Changes: 2015-2016

Revision as of 17:14, 9 September 2014

New Productions

Verdi's Otello (Opening Night)
Conductor: Yannick Nezet-Seguin
Production: Bart Sher
Designer: Catherine Zuber (costumes)
Otello: Aleksandrs Antonenko
Desdemona: Hibla Gerzmava / Sonya Yoncheva / Angela Meade (?)
Iago: Zeljko Lucic / Dmitri Hvorostovsky

(Note: Contrary to previous edits of David McVicar directing, Bartlett Sher is confirmed and contracted for this production)

Strauss' Elektra
Production: Patrice Chéreau
Dates: April 14 to May 7 [1]
Elektra: Nina Stemme [2]
Klytemnestra: Waltraud Meier [3]
Chrysothemis: Adrianne Pieczonka
(Co-production with the Aix-en-Provence Festival, Teatro alla Scala, Finnish National Opera, Gran Teatre del Liceu, & Berlin Staatsoper) [4]

Berg's Lulu
Production: William Kentridge
Conductor: James Levine
Lulu: Marlis Petersen
Geschwitz: Susan Graham
Alwa: Daniel Brenna
Dr. Schon / Jack the Ripper: Johan Reuter
Animal Trainer / Athlete: Martin Winkler
(Co-production with the Dutch National Opera, English National Opera, & Canadian Opera Company) [5]

Puccini's Manon Lescaut
Production: Sir Richard Eyre
Manon: Kristine Opolais
Des Grieux: Jonas Kaufmann
(Co-production with the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden) [6]

Bizet's Les Pêcheurs de Perles [The Pearl Fishers]
Production: Penny Woolcock
Nadir: Vittorio Grigolo / Matthew Polenzani (?)
(Co-production with the English National Opera) [7]

Donizetti's Roberto Devereux
Production: David McVicar (?)
Elisabetta: Sondra Radvanovsky/Angela Meade
Roberto Devereux: Matthew Polenzani

Repertoire

Donizetti's Anna Bolena
Anna Bolena: Sondra Radvanovsky

Rossini's The Barber of Seville
Holiday abridged version in English

Puccini's La Bohème
Rodolfo: Piotr Beczala
Mimi: Maria Agresta
Musetta: Marina Rebeka / Ana Maria Martinez?
Marcello: Levente Molnar / Quinn Kelsey

Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana & Leoncavallo's Pagliacci
Nedda: Barbara Frittoli
Canio: Roberto Alagna
Santuzza: Lyudmila Monastyrska

Donizetti's Don Pasquale
Ernesto: Javier Camarena
Norina: Angela Gheorghiu/Eleonora Buratto
Don Pasquale: Ambrogio Maestri

Rossini's La Donna del Lago
Malcolm: Daniela Barcellona

Donizetti's L'Elisir d’Amore
Adina: Aleksandra Kurzak
Nemorino: Vittorio Grigolo

Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Conductor: James Levine

J. Strauss's Die Fledermaus
Adele: Lucy Crowe

Puccini's Madama Butterfly
Sharpless: Artur Rucinski
Conductor: Karel Mark Chichon

Donizetti's Maria Stuarda
Maria Stuarda: Sondra Radvanovsky
Elisabetta: Elza van den Heever / Angela Meade

Boito's Mefistofele
Mefistofele: Ildar Abdrazakov

Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro

Verdi's Rigoletto
Duke of Mantua: Stephen Costello/Piotr Beczala
Gilda: Olga Peretyatko

Verdi's Simon Boccanegra
Simon: Placido Domingo
Amelia Grimaldi: Angela Gheorghiu
Gabriele: Joseph Calleja

Wagner's Tannhauser
Tannhauser: Johan Botha
Elisabeth: Eva Maria Westbroek

Puccini's Tosca
Scarpia: Bryn Terfel

Verdi's Il Trovatore
Leonora: Anna Netrebko
c. Marco Armiliato

Puccini's Turandot
Turandot: Lise Lindstrom / Christine Goerke
Calàf: Marcelo Alvarez
Liu: Leah Crocetto

@@ Line 6: / Line 6: @@
 Otello: Aleksandrs Antonenko<br />
 Desdemona: Hibla Gerzmava / Sonya Yoncheva / Angela Meade (?)<br />
-Iago: Zeljko Lucic / Dmitri Hvorostovsky
+Iago: Zeljko Lucic / Dmitri Hvorostovsky<br>
-(contrary to previous edits of David McVicar directing, Bartlett Sher is confirmed and contracted for this production)
+(Note: Contrary to previous edits of David McVicar directing, Bartlett Sher is confirmed and contracted for this production)
 '''Strauss' ''Elektra'''''<br />
@@ Line 52: / Line 52: @@
 '''Puccini's ''La Bohème'''''<br />
-Rodolfo: Piotr Beczala
+Rodolfo: Piotr Beczala<br>
 Mimi:  Maria Agresta<br />
 Musetta:  Marina Rebeka / Ana Maria Martinez?<br />
@@ Line 60: / Line 59: @@
 '''Mascagni's ''Cavalleria Rusticana'' & Leoncavallo's ''Pagliacci'''''<br />
 Nedda:  Barbara Frittoli<br />
-Canio:  Roberto Alagna
+Canio:  Roberto Alagna<br>
 Santuzza:  Lyudmila Monastyrska
@@ Line 79: / Line 77: @@
 Conductor: James Levine
-'''J. Strauss's ''Die Fledermaus'''''
+'''J. Strauss's ''Die Fledermaus'''''<br>
 Adele:  Lucy Crowe
-'''Puccini's ''Madama Butterfly'''''
+'''Puccini's ''Madama Butterfly'''''<br>
+Sharpless:  Artur Rucinski<br>
-Sharpless:  Artur Rucinski
 Conductor:  Karel Mark Chichon
@@ Line 103: / Line 98: @@
 '''Verdi's ''Simon Boccanegra '''''<br />
-Simon: Placido Domingo
+Simon: Placido Domingo<br>
 Amelia Grimaldi: Angela Gheorghiu<br />
 Gabriele:  Joseph Calleja
@@ Line 112: / Line 106: @@
 Elisabeth:  Eva Maria Westbroek
-'''Puccini's ''Tosca'''''
+'''Puccini's ''Tosca'''''<br>
 Scarpia: Bryn Terfel