2016-17 Season Repertory and Casting

2016-17 Season
Repertory and Casting

Casting as of February 17, 2016
*Met Debut

New Productions

TRISTAN UND ISOLDE
New Production Premiere: September 26, 2016
Opening Night Gala

Composer Richard Wagner
Libretto by Richard Wagner

Conductor Sir Simon Rattle / Asher Fisch
Production Mariusz Treliński
Set Designer Boris Kudlička
Costume Designer
Lighting Designer Marek Adamski
Projection Designer
Choreographer Marc Heinz

Bartek Macias

Tomasz Wygoda

Isolde Nina Stemme
Brangäne Ekaterina Gubanova
Tristan Stuart Skelton
Kurwenal Evgeny Nikitin
King Marke René Pape

September 26, 30; October 3, 8mat, 13, 17, 24, 27

Production a gift of the Estates of Alan and Ruth Broder

Co-production of the Metropolitan Opera, Festival Hall Baden-Baden, Teatr Wielki–Polish
National Opera, and China National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) Beijing

GUILLAUME TELL
New Production Premiere: October 18, 2016

Composer Gioachino Rossini
Libretto by Hippolyte Bis and Victor-Joseph Étienne de Jouy

Conductor Fabio Luisi
Production Pierre Audi
Set Designer George Tsypin
Costume Designer Andrea Schmidt-Futterer
Lighting Designer Jean Kalman

Choreographer Kim Brandstrup
Dramaturg Klaus Bertisch*

Mathilde Marina Rebeka
Jemmy Janai Brugger
Hedwige Marianna Pizzolato*
Arnold Bryan Hymel / John Osborn
Guillaume Tell Gerald Finley
Walter Furst Marco Spotti*
Melcthal Kwangchul Youn
Gesler John Relyea

October 18, 21, 25, 29mat; November 2, 5, 9, 12mat

Production a gift of The Annenberg Foundation

Co-production of the Metropolitan Opera and Dutch National Opera

L’AMOUR DE LOIN
New Production Premiere: December 1, 2016

Composer Kaija Saariaho
Libretto by Amin Maalouf

Conductor Susanna Mälkki*
Production Robert Lepage
Assistant Director Sybille Wilson*
Set and Costume Designer Michael Curry
Lighting Designer Kevin Adams
Lightscape Image Designer Lionel Arnould
Sound Designer Mark Grey

Clémence Susanna Phillips
The Pilgrim Tamara Mumford
Jaufré Rudel Eric Owens

December 1, 6, 10mat, 14, 17, 21, 24mat, 29

Production a gift of the Francis Goelet Trusts

Additional funding from The Agnes Hsu-Tang, PhD.
and Oscar Tang Endowment Fund

Co-production of the Metropolitan Opera and L’Opéra de Québec
In collaboration with Ex Machina

ROMÉO ET JULIETTE

New Production Premiere: December 31, 2016
New Year’s Eve Gala

Composer Charles Gounod
Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré

Conductor Gianandrea Noseda
Production Bartlett Sher
Set Designer Michael Yeargan
Costume Designer Catherine Zuber
Lighting Designed By Jennifer Tipton
Choreographer Chase Brock

Juliette Diana Damrau / Amanda Woodbury / Pretty Yende
Stéphano Virginie Verrez / Paula Murrihy*
Roméo Vittorio Grigolo / Stephen Costello
Mercutio Elliot Madore / Yunpeng Wang
Frère Laurent Mikhail Petrenko / Matthew Rose

December 31; January 4, 7, 10, 14, 17, 21mat, 25, 28; March 3, 8, 11, 15, 18mat

Production a gift of The Sybil B. Harrington Endowment Fund

A La Scala Production, initially presented by the Salzburg Festival

RUSALKA
New Production Premiere: February 2, 2017

Composer Antonín Dvořák
Libretto by Jaroslav Kvapil

Conductor Sir Mark Elder
Production Mary Zimmerman
Set Designer Daniel Ostling
Costume Designer Mara Blumenfeld
Lighting Designer T.J. Gerckens
Choreographer Austin McCormick*

Rusalka Kristine Opolais
Katarina Dalayman
Foreign Princess Jamie Barton
Ježibaba Brandon Jovanovich
Eric Owens
Prince

Water Sprite

February 2, 6, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25mat; March 2

Production a gift of the Betsy and Ed Cohen / Areté Foundation

Additional funding from Mr. William R. Miller, in memory of Irene D. Miller

DER ROSENKAVALIER
New Production Premiere: April 13, 2017

Composer Richard Strauss
Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Conductor James Levine
Production Robert Carsen
Set Designer Paul Steinberg
Costume Designer Brigitte Reiffenstuel
Lighting Designers Robert Carsen and Peter Van Praet
Choreographer Philippe Giraudeau

Marschallin Renée Fleming
Octavian Elīna Garanča
Sophie
A Singer Erin Morley
Faninal Matthew Polenzani
Baron Ochs Marcus Brück*
Günther Groissböck

April 13, 17, 21, 24, 28; May 1, 5, 9, 13mat

Production a gift of Howard and Sarah Solomon

Co-production of the Metropolitan Opera; Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London; and
Teatro Regio di Torino

Repertory

AIDA November 5 matinee, 2016
Season Premiere:

Composer Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni

Conductor Marco Armiliato / Daniele Rustioni*
Production Sonja Frisell
Set Designer Gianni Quaranta
Costume Designer Dada Saligeri
Lighting Designer Gil Wechsler
Choreographer Alexei Ratmansky

Aida Liudmyla Monastyrska / Latonia Moore / Krassimira Stoyanova
Amneris Ekaterina Gubanova / Violeta Urmana
Radamès Marco Berti / Jorge de León* / Riccardo Massi
Amonasro Mark Delavan / George Gagnidze
Ramfis Dmitry Belosselskiy / James Morris
The King Soloman Howard

November 5mat, 11, 15, 19mat, 22, 26; December 2; March 23, 27, 31; April 6, 10, 15mat, 20

Production a gift of Mrs. Donald D. Harrington

Revival a gift of the Estate of Francine Berry

IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA

Season Premiere: January 9, 2017

Composer Gioachino Rossini
Libretto by Cesare Sterbini

Conductor Maurizio Benini
Production Bartlett Sher
Set Designer Michael Yeargan
Costume Designer Catherine Zuber
Lighting Designer Christopher Akerlind

Rosina Pretty Yende
Count Almaviva Javier Camarena / Dmitry Korchak
Figaro Peter Mattei
Dr. Bartolo Maurizio Muraro / Valeriano Lanchas
Don Basilio Mikhail Petrenko / Oren Gradus

January 9, 13, 18, 21, 24, 28mat; February 1, 4, 8, 11

Production a gift of The Sybil B. Harrington Endowment Fund

LA BOHÈME September 28, 2016
Season Premiere:

Composer Giacomo Puccini
Libretto Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica

Conductor Carlo Rizzi / Marco Armiliato
Production Franco Zeffirelli
Set Designer Franco Zeffirelli
Costume Designer Peter J. Hall

Lighting Designer Gil Wechsler

Mimì Sonya Yoncheva / Kristine Opolais / Ailyn Pérez
Musetta Susanna Phillips / Brigitta Kele*
Rodolfo Dmytro Popov* / Piotr Beczala / Michael Fabiano
Marcello David Bizic / Massimo Cavalletti / Alessio Arduini
Schaunard Rodion Pogossov / Patrick Carfizzi / Alexey Lavrov
Colline Ryan Speedo Green / Christian Van Horn
Benoit/Alcindoro John Del Carlo

September 28; October 1, 6, 10, 14; November 16, 19, 23, 26mat, 29; December 3, 8;
January 6, 11, 14mat

Production a gift of Mrs. Donald D. Harrington

Revival a gift of the Metropolitan Opera Club

CARMEN January 19, 2017
Season premiere:

Composer Georges Bizet
Libretto Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy

Conductor Dan Ettinger / Louis Langrée
Production Sir Richard Eyre
Set and Costume Designer Rob Howell
Lighting Designer Peter Mumford
Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon

Micaëla Maria Agresta / Janai Brugger
Carmen Sophie Koch / Clémentine Margaine*
Don José Marcelo Álvarez
Escamillo Kyle Ketelsen / Michael Todd Simpson

January 19, 23, 27, 31; February 3, 7, 11mat, 15, 18

Production a gift of Mrs. Paul Desmarais Sr.

CYRANO DE BERGERAC

Season Premiere: May 2, 2017

Composer Franco Alfano
Libretto Henri Caïn

Conductor Marco Armiliato
Production Francesca Zambello

Set Designer Peter J. Davison
Costume Designer Anita Yavich
Lighting Designer Natasha Katz
Choreographer Thomas Baird

Roxane Patricia Racette
Cyrano Roberto Alagna
Christian Atalla Ayan
de Guiche Roberto Frontali

May 2, 6mat, 10, 13

Production gift of the Gramma Fisher Foundation,
Marshalltown, Iowa; and Bertita and Guillermo L. Martinez

Co-production of the Metropolitan Opera and Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London

DON GIOVANNI September 27, 2016
Season Premiere:

Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto Lorenzo Da Ponte

Conductor Fabio Luisi / Plácido Domingo
Production Michael Grandage
Set and Costume Designer Christopher Oram
Lighting Designer Paule Constable
Choreographer Ben Wright

Donna Anna Hibla Gerzmava / Malin Byström / Angela Meade
Donna Elvira Malin Byström / Amanda Majeski / Marina Rebeka
Zerlina Serena Malfi / Nadine Sierra / Isabel Leonard
Don Ottavio Rolando Villazón / Paul Appleby / Ramón Vargas /
Matthew Polenzani
Don Giovanni Simon Keenlyside / Ildar Abdrazakov / Mariusz Kwiecien
Leporello Adam Plachetka / Matthew Rose / Erwin Schrott
Masetto Matthew Rose / Adam Plachetka / Jeongcheol Cha
The Commendatore Kwangchul Youn / Štefan Kocán

September 27; October 1mat, 5, 8, 11, 15mat, 19, 22mat; November 1, 4, 10; April 26, 29;
May 3, 6, 11

Production a gift of the Richard and Susan Braddock Family Foundation,
and Sarah and Howard Solomon

Additional funding from Jane and Jerry del Missier,

and Mr. and Mrs. Ezra K. Zilkha

Revival a gift of Rolex

EUGENE ONEGIN March 30, 2017
Season Premiere:

Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Libretto Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Konstantin Shilovsky

Conductor Robin Ticciati
Production Deborah Warner
Set Designer Tom Pye
Costume Designer Chloe Obolensky
Lighting Designer Jean Kalman
Video Designers Finn Ross and Ian William Galloway
Choreographer Kim Brandstrup

Tatiana Anna Netrebko
Olga
Lenski Elena Maximova
Onegin
Gremin Alexey Dolgov

Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Štefan Kocán

March 30; April 3, 7, 12, 15, 18, 22mat

Production a gift of Ambassador and Mrs. Nicholas F. Taubman

Revival a gift of Rolex

A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera and English National Opera

FIDELIO March 16, 2017
Season Premiere:

Composer Ludwig van Beethoven
Libretto Joseph Sonnleithner and Georg Friedrich Sonnleithner

Conductor Sebastian Weigle
Production Jürgen Flimm
Set Designer Robert Israel
Costume Designer Florence von Gerkan
Lighting Designer Duane Schuler

Leonore Adrianne Pieczonka
Marzelline Hanna-Elisabeth Müller*

Florestan Klaus Florian Vogt
Jaquino David Portillo
Don Pizarro Greer Grimsley
Rocco Falk Struckmann
Don Fernando Günther Groissböck / James Morris

March 16, 20, 24, 28; April 1mat, 5, 8

Production a gift of Alberto Vilar

DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER

Season Premiere: April 25, 2017

Composer Richard Wagner
Libretto by Richard Wagner

Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Production August Everding
Set Designer Hans Schavernoch
Costume Designer Lore Haas
Lighting Designer Gil Wechsler

Senta Amber Wagner
Mary Dolora Zajick
Erik Jay Hunter Morris
Steuermann Ben Bliss
Holländer Michael Volle
Daland Franz-Josef Selig

April 25, 29mat; May 4, 8, 12

Production a gift of the Lila Acheson and DeWitt Wallace Fund for Lincoln Center,
established by the founders of The Reader's Digest Association, Inc.;
and Mr. and Mrs. Samuel L. Tedlow

IDOMENEO March 6, 2017
Season Premiere:

Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Abbé Giambattista Varesco

Conductor James Levine
Production Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Set and Costume Designer Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Lighting Designer Gil Wechsler

Ilia Nadine Sierra / Ying Fang
Elettra Elza van den Heever
Idamante Alice Coote
Idomeneo Matthew Polenzani
Arbace Alan Opie

March 6, 10, 13, 17, 21, 25mat

L’ITALIANA IN ALGERI

Season Premiere: October 4, 2016

Composer Gioachino Rossini
Libretto by Angelo Anelli

Conductor James Levine
Production Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Set and Costume Designer Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Associate Designer David Reppa

Isabella Elizabeth DeShong
Lindoro René Barbera*
Taddeo Nicola Alaimo
Mustafà Ildar Abdrazakov

October 4, 7, 12, 15, 20, 22, 26, 29

Production a gift of an anonymous donor

JENŮFA October 28, 2016
Season Premiere:

Composer Leoš Janáček
Libretto by Leoš Janáček

Production Olivier Tambosi

Set and Costume Designer Frank Philipp Schlössmann

Lighting Designer Max Keller

Jenůfa Oksana Dyka
Kostelnička Karita Mattila
Hanna Schwarz
Grandmother Buryja Daniel Brenna
Joseph Kaiser
Laca
Števa

October 28, 31; November 3, 7, 12, 17

Production a gift of the Catherine and Ephraim Gildor Foundation

THE MAGIC FLUTE December 20, 2016
Season Premiere:
Holiday Presentation
Sung in English

Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto Emanuel Schikaneder
English Translation J. D. McClatchy

Conductor Antony Walker
Production Julie Taymor
Set Designer George Tsypin
Costume Designer Julie Taymor
Lighting Designer Donald Holder
Puppet Designers Julie Taymor and Michael Curry
Choreographer Mark Dendy

Pamina Layla Claire / Janai Brugger
Queen of the Night Jessica Pratt* / Kathryn Lewek
Tamino Ben Bliss
Papageno Christopher Maltman
Speaker Shenyang
Sarastro Morris Robinson

December 20, 23, 26, 29mat, 30mat; January 2, 5

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

MANON LESCAUT November 14, 2016
Season Premiere:

Composer Giacomo Puccini
Libretto Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa, Marco Praga, Ruggero
Leoncavallo, and others

Conductor Marco Armiliato
Production Sir Richard Eyre
Set Designer Rob Howell
Costume Designer Fotini Dimou
Lighting Designer Peter Mumford
Choreographer Sara Erde

Manon Lescaut Anna Netrebko
Des Grieux Marcelo Álvarez
Lescaut Christopher Maltman
Geronte de Ravoir Brindley Sherratt

November 14, 18, 21, 25, 30; December 3mat, 7, 10

Production a gift of Helen and Bengt Agerup and Rolex

Co-production of the Metropolitan Opera and Festival Hall Baden-Baden

NABUCCO December 12, 2016
Season Premiere:

Composer Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto Temistocle Solera

Conductor James Levine
Production Elijah Moshinsky
Set Designer John Napier
Costume Designer Andreane Neofitou
Lighting Designer Howard Harrison

Abigaille Liudmyla Monastyrska / Tatiana Melnychenko*
Fenena
Ismaele Jamie Barton / Nancy Fabiola Herrera
Nabucco
Zaccaria Russell Thomas / Adam Diegel
Plácido Domingo / Željko Lučić

Dmitry Belosselskiy

December 12, 16, 19, 22, 27, 30; January 3, 7mat

Production a gift of Bill Rollnick and Nancy Ellison Rollnick

Major funding from Mr. and Mrs. Ezra K. Zilkha,
Mercedes and Sid Bass, and Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Montrone

Additional funding from Gilbert S. Kahn and John J. Noffo Kahn,
The Eleanor Naylor Dana Charitable Trust, and the National Endowment for the Arts

Revival a gift of the Estate of Francine Berry

I PURITANI February 10, 2017
Season Premiere:

Composer Vincenzo Bellini
Libretto Carlo Pepoli

Conductor Maurizio Benini
Production Sandro Sequi
Set Designer Ming Cho Lee
Costume Designer Peter J. Hall
Lighting Designer Gil Wechsler

Elvira Walton Diana Damrau
Lord Arturo Talbot Javier Camarena
Riccardo Forth Alexey Markov
Giorgio Walton Luca Pisaroni

February 10, 14, 18mat, 22, 25, 28

Production a gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Crawford

Revival a gift of Dr. Patrizia Cavazzoni

RIGOLETTO January 20, 2017
Season Premiere:

Composer Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave

Conductor Pier Giorgio Morandi*
Production Michael Mayer
Set Designer Christine Jones
Costume Designer Susan Hilferty
Lighting Designer Kevin Adams
Choreographer Steven Hoggett

Gilda Olga Peretyatko
Maddalena
Duke Oksana Volkova / Nancy Fabiola Herrera
Rigoletto
Sparafucile Stephen Costello / Joseph Calleja
Željko Lučić
Andrea Mastroni* / Štefan Kocán

January 20, 26, 30; February 4mat; April 19, 22, 27

Production a gift of the Hermione Foundation,
Laura Sloate, Trustee; and Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Montrone

Revival a gift of the Estate of Francine Berry
and The NPD Group, Inc.

SALOME December 6, 2016
Season Premiere:

Composer Richard Strauss
Libretto by Richard Strauss

Conductor Johannes Debus*
Production Jürgen Flimm
Set and Costume Designer Santo Loquasto
Lighting Designer James F. Ingalls
Choreographer Doug Varone

Salome Catherine Naglestad*
Herodias
Herod Nancy Fabiola Herrera
Narraboth
Jochanaan Gerhard Siegel

Kang Wang*
Željko Lučić / Greer Grimsley

December 5, 9, 13, 17mat, 24, 28

Production a gift of the Gramma Fisher Foundation,
Marshalltown, Iowa

Additional funding from Mr. and Mrs. Sid R. Bass,
Agnes Varis and Karl Leichtman,
Mr. and Mrs. Ezra K. Zilkha,
and the Gilbert S. Kahn and John J. Noffo Kahn Endowment Fund

LA TRAVIATA February 24, 2017
Season Premiere:

Composer Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave

Conductor Nicola Luisotti
Production Willy Decker
Set and Costume Designer Wolfgang Gussmann
Lighting Designer Hans Toelstede
Choreographer Athol Farmer

Violetta Valéry Sonya Yoncheva / Carmen Giannattasio
Alfredo Germont Michael Fabiano / Atalla Ayan*
Giorgio Germont Thomas Hampson / George Petean / Plácido Domingo

February 24; March 1, 4, 7, 11mat, 14, 18, 22, 25, 29; April 1, 4, 8mat, 11, 14

Production a gift of Karen and Kevin Kennedy,
and Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Montrone

Revival a gift of Rolex

Original production of the Salzburger Festspiele; with thanks to Dutch National Opera,
Amsterdam

WERTHER February 16, 2017
Season Premiere:

Composer Jules Massenet
Libretto by Georges Hartmann, Édouard Blau, and Paul Milliet

Conductor Edward Gardner
Production Sir Richard Eyre
Set and Costume Designer Rob Howell
Lighting Designer Peter Mumford
Video Designer Wendall K. Harrington
Choreographer Sara Erde

Sophie Anna Christy
Charlotte Isabel Leonard / Veronica Simeoni*
Werther Vittorio Grigolo / Jean-François Borras
Albert David Bizic / David Pershall
Le Bailli Maurizio Muraro

February 16, 20, 23, 27; March 4mat, 9

Production a gift of Elizabeth M. and Jean-Marie R. Eveillard

Major funding from Rolex

Additional funding from The Fan Fox
and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc.;
the Gramma Fisher Foundation, Marshalltown, Iowa;
and The Gilbert S. Kahn & John J. Noffo Kahn Foundation