2014-15 Season
Repertory and Casting
Casting as of February 12, 2014
*Met Debut
NEW PRODUCTIONS
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
New Production/Opening Night Gala
Premiere September 22, 2014
Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte
Conductor James Levine/Edo de Waart
Production Richard Eyre
Set & Costume Designer Rob Howell
Lighting Designer Paule Constable
Choreographer Sara Erde
Countess Almaviva Marina Poplavskaya/Amanda Majeski*
Susanna Marlis Petersen/Danielle de Niese
Cherubino Isabel Leonard/Serena Malfi*
Count Almaviva Peter Mattei/Mariusz Kwiecien
Figaro Ildar Abdrazakov/Erwin Schrott
September 22, 25, 27, October 2, 7, 10, 14, 18 mat, 22, 25, December 4, 8, 12, 15, 20 mat
Production a gift of Mercedes T. Bass, and Jerry and Jane del Missier
THE DEATH OF KLINGHOFFER
Metropolitan Opera Premiere October 20, 2014
Co-production of the Metropolitan Opera and English National Opera
Composer John Adams
Libretto Alice Goodman
Conductor David Robertson
Production Tom Morris*
Set Designer Tom Pye
Costume Designer Laura Hopkins*
Lighting Designer Jean Kalman
Video Designer Finn Ross
Sound Designer Mark Grey
Choreographer Arthur Pita*
Marilyn Klinghoffer Michaela Martens
Molqi Sean Panikkar
The Captain Paulo Szot
Leon Klinghoffer Alan Opie
Mamoud Aubrey Allicock*
“Rambo” Ryan Speedo Green
October 20, 24, 29, November 1, 5, 8, 11, 15 mat
THE MERRY WIDOW
New Year’s Eve Gala/New Production
Premiere December 31, 2014
Composer Franz Lehár
Libretto by Viktor Léon and Leo Stein
English Translation Jeremy Sams
Conductor Andrew Davis/TBA/Fabio Luisi
Production Susan Stroman*
Set Designer Julian Crouch
Costume Designer William Ivey Long*
Lighting Designer Paule Constable
Choreographer Susan Stroman*
Hanna Glawari Renée Fleming/Susan Graham
Valencienne Kelli O’Hara*/Danielle de Niese
Danilo Nathan Gunn/Rod Gilfry
Camille de Rosillon Alek Shrader/Stephen Costello
Baron Mirko Zeta Thomas Allen/Alan Opie
December 31, January 3, 6, 9, 13, 17 mat, 20, 23, 28, 31, April 24, 27, 30, May 7
Production a gift of The Sybil B. Harrington Endowment Fund
IOLANTA/DUKE BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE
Metropolitan Opera Premiere (Iolanta only)
New Production Premiere January 26, 2015
Co-production of the Metropolitan Opera and Teatr Wielki-Polish National Opera
Conductor Valery Gergiev/Pavel Smelkov
Production Mariusz Treliński*
Set Designer Boris Kudlicka*
Costume Designer Marek Adamski*
Lighting Designer Marc Heinz*
Choreographer Tomasz Wygoda*
Video Proejction Designer Bartek Macias*
IOLANTA
Composer Peter Tchaikovsky
Libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky
Iolanta Anna Netrebko
Count Tristan Vaudémont Piotr Beczala
Robert Alexey Markov/Maksim Aniskin*
Ibn-Hakia Elchin Azizov*
René Alexei Tanovitski
DUKE BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE
Composer Béla Bartók
Libretto Béla Balázs
Judith Nadja Michael/Michaela Martens
Bluebeard Mikhail Petrenko
January 26, 29, February 3, 7, 10, 14 mat, 18, 21
Production a gift of Ambassador and Mrs. Nicholas F. Taubman
Additional funding from Dr. Magdalena Berenyi, in memory of Dr. Kalman Berenyi
LA DONNA DEL LAGO
Metropolitan Opera Premiere February 16, 2015
Co-production of the Metropolitan Opera and the Santa Fe Opera
Composer Gioachino Rossini
Libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola
Conductor Michele Mariotti
Production Paul Curran*
Set and Costume Designer Kevin Knight*
Lighting Designer Duane Schuler
Projection Designer Driscoll Otto*
Elena Joyce DiDonato
Malcolm Groeme Daniela Barcellona
Giacomo V Juan Diego Flórez
Rodrigo di Dhu John Osborn
Douglas d’Angus Oren Gradus
February 16, 20, 25, 28 mat, March 3, 7, 10, 14 mat
Production a gift of Betsy and Edward Cohen/Areté Foundation Fund for New Productions & Revivals, and Dominique and Frédéric Laffont
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA/PAGLIACCI
New Production Premiere April 14, 2015
Conductor Fabio Luisi
Production David McVicar
Set Designer Rae Smith*
Costume Designer Moritz Junge*
Lighting Designer Paule Constable
Choreographer Andrew George
Vaudeville Consultant Emil Wolk*
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA
Composer Pietro Mascagni
Libretto Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci
Santuzza Eva-Maria Westbroek
Turiddu Marcelo Álvarez/Carl Tanner
Alfio Željko Lučić
PAGLIACCI
Composer Ruggero Leoncavallo
Libretto Ruggero Leoncavallo
Nedda Patricia Racette
Canio Marcelo Álvarez/Carl Tanner
Tonio George Gagnidze
Silvio Lucas Meachem
April 14, 18, 21, 25 mat, 29, May 2, 5, 8
Production a gift of M. Beverly and Robert G. Bartner
Major funding from Rolex
Additional funding from the Estate of Anne Tallman, John J. Noffo Kahn and Mark Addison, and Paul Underwood.
REPERTORY
AIDA
Season Premiere October 30, 2014
Composer Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni
Conductor Marco Armiliato/Plácido Domingo
Production Sonja Frisell
Set Designer Gianni Quaranta
Costume Designer Dada Saligeri
Lighting Designer Gil Wechsler
Choreographer Alexei Ratmansky
Aida Liudmyla Monastyrska/Latonia Moore/Marjorie Owens*/Oksana Dyka
Amneris Olga Borodina/Violeta Urmana
Radamès Marcello Giordani/Antonello Palombi*/Carl Tanner/Marco Berti
Amonasro Željko Lučić/Andrzej Dobber
Ramfis Dmitry Belosselskiy/Štefan Kocán
The King Soloman Howard*/Ievgen Orlov
October 30, November 4, 7, 12, 15, 19, 22, December 26, 29, January 2, 5, 10 mat, April 9, 13, 17, 20
Production a gift of Mrs. Donald D. Harrington
UN bALLO IN MASCHERA
Season Premiere April 23, 2015
Composer Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Antonio Somma
Conductor James Levine
Production David Alden
Set Designer Paul Steinberg
Costume Designer Brigitte Reiffenstuel
Lighting Designer Adam Silverman
Choreographer Maxine Braham
Amelia Sondra Radvanovsky
Oscar Heidi Stober
Ulrica Arvidsson Dolora Zajick
Gustavo III Piotr Beczala
Count Anckarström Dmitri Hvorostovsky/Alexey Markov
April 23, 28, May 2 mat, 6, 9
Production a gift of the Betsy and Edward Cohen/Areté Foundation Fund for New Productions and Revivals, and Daisy and Paul Soros
Additional funding from The Gilbert S. Kahn & John H. Noffo Kahn Foundation,
and Mr. and Mrs. William R. Miller
Revival a gift of the Metropolitan Opera Club
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA
Season Premiere November 18, 2014
Composer Gioachino Rossini
Libretto by Cesare Sterbini
Conductor Michele Mariotti
Production Bartlett Sher
Set Designer Michael Yeargan
Costume Designer Catherine Zuber
Lighting Designer Christopher Akerlind
Rosina Isabel Leonard
Count Almaviva Lawrence Brownlee
Figaro Christopher Maltman
Dr. Bartolo Maurizio Muraro
Don Basilio Paata Burchuladze
November 18, 22 mat, 26, 29, December 3, 6 mat
Production a gift of The Sybil B. Harrington Endowment Fund
Revival a gift of Rolex
LA BOHÈME
Season Premiere September 23, 2014
Composer Giacomo Puccini
Libretto Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
Conductor Riccardo Frizza
Production Franco Zeffirelli
Set Designer Franco Zeffirelli
Costume Designer Peter J. Hall
Lighting Designer Gil Wechsler
Mimì Ekaterina Scherbachenko/Kristine Opolais/Angela Gheorghiu
Musetta Myrtò Papatanasiu*/Susanna Phillips/Sonya Yoncheva
Rodolfo Bryan Hymel/Ramón Vargas/TBA
Marcello Quinn Kelsey/Luca Salsi/Mariusz Kwiecien
Schaunard Alexey Lavrov/Alessio Arduini*
Colline David Soar/Matthew Rose/Oren Gradus
Benoit/Alcindoro Donald Maxwell/John Del Carlo
September 23, 26, 29, October 4, November 14, 20, 24, 28, December 1, 5, 10, 13,
January 15, 19, 24 mat
Production a gift of Mrs. Donald D. Harrington
CARMEN
Season Premiere September 30, 2014
Composer Georges Bizet
Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy
Conductor Pablo Heras-Casado/Louis Langrée
Production Richard Eyre
Set & Costume Designer Rob Howell
Lighting Designer Peter Mumford
Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon
Micaëla Anita Hartig/Hei-Kyung Hong/Ailyn Pérez*
Carmen Anita Rachvelishvili/Elīna Garanča
Don José Aleksandrs Antonenko/Roberto Alagna/Jonas Kaufmann
Escamillo Massimo Cavalletti/Ildar Abdrazakov/Gábor Bretz*
September 30, October 4 mat, 9, 13, 17, 23, 28, November 1 mat, February 6, 9, 13, 19, 23, 26,
March 4, 7 mat
Production a gift of Mrs. Paul Desmarais Sr.
Revival a gift of Rolex
LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN
Season Premiere January 12, 2015
Composer Jacques Offenbach
Libretto Jules Barbier and Michel Carré
Conductor Yves Abel/James Levine
Production Bartlett Sher
Set Designer Michael Yeargan
Costume Designer Catherine Zuber
Lighting Designer James F. Ingalls
Choreographer Dou Dou Huang
Olympia Hibla Gerzmava/Audrey Luna
Antonia/Stella Hibla Gerzmava/Susanna Phillips
Giulietta Hibla Gerzmava/Elena Maximova
Nicklausse/The Muse Kate Lindsey/Karine Deshayes/Jennifer Johnson Cano
Hoffmann Vittorio Grigolo/Matthew Polenzani
Four Villains Thomas Hampson/Laurent Naouri
January 12, 16, 22, 27, 31 mat, February 5, 28, March 5, 11, 14, 18, 21
Production a gift of the Hermione Foundation, Laura Sloate, Trustee;
and the Gramma Fisher Foundation, Marshalltown, Iowa
Additional funding from the Estate of Helen F. Kelbert, and Mr. and Mrs. William R. Miller
DON CARLO
Season Premiere March 30, 2015
Co-production of the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, and the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet
Composer Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Camille du Locle and Joseph Méry, translated by Achille de Lauzières
Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Production Nicholas Hytner
Set & Costume Designer Bob Crowley
Lighting Designer Mark Henderson
Elisabeth de Valois Barbara Frittoli/Lianna Haroutounian*
Princess Eboli Ekaterina Gubanova/Nadia Krasteva*
Don Carlo Yonghoon Lee/Ricardo Tamura
Rodrigo, Count of Posa Simon Keenlyside
Philip II Ferruccio Furlanetto
Grand Inquisitor James Morris
March 30, April 2, 6, 11 mat, 15, 18 mat, 22, 25
Production a gift of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Miller
DON GIOVANNI
Season Premiere February 4, 2015
Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte
Conductor Alan Gilbert
Production Michael Grandage
Set and Costume Designer Christopher Oram
Lighting Designer Paule Constable
Choreographer Ben Wright
Donna Anna Elza van den Heever
Donna Elvira Emma Bell/Jennifer Check
Zerlina Kate Lindsey
Don Ottavio Dmitry Korchak*
Don Giovanni Peter Mattei
Leporello Luca Pisaroni
Masetto Adam Plachetka*
Commendatore James Morris/Ievgen Orlov
February 4, 7 mat, 11, 14, 17, 21 mat, 24, 27, March 2, 6
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
ERNANI
Season Premiere March 20, 2014
Composer Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
Conductor James Levine/TBA
Production Pier Luigi Samaritani
Set Designer Pier Luigi Samaritani
Costume Designer Peter J. Hall
Lighting Designer Gil Wechsler
Elvira Angela Meade
Ernani Francesco Meli/Luc Robert*
Don Carlo Plácido Domingo
De Silva Dmitry Belosselskiy
March 20, 23, 26, 31, April 4 mat, 8, 11
Production a gift of the Gramma Fisher Foundation, Marshalltown, Iowa
HANSEL AND GRETEL
Season Premiere December 18, 2014
Holiday Presentation/Sung in English
Originally created for Welsh National Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago
Composer Engelbert Humperdinck
Libretto by Adelheid Wette
Translation David Pountney
Conductor Andrew Davis
Production Richard Jones
Set & Costume Designer John Macfarlane
Lighting Designed by Jennifer Tipton
Choreographer Linda Dobell
Gretel Christine Schäfer/Andriana Chuchman
Hansel Christine Rice*/Jennifer Johnson Cano
Gertrude Michaela Martens
The Witch Robert Brubaker
Peter Dwayne Croft
December 18, 23 mat, 27, 30 mat, January 1, 3 mat, 8
Production a gift of the Gramma Fisher Foundation, Marshalltown, Iowa; and Karen and Kevin Kennedy
Additional funding from Dr. Coco Lazaroff, and Joan Taub Ades and Alan M. Ades
LADY MACBETH OF MTSENSK
Season Premiere November 10, 2014
Composer Dmitri Shostakovich
Libretto by Alexander Prei
Conductor James Conlon
Production Graham Vick
Set & Costume Designer Paul Brown
Lighting Designer Nick Chelton
Choreographer Ron Howell
Katerina Ismailova Eva-Maria Westbroek
Sergei Brandon Jovanovich/Frank van Aken
Zinovy Ismailov Raymond Very
Boris Ismailov Anatoli Kotscherga
November 10, 13, 17, 21, 25, 29 mat
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
Season Premiere March 16, 2015
Composer Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto Salvadore Cammarano
Conductor Maurizio Benini
Production Mary Zimmerman
Set Designer Daniel Ostling
Costume Designer Mara Blumenfeld
Lighting Designer T.J. Gerckens
Choreographer Daniel Pelzig
Lucia Albina Shagimuratova
Edgardo Joseph Calleja
Enrico Fabio Capitanucci
Raimondo Alastair Miles/Oren Gradus
March 16, 19, 24, 28 mat, April 1, 4, 7, 10
Production a gift of The Sybil B. Harrington Endowment Fund
MACBETH
Season Premiere September 24, 2014
Composer Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
Conductor Fabio Luisi
Production Adrian Noble
Set & Costume Designer Mark Thompson
Lighting Designer Jean Kalman
Choreographer Sue Lefton
Lady Macbeth Anna Netrebko
Macduff Joseph Calleja
Macbeth Željko Lučić
Banquo René Pape
September 24, 27 mat, October 3, 8, 11 mat, 15, 18
Production a gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Montrone
Additional funding from Mr. and Mrs. William R. Miller; Hermione Foundation, Laura Sloate, Trustee; and The Gilbert S. Kahn & John J. Noffo Kahn Endowment Fund
Manon
Season Premiere March 9, 2015
Co-production of the Metropolitan Opera; the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London; Teatro alla Scala, Milan; and Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse.
Composer Jules Massenet
Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille
Conductor Emmanuel Villaume
Production Laurent Pelly
Set Designer Chantal Thomas
Costume Designer Laurent Pelly
Lighting Designer Joël Adam
Choreographer Lionel Hoche
Manon Diana Damrau
Chevalier des Grieux Vittorio Grigolo
Lescaut Russell Braun/Michael Todd Simpson
Comte des Grieux Nicolas Testé
March 9, 12, 17, 21 mat, 25, 28
Production a gift of The Sybil B. Harrington Endowment Fund
DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG
Season Premiere December 2, 2014
Composer Richard Wagner
Libretto by Richard Wagner
Conductor James Levine
Production Otto Schenk
Set Designer Günther Schneider-Siemssen
Costume Designer Rolf Langenfass
Lighting Designer Gil Wechsler
Choreographer Carmen de Lavallade
Eva Annette Dasch
Magdalene Karen Cargill
Walther von Stolzing Johan Botha
David Paul Appleby
Hans Sachs Johan Reuter
Beckmesser Johannes Martin Kränzle*
Pogner Hans-Peter König
Nightwatchman Matthew Rose
December 2, 6, 9, 13 mat, 17, 20, 23
Production a gift of Mrs. Donald D. Harrington
Revival a gift of Mr. and Mrs. Corbin R. Miller, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Scribner III
THE RAKE’S PROGRESS
Season Premiere May 1, 2015
Composer Igor Stravinsky
Libretto by Chester Kallman and W. H. Auden
Conductor James Levine
Production Jonathan Miller
Set Designer Peter J. Davison
Costume Designer Judy Levin
Lighting Designed by Jennifer Tipton
Anne Trulove Layla Claire
Baba the Turk Stephanie Blythe
Tom Rakewell Paul Appleby
Nick Shadow Gerald Finley
Trulove Brindley Sherratt*
May 1, 4, 9 mat
Production a gift of the Edgar Foster Daniels Foundation
LA TRAVIATA
Season Premiere December 11, 2014
Original production of the Salzburger Festspiele; with thanks to Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam
Composer Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
Conductor Marco Armiliato
Production Willy Decker
Set & Costume Designer Wolfgang Gussmann
Lighting Designer Hans Toelstede
Choreographer Athol Farmer
Violetta Valéry Marina Rebeka/Marina Poplavskaya
Alfredo Germont Stephen Costello/Francesco Demuro*
Giorgio Germont Ludovic Tézier
December 11, 16, 19, 22, 27 mat, 30, January 7, 10, 14, 17, 21, 24
Production a gift of Karen and Kevin Kennedy, and Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Montrone
Revival a gift of The NPD Group, Inc.
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE
Season Premiere October 6, 2014
Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto Emanuel Schikaneder
Conductor Adam Fischer
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 Pretty Yende/Miah Persson
Queen of the Night Ana Durlovski*/Kathryn Lewek
Tamino Toby Spence
Papageno Markus Werba
Speaker Ryan McKinny
Sarastro René Pape/Franz-Josef Selig
October 6, 11, 16, 21, 25 mat, 27, 31, November 3, 8 mat
Production 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
