2010-11 Season
Repertoire and Casting
METROPOLITAN OPERA PREMIERES
LE COMTE ORY
Premiere: March 24, 2011
Composer
Libretto
Gioachino Rossini
Eugène Scribe and Charles-Gaspard Delestre-Poirson
Conductor
Production
Set Designer
Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Maurizio Benini
Bartlett Sher
Michael Yeargan
Catherine Zuber
Brian MacDevitt
Countess Adèle
Isolier
Ragonde
Count Ory
Raimbaud
The Tutor
Diana Damrau
Joyce DiDonato
Susanne Resmark*
Juan Diego Flórez
Stéphane Degout
Michele Pertusi
(March 24, 29, April 2, 5, 9 mat, 14, 18, 21)
Production underwritten by The Sybil B. Harrington Endowment Fund
NIXON IN CHINA
Premiere: February 2, 2011
Composer
Libretto
John Adams
Alice Goodman
This production originally created by English National Opera.
Conductor
Production
Set Design
Costume Design
Lighting Design
Choreographer
Sound Designer
John Adams*
Peter Sellars*
Adrianne Lobel
Dunya Ramicova
James F. Ingalls
Mark Morris
Mark Grey
Chiang Ch’ing
Pat Nixon
Mao Tse-tung
Chou En-lai
Richard Nixon
Henry Kissinger
Kathleen Kim
Janis Kelly*
Robert Brubaker
Russell Braun
James Maddalena*
Richard Paul Fink
(February 2, 5, 9, 12 mat, 15, 19)
NEW PRODUCTIONS
BORIS GODUNOV
Premiere: October 11, 2010
Composer
Libretto
Modest Mussorgsky
Modest Mussorgsky
Conductor
Production
Set Designer
Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Choreographer
Valery Gergiev/Pavel Smelkov
Peter Stein*
Ferdinand Wögerbauer*
Moidele Bickel*
Duane Schuler
Apostolia Tsolaki*
Princess Marina
Dimitri
Shuisky
Rangoni
Boris Godunov
Pimen
Varlaam
Ekaterina Semenchuk
Aleksandrs Antonenko
Oleg Balashov
Evgeny Nikitin
René Pape
Mikhail Petrenko
Vladimir Ognovenko
(October 11, 15, 18, 23 mat, 25, 30 mat, March 9, 12 mat, 17)
Production underwritten by Karen and Kevin Kennedy and Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer J. Thomas, Jr.
DON CARLO
Premiere: November 22, 2010
Composer
Libretto
Giuseppe Verdi
Camille du Locle and Joseph Méry
A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and the Norwegian National
Opera & Ballet
Conductor
Production
Set and Costumer Designer
Lighting Designer
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Nicholas Hytner*
Bob Crowley*
Mark Henderson*
Elisabeth de Valois
Princess Eboli
Don Carlo
Rodrigo
Philip II
Grand Inquisitor
Marina Poplavskaya
Anna Smirnova
Roberto Alagna/Yonghoon Lee*
Simon Keenlyside
Ferruccio Furlanetto
Eric Halfvarson
(November 22, 26, 29, December 3, 7, 11 mat, 15, 18 mat)
Production underwritten by Mr. and Mrs. William R. Miller
DAS RHEINGOLD
Premiere: Opening Night Gala, September 27, 2010
Composer
Libretto
Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner
In collaboration with Ex Machina
Conductor
Production
James Levine
Robert Lepage
Set Designer
Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Interactive Projection Artist
Video Image Artist
Carl Fillion
François St.-Aubin*
Étienne Boucher*
Holger Förterer
Boris Firquet
Freia
Fricka
Erda
Loge
Mime
Wotan
Alberich
Fasolt
Fafner
Wendy Bryn Harmer
Stephanie Blythe
Patricia Bardon
Richard Croft
Gerhard Siegel
Bryn Terfel
Eric Owens/Richard Paul Fink
Franz-Josef Selig
Hans-Peter König
(September 27, 30, October 4, 9 mat, March 30, April 2 mat)
Production underwritten by a generous gift from Ann Ziff and the Ziff family, in memory of William Ziff
LA TRAVIATA
Premiere: New Year’s Eve Gala, December 31, 2010
Composer
Libretto
Giuseppe Verdi
Francesco Maria Piave
Original production of the Salzburger Festspiele; with thanks to De Nederlandse Opera
Conductor
Production
Set and Costumer Designer
Lighting Designer
Choreographer
Gianandrea Noseda
Willy Decker*
Wolfgang Gussmann*
Hans Toelstede*
Athol Farmer*
Violetta
Alfredo Germont
Giorgio Germont
Marina Poplavskaya
Matthew Polenzani/Francesco Meli
Andrzej Dobber
(December 31, January 4, 7, 12, 15 mat, 19, 22, 26, 29)
Production underwritten by Karen and Kevin Kennedy and Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Montrone
DIE WALKÜRE
Premiere: April 22, 2011
Composer
Libretto
Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner
In collaboration with Ex Machina
Conductor
Production
Set Designer
Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Interactive Projection Artist
Video Image Artist
James Levine
Robert Lepage
Carl Fillion
François St.-Aubin
Étienne Boucher
Holger Förterer
Boris Firquet
Brünnhilde
Sieglinde
Fricka
Deborah Voigt
Eva-Maria Westbroek*
Stephanie Blythe
Siegmund
Wotan
Hunding
Jonas Kaufmann
Bryn Terfel
Hans-Peter König
(April 22, 25, 28, May 2, 5, 9, 14 mat)
Production underwritten by a generous gift from Ann Ziff and the Ziff family, in memory of William Ziff
REPERTORY
ARIADNE AUF NAXOS
Composer
Libretto
Richard Strauss
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Conductor
Production
Set and Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Fabio Luisi
Elijah Moshinsky
Michael Yeargan
Gil Wechsler
Ariadne
Zerbinetta
Composer
Bacchus
Music Master
Violeta Urmana
Kathleen Kim
Joyce DiDonato
Robert Dean Smith
Thomas Allen
(May 7 mat, 10, 13)
ARMIDA
Composer
Libretto
Gioachino Rossini
Giovanni Schmidt
Conductor
Production
Set and Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Choreographer
Associate Choreographer
Riccardo Frizza
Mary Zimmerman
Richard Hudson
Brian MacDevitt
Graciela Daniele
Daniel Pelzig
Armida
Rinaldo
Goffredo
Gernando
Carlo
Ubaldo
Renée Fleming
Lawrence Brownlee
Bruce Ford
John Osborn
Barry Banks
Kobie van Rensburg
(February 18, 23, 26, March 1, 5 mat)
LA BOHÈME
Composer
Libretto
Giacomo Puccini
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
Conductor
Production
Set Designer
Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Roberto Rizzi Brignoli*
Franco Zeffirelli
Franco Zeffirelli
Peter J. Hall
Gil Wechsler
Mimì
Musetta
Rodolfo
Marcello
Schaunard
Colline
Benoit/Alcindoro
Maija Kovalevska/Krassimira Stoyanova
Kristine Opolais*/Ellie Dehn
Vittorio Grigolo*/Joseph Calleja/Piotr Beczała/Ramón Vargas
Fabio Capitanucci*/Peter Mattei
Edward Parks/Dimitris Tiliakos*/Trevor Scheunemann
Shenyang/Gunther Groissböck*
Paul Plishka
(October 16, 20, 23, 28, November 1, 5, December 1, 4 mat, 8, 11, January 31, February 3, 7, 10, 17, 22,
25)
CAPRICCIO
Composer
Libretto
Richard Strauss
Clemens Krauss and Richard Strauss
Conductor
Production
Set Designer
Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Andrew Davis
John Cox
Mauro Pagano
Robert Perdziola
Duane Schuler
Countess
Clairon
Flamand
Olivier
The Count
La Roche
Renée Fleming
Sarah Connolly
Joseph Kaiser
Russell Braun
Morten Frank Larsen*
Peter Rose
(March 28, April 1, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23 mat)
CARMEN
Composer
Libretto
Georges Bizet
Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy
Conductor
Production
Set and Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Choreographer
Edward Gardner*
Richard Eyre
Rob Howell
Peter Mumford
Christopher Wheeldon
Micaëla
Carmen
Don José
Escamillo
Nicole Cabell/Genia Kühmeier
Elīna Garanča/Viktoria Vizin/Kate Aldrich
Brandon Jovanovich/Roberto Alagna
John Relyea/TBA
(November 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 27 mat, 30, December 4, 9, January 5, 8, 13)
LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN
Composer
Libretto
Jacques Offenbach
Jules Barbier and Michel Carré
Conductor
Production
Set Designer
Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Choreographer
Patrick Fournillier*
Bartlett Sher
Michael Yeargan
Catherine Zuber
James F. Ingalls
Dou Dou Huang
Olympia
Antonia
Giulietta
Nicklausse/The Muse
Hoffmann
Four Villains
Anna Christy/Elena Mosuc*
Hibla Gerzmava*
Olga Borodina
Kate Lindsey
Giuseppe Filianoti
Ildar Abdrazakov
(September 28, October 2 mat, 6, 9, 12, 16 mat, 19)
COSÌ FAN TUTTE
Composer
Libretto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Lorenzo da Ponte
Conductor
Production
Set and Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
William Christie*
Lesley Koenig
Michael Yeargan
Duane Schuler
Fiordiligi
Dorabella
Despina
Ferrando
Guglielmo
Don Alfonso
Miah Persson/TBA
Isabel Leonard
Danielle de Niese
Pavol Breslik
Nathan Gunn
Wolfgang Holzmair*
(November 9, 13, 17, 20 mat, 23, 27, December 2)
DON PASQUALE
Composer
Libretto
Gaetano Donizetti
Giovanni Ruffini
Conductor
Production
Set and Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
James Levine
Otto Schenk
Rolf Langenfass
Duane Schuler
Norina
Ernesto
Dr. Malatesta
Don Pasquale
Anna Netrebko
Matthew Polenzani/Barry Banks
Mariusz Kwiecien
John Del Carlo
(October 29, November 2, 6 mat, 10, 13 mat, 18, February 4, 8, 11, 14, 19 mat)
LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST
Composer
Libretto
Giacomo Puccini
Guelfo Civinni and Carlo Zangarini
Conductor
Production
Set and Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Nicola Luisotti
Giancarlo del Monaco
Michael Scott
Gil Wechsler
Minnie
Dick Johnson
Jack Rance
Deborah Voigt/Elisabete Matos*
Marcello Giordani/Carl Tanner
Juha Uusitalo
(December 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 27, 30, January 3, 8 mat)
IPHIGÉNIE EN TAURIDE
Composer
Libretto
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Nicolas-François Guillard
A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera and Seattle Opera
Conductor
Production
Set Designer
Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Patrick Summers
Stephen Wadsworth
Thomas Lynch
Martin Pakledinaz
Neil Peter Jampolis
Iphigénie
Oreste
Pylade
Thoas
Susan Graham
Plácido Domingo
Paul Groves
Gordon Hawkins
(February 12, 16, 21, 26 mat, March 2, 5)
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
Composer
Libretto
Gaetano Donizetti
Salvadore Cammarano
Conductor
Production
Set Designer
Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Choreographer
Patrick Summers
Mary Zimmerman
Daniel Ostling
Mara Blumenfeld
T.J. Gerckens
Daniel Pelzig
Lucia
Edgardo
Enrico
Raimondo
Natalie Dessay
Joseph Calleja
Ludovic Tézier/Stephen Gaertner
Kwangchul Youn
(February 24, 28, March 4, 8, 12, 16, 19 mat)
THE MAGIC FLUTE
Composer
Libretto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Emanuel Schikaneder
Conductor
Production
Set Designer
Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Puppet Designers
Choreographer
English Adaptation
Erik Nielsen*
Julie Taymor
George Tsypin
Julie Taymor
Donald Holder
Julie Taymor and Michael Curry
Mark Dendy
JD McClatchy
Pamina
Queen of the Night
Tamino
Papageno
Sarastro
Susanna Phillips/Ying Huang
Erika Miklósa
Russell Thomas/Bruce Sledge
Nathan Gunn/John Moore
Morris Robinson
(December 21 mat, 24, 28 mat, 29 mat, 30 mat, January 1, 3 mat, 6)
ORFEO ED EURIDICE
Composer
Libretto
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Ranieri de’ Calzabigi
Conductor
Production
Set Designer
Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Choreographer
TBA
Mark Morris
Allen Moyer
Isaac Mizrahi
James F. Ingalls
Mark Morris
Euridice
Amor
Orfeo
Kate Royal*
Lisette Oropesa
David Daniels
(April 29, May 4, 7, 11, 14)
PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE
Composer
Libretto
Claude Debussy
Maurice Maeterlinck
Conductor
Production
Set Designer
Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Simon Rattle*
Jonathan Miller
John Conklin
Clare Mitchell
Duane Schuler
Mélisande
Geneviève
Pelléas
Golaud
Arkel
Magdalena Kožená
Felicity Palmer
Stéphane Degout
Gerald Finley
Willard White
(December 17, 20, 23, 29, January 1 mat)
THE QUEEN OF SPADES
Composer
Libretto
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Modest Tchaikovsky
Conductor
Production
Set and Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Choreographer
Andris Nelsons
Elijah Moshinsky
Mark Thompson
Paul Pyant
John Meehan
Lisa
Pauline
The Countess
Ghermann
Tomsky
Yeletsky
Karita Mattila
Tamara Mumford
Dolora Zajick
Vladimir Galouzine
Alexej Markov
Peter Mattei
(March 11, 15, 18, 21, 26 mat)
RIGOLETTO
Composer
Libretto
Giuseppe Verdi
Francesco Maria Piave
Conductor
Production
Set and Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Paolo Arrivabeni*/Fabio Luisi
Otto Schenk
Zack Brown
Gil Wechsler
Gilda
Maddalena
Duke of Mantua
Rigoletto
Sparafucile
Christine Schäfer/Nino Machaidze*/Diana Damrau
Nino Surguladze*/Kirstin Chávez/Nancy Fabiola Herrera
Francesco Meli*/Joseph Calleja/Giuseppe Filianoti
Lado Ataneli/George Gagnidze/Carlos Alvarez/Željko Lučić
Andrea Silvestrelli*/Stefan Kocán
(September 29, October 2, 5, 8, 14, January 11, 15, 18, 22 mat, 27, April 26, 30, May 3, 6, 12)
ROMÉO ET JULIETTE
Composer
Libretto
Charles Gounod
Jules Barbier and Michel Carré
Conductor
Production
Set Designer
Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Choreographer
Plácido Domingo
Guy Joosten
Johannes Leiacker
Jorge Jara
David Cunningham
Sean Curran
Juliette
Stéfano
Roméo
Mercutio
Frère Laurent
Angela Gheorghiu
Julie Boulianne
Piotr Beczała
Lucas Meachem
James Morris
(March 3, 7, 10, 14, 19, 22, 26)
SIMON BOCCANEGRA
Composer
Libretto
Giuseppe Verdi
Francesco Maria Piave and Arrigo Boito
Conductor
Production
Set and Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
James Levine
Giancarlo del Monaco
Michael Scott
Wayne Chouinard
Amelia
Gabriele Adorno
Simon Boccanegra
Jacopo Fiesco
Barbara Frittoli
Ramón Vargas
Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Ferruccio Furlanetto
(January 20, 24, 28, February 1, 5 mat)
TOSCA
Composer
Libretto
Giacomo Puccini
Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Milan, and Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich
Conductor
Marco Armiliato
Production
Set Designer
Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Luc Bondy
Richard Peduzzi
Milena Canonero
Max Keller
Tosca
Cavaradossi
Scarpia
Sacristan
Sondra Radvanovsky/Violeta Urmana
Marcelo Álvarez/Salvatore Licitra
Falk Struckmann/James Morris
Paul Plishka
(January 10, 14, 17, 21, 25, 29 mat, March 25, 31, April 4, 8, 12, 16)
IL TROVATORE
Composer
Libretto
Giuseppe Verdi
Salvadore Cammarano
A co-production with Lyric Opera of Chicago and San Francisco Opera
Conductor
Production
Set Designer
Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Choreographer
Marco Armiliato
David McVicar
Charles Edwards
Brigitte Reiffenstuel
Jennifer Tipton
Leah Hausman
Leonora
Azucena
Manrico
Count di Luna
Patricia Racette/Julianna Di Giacomo/Sondra Radvanovsky
Marianne Cornetti/Dolora Zajick
Marcelo Álvarez
Željko Lučić/Vitaliy Bilyy/Dmitri Hvorostovsky
(October 26, 30, November 3, 6, 11, 15, 19, April 20, 23, 27, 30 mat)
WOZZECK
Composer
Libretto
Alban Berg
Alban Berg
Conductor
Production
Set and Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
James Levine
Mark Lamos
Robert Israel
James F. Ingalls
Marie
The Drum-Major
The Captain
Wozzeck
Doctor
Waltraud Meier
Stuart Skelton*
Gerhard Siegel
Matthias Goerne
Walter Fink
(April 6, 9, 13, 16 mat)
Casting as of February 22, 2010
* Met Debut