METROPOLITAN OPERA, NEW YORK: NEW PRODUCTIONS AND REPERTOIRE 2011 - 2012 SEASON

2011 - 2012
26 September 2011
(12 performances, also 30 Sep, 3, 6, 10, 15, 18, 21, 24, 28 Oct, 1, 4 Feb)
ANNA BOLENA
(Gaetano Donizetti)
COMPANY PREMIÈRE
Conductor
Marco Armiliato
Production
David McVicar
Set Designer
Robert Jones
Costume Designer
Jenny Tiramani
Lighting Designer
Paule Constable
Choreographer
Andrew George
Anna Bolena (Anne Boleyn)	Giovanna (Jane Seymour)	Enrico (Henry VIII)
Anna Netrebko	Ekaterina Gubanova	Ildar Abdrazakov
Angela Meade	Katharine Goeldner
Riccardo (Lord Richard Percy)	Mark Smeaton	Lord Rochefort
Stephen Costello	Tamara Mumford	Keith Miller
Sir Hervey
Eduardo Valdes
29 November 2011
(14 performances, also 3, 6, 10, 13, 17, 20, 23, 28 Dec, 5, 9, 13, 16, 19 Jan)
FAUST
(Charles Gounod)
NEW PRODUCTION
Conductor
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Pierre Vallet
Alain Altinoglu
Production
Des McAnuff
Set Designer
Robert Brill
Costume Designer
Paul Tazewell
Lighting Designer
Peter Mumford
Choreographer
Kelly Devine
Video Designer
Sean Nieuwenhuis
Faust	Marguerite	Méphistophélès
Jonas Kaufmann	Marina Poplavskaya	René Pape
Roberto Alagna	Malin Byström	Ferruccio Furlanetto
Joseph Calleja
David Pomeroy
Valentin	Siebel	Marthe
Russell Braun	Michèle Losier	Wendy White
Brian Mulligan	Kate Lindsey	Theodora Hanslowe
George Petean
Wagner
Jonathan Beyer
13 October 2011
(17 performances, also 17, 22, 25, 29, 31 Oct, 3, 7, 11 Nov, 21, 24, 29 Feb, 3, 7, 10, 14, 17 Mar)
DON GIOVANNI
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
NEW PRODUCTION
Conductor
Fabio Luisi
Louis Langrée
Andrew Davis
Production
Michael Grandage
Designer
Christopher Oram
Lighting Designer
Paule Constable
Choreographer
Ben Wright
Don Giovanni	Donna Anna	Don Ottavio
Peter Mattei	Marina Rebeka	Ramón Vargas
Mariusz Kwiecien		Bruce Sledge
Gerald Finley		Matthew Polenzani
Donna Elvira	Leporello	Zerlina
Barbara Frittoli	Luca Pisaroni	Mojca Erdmann
Ellie Dehn	Kyle Ketelsen	Isabel Leonard
	Bryn Terfel
Masetto	Commendatore
Joshua Bloom	Stefan Kocán
Shenyang	James Morris
31 December 2011
(10 performances, also 4, 7, 12, 14, 17, 21, 25, 28, 30 Jan)
THE ENCHANTED ISLAND
(Various Composers)
(Music by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, Campra, Leclair, Purcell, Rebel, Ferrandini)
(devised and written by Jeremy Sams)
WORLD PREMIERE
Conductor
William Christie
Production
Phelim McDermott
Associate Director
Julian Crouch
Set Designer
Julian Crouch
Costume Designer
Kevin Pollard
Lighting Designer
Brian MacDevitt
Choreographer
Graciela Daniele
Prospero	Ariel	Sycorax
David Daniels	Danielle de Niese	Joyce DiDonato
Anthony Roth Costanzo
Caliban	Miranda	Helena
Luca Pisaroni	Lisette Oropesa	Layla Claire
Hermia	Demetrius	Lysander
Elizabeth DeShong	Paul Appleby	Elliot Madore
Ferdinand	Neptune	Quartet
Anthony Roth Costanzo	Plácido Domingo	Ashley Emerson, Monica Yunus
Jeffrey Mandelbaum		Philippe Castagner, Tyler Simpson
27 October 2011
(6 performances, also 1, 5 Nov, 21, 30 Apr, 9 May)
SIEGFRIED
(Richard Wagner)
NEW PRODUCTION
Conductor
Fabio Luisi
Derrick Inouye
Production
Robert Lepage
Associate Director
Neilson Vignola
Set designer
Carl Fillion
Costume designer
François St-Aubin
Lighting designer
Etienne Boucher
Video Image Artist
Pedro Pires
Siegfried	Brünnhilde	Wanderer
Jay Hunter Morris	Deborah Voigt	Bryn Terfel
Stephen Gould	Katarina Dalayman
Erda	Mime	Alberich
Patricia Bardon	Gerhard Siegel	Eric Owens
	Robert Brubaker	Richard Paul Fink
Fafner	Forest Bird
Hans-Peter König	Mojca Erdmann
	Erin Morley
27 January 2012
(8 performances, also 31 Jan, 3, 7, 11 Feb, 24 Apr, 3, 12 May)
GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG
(Richard Wagner)
NEW PRODUCTION
Conductor
Fabio Luisi
John Keenan
Production
Robert Lepage
Associate Director
Neilson Vignola
Set designer
Carl Fillion
Costume designer
François St-Aubin
Lighting designer
Etienne Boucher
Video Image Artist
Lionel Arnould
Brünnhilde	Siegfried	Gunther
Deborah Voigt	Jay Hunter Morris	Iain Paterson
Katarina Dalayman	Stephen Gould
Gutrune	Hagen	Waltraute
Wendy Bryn Harmer	Hans-Peter König	Waltraud Meier
		Karen Cargill
Alberich	First Norn	Second Norn
Eric Owens	Maria Radner	Elizabeth Bishop
Richard Paul Fink
Third Norn	Woglinde	Wellgunde
Heidi Melton	Erin Morley	Jennifer Johnson Cano
Flosshilde
Tamara Mumford
4 May 2012
(3 performances, also 10, 12 May)
BILLY BUDD
(Benjamin Britten)
Conductor
David Robertson
Production
John Dexter
Stage Director
David Kneuss
Designer
William Dudley
Lighting designer
Gil Wechsler
Billy Budd	Captain Vere	Claggart
Nathan Gunn	John Daszak	James Morris
Mr Redburn	Mr Flint	Mr Ratcliffe
Dwayne Croft	Kyle Ketelsen	Ryan McKinny
Donald	Squeak	Dansker
John Moore	Scott Scully	John Cheek
Novice	Novice's Friend	Red Whiskers
Keith Jameson	Elliot Madore	Allan Glassman
Arthur Jones	Bosun	First Mate
Mark Schowalter	Keith Miller	Jeffrey Wells
Second Mate	Maintop	Sailor
Jeremy Galyon	Tony Stevenson	Seth Malkin
Gunner's Mate	Cabin Boy	Midshipmen
Brandon Mayberry	John Albert	Yves Mervin-Leroy
		Neel Ram Nagarajan
		Joaquin Juan
		Noah Sadik
5 March 2012
(8 performances, also 9, 12, 16, 21, 24, 27, 31 Mar)
L'ELISIR D'AMORE
(Gaetano Donizetti)
Conductor
Donato Renzetti
Production
John Copley
Stage Director
Stephen Pickover
Designer
Beni Montresor
Lighting designer
Gil Wechsler
Adina	Nemorino	Belcore
Diana Damrau	Juan Diego Flórez	Mariusz Kwiecien
Dr Dulcamara	Giannetta
Alessandro Corbelli	Layla Claire
12 December 2011
(7 performances, also 15, 19, 24, 29 Dec, 2, 6 Jan)
LA FILLE DU RÉGIMENT
(Gaetano Donizetti)
Conductor
Yves Abel
Production
Laurent Pelly
Set designer
Chantal Thomas
Costume designer
Laurent Pelly
Lighting designer
Joël Adam
Choreographer
Laura Scozzi
Associate Director
Agathe Mélinand
Dialogue
Agathe Mélinand
Stage Director
Christian Räth
Marie	Tonio	Marquise of Berkenfield
Nino Machaidze	Lawrence Brownlee	Ann Murray
Sergeant Sulpice	Hortentius	Duchesse of Krakentorp
Maurizio Muraro	James Courtney	Kiri Te Kanawa
Peasant	Corporal	Notary
Mark Persing	Roger Andrews	Jack Wetherall
4 November 2011
(7 performances, also 8, 12, 15, 19, 26 Nov, 1 Dec)
SATYAGRAHA
(Philip Glass
Conductor
Dante Anzolini
Production
Phelim McDermott
Associate Director
Julian Crouch
Set Designer
Julian Crouch
Costume Designer
Kevin Pollard
Lighting Designer
Paule Constable
Video Design
Leo Warner, Mark Grimmer
M K Gandhi	Prince Arjuna	Lord Krishna
Richard Croft	Bradley Garvin	Richard Bernstein
Miss Schlesen	Mrs Naidoo	Kasturbai
Rachelle Durkin	Molly Fillmore	Maria Zifchak
Mr Kallenbach	Parsi Rustomji	Mrs Alexander
Kim Josephson	Alfred Walker	Mary Phillips
14 November 2011
(8 performances, also 19, 23, 26, 30 Nov, 3, 7, 10 Dec)
RODELINDA
(Georg Friedrich Händel)
Conductor
Harry Bicket
Production
Stephen Wadsworth
Set Designer
Thomas Lynch
Costume Designer
Martin Pakledinaz
Lighting designer
Peter Kaczorowski
Rodelinda	Grimoaldo	Garibaldo
Renée Fleming	Joseph Kaiser	Shenyang
Eduige	Bertarido	Unulfo
Stephanie Blythe	Andreas Scholl	Iestyn Davies
		Anthony Roth Costanzo
Flavio
Moritz Linn
16 December 2011
(8 performances, also 21, 24, 26, 29, 30 Dec, 3, 7 Jan)
HÄNSEL UND GRETEL
(Engelbert Humperdinck)
Conductor
Robin Ticciati
Production
Richard Jones
Designer
John Macfarlane
Lighting designer
Jennifer Tipton
Choreographer
Linda Dobell
Translation
David Pountney
Stage Director
Eric Einhorn
Hänsel	Gretel	Gertrud
Kate Lindsey	Aleksandra Kurzak	Michaela Martens
Alice Coote	Heidi Stober
Peter	Witch	Sandman
Dwayne Croft	Robert Brubaker	Jennifer Johnson Cano
Dew Fairy
Ashley Emerson
27 April 2012
(5 performances, also 1, 5, 8, 11 May)
VĚC MAKROPULOS
(Leoš Janáček)
Conductor
Jiri Belohlávek
Production
Elijah Moshinsky
Set designer
Anthony Ward
Costume designer
Dona Granata
Lighting designer
Howard Harrison
Emilia Marty	Kristina	Albert Gregor
Karita Mattila	Emalie Savoy	Richard Leech
Vítek	Janek	Count Hauk-Sendorf
Alan Oke	Matthew Plenk	Bernard Fitch
Jaroslav Prus	Dr Kolenaty	Cleaning woman
Johan Reuter	Tom Fox	Jane Shaulis
Christopher Feigum
Stagehand	Chambermaid
James Courtney	Edyta Kulczak
26 April 2012
(9 performances, also 31 Mar, 3, 7, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23 Apr)
MANON
(Jules Massenet)
Conductor
Fabio Luisi
Production
Laurent Pelly
Set Designer
Chantal Thomas
Costume Designer
Laurent Pelly
Lighting Designer
Joël Adam
Choreographer
Lionel Hoche
Associate Director
Christian Räth
Manon	Des Grieux	Lescaut
Anna Netrebko	Piotr Beczala	Paulo Szot
		Michael Todd Simpson
Count des Grieux	Guillot	Brétigny
David Pittsinger	Christophe Mortagne	Bradley Garvin
Poussette	Javotte	Rosette
Anne-Carolyn Bird	Jennifer Black	Ginger Costa-Jackson
Innkeeper	Guard	Guard
Philip Cokorinos	Alexander Lewis	David Crawford
Maid
Kathryn Day
27 February 2012
(6 performances, also 1, 6, 10, 13, 17 Mar)
KHOVANSHCHINA
(Modest Mussorgsky)
Conductor
Kirill Petrenko
Production
August Everding
Set designer
Ming Cho Lee
Costume designer
John Conklin
Lighting designer
Gil Wechsler
Choreographer
Benjamin Millepied
Stage Director
Peter McClintock
Ivan Khovansky	Andrei Khovansky	Marfa
Anatoli Kotscherga	Misha Didyk	Olga Borodina
Dosifei	Golitsin	Shaklovity
Ildar Abdrazakov	Vladimir Galouzine	George Gagnidze
		Vitaliy Bilyy
Scrivener	Emma	Susanna
John Easterlin	Wendy Bryn Harmer	Maria Gavrilova
Kouzka	Strelets	Strelets
Mark Schowalter	Paul Corona	Jeffrey Wells
Varsonofiev	Streshniev	Servant
David Crawford	Michael Todd Simpson	Jeffrey Mosher
18 November 2011
(6 performances, also 22, 25, 28 Nov, 2, 8 Dec)
LA BOHÈME
(Giacomo Puccini)
Conductor
Louis Langrée
Production
Franco Zeffirelli
Set designer
Franco Zeffirelli
Costume designer
Peter J. Hall
Lighting designer
Gil Wechsler
Stage Director
J. Knighten Smit
Mimì	Rodolfo	Musetta
Hei-Kyung Hong	Dimitri Pittas	Susanna Phillips
Hibla Gerzmava
Marcello	Schaunard	Colline
Aleksei Markov	Patrick Carfizzi	Matthew Rose
Benoit	Alcindoro	Parpignol
Paul Plishka	Paul Plishka	Christian Jeong
Sergeant	Officer
Jason Hendrix	Richard Pearson
5 December 2011
(12 performances, also 9, 14, 17, 22, 27, 30 Dec, 17, 22, 25 Feb, 2, 8 Mar)
MADAMA BUTTERFLY
(Giacomo Puccini)
Conductor
Plácido Domingo
Yves Abel
Marco Armiliato
Production
Anthony Minghella
Director & Choreographer
Carolyn Choa
Set Designer
Michael Levine
Costume Designer
Han Feng
Lighting Designer
Peter Mumford
Puppetry
Blind Summit Theatre
Cio-Cio-San	Pinkerton	Suzuki
Liping Zhang	Robert Dean Smith	Maria Zifchak
Patricia Racette	Adam Diegel
	Roberto De Biasio
Sharpless	Goro	Bonze
Luca Salsi	Joel Sorensen	Daniel Sumegi
Laurent Naouri	Tony Stevenson	Stefan Szkafarowsky
Vladimir Chmelo
Yamadori	Kate Pinkerton	Commissioner
Luthando Qave	Jennifer Johnson Cano	David Crawford
John Moore	Edyta Kulczak	Jeremy Galyon
Yakuside	Mother	Aunt
Craig Montgomery	Belinda Oswald	Jean Braham
Cousin	Registrar
Laura Fries	David Lowe
10 January 2012
(6 performances, also 14, 18, 21, 24, 28 Jan)
TOSCA
(Giacomo Puccini)
Conductor
Mikko Franck
Production
Luc Bondy
Set Designer
Richard Peduzzi
Costume Designer
Milena Canonero
Lighting Designer
Max Keller
Stage Director
Tomer Zvulun
Tosca	Cavaradossi	Scarpia
Patricia Racette	Roberto Alagna	George Gagnidze
	Robert Dean Smith	James Morris
	Marcelo Álvarez
Sacristan	Spoletta	Angelotti
Paul Plishka	Joel Sorensen	Richard Bernstein
Sciarrone	Shepherd	Jailer
James Courtney	Neel Ram Nagarajan	David Crawford
1 October 2011
(9 performances, also 4, 8, 11, 14, 19, 22, 26, 29 Oct)
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA
(Gioachino Rossini)
Conductor
Maurizio Benini
Production
Bartlett Sher
Set Designer
Michael Yeargan
Costume Designer
Catherine Zuber
Lighting Designer
Christopher Akerlind
Stage Director
Kathleen Smith Belcher
Figaro	Rosina	Count Almaviva
Peter Mattei	Isabel Leonard	Javier Camarena
Rodion Pogossov		Alexey Kudrya
Dr Bartolo	Don Basilio	Berta
Maurizio Muraro	Paata Burchuladze	Jennifer Check
	Samuel Ramey
Fiorello	Sergeant	Ambrogio
John Moore	Mark Schowalter	Rob Besserer
	Scott Scully
9 February 2012
(7 performances, also 13, 16, 20, 23, 28 Feb, 3 Mar)
AIDA
(Giuseppe Verdi)
Conductor
Marco Armiliato
Production
Sonja Frisell
Set designer
Gianni Quaranta
Costume designer
Dada Saligeri
Lighting designer
Gil Wechsler
Choreographer
Alexei Ratmansky
Stage Director
Stephen Pickover
Aida	Radamès	Amneris
Violeta Urmana	Marcelo Álvarez	Stephanie Blythe
Sondra Radvanovsky	Riccardo Massì
Latonia Moore	Marcello Giordani
Amonasro	Ramfis	King
Lado Ataneli	James Morris	Jordan Bisch
Messenger	Priestess
Adam Laurence Herskowitz	Lori Guilbeau
2 February 2012
(6 performances, also 6, 10, 14, 18, 25 Feb)
ERNANI
(Giuseppe Verdi)
Conductor
Marco Armiliato
Production
Pier Luigi Samaritani
Set Designer
Pier Luigi Samaritani
Costume Designer
Peter J. Hall
Lighting Designer
Gil Wechsler
Stage Director
Peter McClintock
Ernani	Elvira	Don Carlo
Roberto De Biasio	Angela Meade	Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Marcello Giordani
Don Ruy Gomez de Silva	Giovanna	Don Riccardo
Ferruccio Furlanetto	Mary Ann McCormick	Adam Laurence Herskowitz
Jago
Jeremy Galyon
15 March 2012
(7 performances, also 20, 24, 29 Mar, 2, 5, 9 Apr)
MACBETH
(Giuseppe Verdi)
Conductor
Gianandrea Noseda
Production
Adrian Noble
Designer
Mark Thompson
Lighting designer
Jean Kalman
Choreographer
Sue Lefton
Macbeth	Lady Macbeth	Banquo
Thomas Hampson	Nadja Michael	Günther Groissböck
George Gagnidze
Macduff	Malcolm	Lady-in-Attendance
Dimitri Pittas	Richard Cox	Claudia Waite
Physician	Manservant	Duncan
James Courtney	Tyler Simpson	Raymond Renault
Fleance	Murderer	Herald
Connell C. Rapavy	Donovan Singletary	Brandon Mayberry
Warrior	Bloody Child	Crowned Child
David Crawford	Jennifer Zetlan	Haeran Hong
27 September 2011
(12 performances, also 1, 5, 8, 12, 15, 20 Oct, 2, 5, 9, 12, 17 Nov)
NABUCCO
(Giuseppe Verdi)
Conductor
Paolo Carignani
Production
Elijah Moshinsky
Set designer
John Napier
Costume designer
Andreane Neofitou
Lighting designer
Howard Harrison
Stage Director
J. Knighten Smit
Nabucco	Abigaille	Ismaele
Zeljko Lucic	Maria Guleghina	Yonghoon Lee
	Marianne Cornetti	Adam Diegel
	Elisabete Matos
Fenena	Zaccaria	Anna
Renée Tatum	Carlo Colombara	Amber Wagner
Elizabeth Bishop	Dmitry Belosselskiy	Erica Strauss
High Priest	Abdallo
David Crawford	Hugo Vera
Jeremy Galyon	Eduardo Valdes
6 April 2012
(8 performances, also 10, 14, 18, 21, 25, 28 Apr, 2 May)
LA TRAVIATA
(Giuseppe Verdi)
Conductor
Fabio Luisi
Steven White
Production
Willy Decker
Designer
Wolfgang Gussmann
Associate Costume Designer
Susana Mendoza
Lighting Designer
Hans Toelstede
Choreographer
Athol Farmer
Violetta	Alfredo	Germont
Hei-Kyung Hong	Matthew Polenzani	Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Natalie Dessay
Flora	Gastone	Baron Douphol
Patricia Risley	Scott Scully	Jason Stearns
Marquis D'Obigny	Dr Grenvil	Annina
Kyle Pfortmiller	Luigi Roni	Maria Zifchak
Giuseppe	Messenger	Guest
Juhwan Lee	Joseph Turi	Athol Farmer
Gentleman
Peter Volpe
4 April 2012
(4 performances, also 7, 26 Apr, 5 May)
DAS RHEINGOLD
(Richard Wagner)
Conductor
Fabio Luisi
Production
Robert Lepage
Associate Director
Neilson Vignola
Set designer
Carl Fillion
Lighting designer
Etienne Boucher
Video Image Artist
Boris Firquet
Wotan	Fricka	Alberich
Bryn Terfel	Stephanie Blythe	Eric Owens
		Richard Paul Fink
Loge	Erda	Fasolt
Stefan Margita	Patricia Bardon	Franz-Josef Selig
Adam Klein
Fafner	Freia	Froh
Hans-Peter König	Wendy Bryn Harmer	Adam Diegel
Donner	Mime	Woglinde
Dwayne Croft	Gerhard Siegel	Erin Morley
	Robert Brubaker
Wellgunde	Flosshilde
Jennifer Johnson Cano	Tamara Mumford
13 April 2012
(3 performances, also 28 Apr, 7 May)
DIE WALKÜRE
(Richard Wagner)
Conductor
Fabio Luisi
Production
Robert Lepage
Associate Director
Neilson Vignola
Set Designer
Carl Fillion
Costume Designer
François St-Aubin
Lighting Designer
Etienne Boucher
Video Image Artist
Boris Firquet
Brünnhilde	Siegmund	Sieglinde
Deborah Voigt	Stuart Skelton	Eva-Maria Westbroek
	Frank van Aken
Wotan	Fricka	Hunding
Bryn Terfel	Stephanie Blythe	Hans-Peter König
Gerhilde	Grimgerde	Helmwige
Kelly Cae Hogan	Mary Ann McCormick	Molly Fillmore
Ortlinde	Rossweisse	Schwertleite
Wendy Bryn Harmer	Lindsay Ammann	Mary Phillips
Siegrune	Waltraute
Eve Gigliotti	Marjorie Elinor Dix