The Metropolitan Opera announced the lineup for the 2019/2020 season. Gershwin “Porgy and Bess” is decorating the opening of the season. It is James Robinson that will handle the new production. Eric Owens and Kevin Short have been appointed to the role of Porgy, and Angel Blue and Elizabeth Llewellyn are double casted for Bess. The conductor of this performance is David Robertson.
The new production will be 5 performances including this “Porgy and Bess”. Philip Glass’s “Aknaten”, Wagner “Der fliegende Holländer”, Berg “Wozzeck”, Handel “Agrippina”. Felim McDermott, François Girard, William Kentridge, David McVicar are working on directing.
Music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin will conduct the 3 performances of “Turandot”, “Werther”, “Wozzeck”. It is topic that Simon Rattle will conduct “Der Rosenkavalier” among the guest conducters. Mrs. Rattle Magdalena Kožená sings the role of Octavian. In “Der Rosenkavalier”, Camilla Nylund will debut at MET. Michael Spyres in “La damnation de Faust”, Brenda Rae in “Agrippina”, Pavel Cernoch in “Katya Kabanova”, J’Nai Bridges in “Aknaten”, Andrea Carè in “Madama Butterfly” also to debut at MET.
Besides Kožená, Bryn Terfel in “Der fliegende Holländer”, Ana Maria Martinez in “Madama Butterfly”, Carlos Álvarez in “La Boheme” & “Simon Boccanegra”, comes back to MET. Also, it is also a topic that Placido Domingo will challenge the role of Sharpless for the first time. Domingo sings the role of Goro in Mexico as a young besides the role of Pinkerton, and the role of Sharpless is said to be the third role.
Apart from the opera performance, on the New Year’s Eve of 2019, a special gala concert will be held where Anna Netrepko sings the Puccini work heroine. Excerpts from “La Boheme”, “Tosca”, “Turandot”. Her husband Yusif Eyvazov will co-starr in a Caraf and Cavaradossi. Matthew Polenzani to Rodolfo, Quinn Kelsey to Marcello, Evgeny Nikitin appear to Scarpia. The conductor is Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Also on March 29, Diana Damrau’s recital will be held. Antonio Pappano serves piano accompaniment, and picks up Rossini, Bizet, Wagner, Richard Strauss, Berg.
Gershwin《Porgy and Bess》＝ New Production
SEP23ーOCT16.2019 / JAN8ーFEB1.2020
PRODUCTION：James Robinson
CONDUCTOR：David Robertson
Massenet《Manon》
SEP24ーOCT26.2019
PRODUCTION：Laurent Pelly
CONDUCTOR：Maurizio Benini
Verdi《Macbeth》
SEP25ーOCT12.2019
PRODUCTION：Adrian Noble
CONDUCTOR：Marco Armiliato
Puccini《Turandot》
OCT3ーOCT31.2019 / APR9ーAPR25.2020
PRODUCTION：Franco Zeffirelli
CONDUCTOR：Yannick Nézet-Séguin / Marco Armiliato / Carlo Rizzi
Puccini《Madama Butterfly》
OCT11ーNOV25.2019 / APR1ーAPR11.2020
PRODUCTION：Anthony Minghella
CONDUCTOR：Pier Giorgio Morandi
Gluck《Orfeo ed Euridice》
OCT20ーNOV10.2019
PRODUCTION：Mark Morris
CONDUCTOR：Mark Wigglesworth
Puccini《La Bohème》
OCT25-NOV21.2019 / JAN9ー25.2020 / APR29ーMAY7.2020
PRODUCTION：Franco Zeffirelli
CONDUCTOR：Emmanuel Villaume
Glass《Aknaten》＝ New Production
NOV8ーDEC7.2020
PRODUCTION：Phelim McDermott
CONDUCTOR：Karen Kamensek
Richard Strauss《Der Rosenkavalier》
NOV13.2019ーJAN4.2020
PRODUCTION：Robert Carsen
CONDUCTOR：Simon Rattle
Mozart《The Marriage of Figaro》
NOV16日ーDEC14.2019 / FEB5ーFEB22.2020
PRODUCTION：Richard Eyre
CONDUCTOR：Antonello Manacorda
Tchaikovsky《The Queen of Spades》
NOV29ーDEC21.2019
PRODUCTION：Elijah Moshinsky
CONDUCTOR：Vasily Petrenko
Mozart《Die Zauberflöte》
DEC15.2019ーJAN4.2020
PRODUCTION：Julie Taymor
CONDUCTOR：Michael Koenig
Berg《Wozzeck》＝ New Production
DEC27.2019ーJAN22.2020
PRODUCTION：William Kentridge
CONDUCTOR：Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Verdi《La traviata》
JAN10ーMAR19.2020
PRODUCTION：Michael Mayer
CONDUCTOR：Karel Mark Chichon / Bertrand de Billy
Berlioz《La damnation de Faust》
JAN25ーFEB15.2020
PRODUCTION：Robert Lepage
CONDUCTOR：Edward Gardner
Handel《Agrippina》＝ New Production
FEB6ーMAR7.2020
PRODUCTION：David McVicar
CONDUCTOR：Harry Bicket
Mozart《Così fan tutte》
FEB15ーMAR14.2020
PRODUCTION：Phelim McDermott
CONDUCTOR：Harry Bicket
Wagner《Der fliegende Holländer》＝ New Production
MAR2ーMAR27.2020
PRODUCTION：François Girard
CONDUCTOR：Valery Gergiev
Rossini《La Cenerentola》
MAR12ーAPR3.2020
PRODUCTION：Cesare Lievi
CONDUCTOR：James Gaffigan
Massenet《Werther》
MAR16ーAPR4.2020
PRODUCTION：Richard Eyre
CONDUCTOR：Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Puccini《Tosca》
MAR26ーAPR18.2020
PRODUCTION：David McVicar
CONDUCTOR：Bertrand de Billy
Verdi《Simon Boccanegra》
APR10ーAPR25.2020
PRODUCTION：Giancarlo del Monaco
CONDUCTOR：Carlo Rizzi
Donizetti《Maria Stuarda》
APR19ーMAY9.2020
PRODUCTION：David McVicar
CONDUCTOR：Maurizio Benini
Puccini《Manon Lescaut》
APR28ーMAY8.2020
PRODUCTION：Richard Eyre
CONDUCTOR：Richard Farnes
Janácek《Katya Kabanova》
MAY2ーMAY9.2020
PRODUCTION：Jonathan Miller
CONDUCTOR：Michael Koenig
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