2017-2018

New Productions
Bellini's Norma 

Dates: September 25 (Opening Night) - December 16, 2017

Production: David McVicar

Conductor: Carlo Rizzi / Joseph Colaneri

Norma: Sondra Radvanovsky / Angela Meade / Marina Rebeka

Adalgisa: Joyce DiDonato / Jamie Barton

Polllione: Joseph Calleja

Oroveso: Matthew Rose / Vazgen Gazaryan*

Clotilde: Michelle Bradley

Flavio: Adam Diegel

'Thomas Adès (music) and Tom Cairns (libretto): The Exterminating Angel'' ''' Based on Luis Buñuel's film of the same name

Dates: October 26, 2017 - November 21, 2017

Production: Tom Cairns

Conductor: Thomas Adès

Lucia de Nobile: Amanda Echalaz

Leticia Maynar: Audrey Luna

Beatriz: Sophie Bevan*

Silvia de Avila: Sally Matthews*

Meni: Mary Dunleavy

Camila: Catherine Cook

Leonora Palma: Alice Coote

Blanca Delgado: Christine Rice

Francisco de Avila: Iestyn Davies

Edmundo de Nobile: Joseph Kaiser

Raúl Yebenes: Frederick Antoun*

Alberto Roc: Rod Gilfry

Eduardo: David Portillo

Lucas: John Irvin*

Senor Russell: Kevin Burdette

Doctor Carlos Conde: John Tomlinson

Col. Alvaro Gomez: David Adam Moore*

Enrique: Ian Koziara*

Pablo: Paul Corona

Padre Sanson: Jeff Mattsey

(Co-commission & co-production with the Salzburg Festival, The Royal Danish Opera & the Royal Opera House)

Puccini's Tosca

Dates: December 31, 2017 - May 12, 2018

Production: David McVicar

Conductor: James Levine / Gareth Morrell / Bertrand de Billy

Tosca: Sonya Yoncheva / Jennifer Rowley / Anna Netrebko

Cavaradossi: Marcelo Alvarez / Vittorio Grigolo

Scarpia: Bryn Terfel / Michael Volle / Željko Lučić

Sacristan: Patrick Carfizzi

Angelotti: Christian Zaremba*

Spoletta: Brenton Ryan

Sciarrone: Christopher Job

Jailer: Richard Bernstein / Paul Corona

Mozart's Cosi fan tutte

Dates: March 15 - April 19, 2018

Director: Phelim McDermott

Conductor: David Robertson

Fiordiligi: Amanda Majeski

Dorabella: Serena Malfi

Despina: Kelli O'Hara

Ferrando: Ben Bliss

Gugliemo: Adam Plachetka

Don Alfonso: Christopher Maltman

(Co-production with English National Opera)

Massenet's Cendrillon

Dates: April 12 - May 11, 2018

Production: Laurent Pelly

Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

Cendrillon: Joyce DiDonato

Le Prince Charmant: Alice Coote

La Fee: Kathleen Kim

Noemie: Ying Fang

Dorothee: Maya Lahyani

Madame de la Haltiere: Stephanie Blythe

Pandolfe: Laurent Naouri

Le Roi: Bradley Garvin

Le Doyen de la Faculte: Petr Nekoranec

Le Surintendant des Plaisirs: David Leigh*

Le Premier Ministre: Jeongcheol Cha

Concerts
Verdi's Requiem

Dates: November 24 - December 2, 2017

Conductor: James Levine

Soprano: Krassimira Stoyanova

Mezzo-Soprano: Ekaterina Semenchuk

Tenor: Aleksandrs Antonenko

Bass: Ferruccio Furlanetto

The MET Orchestra at Carnegie Hall - 1

Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

May 18, 2018, 8 PM

Conductor: Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla

Mezzo-Soprano: Anita Rachvelishvili

Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death (orch. Shostakovich)

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4

The MET Orchestra at Carnegie Hall - 2

Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

May 30, 2018, 8 PM

Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda

Violinist: James Ehnes

Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 ("Turkish")

Mahler: Symphony No. 5

The MET Orchestra at Carnegie Hall - 3

Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

June 5, 2018, 8 PM

Conductor: James Levine

Soloist: TBA

Program to include:

Charles Wuorinen: Eros and Nemesis (World Premiere)

Brahms: Symphony No. 4

Repertory
Puccini's La Boheme

Dates: October 2, 2017 - March 10, 2018

Production: Franco Zeffirelli

Conductor: Alexander Soddy* / Marco Armiliato

Mimi: Angel Blue* / Anita Hartig / Sonya Yoncheva

Musetta: Brigitta Kele / Susanna Phillips

Rodolfo: Dmytro Popov / Jean-Francois Borras / Russell Thomas / Michael Fabiano

Marcello: Lucas Meachem / Michael Todd Simpson

Schnauard: Duncan Rock* / Javier Arrey* / Alexey Lavrov / David Pershall

Colline: David Soar / Matthew Rose

Benoit/Alcindoro: Paul Plishka

Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana / Leoncavallo's Pagliacci

Dates: January 8 - February 1, 2018

Production: David McVicar

Conductor: Nicola Luisotti

Santuzza: Ekaterina Semenchuk / Eva-Maria Westbroek

Nedda: Aleksandra Kurzak

Turiddu / Canio: Roberto Alagna

Alfio: Zeljko Lucic

Tonio: George Gagnidze

Silvio: Alessio Arduini

Lola: Rihab Chaieb

Mamma Lucia: Jane Bunnell

Beppe: Andrew Bidlack

Offenbach's Contes d'Hoffmann

Dates: September 26 - October 28, 2018

Production: Bartlett Sher

Conductor: Johannes Debus

Olympia: Erin Morley

Stella/Antonia: Anita Hartig

Giulietta: Oksana Volkova

Nicklausse: Tara Erraught* / Geraldine Chauvet

Hoffmann: Vittorio Grigolo / Yosep Kang*

The Four Villians: Laurent Naouri

The Four Servants: Christophe Mortagne

Antonia's Mother: Olesya Petrova

Nathanael / Spalanzani: Mark Schowalter?

Hermann / Schlemil: David Crawford

Luther / Crespal: Robert Pomakov

R. Strauss' Elektra

Dates: March 1 - 23, 2018

Production: Patrice Chéreau

Conductor: Yannick Nezet-Seguin / Paul Nadler

Elektra: Christine Goerke

Chrysothemis: Elza van der Heever / Allison Oakes*

Klytaemnestra: Michaela Schuster*

Aegisth: Jay Hunter Morris

Orest: Mikhail Petrenko / Dwayne Croft

Overseer: Susan Neves

Trainbearer: Andrea Hill

Serving Women: Tichina Vaughn, Maya Lahyani, Andrea Hill, Claudia Waite, Lisa Daltirus*

Guardian of Orest: Kevin Short

Servants: Scott Scully, James Courtney

Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore

Dates: January 16 - February 17, 2018

Production: Bartlett Sher

Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan*

Adina: Pretty Yende

Nemorino: Matthew Polenzani

Belcore: Davide Luciano*

Dulcamara: Ildebrando D'Archangelo

Gianneta: Ashley Emerson / Disella Larusdottir

Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel

Dates: December 18, 2017 - January 6, 2018

Production: Richard Jones

Conductor: Donald Runnicles

Hansel: Tara Erraught / Ingeborg Gillebo

Gretel: Lisette Oropesa / Maureen McKay*

Gertrude: Dolora Zajick

The Witch: Gerhard Siegel

Peter: Quinn Kelsey / Dwayne Croft

Dewfairy: Hyesang Park

Sandman: Rihab Chaieb

Verdi's Luisa Miller

Dates: March 29 - April 21, 2018

Conductor: James Levine

Luisa: Sonya Yoncheva

Federica: Olesya Petrova

Rodolfo: Piotr Bezcala

Miller: Placido Domingo / Luca Salsi

Walter: Alexander Vinogradov*

Wurm: Dmitry Belosselskiy

Laura: Rihab Chaieb

Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor

Dates: March 22 - May 10, 2018

Production: Mary Zimmermann

Conductor: Roberto Abbado

Lucia: Olga Peretyatko / Jessica Pratt / Pretty Yende

Edgardo: Vittorio Grigolo / Michael Fabiano

Enrico: Massimo Cavalletti / Luca Salsi / Quinn Kelsey

Raimondo: Vitalij Kowaljow / Alexander Vinogradov

Arturo Bucklaw: Mario Chang

Normanno: Gregory Schmidt / Eduardo Valdes

Alisa: Edyta Kulczak / Deborah Nansteel*

Puccini's Madama Butterfly 

Dates: November 2, 2017 - March 16, 2018

Production: Anthony Minghella

Conductor: Jader Bignamini* / Marco Armiliato

Cio-Cio-San: Hui He / Ermonela Jaho

Suzuki: Maria Zifchak

Pinkerton: Roberto Aronica / Luis Chapa*

Sharpless: David Bizic / Dwayne Croft / Roberto Frontali

Kate Pinkerton: Avery Amereau / Edyta Kulczak

Goro: Tony Stevenson

Yamadori: Hyung Yun / Kidon Choi*

Bonze: Robert Pomakov / Stefan Szkafarowsky

Imperial Commissioner: Bradley Garvin / Paul Corona

Lehar's The Merry Widow

Dates: December 14, 2017 - January 11, 2018

Production: Susan Stroman

Conductor: Ward Stare*

Hanna Glawari: Susan Graham

Valencienne: Andriana Chuchman

Danilo: Paul Groves

Camille: David Portillo / Taylor Stayton

Baron Mirko Zeta: Thomas Allen

Sylviane: Clarissa Lyons

Olga: Cassandra Zoe Velasco

Prascowia: Margaret Lattimore

Raoul St Brioche: Victor Ryan Robertson*

Bogdanowitsch: Mark Schowalter?

Vicomte Cascada: Jeff Mattsey

Pritschitsch: Gary Simpson

Kromow: Daniel Mobbs

Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro

Dates: December 16, 2017 - January 19, 2018

Production: Richard Eyre

Conductor: Harry Bicket

Countess Almaviva: Rachel Willis-Sorensen / Ailyn Perez / Caitlin Lynch

Susanna: Christiane Karg* / Nadine Sierra

Cherubino: Serena Malfi / Isabel Leonard

Figaro: Adam Plachetka / Ildar Abdrazakov

Count Almaviva: Luca Pisaroni / Mariusz Kwiecien

Bartolo: Maurizio Muraro / Valeriano Lanchas

Marcellina: Katarina Leoson / Mary Ann MacCormick

Barbarina: Hyesang Park / Ashley Emerson

Basilio: Greg Fedderly / Robert McPherson

Curzio: Scott Scully

Antonio: Paul Corona

Wagner's Parsifal

Dates: February 5 -27, 2018

Production: Francois Girard

Conductor: Yannick Nezet-Seguin / John Keenan

Klingsor: Evgeny Nikitin

Amfortas: Peter Mattei

Gurnemanz: Rene Pape

Parsifal: Klaus Florian Vogt

Kundry: Evelyn Herlitzius*

Titurel: Alfred Walker

Esquires: Ashley Emerson, Sarah Larsen, Petr Nekoranec*, Ian Koziara

Knights: Mark Schowalter?, Richard Bernstein

Voice: Karolina Pilou

Flowermaidens: Ashley Emerson, Deanna Breiwick, Haeran Hong, Disella Larusdottir, Renee Tatum, Augusta Caso*

Gounod's Romeo et Juliette

Dates: April 23 - May 12, 2018

Production: Bartlett Sher

Conductor: Placido Domingo

Juliette: Ailyn Pérez

Stephano: Karine Deshayes

Gertrude: Maria Zifchak

Romeo: Bryan Hymel

Tybalt: Bogdan Volkov*

Mercutio: Joshua Hopkins

Paris: Bradley Garvin

Capulet: Dwayne Croft

Frere Laurent: Kwangchul Youn

Benvolio: Tony Stevenson

Gregorio: Jeongcheol Cha

Duke of Verona: Oren Gradus

Rossini's Semiramide

Dates: February 19 - March 17, 2018

Conductor: Maurizio Benini

Semiramide: Angela Meade

Arsace: Elizabeth DeShong

Idreno: Javier Camarena

Assur: Ildar Abdrazakov

Oroe: Ryan Speedo Green

Mitrane: Kang Wang

Ghost of Nino: Jeremy Galyon

Azema: Sarah Shafer*

Massenet's Thais

Dates: November 11 - December 2, 2017

Conductor: Emmanuel Villaume

Thais: Ailyn Pérez

Nicias: Jean-Francois Borras

Athanael: Gerald Finley

Palemon: David Pittsinger

La Charmeuse: Deanna Breiwick*

Crobyle: France Bellemare*

Myrtale: Megan Marino

Albine: Sara Couden

Guard: Jeongcheol Cha

Verdi's Il Trovatore 

Dates: January 22 - February 15, 2018

Production: David McVicar

Conductor: James Levine

Leonora: Maria Agresta

Azucena: Anita Rachvelishvili / Elena Manistina

Manrico: Yonghoon Lee

Count Di Luna: Quinn Kelsey / Luca Salsi

Ferrando: Štefan Kocán / Kwangchul Youn

Ruiz: Eduardo Valdes

Ines: Sarah Mesko

Puccini's Turandot

Dates: October 12, 2017 - April 5, 2018

Production: Franco Zeffirelli

Conductor: Carlo Rizzi / Marco Armiliato

Turandot: Oksana Dyka / Martina Serafin

Liu: Maria Agresta / Hei-Kyung Hong / Guanqun Yu

Calaf: Marcelo Álvarez

Timur: James Morris / Giorgi Kirof* / Alexander Tsymbalyuk

Ping: Alexey Levrov

Pang: Tony Stevenson

Pong: Eduardo Valdes

Altoum: Ronald Naldi

Mandarin: Patrick Carfizzi / Jeongcheol Cha

Mozart's Die Zauberflote

Dates: September 7 - October 14, 2017

Production: Julie Taymor

Pamina: Golda Schultz*

Queen of the Night: Kathryn Lewek

Papagena: Ashley Emerson

Ladies: Wendy Bryn Harmer, Sarah Mesko, Tamara Mumford

Tamino: Charles Castronovo

Monostatos: Greg Fedderly

Papageno: Markus Werba

Speaker: Christian Van Horn

Sarastro: Tobias Kehrer / René Pape

Armed Men: Richard Cox, Richard Bernstein

Priests: Paul Corona, Scott Scully