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OTELLO | 17th October 2015
The Met season opens with Verdi’s masterful Otello, inspired by Shakespeare’s play and matching it in tragic intensity. Director Bartlett Sher probes the Moor’s dramatic downfall with an outstanding cast: tenor Aleksandrs Antonenko plays the doomed Otello; new soprano star Sonya Yoncheva sings Desdemona, Otello’s innocent wife and victim; and baritone Željko Lučić plays the evil Iago, who masterminds Otello’s demise. Dynamic maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts.
Production a gift of Jacqueline Desmarais, in memory of Paul G. Desmarais Sr.
The Opening Night Gala of Otello on September 21 is dedicated to the memory of Jon Vickers (1926–2015), who sang the opera’s title role in 31 performances with the Met between 1965 and 1979.
Production Details
Sung in Italian
MET Titles in: English, German, Italian, and Spanish
ESTIMATED RUN TIME
2 HRS 46 MINS
House Opens
ACT I & II
66 mins
INTERMISSION
30 mins
ACT III & IV
70 mins
Opera Ends
Cast and Creative Team
CONDUCTOR | Yannick Nézet-Séguin / Adam Fischer
DESDEMONA | Sonya Yoncheva / Hibla Gerzmava
OTELLO | Aleksandrs Antonenko
CASSIO | Dimitri Pittas / Alexey Dolgov
IAGO | Željko Lučić
LODOVICO | Günther Groissböck / James Morris
LULU | 21st November 2015
Acclaimed artist and director William Kentridge (The Nose) applies his unique theatrical vision to Berg’s notorious femme fatale who shatters lives, including her own. Musically, the masterful score is in the sure hands of Met Music Director James Levine. Soprano Marlis Petersen has excited audiences around the world with her portrayal of the tour-de-force title role, a wild journey of love, obsession, and death. Susan Graham joins a winning cast, including Daniel Brenna and Johan Reuter.
Production a gift of The Kirsh Family Foundation
Co-production of the Metropolitan Opera, Dutch National Opera, and English National Opera
Production Details
Estimated Run Time:4 HRS 14 MINS
House Opens
ACT I
63 mins
INTERMISSION
35 mins
ACT II
59 mins
INTERMISSION
35 mins
ACT III
62 mins
Opera Ends
Language
Sung in GermanMET Titles in: English, German, and Spanish
Cast and Creative Team
LULU | Marlis PetersenGESCHWITZ | Susan Graham
ALWA | Daniel Brenna
THE PAINTER/AFRICAN PRINCE | Paul Groves
DR. SCHÖN/JACK THE RIPPER | Johan Reuter
SCHIGOLCH | Franz Grundheber
PRODUCTION | William Kentridge
CO-DIRECTOR | Luc De Wit
PROJECTION DESIGNER | Catherine Meyburgh
SET DESIGNER | Sabine Theunissen
COSTUME DESIGNER | Greta Goiris
LIGHTING DESIGNER | Urs Schönebaum
CONDUCTOR | James Levine
MADAMA BUTTERFLY | 2nd April 2016
Anthony Minghella's breathtaking production has thrilled audiences ever since its premiere in 2006. Kristine Opolais reprises her acclaimed portrayal of the title role, opposite Roberto Alagna as Pinkerton, the naval officer who breaks Butterfly's heart. Hei-Kyung Hong and Massimo Giordano star in a second set of performances. Karel Mark Chichon conducts.
Co-production of the Metropolitan Opera, English National Opera, and the Lithuanian National Opera
Production Details
Sung in ItalianMET Titles in: English, German, Spanish, and Italian
ESTIMATED RUN TIME
3 HRS 18 MINS
House Opens
ACT I
56 mins
INTERMISSION
30 mins
ACT II/1
53 mins
INTERMISSION
25 mins
ACT II/2
35 mins
Opera Ends
Cast and Creative Team
CONDUCTOR | Karel Mark ChichonCIO-CIO-SAN | Hei-Kyung Hong / Kristine Opolais
SUZUKI | Maria Zifchak
PINKERTON | Massimo Giordano / Roberto Alagna / Roberto De Biasio
SHARPLESS | Artur Rucinski / Dwayne Croft
ELEKTRA | 30th April 2016
The genius director Patrice Chéreau (From the House of the Dead) didn’t live to see his great Elektra production, previously presented in Aix and Milan, make it to the stage of the Met. But his overpowering vision lives on with soprano Nina Stemme—unmatched today in the heroic female roles of Strauss and Wagner—who portrays Elektra’s primal quest for vengeance for the murder of her father, Agamemnon. Legendary mezzo-soprano Waltraud Meier is chilling as Elektra’s fearsome mother, Klytämnestra. Soprano Adrianne Pieczonka and bass-baritone Eric Owens are Elektra’s troubled siblings. Chéreau’s musical collaborator Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Strauss’s mighty take on Greek myth.
Production a gift of Robert L. Turner
Co-production of the Metropolitan Opera, New York; Teatro all Scala, Milan; the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence; the Finnish National Opera, Helsinki; the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin; and the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona
Production Details
Sung in GermanMET Titles in: English, German, and Spanish
ESTIMATED RUN TIME
1 HRS 45 MINS
House Opens
105 mins
Opera Ends
Cast and Creative Team
CONDUCTOR | Esa-Pekka SalonenELEKTRA | Nina Stemme
CHRYSOTHEMIS | Adrianne Pieczonka
AEGISTH | Burkhard Ulrich
KLYTÄMNESTRA | Waltraud Meier
OREST | Eric Owens
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