2021-2022

m = Saturday matinee performances e = Saturday evening performances s = Sunday matinee performances
 * = Met debut

New Productions
 Terence Blanchard's Fire Shut Up in My Bones  (MET PREMIERE) September 27, 2021 (Opening Night) October 1, 4, 13, 16m, 19, & 23m, 2021 Creative Team Libretto: Kasi Lemmons*, based on the book by Charles M. Blow Co-Directors: James Robinson & Camille A. Brown Scenic Designer: Allen Moyer Costume Designer: Paul Tazewell Lighting Designer: Christopher Akerlind Projection Designer: Greg Emetaz Choreographer: Camille A. Brown Cast Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin / Kazem Abdullah* Destiny/Lonliness/Greta: Angel Blue Billie: Latonia Moore Evelyn: Brittany Renee* Bertha: Cierra Byrd* Charles: Will Liverman Char’es Baby: Walter Russell III Spinner: Chauncey Packer Chicken Plucker/Adult William: Terrence Chin-Loy* Adult Nathan: Errin Duane Brooks / Steven Myles* Chester: Chris Kenney* / Benjamin Taylor* Pastor/Kaboom: Donovan Singletary Foreman/Adult James: Norman Garrett Adult Robert: Calvin Griffin* / Rocky Sellers*

''Commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera. Originally commissioned by Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, co-commissioned by Jazz Saint Louis''

 Matthew Aucoin's Eurydice  (MET PREMIERE) November 23, 27m, & 30, 2021 December 4m, 8, 11e, & 16, 2021 Creative Team Libretto: Sarah Ruhl*, adapted from her play Eurydice Production: Mary Zimmerman Scenic Designer: Daniel Ostling Costume Designer: Ana Kuzmanic Lighting Designer: T.J. Gerckens Projection Designer: S. Katy Tucker Choreographer: Denis Jones Cast Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin / Daniela Candillari* Eurydice: Erin Morley Orpheus's Double: Jakub Józef Orliński* / John Holiday* Hades: Barry Banks Orpheus: Joshua Hopkins Father: Nathan Berg Little Stone: Stacey Tappan Big Stone: Ronnita Miller Loud Stone: Chad Shelton ''A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera and LA Opera. Originally commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera/Lincoln Center Theatre New Works Program with support from the OPERA America Repertoire Development Grant''

 Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto  December 31, 2021 January 4, 7, 11, 15e, 19, 22e, 25, & 29m, 2022 May 28e, 2022 June 1, 4e, 8, & 11e, 2022 Creative Team Production: Bartlett Sher Scenic Designer: Michael Yeargan Costume Designer: Catherine Zuber Lighting Designer: Donald Holder Cast Conductor: Daniele Rustioni / Karen Kamensek Gilda: Rosa Feola / Andriana Chuchman / Erin Morley Maddalena: Varduhi Abrahamyan* / Yulia Matochkina* Countess Ceprano: Sylvia D'Eramo* / Chanae Curtis Giovanna: Eve Gigliotti / Edyta Kulczak The Duke of Mantua: Piotr Beczała / Stephen Costello Rigoletto: Quinn Kelsey / Michael Chioldi Monterone: Craig Colclough Sparafucile: Andrea Mastroni / Ante Jerkunica* Borsa: Scott Scully Marullo: Jeongcheol Cha Count Ceprano: Christopher Job

 Giuseppe Verdi's Don Carlos   (FRENCH VERSION) February 28, 2022 March 3, 6s, 10, 13s, 18, 22, & 26m, 2022 Creative Team Production: Sir David McVicar Scenic Designer: Charles Edwards Costume Designer: Brigitte Reiffenstuel Lighting Designer: Adam Silverman Movement Director: Leah Hausman Cast Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin / Patrick Furrer Élisabeth de Valois: Sonya Yoncheva Eboli: Jamie Barton Thibault: Meigui Zhang La Voix Celeste: Amanda Woodbury Don Carlos: Matthew Polenzani Rodrigue: Étienne Dupuis Philippe II: Eric Owens / Matthew Rose Grand Inquisitor: John Relyea Friar: Matthew Rose / Matthew Anchel Herald: Eric Ferring Comte Lerme: Joo Won Kang Flemish Deputies: Vyadyslav Buialskyi*, Msimilelo Mbali, Samson Setu*, Paul Corona, Jeongcheol Cha, Christopher Job

 Gaetano Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor  April 23e, 26, & 29, 2022 May 2, 6, 10, 14m, 17, & 21m, 2022 Creative Team Production: Simon Stone* Scenic Designer: Lizzie Clachan Costume Designer: Alice Babidge Lighting Designer: James Farncombe Cast Conductor: Riccardo Frizza Lucia: Nadine Sierra Alisa: Deborah Nansteel Edgardo: Javier Camarena Enrico: Artur Ruciński Raimondo: Matthew Rose / Christian Van Horn Arturo: Eric Ferring Normanno: Alok Kumar

 Brett Dean's Hamlet  (MET PREMIERE) May 13, 18, 21e, 26, & 31, 2022 June 4m & 9, 2022 Creative Team Libretto: Matthew Jocelyn*, adapted from Shakespeare's play Hamlet Production: Neil Armfield* Scenic Designer: Ralph Myers Costume Designer: Alice Babidge Lighting Designer: Jon Clark Movement Director: Denni Sayers Cast Conductor: Nicholas Carter* Claudius: Rod Gilfry Ghost/Gravedigger/Player 1: John Relyea Ophelia: Brenda Rae Gertrude: Dame Sarah Connolly / Eve Gigliotti Rosencrantz: Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen* / Daniel Moody* Guildenstern: Christopher Lowrey* / Eric Jurenas* Hamlet: Allan Clayton* Laertes: David Butt Philip Polonius: William Burden Horatio: Jacques Imbrailo* / David Adam Moore Player 2: Manase Latu* / Dylan Morrongiello Player 3: Chad Shelton Marcellus/Player 4: Justin Austin* Pit Octet: Monica Dewey*, Ashley Milanese* / Chanae Curtis, Tesia Kwarteng*, Megan Moore*, John Matthew Myers*, Christian Mark Gibbs / Christopher Bozeka*, Benjamin Sieverding*, Wm. Clay Thompson* A Glyndebourne production

Repertory
 Modest Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov  (ORIGINAL 1869 VERSION) September 28, 2021 October 2e, 5, 9m, 14, & 17s, 2021 Cast Conductor: Sebastian Weigle Innkeeper: Tichina Vaughan Nurse: Eve Gigliotti Xenia: Erika Baikoff* Feodor: Megan Marino Grigory: David Butt Philip* Shuisky: Maxim Paster* Shchelkalov: Aleksey Bogdanov* Boris Godunov: René Pape Pimen: Ain Anger* Varlaam: Ryan Speedo Green Missail: Brenton Ryan Holy Fool: Miles Mykkanen Boyar in Attendance: Mark Schowalter Nikitich: Richard Bernstein Mitiukha: Bradley Garvin Officer: Kevin Burdette

 Giacomo Puccini's Turandot  October 12, 16e, 21, 24s, & 29, 2021 November 2, 6e, 12, & 16, 2021 April 30e, 2022 May 3, 7m, 11, & 14s, 2022 Cast Conductor: Marco Armiliato Turandot: Christine Goerke / Liudmyla Monastyrska Liù: Gabriella Reyes / Michelle Bradley / Ermonela Jaho Calàf: Yusif Eyvazov / Yonghoon Lee Timur: James Morris / Alexander Tsymbalyuk / Ferruccio Furlanetto Ping: Hyung Yun / Alexey Lavrov Pang: Tony Stevenson Pong: Eric Ferring* Emperor Altoum: Carlo Bosi / Mark Schowalter Mandarin: Kevin Short / Javier Arrey / Jeongcheol Cha

 Richard Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg  October 26 & 30m, 2021 November 4, 7s, 11, & 14s, 2021 Cast Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano Night Watchman: Alexander Tsymbalyuk Eva: Lise Davidsen Magdalene: Claudia Mahnke* Walther von Stolzing: Klaus Florian Vogt David: Paul Appleby Hans Sachs: Michael Volle Beckmesser: Johannes Martin Kränzle Kothner: Martin Gantner Pogner: Georg Zeppenfeld Vogelgesang: Miles Mykannen Nachtigall: Mark Delavan Ortel: Bradley Garvin Zorn: Chaz'men Williams-Ali* Moser: Robert Watson* Eisslinger: Scott Scully Foltz: Richard Bernstein Schwarz: Scott Conner

 The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess  October 31s, 2021 November 3, 6m, 10, 13m, 18, 21s, 24, & 27e, 2021 December 1, 4e, 9, & 12s, 2021 Cast Conductor: David Robertson / J. David Jackson Bess: Angel Blue / Elizabeth Llewellyn Clara: Janai Brugger / Jacqueline Echols Serena: Latonia Moore/Leah Hawkins (partial) Maria: Denyce Graves / Tichina Vaughn Lily: Zoie Reams* Strawberry Woman: Amani Cole-Felder* / Leah Hawkins Sportin' Life: Frederick Ballentine Porgy: Eric Owens/Kevin Short Crown: Alfred Walker Jake: Ryan Speedo Green Mingo: Errin Duane Brooks Robbins / Crab Man: Chauncey Packer Peter: Joshua Blue* Jim: Norman Garrett Lawyer Frazier: Kenneth Overton* Undertaker: Msimilelo Mbali*

* Please Note: For Act 2, Scene 2 of the November 10th performance, Leah Hawkins (who also played the Strawberry Woman) stepped in to the role of Serena. Before that, the role was sung by the originally scheduled Latonia Moore.

''The worldwide copyrights in the works of George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin for this presentation are licensed by the Gershwin family. GERSHWIN is a registered trademark of Gershwin Enterprises. Porgy and Bess is a registered trademark of Porgy and Bess Enterprises. A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera; Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam; and English National Opera''

 Giacomo Puccini's La Bohème  November 9, 13e, 17, 20m, 26, & 29, 2021 December 3, 2021 January 9s, 13, 18, & 22m, 2022 May 16, 20, 24, & 27, 2022 Cast Conductor: Eun Sun Kim* / Carlo Rizzi Mimì: Anita Hartig / Maria Agresta / Eleonora Buratto Musetta: Federica Lombardi / Gabriella Reyes / Aleksandra Kurzak Rodolfo: Charles Castronovo / Matthew Polenzani / Stephen Costello / Russel Thomas Marcello: Artur Ruciński / Joo Won Kang* / Lucas Meachem / Quinn Kelsey Schaunard: Alexander Birch Elliott / Iurii Samoilov* Colline: Nicholas Brownlee / Ryan Speedo Green / Peter Kellner* / Nicholas Testé Benoit/Alcindoro: Donald Maxwell

 Giacomo Puccini's Tosca  December 2, 5s, 11m, 15, & 18e, 2021 January 8e, 14, 17, 21, 26, & 29e, 2022 March 2, 5e, 9, & 12e, 2022 Cast Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin / Carlo Rizzi Floria Tosca: Sondra Radvanovsky / Iulia Isaev / Elena Stikhina / Aleksandra Kurzak Mario Cavaradossi: Brian Jagde / Joseph Calleja / Roberto Alagna Scarpia: George Gagnidze / Željko Lučić Sacristan: Patrick Carfizzi Angelotti: Kevin Short / Kyle Albertson* / Lucia Lucas* Spoletta: Tony Stevenson / Brenton Ryan Sciarrone: Christopher Job / Jeongcheol Cha / Bradley Garvin Jailer: Adam Lau* / Matthew Anchel / William Guanbo Su*

 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's The Magic Flute   (HOLIDAY PRESENTATION) December 10, 14, 18m, 21, 23, 27, & 29, 2021 January 1e & 5, 2022 Cast Conductor: Jane Glover / Patrick Furrer* Pamina: Hera Hyesang Park Queen of the Night: Kathryn Lewek Tamino: Matthew Polenzani / Eric Ferring Monostatos: Rodell Rosel / David Cangelosi Papageno: Rolando Villazón / Will Liverman Speaker: Patrick Carfizzi Sarastro: Morris Robinson / Peixin Chen Papagena: Ashley Emerson / Diana Newman* First Lady: Felicia Moore* / Wendy Bryn Harmer / Jessica Faselt Second Lady: Sarah Larsen Third Lady: Daryl Freedman Armed Men: Richard Trey Smagur*, Adam Lau Priests: Ashraf Sewailam* / Matthew Burns*, Mark Schowalter / Julius Ahn

 Jules Massenet's Cinderella   (HOLIDAY PRESENTATION) December 17, 19s, 22, 24, 28, & 30, 2021 January 1m & 3, 2022 Cast Conductor: Emmanuel Villaume Fairy Godmother: Jessica Pratt / Brandie Sutton Cinderella: Isabel Leonard / Julie Boulianne Prince Charming: Emily D'Angelo / Samantha Hankey Madame de la Haltière: Stephanie Blythe / Eve Gigliotti Pandolfe: Laurent Naouri Noemie: Jacqueline Echols / Lindsay Ohse / Vanessa Becerra* (singing) / Linda Gelinas (acting) Dorothee: Maya Lahyani Dean of the Faculty: Jonah Hoskins* / Dylan Morrongiello* Master of Ceremonies (aka Surintendant des Plaisirs): Matthew Anchel* First Minister: Paul Corona / Luis Orozco* King: Michael Sumuel*

Note: For the December 28th performance, the soprano supposed to sing the role of Noemie was ill. The Met called in Soprano Vanessa Becerra to sing the role from the wings while dancer Linda Gelinas acted the role onstage.

 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro  January 8m, 12, 15m, 20, 23s, & 28 April 2e, 6, 9m, 13, 16e, & 21, 2022 Cast Conductor: Daniele Rustioni / Gareth Morrell / James Gaffigan / Nimrod David Pfeffer* Countess Almaviva: Golda Schultz / Federica Lombardi Susanna: Lucy Crowe / Ying Fang Cherubino: Isabel Leonard / Sasha Cooke Marcellina: Elizabeth Bishop Barbarina: Erika Baikoff / Meigui Zhang Count Almaviva: Adam Plachetka / Gerald Finley Figaro: Ryan McKinny / Christian Van Horn Dr. Bartolo: Maurizio Muraro Don Basilio: Giuseppe Filianoti Curzio: Tony Stevenson Antonio: Paul Corona

 Richard Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos  March 1, 5m, 8, 12m, & 17, 2022 Cast Conductor: Marek Janowski Ariadne: Lise Davidsen Zerbinetta: Brenda Rae Composer: Isabel Leonard / Olivia Vote Najade: Deanna Breiwick Echo: Maureen McKay Dryade: Tamara Mumford Bacchus: Brandon Jovanovich Harlekin: Sean Michael Plumb* Music Master: Johannes Martin Kränzle The Major-Domo: Wolfgang Brendel Brighella: Miles Mykkanen Scaramuccio: Alok Kumar Dancing Master: Brenton Ryan Truffaldino: Ryan Speedo Green Officer: Thomas J. Capobianco* Wigmaker: Philip Cokorinos Lackey: Patrick Carfizzi

 George Frideric Handel's Rodelinda  (SHORTENED VERSION) March 11, 15, 19m, 24, & 27s, 2022 Cast Conductor: Harry Bicket Rodelinda: Elza van den Heever Eduige: Sasha Cooke / Sarah Mesko Bertarido: Iestyn Davies Unulfo: Anthony Roth Costanzo Grimoaldo: Paul Appleby Garibaldo: Adam Plachetka

 Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly  (NO SECOND INTERMISSION) March 19e, 23, 26e, & 30, 2022 April 3s, 19, 22, 27, & 30m, 2022 May 4 & 7e, 2022 Cast Conductor: Alexander Soddy Cio-Cio-San: Eleonora Buratto Suzuki: Elizabeth DeShong Kate Pinkerton: Yunuet Laguna* / Edyta Kulczak / Annie Rosen Pinkerton: Brian Jagde / Viktor Antipenko* Sharpless: David Bizic Goro: Scott Scully / Matthew Grills Yamadori: Thomas Glass* / Jeongcheol Cha Imperial Commioner: Bradley Garvin / Christopher Job Bonze: Raymond Aceto A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera, English National Opera, and the Lithuanian National Opera

 Pyotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin  March 25 & 29, 2022 April 2m, 7, 10s, & 14, 2022 Cast Conductor: James Gaffigan Tatiana: Ailyn Pérez / Marjukka Tepponen* Olga: Varduhi Abrahamyan Filippyevna: Larissa Diadkova Larina: Elena Zaremba Lenski: Piotr Beczała Onegin: Igor Golovatenko Prince Gremin: Ain Anger Triquet: Tony Stevenson Captain: Vyadyslav Buialskyi Zaretsky: Richard Bernstein A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera and English National Opera

 Richard Strauss's Elektra  April 1, 5, 9e, 12, 16m, & 20, 2022 Cast Conductor: Sir Donald Runnicles Elektra: Nina Stemme / Rebecca Nash* Chrysothemis: Lise Davidsen / Wendy Bryn Harmer Klytämnestra: Michaela Schuster Aegisth: Stefan Vinke Orest: Greer Grimsley Serving Women: Tichina Vaughn, Eve Gigliotti, Krysty Swann*, Alexandria Shiner*, Hei-Kyung Hong Young Servant: Thomas J. Capobianco Old Servant: Richard Bernstein Guardian of Orest: Harold Wilson 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

 Philip Glass's Akhnaten  May 19, 22s, 25, & 28m, 2022 June 2, 5s, & 10, 2022 Cast Conductor: Karen Kamensek Queen Tye: Dísella Lárusdóttir Nefertiti: Rihab Chaieb Akhnaten: Anthony Roth Costanzo High Priest of Amon: Aaron Blake Horemhab: Will Liverman Aye: Richard Bernstein Amenhotep III: Zachary James Bekhetaten: Lindsay Ohse Meretaten: Katrina Thurman* Maketaten: Chrystal E. Williams Ankhesenpaaten: Annie Rosen Neferneferhuaten: Olivia Vote Sotopenre: Suzanne Hendrix This production was originally created by English National Opera and LA Opera, in collaboration with Improbable

 Igor Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress  May 30, 2022 June 3, 7, & 11m, 2022 Cast Conductor: Susanna Mälkki Anne Trulove: Golda Schultz Baba the Turk: Raehann Bryce-Davis* Tom Rakewell: Ben Bliss Nick Shadow: Christian van Horn Trulove: James Creswell Mother Goose: Eve Gigliotti Sellem: Tony Stevenson Keeper of the Madhouse: Paul Corona

Special Events
 Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem: The Met Remembers 9/11  September 11, 2021 Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin Soprano: Ailyn Pérez Mezzo-Soprano: Michelle DeYoung Tenor: Matthew Polenzani Bass: Eric Owens

 Kristin Chenoweth: Christmas at the Met 

December 13th, 2021

Musical Direction: Mary-Mitchell Campbell

Direction: Richard Jay-Alexander

 Sonya Yoncheva in Recital  January 23, 2022 Pianist: Malcom Martineau*

 A Concert for Ukraine 

March 14th, 2022

Program:

National Anthem of Ukraine

“Prayer for the Ukraine” by Valentin Silvestrov

Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber

“Va, pensiero” from Verdi’s Nabucco

Four Last Songs by Richard Strauss

Lise Davidsen, soprano

Finale from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Op. 125

Elza van den Heever, soprano

Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano

Piotr Beczała, tenor

Ryan Speedo Green, bass-baritone

 National Council Auditions Grand Finals Concert  May 1, 2022 Conductor: Marco Armiliato

Host and Guest Artist: Nadine Sierra

Live in HD
BORIS GODUNOV: October 9, 2021

FIRE SHUT UP IN MY BONES: October 23, 2021

EURYDICE: December 4, 2021

CINDERELLA—HOLIDAY PRESENTATION: January 1, 2022

RIGOLETTO: January 29, 2022

ARIADNE AUF NAXOS: March 12, 2022

DON CARLOS: March 26, 2022

TURANDOT: May 7, 2022

LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR: May 21, 2022

HAMLET: June 4, 2022

THE MAGIC FLUTE (Encore from December 30th, 2006): December 11th, 2021