2018-2019

New Productions
Saint-Saëns' Samson et Dalila (Opening Night) Production: Darko Tresniak

Samson: Roberto Alagna/ALeksandrs Antonenko/Kristian Benedikt* [1 ]

Dalila: Elina Garanca/Anita Rachvelishvili

High Priest: Laurent Naouri

Abimelech: Elchin Azizov/Tomasz Konieczny

Old Hebrew: Dmitry Belosselskiy/Gunther Groissbock

Messenger: Mark Schowalter/Scott Scully

Philistines: Tony Stevenson/Eduardo Valdes, Bradley Garvin/Jeongcheol Cha

Conductor: Mark Elder

(The coproduction by Michieletto with the Opéra National de Paris has been cancelled )

Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur

Production: David McVicar

Adriana: Anna Netrebko/Jennifer Rowley

Princess de Bouillon: Anita Rachvelishvili

Maurizio: Piotr Beczala

Michonnet: Ambrogio Maestri

Prince de Bouillon: Maurizio Muraro

Mlle Jouvenot: Sunny Joy Miller*

Mlle Dangeville: Samantha Hankey

Abbe: Carlo Bosi

Poisson: Tony Stevenson

Quinault: Patrick Carfizzi

Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda

Nico Muhly's Marnie 

Production: Michael Mayer

Margaret "Marnie" Edgar: Isabel Leonard

Mrs. Rutland: Janis Kelly

Marnie's Mother: Denyce Graves

Lucy: Jane Bunnell

Laura Fleet: Ashley Emerson

Dawn: Stacey Tappan*

Soprano Shadow Marnies: Deanna Breiwick, Disella Larusdottir

Mezzo Shadow Marnies: Rebecca Ringle Kamarei, Peabody Southwell*

Terry: Iestyn Davies

Mr. Strutt: Anthony Dean Griffey

Derek: Ian Koziara

Mark Rutland: Christopher Maltman

Malcolm Fleet: Will Liverman*

Dr. Roman: James Courtney

Conductor: Robert Spano*

Co-production with the English National Opera

Verdi's La Traviata

Production: Michael Mayer

Date: November and December

Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin/Nicola Luisotti

Violetta: Diana Damrau/Anita Hartig

Alfredo: Juan Diego Florez/Stephen Costello

Germont: Quinn Kelsey/Artur Rucinski/Placido Domingo

Flora Bervoix: Kirstin Chavez

Annina: Maria Zifcahk/Jane Bunnell

Gastone: Scott Scully

Baron Douphol: Dwayne Croft

Marquis d'Obigny: Jeongcheol Cha

Dr. Grenvil: Paul Corona/Kevin Short

Repertory
Verdi's Aida

Aida: Anna Netrebko/Tamara Wilson/Sondra Radvanovsky/Marjorie Owens

Amneris: Anita Rachvelishvili/Dolora Zajick/Olesya Petrova

Radamés: Aleksandrs Antonenko/Yonghoon Lee

Amonasro: Quinn Kelsey/Roberto Frontali

Ramfis: Dmitry Belosselskiy/Vitalij Kowaljow/Stefan Kocan

King of Egypt: Ryan Speedo Green/Soloman Howard

Priestess: Gabriella Reyes de Ramirez*/Leah Hawkins

Messenger: Arseny Yakovlev*

Conductor: Nicola Luisotti/Placido Domingo

Puccini's  La Boheme 

Mimi: Nicole Car*/Ailyn Pérez

Musetta: Angel Blue/Susanna Phillips

Rodolfo: Vittorio Grigolo/Michael Fabiano

Marcello: Etienne Dupuis*/Simone Piazzola*

Schaunard: David Luciano/Javier Arrey/Duncan Rock

Colline: Matthew Rose/Christian Van Horn

Benoit/Alcindoro: Donald Maxwell

Conductor: James Gaffigan*

Bizet's Carmen 

Carmen: Clementine Margaine

Micaela: Guanqun Yu/Aleksandra Kurzak/Susanna Phillips

Frasquita: Sydney Mancasola*/Danielle Talamantes

Mercedes: Sarah Mesko/Samantha Hankey

Don Jose: Yonghoon Lee/Roberto Alagna

Escamillo: Kyle Ketelsen/Alexander Vongradov/Michael Todd Simpson

Remendado: Scott Scully/Eduardo Valdes

Dancaire: Jeongcheol Cha

Morales: Alexey Lavrov/Adrian Timpau

Zuniga: Raymond Aceto/Richard Bernstein

Conductor: Omar Meir Wellber*/Louis Langree

Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito  

Vitellia: Elza van den Heever

Servilia: Ying Fang

Sesto: Joyce DiDonato

Annio: Paula Murrihy

Tito: Matthew Polenzani

Publio: Christian Van Horn

Conductor: Lothar Koenigs

Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmélites

Blanche de la Force: Isabel Leonard

Soeur Constance: Erin Morley

Madame Lidoine: Adrianne Pieczonka

Mere Marie: Karen Cargill

Madame de Croissy: Karita Mattila

Soeur Mathilde: Emily D'Angelo*

Mere Jeanne: Tichina Vaughn

Chevalier de la Force: David Portillo

Marquis de la Force: Dwayne Croft

Chaplain: Mark Schowalter

Thierry: Eduardo Valdes

Javelinot: Paul Corona

Commissioners: Scott Scully, Richard Bernstein

Jailer: Patrick Carfizzi/Jeongcheol Cha

Conductor: Yannick Nezet-Seguin

Mozart's Don Giovanni

Donna Anna: Rachel Willis-Sorenson/Jennifer Check/Guanqun Yu

Donna Elvira: Federica Lombardi*/Susanna Phillips

Zerlina: Aida Garifullina*/Rihab Chiaeb/Serena Malfi

Don Ottavio: Stanislas de Barbeyrac*/Pavol Breslik/Paul Appleby

Don Giovanni: Luca Pisaroni/Peter Mattei

Leporello: Ildar Abdrazakov/Adam Plachetka

Masetto: Brandon Cedel/Peixin Chen*/Kihwan Sim

Commendatore: Stefan Kocan/Dmitry Belosselskiy

Conductor: Cornelius Meister*

Verdi's  Falstaff 

Alice Ford: Ailyn Perez/Helena Dix*

Nannetta: Golda Schultz

Meg Page: Jennifer Johnson Cano

Mistress Quickly: Marie-Nicole Lemieux

Fenton: Francesco Demuro

Ford: Juan Jesus Rodriguez

Falstaff: Ambrogio Maestri

Caius: Tony Stevenson

Bardolfo: Keith Jameson

Pistola: Richard Bernstein

Conductor: Richard Farnes*

Puccini's La Fanciulla del West (Sept-Oct. 27)

Minnie: Eva Maria Westbroek

Wowkle: Mary Ann McCormick

Dick Johnson: Yusif Eyvazov/Jonas Kaufmann

Jack Rance: Zeljko Lucic

Joe: Scott Scully

Bello: Richard Bernstein

Harry: Alok Kumar*

Happy: Joseph Barron

Sid: Jeongcheol Cha

Sonora: Michael Todd Simpson

Trin: Eduardo Valdes

Jim Larkens: Adrian Timpau*

Jake Wallace: Oren Gradus

Ashby: Matthew Rose

Post Rider: Ian Koziara

Jose Castro: Kidon Choi

Billy Jackrabbit: Philip Cokorinos

Conductor: Marco Armiliato

Donizetti's La Fille du Régiment

Tonio: Javier Camarena

Marie: Pretty Yende

Marquise de Berkenfeld: Stephanie Blythe

Sulpice: Alessandro Corbelli/Maurizio Muraro

Hortensius: Paul Corona

Conductor: Enrique Mazzola

Tchaikovsky's Iolanta / Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle

Iolanta: Sonya Yoncheva

Brigitta: Ashley Emerson

Laura: Megan Marino

Marta: Larissa Diadkova

Vaudemont: Matthew Polenzani

Robert: Alexey Markov/Lucas Meachem

Ibn-Hakia: Elchin Azizov

King Rene: Vitalij Kowaljow/Alexander Roslavets*

Almeric: ?

Bertrand: Harold Wilson

Judith: Angela Denoke

Bluebeard: Gerald Finley

Conductor: Henrik Nanasi*

Mozart's The Magic Flute Pamina: Erin Morley/Sydney Mancasola

Queen of the Night: Kathryn Lewek/So Young Park

Papagena: Ashley Emerson

First Lady: Amy Shoremount-Obra/Gabriella Reyes de Ramirez Second Lady: Mary Ann McCormick/Emily D'Angelo

Third Lady: Maria Zifchak

Tamino: Ben Bliss

Monostatos: Brenton Ryan/Mark Schowalter

Papageno: Nathan Gunn/Duncan Rock

Speaker: Alfred Walker

Sarastro: Morris Robinson/Peixin Chen

Armed Men: Ian Koziara, Richard Bernstein

Priests: Bradley Garvin, Brian Michael Moore

Conductor: Harry Bicket

Boito's Mefistofele

Margherita: Angela Meade

Elena: Jennifer Check

Pantalis: Samantha Hankey*

Marta: ?

Faust: Michael Fabiano

Mefistofele: Christian Van Horn

Wagner: Raul Melo

Nereo: Eduardo Valdes

Conductor: Carlo Rizzi/Joseph Colaneri

(I Lombardi canceled or postponed)

Verdi's Otello

Desdemona: Sonya Yoncheva/Julianna DiGiacomo

Emilia: Jennifer Johnson Cano

Otello: Stuart Skelton

Cassio: Alexey Dolgov

Iago: Željko Lučić

Lodovico: James Morris

Roderigo: Chad Shelton

Montano: Jeff Mattsey

Herald: Kidon Choi

Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel*

Bizet's Les pêcheurs de perles

Nadir: Javier Camarena

Leila: Pretty Yende/Amanda Woodbury

Zurga: Mariusz Kwiecien

Nourabad: Nicolas Teste/Raymond Aceto

Conductor: Emmanuel Villaume

Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande

Melisande: Isabel Leonard

Genevieve: Marie-Nicole Lemieux*

Pelleas: Paul Appleby

Golaud: Kyle Ketelsen

Arkel:  Ferruccio Furlanetto

Physician: Paul Corona

Shepherd: Jeremy Galyon

Conductor: Yannick Nezet-Seguin/Derrick Inouye

Verdi's Rigoletto

Rigoletto: George Gadnidze/Roberto Frontali

Gilda: Nadine Sierra/Rosa Feola*

Maddalena: Ramona Zaharia*

Countess Ceprano: Samantha Henkey

Giovanna: Jennifer Roderer/Edyta Kulczak

Duke of Mantua: Vittorio Grigolo/Bryan Hymel

Monterone: Robert Pomakov/Stefan Szkafarowsky

Sparafucile: Dmitri Ivashchenko/Stefan Kocan

Borsa: Eduardo Valdes/Scott Scully

Marullo: Jeongcheol Cha

Count Ceprano: Paul Corona

Conductor: Nicola Luisotti

Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen

Conductor: Philippe Jordan

Brunnhilde: Christine Goerke

Sieglinde: Eva-Maria Westbroek

Freia/Ortlinde/Third Norn: Wendy Bryn Harmer

Forest Bird: Erin Morley

Gutrune: Edith Haller*

Fricka: Jamie Barton

Erda: Karen Cargill

Waltraute (G): Sarah Connolly

Woglinde: Amanda Woodbury

Wellgunde: Samantha Hankey

Flosshilde: Tamara Mumford

First Norn/Schwertleite: Ronnita Miller

Second Norn: Elizabeth Bishop

Gerhilde: Kelly Cae Hogan

Grimgerde: Maya Lahyani

Helmwige: Jessica Faselt

Rossweisse: Mary Phillips

Siegrune: Eve Gigliotti

Waltraute (W): Renee Tatum

Loge: Norbert Ernst*

Mime: Gerhard Siegel

Froh: Adam Diegel

Siegmund: Stuart Skelton

Siegfried: Stefan Vinke*/Andreas Schager*

Wotan/Wanderer: Greer Grimsley/Michael Volle

Alberich: Tomasz Konieczny*

Donner: Michael Todd Simpson

Fasolt/Hunding: Gunther Groissbock

Fafner: Dmitry Belosselskiy

Gunther: Evgeny Nikitin

Hagen: Eric Owens

Puccini's  Tosca 

Tosca: Sondra Radvanovsky/Jennifer Rowley

Cavaradossi: Joseph Calleja

Scarpia: Wolfgang Koch*/Claudio Sgura*

Sacristan: Patrick Carfizzi/Philip Cokorinos

Spoletta: Brenton Ryan/Tony Stevenson

Sciarrone: Christopher Job/Bradley Garvin

Angelotti: Oren Gradus

Jailer: Paul Corona

Conductor: Carlo Rizzi

Puccini's Il Trittico (November 2018)

Giorgetta: Amber Wagner/Tatiana Melnychenko

Suor Angelica: Kristine Opolais/Elena Stikhina*

Lauretta: Kristine Mkhitaryan*

Female Young Lover(IT): Ashley Emerson

Genovieffa (SA): Maureen McKay

Dolcina (SA): Sharon Azireli*

Nella (GS): Gabriella Reyes de Ramirez

Frugola/Principessa/Zita: Stephanie Blythe

Monitor (SA): Mary Ann McCormick

Abbess(SA)/Ciesca(GS): Lindsay Ammann

Mistress of Novices: Jane Shaulis

Nursing Sister: Megan Marino

Lay Sisters: Stacey Tappan, Edyta Kulczak

Novices: Jessica Faselt*, Sandra Piques Eddy

Alms Collectors: Leah Hawkins*, Cassandra Zoe Velasco

Luigi: Marcelo Alvarez

Rinuccio: Atalla Ayan

Michele: George Gagnidze/Lucio Gallo

Gianni Schicchi: Plácido Domingo

Song Seller (IT):: Brian Michael Moore*

Male Young Lover: Yi Li*

Tinca(IT)/Gherardo(GS): Tony Stevenson

Talpa(IT)/Simone(GS): Maurizio Muraro

Betto: Patrick Carfzzi

Marco: Jeff Mattsey

Spinelloccio: Kevin Burdette

Amantio: Philip Cokorinos

Pinellino: Scott Conner

Guccio: Christian Zaremba Conductor: Bertrand de Billy