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The Metropolitan Opera has announced the cancellation of the 2020/2021 season. Because the convergence status of the new coronavirus cannot be seen. The entire season is said to be canceled for the first time in the theater’s 140-year history. According to General Manager Peter Gelb, the loss from the new coronavirus is $ 154 million.

At the same time as the announcement of the cancellation, the Metropolitan Opera also announced the performance lineup for the 2021/2022 season. The new production is the following 6 works. Terence Blanchard’s work, “Fire Shut Up in My Bones”, which marks the beginning of the season, is the first time the theater feature a work by an African-American composer.


Terence Blanchard《Fire Shut Up in My Bones》
Sep.27, 2021 –
PRODUCTION：James Robinson　/　Camille A. Brown
CONDUCTOR：Yannick Nézet-Séguin
CAST：Will Liverman　/　Angel Blue　/　Latonia Moore

Matthew Aucoin《Eurydice》
Nov.23, 2021 –
PRODUCTION：Mary Zimmerman
CONDUCTOR：Yannick Nézet-Séguin
CAST：Erin Morley　/　Joshua Hopkins　/　Jakub Józef Orliński　/　Nathan Berg　/　Barry Banks

Verdi《Rigoletto》
Dec.31, 2021 –
PRODUCTION：Bartlett Sher
CONDUCTOR：Daniele Rustioni
CAST：Quinn Kelsey　/　Rosa Feola　/　Piotr Beczała

Verdi《Don Carlo》
Feb.28, 2022 –
PRODUCTION：David McVicar
CONDUCTOR：Yannick Nézet-Séguin
CAST：Matthew Polenzani　/　Sonya Yoncheva　/　Elīna Garanča　/　Günther Groissböck　/　John Relyea
　/　Etienne Dupuis

Donizetti《Lucia di Lammermoor》
Apr.23, 2022 –
PRODUCTION：Simon Stone
CONDUCTOR：Riccardo Frizza
CAST：Nadine Sierra　/　Javier Camarena　/　Artur Ruciński　/　Matthew Rose

Brett Dean《Hamlet》
May.13, 2022 –
PRODUCTION：Neil Armfield
CONDUCTOR：Nicholas Carter
CAST：Allan Clayton　/　Brenda Rae　/　Sarah Connolly　/　Rod Gilfry　/　John Tomlinson

Photo：Courtesy of Lincoln Center


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