathe Mélinand
feb 7, 11, 15, 18, 23 eve, 26 mar 2 mat 16
*debut
GIUSEPPE VERDI
RIGOLETTO Verdi’s tragic jester returns in Michael Mayer’s neon-bedecked, Las Vegas–themed production. Baritones Roberto Frontali and George Gagnidze share the title role, and soprano Nadine Sierra reprises her portrayal of Gilda, the role that helped launch her now-blossoming Met career. Tenors Vittorio Grigolo and Bryan Hymel share the role of the lascivious Duke, and Nicola Luisotti conducts. Conductor Nicola Luisotti Gilda Nadine Sierra / Rosa Feola* Maddalena Ramona Zaharia* The Duke Vittorio Grigolo / Bryan Hymel
Rigoletto Roberto Frontali / George Gagnidze Sparafucile Štefan Kocán / Dimitry Ivashchenko
Costume Designer Susan Hilferty Lighting Designer Kevin Adams Choreographer Steven Hoggett
Production Michael Mayer Set Designer Christine Jones
feb 12, 16 eve, 19, 23 mat mar 1, 6, 9 eve, 15, 20 apr 26 may 1, 4 mat, 10
GIUSEPPE VERDI
FALSTAFF Baritone Ambrogio Maestri brings his larger-than-life portrayal of the title character back for the first time since his Met role debut in the 2013 – 14 season. Robert Carsen’s insightful production—which moves the action to postwar England in the 1950s—features an exceptional cast that includes soprano Ailyn Pérez as Alice Ford and soprano Golda Schultz as Nannetta. Richard Farnes conducts. A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera; Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London; Teatro alla Scala, Milan; the Canadian Opera Company, Toronto; and De Nederlandse Opera, Amsterdam Conductor Richard Farnes Nannetta Golda Schultz
Meg Page Jennifer Johnson Cano Fenton Francesco Demuro
Alice Ford Ailyn Pérez / Helena Dix*
Falstaff Ambrogio Maestri
Mistress Quickly Marie-Nicole Lemieux
Ford Juan Jesús Rodríguez
Production Robert Carsen Set Designer Paul Steinberg Costume Designer Brigitte Reiffenstuel Lighting Designers Robert Carsen and Peter Van Praet
feb 22, 27 mar 2 eve, 5, 8, 12, 16 mat 17
W O L F G A N G A M A D E U S M OZ A R T
LA CLEMENZA DI TITO Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato sings Sesto at the Met for the first time, and tenor Matthew Polenzani adds yet another role to his extensive Mozartean repertoire as Tito. Mozart’s opera of vengeance and forgiveness, set during the Roman Empire, also stars soprano Elza van den Heever as Vitellia, with Ying Fang, Paula Murrihy, and bass Christian Van Horn completing the principal cast. Lothar Koenigs conducts. Conductor Lothar Koenigs
Annio Paula Murrihy
Servilia Ying Fang
Tito Matthew Polenzani
Vitellia Elza van den Heever
Publio Christian Van Horn
Sesto Joyce DiDonato
Production Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Set and Costume Designer Jean-Pierre Ponnelle Lighting Designer Gil Wechsler
mar 30 eve apr 3, 6 eve, 11, 16, 20 mat
FR ANCIS POULENC
DIALOGUES DES CARMÉLITES Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads the classic John Dexter production of Poulenc’s devastating story of faith and martyrdom. Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard sings the touching role of Blanche and soprano Karita Mattila, a legend in her own time, returns to the Met as Mme. de Croissy. Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Mère Marie Karen Cargill
Production John Dexter
Blanche de la Force Isabel Leonard
Mme. de Croissy Karita Mattila
Set Designer David Reppa
Mme. Lidoine Adrianne Pieczonka
Chevalier de la Force David Portillo
Costume Designer Jane Greenwood
Constance Erin Morley
may 3, 8, 11 mat 18
Marquis de la Force Dwayne Croft
Lighting Designer Gil Wechsler
RICHARD WAGNER
DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN Opera’s supreme experience returns to the Met for the first time in six years with a cast of magnificent Wagnerians, led by the thrilling Christine Goerke making her Met role debut as Brünnhilde. Philippe Jordan conduc t s Rober t Lepage’s breathtaking production, which faithfully presents every detail of Wagner’s immortal libretto.
RING CYCLE
Production a gift of Ann Ziff and the Ziff Family, in memory of William Ziff Production Robert Lepage
Costume Designer François St-Aubin
Associate Director Neilson Vignola
Lighting Designer Etienne Boucher
Set Designer Carl Fillion
Video Image Artists Boris Firquet : Das Rheingold and Die Walküre / Pedro Pires: Siegfried / Lionel Arnould: Götterdämmerung In collaboration with Ex Machina
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DAS RHEINGOLD Wagner’s visionary initial installment of the Ring depicts the original sin of the theft of the sacred golden treasure, the vanity of the gods, the greed of the Nibelungen, the fratricide of the giants, and the building of Valhalla. Baritones Greer Grimsley and Michael Volle share the role of Wotan, the conflicted lord of the gods. Mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton sings her first Wagner role at the Met as Wotan’s embattled wife, Fricka, and bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny is Alberich. Conductor Philippe Jordan
Loge Norbert Ernst*
Alberich Tomasz Konieczny*
Freia Wendy Bryn Harmer
Mime Gerhard Siegel
Fasolt Günther Groissböck
Fricka Jamie Barton
Wotan Greer Grimsley / Michael Volle
Fafner Dmitry Belosselskiy
Erda Karen Cargill
mar 9 mat, 14† apr 29 may 6
DIE WALKURE In what is expected to be a Wagnerian event for the ages, soprano Christine Goerke sings Brünnhilde, Wotan’s willful warrior daughter, who loses her immortality in opera’s most famous act of filial defiance. Tenor Stuart Skelton and soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek are the incestuous twins Siegmund and Sieglinde. Greer Grimsley and Michael Volle sing Wotan. Conductor Philippe Jordan
Fricka Jamie Barton
Brünnhilde Christine Goerke
Siegmund Stuart Skelton
Sieglinde Eva-Maria Westbroek
Wotan Greer Grimsley / Michael Volle
mar 25,† 30 mat apr 25,† 30 may 7
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Hunding Günther Groissböck
SIEGFRIED Orphaned at birth, Siegfried learns his true identity and fulfills his destiny to become Brünnhilde’s savior and lover. Tenors Stefan Vinke and Andreas Schager sing the heroic title character. Christine Goerke is Brünnhilde, and Michael Volle takes on the role of the enigmatic Wanderer. Conductor Philippe Jordan Brünnhilde Christine Goerke Woodbird Erin Morley Erda Karen Cargill
Siegfried Stefan Vinke* / Andreas Schager Mime Gerhard Siegel
Alberich Tomasz Konieczny Fafner Dmitry Belosselskiy
Wanderer Michael Volle
apr 13 mat may 2, 9
GOTTERDÄMMERUNG Wagner’s epic cycle concludes with acts of betrayal, murder, vengeance, and, finally, the destruction of the gods. Christine Goerke once again plays Brünnhilde, whose heroic self-sacrifice paves the way for humankind’s redemption and rebirth. Conductor Philippe Jordan
Waltraute Sarah Connolly
Alberich Tomasz Konieczny
Brünnhilde Christine Goerke
Siegfried Andreas Schager* / Stefan Vinke
Hagen Eric Owens
Gutrune Edith Haller*
Gunther Evgeny Nikitin
apr 27 mat may 4, 11
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performance
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DON’T MISS THE RING The Met will present three complete cycles of Wagner’s Ring in the spring of 2019. Here’s what you need to know to ensure your place at this rare and transformative operatic event. Ring cycles will be available for sale to the general public beginning February 15, 2018. We will give priority Ring seating to Met Patrons and Guild Members ($150+), 2018 – 19 Subscribers, and Ring Leaders (learn more about this option on the next page). Ring cycles can be purchased with an installment payment plan. Ring cycle buyers are able to purchase single-sale add-on tickets to the regular opera season at the time of their cycle purchase—you’ll receive a 5% discount if you buy three or four additional performances, or 10% if you buy five or more. Purchase a Ring cycle package here.
CYCLE I MAR 9 mat Das Rheingold
Jordan; Harmer, Barton, Cargill, Ernst, Siegel, Grimsley, Konieczny, Groissböck, Belosselskiy
MAR 30 mat Die Walküre
Jordan; Goerke, Westbroek, Barton, Skelton, Grimsley, Groissböck
APR 13 mat Siegfried
Jordan; Goerke, Morley, Cargill, Vinke, Siegel, Volle, Konieczny, Belosselskiy
APR 27 mat Götterdämmerung
Jordan; Goerke, Haller, Connolly, Schager, Nikitin, Konieczny, Owens
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CYCLE II
CYCLE III
APR 29 Das Rheingold
MAY 6 Das Rheingold
APR 30 Die Walküre
MAY 7 Die Walküre
Jordan; Harmer, Barton, Cargill, Ernst, Siegel, Volle, Konieczny, Groissböck, Belosselskiy Jordan; Goerke, Westbroek, Barton, Skelton, Volle, Groissböck
MAY 2 Siegfried
Jordan; Goerke, Morley, Cargill, Schager, Siegel, Volle, Konieczny, Belosselskiy
MAY 4 eve Götterdämmerung
Jordan; Goerke, Haller, Connolly, Schager, Nikitin, Konieczny, Owens
Jordan; Harmer, Barton, Cargill, Ernst, Siegel, Volle, Konieczny, Groissböck, Belosselskiy
Jordan; Goerke, Westbroek, Barton, Skelton, Volle, Groissböck
MAY 9 Siegfried
Jordan; Goerke, Morley, Cargill, Vinke, Siegel, Volle, Konieczny, Belosselskiy
MAY 11 eve Götterdämmerung
Jordan; Goerke, Haller, Connolly, Vinke, Nikitin, Konieczny, Owens
BECOME A RING LEADER We invite you to join the Met as a Ring Leader to guarantee that you receive the best seats and other special privileges for the 2019 cycles. Ring Leaders will receive highest priority seating for the cycle of their choice and for single Ring performances during the 2018 – 19 season. Ring Leader benefits are exclusive to Ring performances only. Ring Leaders will receive invitations to the following complimentary events: Gala dinner before Das Rheingold Ring rehearsal Lectures and panel discussions Backstage tour Ring Leaders will also be recognized in Playbill and the Met Season Book for the 2018 – 19 season. For more information regarding pricing, click here.
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SPECIAL EVENTS M O N , S E P 2 4 , 2 018 | 6 P M
T U E , D EC 4 , 2 018 | 8 P M
SAMSON ET DALILA
LA TRAVIATA
The 2018 – 19 season opens with the Gala Premiere of Darko Tresnjak’s new production of Saint-Saëns’s Samson et Dalila, with Elīna Garanča and Roberto Alagna in the title roles. Sir Mark Elder is on the podium. Join us after the performance for a gala dinner with the cast.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Diana Damrau and Juan Diego Flórez in Michael Mayer’s new production of Verdi’s timeless tragedy. In addition to the performance, the evening features cocktails and dinner on the Mercedes T. Bass Grand Tier.
opening night gala | new production premiere
gala | new production premiere
M O N , D EC 31, 2 018 | 6 P M
S U N , A P R 2 8 , 2 019 | 6 P M
ADRIANA LECOUVREUR
PLÁCIDO DOMINGO 5 0 T H A N N I V ER S A R Y CEL EB R AT I O N
Ring in 2019 at the premiere of Sir David McVicar’s new Met staging of Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur, starring Anna Netrebko in the title role, opposite Piotr Beczała. Gianandrea Noseda conducts. Dinner, dancing, and fireworks on the Mercedes T. Bass Grand Tier follow the performance. new year’s eve gala | new production premiere
Celebrate the incomparable Met career of the legendary Plácido Domingo at this special onstage event honoring the golden anniversary of his company debut. The gala evening features performances, spoken tributes, and dinner. Plácido Domingo’s 50th Anniversary Celebration is sponsored with a generous gift from Eva and Marc Stern
THE MET ORCHESTRA AT CARNEGIE HALL Since 1991, the brilliant Met Orchestra has been thrilling audiences in its annual series of performances at Carnegie Hall. The tradition continues this season with three concerts, conducted by Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Valery Gergiev. Tickets available through Carnegie Hall.
SAT, MAY 18, 2019
MON, JUN 3, 2019
FRI, JUN 14, 2019
Valery Gergiev Conductor
Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor
Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor
Daniil Trifonov Piano
Isabel Leonard Mezzo-Soprano
Elīna Garanča Mezzo-Soprano
SCHUMANN Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54
DEBUSSY La Mer
MAHLER Rückert-Lieder
DUTILLEUX Le temps l’horloge
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 7 in E Major
8pm
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 9 in C, D. 944, “Great”
8pm
RAVEL Shéhérazade Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2
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8pm
PHOTOS Vincent Peters / Met Opera (cover, 9); Rose Callahan /Met Opera (3); Jonathan Tichler / Met Opera (7: La Bohème, 25); Marty Sohl / Met Opera (7: Aida, 15: Bluebeard’s Castle, 16); Ken Howard / Met Opera (8, 10: Carmen, 11, 13: Otello, 15: Pelléas et Mélisande, 17: Falstaff, 18–22); Winnie Klotz / Met Archives (10: Mefistofele); Christine Jones (12: La Traviata set model); Richard Termine / Met Opera (13: The Magic Flute); Michael Poehn / Vienna State Opera (14); Cory Weaver / Met Opera (17: Rigoletto) 25
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Annual memberships begin at $2,750. Patrons enjoy priority ticketing for subscriptions, the Ring cycle, and single tickets, and may order all 2018 – 19 performances now. Receive a 10% discount when you purchase 5 or more operas. Patrons also enjoy exclusive access to the Patron Lounge, free coat check, dress rehearsal passes, invitations to Met Talks panel discussions, young artist recitals, and more. Patrons living outside the New York City area are invited to our National Patron Weekend, October 18 – 20. For details, call 212.870.4502. Sponsor Patrons ($5,500) enjoy personalized service and are also invited to working rehearsals and are recognized in Playbill and the Met Season Book. Premiere Circle Sponsors ($10,000) are invited to master classes and other presentations featuring Met artists. For exclusive benefits at higher levels of giving, please call 212.870.4502. For purposes of tax deductibility, the value of goods and services at these levels may be disregarded.
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Donor Members ($500) are invited to visit the Belmont Room, a members-only lounge, before performances and during intermissions. Sponsor Members ($850) receive all of the Guild benefits above, as well as dress rehearsal passes and additional privileges. Est. value of non-deductible goods and services at the $85 National, $150 Supporting, $250 Contributing, and $500 Donor levels: $25. At the $850 Sponsor level and above: $50
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Aida Production a gift of Mrs. Donald D. Harrington La Bohème Production a gift of Mrs. Donald D. Harrington Carmen Production a gift of Mrs. Paul Desmarais Sr. La Clemenza di Tito Production a gift of the Lila Acheson and DeWitt Wallace Fund, established by the founders of The Reader’s Digest Association, Inc.
Tosca 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 Revival a gift of NPD Group. Inc.
Dialogues des Carmélites Production a gift of Francis Goelet
Il Trittico Production a gift of Karen and Kevin Kennedy
Don Giovanni Production a gift of the Richard and Susan Braddock Family Foundation, and Sarah and Howard Solomon
Additional funding from the Gramma Fisher Foundation, Marshalltown, Iowa, The Annenberg Foundation, Hermione Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. William R. Miller, and M. Beverly and Robert G. Bartner
Additional funding from Jane and Jerry del Missier, and Mr. and Mrs. Ezra K. Zilkha Revival a gift of the Metropolitan Opera Club Falstaff Production a gift of the Betsy and Ed Cohen / Areté Foundation Fund for New Productions & Revivals, and Harry and Misook Doolittle
PRODUCTION FUNDERS
Rigoletto Production a gift of the Hermione Foundation, Laura Sloate, Trustee; and Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Montrone
More About the Met The Met: Live in HD The Met’s series of cinema transmissions is supported by its founding sponsor, The Neubauer Family Foundation, and its digital sponsor, Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Additional funding from The Gilbert S. Kahn & John J. Noffo Kahn Foundation, and Mr. and Mrs. William R. Miller
Saturday Matinee Radio Broadcasts The 88th season of radio broadcasts will once again be heard over the Toll Brothers–Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network.
La Fanciulla del West Production a gift of The Sybil B. Harrington Endowment Fund
Metropolitan Opera Radio The Met’s round-the-clock station continues on SiriusXM channel 75.
Revival a gift of Rolex La Fille du Régiment Production a gift of The Annenberg Foundation
Met Opera on Demand More than 600 Met performances—including Live in HD presentations—are available for streaming.
Iolanta / Bluebeard’s Castle Production a gift of Ambassador and Mrs. Nicholas F. Taubman
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Additional funding from Mrs. Veronica Atkins; Dr. Magdalena Berenyi, in memory of Dr. Kalman Berenyi; and the National Endowment for the Arts The Magic Flute 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 Mefistofele Production a gift of Mr. and Mrs. Julian H. Robertson, Jr. and Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer J. Thomas, Jr. Additional funding by the Rose and Robert Edelman Foundation, Inc. Otello Production a gift of Jacqueline Desmarais, in memory of Paul G. Desmarais Sr. Revival a gift of Rolex Les Pêcheurs de Perles Production a gift of the Gramma Fisher Foundation, Marshalltown, Iowa Additional funding from The Annenberg Foundation; Mr. William R. Miller, in memory of Irene D. Miller; and American Express Pelléas et Mélisande Production a gift of Pierre and Ailene Claeyssens
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