Cultural Performances Attended: Chronological Archive
| 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 |
| 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 |
| 2005 | 2004 | 2003 |
2026
January 9, 2026
Hildegard
Prototype Festival
Gerald Lynch Theater at John Jay
Sarah Kirkland Snider, composer and librettist
Elkhanah Pulitzer, Director
Gabriel Crouch, Music Director
Nola Richardson, Hildegard von Bingen
Mikaela Bennett, Richardis von Stade
Roy Hade, Volmar
Blythe Gaissert, Clementina/Margravine von Stade/Angel 2
Raha Mirzadegan, Gerta/Angel 1
Patrick Bessenbacher, Mechtild
Paul Chwe Minchulan, Otto
Chloë Engel, Faceless woman
January 6, 2026
I Puritani
The Metropolitan Opera
opera by Vincenzo Bellini | Carlo Pepoli
Elvira, Lisette Oropesa
Arturo, Lawrence Brownlee
Riccardo, Artur Ruciński
Giorgio, Christian Van Horn
Enrichetta, Eve Gigliotti
Gualtiero, David Pittsinger
Bruno, Tony Stevenson
Young Arturo, DeAundre Addison
Young Elvira, Taylor Massa
Lord Talbot, Richard E. Waits
Conductor, Marco Armiliato
Director, Charles Edwards
2025
November 30, 2025
Lohengrin
Hannover
Symposium: Lohengrin im Fokus
November 29, 2025
Richard Wagner: The Drag Queen
Schlomi Moto Wagner
Ballhaus Ost, Berlin
November 28, 2025
Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin
November 27, 2025
Fedora
Deutsche Oper Berlin
November 23, 2025
Tristan und Isolde
Deutsche Oper Berlin
November 21, 2025
Die Walküre
Opéra Bastille
November 20, 2025
Winterreise
Ian Bostridge
Théâtre Louis-Jouvet, Paris
November 18, 2025
Arabella
The Metropolitan Opera
November 9, 2025
Dichtertliebe Re-Imagined
Brooklyn Art Song Society
Roulette Intermedium, Brooklyn
November 8, 2025
Jepthta
Juilliard 415
Alice Tully Hall
October 18, 2025
Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Oper Frankfurt
October 15, 2025
musica nova
Mendelssohn-Saal, Gewandhaus Leipzig
Hanns Eisler
Suite für Septett op. 92a (Variationen über amerikanische Kinderlieder)
Variationen für Klavier
Shasha Chen (Stipendiatin des Internationalen Hanns-Eisler-Stipendiums der Stadt Leipzig 2025)
m.u.l.t.i.t.u.d.e (premiere)
Francisco Pulpillo Chiclana
A Lullaby for Samuel Beckett
Steffen Schleiermacher, piano/direction/moderation
October 12, 2025
Götterdämmerung
Staatsoper Unter den Linden
October 10, 2025
Siegfried
Staatsoper Unter den Linden
October 7, 2025
Die Walküre
Staatsoper Unter den Linden
October 5, 2025
Das Rheingold
Staatsoper Unter den Linden
October 4, 2025
Berliner Philharmoniker
Daniel Barnenboim, conductor
Carl Maria von Weber
»Oberon«: Ouvertüre
Franz Schubert
Symphonie Nr. 7 h-Moll D 759 »Unvollendete«
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphonie Nr. 7 A-Dur op. 92
October 2, 2025
Warten auf Godot (Waiting for Godot)
in German
Berliner Ensemble
September 21, 2025
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
The Metropolitan Opera
New Production Premiere
August 24, 2025
Parsifal
Bayreuther Festspiele
August 23, 2025
Tristan und Isolde
Bayreuther Festspiele
August 22, 2025
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Bayreuther Festspiele
August 20, 2025
Götterdämmerung
Bayreuther Festspiele
August 18, 2025
Siegfried
Bayreuther Festspiele
August 16, 2025
Die Walküre
Bayreuther Festspiele
August 15, 2025
Das Rheingold
Bayreuther Festspiele
July 27, 2025
Dalibor
Bard Summerscape
June 29, 2025
Pimpinone & Ino
Telemann
Caramoor
June 6, 2025
Guntram
Opera by Richard Strauss
Carnegie Hall
June 1, 2025
The Turn of the Screw
Dock Street Theatre
Charleston, SC – Spoleto Festival
May 31, 2025
Rosenkavalier Suite & Sibelius Violin Concerto
Gaillard Center, Charleston, SC – Spoleto Festival
May 23, 2025
Queen of Spades
The Metropolitan Opera
May 21, 2025
Salome
The Metropolitan Opera
May 10, 2025
Der fliegende Holländer
Staatsoper Unter den Linden
Musikalische Leitung: Pablo Heras-Casado
Inszenierung: Philipp Stölzl
Der Holländer: James Rutherford
Daland: Falk Struckmann
Senta: Clara Nadeshdin
Erik: Andreas Schager
Mary: Anna Kissjudit
Der Steuermann Dalands: Siyabonga Maqungo
May 9, 2025
Berliner Philharmoniker
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 10: 1st Movement Adagio
Gustav Mahler
Das Lied von der Erde
Dorottya Láng mezzo-soprano, Benjamin Bruns tenor
Sakari Oramo (sub Daniel Barenboim, ill)
May 8, 2025
Belshazzar’s Feast
Philharmonia Orchestra
Royal Festival Hall, London
May 7, 2025
Die Walküre
Royal Opera, London
May 6, 2025
The Excursions of Mr Brouček
Janáček
Barbican Hall
Sir Simon Rattle conductor
Peter Hoare Brouček
Aleš Briscein Mazal/Blankytný/Petřík
Lucy Crowe Málinka/Etherea/Kunka
Gyula Orendt Sakristán/Lunobor/Domšík
Lukáš Zeman Svatopluk/Würfl/Čaroskvoucí/Ratsherr
Doubravka Novotná Číšníček/Wunderkind/Student
Arttu Kataja Artist/Dohuslav/Vojta
Linard Vrielink Skladatel/Harfoboj/Miroslav
Hanna Hipp Kedruta
Tenebrae
London Symphony Orchestra
May 4, 2025
Lohengrin
Oper Zurich
May 3, 2025
Rigoletto
Oper Zurich
May 2, 2025
Die tote Stadt
Oper Zurich
May 29, 2025
Salome
The Metropolitan Opera
April 26, 2025
Siegfried
Atlanta Opera
April 25, 2025
Tannhäuser
Houston Grand Opera
April 13, 2025
Tannhäuser
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Musikalische Leitung: Axel Kober
Inszenierung: Kirsten Harms
Landgraf Hermann: Tobias Kehrer
Tannhäuser: Clay Hilley
Wolfram von Eschenbach: Thomas Lehman
Walther von der Vogelweide: Kangyoon Shine Lee
Biterolf: Michael Bachtadze
Heinrich der Schreiber: Jörg Schörner
Reinmar von Zweter: Gerard Farreras
Venus, Elisabeth: Camilla Nylund
Hirt: Lilit Davtyan
April 12, 2025
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Deutsche Oper Berlin
April 11, 2025
Lohengrin
Deutsche Oper Berlin
April 3, 2025
The Threepenny Opera
Berliner Ensemble
Brooklyn Academy of Music
March 29, 2025
Juilliard 415
Alice Tully Hall
ALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAM
Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
March 21, 2025
Last Call
Play – New World Stages
March 2, 2025
Brooklyn Art Song Society
Roulette Intermedium, Brooklyn
Franz Schubert: Selected Songs on Texts by Goethe
Hugo Wolf: Selected Goethe-Lieder
Kristina Bachrach, soprano; Sarah Nelson Craft mezzo-soprano
Dylan Morrongiello, tenor; Joshua Conyers, baritone
Dimitri Dover, Miori Sugiyama, piano
February 22, 2025
Neidorff Karpati Hall
Manhattan School of Music
Mahler 6, Marco Catella
February 20, 2025
Beckett Briefs
Irish Repertory Theatre
February 2, 2025
Brooklyn Art Song Society
Roulette Intermedium
Franz Joseph Haydn: Selected Songs
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Selected Songs
Ludwig van Beethoven: Adelaide, Op. 46, An die Hoffnung, Op.94
An Die Ferne Geliebte Op. 98
Ashley Emerson, Maggie Finnegan, soprano
Katherine Lerner, mezzo-soprano; Michael Kelly, baritone
Mike Brofman, Brent Funderburk, Joel Harder, piano
January 18, 2025
The Ring Without Words
New York Philharmonic
David Geffen Hall
January 12, 2025
Gregorius the Holy Sinner
Cultural Performances Attended: Chronological Archive
| 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 |
| 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 |
| 2005 | 2004 | 2003 |
2026
January 9, 2026
Hildegard
Prototype Festival
Gerald Lynch Theater at John Jay
Sarah Kirkland Snider, composer and librettist
Elkhanah Pulitzer, Director
Gabriel Crouch, Music Director
Nola Richardson, Hildegard von Bingen
Mikaela Bennett, Richardis von Stade
Roy Hade, Volmar
Blythe Gaissert, Clementina/Margravine von Stade/Angel 2
Raha Mirzadegan, Gerta/Angel 1
Patrick Bessenbacher, Mechtild
Paul Chwe Minchulan, Otto
Chloë Engel, Faceless woman
January 6, 2026
I Puritani
The Metropolitan Opera
opera by Vincenzo Bellini | Carlo Pepoli
Elvira, Lisette Oropesa
Arturo, Lawrence Brownlee
Riccardo, Artur Ruciński
Giorgio, Christian Van Horn
Enrichetta, Eve Gigliotti
Gualtiero, David Pittsinger
Bruno, Tony Stevenson
Young Arturo, DeAundre Addison
Young Elvira, Taylor Massa
Lord Talbot, Richard E. Waits
Conductor, Marco Armiliato
Director, Charles Edwards
2025
November 30, 2025
Lohengrin
Hannover
Symposium: Lohengrin im Fokus
November 29, 2025
Richard Wagner: The Drag Queen
Schlomi Moto Wagner
Ballhaus Ost, Berlin
November 28, 2025
Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin
November 27, 2025
Fedora
Deutsche Oper Berlin
November 23, 2025
Tristan und Isolde
Deutsche Oper Berlin
November 21, 2025
Die Walküre
Opéra Bastille
November 20, 2025
Winterreise
Ian Bostridge
Théâtre Louis-Jouvet, Paris
November 18, 2025
Arabella
The Metropolitan Opera
November 9, 2025
Dichtertliebe Re-Imagined
Brooklyn Art Song Society
Roulette Intermedium, Brooklyn
November 8, 2025
Jepthta
Juilliard 415
Alice Tully Hall
October 18, 2025
Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Oper Frankfurt
October 15, 2025
musica nova
Mendelssohn-Saal, Gewandhaus Leipzig
Hanns Eisler
Suite für Septett op. 92a (Variationen über amerikanische Kinderlieder)
Variationen für Klavier
Shasha Chen (Stipendiatin des Internationalen Hanns-Eisler-Stipendiums der Stadt Leipzig 2025)
m.u.l.t.i.t.u.d.e (premiere)
Francisco Pulpillo Chiclana
A Lullaby for Samuel Beckett
Steffen Schleiermacher, piano/direction/moderation
October 12, 2025
Götterdämmerung
Staatsoper Unter den Linden
October 10, 2025
Siegfried
Staatsoper Unter den Linden
October 7, 2025
Die Walküre
Staatsoper Unter den Linden
October 5, 2025
Das Rheingold
Staatsoper Unter den Linden
October 4, 2025
Berliner Philharmoniker
Daniel Barnenboim, conductor
Carl Maria von Weber
»Oberon«: Ouvertüre
Franz Schubert
Symphonie Nr. 7 h-Moll D 759 »Unvollendete«
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphonie Nr. 7 A-Dur op. 92
October 2, 2025
Warten auf Godot (Waiting for Godot)
in German
Berliner Ensemble
September 21, 2025
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
The Metropolitan Opera
New Production Premiere
August 24, 2025
Parsifal
Bayreuther Festspiele
August 23, 2025
Tristan und Isolde
Bayreuther Festspiele
August 22, 2025
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Bayreuther Festspiele
August 20, 2025
Götterdämmerung
Bayreuther Festspiele
August 18, 2025
Siegfried
Bayreuther Festspiele
August 16, 2025
Die Walküre
Bayreuther Festspiele
August 15, 2025
Das Rheingold
Bayreuther Festspiele
July 27, 2025
Dalibor
Bard Summerscape
June 29, 2025
Pimpinone & Ino
Telemann
Caramoor
June 6, 2025
Guntram
Opera by Richard Strauss
Carnegie Hall
June 1, 2025
The Turn of the Screw
Dock Street Theatre
Charleston, SC – Spoleto Festival
May 31, 2025
Rosenkavalier Suite & Sibelius Violin Concerto
Gaillard Center, Charleston, SC – Spoleto Festival
May 23, 2025
Queen of Spades
The Metropolitan Opera
May 21, 2025
Salome
The Metropolitan Opera
May 10, 2025
Der fliegende Holländer
Staatsoper Unter den Linden
Musikalische Leitung: Pablo Heras-Casado
Inszenierung: Philipp Stölzl
Der Holländer: James Rutherford
Daland: Falk Struckmann
Senta: Clara Nadeshdin
Erik: Andreas Schager
Mary: Anna Kissjudit
Der Steuermann Dalands: Siyabonga Maqungo
May 9, 2025
Berliner Philharmoniker
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 10: 1st Movement Adagio
Gustav Mahler
Das Lied von der Erde
Dorottya Láng mezzo-soprano, Benjamin Bruns tenor
Sakari Oramo (sub Daniel Barenboim, ill)
May 8, 2025
Belshazzar’s Feast
Philharmonia Orchestra
Royal Festival Hall, London
May 7, 2025
Die Walküre
Royal Opera, London
May 6, 2025
The Excursions of Mr Brouček
Janáček
Barbican Hall
Sir Simon Rattle conductor
Peter Hoare Brouček
Aleš Briscein Mazal/Blankytný/Petřík
Lucy Crowe Málinka/Etherea/Kunka
Gyula Orendt Sakristán/Lunobor/Domšík
Lukáš Zeman Svatopluk/Würfl/Čaroskvoucí/Ratsherr
Doubravka Novotná Číšníček/Wunderkind/Student
Arttu Kataja Artist/Dohuslav/Vojta
Linard Vrielink Skladatel/Harfoboj/Miroslav
Hanna Hipp Kedruta
Tenebrae
London Symphony Orchestra
May 4, 2025
Lohengrin
Oper Zurich
May 3, 2025
Rigoletto
Oper Zurich
May 2, 2025
Die tote Stadt
Oper Zurich
May 29, 2025
Salome
The Metropolitan Opera
April 26, 2025
Siegfried
Atlanta Opera
April 25, 2025
Tannhäuser
Houston Grand Opera
April 13, 2025
Tannhäuser
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Musikalische Leitung: Axel Kober
Inszenierung: Kirsten Harms
Landgraf Hermann: Tobias Kehrer
Tannhäuser: Clay Hilley
Wolfram von Eschenbach: Thomas Lehman
Walther von der Vogelweide: Kangyoon Shine Lee
Biterolf: Michael Bachtadze
Heinrich der Schreiber: Jörg Schörner
Reinmar von Zweter: Gerard Farreras
Venus, Elisabeth: Camilla Nylund
Hirt: Lilit Davtyan
April 12,
2024
The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
January 20, 2024
Carnegie Hall
Ernst Krenek: Kleine Symphonie, Op. 58
Gustav Mahler: Adagio from Symphony No. 10
Béla Bártok: String Quartet No. 3
Béla Bártok: Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin
2023
Tannhäuser
Opera by Richard Wagner
The Metropolitan Opera
December 6, 2023
Donald Runnicles, conductor
Otto Schenk, production
Venus, Ekaterian Gubanova
Tannhäuser, Andreas Schager
Young Shepherd, Maureen McKay
Landgraf Hermann, Georg Zeppenfeld
Walther von der Vogelweide, Kyle van Schoonhoven
Biterolf, Le Bu
Wolfram von Eschenbach, Christian Gerhaher
Heinrich der Schreiber, Tony Stevenson
Reinmar von Zweter, Harold Wilson
Elisabeth, Elza van den Heever
Tannhäuser
Opera by Richard Wagner
Final Dress Rehearsal, The Metropolitan Opera
November 27, 2023
Donald Runnicles, conductor
Otto Schenk, production
Venus, Ekaterian Gubanova
Tannhäuser, Andreas Schager
Young Shepherd, Maureen McKay
Landgraf Hermann, Georg Zeppenfeld
Walther von der Vogelweide, Kyle van Schoonhoven
Biterolf, Le Bu
Wolfram von Eschenbach, Christian Gerhaher
Heinrich der Schreiber, Tony Stevenson
Reinmar von Zweter, Harold Wilson
Elisabeth, Elza van den Heever
Un Ballo in Maschera
opera by Giuseppe Verdi
The Metropolitan Opera
November 18, 2023
Amelia, Angela Meade
Riccardo, Charles Castronovo
Renato, Quinn Kelsey
Ulrica, Olesya Petrova
Oscar, Liv Redpath
Samuel (Count Ribbing), Kevin Short
Tom (Count Horn), Christopher Job
Silvano (Cristiano), Jeongcheol Cha
Judge, Thomas Capobianco
Servant, Tony Stevenson
Conductor, Carlo Rizzi
Vox Luminis
early music ensemble
Church of St. Mary the Virgin, NYC
October 21, 2023
The Early Cantatas
J. S. Bach, Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit BWV 106
J. S. Bach, Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir, BWV 131
Dieterich Buxtehude, Jesu, meines Lebens Leben, BoxWV 62
J. S. Bach, Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich, BWV 150
encore BWV 12
Idomeneo
opera by W. A. Mozart
The Metropolitan Opera
October 20, 2023
Idomeneo, Michael Spyres
Ilia, Ying Fang
Idamante, Kate Lindsey
Elettra, Federica Lombardi
Arbace, Paolo Fanale
High Priest, Issachah Savage
Voice of Neptune, Scott Conner
Woman, Amani Cole-Felder
Woman, Cierra Byrd
Soldier, Manase Latu
Soldier, Vladyslav Buialskyi
Conductor, Manfred Honeck
Nabucco
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
The Metropolitan Opera
October 11, 2023
Daniele Callegari, conductor
Va, pensiero played before overture
Zaccaria: Dmitry Belosselskiy
Ismaele: Rafael Davila
Fenena: Maria Barakova
Abigaille: Liudmyla Monastyrska
Anna: Felicia Moore (cover)
Nabucco: George Gagnidze
Abdallo: Christopher Bozeka (cover)
High Priest of Baal: Le Bu
Dead Man Walking
Opera by Jake Heggie
The Metropolitan Opera
New Production Premiere, opening night
September 26, 2023
Lise Davidsen in Recital
September 14, 2023
The Metropolitan Opera
Grieg
Symphony No. 9, Mahler
August 28, 2023
London Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle, conductor
Berliner Festspiele (Philharmonie, Großer Saal)
Götterdämmerung (Der Ring des Nibelungen)
Opera by Richard Wagner
August 26, 2023
The Bayreuth Festival
Wahnfried Konzert
Kateryna Titova, piano
Scarlatti, Sonate d-Moll, h-Moll, A-Dur, d-Moll
Chopin, Scherzo No. 1
Liszt: Consolation Nr. 3, Hungarian Rhapsody E-Dur
Beethoven, Sonata quasi una fantasia, No. 2
Chopin, Ballade No. 1 g-Moll
Siegfried (Der Ring des Nibelungen)
Opera by Richard Wagner
August 24, 2023
The Bayreuth Festival
Die Walküre (Der Ring des Nibelungen)
Opera by Richard Wagner
August 22, 2023
The Bayreuth Festival
Das Rheingold (Der Ring des Nibelungen)
Opera by Richard Wagner
August 21, 2023
The Bayreuth Festival
Tannhäuser
Opera by Richard Wagner
August 20, 2023
The Bayreuth Festival
Parsifal
Opera by Richard Wagner
August 19, 2023
The Bayreuth Festival
Der Fliegende Holländer
Opera by Richard Wagner
August 18, 2023
The Bayreuth Festival
Met Opera Central Park Recital
June 20, 2023
Gabriella Reyes, soprano
René Barbera, tenor
Will Liverman, baritone
Dimitri Dover, piano
Ein deutsches Requiem
June 15, 2023
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
The Met Chorus
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Luis Ernesto Peña Laguna, Oraison (NY Premiere)
Brahms, Ein deutsches Requiem
Der Fliegende Holländer
Opera by R. Wagner
The Metropolitan Opera
May 30, 2023
Dutchman…………….Tomasz Konieczny
Senta……………….Elza van den Heever
Erik………………..Eric Cutler
Daland………………Dmitry Belosselskiy
Mary………………..Eve Gigliotti
Steersman……………Richard Trey Smagur
Conductor……………Thomas Guggeis [Debut]
Production…………..François Girard
Der Fliegende Holländer
The Metropolitan Opera
Final Dress Rehearsal
May 26, 2023
Dutchman…………….Tomasz Konieczny
Senta……………….Elza van den Heever
Erik………………..Eric Cutler
Daland………………Dmitry Belosselskiy
Mary………………..Eve Gigliotti
Steersman……………Richard Trey Smagur
Conductor……………Thomas Guggeis [Debut]
Production…………..François Girard
Die Zauberflöte
Opera by W. A. Mozart
The Metropolitan Opera
May 25, 2023
Pamina…………………………………Erin Morley
Tamino…………………………………Lawrence Brownlee
Queen of the Night………………………Kathryn Lewek
Sarastro……………………………….Stephen Milling
Papageno……………………………….Thomas Oliemans
Papagena……………………………….Ashley Emerson
Monostatos……………………………..Brenton Ryan
Speaker………………………………..Harold Wilson
First Lady……………………………..Alexandria Shiner
Second Lady…………………………….Olivia Vote
Third Lady……………………………..Tamara Mumford
Genie………………………………….Deven Agge
Genie………………………………….Julian Knopf
Genie………………………………….Luka Zylik
Priest…………………………………Richard Bernstein
Priest…………………………………Errin Duane Brooks
Armed Men………………………………Errin Duane Brooks
Armed Men………………………………Richard Bernstein
Foley Artist……………………………Ruth Sullivan
Visual Artist…………………………..Blake Habermann
Flute Solo……………………………..Seth Morris
Glockenspiel Solo……………………….Bryan Wagorn
Conductor………………………………Nathalie Stutzmann
Production and Choreography………………Simon McBurney
Symphony No. 9, Mahler
The New York Philharmonic
David Geffen Hall
May 19, 2023
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Don Giovanni
Opera by W. A. Mozart
The Metropolitan Opera
new production premiere
May 5, 2023
Don Giovanni…………….Peter Mattei
Donna Anna………………Federica Lombardi
Don Ottavio……………..Ben Bliss
Donna Elvira…………….Ana María Martínez
Leporello……………….Adam Plachetka
Zerlina…………………Ying Fang
Masetto…………………Alfred Walker
Commendatore…………….Alexander Tsymbalyuk
Continuo
Fortepiano………………Jonathan C. Kelly
Cello………………….. Kari Jane Docter
Theorbo…………………John Lenti
Mandolin Solo……………John Lenti
Conductor……………….Nathalie Stutzmann [Debut]
Production………………Ivo van Hove [Debut]
Champion
opera by Terence Blanchard, libretto Michael Cristofer
The Metropolitan Opera
May 4, 2023
Young Emile Griffith…………Ryan Speedo Green
Emile Griffith………………Eric Owens
Emelda Griffith……………..Latonia Moore
Luis Rodrigo Griffith………..Chauncey Packer
Howie Albert………………..Paul Groves
Benny “Kid” Paret……………Eric Greene
Benny Paret, Jr……………..Eric Greene
Little Emile………………..Ethan Joseph
Kathy Hagen…………………Stephanie Blythe
Man in Bar………………….Edward Nelson
Sadie Donastorg Griffith……..Brittany Renee
Ring Announcer………………Lee Wilkof
Cousin Blanche………………Krysty Swann
Lucia Paret…………………Helena Brown
Mano Alfaro…………………Tshombe Selby
Conductor…………………..Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Production………………….James Robinson
Wagner, Strauss
Münchener Philharmonie at Isarphilharmonie, Gasteig HP8, Munich
Thomas Guggeis, conductor
April 26, 2023
Richard Wagner, prelude to Tristan und Isolde
Richard Strauss, Vier letzte Lieder – Asmik Grigorian, soprano
Richard Wagner, Isoldes Liebestod
Béla Bartók, Concerto for Orchestra
Münchener Philharmonie
at Isarphilharmonie, Gasteig HP8, Munich
April 22, 2023
Barbara Hannigan, conductor and soprano
Stéphane Degout, baritone
Albert Roussel – Le festin de l’araignée
Maurice Ravel – Histoires naturelles
Benjamin Britten – Les Illuminations
Joseph Haydn – Symphony 104 in D maj.
Tristan und Isolde
April 10, 2023
Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich
Tristan: Stuart Skelton
König Marke: René Pape
Isolde: Elena Pankratova
Kurwenal: Iain Paterson
Melot: Sean Michael Plumb
Brangäne: Jamie Barton
Ein Hirte: Jonas Hacker
Ein Steuermann: Christian Rieger
Ein junger Seemann: Liam Bonthrone
production: Kryzysztof Warlikowski
conductor: Juraj Valcuha
Tannhäuser
April 9, 2023
Salzburger Osterfestspiele
Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen GEORG ZEPPENFELD
Tannhäuser JONAS KAUFMANN
Wolfram von Eschenbach CHRISTIAN GERHAHER
Walther von der Vogelweide SEBASTIAN KOHLHEPP
Biterolf EDWIN CROSSLEY-MERCER
Heinrich der Schreiber DEAN POWER
Reinmar von Zweter ALEXANDER KÖPECZI
Elisabeth, Nichte des Landgrafen MARLIS PETERSEN
Venus EMMA BELL
Ein junger Hirt EMILY POGORELC
Conductor: Andris Nelsons
Production: Romeo Castellucci
Parsifal
April 6, 2023
Wiener Staatsoper
Amfortas: Michael Nagy
Gurnemanz: Franz-Josef Selig
Titurel: Wolfgang Bankl
Parsifal: Klaus Florian Vogt
Klingsor: Derek Welton
Kundry: Ekaterina Gubanova
1. Gralsritter: Carlos Osuna, 2. Gralsritter: Jusung Gabriel Park
1. Knappe: Patricia Nolz, 2. Knappe: Alma Neuhaus, 3. Knappe: Lukas Schmidt,
4. Knappe: Ted Black
Blumenmädchen: Ileana Tonca, Miriam Kutrowatz, Aurora Marthens, Celine Mun,
Jenni Hietala, Patricia Nolz
Conductor: Philippe Jordan
Production: Kirill Serebrennikov
La Calisto
opera by Francesco Cavalli
March 28, 2023
Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich
La Natura: Dominique Visse
L’Eternità: Roberta Mameli
Il Destino: Teresa Iervolino
Giove: Milan Siljanov
Mercurio: Nikolay Borchev
Calisto: Mary Bevan
Endimione: Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen
Diana: Teresa Iervolino
Linfea: Mark Milhofer
Satirino: Dominique Visse
Pane: Anthony Gregory
Silvano: Ashley Riches
Giunone: Roberta Mameli
Le Furie: Jessica Niles, Dominique Visse
Conductor: Christopher Moulds
Production: David Alden
Siegfried
Opera by Wagner
Opernhaus Zürich
March 26, 2023
Siegfried: Klaus Florian Vogt
Mime: Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke
Der Wanderer: Tomasz Konieczny
Alberich: Christopher Purves
Fafner: David Leigh
Erda: Anna Danik
Brünnhilde: Camilla Nylund
Das Waldvöglein: Rebeca Olvera
Philharmonia Zürich
Music Direction: Gianandrea Noseda
Producer: Andreas Homoki
Ariadne auf Naxos
Opera by R. Strauss
Bayerische Staatsoper, Nationaltheater Munich
March 23, 2023
Der Haushofmeister: Udo Wachtveitl
Ein Musiklehrer: Jochen Schmeckenbecher
Der Komponist: Tara Erraught
Der Tenor / Bacchus: Andreas Schager
Ein Offizier: Granit Musliu
Ein Tanzmeister: Jonas Hacker
Ein Perückenmacher: Andrew Hamilton
Ein Lakai: Christian Rieger
Zerbinetta: Olga Pudova
Primadonna / Ariadne: Okka von der Damerau
Harlekin: Konstantin Krimmel
Scaramuccio: Joel Williams
Truffaldin: Daniel Noyola
Brighella: Liam Bonthrone
Najade: Jasmin Delfs
Dryade: Emily Sierra
Echo: Jessica Nile
Conductor: Lothar Koenigs
Inszenierung: Production: Robert Carsen
Krieg und Frieden (War and Peace, Voiyna i Mir)
Opera by S. Prokofiev
Bayerische Staatsoper, Nationaltheater Munich
Fürst Andrej Bolkonski: Andrei Zhilikhovsky
Natascha Rostowa: Olga Kulchynska
Sonja: Alexandra Yangel
Gastgeber des Silvesterballs: Kevin Conners
Lakai des Silvesterballs: Alexander Fedin
Marja Dmitrijewna Achrossimowa: Violeta Urmana
Peronskaja: Olga Guryakova
Graf Ilja Andrejewitsch Rostow: Mischa Schelomianski
Graf Pierre Besuchow: Arsen Soghomonyan
Gräfin Hélène Besuchowa: Victoria Karkacheva
Anatol Kuragin: Bekhzod Davronov
Leutnant Dolochow: Alexei Botnarciuc
Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski
Inszenierung und Bühne: Dmitri Tcherniakov
Vienna Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall
March 3, 2023
Christian Thielemann, Conductor
Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht
R. Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie
encore: Hellmesberger, Jr.: Entr’acte-Valse
Lohengrin
March 2, 2023
The Metropolitan Opera
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Music Director and Conductor
The King’s Herald: Brian Mulligan
King Heinrich: Günther Groissböck
Friedrich von Telramund: Thomas Hall (cover)
Elsa von Brabant: Tamara Wilson
Lohengrin: Piotr Beczala
Ortrud: Christine Goerke
Noblemen: Errin Duane Brooks, Thomas Capobianco, Anthony Clark Evans, Stefan Egerstrom
Pages: Catherine Mi Eun Choi-Steckmeyer, Andrea Coleman, Alexa Jarvis, Anne Nonnemacher
Duke Gottfried: Andrew Spriggs
The New York Philharmonic
February 23, 2023
Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor
Wagner: Tannäuser Overture
Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, From the New World
Lohengrin: Vocal Showcase
February 11, 2023
King Arthur
Opera by Purcell
Juilliard 415
February 11, 2023
Lionel Meunier, director
Robert Mealy, concertmaster
Emmeline: Maggie Scrantom
Traveler: Lark White
Sopranos: Song Hee Lee, Erin O’Rourke, Jazmine Saunders
Mezzo-Sopranos: Lucy Altus, Stephanie Bell, Lauren Torey
Tenors: Colin Aikins, Geun-hyeong Han, Samuel Rosner
Baritones: Minki Hong, Shavon Lloyd
Bass-Baritone: Donghoon Kang
The New York Philharmonic
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
February 2, 2023
Lidholm, Poesis
Eric Huebner, piano
Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique
La Traviata
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
January 26, 2023
The Metropolitan Opera
Marco Armiliato, conductor
Violetta Valéry: Ermonela Jaho
Flora Bervoix: Edyta Kulzak
Marquis d’Obigny: Christopher Job
Baron Douphol: John Hancock
Dr. Grenvil: Paul Corona
Gastone: Scott Scully
Alfredo Germont: Ismael Jordi
Annina: Deborah Nansteel
Giuseppe: Patrick Miller
Giorgio Germont: Amartuvshin Enkhbat
Messenger: Jonathan Scott
Germont’s daughter: Allegra Herman
Production: Michael Mayer
The Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble
Carnegie Hall
January 23, 2023
Camille Saint-Saëns, Tarantelle Op. 6
Claude Debussy, Cello Sonata in D Minor
Jerry Grossman, cello
Thomas Lausmann, piano
André Caplet, Conte Fantastique
Liev Schreiber, Narrator
Claude Debussy: Danse sacrée et profane
Francis Poulenc, Le bal masqué
Joshua Hopkins, Baritone
Dialogues des Carmelites
opera by Francis Poulenc
The Metropolitan Opera
January 21, 2023
Bertrand de Billy, conductor
Chevalier de la Force: Piotr Buszewski
Marquis de la Force: Laurent Nouri
Blanche de la Force: Ailyn Pérez
Thierry: Benjamin Taylor
Madame de Croissy: Alice Coote
Sister Constance: Sabine Devieilhe
Mother Marie: Jamie Barton
Javelinot: Paul Corona
Madame Lidoine: Christine Goerke
Carmelite Nuns: Elizabeth Brooks, Helena Brown, Strephanie Chigas, Andrea Coleman, Maria D’Amato, Sara Heaton, Mary Hughes, Kate Mangiameli, Ashley Mason, Elizabeth Sciblo, Danielle Walker
A Chaplain: Tony Stevenson
Sister Mathilde: Siphokazi Molteno
Commissioners: Scott Scully, Richard Bernstein
Mother Jeanne: Eve Gigliotti
Jailer: Jeongcheol Cha
John Dexter, production
2022:
The Hours
The Metropolitan Opera
November 28, 2022
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Music Director and Conductor
Clarissa Vaughan: Renée Fleming
Sally: Denyce Graves
Man under the Arch, Hotel Clerk: John Holiday
Walter: Tony Stevenson
Virginia Woolf: Joyce DiDonato
Barbara, Mrs. Latch: Kathleen Kim
Laura Brown: Kelli O’Hara
Dan Brown: Brandon Cedel
Richie: Kai Edgar
Richard: Kyle Ketelsen
Julian: Atticus Ware
Quentin: Patrick Scott McDermott
Angelica: Lena Josephine Marano
Nelly: Eve Gigliotti
Kitty, Vanessa: Sylvia D’Eramo
Louis: William Burden
Rigoletto
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
The Metropolitan Opera
November 17, 2022
Speranza Scappucci, conductor
Duke of Mantua: Benjamin Bernheim
Borsa: Scott Scully
Countess Ceprano: Brittany Renee
Rigoletto: Quinn Kelsey
Marullo: Jeongcheol Cha
Count Ceprano: Paul Corona
Monterone: Bradley Garvin
Sparafucile: John Relyea
Gilda: Rosa Feola
Giovanna: Edyta Kulczak
A Page: Andrea Coleman
A Guard: Yohan Yi
Maddalena: Aigul Akhmetshina
Straight Line Crazy
play by David Hare
The Shed, NYC
November 16, 2022
Robert Moses: Ralph Fiennes
Jane Jacobs: Mary Stillwaggon Stewart
Henry Vanderbilt: Guy Paul
Stamford Fergus: David Bromley
Finnuala Connell: Judith Roddy
Ariel Porter: Adam Silver
Gov. Al Smith: Danny Webb
Shirley Hayes: Alana Maria
Sandy McQuade: Al Coppola
Lewis Mason: Andrew Lewis
Carol Amis: Krysten Peck
Mariah Heller: Krysten Peck
Berliner Philharmoniker
November 11, 2022
Kirill Petrenko, condctor
Carnegie Hall
Andrew Norman: Unstuck
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Major, K. 207
Noah Bendix-Bagley, violin
Korngold: Symphony in F-sharp, Op. 40
Berliner Philharmoniker
November 10, 2022
Kirill Petrenko, conductor
Carnegie Hall
Symphony No. 7, Gustav Mahler
Peter Grimes
Opera by Benjamin Britten
The Metropolitan Opera
October 26, 2022
Nicholas Carter, Conductor
Hobson: Harold Wilson
Swallow: Patrick Carfizzi
Peter Grimes: Allan Clayton
Mrs. Sedley: Michaela Martens
Ellen Orford: Nicole Car
Auntie: Margaret Gawrysiak cover
Bob Soles: Chad Shelton
Captain Balstrode: Adam Plachetka
Rev. Horace Adams: Tony Stevenson
Nieces: Brandie Sutton, Maureen McKay
Ned Keene: Justin Austin
John: Leo Rempe-Hiam
Vox Luminis
Music Before 1800
October 23, 2022
Corpus Christi Church, New York
Lionel Meunier, director and bass voice
Ich danke dir Gott: Heinrich Bach
Herr, der König freuet sich: Johann Michael Bach
Die Furcht des Herren: Johann Christoph Bach
Herzlich Lieb hab ich dich, O Herr: Dietrich Buxtehude
Herr, wende dich und sei mir gnädig: Johann Christoph Bach
Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4: Johann Sebastian Bach
Voices: Zsuzi Tóth, Perrine Devilliers, Victoria Cassano, Tessa Roos, Jan Kullmann, Barnabas Hégyi, João Moreira, Jacob Lawrence, Sebastian Myrus
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
October 22, 2022
Carnegie Hall
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, conductor
Edward Elgar, Cello Concerto in E Minor
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
Thomas Adès, The Exterminating Angel Symphony
Claude Debussy, La Mer
Encore: J. S. Bach “Come, Sweet Death” (transcr. Sheku Kanneh-Mason)
Idomeneo
Opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Metropolitan Opera
October 20, 2022
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Ilia: Ying Fang
Idamante: Kate Lindsey
Women of Crete: Amani Cole-Felder, Cierra Byrd
Trojan Soldiers: Manase Latu, Vladyslav Buialskyi
Elettra: Federica Lombardi
Arbace: Paolo Fanale
Idomeneo: Michael Spyres
High Priest: Issachah Savage
Voice of Neptune: Scott Conner
Lady Macbeth of Mtskensk
Opera by Dmitri Shostakovich
October 12, 2022
The Metropolitan Opera
Medea
Opera by Luigi Cherubini
October 8, 2022
The Metropolitan Opera
Carlo Rizzi, conductor
Handmaidens: Brittany Renee, Sarah Larsen
Glauce: Janai Brugger
Creonte: Michele Pertusi
Giasone: Matthre Polenzani
Leader of King’s Guard: Christopher Jacob
Medea: Sondra Radvanovsky
Neris: Ekaterina Gubanova
Mivos Quartet
October 6, 2022
1014 Space
Composing the West-Eastern Divan, Transcending Cultural Identity
Carl C. Bettendorf, Yggdrasil, String Quartet No. 2 (2014-16)
Eren Gümrükçüoglu: Xanthos (2019)
Sivan Eldar: Solicitations (2018)
Saad Haddad: String Quartet No. 2 (2021)
Odyssey Opera Troika:
3 One-Act Operas by Sergei Rachmaninoff
September 25, 2022
in concert, conducted by Gil Rose
New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall
Aleko
(libretto by Vladimir Nemirovich)
Aleko, Aleksey Bogdanov
Zemfira, Yelena Dyachek
Young Man, Andrew Bidlack
Old Man, Kevin Thompson
Woman, Cindy Vredeveld
The Miserly Knight
(libretto based on Pushkin)
Baron, Mikhail Svetlov
Duke, Aleksey Bogdanov
Albert, Spencer Hamlin
Moneylender, Yeghische Manucharyan
Ivan, Kevin Thompson
Francesca da Rimini
(libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky)
Dante, Yeghishe Manucharyan
Shadow of Vergil, Kevin Thompson
Francesca da Rimini, Yelena Dyachek
Paolo, Andrew Bidlack
Lanceotto Malatesta, Aleksey Bogdanov
Die Frau Ohne Schatten
July 31, 2022
Die Zauberflöte
July 30, 2022
Il Trittico
July 29, 2022
Brahms, Bruckner 9
July 28, 2022
Messiah
July 27, 2022
Bluebeard’s Castle
De temporum fine Comœdia
July 26, 2022
Tristan und Isolde
July 25, 2022
Der Rosenkavalier
July 24, 2022
Capriccio
July 23, 2022
Die Schweigsame Frau
Bayerische Staatsoper
July 22, 2022
Richard III
Shakespeare in the Park / Delacorte Theatre
June 25, 2022
director Robert O’Hara
Wyatt Cirbus – Prince of Wales
Sanjit De Silva – Buckingham
Sam Duncan – Duke of York
Danai Gurira -Richard III
Monique Holt – Duchess of York
Gregg Mozgala – King Edward IV/Richmond
Paul Niebanck – George Xavier Pacheco
Michael Potts – Lord Stanley
Ariel Shafir – Lord Hastings
Heather Alicia Simms – Queen Elizabeth
N’yomi Stewart -Ensemble
Ali Stroker – Anne
Sharon Washington – Queen Margaret
Daniel J. Watts – Catesby Ratcliffe
American Buffalo
play by David Mamet
Circle in the Square Theatre
June 24, 2022
directed by Neil Pepe
Laurence Fishburne
Sam Rockwell
Darren Criss
Die Walküre I / The Met Orchestra
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
June 15, 2022
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Music Director and Conductor
Christine Goerke, Soprano
Brandon Jovanovich, Tenor
Eric Owens, Bass-Baritone
Program
R. STRAUSS Don Juan
MISSY MAZZOLI Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres)
WAGNER Die Walküre, Act I
The Rake’s Progress
Opera by Igor Stravinsky
The Metropolitan Opera
June 11, 2022
Igor Stravinsky-W. H. Auden/Chester Kallman
Tom Rakewell…………Ben Bliss
Anne Trulove…………Golda Schultz
Nick Shadow………….Christian Van Horn
Baba the Turk………..Raehann Bryce-Davis
Trulove……………..James Creswell
Mother Goose…………Eve Gigliotti
Sellem………………Tony Stevenson
Keeper………………Christopher Job
Recitative Accompanist..Jory Vinikour
Conductor……………Susanna Mälkki
Production…………..Jonathan Miller
The New York Philharmonic
June 10, 2022
Carnegie Hall
Jaap van Zweden, Music Director and Conductor
Hilary Hahn, Violin
Program
SARAH KIRKLAND SNIDER Forward Into Light (World Premiere)
BARBER Violin Concerto
G. MAHLER Symphony No. 1
Encore:
J. S. BACH Sarabande from Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004
Sylvain
Opera Lafayette
June 7, 2022
El Museo del Barrio
Aknaten
Opera by Philip Glass
The Metropolitan Opera
June 2, 2022
Akhnaten…………….Anthony Roth Costanzo
Nefertiti……………Rihab Chaieb
Queen Tye……………Dísella Lárusdóttir
Aye…………………Richard Bernstein
High Priest………….Aaron Blake
Amenhotep III………..Zachary James
General Horemhab……..Will Liverman
Bekhetaten…………..Lindsay Ohse
Meretaten……………Katrina Thurman
Maketaten……………Chrystal E. Williams
Ankhesenpaaten……….Annie Rosen
Neferneferuaten………Olivia Vote
Sotopenre……………Suzanne Hendrix
Young Tutankhamun…….Thaleia Chan-Miller
Professor……………Zachary James
Conductor……………..Karen Kamensek
Production…………….Phelim McDermott
Jenůfa
Staatsoper Unter den Linden
May 29, 2022
Handel Recital
May 29, 2022
Falstaff
Komische Oper Berlin
May 28, 2022
Berliner Philharmoniker
May 27, 2022
Les Troyens
Bayerische Staatsoper
May 26, 2022
Akhnaten
Opera by Philip Glass
The Metropolitan Opera
May 19, 2022
Akhnaten…………….Anthony Roth Costanzo
Nefertiti……………Rihab Chaieb
Queen Tye……………Dísella Lárusdóttir
Aye…………………Richard Bernstein
High Priest………….Aaron Blake
Amenhotep III………..Zachary James
General Horemhab……..Will Liverman
Bekhetaten…………..Lindsay Ohse
Meretaten……………Katrina Thurman
Maketaten……………Chrystal E. Williams
Ankhesenpaaten……….Annie Rosen
Neferneferuaten………Olivia Vote
Sotopenre……………Suzanne Hendrix
Young Tutankhamun…….Thaleia Chan-Miller
Professor……………Zachary James
Conductor……………..Karen Kamensek
Production…………….Phelim McDermott
Hamlet
Opera by Brett Dean – Matthew Jocelyn
The Metropolitan Opera
May 13, 2022
Opening Night – N American Premiere
Hamlet………………Allan Clayton
Claudius…………….Rod Gilfry
Laertes……………..David Butt Philip
Ophelia……………..Brenda Rae
Polonius…………….William Burden
Horatio……………..Jacques Imbrailo
Marcellus……………Justin Austin
Gertrude…………….Sarah Connolly
Ghost……………….John Relyea
Rosencrantz………….Aryeh Nussbaum Cohe
Guildenstern………….Christopher Lowrey
Player………………John Relyea
Player………………Manase Latu
Player………………Chad Shelton
Player………………Justin Austin
Gravedigger………….John Relyea
Offstage voice……….Monica Dewey
Offstage voice……….Ashley Milanese
Offstage voice……….Tesia Kwarteng
Offstage voice……….Megan Moore
Offstage voice……….John Matthew Myers
Offstage voice……….Christian Mark Gibbs
Offstage voice……….Benjamin Sieverding
Offstage voice……….Wm. Clay Thompson
Accordian……………Veli Kujala
Conductor……………Nicholas Carter
Production…………..Neil Armfield
Serse
Opera by G. F. Handel
The English Concert
May 8, 2022
Harry Bicket, Artistic Director and Conductor
Emily D’Angelo, Serse
Lucy Crowe, Romilda
Mary Bevan, Atalanta
Neal Davies, Ariodate
Daniela Mack, Amastre
Paula Murrihy, Arsamene
William Dazeley, Elviro
The New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall
May 6, 2022
Jaap van Zweden, Music Director and Conductor
Igor Levit, Piano
Program
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1
BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra
Encore:
J. S. BACH Chorale Prelude on “Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland,” BWV 659 (transcr. Ferruccio Busoni) (Igor Levit)
Lucia di Lammermoor
Opera by Gaetano Donizetti-Salvadore Cammarano
The Metropolitan Opera
April 26, 2022
Lucia……………….Nadine Sierra
Edgardo……………..Javier Camarena
Enrico………………Artur Rucinski
Raimondo…………….Matthew Rose
Normanno…………….Alok Kumar
Alisa……………….Deborah Nansteel
Arturo………………Eric Ferring
Harp Solo……………Mariko Anraku
Glass Harmonica Solo….Friedrich Heinrich Kern
Conductor……………Riccardo Frizza
Production…………..Simon Stone
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor
Opera by Otto Nicolai
The Juilliard School
April 21, 2022
1st act only
Company
Musical by Stephen Sondheim
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
April 16, 2022
directed by Marianne Elliot
Bobbie – Katrina Lenk
Joanne – Patti LuPone
Jamie – Matt Doyle
David – Christopher Fitzgerald
Harry – Christopher Sieber
Sarah – Jennifer Simard
Larry – Nicholas Rodriguez
Paul – Etai Benson
PJ – Bobby Conte
Jenny – Nikki Renée Daniels
Andy – Clay Bourne Elder
Peter – Greg Hildreth
Theo – Manu Narayan
Susan – Rashidra Scott
Ensemble NYers – kathryn Allison, Britney Coleman, Jacob Dickey, Javier Ignacio, Anisha Nagarajan, Heath Saunders
Elektra
Opera by Richard Strauss, libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal
The Metropolitan Opera
April 5, 2022
Elektra………………..Nina Stemme
Chrysothemis……………Lise Davidsen
Klytämnestra……………Michaela Schuster
Orest………………….Greer Grimsley
Aegisth………………..Stefan Vinke
Overseer……………….Alexandra LoBianco
Serving Woman…………..Tichina Vaughn
Serving Woman…………..Eve Gigliotti
Serving Woman…………..Krysty Swann
Serving Woman…………..Alexandria Shiner
Serving Woman…………..Hei-Kyung Hong
Confidant………………Alexandra LoBianco
Trainbearer…………….Krysty Swann
Young Servant…………..Thomas Capobianco
Old Servant…………….Richard Bernstein
Guardian……………….Harold Wilson
Conductor………………Donald Runnicles
Production……………..Patrice Chéreau
Eugene Onegin
Opera by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky– bookPeter Ilyich Tchaikovsky/Konstantin Shilovsky/Alexander Pushkin
The Metropolitan Opera
March 29, 2022
Eugene Onegin………..Igor Golovatenko
Tatiana……………..Ailyn Pérez
Lensky………………Piotr Beczala
Olga………………..Varduhi Abrahamyan
Prince Gremin………..Ain Anger
Larina………………Elena Zaremba
Filippyevna………….Larissa Diadkova
Triquet……………..Tony Stevenson
Captain……………..Vladyslav Buialskyi
Zaretsky…………….Richard Bernstein
Offstage voice……….Marco Antonio Jordão
Conductor……………James Gaffigan
Production…………..Deborah Warner
L’Italiana in Algeri
Opera by Gioachino Rossini, libretto Angelo Anelli
Opernhaus Zürich
March 20, 2022
Isabella: Cecilia Bartoli
Mustafà: Ildar Abdrazakov
Lindoro: Lawrence Brownlee
Taddeo: Nicola Alaimo
Haly: Ilya Altukhov
Elvira: Rebeca Olvera
Zulma: Siena Licht Miller
Conductor: Gianluca Capuano
Director: Moshe Leiser
Orchestra La Scintilla
Bianca e Falliero
Opera by Gioachino Rossini
Oper Frankfurt
March 19, 2022
- Bianca: Heather Phillips
- Falliero: Maria Ostroukhova
- Contareno: Theo Lebow
- Capellio: Kihwan Sim
- Doge of Venice: Božidar Smiljanić
- A Chancellor / Officer / Bailiff: Carlos Andrés Cárdenas
- Ein Kanzler / Ein Offizier / Ein Gerichtsdiener (musikalisch): Jonathan Abernethy
Conductor: Giuliano Carella
Director: Tilmann Köhler
Die Frau ohne Schatten
Opera by Richard Strauss
March 18, 2022
Oper Frankfurt
- Empress: Camilla Nylund
- Barak, the Dyer: Wolfgang Koch
- His Wife: Lise Lindstrom (cover, book read)
- Amme: Christel Loetzsch
- Emperor: Michael Siemon
- One Eyed Brother: Danylo Matviienko
- One Armed Brother: Božidar Smiljanić
- Hunchback Brother: Jonathan Abernethy
- Spirit Messenger: Nicholas Brownlee
- Apparition of a Young Man” Brian Michael Moore
- Guardian of the Temple / Falcon: Nombulelo Yende
- Voice from on high: Katharina Magiera
- Voices of Nightwatchmen: Danylo Matviienko / Božidar Smiljanić / Nicholas Brownlee
Conductor: Sebastian Weigle
Director: Christof Nel
Aida
Opera by Guiseppe Verdi
Semperoper Dresden
March 17, 2022
King: Andreas Bauer Kanabas
Amneris: Oksana Volkova
Aida: Krassimira Soyanova
Radamès: Stefano La Colla
Ramfis: Georg Zeppenfeld
Amonasro: Quinn Kelsey
Messenger: Simeon Esper
Priestess: Ofeliya Pogosyan
Conductor: Christian Thielemann
Director: Katharina Thalbach
**preceeded by the Ukranian national anthem
Wozzeck
Opera by Alban Berg
Boston Symphony Orchestra
performed in concert
Carnegie Hall
March 15, 2022
Andris Nelsons, Music Director and Conductor
Bo Skovhus, Wozzeck
Christine Goerke, Marie
Renée Tatum, Margret
Christopher Ventris, Drum Major
Mauro Peter, Andres
Franz Hawlata, Doctor
Additional soloist to be announced??
Rodelinda
Opera by George Frideric Handel, libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym
The Metropolitan Opera
March 11, 2022
Rodelinda……………Elza van den Heever
Grimoaldo……………Paul Appleby
Garibaldo……………Adam Plachetka
Eduige………………Sasha Cooke
Bertarido……………Iestyn Davies
Unulfo………………Anthony Roth Costanzo
Flavio………………Brandon Chosed
Conductor……………Harry Bicket
Production…………..Stephen Wadsworth
Don Carlos
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
The Metropolitan Opera
March 10, 2022
(V act, français)
Don Carlos…………..Matthew Polenzani
Élisabeth de Valois…..Sonya Yoncheva
Rodrigue…………….Etienne Dupuis
Princess Eboli……….Jamie Barton
Philip II……………Eric Owens
Grand Inquisitor……..John Relyea
Celestial Voice………Amanda Woodbury
Monk………………..Matthew Rose
Thibault…………….Meigui Zhang
Count of Lerme……….Joo Won Kang
Countess of Aremberg….Anne Dyas
Royal Herald…………Eric Ferring
Flemish Deputy……….Vladyslav Buialskyi
Flemish Deputy……….Samson Setu
Flemish Deputy……….Msimelelo Mbali
Flemish Deputy……….Christopher Job
Flemish Deputy……….Jeongcheol Cha
Flemish Deputy……….Paul Corona
Conductor……………Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Production…………..David McVicar
Ariadne auf Naxos
Opera by Richard Strauss, libretto Hugo von Hofmannsthal
The Metropolitan Opera
March 1, 2022
Ariadne/Prima Donna…..Lise Davidsen
Bacchus/Tenor………..Brandon Jovanovich
Zerbinetta…………..Brenda Rae
The Composer…………Isabel Leonard
Music Master…………Johannes Martin Kränzle
Harlekin…………….Sean Michael Plumb [Debut]
Scaramuccio………….Alok Kumar
Truffaldin…………..Ryan Speedo Green
Brighella……………Miles Mykkanen
Najade………………Deanna Breiwick
Dryade………………Tamara Mumford
Echo………………..Maureen McKay
Major-domo…………..Wolfgang Brendel
Officer……………..Thomas Capobianco [Debut]
Dancing Master……….Brenton Ryan
Wigmaker…………….Philip Cokorinos
Lackey………………Patrick Carfizzi
Piano Solo…………..Bryan Wagorn
Conductor……………Marek Janowski
Production…………..Elijah Moshinsky
The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
February 27, 2022
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor (replacing Valery Gergiev)
Prokofiev Selections from Romeo and Juliet
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique”
Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno
Oratorio by George Frideric Handel
Juilliard 415
Peter Jay Sharp Theater
February 24, 2022
William Christie, Conductor
Julie Roset, Bellezza
Libby Sokolowski, Piacere
Jasmin White, Disinganno
Richard Pittsinger, Tempo
Bajazet
Opera by Antonio Vivaldi, libretto Agostino Piovene
Irish National Opera (co-prod w Royal Opera House)
Linbury Theatre, ROH, London
February 4, 2022
Bajazet: Gianluca Margheri
Tamerlano: James Laing
Asteria: Niamh O’Sullivan
Andronicus: Eric Jurenas
Irene: Claire Booth
Idaspe Aoife Miskelly
Peter Whelan, conductor
Adele Thomas, director
La Bohème
Opera by Puccini
English National Opera, The London Coliseum
February 4, 2022
Sinéad Campbell-Wallace – Mimì
Adam Gilbert (David Junghoon Kim – role was covered offstage) – Rodolfo
Charles Rice – Marcello
Louise Alder – Musetta
William Thomas – Colline
Alex Otterburn – Schaunard
Simon Butteriss – Benoît/Alcindoro
Theodora
Opera by George Frideric Handel
Royal Opera, London
February 4, 2022
Theodora – Julia Bullock
Irene – Joyce DiDonato
Didymus – Jakub Józef Orlinski
Septimius – Ed Lyon
Valens – Gyula Orendt
Marcus – Thando Mjandana
Harry Bicket, conductor
Katie Mitchell, director
London Symphony Orchestra
Barbican Hall, London
February 3, 2022
Shostakovich Symphony No 14
Beethoven Symphony No 7
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Elena Stikhina, soprano
Vitalij Kowaljow, bass
London Symphony Orchestra
YA Lunchtime Concert
Foundling Museum, London
February 3, 2022
Edward Leung, piano
Michaias Berlouis, bass trombone
Violin Sonata in F maj.
And the Trumpet Shall Sound, Handel
Romance, von Weber
Winter 1941, Daniel Schnyder
Four Serious Songs, Johannes Brahms
Sang til Lotta, Jan Sandström
Emerson String Quartet, Renée Fleming
Carnegie Hall
January 23, 2022
Program
BARBER String Quartet in B Minor, Op. 11
PHILIP GLASS Mad Rush
GRIEG Sechs Lieder, Op. 48
·· Lauf der Welt
·· Zur Rosenzeit
FAURÉ “Les berceaux,” Op. 23, No. 1
FAURÉ “Au bord de l’eau,” Op. 8, No. 1
KEVIN PUTS Evening
PREVIN / TOM STOPPARD Penelope (NY Premiere)
Renée Fleming, Soprano
Uma Thurman, Narrator
Emerson String Quartet
·· Eugene Drucker, Violin
·· Philip Setzer, Violin
·· Lawrence Dutton, Viola
·· Paul Watkins, Cello
Simone Dinnerstein, Piano
The Philadelphia Orchestra
January 22, 2022
Academy of Music, Philadelphia
Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor
Lisa Batiashvili Violin
Szymanowski Violin Concerto No. 1
Chausson Poème
Rachmaninoff The Isle of the Dead
Œdipus Rex
Lilacs
Opera Philadelphia
January 21, 2022
Verizon Hall, Philadelphia
performed in concert
Oedipus Rex: Igor Stravinsky, Libretto by Jean Cocteau
William Burdenas: Oedipus
Rehanna Thelwell: Jocaste
Mark S. Dossas: Créon and the Messenger
Jonathan Lemalu: Tiresias
Ethan Burck: the Shepherd (cover)
Charlotte Blake Alstonas:L Narrator
Lilacs: George Walker, Text by Walt Whitman
Tiffany Townsend, soprano
Tosca
The Metropolitan Opera
January 17, 2022
Giacomo Puccini–Giuseppe Giacosa/Luigi Illica
Tosca……………….Elena Stikhina
Cavaradossi………….Joseph Calleja
Scarpia……………..George Gagnidze
Sacristan……………Patrick Carfizzi
Spoletta…………….Brenton Ryan
Angelotti……………Kyle Albertson
Sciarrone……………Bradley Garvin
Shepherd…………….Ariadne Chan-Miller
Jailer………………Matthew Anchel
Conductor……………Carlo Rizzi
Production…………..David McVicar
2021:
Rigoletto
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi / Libretto F. M. Piave
The Metropolitan Opera
New Production Premiere
December 31, 2021
Rigoletto……………Quinn Kelsey
Gilda……………….Rosa Feola
Duke of Mantua……….Piotr Beczala
Maddalena……………Varduhi Abrahamyan [Debut]
Sparafucile………….Andrea Mastroni
Monterone……………Craig Colclough
Borsa……………….Scott Scully
Marullo……………..Jeongcheol Cha
Count Ceprano………..Christopher Job
Countess Ceprano……..Syvlia D’Eramo [Debut]
Giovanna…………….Eve Gigliotti
Page………………..Catherine MiEun Choi-Steckmeyer
Guard……………….Yohan Yi
Conductor……………Daniele Rustioni
Production…………..Bartlett Sher
The Lehman Trilogy
Play by Stefano Massini
The Nedelander Theatre
December 20, 2021
Simon Russell Beale – Henry Lehman, etc.
Adam Godley – Mayer Lehman, etc.
Adrian Lester – Emanuel Lehman, etc.
Sam Mendes, director
Beethoven
Symphonies 2 and 3
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
December 7, 2021
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
La Boheme
Opera by Giacomo Puccini
The Metropolitan Opera
December 3, 2021
Mimì………………..Anita Hartig
Rodolfo……………..Charles Castronovo
Musetta……………..Federica Lombardi
Marcello…………….Joo Won Kang [Debut]
Schaunard……………Alexander Birch Elliot
Colline……………..Ryan Speedo Green
Benoit………………Donald Maxwell
Alcindoro……………Donald Maxwell
Parpignol……………Marco Antonio Jordão
Sergeant…………….Tyler Simpson
Officer……………..Ross Benoliel
Conductor……………Eun Sun Kim
Production…………..Franco Zeffirelli
Eurydice
Opera by Matthew Aucoin, libretto Sarah Ruhl
The Metropolitan Opera
November 23, 2021
New Production Premiere
Eurydice…………….Erin Morley
Orpheus……………..Joshua Hopkins
Orpheus’s Double……..Jakub Józef Orlinski [Debut]
Father………………Nathan Berg [Debut]
Hades……………….Barry Banks
Little Stone…………Stacey Tappan
Big Stone……………Ronnita Miller
Loud Stone…………..Chad Shelton
Offstage Soprano……Lianne Coble-Dispensa
Conductor……………Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Director…………….Mary Zimmerman
Maometto II
Opera bu Gioachino Rossini
libretto by Cesare Della Valle
Washington Concert Opera
Lisner Auditorium, GWU
November 21, 2021
Paolo Erisso — Bruce Sledge
Condulmiero — Matthew Hill
Calbno — Elizabeth DeShong
Anna Erisso — Leah Crocetto
Maometto II — Ashraf Sewailam
Conductor: Antony Walker
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Opera by Richard Wagner
The Metropolitan Opera
November 11, 2021
Hans Sachs…………..Michael Volle
Eva…………………Lise Davidsen
Walther von Stolzing….Klaus Florian Vogt
Magdalene……………Claudia Mahnke
David……………….Paul Appleby
Beckmesser…………..Johannes Martin Kränzle
Pogner………………Georg Zeppenfeld
Kothner……………..Martin Gantner
Vogelgesang………….Miles Mykkanen
Nachtigall…………..Mark Delavan
Ortel……………….Bradley Garvin
Zorn………………..Chaz’men Williams-Ali
Moser……………….Robert Watson
Eisslinger…………..Scott Scully
Foltz……………….Richard Bernstein
Schwarz……………..Scott Conner
Night Watchman……….Alexander Tsymbalyuk
Conductor……………Antonio Pappano
Production…………..Otto Schenk
Giulio Cesare
Opera by George Friderick Handel
The Atlanta Opera
November 6, 2021
Julius Caesar: Daryl Freedman
Jasmine Habersham: Cleopatra
Megan Marino: Sesto Pompeo
Renee Tatum: Cornelia
Daniel Moody: Tolomeo
David Crawford: Achilla
William Meinert: Curio
Elizabeth Sarian: Nireno
Gary Thor Wedow, Conductor
Tomer Zvulun, Stage Director
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
The Metropolitan Opera
October 26, 2021
Richard Wagner
Hans Sachs…………..Michael Volle
Eva…………………Lise Davidsen
Walther von Stolzing….Klaus Florian Vogt
Magdalene……………Claudia Mahnke [Debut]
David……………….Paul Appleby
Beckmesser…………..Johannes Martin Kränzle
Pogner………………Georg Zeppenfeld
Kothner……………..Martin Gantner
Vogelgesang………….Miles Mykkanen
Nachtigall…………..Mark Delavan
Ortel……………….Bradley Garvin
Zorn………………..Chaz’men Williams-Ali [Debut]
Moser……………….Robert Watson [Debut]
Eisslinger…………..Scott Scully
Foltz……………….Richard Bernstein
Schwarz……………..Scott Conner
Night Watchman……….Alexander Tsymbalyuk
Conductor……………Antonio Pappano
Production…………..Otto Schenk
Fauré: Requiem
Death of Classical / Cantori
The Green-Wood Cemetery
October 22, 2021
Mark Shapiro, conductor
Nola Richardson, sop. solo
Joseph Parrish, baritone solo
Prelude: Trio: Be Still and Know, Carlos Simon
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Hall, Boston
October 16, 2021
STILL – Threnody: In Memory of Jan Sibelius
STRAUSS – Symphonic Fantasy on Die Frau ohne Schatten
SIBELIUS – Violin Concerto
Lisa Batiashvili, violin
Encore: Evening Song (Arr. Jarkko Riihimäki for Violin and Orchestra)
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Boris Godunov
Opera by Modest Mussorgsky
The Metropolitan Opera
September 27, 2021
Boris Godunov………..René Pape
Prince Shuisky……….Maxim Paster [Debut]
Pimen……………….Ain Anger [Debut]
Grigory……………..David Butt Philip [Debut]
Varlaam……………..Ryan Speedo Green
Holy Fool…………..Miles Mykkanen
Nikitich…………….Richard Bernstein
Mitiukha…………….Bradley Garvin
Shchelkalov………….Aleksey Bogdanov [Debut]
Innkeeper……………Tichina Vaughn
Missail……………. Brenton Ryan
Officer……………..Kevin Burdette
Xenia……………….Erika Baikoff [Debut]
Feodor………………Megan Marino
Nurse……………….Eve Gigliotti
Boyar in Attendance…..Mark Schowalter
Conductor……………Sebastian Weigle
Production…………..Stephen Wadsworth
Fire Shut Up in My Bones
Opera by Terence Blanchard, libretto by Kasi Lemmons
The Metropolitan Opera
New Production Premier; Opening Night Gala
September 27, 2021
Charles……………………..Will Liverman
Destiny/Loneliness/Greta………Angel Blue
Billie………………………Latonia Moore
Uncle Paul…………………..Ryan Speedo Green
Spinner……………………..Chauncey Packer
Char’es-Baby…………………Walter Russell III
Chester……………………..Chris Kenney
Evelyn………………………Brittany Renee
Pastor/Kaboom………………..Donovan Singletary
Verna……………………….Denisha Ballew
William……………………..Cheikh M’Baye
Nathan………………………Oleode Oshotse
James……………………….Ejiro Ogodo
Robert………………………Judah Taylor
Foreman……………………..Norman Garrett
Chicken Plucker/Adult William….Terrence Chin-Loy [Debut]
Ruby/Woman Sinner…………….Briana Hunter [Debut]
Young Lovely…………………Marguerite Mariah Jones
Bertha………………………Cierra Byrd [Debut]
Adult Robert…………………Calvin Griffin [Debut]
Adult Nathan…………………Errin Duane Brooks
Pledge………………………David Morgans Sanchez
Nash………………………..Chase Taylor
Women: Denisha Ballew, Christine Jobson, Jasmine Muhammad, Kimberli Render, Nicole Joy Mitchell, Karmesha Peake
Orchestra Rhythm Section:
Bryan Wagorn, Piano
Matt Brewer, Bass
Adam Rogers, Guitar
Jeff Watts, Drums
Conductor……………………Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Messa da Requiem
Verdi: Requiem Mass: The Met Remembers 9/11
September 11, 2021
Ailyn Pérez, Soprano
Michelle DeYoung, Mezzo-Soprano
Matthew Polenzani, Tenor
Eric Owens, Bass-Baritone
The MET Orchestra
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Chorus Director………Donald Palumbo
Conductor……………Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Le Roi Arthus
opera by Ernest Chausson
Bard Summerscape
Sosnoff Theatre, Fisher Center, Bard College
August 1, 2021
Leon Botstein, conductor
The American Symphony Orchestra
| King Arthus | Norman Garrett |
| Queen Genièvre | Sasha Cooke |
| Lancelot | Matthew White |
| Lyonnel | Andrew Bidlack |
| Merlin | Troy Cook |
| Mordred | Justin Austin |
| Allan | Wei Wu |
| The Laborer | Andres Acosta |
The New York Philharmonic
Ford Amphitheater, Vail, Colorado
July 23, 2021
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Fate Now Conquers, Carlos Simon
Cello Concerto in C maj., Joseph Haydn; Carter Brey, cello
Souvenir de Florence, Tchaikovsky
Beethoven Violin Concerto
Gil Shaham, The Knights
Death of Classical
The Green-Wood Cemetery
June 25, 2021
The New York Philharmonic
Bryant Park Picnic Performance
June 10, 2021
Lina González-Granados, conductor (New York Philharmonic debut)
BOULOGNE, CHEVALIER DE SAINT-GEORGES
Symphony in D major, Op. 11, No. 2 (ca. 1779)
STRAVINSKY, Concerto in E-flat for Chamber Orchestra, Dumbarton Oaks (1937–38)
CRESTON , A Rumor, Op. 27 (1941)
CRAWFORD SEEGER, Rissolty Rossolty (1939)
ILANA RAHIM-BRADEN, I Am Composition, but Stronger (2021)
MOZART, Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K.183 / 173dB (1773)
Hymn to the City
Death of Classical
Concert & Historical Tour
The Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn
June 4, 2021
Brooklyn Theatre Fire Monument
James Weldon Johnson: My City
Pilot’s Monument
Aaron Copland (arr. Kaufman): Simple Gifts
Sergio Ortega (arr. Lovato): ¡El Pueblo Unido Jamás Será Vencido!
Alison Fierst, flute
Mindy Kaufman, flute
Dasol Jeong, violin
Kyung Ji Min, violin
Alexei Yupanqui Gonzales, cello
Battle Hill
Leonard Bernstein (arr. J. Gale): West Side Story Suite
Maria / Tonight / I Feel Pretty
Thomas Smith, trumpet
Ethan Bensdorf, trumpet
Richard Deane, horn
Colin Williams, trombone
George Curran, bass trombone
Hill of Graves
Paul Simon: American Tune
Marco Foster, vocals and guitar
Kinan Azmeh: Café Damas (with dance accompaniment)
Jin Suk Yu, violin
Leah Ferguson, viola
Max Zeunger, bass
Liana Kleinman, dancer
Chauncey Family Mausoleum
Florence Price: String Quartet in G Major: II. Andante moderato
Qianqian Li, violin
Na Sun, violin
Vivek Kamath, viola
Sumire Kudo, cello
Trad. Spiritual: Over My Head
Paul Grosvenor, baritone
The Catacombs
George Gershwin: Cadenza on Rhapsody in Blue (arr. Adam Tendler)
Sarah Kirkland Snider: How Graceful Things Are, Falling Apart
Kevin Puts: Credo
Antonín Dvořák & William Arms Fisher: Goin’ Home (arr. Patrick Cannell)
Adam Tendler, piano
Lucy Dhegrae, mezzo-soprano
Catalyst Quartet
Karla Donehew Perez, violin
Abi Fayette, violin
Paul Laraia, viola
Karlos Rodriguez, cello
The Metropolitan Opera
The Knockdown Center, Ridgewood, Queens
“A Concert for New York”
May 16, 2021
Members of the Metropolitan Opera Chorus Members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor
Donald Palumbo, Chorus Master
“Lacrimosa” from Mozart’s Requiem
“Ave Maria” from Verdi’s Otello, Angel Blue
Overture to Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte
“Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön” from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Stephen Costello
“In diesen heil’gen Hallen” from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Eric Owens
“Peculiar Grace” from Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones, Justin Austin
“Placido è il mar” from Mozart’s Idomeneo, Angel Blue
“Un dì, felice, eterea” from Verdi’s La Traviata Angel Blue, Stephen Costello
“Laudate Dominum” from Mozart’s Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, Angel Blue
“Die Strahlen der Sonne vertreiben die Nacht” from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Eric Owens
The New York Philharmonic
The Shed, NYC
March 14, 2021
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
2020:
To America
Concert & Historical Tour
The Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn
Death of Classical presentation
October 24, 2020
Historic Chapel
-
- Terrence Hayes: Inhale, Exhale
- Lift Every Voice And Sing (arr. Patrick Cannell)
- Carlos Simon: An Elegy – A Cry from the Grave
- H. Leslie Adams: Sence You Went Away (arr. Patrick Cannell)
Kenneth Overton, baritone & reader
Ashley Horne, violin
Claire Chan, violin
Amadi Azikiwe, viola
Wayne Smith, cello
DeWitt Clinton
Deep River (spiritual), Paul Grosvenor, bass
Charlotte Canda
Caroline Shaw: In Manus Tuas, Robert Burkhart, cello; Selina Hack, dancer & choreographer
Margaret Pine
-
- George Frideric Handel: Ombra Mai Fu
- Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit
Jules Biber, cello; Danielle Buonaiuto, soprano; Freddie June, singer
Civil War Soldiers’ Lot
-
- James Weldon Johnston: Beauty That is Never Old
- Lift Every Voice and Sing (arr. Kenneth Abeling)
- George Walker: Music for Brass, Sacred and Profane: Chorale
- Leonard Bernstein: Somewhere (arr. Noah Luna)
- Battle Hymn of the Republic (arr. Rob Booth)
David Beck, reader
Dan Blankinship, trumpet
Hugo Moreno, trumpet
Eric Davis, horn
Burt Mason, trombone
Marcus Rojas, tuba
Lucy Dhegrae, mezzo-soprano
Weeping Beech Tunnel
Improvisation; Lady Jess, violin
The Catacombs
-
- James Weldon Johnson: To America
- George Walker: Lament (from String Quartet no. 1)
- Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings (from String Quartet, Op. 11)
- Langston Hughes: Let America Be America Again
- Lift Every Voice and Sing
Chala Yancy, violin
Frédérique Gnaman, violin
Tia Allen, viola
Aaron Stokes, cello
Ivan Thompson, tenor & reader
La Traviata
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi / Piave
The Metropolitan Opera
March 9, 2020
Violetta…………………Lisette Oropesa
Alfredo………………….Piero Pretti
Germont………………….Luca Salsi
Flora……………………Sarah Larsen
Gastone………………….Brian Michael Moore
Baron Douphol…………….Dwayne Croft
Marquis D’Obigny………….Jeongcheol Cha
Dr. Grenvil………………Kevin Short
Annina…………………..Maria Zifchak
Giuseppe…………………Patrick Miller
Messenger………………..Ross Benoliel
Germont’s Daughter………..Kendall Cafaro
Dancer…………………..Barton Cowperthwaite
Dancer…………………..Sara Mearns
Conductor………………..Bertrand de Billy
Production……………….Michael Mayer
Hamlet
Play by William Shakespeare
St. Ann’s Warehouse
March 6, 2020
With Ruth Negga
Directed by Yaël Farber
Der Fliegende Holländer
Opera by Richard Wagner
The Metropolitan Opera
March 2, 2020
Dutchman…………….Evgeny Nikitin
Senta……………….Anja Kampe [Debut]
Erik………………..Sergey Skorokhodov
Daland………………Franz-Josef Selig
Mary………………..Mihoko Fujimura [Debut]
Steersman……………David Portillo
Senta Dancer…………Alison Clancy [Debut]
Conductor……………Valery Gergiev
Production…………..François Girard
Hadestown
Musical by Anaïs Mitchell
The Walter Kerr Theatre
March 1, 2020
The New York Philharmonic
David Geffen Hall
February 27, 2020
Franz Welser-Most, conductor
Babylon Suite: Jörg Widmann
R. Strauss, Symphonia Domestica
Beethoven
Symphonies 8 and 9
Carnegie Hall
February 24, 2020
Rinaldo
February 17, 2020
Yuja Wang
February 16, 2020
Queen of Spades
Lyric Opera of Chicago
February 15, 2020
Madame Butterfly
Lyric Opera of Chicago
February 14, 2020
Agippina
February 13, 2020
La Damnation de Faust
February 1, 2020
Sea Interludes
January 30, 2020
The International Contemporary Ensemble
January 28, 2020
The New York Philharmonic
January 24, 2020
Schubert 4
Mahler Das Lied von der Erde
Rev. 23
Prototype Festival
January 18, 2020
Cion: Requiem of Ravel’s Bolero
Prototype Festival
January 18, 2020
Ellen West
Prototype Festival
January 17, 2020
NY Philharmonic
Dvorak 9
Ives
Magdalene
The Prototype Festival
January 13, 2020
NY Philharmonic
January 9, 2020
Grieg, Alpensinfonie
Wozzeck
January 7, 2020
2019:
Netrebko Triple-Bill
December 31, 2019
Wozzeck
December 27, 2019
Der Rosenkavalier
December 23, 2019
Queen of Spades
December 21, 2019
Ari Hoenig Trio
December 16, 2019
Der Freischutz
December 12, 2019
A Bright Room Called Day
Play by Tony Kushner
The Public Theatre
November 30, 2019
Oskar Eustis, director
Linda Emond, Grace Gummer, Michael Esper, Michael Urie, Nikki M. James, Crystal Lucas-Perry, Jonathan Hadary, Estelle Parsons, Nadine Malouf, Max Woertendyke, Mark Margolis
Hamlet
Washington Concert Opera
November 24, 2019
GWU Lisner Auditorium
Opera by Ambroise Thomas
*left 10 min before end
Jacques Imbrailo – Hamlet
Lisette Oropesa – Ophelia
Eve Gigliotti – Gertrude
Tom Fox – Claudius
Matt Hill – Marcellus/Gravedigger
Brian Kontes – Le Spectre
The Magic Flute
Washington National Opera
November 23, 2019
Kennedy Center
Tamino: David Portillo
Pamina: Sydney Mancasola
Queen of the Night: Kathryn Lewek
Sarastro: Wei Wu
Papageno: Michael Adams
Sprecher: Kevin Short
Conductor: Eun Sun Kim
Director: Christopher Mattaliano
Scenery Design: Realized by Neil Peter Jampolis based on the original artwork of Maurice Sendak
Cyrano
November 22, 2019
The New Group, Daryl Roth Theatre NYC
Adapted by Erica Schmidt from Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand Music by Aaron Dessner and Bryce Dessner of The National; Lyrics by Matt Berninger of The National and Carin Besser; Choreography by Jeff and Rick Kuperman; Directed by Erica Schmidt
Ritchie Coster, Peter Dinklage, Josh A. Dawson, Hillary Fisher, Josh Franklin, Christopher Gurr, Blake Jenner, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Nehal Joshi, Grace McLean, Erika Olson, Scott Stangland
Requiem
Mass by Giuseppe Verdi
The Shed, NYC
November 21, 2019
Teodor Currentzis, conductor
musicAeterna ensemble
Jonas Mekas, video
Soloists
Zarina Abaeva, Soprano
René Barbera, Tenor
Clémentine Margaine, Mezzo-soprano
Evgeny Stavinsky, Bass
Akhnaten
Opera by Philip Glass
The Metropolitan Opera
November 19, 2019
Akhnaten…………….Anthony Roth Costanzo
Nefertiti……………..J’Nai Bridges
Queen Tye……………Dísella Lárusdóttir
Aye…………………Richard Bernstein
High Priest………….Aaron Blake
Amenhotep III………..Zachary James
General Horemhab……..Will Liverman
Bekhetaten…………..Lindsay Ohse
Meretaten……………Karen Chia-Ling Ho
Maketaten……………Chrystal E. Williams
Ankhesenpaaten……….Annie Rosen
Neferneferuaten………Olivia Vote
Sotopenre……………Suzanne Hendrix
Young Tutankhamun…….Christian J. Conner
Professor……………Zachary James
Conductor……………..Karen Kamensek
Titus Burgess
Jazz concert
Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall
November 18, 2019
Fellow Travelers
Opera by Gregory Spears, libretto by Greg Pierce
Boston Lyric Opera, Emerson Paramount Theatre, Boston
November 17, 2019
Hawkins Fuller: Jesse Blumberg
Timothy Laughlin: Jesse Darden
Potter’s Asst/Bookseller/Tech/French Priest/Guest: Simon Dyer
Tommy McIntrye: Vincent Turregano
Sen. Charles Potter/Gen. Arlie/Bartender: James Maddalena
Miss Lightfoot: Michelle Trainor
Mary Johnson: Chelsea Basler
Estonian/Interrogator/Sen McCarthy: David McFerrin
Lucy: Brianna J. Robinson
Emily Senturia, conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
November 16, 2019
Riccardo Muti, Music Director and Conductor
Sergei Prokofiev
Selections from Romeo and Juliet
Symphony No. 3
Così fan Tutte
Opera by W. A. Mozart
November 15, 2019
Juilliard Opera
Ferrando: James Ley
Guglielmo: Erik van Heyningen
Don Alfonso: William Socolof
Fiordiligi: Kathleen O’Mara
Dorabella: Megan Moore
Despina: Mer Wohlgemuth
Continu: Mari Coetzee, Cello; Nathaniel LaNasa, Harpsichordo
Nimrod David Pfeffer, conductor
La Bohème
Opera by Giacomo Puccini-Luigi Illica/Giuseppe Giacosa
The Metropolitan Opera
November 9, 2019
Mimì………………..Ailyn Pérez
Rodolfo……………..Matthew Polenzani
Musetta……………..Olga Kulchynska
Marcello…………….David Bizic
Schaunard……………Andrey Zhilikhovsky
Colline……………..Jongmin Park
Benoit………………Arthur Woodley
Alcindoro……………Arthur Woodley
Parpignol……………Marco Antonio Jordão
Sergeant…………….Yohan Yi
Officer……………..Jonathan Scott
Conductor……………Marco Armiliato
Production…………..Franco Zeffirelli
Orfeo ed Eurydice
Opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck–Ranieri de’Calzabigi
The Metropolitan Opera
November 4, 2019
Orfeo……………….Jamie Barton
Euridice…………….Hei-Kyung Hong
Amore……………….Hera Hyesang Park*
Dan Saunders: Harpsichord
Conductor……………Mark Wigglesworth
Production…………..Mark Morris
Saul
Opera by Geroge Frideric Handel
Houston Grand Opera
November 2, 2019
Christopher Purves: Saul
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen: David
Andriana Chuchman: Michal
Pureum Jo: Merab
Paul Appleby: Jonathan
Keith Jameson: Abner/High Priest/Amalekite/Doeg
Chad Shelton: Witch of Endor
Patrick Summers, Conductor
Barrie Kosky, Original Director
Rigoletto
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Houston Grand Opera
November 1, 2019
Duke of Mantua: Arturo Chacón-Cruz
Borsa: Richard Trey Smagur
Countess Ceprano: Doroth Gal
Rigoletto: Brian Mulligan
Marullo: Geoffrey Hahn
Count Ceprano: Daniel Noyola
Count Monterone: Nicholas Newton
Sparafucile: David Shipley
Gilda: Mané Galoyan
Giovanna: Lindsay Kate Brown
Page: Elena Villalón
Usher: William Guanbo Su
Maddalena: Zoie Reams
Jordan de Souza, conductor
Tomer Zvulun, director
Turandot
Opera by Giacomo Puccini
October 26, 2019
The Metropolitan Opera
Turandot…………….Christine Goerke
Calàf……………….Riccardo Massi
Liù…………………Gabriella Reyes
Timur……………….James Morris
Ping………………..Alexey Lavrov
Pang………………..Tony Stevenson
Pong………………..Eduardo Valdes
Emperor Altoum……….Carlo Bosi
Mandarin…………….Javier Arrey
Maid………………..Maria D’Amato
Maid………………..Meredith Woodend
Prince of Persia……..Sasha Semin
Executioner………….Arthur Lazalde
Three Masks: Elliott Reiland, Amir Levy, Andrew Robinson
Temptresses: Natalia Alonso, Jennifer Cadden, Oriada Islami, Sarah Weber-Gallo
Conductor……………Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Production…………..Franco Zeffirelli
Ian Bostridge in Recital
October 24, 2019
Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall
Ian Bostridge, Tenor
Brad Mehldau, Piano
BRAD MEHLDAU The Folly of Desire (NY Premiere)
SCHUMANN Dichterliebe
Encores:
COWARD “Twentieth Century Blues” from Cavalcade
STRACHEY “These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)”
PORTER “Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye”
Manon
Opera by Jules Massenet, Henri Meilhac/Philippe Gille
October 22, 2019
The Metropolitan Opera
Manon……………….Lisette Oropesa
Des Grieux…………..Michael Fabiano
Lescaut……………..Artur Rucinski
Count des Grieux……..Kwangchul Youn
Guillot……………..Carlo Bosi
Brétigny…………….Brett Polegato
Poussette……………Jacqueline Echols
Javotte……………..Laura Krumm
Rosette……………..Maya Lahyani
Innkeeper……………Paul Corona
Guard……………….Mario Bahg
Guard……………….Jeongcheol Cha
Maid………………..Edyta Kulczak
Conductor……………Maurizio Benini
Production…………..Laurent Pelly
Turandot
Opera by Giacomo Puccini
October 19, 2019
Canadian Opera Company, Toronto
Conductor: Carlo Rizzi
Director, Design, and Lighting Concept: Robert Wilson
Turandot: Tamara Wilson
Calaf: Sergey Skorokhodov
Liù: Joyce El-Khoury
Timur: David Leigh
Jim/Ping: Adrian Timpau
Bob/Pang: Julius Ahn
Bill/Pong: Joseph Hu
Emperor Altoum: Adrian Thompson
The Mandarin: Joel Allison
The Prince of Persia: Matthew Cairns
Rusalka
Opera by Antonín Dvořák
October 18, 2019
Canadian Opera Company, Toronto ON
Conductor: Johannes Debus
Director: David McVicar
Rusalka: Sondra Radvanovsky
Vodník: Štefan Kocán
Ježibaba: Elena Manistina
Prince: Pavel Cernoch
Foreign Princess: Keri Alkema
First Wood Nymph: Anna-Sophie Neher
Second Wood Nymph: Jamie Groote
Third Wood Nymph: Lauren Segal
Gamekeeper: Matthew Cairns
Turnspit: Lauren Eberwein
Hunter: Vartan Gabrielian
Orfeo ed Eurydice
Opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck–Ranieri de’Calzabigi
Final Dress Rehearsal: The Metropolitan Opera
Orfeo……………….Jamie Barton
Euridice…………….Hei-Kyung Hong
Amore……………….Hera Hyesang Park*
Dan Saunders: Harpsichord
Conductor……………Mark Wigglesworth
Production…………..Mark Morris
Sphinx Virtuosi
October 11, 2019
Carnegie Hall
Sphinx Virtuosi ensemble
J’Nai Bridges, Mezzo-Soprano
Will Liverman, Baritone
Damien Sneed, Piano
Chorale Le Chateau
Program
ROMERO Fuga con pajarillo
BARTÓK Allegro assai from Divertimento for Strings
PHILIP HERBERT Elegy: In Memoriam—Stephen Lawrence
MICHAEL ABELS Global Warming
XAVIER FOLEY For Justice and Peace for Violin, Bass, and String Orchestra (NY Premiere)
SCHUBERT Presto from String Quartet in D Minor, D. 810, “Death and the Maiden” (arr. for string orchestra by Mahler)
DAMIEN SNEED “Our Journey: 400 Years from Africa to Jamestown” from We Shall Overcome (World Premiere)
The Cleveland Orchestra
October 4, 2019
Carnegie Hall
Franz Welser-Möst, Music Director and Conductor
JÖRG WIDMANN Trauermarsch – Yefim Bronfman, Piano
MAHLER Symphony No. 5
The New York Philharmonic
October 3, 2019
David Geffen Hall
Jaap Van Zweden, conductor
Sibelius – Violin Concerto
Augustin Hadelich, soloist
Berlioz – Symphonie fantastique
Erwartung / Bluebeard’s Castle
The New York Philharmonic
September 28, 2019
David Geffen Hall
Jaap van Zweden, Conductor
Erwartung
One-Act Monodrama by Arnold Schoenberg
Katarina Karnéus, Mezzo-Soprano
Bluebeard’s Castle
One-Act opera by Béla Bartók
Nina Stemme, soprano
Johannes Martin Kränzle, baritone
Bengt Gomér, Director / Set and Lighting Designer
Porgy and Bess
Opera by George & Ira Gershwin
The Metropolitan Opera
September 27, 2019
Porgy……………….Eric Owens
Bess………………..Angel Blue
Sporting Life………..Frederick Ballentine
Crown……………….Alfred Walker
Clara……………….Golda Schultz
Jake………………..Ryan Speedo Green
Serena………………Latonia Moore
Robbins……………..Chauncey Packer
Mingo……………….Errin Duane Brooks
Jim…………………Reginald Smith, Jr.
Peter……………….Jamez McCorkle
Lily………………..Tichina Vaughn
Maria……………….Denyce Graves
Undertaker…………..Damien Geter
Annie……………….Chanáe Curtis
Frazier……………..Arthur Woodley
Strawberry Woman……..Leah Hawkins
Crab Man…………….Chauncey Packer
Detective……………Grant Neale
Policeman……………Bobby Mittelstadt
Coroner……………..Michael Lewis
Scipio………………Neo Randall
Conductor……………David Robertson
Production…………..James Robinson
Ain’t Too Proud
Musical
Imperial Theatre, Broadway
September 24, 2019
Derrick Baskin, James Harkness, Jawan M. Jackson, Jelani Remy
The New York Philharmonic
September 19, 2019
David Geffen Hall
Philip Glass – King Lear Overture (World Premiere)
Samuel Barber – Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Sergei Prokofiev – Selections from Romeo and Juliet
Jaap van Zweden: Conductor
Kelli O’Hara: Soprano
The Ghosts of Versailles
Opera by John Corigliano, libretto William M. Hoffman
August 18, 2019
The Glimmerglass Festival
Yelena Dyachek, Marie Antoinette
Jonathan Bryan, Beaumarchais
Peter Morgan, King Louis XVI
Zachary Rioux, Marquis/Page
Kayla Siembieda, Susanna
Ben Schaefer, Figaro
Brian Wallin, Count Almaviva
Joanna Latini, Rosina
Katherine Maysek, Cherubino
Spencer Britten, Léon
Emily Misch, Florestine
Christian Sanders, Patrick Honoré Bégearss
Tucker Reed Breder, Wilhelm
Gretchen Krupp, Samira
Wm. Clay Thompson, Suleyman Pasha
Spencer Hamlin, Swordsman/Revolutionary
Tanyaradzwa A. Tawengwa‡, Pursuer/Revolutionary
Noragh Devlin, Woman in Hat/Duchess
Teresa Perotta, Gossip 1
Abigail Paschke, Gossip 2
Simran Claire, Gossip 3
Bryn Holdsworth, Ghost Quartet
Lindsay Metzger, Ghost Quartet
Maxwell Levy, Ghost Quartet
Christopher Carbin, Ghost Quartet
Charles H. Eaton, English Ambassador
Joseph Colaneri, Conductor
Jay Lesenger, Director
Blue
Opera by Jeanine Tesori (music), Tazewell Thompson (libretto)
The Glimmerglass Festival
August 17, 2019
Cast
Kenneth Kellogg, The Father
Briana Hunter, The Mother
Aaron Crouch, The Son
Gordon Hawkins, The Reverend
Ariana Wehr, Girlfriend 1/Nurse/Congregant 1
Brea Renetta Marshall, Girlfriend 2/Congregant 2
Mia Athey, Girlfriend 3/Congregant 3
Camron Gray, Policeman 1/Congregant 1
Edward Graves, Policeman 2/Congregant 2
Nicholas Davis, Policeman 3/Congregant 3
John DeMain, Conductor
Tazewell Thompson, Director
Show Boat
Musical by Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
The Glimmerglass Festival
August 17, 2019
Lauren Snouffer, Magnolia Hawks
Michael Adams, Gaylord Ravenal
Alyson Cambridge, Julie La Verne
Lara Teeter, Cap’n Andy Hawks
Klea Blackhurst, Parthy Ann Hawks
Judith Skinner, Queenie
Justin Hopkins, Joe
Schyler Varga, Frank Schultz
Abigail Paschke, Ellie Mae Chipley
Grant Wenaus, Jake
Charles H. Eaton, Steve Baker/Max
Kameron Lopreore, Sheriff Vallon/Bartender
Spencer Hamlin, Pete
Maxwell Levy, Hotel Manager/1st Drunk/Emcee
Tucker Reed Breder, Beau/Dancer
Joshua Kring, Beau/Dancer
Spencer Britten, Beau/Dealer/Dancer
Joanna Latini, Miss/1st Girl/Lottie/Mother Superior
Kayla Siembieda, Miss/2nd Girl/Landlady/Dolly
Rachel Kay, Miss/Dancer
Haley Ayers, Miss/Teen Kim/Dancer
Marie Woodward, Miss/Lady on the Levee
Edward Graves, Stevedore
Aaron T. Jenkins, Stevedore
Camron Gray, Stevedore
Allen Michael Jones, Stevedore
Burke Herrick, Stevedore
Ben Guevara-Chancey, Stevedore
Austin Odell, Stevedore
James Lowe, Conductor
Francesca Zambello, Director
La Traviata
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
The Glimmerglass Festival
August 16, 2019
Amanda Woodbury, Violetta Valéry
Kang Wang, Alfredo Germont
Adrian Timpau, Giorgio Germont
Kameron Lopreore, Gastone de Letorières
Jonathan Bryan, Baron Douphol
Schyler Vargas, Marchese d’Obigny
Wm. Clay Thompson, Doctor Grenvil
Lindsay Metzger, Flora Bervoix
Bryn Holdsworth, Annina
Aaron Crouch, Giuseppe
Allen Michael Jones, Messenger
Peter Morgan, Flora’s Servant
Joseph Colaneri, Conductor
Francesca Zambello, Director
Medée
August 4, 2019
Opera by Luigi Cherubini
Salzburger Festspiele
Thomas Hengelbrock: Conductor
Simon Stone: Director
Elena Stikhina: Médée
Pavel Černoch: Jason
Vitalij Kowaljow: Créon
Rosa Feola: Dircé
Alisa Kolosova: Néris
Tamara Bounazou: Première Femme de Dircé
Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur: Deuxième Femme de Dircé
Amira Casar: Voice mails Médée
Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus
Vienna Philharmonic
Adriana Lecouvreur
August 3, 2019
Opera by Francesco Cilea
Libretto: Arturo Colautti
Salzburger Festspiele, performed in concert
Marco Armiliato: Conductor
Anna Netrebko; Adriana Lecouvreur
Yusif Eyvazov Maurizio: conte di Sassonia
Anita Rachvelishvili: La principessa di Bouillon
Nicola Alaimo: Michonnet
Mika Kares: Il principe di Bouillon
Andrea Giovannini: L’abate di Chazeuil
Alina Adamski: Mlle Jouvenot
Valentina Pluzhnikova: Mlle Dangeville
Ricardo Bojórquez: Quinault
Josh Lovell: Poisson
Philharmonia Chor Wien
Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg
Parsifal
August 2, 2019
Opera by Richard Wagner
Bayreuther Festspiele
Conductor: Semyon Bychkov
Production: Uwe Eric Laufenberg
Amfortas: Ryan McKinny
Titurel: Wilhelm Schwinghammer
Gurnemanz: Günther Groissböck
Parsifal: Anreas Schager
Klingsor: Derek Welton
Kundry: Elena Pankratova
Grail Knight 1: Martin Homrich
Grail Knight 2: Timo Riihonen
Squire 1: Alexandra Steiner
Squire 2: Mareike Morr
Squire 3: Paul Kaufmann
Squire 4: Stefan Heibach
Flowermaidens: Katharina Konradi, Ji Yoon, Mareike Morr, Alexandra Steiner, Bele Kumberger, Marie Henriette Reinhold
Eine Altstimme: Simone Schröder
Tristan und Isolde
August 1, 2019
Opera by Richard Wagner
Bayreuther Festspiele
Conductor: Christian Thielemann
Production: Katharina Wagner
Tristan: Stephen Gould
King Marke: Georg Zeppenfeld
Isolde: Petra Lang
Kurwenal: Greer Grimsley
Melot: Armin Kolarcyzk
Brangäne: Christa Mayer
Shepherd: Tansel Akzeybek
Helmsman: Kay Stiefermann
Young sailor: Tansel Akzeybek
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
July 31, 2019
Opera by Richard Wagner
Bayreuther Festspiele
Conductor: Philippe Jordan
Production: Barrie Kosky
Hans Sachs: Michael Volle
Veit Pogner: Günther Groissbock
Kunz Vogelgesang: Tansel Akzeybek
Konrad Nachtigal: Armin Kolarcyzk
Sixtus Beckmesser: Johannes Martin Kränzle
Fritz Kothner: Daniel Scmutzhard
Balthasar Zorn: Paul Kaufmann
Ulrich Eisslinger: Christopher Kaplan
Augustin Moser: Stefan Heibach
Hermann Ortel: Ralf Lukas (cover)
Hans Schwarz: Andreas Hörl
Hans Foltz:Timo Riihonen
Walter von Stolzing: Klaus Florian Vogt
David: Daniel Behle
Eva: Emily Magee
Magdalene: Wiebke Lehmkuhl
Ein Nachtwächter: Wilhelm Schwinghammer
Agrippina
Opera by G. F. Handel
July 30, 2019
Bayerische Staatsoper
Nationaltheater, Münchner Opernfestspiele
Conductor: Ivor Bolton
Production: Barrie Kosky
Claudio: Gianluca Buratto
Agrippina: Alice Coote
Nerone: Franco Fagioli
Poppea: Elsa Benoit
Ottone: Iestyn Davies
Pallante: Andrea Mastroni
Narciso: Eric Jurenas
Lesbo: Markus Suihkonen
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
La Fanciulla del West
July 29, 2019
Opera by Giagomo Puccini
Bayerische Staatsoper
Nationaltheater, Münchner Opernfestspiele
Minnie: Anja Kampe
Jack Rance: John Lundgren
Dick Johnson: Brandon Jovanovich
Nick: Kevin Conners
Ashby: Bálint Szabó
Sonora: Tim Kuypers
Trin: Manuel Günther
Sid: Alexander Milev
Bello: Justin Austin
Harry: Galeano Salas
Joe: Freddie De Tommaso
Happy: Christian Rieger
Larkens: Norman Garrett
Billy Jackrabbit: Oleg Davydov
Wowkle: Noa Beinart
Jake Wallace: Sean Michael Plumb
José Castro: Ogulcan Yilmaz
Pony Express rider: Ulrich Reβ
James Gaffigan: Conductor
Production: Andreas Dresen
Rigoletto
July 28, 2019
We Chose to Go to the Moon
July 20, 2019
Carnegie Zankel Hall
Multimedia documentary
Performers
John Monsky, Creator, Writer, and Narrator
Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Kimberly Grigsby, Conductor
Shonica Gooden, Vocalist
Adam Kantor, Vocalist
David St. Louis, Vocalist
Elena Shaddow, Vocalist
Acquanetta
July 14, 2019
Bard Summerscape
Opera by Michael Gordon
Libretto by Deborah Artman
Trinity Wall Street Choir
Bang on a Can Opera
Ape: Eliza Bagg
Director: Christopher Burchett
Acquanetta: Rebecca L. Hargrove
Doctor: TIMUR
Brainy Woman: Amelia Watkins
Oklahoma!
Musical by Rodgers & Hammerstein
July 7, 2019
Circle in the Square, Broadway
Daniel Fish, director
Curly McLain: Damon Daunno
Aunt Eller: Mary Testa
Laurey Williams: Rebecca Naomi Jones
Will Parker: James Davis
Cord Elam: Anthony Cason
Jud Fry: Patrick Vaill
Ado Annie: Ali Stroker
Ali Hakim: Will Brill
Gertie Cummings: Mallory Portnoy
Andrew Carnes: Mitch Tebo
Mike: Denver Milord (understudy)
Lead Dancer: Gabrielle Hamilton
Epilogues & Epitaphs
June 24, 2019
Death of Classical
The Angel’s Share
Green-Wood Cemetary Catacombs
Augusta McKay Lodge, violin
Jeffrey Girton, violin
Kieran Campbell, cello
Adam Cockerham, theorbo
Robert Warner, harpsichord
Daniel Moody, countertenor
unknown theorbo solo work – Dowland?
Purcell: O Solitude, My Sweetest Choice
Corelli: Violin Sonata C maj. Op 5, 3
Rebel: Tombeau de Lully
Handel: Waft her angels through the skies
Handel: Tu del ciel
Vivaldi: La Folio
Dowland: Now, o now, I needs must part
Versailles: Portrait of a Royal Domain
June 23, 2019
Caramoor, Katonah, NY
Venetian Theatre
Boston Early Music Festival
Les Plaisirs de Versailles
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Louis XIV: Carlos Fittante
La Musique: Teresa Wakim
La Conversation: Marjorie Maltais
Un des Plaisirs: Asron Scheehan
Comus: Jesse Blumberg
Le Jeu: Jason McStoots
Atys Divertissements
Jean Baptiste Lully
IV, v
Le Fleuve Sangar: Olivier Laquerre
Une Divinité de Fontaine: Molly Netter
Une Divinité de Fontaine: Virginia Warnken
Un Dieu de Fleuve: Zachary Wilder
III, iv
Le Sommeil: Aaron Sheehan
Morphée: Jason McStoots
Phobetor: John Taylor Ward
Phantase: Zachary Wilder
Les Fontaines de Versailles
Michel-Richard de Lalande
Latone: Virginia Warnken
Flore: Molly Netter
Apollon: Asson Sheehan
Cérès: Sophie Michaux
Encelade: John Taylor Ward
Bacchus: Zachary Wilder
La Renommée: Margot Rood
Comus: Jesse Blumberg
Le Dieu du Canal: Olivier Laquerre
Espæce
Performance piece by Aurelien Bory
Compagnie 111
Based on the life & works of Georges Perec
BAM Howard Gilman Opera House
June 20, 2019
With Guilhem Benoit, Cochise Le Berre, Katell Le Brenn, Claire Lefiliâtre, Olivier Martin-Salvan
O
Cirque du Soleil at the Bellagio Las Vegas
Friday, June 14, 2019
Met Opera Summerstage Recital
June 10, 2019
Summerstage Central Park
Ying Fang, soprano
Ben Bliss, tenor
Nathan Gunn, baritone
Dan Saunders, piano
Prisoner of the State
Opera by David Lang
The New York Philharmonic
David Geffen Hall
June 6, 2019
Jaap van Zweden, Conductor
Julie Mathevet – Soprano (The Assistant)
Alan Oke – Tenor (The Governor)
Jarrett Ott – Baritone (The Prisoner)
Eric Owens – Bass-Baritone (The Jailer)
Matthew Pearce – Tenor (Guard)
John Matthew Myers – Tenor (Guard)
Steven Eddy – Baritone (Guard)
Rafael Porto – Bass-Baritone (Guard)
Men of the Concert Chorale of New York
Donald Nally, director
Dido & Aeneas
The Angel’s Share
Death of Classical at the Green-Wood Cemetary Catacombs
June 4, 2019
Music by Henry Purcell with interstitched dialogue from Christopher Marlowe
Directed by Alek Shrader
Daniela Mack, Dido
Paul La Rosa, Aeneas
Molly Quinn, Belinda
Vanessa Cariddi, Sorceress
Marc Molomot, Achates
Brooke Larimer, Anna
Alyssa Martin, Witch Crone
Erin Moll, Witch Maiden
Kannan Vasudevan, Misenus/Ilioneus
Paul Greene-Dennis, King Iarbas
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
June 3, 2019
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor
Isabel Leonard, Mezzo-Soprano
Debussy La mer
Dutilleux Le temps l’horloge
Ravel Shéhérazade
Ravel Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2
The National Symphony Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
May 19, 2019
Gianandrea Noseda, Conductor
Erika Grimaldi, Soprano
Chiara Amarù, Mezzo-Soprano
Michele Angelini, Tenor
Marko Mimica, Bass-Baritone
University of Maryland Concert Choir
Edward Maclary, Director
Program
Liszt – Dante Symphony, S. 109
Rossini – Stabat Mater
Amalgama ensemble
St. Peter’s Church, Chelsea
May 17, 2019
Jan Krzywicki – Afterlife
Carl Bettendorf – à travers… encore
Nina C. Young – Rising Tide
Hiroya Miura – Open Passage
Roger Tréfousse – Synesthesia / Fusion: 3 Painters Portrayed
Götterdämmerung
The Metropolitan Opera
May 11, 2019
Der Ring des Nibelungen: Richard Wagner
Brünnhilde…………..Christine Goerke
Siegfried……………Stefan Vinke
Gunther……………..Evgeny Nikitin
Gutrune……………..Edith Haller
Hagen……………….Eric Owens
Waltraute……………Michaela Schuster
Alberich…………….Tomasz Konieczny
First Norn…………..Ronnita Miller
Second Norn………….Elizabeth Bishop
Third Norn…………..Wendy Bryn Harmer
Woglinde…………….Amanda Woodbury
Wellgunde……………Samantha Hankey
Flosshilde…………..Tamara Mumford
Stage Horn solo: Erik Ralske
Conductor……………Philippe Jordan
Production…………..Robert Lepage
Siegfried
The Metropolitan Opera
May 9, 2019
Der Ring des Nibelungen: Richard Wagner
Siegfried……………Stefan Vinke
Brünnhilde…………..Christine Goerke
Wanderer…………….Michael Volle
Erda………………..Karen Cargill
Mime………………..Gerhard Siegel
Alberich…………….Tomasz Konieczny
Fafner………………Dmitry Belosselskiy
Forest Bird………….Erin Morley
Stage Horn Solo: Erik Ralske
Conductor……………Philippe Jordan
Die Walküre
The Metropolitan Opera
May 7, 2019
Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen
Brünnhilde…………..Christine Goerke
Siegmund…………….Stuart Skelton
Sieglinde……………Eva-Maria Westbroek
Wotan……………….Michael Volle
Fricka………………Jamie Barton
Hunding……………..Günther Groissböck
Gerhilde…………….Kelly Cae Hogan
Grimgerde……………Maya Lahyani
Helmwige…………….Jessica Faselt
Ortlinde…………….Wendy Bryn-Harmer
Rossweisse…………..Mary Phillips
Schwertleite…………Daryl Freedman
Siegrune…………….Eve Gigliotti
Waltraute……………Renée Tatum
Conductor……………Philippe Jordan
Production…………..Robert Lepage
Production…………..Robert Lepage
Das Rheingold
The Metropolitan Opera
May 6, 2019
Opera by Richard Wagner Der Ring des Nibelungen
Wotan……………….Michael Volle
Fricka………………Jamie Barton
Alberich…………….Tomasz Konieczny
Loge………………..Norbert Ernst
Erda………………..Karen Cargill
Fasolt………………Gunther Groissböck
Fafner………………Dmitry Belosselskiy
Freia……………….Wendy Bryn Harmer
Froh………………..Adam Diegel
Donner………………Michael Todd Simpson
Mime………………..Gerhard Siegel
Woglinde…………….Amanda Woodbury
Wellgunde……………Samantha Hankey
Flosshilde…………..Tamara Mumford
Conductor……………Philippe Jordan
Production…………..Robert Lepage
Dialogues of the Carmelites
Opera by Francis Poulenc
The Metropolitan Opera
May 3, 2019
Blanche de la Force…..Isabel Leonard
Madame de Croissy…….Karita Mattila
Madame Lidoine……….Adrianne Pieczonka
Mother Marie…………Karen Cargill
Sister Constance……..Erin Morley
Mother Jeanne………..Tichina Vaughn
Sister Mathilde………Emily D’Angelo
Marquis de la Force…..Jean-François Lapointe [Debut]
Chevalier de la Force…David Portillo
Chaplain…………….Tony Stevenson
Thierry……………..Eduardo Valdes
Javelinot……………Paul Corona
First Commissioner……Scott Scully
Second Commissioner…..Richard Bernstein
Jailer………………Patrick Carfizzi
Nuns………………..Elizabeth Brooks, Lianne Coble-Dispensa, Andrea Coleman, Maria D’Amato, Sara Heaton, Mary Hughes, Kate Mangiameli, Ashley Mason, Elizabeth Sciblo, Rosalie Sullivan, Meredith Woodend
Conductor……………Yannick-Nézet-Séguin
Norma Jean Baker of Troy
Play by Anne Carson
The Shed, NYC
April 30, 2019
Renée Fleming
Ben Whishaw
Katie Mitchell, Director
Paul Clark, Composer
Emmeline
Opera by Tobias Picker
Libretto: J. D. McClatchy
Manhattan School of Music
April 26, 2019
Thaddeus Strassberger, director
Emmeline Mosher: Blair Cagney
Matthew Gurney: Philippe L’Esperance
Mr. Maguire: Jimin Park
Aunt Hannah Watkins: Alanna Fraize
Henry Mosher: Weichang Wang
Mrs. Bass: Erin Reppenhagen
Sophie: Katharine Burns
Harriet Mosher: Hannah Friesen
Pastor Avery: Robert Ellsworth Feng
Hooker: Alexander Mason
Simon Fenton: Seung Chan Hong
Ella Burling: Ann Marie Bjerke
George Manahan, conductor
Brahms 4
The New York Philharmonic
April 25, 2019
David Geffen Hall
Thomas Larcher: Symphony No. 2, Kenotaph (US Premiere)
Brahms, Symphony No. 4
Semyon Bychkov, Conductor
La Clemenza di Tito
The Metropolitan Opera
April 20, 2019
Opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto Pietro Metastasio/Caterino Mazzolà
Tito…………………..Matthew Polenzani
Vitellia……………….Elza van den Heever
Sesto………………….Joyce DiDonato
Servilia……………….Ying Fang
Annio………………….Emily D’Angelo
Publio…………………Christian Van Horn
Berenice……………….Anne Dyas
David Heiss, Cello
Bryan Wagorn, Harpsichord
Inn-Hyuck Cho, Clarinet and Basset Horn soloist
Conductor………………Lothar Koenigs
Production……………..Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Semele
The English Concert
Carnegie Hall
April 14, 2019
Opera by G. F. Handel
The English Concert
Harry Bicket, Artistic Director and Conductor
Brenda Rae (Semele)
Elizabeth DeShong (Juno/Ino)
Soloman Howard (Cadmus/Somnus)
Benjamin Hulett (Jupiter)
Christopher Lowrey (Athamas)
Ailish Tynan (Iris)
Brian Giebler (Apollo)
Joseph Beutel (Priest)
The Clarion Choir
Steven Fox, Artistic Director
Mahler Symphony 6
The New York Philharmonic
April 12, 2019
David Geffen Hall
La Clemenza di Tito
The Metropolitan Opera
April 11, 2019
Opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto Pietro Metastasio/Caterino Mazzolà
Tito…………………..Matthew Polenzani
Vitellia……………….Elza van den Heever
Sesto………………….Joyce DiDonato
Servilia……………….Ying Fang
Annio………………….Emily D’Angelo
Publio…………………Christian Van Horn
Berenice……………….Anne Dyas
David Heiss, Cello
Bryan Wagorn, Harpsichord
Inn-Hyuck Cho, Clarinet and Basset Horn soloist
Conductor………………Lothar Koenigs
Production……………..Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
April 6, 2019
Iván Fischer, conductor
Márta Sebestyén, vocalist
Ildikó Komlósi, mezzo soprano
Béla Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances, BB 76
Traditional Hungarian Peasant Songs – Sebestyén, vocals
Béla Bartók: Hungarian Peasant Songs – BB 107
Béla Bartók: Bluebeard’s Castle – Iván Fischer, conductor
Márta Sebestyén, vocalist
Ildikó Komlósi, mezzo soprano
Krisztián Cser, bass
Maria de Buenos Aires
Tango Opera by Astor Piazzola
Bare Opera
April 5, 2019
Bellewether 46th st.
Marcello Guzzo, Payador
Malena Dayen, Maria
Suchan Kim, ensemble
Eugenia Fortezza, ensemble
Daniel Irizarry, Duende
Mouna R’miki, duende
Diary of One Who Disappeared
Song Cycle by Leoš Janáček
Directed by Ivo van Hove
Muziektheater Transparant
BAM Howard Gilman Opera House
April 4, 2019
Andrew Dickinson, tenor
Marie Hamard, mezzo-soprano
Wim van der Grijn, actor
Lada Valesova, piano
Annelies Van Parys, additional music
Dramaturgy by Krystian Lada
Set and lighting design by Jan Versweyveld
Die Walküre
Opera by Richard Wagner
The Metropolitan Opera
March 30, 2019
Brünnhilde…………..Christine Goerke
Siegmund…………….Stuart Skelton
Sieglinde……………Eva-Maria Westbroek
Wotan……………….Greer Grimsley
Fricka………………Jamie Barton
Hunding……………..Günther Groissböck
Gerhilde…………….Kelly Cae Hogan
Grimgerde……………Maya Lahyani
Helmwige…………….Jessica Faselt
Ortlinde…………….Wendy Bryn-Harmer
Rossweisse…………..Mary Phillips
Schwertleite…………Daryl Freedman
Siegrune…………….Eve Gigliotti
Waltraute……………Renée Tatum
Conductor……………Philippe Jordan
Production…………..Robert Lepage
Ives/Adams/Brahms
The New York Philharmonic
David Geffen Hall
March 26, 2019
Jaap van Zweden, Conductor
Ives – Central Park in the Dark
John Adams – The Wound-Dresser
Matthias Goerne, Baritone
Brahms – Symphony No. 1
Mozart’s Requiem
The New York Philharmonic
David Geffen Hall
March 19, 2019
Manfred Honeck, Conductor
Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 27
Richard Goode, piano
Mozart, Masonic Funeral Music
Mozart, Requiem (unfinished)
Mozart, Ave Verum Corpus
Joélle Harvey, soprano
Megan Mikailovna Samarin, mezzo-soprano
Ben Bliss, tenor
Matthew Rose, bass
Westminster Symphonic Choir, Joe Miller, director
Tosca
Opera by Giacomo Puccini
The Metropolitan Opera
March 18, 2019
Tosca……………….Iulia Isaev
Cavaradossi………….Joseph Calleja
Scarpia……………..Wolfgang Koch
Sacristan……………Philip Cokorinos
Spoletta…………….Tony Stevenson
Angelotti……………Oren Gradus
Sciarrone……………Christopher Job
Shepherd…………….Davida Dayle
Jailer………………Paul Corona
Conductor……………Carlo Rizzi
Production…………..David McVicar
Designer…………….John Macfarlane
Ann-Sophie Mutter, Lambert Orkis
Carnegie Hall
March 12, 2019
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Violin
Lambert Orkis, Piano
Program
Mozart, Violin Sonata in E Minor, K. 304
Débussy, Violin Sonata
Sebastian Currier, Ghost Trio (World Premiere); Daniel Müller-Schott, Cello
Mozart, Violin Sonata in B-flat Major, K. 454
Poulenc, Violin Sonata
Encores:
PREVIN “Spirited” from Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello
PREVIN “Song” from Tango Song and Dance
Mussorgsky/Lin/Tchaikovsky
The New York Philharmonic
March 7, 2019
David Geffen Hall
Long Yu, Conductor
Prelude to KhovanshchinaZhao Lin
A Happy Excursion, Concerto for Pipa and Cello (US Premiere)
Yo-Yo Ma, Cello
Wu Man, PipaTchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6, Pathétique
Vienna Philharmonic
March 2, 2019
Carnegie Hall
Àdàm Fischer, conductor
Bartók, Two Pictures
Beethoven, Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”
Encore: J. Strauss Jr. Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437
Rameau, Maître à Danser
March 1, 2019
William Christie, Les Arts Florissants
BAM Howard Gilman Opera House
By Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Arts Florissants
Musical direction by William Christie
Staging by Sophie Daneman
Choreography by Françoise Denieau, revival choreography by Gilles Poirier
Daphnis et Églé
pastoral based on libretto by Charles Collé, 1753
Élodie Fonnard, Eglé
Reinoud Van Mechelen, Daphnis
Magali Léger, Amour
Cyril Costanzo, Grand Prêtre
La Naissanice d’Osiris
ballet based on libretto by Louis de Cahusac, 1754
Magali Léger, Pamilio
Sean Clayton, Un berger
Cyril Costanzo, Le grand prêtre de Jupiter
Françoid Lis, Jupiter
La Fille du Régiment
Opera by Gaetano Donizetti
The Metropolitan Opera
February 26, 2019
Marie………………….Pretty Yende
Tonio………………….Javier Camarena
Marquise of Berkenfield….Stephanie Blythe
Sergeant Sulpice………..Maurizio Muraro
Hortentius……………..Paul Corona
Duchesse of Krakentorp…..Kathleen Turner
Peasant………………..Patrick Miller
Corporal……………….Yohan Yi
Notary…………………Yohan Belmin
Conductor………………Enrique Mazzola
Production……………..Laurent Pelly
Set designer……………Chantal Thomas
Mozart Requiem, Schuman
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
February 23, 2019
Symphony Center, Chicago
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Schuman Symphony No. 9 (Le fosse Ardeatine)
Mozart Requiem
Chicago Symphony Chorus – Duain Wolfe chorus director
Benedetta Torre, soprano
Sara Mingardo, contralto
Saimir Pirgu, tenor
Mika Kares, bass
Elektra
Opera by Richard Strauss
Lyric Opera of Chicago
February 22, 2019
Elektra… Nina Stemme
Chrysothemis… Alexanrda LoBianco (cover)
Klytämnestra… Michaela Martens
Orest… Iain Paterson
Five Maids… Lauren Decker, Mary Phillips, Krysty Swann, Ann Toomey, [LoBianco cover?]
Overseer… Susan Foster
Confidante… Whitney Morrison
Trainbearer… Emily Pogorelc
Young Servant… Eric Ferring
Old Servant… Kenneth Nichols
Orest’s Tutor… Philip Horst
Aegisth… Robert Brubaker
Frisson Ensemble
The Morgan Library and Museum
February 19, 2019
Mozart – Quartet in F Major for Oboe and Strings
Britten – Pan from Metamorphosis after Ovid
Paul De Wailly – Aubade for flute, oboe, and clarinet (1906)
Debussy – Syrinx for solo flute
Svante Henryson – Off Pist for clarinet and cello (1996)
Ernst von Dohnanyi – Serenade for String Trio in C maj, Op 10
Paride ed Elena
Opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck
Odyssey Opera
February 18, 2019
Mireille Asselin…Elena
Meghan Lindsay…Paride
Erica Schuller…Amore (Erasto)
Dana Lynne Varga…Pallas Athene
Gil Rose, Conductor
Crystal Manich, Director
Schumann, Bruckner
The Boston Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Hall, Boston
February 17, 2019
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Schumann – Piano Concerto
Yuja Wang, piano
Bruckner – Symphony No. 9
The New York Philharmonic
February 15, 2019
David Geffen Hall
Thomas Dausgaard, Conductor
Stephen Hough, Piano
Nielsen – Helios Overture
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 3
Schumann – Symphony No. 2
Ein deutsches Requiem
(A German Requiem)
The New York Philharmonic
February 9, 2019
David Geffen Hall
Jaap van Zweden, Conductor
Ying Fang, Soprano
Matthias Goerne, Baritone
Concert Chorale of New York
James Bagwell, Director
Radamisto
Opera by G. F. Handel
Opera Lafayette
Kaye Playhouse, Hunter College
February 7, 2019
Caitlin Hulcup… Radamisto
Hagar Sharvi…. Zenobia
Dominique Labelle… Polissena
Robin Yujoong Kim… Tiridate
Alex Rosen… Farasmane, King of Thrace
Véronique Filloux… Tigrane
Nola Richardson… Fraarte
Ryan Brown, conductor
Andrew Appel and Loretta O’Sullivan, continuo
Seán Curran Dance Company
Iolanta / Bluebeard’s Castle
Opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Opera by Béla Bartók
The Metropolitan Opera
February 4, 2019
Iolanta:
Iolanta………………..Sonya Yoncheva
Vaudémont………………Matthew Polenzani
Robert…………………Alexey Markov
King René………………Vitalij Kowaljow
Bertrand……………….Harold Wilson
Alméric………………..Mark Schowalter
Ibn-Hakia………………Elchin Azizov
Marta………………….Larissa Diadkova
Brigitte……………….Ashley Emerson
Laura………………….Megan Marino
Bluebeard’s Castle:
Judith…………………Angela Denoke
Bluebeard………………Gerald Finley
Conductor………………Henrik Nanasi
Production……………..Mariusz Trelinski
Set Designer……………Boris Kudlicka
Ionesco Suite
Excerpted & Arranged from the plays of Eugène Ionesco
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Théâtre de la Ville, Paris
Directed by Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota
Jack, or The Submission, Delirium for Two, The Bald Soprano, The Lesson, and Conversation and French Speech Exercises
Music by Jefferson Lembeye & Walter N’guyen
Fire in my Mouth
Oratorio by Julia Wolfe
The New York Philharmonic
January 24, 2019
Jaap van Zweden, Conductor
Stucky – Elegy from August 4, 1964
Copland – Clarinet Concerto
Anthony McGill, Clarinet
Julia Wolfe – Fire in my mouth (World Premiere)
The Crossing, choir – Donald Nally, artistic director
Young People’s Chorus of New York City – Francisco J. Núñez, director
Carmen
Opera by Georges Bizet
The Metropolitan Opera
January 21, 2019
Carmen………………….Clémentine Margaine
Don José………………..Roberto Alagna
Micaela…………………Aleksandra Kurzak
Escamillo……………….Alexander Vinogradov
Frasquita……………….Sydney Mancasola
Mercédès………………..Samantha Hankey
Remendado……………….Eduardo Valdes
Dancaïre………………..Javier Arrey
Zuniga………………….Raymond Aceto
Moralès…………………Alexey Lavrov
Dancer………………….Maria Kowroski
Dancer………………….Martin Harvey
Conductor……………….Louis Langrée
Production………………Richard Eyre
Designer………………..Rob Howell
Pelléas et Mélisande
Opera by Claude Debussy, libretto Maurice Maeterlinck
The Metropolitan Opera
January 15, 2019
Pelléas……………..Paul Appleby
Mélisande……………Isabel Leonard
Golaud………………Kyle Ketelsen
Arkel……………….Ferruccio Furlanetto
Geneviève……………Marie-Nicole Lemieux [Debut]
Yniold………………A. Jesse Schopflocher
Physician……………Paul Corona
Shepherd…………….Jeremy Galyon
Conductor……………Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Production…………..Jonathan Miller
The Consul
Opera by Gian Carlo Menotti
Bronx Opera, Lehman Stages
January 13, 2019
Magda Sorel, Marina Harris
Secretary of the Consulate, Mary Beth Nelson
Mother, Allison Gish
John Sorel, Markel Reed
Secret Police Agent, Wil Kellerman
Nika Magadoff, Stephen Steffens
Mr. Kofner, Michael Cofield
Foreign Woman, Miriam Chaudoir
Anna Gomez, Aida Carducci
Vera Boronel, Jackie M. Hayes
Assan, Conrad Schmechel
Eric Kramer, conductor
p r i s m
Opera by Ellen Reid, libretto Roxie Perkins
Prototype Festival
January 12, 2019, LaMama
Anna Schubert, Bibi
Rebecca Jo Loeb, Lumee
4.48 Psychosis
Opera by Philip Venables, based on play by Sarah Kane
Prototype Festival, Baruch Performing Arts Center
January 11, 2019 (U.S. Premiere)
Gweneth-Ann Rand, Gwen
Lucy Hall, Jen
Susanna Hurrell, Suzy
Samantha Price, Clare
Rachael Lloyd, Emily
Lucy Schaufer, Lucy
Contemporaneous ensemble, William Cole, conductor
Janáček/Prokofiev/Rimsky-Korsakov
The New York Philharmonic
January 10, 2019, David Geffen Hall
Jakub Hrůša, conductor
Janáček, The Cunning Little Vixen Suite
Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 3, Simon Trpčeski, Piano
Rimsky-Korsakov, Sheherazade
Am I Born
Dreams of the New World
choral pieces, the Prototype Festival
January 8, 2019
St. Paul’s Chapel, Trinity Wall St.
Am I Born
David T. Little, libretto Royce Vavrek
World Premier
Soloist: Mellissa Hughes
Choir of Trinity Wall St., NOVUS NY
Dreams of the New World
Ellen Reid, libretto Sarah LaBrie
Soloists: Sonya Headlam, Hai-Ting Chinn, Melissa Attebury, Martin Bakari, Jesse Blumberg
Pancho Villa from a Safe Distance
Opera by Graham Reynolds, libretto Lagartijas Tiradas Al Sol
Prototype Festival, BRIC Brooklyn
January 7, 2019
Liz Cass, mezzo-soprano
Paul Sanchez, tenor
Dvořák, Sibelius, Ravel
The New York Philharmonic
January 3, 2019, David Geffen Hall
Paavo Järvi, conductor
Dvořák, Cello Concerto, Gautier Capuçon, cello
Sibelius, Lemminkainen and the Maidens of the Island
Ravel, Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2
2018:
Adriana Lecouvreur
Opera by Francesco Cilèa
The Metropolitan Opera
December 31, 2018, NYE gala, new production premiere
Adriana Lecouvreur……Anna Netrebko
Maurizio…………….Piotr Beczala
Princess di Bouillon….Anita Rachvelishvili
Michonnet……………Ambrogio Maestri
Bouillon…………….Maurizio Muraro
Abbé………………..Carlo Bosi
Jouvenot…………….Sarah Joy Miller [Debut]
Dangeville…………..Samantha Hankey
Poisson……………..Tony Stevenson
Quinault…………….Patrick Carfizzi
Major-domo…………..Christian Rozakis
Chambermaid………….Anne Dyas [Debut]
Duclos………………Snezhana Chernova [Debut]
Pantalone……………Bill Corry [Debut]
Conductor……………Gianandrea Noseda
Production…………..David McVicar
Lieder, Mozart Symphony No. 40
The New York Philharmonic
December 8, 2018, David Geffen Hall
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Matthias Goerne, baritone
J.S. Bach/Arr. Webern, Fuga (Ricercata) from Musical Offering, BWV 1079
Schubert / Orch. A. Schmalcz, An Silvia
R. Strauss / Orch. Heger, Traum durch die Dämmerung
Schubert / Orch. A. Schmalcz, Des Fischers Liebesglück
R. Strauss, Das Rosenband; Freundliche Vision
Schubert / Orch. Brahms, Greisengesang
R. Strauss, Ruhe, meine Seele
Schubert / Orch. Reger, Im Abendrot
R. Strauss, Allerseelen
Schubert / Orch. Webern, Tränenregen (from Die Schöne Müllerin)
R. Strauss, Morgen!
Mozart, Symphony No. 40
La Traviata
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
The Metropolitan Opera
December 7, 2018
Violetta…………………Diana Damrau
Alfredo………………….Juan Diego Flórez
Germont………………….Quinn Kelsey
Flora……………………Kristin Chávez
Gastone………………….Scott Scully
Baron Douphol…………….Dwayne Croft
Marquis D’Obigny………….Jeongcheol Cha
Dr. Grenvil………………Kevin Short
Annina…………………..Maria Zifchak
Giuseppe…………………Marco Antonio Jordão
Messenger………………..Ross Benoliel
Germont’s Daughter………..Selin Sahbazoglu
Dancer…………………..Garen Scribner
Dancer…………………..Martha Nichols
Conductor………………..Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Production……………….Michael Mayer
Anthracite Fields
Oratorio by Julia Wolfe
December 1, 2018
Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall
Bang on a Can All-Stars
·· Ashley Bathgate, Cello and Voice
·· Robert Black, Bass
·· Vicky Chow, Piano and Keyboard
·· David Cossin, Percussion
·· Mark Stewart, Guitar and Voice
·· Ken Thomson, Clarinet and Bass Clarinet
·· Andrew Cotton, Sound Engineer
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street
Julian Wachner, Director
Jeff Sugg, Scenography and Projection Design
Il Trittico
Opera trilogy by Giacomo Puccini
The Metropolitan Opera
Nov 30, 2018
Il Tabarro
Giacomo Puccini-Giuseppe Adami-Didier Gold
Giorgetta……………Amber Wagner
Luigi……………….Marcelo Álvarez
Michele……………..George Gagnidze
Frugola……………..MaryAnn McCormick
Talpa……………….Maurizio Muraro
Tinca……………….Tony Stevenson
Song Seller………….Brian Michael Moore
Lover……………….Yi Li
Lover……………….Ashley Emerson
Conductor……………Bertrand de Billy
Suor Angelica
Giacomo Puccini-Giovacchino Forzano
Angelica…………….Kristine Opolais
Princess…………….Stephanie Blythe
Genovieffa…………..Maureen McKay
Osmina………………Rosalie Sullivan
Dolcina……………..Sharon Azrieli
Monitor……………..MaryAnn McCormick
Abbess………………Lindsay Ammann
Head Mistress………..Jane Shaulis
Nurse……………….Megan Marino
Lay Sister…………..Stacey Tappan
Lay Sister…………..Edyta Kulczak
Novice………………Jessica Faselt
Novice………………Sandra Piques Eddy
Alms Collector……….Leah Hawkins
Alms Collector……….Cassandra Zoé Velasco
Conductor……………Bertrand de Billy
Gianni Schicchi
Giacomo Puccini-Giovacchino Forzano-Dante Alighieri
Gianni Schicchi………Plácido Domingo
Lauretta…………….Kristina Mkhitaryan
Rinuccio…………….Atalla Ayan
Nella……………….Gabriella Reyes
Ciesca………………Lindsay Ammann
Zita………………..Stephanie Blythe
Gherardo…………….Tony Stevenson
Betto……………….Patrick Carfizzi
Marco……………….Jeff Mattsey
Simone………………Maurizio Muraro
Gherardino…………..A. Jesse Schopflocher
Spinelloccio…………Kevin Burdette
Amantio……………..Philip Cokorinos
Pinellino……………Scott Conner
Guccio………………Christian Zaremba
Conductor……………Bertrand de Billy
Production…………..Jack O’Brien
Set Designer…………Douglas W. Schmidt
Britten Violin Concerto
Shostakovich Symphony No. 7 ‘Leningrad’
The New York Philharmonic
David Geffen Hall
November 29, 2018
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Simone Lamsma, violin
Alcina
Opera by Francesca Caccini
Boston Early Music Festival
The Morgan Library & Museum
November 26, 2018
Shannon Mercer, Alcina
Colin Balzer, Ruggiero
Kelsey Lauritano, Melissa
Ensemble: Teresa Wakim, Margot Rood, Sonja DuToit Tengblad, Danielle Sampson, Sophie Michaux, Mindy Ella Chu, Jason McStoots, Brian Giebler, David Evans, David McFerrin, Ian Pomerantz & Daniel Fridley
Mefistofele
Opera by Arrigo Boito
The Metropolitan Opera
November 24, 2018
Mefistofele………….Christian Van Horn
Faust……………….Michael Fabiano
Margherita…………..Angela Meade
Elena……………….Jennifer Check
Wagner………………Raúl Melo
Marta……………….Theodora Hanslowe
Pantalis…………….Samantha Hankey
Nerèo……………….Eduardo Valdes
Conductor……………Joseph Colaneri
Production…………..Robert Carsen
Designer…………….Michael Levine
Network
play by Paddy Chayefsky / adaped by Lee Hall
Belasco Theatre
November 20, 2018
Ivo Van Hove, director
BRYAN CRANSTON, Howard Beale
TONY GOLDWYN, Max Schumacher
TATIANA MASLANY, Diana Christensen
JOSHUA BOONE, Frank Hackett
ALYSSA BRESNAHAN, Louise Schumacher
RON CANADA, Edward Ruddy
JULIAN ELIJAH MARTINEZ, Harry Hunter
FRANK WOOD, Nelson Chaney
NICK WYMAN, Arthur Jensen
BARZIN AKHAVAN, Jack Snowden/Warm-Up Guy
JASON BABINSKY, Floor Manager
CAMILA CANÓ-FLAVIÁ, Secretary
ERIC CHAYEFSKY, ELA Member
GINA DANIELS, Technician
NICHOLAS GUEST, Technician
JOE PAULIK, Technician
SUSANNAH PERKINS, Barbara Schlesinger
VICTORIA SENDRA, Camera Person 2
HENRY STRAM, Continuity Announcer
BILL TIMONEY, Director
JOSEPH VARCA, Camera Person 1
NICOLE VILLAMIL, Sheila
JEENA YI, Technician
Mahler Symphony No. 5
HK Gruber Aerial
November 19, 2018
The Boston Symphony Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Håkan Hardenberger, Trumpet
The Turn of the Screw
Opera by Benjamin Britten
Juilliard Opera
Peter Jay Sharp Theatre
November 18, 2018
Burton, Katerina: Mrs. Grose
Hewitt, Britt: Miles
Hofmeyr, Joan: Flora
Jonas-O’Toole, Chance: prologue
Klenetsky, Anneliese: Governess
Pedersen, Rebecca: Miss Jessel
Sy, Charles: Peter Quint
Only the Sound Remains
opera by Kaija Saariaho
Lincoln Center White Light Festival
November 17, 2018
Rose Theatre / Jazz at Lincoln Center
libretto based on Noh plays Tsunemasa and Hagoromo tr. Ezra Pound and Ernest Fenollosa
Philippe Jaroussky, countertenor
Davóne Tines, bass-baritone
Nora Kimball-Mentzos, dancer/choreographer
A Chorus Line
New York City Center
November 16, 2018
Book by James Kirkwood & Nicholas Dante; Music by Marvin Hamlisch
Originally co-choreographed by Bob Avian
Cast: Jay Armstrong Johnson, Kate Bailey, Callan Bergmann, Natalie Bourgeois, Tommy Bracco, Wesley Ian Cappiello, Max Clayton, Aaron Patrick Craven, Sara Esty, Emily Franch, David Grindrod, Eddie Gutierrez, Robyn Hurder, Jolina Javier, Tara Kostmayer, Denis Lambert, J. Elaine Marcos, Melanie Moore, Jenna Nicole Schoen, Joseph J. Simeone, Ahmad Simmons, Ryan Steele, Naomi C. Walley, Anthony Wayne, Tony Yazbeck, Leigh Zimmerman
Art Song Nightcap
Curated by Gabriel Kahane
Stanley Kaplan Penthouse
November 10, 2018
Timo Andres, piano
Miró Quartet
Nadia Sirota, host
Caroline Shaw, vocals
Delacroix and Music
Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
November 5, 2018
Samantha Hankey, mezzo-soprano
Brian Zeger, pianist
Bill Connington, reader (from the diaries and letters of Delacroix and others)
Hector Berlioz – “Vilanelle” from Les nuits d’été
Georges Bizet – “Pastel” from Seize Mélodies pour chant et piano
Hector Berlioz – “L’île inconnue” from Les nuits d’été, “D’amour l’ardente flamme” from La damnation de Faust
Georges Bizet – “Adieux de l’hôtesse arabe”
Frédéric Chopin – Mazurka, Op. 63/3, Nocturne 55/2, Mazurka 30/2, 67/2, 41/2
Gioachino Rossini – “Adieux à la vie!” from Péchés de vieillesse
Charles Gounod – “O ma lyre immortelle” from Sapho
The Queen of Sheba (Die Königin von Saba)
Opera by Karl Goldmark
The Hungarian State Opera
November 2, 2018
The David Koch Theatre, Lincoln Center
János Kovács, conductor
Gál, Erika: Queen of Sheba
László, Boldizsár: Assad
Sümegi, Eszter: Sulamith
Kelemen, Zoltán: King Solomon
Fried, Péter: High Priest
Zavaros, Eszter: Astaroth
Geiger, Lajos: Baal-Hanan
Cserhalmi, Ferenc: Temple Watchman
Mario and the Magician/
Bluebeard’s Castle
Operas by János Vajda / Béla Bartók
The Hungarian State Opera
November 1, 2018
The David Koch Theatre, Lincoln Center
Balázs Kocsár, conductor
Mario and the Magician
Alerdi, András: Cipolla
Csémy, Balázs: Mario
Rőser, Orsolya Hajnalka: Signora Angiolieri
Cseh, Antal: Signor Angiolieri
Geiger, Lajos: Roman Gentleman
Matyó, Márió: Woollen-Shirted One
Bluebeard’s Castle
András Palerdi, Bluebeard
Ildikó Komlósi, Judith
Bánk Bán
Opera by Ferenc Erkel, libretto by Kálmán Nádasdy / Bénii Egressy
The Hungarian State Opera
David Koch Theatre, Lincoln Center
October 30, 2018
Bakonyi, Marcell: Endre II, King of Hungary
Németh, Judit: Gertrud
Horváth, István: Ottó
Molnár, Levente: Bánk bán
Szemere, Zita: Melinda
Rácz, István: Toborc
Haja, Zsolt: Petur bán
Cseh, Antal: Biberach
Irlanda, Gergely: Royal Officer
Balázs Kocsár, conductor
Czech Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall
October 28, 2018
Mahler symphony No. 2 “Resurrection”
Semyon Bychkov, Music Director and Chief Conductor
Christiane Karg, Soprano
Elisabeth Kulman, Mezzo-Soprano
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Lukáš Vasilek, Principal Conductor
Elīna Garanča in recital
Carnegie Hall, October 23, 2018
Kevin Murphy, piano
Elīna Garanča, mezzo-soprano
SCHUMANN Selections from Myrthen, Op. 25
·· “Widmung”
·· “Der Nussbaum”
·· “Jemand”
·· “Lieder der Braut aus dem Liebesfrühling I”
·· “Lieder der Braut aus dem Liebesfrühling II”
WAGNER Wesendonck Lieder
RAVEL Shéhérazade
FALLA Siete canciones populares españolas
Encores:
VĪTOLS “Aizver actiņas un smaidi”
BIZET “L’amour est un oiseau rebelle” (Habanera) from Carmen
SAINT-SAËNS “Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix” from Samson et Dalila
Marnie
Opera by Nico Muhly
The Metropolitan Opera
October 22, 2018
Marnie………………Isabel Leonard
Mark Rutland…………Christopher Maltman
Marnie’s Mother………Denyce Graves
Mr. Strutt…………..Anthony Dean Griffey
Terry Rutland………..Iestyn Davies
Laura Fleet………….Ashley Emerson
Malcom Fleet…………Will Liverman
Derek……………….Ian Koziara
Miss Fedder………….Marie Te Hapuku
Mrs. Rutland…………Janis Kelly
Dr. Roman……………James Courtney
Lucy………………..Jane Bunnell
Dawn………………..Stacey Tappan
Little Boy…………..Gabriel Gurevich
Shadow Marnies: Deanna Breiwick, Disella Lárusdóttir, Rebecca Ringle Kamarei, Peabody Southwell
Conductor…………………Robert Spano
Production………………..Michael Mayer
La Fanciulla del West
Opera by Giacomo Puccini
The Metropolitan Opera
October 20, 2018
Minnie………………Eva-Maria Westbroek
Dick Johnson…………Jonas Kaufmann
Jack Rance…………..Zeljko Lucic
Joe…………………Scott Scully
Handsome*……………Richard Bernstein
Harry……………….Alok Kumar
Happy……………….Joseph Barron
Sid…………………Jeongcheol Cha
Sonora………………Michael Todd Simpson
Trin………………..Eduardo Valdes
Jim Larkens………….Adrian Timpau
Nick………………..Carlo Bosi
Jake Wallace…………Oren Gradus
Ashby……………….Matthew Rose
Post Rider…………..Ian Koziara
Castro………………Kidon Choi
Billy Jackrabbit……..Philip Cokorinos
Wowkle………………MaryAnn McCormick
Conductor……………Marco Armiliato
Production…………..Giancarlo Del Monaco
Les Talens Lyriques
The Morgan Library
October 16, 2018
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset, director, harpsichord, organ
Amel Brahim-Djelloul, soprano
Eugénie Warnier, soprano
Gilone Gaubert-Jacques, violin
Mikko Perkola, viola da gamba
Music of François Couperin
Concerts Royaux (1722)
Second Livre de pièces de clavecin (1716)
Pièces de viole (1728)
Leçons de Ténèbres du Mecredi Saint (1714)
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
Carnegie Hall
October 15, 2018
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor
Simon Callow, Narrator
Michael Spyres, Tenor
Ashley Riches, Bass-Baritone
National Youth Choir of Scotland
Christopher Bell, Artistic Director
Program: Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique
Lélio
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
Carnegie Hall
October 14, 2018
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor
Lucile Richardot, Mezzo-Soprano
Antoine Tamestit, Viola
Program – Berlioz
Le Corsaire Overture
La mort de Cléopâtre
Selections from Les Troyens, Part II
·· “Chasse Royale et Orage”
·· “Je vais mourir … Adieu, fière cité”
Harold in Italy
Encore:
“Le roi de Thulé” from La damnation de Faust, Op. 24
Samson et Dalila
Opera by Camille Saint-Saëns
The Metropolitan Opera
October 13, 2018
Samson…………………Roberto Alagna
Dalila…………………Elina Garanca
High Priest…………….Laurent Naouri
Abimélech………………Elchin Azizov
Old Hebrew……………..Dmitry Belosselskiy
Philistine……………..Tony Stevenson
Philistine……………..Bradley Garvin
Messenger………………Mark Schowalter
Conductor………………Mark Elder
Production……………..Darko Tresnjak
The Mile-Long Opera: A Biography of 7 o’clock
The Highline, New York
October 4, 2018
David Lang, composer
Anne Carson, Librettist
Claudia Rankine, Essayist
Diller Scofidio, Renfro, David Lang – conception
Performed by Community choirs from all 5 boroughs
Beowulf
September 30, 2018
Performed by Benjamin Bagby, voice and harp
Excerpts, lines 1-1,062
Music Before 1800, Corpus Christi Church
Aida
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Saturday, September 29, 2018
The Metropolitan Opera
Aida………………..Anna Netrebko
Radamès……………..Aleksandrs Antonenko
Amneris……………..Anita Rachvelishvili
Amonasro…………….Quinn Kelsey
Ramfis………………Dmitry Belosselskiy
King………………..Ryan Speedo Green
Messenger……………Arseny Yakovlev
Priestess……………Gabriella Reyes
Dance……………….Jennifer Cadden
Dance……………….Bradley Shelver
Conductor……………Nicola Luisotti
Production…………..Sonja Frisell
Proving Up
Opera by Missy Mazzoli
Libretto by Royce Vavrek
Miller Theatre, Columbia University
Septembder 28, 2018
Adapted from the short story Proving Up by Karen Russell
Christopher Rountree conductor
James Darrah production
Nathan Troup stage director
Michael Slattery – Miles Zegner
John Moore – Mr. Johannes “Pa” Zegner
Talise Trevigne- Mrs. Johannes “Ma” Zegner
Cree Carrico – Zegner Daughter, Littler
Abigail Nims – Zegner Daughter, Taller
Andrew Harris- The Sodbuster
Sam Shapiro – Peter Zegner
International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)
Samson et Dalila
Opera by Camille Saint-Saëns
Libretto by Ferdinand Lemaire
New Production Gala Premiere
September 24, 2018
The Metropolitan Opera
Samson…………………Roberto Alagna
Dalila…………………Elina Garanca
High Priest…………….Laurent Naouri
Abimélech………………Elchin Azizov
Old Hebrew……………..Dmitry Belosselskiy
Philistine……………..Tony Stevenson
Philistine……………..Bradley Garvin
Messenger………………Mark Schowalter
Conductor………………Mark Elder
Production……………..Darko Tresnjak
Aida
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Final Dress Rehearsal
September 22, 2018
The Metropolitan Opera
*check cast*
Aida………………..Anna Netrebko
Radamès……………..Aleksandrs Antonenko
Amneris……………..Anita Rachvelishvili
Amonasro…………….Quinn Kelsey
Ramfis………………Dmitry Belosselskiy
King………………..Ryan Speedo Green
Messenger……………Arseny Yakovlev [Debut]
Priestess……………Gabriella Reyes [Debut]
Dance……………….Jennifer Cadden
Dance……………….Bradley Shelver
Conductor……………Nicola Luisotti
Production…………..Sonja Frisell
Il Nascimento di Mose
Oratorio
Music by Vincenzo de Grandis (1631—1708)
Libretto by Giovanni Battista Giardini (b.1650)
September 15, 2018
Calvary Church, NYC
Jeremy Rhizor, director and violin
Dr. Lewis Baratz, guest speaker
Jonathan May, Testo (countertenor)
Ryne Cherry, Faraone (bass)
Brian Mummert, Generale del’armi di Faraone (baritone)
Sarah Yanovitch, Consigliero di Faraone (soprano)
Elizabeth Baber Weaver, Madre di Mose (soprano)
Jeremy Rhizor, violin/director
Isabelle Seula Lee, violin
Lewis Baratz, recorder
Adam Young, cello
Charlie Weaver, theorbo
Judith Malafronte, harpsichord/organ
La Cifra
Opera byAntonio Salieri
Dell’Arte Opera Ensemble
August 24, 2018
LaMaMa
Milord Gualtier Fideling – Timothy Stoddard
Eurilla – Rachel Barker
Lisotta – Allison Gish
Sandrino – Jay Chacon
Leandro – Stephen Steffens
Rusticone – Angkyj Bujiardjono
Bea Goodwin, stage director
Catherine O’Shaughnessy, conductor
Silent Night
Opera by Kevin Puts, libretto Mark Campbell
The Glimmerglass Festival
August 12, 2018
Mary Hangley, Anna Sørensen
Arnold Livingston Geis, Nikolaus Sprink
Michael Miller, Lt. Audebert
Jonathan Bryan, Lt. Gordon
Michael Hewitt, Lt. Horstmayer
Conor McDonald, Ponchel
Wm. Clay Thompson, Father Palmer
Christian Sanders, Jonathan Dale
Tim Bruno, General Audebert
Stephen Martin, Kronprinz
Maxwell Levy, William Dale
Kayla Siembieda, Madeleine Audebert
Dale Travis, British Major
Brian Wallin, German General
Tomer Zvulun, Director
Nicole Paiement, Conductor
West Side Story
Musical by Leonard Bernstein
The Gimmerglass Festival
August 11, 2018
Joseph Leppek, Tony
Vanessa Becerra, Maria
Amanda Castro, Anita
Brian Vu, Riff
PJ Palmer, Action
Conor McDonald, Snowboy
Tyler Whitaker, Baby John
Tucker Reed Breder, Big Deal
Michael Hewitt, Diesel
Andrew Ryan, A-Rab
Spencer Britten, Gee-Tar
Shane Bray, Juano
Anju Cloud, Anybodys
Rachel Kay, Graziella
Joanna Latini, Velma
Maria Noto, Clarice
Molly Bowen, Pauline
Christina Bourassa, Minnie
Corey Bourbonniere, Bernardo
DJ Petrosino, Bernardo
Schyler Vargas, Chino
Matthew Steriti, Pepe
Jawan Cliff-Morris, Indio
Brian Wallin, Luis
Michael Pandolfo, Anxious
Giovanni Rivera-Litz, Nibbles
Tesia Kwarteng, Rosalia
Brennan Martinez, Consuelo
Olivia Barbieri, Teresita
Kresley Figueroa, Francisca
Michelle Arotsky, Estella
Bella Zonderman, Margarita
Dale Travis, Doc
Zachary Owen, Lieutenant Schrank
Maxwell Levy, Officer Krupke
Wm. Clay Thompson, Gladhand
Francesca Zambello, Director
David Charles Abell, Conductor
The Barber of Seville
Opera by Gioachino Rossini
The Glimmerglass Festival
August 11, 2018
David Walton, Count Almaviva
Emily D’Angelo, Rosina
Dale Travis, Doctor Bartolo
Joshua Hopkins, Figaro
Tim Bruno, Don Basilio
Alexandria Shiner, Berta
Ben Schaefer, Fiorello
Maxwell Levy, An Officer
Rock Lasky, Figaro’s Assistant
Francesca Zambello, Director
Joseph Colaneri, Conductor
The Cunning Little Vixen
(Příhody lišky Bystroušky)
Opera by Leoš Janáček
The Glimmerglass Festival
August 10, 2018
Joanna Latini, The Vixen
Eric Owens, The Forester
Alyssa Martin, The Fox
Zachary Owen, The Parson/Badger
Dylan Morrongiello, Schoolmaster/Mosquito
Wm. Clay Thompson, Harasta, the poacher/Wolf
Kayla Siembieda, Forester’s Wife/Screech Owl
Katherine Maysek, Lapak, the dog/Squirrel
Amber R. Monroe, The Rooster/The Jay
Brian Wallin, Pasek, the Innkeeper/Boar
Gretchen Krupp, Pasek’s Wife/Woodpecker/Head Hen
Catie LeCours, Frantik
Maggie Stephens, Pepik
Olivia Barbieri, Hen/Dragonfly/Dancer
Anju Cloud, Hen/Dragonfly/Dancer
Lilly Grady, Young Vixen
Michelle Arotsky, The Cricket/Hen
Rachel Kay, The Grasshopper/Hen
Emma Novak, The Frog
The Soldier’s Tale
Musical-Dramatic Work by Igor Stravinsky
August 10, 2018
The Glimmerglass Festival – Pavilion
Zach Owens, Narrator
Conor McDonald, Soldier
Joseph Colaneri, Devil
Lyrics by Shakespeare
A Little Night Music, Mostly Mozart Festival
August 8, 2018
Kaplan Penthouse, Lincoln Center
Steven Blier, Piano, host, arranger
Naomi Louisa O’Connell, mezzo-soprano
Matt Boehler, bass
Kathleen Chalfant, reader
John Dankworth – If music be the food of love
Dick Hyman – Who is Sylvia?
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Orpheus with his Lute
Gerald Finzi – It was a lover and his lass
Roger Quilter – Blow, blow thou winter wind
Francis Poulenc – Fancy
Hector Berlioz – La mort d’Ophélie
Dmitry Kabalevsky – Shakespeare Sonnets No. 13, 153
Virgil Thompson – Sigh no more, ladies
Stephen Sondheim – Fear no more
John Dankworth – Shall i compare thee to a summer’s day? / Dunsinane Blues
Tancredi Rifatto
Dramma serio by Gioachino Rossini
Libretto by Gaetano Rossi, Luigi Lechi,
and unknown others
Tancredi rifatto means “Tancredi re-made.” In Rossini’s day, when a composer re-mounted an opera in a new city, some new music was expected. Rossini eventually provided substitutes for both of Tancredi’s arias, both of Argirio’s, and one each for Amenaide, Isaura, and Roggero – as well as a completely different ending for the opera, a tragic one following Voltaire’s original dénoument. It makes a completely different opera – and a very beautiful one. Tancredi rifatto is a complete performance of the opera but with all the “re-made” pieces in place of the originals – a chance to hear Rossinian gems unknown even to most Bel Canto fans.
Teatro Nuovo, SUNY Purchase
August 5, 2018
Tancredi Aleks Romano
Amenaide Christine Lyons
Argirio David Margulis
Isaura Augusta Caso
Orbazzano James Harrington
Roggero Junhan Choi
Eco Madison Marie McIntosh
Teatro Nuovo Chorus and Orchestra
Will Crutchfield, maestro al cembalo
Jakob Lehmann, primo violino e capo d’orchestra
Medea in Corintho
Opera by Giovanni Simone Mayr
Libretto by Felice Romani
Teatro Nuovo, SUNY Purchase
August 4, 2018
Medea Jennifer Rowley
Creusa Teresa Castillo
Giasone Derrek Stark
Egeo Mingjie Lei
Creonte William Lee Bryan
Ismene Elena Snow
Tideo Junhan Choi
Evandro Christopher Bozeka
Teatro Nuovo Chorus and Orchestra
Jonathan Brandani, maestro al cembalo
Jakob Lehmann, primo violino e capo d’orchestra
Demon
Opera by Anton Rubenstein
Bard Summerscape, Fisher Center
July 29, 2018
American Symphony Orchestra
Leon Botstein, conductor
Efim Zavalny, Demon
Nadezhda Babintseva, Angel
Olga Tolkmit, Tamara
Andrey Valentii, Gudal
Alexander Nesterenko, Sinodal
Ekaterian Egorova, Nanny
Yakov Strizhak, Old Servant
Pavel Suliandziga, Messenger
Doctor Atomic
Opera by John Adams, Peter Sellars (libretto)
Santa Fe Opera
July 14, 2018
Matthew Aucoin, conductor
Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, Ryan McKinny
Edward Teller, Andrew Harris
Robert Wilson, Benjamin Bliss
Kitty Oppenheimer, Julia Bullock
Pasqualita, Meredith Arwady
General Leslie Groves, Daniel Okulitch
Frank Hubbard, Tim Mix
Captain James Nolan, Mackenzie Gotcher
Songs for a New World
City Center Encores!
June 30, 2018
Musical by Jason Robert Brown
Kate Whoriskey, director
Shoshana Bean, Colin Donnell, Mykal Kilgore, and Solea Pfeiffer
Rennie Harris, choreagrapher
Atalanta
Opera by Georg Friderich Handel
July 22, 2018
Caramoor
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Sherezade Panthaki, Atalanta
Amy Freston, Meleagro
Cécile van de Sant, Irene
Isaiah Bell, Aminta
Philip Cutlip, Nicandro
Davóne Tines, Mercurio
TENET chorus
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Met Opera Recital
Socrates Sculpture Park
June 29, 2018
Gabriella Reyes de Ramírez, soprano
Gerard Schneider, tenor
Adrian Timpau, baritone
Dan Saunders, piano
Met Opera Summerstage Recital
Summerstage, Central Park
June 11, 2018
Latonia Moore, soprano
Mario Chang, tenor
Joshua Hopkins, baritone
Dan Saunders, piano
Groupmuse
May 20, 2018
Clara Abel, cello
Abigel Kralik, violin
Rannveig Marta Sarc, violin
various pieces by Mozart, Bach, Kreisler, Haydn variations
Tosca
Opera by Giacomo Puccini
The Metropolitan Opera
May 12, 2018
Tosca……………….Anna Netrebko
Cavaradossi………….Najmiddin Mavlyanov
Scarpia……………..Zeljko Lucic
Sacristan……………Patrick Carfizzi
Spoletta…………….Brenton Ryan
Angelotti……………Christian Zaremba
Sciarrone……………Christopher Job
Shepherd…………….A. Jesse Schopflocher
Jailer………………Paul Corona
Conductor……………Betrand de Billy
Production…………..David McVicar
Lucia di Lammermoor
Opera by Gaetano Donizetti
The Metropolitan Opera
May 10, 2018
Lucia……………….Pretty Yende
Edgardo……………..Michael Fabiano
Enrico………………Quinn Kelsey
Raimondo…………….Alexander Vinogradov
Normanno…………….Ronald Naldi
Alisa……………….Edyta Kulczak
Arturo………………Mario Chang
Harp Solo……………Emmanuel Ceysson
Glass Harmonica Solo….Friedrich Heinrich Kern
Conductor……………Roberto Abbado
Production…………..Mary Zimmerman
Orphic Moments
May 7, 2018
Master Voices, Rose Hall Jazz at Lincoln Center
Ted Sperling, conductor
The Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Orfeo ed Euridice
Opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck
Anthony Roth Costanzo, Orfeo
Kiera Duffy, Euridice
Lauren Snouffer, Amore
The Orphic Moment
Operatic interlude by Matthew Aucoin
Anthony Roth Costanzo, Orpheus
Keir GoGwilt, solo violin
Bobbi Jene Smith, solo dancer
Birds
Play by Aristophanes
Onassis Cultural Center / St. Ann’s Warehouse
May 5, 2018
Pisthetaerus… Nikos Karathanos
Euelpides………. Aris Servetalis
Epops…………….. Christos Loulis
Woodpecker, messenger…. Michalis Sarantis
Nightingale….. Vasiliki Driva
Real bird, Aphrodite… Marisha Triantafyllidou
Iris…. Galini Hatzipaschali
Messenger…. Ektor Liatsos
3 angry birds… Maria Diakopanagiotou, Emily Koliandri, Elena Topalidou
Premetheus… Haris Fragoulis
Heracles… Angelos Triantafyllou
Poseidon… Ektor Liatsos
Goddess….. Amalia Bennet
Zeus…… Giannis Sevdikalis
Birds: Amalia Bennett, Kostas Berikopoulos, Konstantinos Bibis, Maria Dikopanagiotou, Haris Fragoulis, Galini Hatzipaschali, Emily Koliandri, Ektor Liatsos, Grigoria Metheniti, Foivos Rimenas, Michalis Sarantis, Elena Topalidou
Nikos Karanthos, director
Cendrillon
Opera by Jules Massenet
The Metropolitan Opera
April 28, 2018
Cendrillon (Lucette)….Joyce DiDonato
Prince Charming………Alice Coote
Fairy Godmother………Kathleen Kim
Pandolfe…………….Laurent Naouri
Madame de la Haltière…Stephanie Blythe
Noémie………………Ying Fang
Dorothée…………….Maya Lahyani
The King…………….Bradley Garvin
Prime Minister……….Jeongchoel Cha
Master of Ceremonies……David Leigh
Dean of the Faculty…..Petr Nekoranec
Herald………………Yohan Belmin
Spirits……………..Lianne Coble-Dispensa, Sara Heaton,
Anne Nonnemacher, Elizabeth Brooks, Christina Thomson Anderson,
Rosalie Sullivan
Conductor……………Bertrand de Billy
Production…………..Laurent Pelly
Carousel
Musical by Rodgers & Hammerstein
Imperial Theatre, Broadway
April 26, 2018
Billy Bigelow….. Joshua Henry
Mrs. Mullin…. Margaret Colin
Julie Jordan…. Jessie Mueller
Carrie Pipperidge….Lindsay Mendez
Jigger Craigin………. Amar Ramasar
1st Policeman……….. Antoine L. Smith
Mr. Bascombe………. William Youmans
Nettie Fowler……….. Renée Fleming
Enoch Snow………… Alexander Gemignani
The Starkeeper…… John Douglas Thompson
Captain………………… Jacob Keith Watson
Policemen………….. Nicholas Belton, Ahmad Simmons
Louise………………… Brittany Pollack
Fairground Boy…. Andrei Chagas
Enoch Snow, Jr. …. Garett Hawe
School Principal…. Rosena M. Hill Jackson
Jack O’Brien, director
Justin Peck, choreographer
Romeo et Juliette
Opera by Charles Gounod
April 23, 2018
The Metropolitan Opera
Roméo……………….Andrea Shin [Debut]
Juliette…………….Ailyn Pérez
Frère Laurent………..Kwangchul Youn
Stéphano…………….Karine Deshayes
Mercutio…………….Joshua Hopkins
Benvolio…………….Tony Stevenson
Gertrude…………….Maria Zifchak
Capulet……………..Laurent Naouri
Tybalt………………Bogdan Volkov [Debut]
Pâris……………….Bradley Garvin
Grégorio…………….Jeongcheol Cha
Duke of Verona……….Kevin Short
Conductor……………Plácido Domingo
Production…………..Bartlett Sher
Luisa Miller
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
The Metropolitan Opera
April 21, 2018
Luisa……………….Sonya Yoncheva
Rodolfo……………..Piotr Beczala
Miller………………Plácido Domingo
Count Walter…………Alexander Vinogradov
Wurm………………..Dmitry Belosselskiy
Federica…………….Olesya Petrova
Laura……………….Rihab Chaieb
Peasant……………..Patrick Miller
Conductor……………Betrand de Billy
Production…………..Elijah Moshinsky
King Lear
Play by Willian Shakespeare
BAM Harvey Theatre
April 20, 2018
King Lear…. Antony Sher
Goneril…….. Nia Gwynne
Regan……… Kelly Williams
Cordelia….. Mimi Ndiweni
Duke of Albany…. Clarence Smith
Duke of Cornwall…James Clyde
King of France/Captain…….. Buom Tihngang
Duke of Burgundy/Doctor…. Patrick Elue
Earl of Kent……………. Antony Byrne
Earl of Gloucester….David Troughton
Edgar………………………. Oliver Johnstone
Edmund………………… Paapa Eddiedu
Fool……………………….. Graham Turner
Oswald…………………….. Byron Mondahl
Curan………………. Kevin N. Golding
Lear’s gentleman…. John Omole
Old Man…… Ewart James Walters
Servants…….. Romayne Andrews, James Cooney, Tracy-Anne Green
Messengers…. Romayne Andrews, Whitney Kehinde, Esther Niles
Gregory Doran, director
Hippolyte et Aricie
Opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Juilliard Opera, Peter Jay Sharp Theater
April 19, 2018
Thésée….. Alex Rosen
Diane…. Kelsey Lauritano
Aricie….. Onadek Winan
Hippolyte….. Kyle Stegall
La Grande Prêtresse/chasseresse….. Shaked Bar
Phèdre…… Natalia Kutateladze
Arcas/Parque 1…… Charles Sy
Oenone… Meghan Kasanders
Tisiphone… Joshua Blue
Pluton……. William Guanbo Su
Parque 2/chasseur…. Xiaomeng Zhang
Parque 3….. Andrew Munn
Mercure….. Chance Jonas-O’Toole
Une matelote…. Jessica Niles
Neptune………….. Hubert Zapiór
Stephen Stubbs, conductor
Così fan Tutte
Opera by W. A. Mozart
The Metropolitan Opera
April 16, 2018
Fiordiligi…………..Amanda Majeski
Ferrando…………….Ben Bliss
Dorabella……………Serena Malfi
Guglielmo……………Adam Plachetka
Despina……………..Kelli O’Hara
Don Alfonso………….Christopher Maltman
Harpsichord Continuo….Natalia Katyukova
Conductor……………David Robertson
Production…………..Phelim McDermott
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
April 13, 2018
Andris Nelsons, Music Director and Conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, Cello
Tristan und Isolde Act II
Opera selection by Richard Wagner
Carnegie Hall, performed in concert
April 12, 2018
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, Music Director and Conductor
Jonas Kaufmann, Tristan
Camilla Nylund, Isolde
Mihoko Fujimura, Brangäne
Georg Zeppenfeld, Marke
Andrew Rees, Melot
David Kravitz, Kurwenal
The Fairy Queen
Dramatic Opera by Henry Purcell
April 8, 2018
The Handel + Haydn Society
Jordan Hall, The New England Conservatory, Boston
Harry Christophers, conductor
Antonia Christophers, narrator
performed in concert with masques narrated
Charles Humphries, countertenor, Mopsa (cover)
Matthew Brook, bass baritone, Drunken Poet/Coridon/Hymen
Soloists: Sarah Brailey, Margot Rood, Sonja DuToit, Sarah Yanovitch, Jonas Budris, Brian Giebler, Stefan Reed, Woodrow Bynum
Giovanna d’Arco
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Odyssey Opera, Huntington Ave Theatre, Boston
April 7, 2018
Gil Rose, conductor
Haeran Hong…. Giovanna
Marc Heller……. Carlo VII, king of France
Daniel Sutin….. Giacomo, her father
Christopher Carbin… Talbot, and English commander
Jeremy Ayres Fisher… Delil, a French officer
The New York Philharmonic
April 6, 2018
David Geffen Hall
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 3
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
Beethoven,Symphony No. 3, Eroica
Julius Caesar
Play by William Shakespeare
Coastal Carolina University Theatre Dept
March 31, 2018
Rinaldo
Opera by George Frideric Handel
The English Concert
Carnegie Hall, performed in concert
March 25, 2018
Harry Bicket, Artistic Director and Conductor
Iestyn Davies, Rinaldo
Jane Archibald, Armida
Joélle Harvey, Almirena
Luca Pisaroni, Argante
Sasha Cooke, Goffredo
Jakub Józef Orliński, Eustazio
James Hall, A Christian Magician
Pygmalion Double Bill
New York City Opera
Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College, CUNY
March 24, 2018
Il Pigmalione
Opera by Gaetano Donizetti
Buszewski, Piotr, tenor, Pigmalione
Sandidge, Jessica, soprano, Galatea
Pigmalion
Opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Thor Arbjornsson, tenor, Pigmalion
Samarie Alicea, soprano, La Statue
Melanie Long, mezzo soprano, Cupid
Julia Snowden, mezzo soprano, Cephise
Grand Hotel
Musical by Robert Wright and George Forrest (music) and Luther Davis (book)
New York City Center Encores!
March 23, 2018
Junior Cervila, Gigolo
John Clay III, Erick front desk
Natascia Diaz, Raffaela Ottannio, the confidante
John Dossett, Hermann Preysing
Irina Dvorovenko, Elizaveta Grushinskaya, the ballerina
Guadalupe Garcia, The Countess
Nehal Joshi, Zinnowitz, the lawyer
James T. Lane, one Jimmy
Jamie LaVerdiere, Rohna the Grand Concierge
Eric Leviton, Sandor, the impresario
Robert Montano, The Chauffeur
Kevin Pariseau, Witt, the company manager
William Ryall, Colonel Doctor Otternschlag
James Snyder, Baron Felix von Gaigern
Brandon Uranowitz, Otto Kringelein, the bookkeeper
Daniel Yearwood, one Jimmy
Heléne Yorke, Flaemmschen, the typist
With Aaron J. Albano, Matt Bauman, Kate Chapman, Sara Esty, Hannah Florence, Richard Gatta, Emily Kelly, Andrew Kruep, Kelly Methven, Harris Milgrim, Adam Roberts, Christopher Trepinski, Sharrod Williams
Piramo e Tisbe
Opera by Johann Adolf Hasse
Libretto by Marco Coltellini
The Little Opera Theatre of New York
March 22, 2018
Piramo….. Kristin Gornstein
Tisbe…….. Kelly Curtin
Padre……. Glenn Steven Allen
actors Giovanni Da Silva and Hunter Hoffman
Elliot Figg, conductor
Semiramide
Opera by Gioachino Rossini
The Metropolitan Opera
March 17, 2018
Semiramide…………..Angela Meade
Arsace………………Sarah Mesko (cover)
Assur……………….Ildar Abdrazakov
Azema……………….Sarah Shafer
Idreno………………Javier Camarena
Oroe………………..Ryan Speedo Green
Nino’s Ghost…………Jeremy Galyon
Mitrane……………..Kang Wang
Conductor……………Maurizio Benini
Production…………..John Copley
Triple Bill: Svadba, Full Moon in March, Pulcinella
Bard Conservatory Opera
Fisher Center at Bard College
March 11, 2018
Pulcinella
Opera by I. F. Stravinsky
after the music of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
James Bagwell, Conductor
Alison Moritz, Stage Director
Silvia ……….. Angela Hendryx
Silvio ……….. Eric Finbarr Carey
Pimpinella ……….. SarahAnn Duffy
Pulcinella ……….. Mark Chan
The Company: Jonathon Comfort, Addie Rose Forstman, Zoe Johnson, Sun-Ly Pierce
Svadba
Opera by Ana Sokolović
Jackson McKinnon, Conductor
Alison Moritz, Stage Director
Milica…….. Rachel Doehring
Danica……. Addie Rose Forstman
Lena ………. Zoe Johnson
Zora ……….. Angela Hendryx
Nada ……….. Sun-Ly Pierce
Ljubica ……. SarahAnn Duffy
Percussion Jonathan Collazo
Full Moon in March
Opera by John Harbison
with a libretto adapted from the play by W. B. Yeats (1865–1939)
James Bagwell, Conductor
Alison Moritz, Stage Director
Attendant I ….. Natalie Trumm
Attendant II …..Eric Finbarr Carey
Queen ……………. Paulina Swierczek
Swineherd ……. Jonathon Comfort
Elektra
Opera by R. Strauss
March 9, 2018
The Metropolitan Opera
Elektra………………..Christine Goerke
Chrysothemis……………Elza van den Heever
Klytämnestra……………Michaela Schuster
Orest………………….Dwayne Croft
Aegisth………………..Jay Hunter Morris
Overseer……………….Susan Neves
Serving Woman…………..Tichina Vaughn
Serving Woman…………..Maya Lahyani
Serving Woman…………..Andrea Hill
Serving Woman…………..Kelly Cae Hogan
Serving Woman…………..Lisa Gwyn Daltirus
Confidant………………Susan Neves
Trainbearer…………….Andrea Hill
Young Servant…………..Scott Scully
Old Servant…………….James Courtney
Guardian……………….Kevin Short
Conductor………………Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Production……………..Patrice Chéreau
Madama Butterfly
Opera by Giacomo Puccini
March 3, 2018
The Metropolitan Opera
Cio-Cio-San………….Ermonela Jaho
Pinkerton……………Roberto Aronica
Suzuki………………Maria Zifchak
Sharpless……………Roberto Frontali
Goro………………..Tony Stevenson
Bonze……………….Stefan Szkafarowsky
Yamadori…………….Hyung Yun
Kate Pinkerton……….Edyta Kulczak
Commissioner…………Paul Corona
Yakuside…………….Craig Montgomery
Mother………………Belinda Oswald
Aunt………………..Jean Braham
Cousin………………Patricia Steiner
Registrar……………Juhwan Lee
Dancer………………Hsin-Ping Chang
Dancer………………Andrew Robinson
Cio-Cio-San’s Child
(Puppet)…………….Kevin Augustine, Tom Lee, Marc Petrosino
Conductor……………Marco Armiliato
Production…………..Anthony Minghella
Director/
Bernstein On Film:
Shostakovich’s 5th Symphony
Bruno Walter Auditorium
Sunday, Febryary 25, 2018
Bernstein & Copland
The New York Philharmonic
David Geffen Hall
February 24, 2018
Samuel Barber, Adagio for Strings
Leonard Bernstein, Symphonic Dances (from West Side Story)
Aaron Copland, Symphony No. 3
Joshua Gersen, conductor
The Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Carnegie Hall
February 15, 2018
Robert Spano, conductor
Kelley O’Connor, Mezzo-Soprano
Written on Skin
Opera by George Benjamin
Opera Philaelphia
Academy of Music
February 11, 2018
Lauren Snouffer, Agnès
Mark Stone, Protector
Anthony Roth Costanzo, The Boy, First Angel
Krisztina Szabó, Marie, Second Angel
Alasdair Kent, John, Third Angel
Corrado Rovaris, conductor
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Verizon Hall
February 10, 2018
Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla, conductor
Menahem Pressler – PianoMahler – Symphony No. 4
Janai Brugger – Soprano
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
February 9, 2018
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Farinelli and the King
Play by Claire van Kampen
February 7, 2018
the Belasco Theatre
Farinelli…………………. Sam Crane
Philippe V………………… Mark Rylance
Isabella Farnese……… Melody Grove
Singer for Farinelli…. Iestyn Davies
Dr. José Servi…………… Huss Garbiya
Jethro/Miguel…………. Lucas Hall
John Rich………………… Simon Jones
Don Sebastian de la Cuadra… Edward Peel
Parsifal
Opera by Richard Wagner
The Metropolitan Opera
February 5, 2018
Parsifal…………….Klaus Florian Vogt
Kundry………………Evelyn Herlitzius
Amfortas…………….Peter Mattei
Gurnemanz……………René Pape
Klingsor…………….Evgeny Nikitin
Titurel……………..Alfred Walker
Voice……………….Karolina Pilou
First Esquire………..Katherine Whyte
Second Esquire……….Sarah Larsen
Third Esquire………..Scott Scully
Fourth Esquire……….Ian Koziara
First Knight…………Mark Schowalter
Second Knight………..Richard Bernstein
Flower Maidens: Haeran Hong, Deanna Breiwick, Renée Tatum, Disella Lårusdóttir, Katherine Whyte, Augusta Caso
Conductor……………Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Production…………..François Girard
JFK
Opera by David T. Little
Libretto by Royce Vavrek
January 27, 2018
Opéra de Montréal
Place des Arts, Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier
Steven R. Osgood, conductor
John F. Kennedy…….. Matthew Worth
Jacquline Kennedy… Daniela Mack
Jacqueline Onassis… Katharine Goeldner
Rosemary Kennedy … Cree Carrico
Clara Harris………………. Talise Trevigne
Henry Rathbone………. Sean Panikkar
Lyndon B. Johnson…. Daniel Okulitch
Nikita Krushchev…….. Colin Judson
John Connally…………. Alexandre Sylvestre
Ralph Yarborough…… Benoît le Blanc
Billy Sol Estes………… Gaétan Sauvageau
Jim Wright…………….. Philippe Martel
Raymond J. Buck….. Julien Patenaude
Reporter…………………… Sebastian Haboczi
The Cleveland Orchestra
January 24, 2018
Carnegie Hall
The Seasons, Haydn
performed in German
Golda Schultz, Soprano
Maximilian Schmitt, Tenor
Christian Van Horn, Bass-Baritone
The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
The Cleveland Orchestra
January 23, 2018
Carnegie Hall
Stromab, by Johannes-Maria Staud
Symphony No. 9, Gustav Mahler
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
The Trojan Women
January 22, 2018
Chamber Musical by Ellen McLaughlin (book) and Sarah Taylor (music)
Read-through
The New York Society Library
Hecuba: Andrea Jones-Sojola
Helen: Grace McLean
Cassandra: Christiana Cole
Andromache: Sumayya Ali
Poseidon: Alok Tewari
Talthybius: Jonathan Schenk
Women: Kamala Sankaram, Jasmine Muhammad, Anna Mayo, Katie Zaffrann, Diana Huey, Rachel Kara Pérez
Ravel & Debussy
January 18, 2018
The New York Philharmonic
David Geffen Hall
Joshua Weilerstein, conductor (replacing Charles Dutoit)
Maurice Ravel
Le Tombeau de Couperin
Piano Concerto for Left Hand – Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Debussy
Sarabande et Danse (orch. M Ravel)
Valses nobles et sentimentales
Boléro
The Echo Drift
Opera by Mikael Karlsson; Elle Kunnos de Voss & Kathryn Walat (libretto)
The Prototype Festival, Baruch Performing Arts Center
January 13, 2018
Nicholas DeMaison, conductor
International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)
Walker Loats: Blythe Gaissert
Governor & The Moth: John Kelly
Fellow Travelers
Opera by Gregory Spears (music), Greg Pierce (libretto)
Prototype Festival: Gerald Lynch Theatre, John Jay College
February 13, 2018
George Manahan, conductor
American Composers Orchestra
Timothy Laughlin, Aaron Blake
Hawkins Fuller, Joseph Lattanzi
Mary Johnson, Devon Guthrie
Senator Potter & Bartender, Vernon Hartman
Estonian Frank, Interrogator, & Sen. McCarthy, Marcus DeLoach
Potter’s Assistant, Bookseller, & Priest, Christian Pursell
Tommy McIntyre, Paul Scholten
Miss Lightfoot, Alexandra Schoeny
Lucy Cecilia, Violetta Lopez
Acquanetta
Opera by Michael Gordon (music), Deborah Artman (libretto)
Prototype Festival: Gelsey Kirkland Arts Center
January 12, 2018
Daniela Candillari, conductor
with Bang on a Can Opera and The Choir of Trinity Wall Street
Acquanetta: Mikaela Bennett
Brainy Woman: Amelia Watkins
Ape: Eliza Bagg
Doctor: Timur
Director: Matt Boehler
Clay Hilley in Recital
The Wagner Society of New York
January 6, 2018
Good Shepherd Church
Abdiel Vásquez, piano
Fuor del Mar from Idomeneo, Mozart
Widmung from Myrthen, Schumann
Das Lied von der Erde, Mahler
Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde
Von der Jugend
Der Trunkene im Frühling
8 Songs from Diary of One who Vanished, Janácek
Viděl jsem ji from Dimitrij, Dvorák
Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde, arr. Carl Tausig
Schmiedelied from Siegfried, Wagner
Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Haydn
January 4, 2018
The New York Philharmonic
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor/piano
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major (K. 453)
Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme for cello & orch., Op. 33
Haydn: Symphony No. 98 in Bb major, Hob. I:98
Jamie Barton in Recital
Carnegie Hall, Zankel Hall
December 18, 2017
Kathleen Kelly, piano
·· Boy’s Lips
·· Big Sister Says, 1967
·· The Empty Song
The Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Carnegie Hall
December 7, 2017
Bernard Labadie, conductor
Encore: Bach Andante from Solo Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003
La Finta Giardiniera
Opera by W. A. Mozart
Juilliard Opera
November 17, 2017
Joseph Colaneri, conductor
Sandrina (Machioness Violante Onesti): Tamara Banješevic
Don Anchise, Podestà: Joshua Blue
Arminda: Kathryn Henry
Cavalier Ramiro: Marie Engle
Serpetta: Christine Taylor Price
Nardo (Roberto): Jacob Scharfman
Conte Belfiore: Charles Sy
Kaddish & Don Quixote
The New York Philharmonic
November 11, 2017
David Geffen Hall
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
R. Strauss, Don Quixote
L. Bernstein, Symphony No. 3, Kaddish
Jeremy Irons, speaker
Tamara Wilson, soprano
Inside the Orchestra: Working with Bernstein
Insights at the Atrium: David Rubenstein Atrium, LC
November 11, 2017
Current/former NY Philharmonic members
Joseph Alessi, trombone
Evangeline Benedetti, fmr. cello
Bert Bial, fmr. bassoon
Mindy Kaufman, fmr. flute/piccolo
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
November 9, 2017
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin
Weber, Overture to Oberon
Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto
Schubert, Symphony No. 9, “Great”
Encores:
Bach: Gavotte en Rondeau from Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006
Dvorák: Slavonic Dance in G minor, Op. 46, No. 8
The Exterminating Angel
Opera by Thomas Adès
The Metropolitan Opera
November 3, 2017
Edmundo De Nobile…….Joseph Kaiser
Lucía De Nobile………Amanda Echalaz
Leticia Maynar……….Audrey Luna
Leonora Palma………..Alice Coote
Silvia De Ávila………Sally Matthews
Francisco De Ávila……Iestyn Davies
Blanca Delgado……….Christine Rice
Alberto Roc………….Rod Gilfry
Beatriz……………..Sophie Bevan
Eduardo……………..David Portillo
Raúl Yebenes…………Frédéric Antoun
Colonel Álvaro Gómez….David Adam Moore
Señor Russell………..Kevin Burdette
Doctor Carlos Conde…..John Tomlinson
Julio……………….Christian Van Horn
Lucas……………….John Irvin
Enrique……………..Ian Koziara
Pablo……………….Paul Corona
Meni………………..Mary Dunleavy
Camila………………Catherine Cook
Servant……………..Andrea Coleman
Servant……………..Marc Persing
Padre Sansón…………Jeff Mattsey
Yoli………………..Lucas Mann
Ondes Martenot……….Cynthia Miller
Piano……………….Dimitri Dover
Guitar………………Michael Kudirka
Conductor……………Thomas Adès
Turandot
Opera by Giacomo Puccini
The Metropolitan Opera
October 28, 2017
Turandot…………….Oksana Dyka
Calàf……………….Aleksandrs Antonenko, Acts I and II
Calàf……………….Francesco Anile, Act III
Liù…………………Maria Agresta
Timur……………….James Morris
Ping………………..Alexey Lavrov
Pang………………..Tony Stevenson
Pong………………..Eduardo Valdes
Emperor Altoum……….Ronald Naldi
Mandarin…………….Jeongcheol Cha
Maid………………..Anne Nonnemacher
Maid………………..Mary Hughes
Prince of Persia……..Sasha Semin
Executioner………….Arthur Lazalde
Three Masks: Elliott Reiland, Amir Levy, Andrew Robinson
Temptresses: Jennifer Cadden, Oriada Islami, Elizabeth Dugas, Sarah Weber-Gallo
Conductor……………Carlo Rizzi
Production…………..Franco Zeffirelli
The New York Philharmonic
October 27, 2017
David Geffen Hall
Joey Roukens, Boundless (Homage to L.B.) (U.S. Premiere)
L. Bernstein, Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium)
L. Bernstein, Symphony No. 1, Jeremiah
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Carnegie Hall
October 21, 2017
Thomas Adès & Friends
Zankel Hall
October 15, 2017
Sally Matthews, Soprano
Iestyn Davies, Countertenor
Joseph Kaiser, Tenor
Thomas Adès, Piano
The Genius of Monteverdi
October 5, 2017
Juilliard 415
Peter Jay Sharp Theatre
William Christie, harpsichord and conductor
Altri canti di Marte – Monteverdi
Pavana Seconda – Carlo Farina
Ohimé, ch’io cado – Monteverdi
Sonata XVI – Dario Castello
Il ballo delle ingrate – Monteverdi
Voices: Onadek Winan, Kelsey Lauritano, Kady Evansyshyn, John Chongyoon Noh, Joshua Blue, Andrew Munn, Tamara Banješevic’, Alex Rosen, Natalia Kutateladze, Shaked Bar
Dancers: Matthew Gilmore, Zachary Gonder, Alysia L. Johnson, Alex Soulliere, My’kal Stromile
The Opera House
October 1, 2017
World Premiere documentary by Susan Froemke
The Metropolitan Opera
Solo Cello Suites J. S. Bach
October 1, 2017
Bargemusic
Colin Carr, cello
Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008
Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major, BWV 1010
Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012
Norma
September 25, 2017
Opera by Vincenzo Bellini
New Production Premiere; Opening Night Gala
Norma……………….Sondra Radvanovsky
Pollione…………….Joseph Calleja
Adalgisa…………….Joyce DiDonato
Oroveso……………..Matthew Rose
Clotilde…………….Michelle Bradley
Flavio………………Adam Diegel
Children……………….Christopher Reynolds, John Reynolds
Conductor……………Carlo Rizzi
Production…………..David McVicar
We Shall Not Be Moved
Music by Daniel Bernard Roumain
Libretto by Marc Bamuthi Joseph
Opera Philadelphia (O17 Festival)
September 23, 2017
The Wilma Theatre
Viswa Subbaraman, conductor
Lauren Whitehead, Un/Sung
Kirstin Chávez, Glenda
John Holiday, John Blue
Daniel Shirley, John Little
Adam Richardson, John Mack
Aubrey Allicock, John Henry
Michael Bishop, Duane Lee Holland, Tendayi Kuumba, Caci Cole Pritchett, OGs
Elizabeth Cree
Opera by Kevin Puts (music), Mark Campbell (libretto)
Opera Philadelphia (O17 Festival)
September 23, 2017
Perelman Theatre
Daniela Mack, Elizabeth Cree
Troy Cook, John Cree
Joseph Gaines, Dan Leno
Daniel Belcher, Inspector Kildare
Deanna Breiwick, Aveline Mortimer
Matt Boehler, Uncle
Melissa Parks, Doris
Jason Ferrante, Little Victor Farrell
Jonathan McCullough, Mr. Greatorex / George Gissing / Etcher
Thomas Shivone, Mr. Lister / Karl Marx / Voiceover / Soloman Weil
Maren Montalbano, Jane Quig, Annie
Daniel Taylor, priest, librarian, Mr. Gerrard
Corrado Rovaris, conductor
The Magic Flute
Opera by Mozart
September 22, 2017
Opera Philadelphia ‘O17 Festival’
The Academy of Arts
David Charles Abell, conductor
Ben Bliss, Tamino
Rachel Sterrenberg, Pamina
Olga Pudova, Queen of the Night
Peixin Chen, Sarastro
Jarrett Ott, Papageno
Ashley Robillard, Papagena
Benton Ryan, Monostatos
Ashley Milanese, First Lady
Seina Miller, Second Lady
Anastasiia Sidorova, Third Lady
A. J. Owens, Damian Ferraro, Patrick Corcoran, spirits
‘War Stories’
Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda
Opera by Claudio Monteverdi
Opera Philadelphia ‘O17 Festival’
The Philadelphia Museum of Art
Cecelia Hall, Clorinda
Craig Verm, Tancredi
Samuel Levine, Abigail Levis Testo
Gary Thor Wedow, conductor
I Have No Stories to Tell You
Opera by Lembit Beecher (music), Hannah Moscovitch (libretto)
Cecelia Hall, Sorrel
Craig Verm, Daniel
Samuel Levine, Noah
Sarah Tucker, Rachel Calloway, Abigail Levis, memories
The Maid of Orléans
Opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
September 16, 2017
Odyssey Opera (performed in concert)
NEC’s Jordan Hall, Boston
Kate Aldrich…………………….Joan of Arc
Kevin Thompson…………… Thibaut d’Arc
Kevin Ray………………………… King Charles VII
Aleksey Bogdanov…………..Lionel
Yeghishe Manucharyan…Raymond
David Kravitz……………………Dunois
Mikhail Svetlov……………….. The Archbishop
David Salsbery Fry…………. Bertrand
Sarah Yanovich……………… Angel
Gil Rose, conductor
Příhody lišky Bystroušky
The Cunning Little Vixen
Opera by Leoš Janáček
Dell’Arte Opera
La Mama, August 27, 2017
Forester……………… Hyungjoo Eom
Cricket/Frantik… Samantha Scully
Grassopper/Pepik…..Lauren Glaves
Mosquito/Schoolmaster….. Jeremy Brauner
Young Frog, Rooster, Jay….. Sarah Daniels
Young Vixen………………………. Zoe Marie Hart
Forester’s Wife / Owl………… Lauren Rathburn
Lapák……………………………………. Inbal Milliger
Vixen……………………………………. Rachel Hall
Chocholka…………………………… Lisa Flanagan
Badger/Parson…………………… Brian Alvarado
Pásek…………………………………… Camilio Estrada
Fox………………………………………. Stephanie Kim Johnson
Harašta………………………………. Joshua Miller
Mrs. Pásková……………………… Lisa Flanagan
Dragonfly/Terynka………….. Lauren Rathburn
La Calisto
Opera by Francesco Cavalli
Dell’Arte Opera
La Mama, NYC, August 24, 2017
La Natura……… Allison Gish
L’Eternità/ Furia 1…… Elyse Kakacek
Il Destino/ Furia 2…… Jingye Xu
Giove…………………………. Mason Jarboe
Mercurio………………….. Brady DelVecchio
Calisto……………………… Emily Hughes
Giove-Diana…………… Adria Caffaro
Endimione……………… Padraic Costello
Linfea………………………. Joyce Yin
Satirino……………………. Shawn Palmer
Pane…………………………. Raymond Storms
Silvano……………………. Angky Budiardjono
Guinone………………….. Sophie Delphis
Scalia/Ginsburg
Opera by Derrick Wang
August 13, 2017
The Glimmerglass Festival
William Burden – Justice Scalia
Brent Michael Smith – the Commentator
Mary Beth Nelson – Justice Ginsburg
Kyle Naig, pianist
Xerxes
Opera by George Frideric Handel
August 12, 2017
The Glimmerglass Festival
John Holiday, Jr., Xerxes
Allegra De Vita, Arsamenes
Calvin Griffin, Elviro
Emily Pogoreic, Romilda
Katrina Galca, Atalanta
Abigail Dock, Amastris
Brent Michael Smith, Ariodates
Nicole Paiement, conductor
L’assedio di Calais
(The Siege of Calais)
Opera by Gaetano Donizetti
August 12, 2017
The Glimmerglass Festival
Adrian Timpau, Eustachio de Saint-Pierre, Mayor of Calais
Leah Crocetto, Eleonora
Chaz’men Williams-Ali, Giovanni d’Aire
Makoto Winkler, Pietro de Wisants
Aleks Romano, Aurelio
Zachary Owen, English Spy
Joseph Leppek, Giacomo de Wisants
Cal DuPont, Armando
Andrés Moreno García, Edmondo
Harry Greenleaf, Edoardo III
Helena Brown, Isabella
Joseph Colaneri, conductor
Oklahoma!
Musical by Richard Rodgers (music) and Oscar Hammerstein (book)
The Glimmerglass Festival
August 11, 2017
Jarrett Ott, Curly
Judith Skinner, Aunt Eller
Vanessa Beccerra, Laurey
Conor McDonald, Ike Skidmore
Edward Graves, Fred
Andrès Moreno García, Slim
Michael Roach, Will Parker
Tucker Reed Breder, Mike
Michael Hewitt, Jud Fry
Emma Roos, Ado Annie Carnes
Dylan Morrongiello, Ali Hakim
Kayleigh Decker, Gertie
Abigail Dock, Dorcas
William Burden, Andrew Carnes
Alyssa Martin, Vivian
Mary Evelyn Hangley, Kate
Mary Beth Nelson, Virginia
James Lowe, conductor
Dimitrij
Opera by Antonin Dvorák
Bard Summerscape
American Symphony Orchestra
Leon Botstein, Conductor
August 6, 2017
Dimitrij……………..Clay Hilley
Marina………………Melissa Citro
Xenia…………………Olga Tolkmit
Marfa………………..Nora Sourouzian
Basmanov……….Joseph Barron
Shuisky……………Levi Hernandez
Jov, Patriarch…Peixin Chen
Neborsky…………Roosevelt Credit
Bucinsky…………Thomas McCargar
Il Pirata
Opera by Vincenzo Bellini
Caramoor, July 8, 2017
Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Will Crutchfeld, conductor
Ernesto………… Harold Wilson
Imogene………. Angela Meade
Gualtiero……… Santiago Ballerini
Itulbo……………. Sean Christensen
Goffredo………. Joseph Beutel
Adele……………. Robyn Marie Lamp
Zémire et Azor
Opera by André Ernest Modeste Grétry
Opera Saratoga
July 8, 2017
Ali……… Keith Jameson
Sander… Christopher Burchett
Azor…….. Andrew Bidlack
Zémire… Maureen McKay
Fatmé….. Lisa Maria Rogali
Lisbé…….. Katherine Maysek
Lidiya Yankovskaya, conductor
Porgy and Bess
Opera by George & Ira Gershwin
The Glimmerglass Festival
July 7, 2017
Meroë Khalia Adeeb, Clara
Steven D. Myles, Mingo
Frederick Ballentine, Sportin’ Life
Justin Austin, Jake
Simone Z. Paulwell, Serena
Chaz’men Williams-Ali, Robbins / Crab Man
Nicholas Davis, Jim
Edward Graves, Peter
Gabriella H. Sam, Lily
Judith Skinner, Maria
Musa Ngqungwana, Porgy
Norman Garrett, Crown
Talise Trevigne, Detective
Zachary Owen, Detective
Brent Michael Smith, Policeman
Calvin Griffin, Undertaker
Briana Elyse Hunter, Annie
Elliott Paige, Nelson
Jasmin White, Strawberry Woman
Chris Kjolhede, Coroner
Piers Shannon, Scipio
John DeMain, conductor
The Little Foxes
Play by Lillian Hellman
Manhattan Theatre Club
July 1, 2017
Addie…………. Caroline Stefanie Clay
Cal……………… Charles Turner
Regina Giddens……….. Laura Linney
Birdie Hubbard…………. Cynthia Nixon
Oscar Hubbard…………. Darren Goldstein
Leo Hubbard……………… Michael Benz
Mr. Marshall……………… David Alford
Alexandra Giddens…. Francesca Carpanini
Ben Hubbard…………….. Michael McKean
Horace Giddens……….. Richard Thomas
Pergolesi & Vivaldi
Vivaldi:
Sonata à 4 al Santo Sepolcro (in Eb major)
Sovente il sole
Nulla in mundo pax sincera
Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro (in B minor for strings)
Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
LoftOpera, The Muse, Brooklyn
June 24, 2017
Heather Buck, soprano
Randall Scotting, countertenor
Angels in America
Opera by Péter Eötvös
New York City Opera, Rose Theatre at Columbus Circle
June 12, 2017
Prior Walter…….. Andrew Garland
The Angel……….. Kirsten Chambers
Harper Pitt……… Sarah Beckham-Turner
Hannah Pitt…… Sarah Castle
Roy Cohn……….. Wayne Tigges
Louis……………….. Aaron Blake
Belize……………… Matthew Reese
Joe………………….. Michael Weyandt
Pacien Mazzagatti, conductor
The Golden Cockerel
Opera by Rimsky-Korsakov
New Opera NYC: Sheen Center, NYC
May 19, 2017
King Dodon: Mikhail Svetlov
Queen of Shemakhan: Julia Lima
Astrologer: Dmitriy Gishpling-Chernov
General Polkan: Gennadiy Visotsky
Amelfa: Edith Grossman
Golden Cockerel: Bonnie Frauental
Prince Aphron: Antonio Watts
Prince Gvidon: Daniel Kalimic
J. David Jackson, conductor
Der Rosenkavalier
Opera by Richard Strauss
The Metropolitan Opera
May 13, 2017
Octavian…………………Elina Garanca
Princess von Werdenberg……Renée Fleming
Baron Ochs……………….Günther Groissböck
Sophie…………………..Erin Morley
Faninal………………….Markus Brück
Annina…………………..Helene Schneiderman
Valzacchi………………..Alan Oke
Italian Singer……………Matthew Polenzani
Marianne…………………Susan Neves
Mahomet………………….Billy Conahan
Princess’ Major-domo………Scott Scully
Lackey…………………..Marco Jordão
Lackey…………………..Ross Benoliel
Lackey…………………..Daniel Clark Smith
Lackey…………………..Edward Hanlon
Orphan…………………..Maria D’Amato
Orphan…………………..Christina Thomson Anderson
Orphan…………………..Rosalie Sullivan
Milliner…………………Anne Nonnemacher
Animal Vendor…………….Dustin Lucas
Hairdresser………………Tom Watson
Notary…………………..James Courtney
Leopold………………….Patrick Stoffer
Faninal’s Major-domo………Mark Schowalter
Innkeeper………………..Tony Stevenson
Waiter…………………..Brian Frutiger
Waiter…………………..Bradley Garvin
Waiter…………………..Brian Kontes
Waiter…………………..Christopher Job
Police Commissioner……….Scott Conner
Widow……………………Sidney Fortner
Doctor…………………..Frank Colardo
Conductor………………..Sebastian Weigle
The Golden Apple
Musical by Jerome Moross, Written by John Latouche
City Center Encores!
May 11, 2017
Helen: Lindsay Mendez
Lovely Mars/Siren: Carrie Compere
Mrs. Juniper: Ashley Brown
Miss Minerva Oliver/Scientist: Alli Mauzey
Mother Hare/Circe: N’Kenge
Penelope: Mikaela Bennett
Menelaus/Scylla: Jeff Blumenkrantz
Ulysses: Ryan Silverman
Mayor Juniper: Michael X. Martin
Paris: : Barton Cowperthwaite
Figurehead: Sarrah Strimel
Hector Charybdis: Jason Kravits
Heroes: Donald Jones Jr., Monte J. Howell, Brandon Leffler, Max Charnin, Evan Kasprzak, Justin Prescott, Jeff Heimbrock, Reed Kelly, Andrew Cristi, Nicholas Ward, Bruce Landry, Daniel Berryman
Ariodante
Opera by George Frideric Handel
The English Concert
Carnegie Hall, April 30, 2017
Joyce DiDonato, Ariodante
Christiane Karg, Ginevra
Mary Bevan, Dalinda
Sonia Prina, Polinesso
David Portillo, Lurcanio
Matthew Brook, King of Scotland
Tyson Miller, Odoardo
Harry Bicket, Artistic Director and Conductor
Der Fliegende Holländer
Opera by Richard Wagner
The Metropolitan Opera
April 25, 2017
Daland………………..Franz-Josef Selig
Steersman………….Ben Bliss
The Dutchman….Michael Volle
Mary……………………Dolora Zajick
Senta…………………..Amber Wagner
Erik……………………..AJ Glueckert
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Katya Kabanova
Opera by Leoš Janácek, performed in English
The Juilliard School, Peter Jay Sharp Theatre
April 21, 2017
Kudráš: Sam Levine
Glaša: Maria Fernanda Brea
Savël Prokofievic Dokoj: Alex Rosen
Boris Grigorjevic: Gerard Schneider
Fekluša: Nicole Thomas
Marfa Ignatevna Kabanova: Sara Couden
Tichon Ivanyc Kabanov: Miles Mykkanen
Katya Kabanova: Felicia Moore
Varvara: Samantha Hankey
Kuligin: Xiaomeng Zhang
Anne Manson, conductor
Eugene Onegin
Opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Metropolitan Opera
April 7, 2017
Eugene Onegin………..Mariusz Kwiecien
Tatiana……………..Anna Netrebko
Lensky………………Alexey Dolgov
Olga………………..Elena Maximova
Prince Gremin………..Stefan Kocán
Larina………………Elena Zaremba
Filippyevna………….Larissa Diadkova
Triquet……………..Brian Downen
Captain……………..David Crawford
Zaretsky…………….Richard Bernstein
Offstage voice……….David Lowe
Conductor……………Robin Ticciati
Troades
Play by L Annaeus Seneca, performed in Latin
Barnard Columbia Ancient Drama Group
March 30, 2017
Minor Latham Playhouse
tenThing Brass Ensemble
Tine Thing Helseth
Scandinavia House
March 27, 2017
Edvard Grieg: Praeludium from the Holberg Suite
Edvard Grieg: Grandmothers’ Minuet from Lyric Pieces
Edvard Grieg: Gjendine’s Lullaby
Edvard Grieg: March of the Trolls
Isaac Albéniz: Asturias from Suite Española
Antonio Vivaldi: Summer from the Four Seasons
Georg Friederic Handel: Fireworks
W. A. Mozart: Rondo alla Turca
Aaron Copland: Hoe-Down from Rodeo
Leonard Bernsten: Medley from West Side Story
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Valse Sentimental
Harals Sæverud: Kjempeviseslotten
Ástor Piazzolla: Oblivion
Georges Bizet: Suite from Carmen
The Italian Baroque
The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia
March 26, 2017
Perelman Theatre, Philadelphia
Salvatore Di Vittorio, conductor
Corelli: Concerto Grosso no. 4 in D maj., Op. 6
Vivaldi: Sinfonia Al Santo Sepolcro in B min., RV 169
Vivaldi: Concerto for Flautino in C maj., RV 443, Gwyn Roberts, recorder
Di Vittorio: Ode Corelliana
Vivaldi: Il Gardellino: Concerto for Piccolo in D maj.
Respighi: Suite for Strings (1902)
War Requiem
Benjamin Britten
The Philadelphia Orchestra
March 25, 2017
Verizon Hall, Philadelphia
Charles Dutoit, Conductor
Tatiana Pavlovskaya, soprano
Steve Davislim, tenor
Matthias Goerne, baritone
Westminster Symphonic Choir
The American Boychoir
Fidelio
Opera by Ludwig von Beethoven
The Metropolitan Opera
March 20, 2017
Leonore……………..Adrianne Pieczonka
Florestan……………Klaus Florian Vogt
Don Pizarro………….Greer Grimsley
Rocco……………….Falk Struckmann
Marzelline…………..Hanna-Elisabeth Müller
Jaquino……………..David Portillo
Don Fernando…………Günther Groissböck
First Prisoner……….Kang Wang
Second Prisoner………Paul Corona
Trumpet Solo:…………David B. Krauss
Conductor……………Sebastian Weigle
Dido & Aeneas, Curlew River
Operas by Purcell and Britten
Mark Morris, Chorepgrapher
The Mark Morris Dance Group
MMDG Music Ensemble
BAM Horward Gilman Opera House
March 19, 2017
Curlew River
Isaiah Bell, madwoman
Douglas Williams, ferryman
Clinton Curtis, leader of pilgrims/abbot
Conor McDonald, traveller
Daniel Moody, spirit of the boy/acolyte
Dido and Aeneas
Belinda/1st Witch – Sheherezade Panthaki
Dido – Stephanie Blythe
2nd Woman/2nd Witch – Yulia Van Doren
Aeneas – Douglas Williams
Sailor – Jason Weisinger
Stephanie Blythe
Dancers: Lesley Garrison, Laurel Lynch, Rita Donahue, Domingo Estrada, Jr., Noah Vinson, Dallas McMurray, Lauren Grant
Otello
Opera by Gioachino Rossini
LoftOpera Brooklyn, Light Space Studios
March 16, 2017
Bernard Holcomb …Otello
Cecilia Lopez …Desdemona
Thor Arbjornsson …Rodrigo
Blake Friedman …Iago
Isaiah Musik-Ayala …Elmiro
Toby Newman …Emilia
John Ramseyer …Lucio, Gondolier
Lucas Levy …Doge
John Adams: NY Phil
David Geffen Hall, March 11, 2017
Absolute Jest, for string quartet and orchestra
Harmonielehre
The New York Philharmonic
The NY Philharmonic String Quartet
March 11, 2017
Alan Gilbert, conductor
John Adams, speaker
La Voix Humaine
Opera in One Act by Francis Poulenc
National Sawdust, Brooklyn
March 10, 2017
Laura Bohn, soprano
Mila Henry, piano
Mary Birnbaum, director
Werther
Opera by Jules Massenet
The Metropolitan Opera
March 9, 2017
Werther………………..Jean-François Borras
Charlotte………………Isabel Leonard
Albert…………………David Bizic
Sophie…………………Anna Christy
Bailiff………………..Maurizio Muraro
Schmidt………………..Tony Stevenson
Johann…………………Philip Cokorinos
Käthchen……………….Sarah Larsen
Brühlmann………………Christopher Job
Hans…………………..Louis Bailey
Gretel…………………Helena Abbott
Karl…………………..Daniel Katzman
Clara………………….Carolina De Salvo
Fritz………………….Misha Grossman
Max……………………Henry T. Balaban
Conductor………………Edward Gardner
Production……………..Richard Eyre
Leonore
Opera by Ludwig van Beethoven
Washington Concert Opera
Lisner Auditorium, GWU, Washington, D.C.
March 5, 2017
Celena Shafer …Marzelline
Jonas Hacker …Jaquino, 1st prisoner
Eric Halfvarson …Rocco
Marjorie Owens …Leonore
Alan Held … Don Pizarro
Nicholas Masters ….2nd Prisoner, Don Fernando
Simon O’Neill …Florestan
Dead Man Walking
Opera by Jake Heggie
Washington National Opera, Kennedy Center
March 5, 2017
Kate Lindsey …Sister Helen Prejean
Michael Mayes …Joseph de Rocher
Susan Graham …Mrs. de Rocher
Jacqueline Echols …Sister Rose
Timothy J, Bruno …Warden George Benton
Clay Hilley …Father Grenville
Unknown Cover …Owen Hart
Kerriann Otaño …Kitty Hart
Robert Baker …Howard Boucher
Daryl Freedman …Jade Boucher
Michael Adams …Motorcycle Cop/Prison Guard
Andrew Bogard …Prison Guard
Matthew Hill …Older Brother
Simon Diesenhaus …Younger Brother
Kronos Quartet
WPA: Sixth & I Synagogue, Washington, D.C.
March 4, 2017
Franghiz Ali-Zadeh: Mugam Sayagi
Aleksander Košciów: Hílathi
Yotam Haber: From the Book (world premiere)
Steve Reich: Triple Quartet
Alter Yechiel Karniol: Sim Sholom
Tanburi Cemil Bey: Eviç Taksim
Abel Meeropol: Strange Fruit
Vladimir Martynov: The Beatitudes
Cafe Tacvba: 12/12
The Who: (arr. Jacob Garchik): Baba O’Riley
Alexandra Vrebalov: Live from the USA
Wu Man: Four Chinese Paintings IV: “Silk and Bamboo”
Prince of Players
Opera by Carlisle Floyd
Little Opera Theatre of New York, Kaye Playhouse, Hunter College
February 26, 2017
Shea Owens …Edward Kynaston
Matthew Curran …Thomas Betterton
John Kaneklides …Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
Jessica Sandidge …Margaret Hughes
Hilary Ginther …Lady Meresvale
Michelle Trovato …Miss Frayne
Neal Harrelson …Sir Charles Sedley
Nicholas Simpson …Charles II
Angela Mannino …Nell Gwynn
Daniel Klein …Hyde
Kyle Guglielmo …Stage Hand
Oswaldo Iraheta …Male Emilia
Sahoko Sato Timpone …Female Emilia
Rusalka
Opera by Antonín Dvořák
The Metropolitan Opera
Feb. 25, 2017
Rusalka……………..Kristine Opolais
Prince………………Brandon Jovanovich
Princess…………….Katarina Dalayman
Jezibaba…………….Jamie Barton
Gnome……………….Eric Owens
Kitchen Boy………….Daniela Mack
Gamekeeper…………..Alan Opie
First Sprite…………Hyesang Park
Second Sprite………..Megan Marino
Third Sprite…………Cassandra Zoé Velasco
Hunter………………Anthony Clark Evans
Conductor……………Mark Elder
Production…………..Mary Zimmerman
L’Incoronazione di Poppea
Opera by Claudio Monteverdi
Concerto Italiano, Carnegie Hall
February 21, 2017
Miah Persson …Fortuna, Poppea
Leonardo Cortellazzi …Nerone
Roberta Invernizzi …Ottavia
Sara Mingardo …Ottone
Salvo Vitale … Seneca, Tribuno
Francesca Cassinari …Virtu, Valletto
Aurelio Schiavoni …Arnalta, Familiare
Monica Piccinini …Drusilla
Anna Simboli …Amore, Damigella
Valerio Contaldo …Soldato, Familiare, Lucano, Console
Raffaele Giordani …Soldato, Nutrice, console
Mauro Borgioni …Mercurio, Familiare, Tribuno, Liberto
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia
February 18, 2017
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
Brahms, Symphony No. 3
Mozart, piano concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Tancredi
Opera by Gioachino Rossini
Opera Philadelphia, Academy of Music, Philadelphia
February 17, 2017
Stephanie Blythe …. Tancredi
Brenda Rae …Amenaide
Michele Angelini …Argirio
Daniel Mobbs …Orbazzano
Allegra De Vita …Isaura
Anastasiia Sidorova …Roggiero
Saturday Night Live
February 11, 2017
Live Sketch Comedy Show, NBC, 30 Rockefeller Plaza
Guest Host: Alec Baldwin
Musical Guest: Ed Sheeran
Also guest appearing: Tracy Morgan
I Puritani
Opera by Vincenzo Bellini
The Metropolitan Opera
February 10, 2017
Elvira………………Diana Damrau
Arturo………………Javier Camarena
Riccardo…………….Alexey Markov
Giorgio……………..Luca Pisaroni
Enrichetta…………..Virginie Verrez
Gualtiero……………David Crawford
Bruno……………….Eduardo Valdes
Conductor……………Maurizio Benini
Production…………..Sandro Sequi
Juditha Triumphans
Opera by Antonio Vivaldi
Venice Baroque Orchestra, Carnegie Hall
February 7, 2017
Delphine Galou …Juditha
Mary-Ellen Nesi …Holofernes
Ann Hallenberg …Vagaus
Francesca Ascioti …Ozias
Silke Gäng …Abra
The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Play by Martin McDonagh
The Druid Theatre Company, BAM Harvey Theatre
February 3, 2017
Aaron Monaghan…Ray Dooley
Marie Mullen…Mag Folan
Marty Rea…Pato Dooley
Aisling O’Sullivan…Maureen Folan
Garry Hynes, director
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Opera by Gioachino Rossini
The Metropolitan Opera, January 21, 2017
Figaro………………Edward Parks
Rosina………………Pretty Yende
Count Almaviva……….Dmitry Korchak
Dr. Bartolo………….Maurizio Muraro
Don Basilio………….Mikhail Petrenko
Berta……………….Karolina Pilou
Fiorello…………….Tyler Duncan
Sergeant…………….Mark Schowalter
Ambrogio…………….Rob Besserer
Harpsichord Continuo….Robert Morrison
Conductor……………Maurizio Benini
Production…………..Bartlett Sher
Sir John in Love
Opera by Ralph Vaughn Williams
Bronx Opera, January 14, 2017
Christopher Trapani …Robert Shallow
John Callison… Sir Hugh Evans
Kim Feltkamp… Slender
Max Avery Vitagliano… Peter Simple
Nick Miller …George Page
Benjamin Bloomfield …Sir John Falstaff
Albert Neal …Bardolph
Will Berman …Nym
John Cossio …Pistol
Barbee Monk …Anne Page
Mary-Hollis Hundley …Meg Page
Hannah Spierman …Alice Ford
Tom Mulder …Fenton
Ernest Jackson …Dr. Caius
Nathan Murphy …Jack Rugby
Noragh Devlin …Mrs. Quickly
Paul Khoury …The Host of the Garter Inn
Eric Kramer, conductor
2016:
L’Amour de Loin
Opera by Kaija Saariaho
The Metropolitan Opera, December 24, 2016
Jaufré Rudel…………….Michael Todd Simpson
Clémence………………..Susanna Phillips
Pilgrim…………………Tamara Mumford
Conductor……………….Susanna Mälkki
Production………………Robert Lepage
Salome
Opera by Richard Strauss
The Metropolitan Opera, December 5, 2016
Salome………………Patricia Racette
Herod……………….Gerhard Siegel
Herodias…………….Nancy Fabiola Herrera
Jochanaan……………Zeljko Lucic
Narraboth……………Kang Wang
Page………………..Carolyn Sproule
Jew…………………Allan Glassman
Jew…………………Mark Schowalter
Jew…………………Noah Baetge
Jew…………………Alex Richardson
Jew…………………David Crawford
Nazarene…………….Mikhail Petrenko
Nazarene…………….Paul Corona
Soldier……………..Nicholas Brownlee
Soldier……………..Richard Bernstein
Cappadocian………….John Hancock
Slave……………….Kathryn Day
Executioner………….Reginald Braithwaite
Conductor……………Johannes Debus
Production…………..Jürgen Flimm
Flight
Opera by Jonathan Dove
Juilliard Opera, November 18, 2016
Refugee …Jakub Józef Orlin´ski
Controller …Rebecca Farley
Bill …Matthew Swensen
Tina …Nicolette Mavroleon
Older Woman… Amanda Lynn Bottoms
Stewardess… Kelsey Lauritano
Steward… Dimitri Katotakis
Minskman… Xiaomeng Zhang
Minskwoman …Natalia Kutateladze
Immigration… Officer Cody Quattlebaum
Jenufa
Opera by Leos Janácek
The Metropolitan Opera, November 7, 2016
Jenufa………………Oksana Dyka
Laca………………..Daniel Brenna
Kostelnicka………….Karita Mattila
Steva……………….Joseph Kaiser
Grandmother………….Hanna Schwarz
Jano………………..Ying Fang
Foreman……………..Bradley Garvin
Barena………………Dísella Lárusdóttir
Old Shepherdess………Maria Zifchak.
Mayor……………….Richard Bernstein
Mayor’s Wife…………Elizabeth Bishop
Karolka……………..Clarissa Lyons
Aunt………………..Sara Couden
Conductor……………David Robertson
Production…………..Olivier Tambosi
Guillaume Tell
Opera by Gioachino Rossini
The Metropolitan Opera, November 5, 2016
Guillaume Tell ………………..Gerald Finley
Mathilde………………………Marina Rebeka
Arnold………………………..Bryan Hymel
Walter Furst…………………..Marco Spotti
Gesler………………………..John Relyea
Melcthal………………………Kwangchul Youn
Hedwige……………………….Maria Zifchak
Jemmy…………………………Janai Brugger
Ruodi………………Michele Angelini
Leuthold………………………Michael Todd Simpson
Rodolphe………………………Sean Panikkar
Huntsman………………………Ross Benoliel
Conductor……………………..Fabio Luisi
Production…………………….Pierre Audi
The Westerlies
Brass Quartet
Roulette, Brooklyn, October 18, 2016
Performing repertory as well as works from their new self-titled album
American Brass Quintet
Paul Recital Hall, the Juilliard School
October 10, 2016
Three Venetian Canzoni
Giosefo Guami – Canzon No. 19
Andrea Gabrielli – Ricercar del sesto tuono
Bastian Chilese – Canzon No. 22
Osvalso Lacerda: Quinteto Concertante
Kenneth Fuchs: Brass Quintet No. 2 “American” (2016)
Thomas Stoltzer: Three Fantasias in Church Modes
Eric Nathan: Missing Words II (2016)
Music from Renaissance Venice:
Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzon primi toni a10
Lodovico Grossi da Viadana: Sinfonia la Bolognese
Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzon per sonar in echo duodecimi toni
Kevin Cobb and Louis Hanzlik, trumpets; Eric Reed, horn; Michael Powell, Trombone; John D. Rojak, bass trombone
Don Giovanni
Opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Metropolitan Opera, October 8, 2016
Don Giovanni…………Simon Keenlyside
Donna Anna…………..Hibla Gerzmava
Don Ottavio………….Paul Appleby
Donna Elvira…………Malin Byström
Leporello……………Adam Plachetka
Zerlina……………..Serena Malfi
Masetto……………..Matthew Rose
Commendatore…………Kwangchul Youn
Conductor……………Fabio Luisi
Production…………..Michael Grandage
Paul Green & Two Worlds Combo
Klezmer & Jazz, New Marlborough Village Association
October 1, 2016
Paul Green, Clarinet; Sarah Aroeste, vocals; Joe Rose, piano; Michael Musillami, guitar; Bill Chapman, drums
Tristan und Isolde
Opera by Richard Wagner
The Metropolitan Opera, September 30, 2016
Tristan………………..Stuart Skelton
Isolde…………………Nina Stemme
Brangäne……………….Ekaterina Gubanova
King Marke……………..René Pape
Kurwenal……………….Evgeny Nikitin
Melot………………….Neal Cooper
Sailor’s Voice………….Tony Stevenson
Steersman………………David Crawford
Shepherd……………….Alex Richardson
Young Tristan…………..Jonathan O’Reilly
English Horn Solo……….Pedro R. Díaz
Conductor………………Simon Rattle
Production……………..Mariusz Trelinski
Trisan und Isolde
Opera by Richard Wagner
The Metropolitan Opera, September 26, 2016
Opening night gala
Tristan………………..Stuart Skelton
Isolde…………………Nina Stemme
Brangäne……………….Ekaterina Gubanova
King Marke……………..René Pape
Kurwenal……………….Evgeny Nikitin
Melot………………….Neal Cooper
Sailor’s Voice………….Tony Stevenson
Steersman………………David Crawford
Shepherd……………….Alex Richardson
English Horn Solo……….Pedro R. Díaz
Conductor………………Simon Rattle
Production……………..Mariusz Trelinski
Così fan tutte
Opera by W. A. Mozart
LoftOpera Brooklyn, September 25, 2016
Megan Pachecano … Fiordiligi
Sarah Nelson Craft … Dorabella
Alex DeSocio … Guglielmo
Spencer Viator … Ferrando
Michelle Trovato … Despina
Gary Ramsey … Don Alfonso
Macbeth
Third World Bunfight & Opera Philadelphia: Phila Fringe Festival
Friday, Sep. 23, 2016 (final dress rehearsal)
Macbeth: Owen Metsileng
Lady Macbeth: Nobulumko Mngxekeza
Banquo: Otto Maidi
Chorus: Sandile Kamle, Jacqueline Manciya, Monde Masimini, Lunga Halam, Bulelani Madondile, Thozama Dyasi, Thomakazi Holland
Director: Brett Bailey, Music: Fabrizio Cassol, adapted from Verdi
Breaking the Waves
World premiere
Opera Philadelphia, Perelman Theater
Sept. 22, 2016
Kiera Duffy …Bess McNeill
John Moore …Jan Nyman
Eve Gigliotti …Dodo McNeill
Patricia Schuman …Bess’s Mother
David Portillo …Dr. Richardson
Zachary James … Terry
Marcus DeLoach … Minister
Mistral Ensemble
September 18, 2016
Temple Emanuel, Andover, MA
The Dreams & Prayers of Isaac the Blind, for klezmer clarinet & strings, Golijov
Impresiones de la Puna for flute & strings, Ginestera
Oracion del Torero (A Bullfighter’s Prayer) for string quartet, Turina
Gabriela Diaz, violin; Jessica Bodner, viola; Mickey Katz, cello; Sarita Kwok, violin; Todd Palmer, clarinet; Julie Scolnik, flute
Ouroboros Trilogy:
Naga, Madame White Snake, Gilgamesh
Arts Emerson Boston
September 17, 2016
Opera creator & libretto by Cerise Lim Jacobs
Scores: Scott Wheeler (Naga), Zhou Long (Madame White Snake), Paola Prestini (Gilgamesh)
Naga:
Matthew Worth … Monk
Sandra Piques Eddy … Wife
David Salsbery Fry … Master
Stacey Tappan… Madame White Snake
Anthony Roth Costanzo … Xiao Qing
Madame White Snake:
Susannah Biller … Madame White Snake
Michael Maniaci … Xiao Qing
Peter Tantsits … Xu Xian
Dong-Jian Gong … Abbot Fahai
Gilgamesh:
Christopher Burchett… Ming/Gilgamesh
Heather Buck … Ku
Hila Plitmann … Madame White Snake
Anthony Roth Costanzo … Xiao Qing
Andrew Nolen … Abbot Fahai
Dimitrij
opera by Antonín Dvořák
September 16, 2016
Odyssey Opera, Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston
Aleš Briscein … Dimitrij Ivanovič
Dana Burešová … Marina Mníškova
Olga Jelínková … Xenia Borisovna
Irina Mishura… Marfa Ivanovna
Mark S. Doss … Prince Vasilij Šujskij
Christopher Job … Peter Federovič Basmanov
James Demler (cover)… Jov, Patriarch of Moscow
James Demler … Něborský
Seth Grondin … Bučinský
performed in concert
Gil Rose, conductor
Sweeney Todd
Musical by Stephen Sondheim
The Glimmerglass Festival
August 21, 2016
Anthony Hope….. Harry Greenleaf
Sweeney Todd……Greer Grimsley
Beggar Woman…..Patricia Schuman
Mrs. Lovett………….Molly Jane Hill (cover)
Judge Turpin……..Peter Volpe
Beadle Bamford…Bille Bruley
Johanna Barker…Emily Pogorelc
Tobias Ragg……….Nicholas Nestorak
Adolfo Pirelli…….Christopher Bazeka
Conductor: John DeMain
Director: Christopher Alden
La Gazza Ladra
Opera by Gioachino Rossini
The Glimmerglass Festival
August 20, 2016
Allegro De Vita …… Pippo
Meg Gillentine …… The Magpie
Leah Hawkins …… Lucia
Calvin Griffin …… Fabrizio Vingradito
Rachele Gilmore …… Ninetta
Brad Raymond …… Isacco/Antonio
Michele Angelini …… Giannetto
Dale Travis …… Fernando Villabella
Musa Ngqungwana …… Mayor
Simon Dyer …… Giorgio
Thomas Shivone …… Magistrate
La Bohème
Opera by Giacomo Puccini
The Glimmerglass Festival
August 19, 2016
Hunter Enoch …Marcello
Michael Brandenburg …Rodolfo
Rhys Lloyd Talbot …Colline
Brian Vu …Schaunard
Dale Travis …Benoit/Alcindoro
Raquel Gonzalez …Mimi
David Walton …Parpignol
Vanessa Becerra …Musetta
Lost Luggage
Opera in one act by Gioachino Rossini
The Glimmerglass Festival
August 19, 2016
Berenice: Meroë Khalia Adeeb
Count Alberto: David Walton
Don Parmenione: Harry Greenleaf
Ernestina: Mary Beth Nelson
Don Eusebio: Nick Nestorak
Martino: Rafael Porto
The Crucible
Opera by Robert Ward
The Glimmerglass Festival
August 18, 2016
Zoie Reams …… Tituba
Frederick Ballentine …… Rev. Parris
Ariana Wehr …… Abigail Williams
Michael Miller …… Thomas Putnam
Gabriella Sam …… Ann Putnam
Helena Brown …… Rebecca Nurse
Chaz’men Williams-Ali …… Giles Corey
Brian Mulligan …… John Proctor
David Pittsinger …… Rev. Hale
Mary Beth Nelson …… Betty Parris
Jamie Barton …… Elizabeth Proctor
Maren Weinberger …… Mary Warren
Ian Koziana …… Ezekiel Cheever
Jay Hunter Morris …… Judge Danforth
Emma Grimsley …… Ruth Putnam
Molly Jane Hill …… Susanna Walcott
Meroë Khalia Adeeb …… Sarah Good
Iris
Opera by Mascagni
Bard Summerscape, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, July 24, 2016
Matthew Boehler bass Il Cieco
Joseph Chappel bass-baritone Ragpicker
Mark Donato tenor Ragpicker
Cecelia Hall soprano A Geisha
Samuel Levine tenor Merchant / Ragpicker
Gerard Schneider tenor Osaka
Talise Trevigne soprano Iris
Douglas Williams baritone Kyoto
Leon Botstein, conductor
Aureliano in Palmira
Opera by Rossini
Caramoor, Katonah NY, July 16, 2016
Aureliano: Andrew Owens, tenor
Zenobia: Georgia Jarman, soprano
Arsace: Tamara Mumford, mezzo
Publia: Chrystal E. Williams, mezzoOraspe: Sean Christensen, tenor
Licinio: Ziomeng Zhang, baritone
Gran Sacerdote: Thomas Lynch, baritone
Will Crutchfeld, conductor
The Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Le Comte Ory
LoftOpera
The Muse, BrooklynJune 7, 2016
Sean Kelly, conductor
Count Ory………………Thorsteinn Arbjornsson
Tutor……………………..Jeff Beruan
Isolier……………………Elizabeth Pojanowski
Raimbaud……………..Steven Eddy
Comtesse Adèle……Sharin Apostolu
Ragonde………………Shirin Eskandani
Alice……………………Natalie Polito
Grande Harmonie:
Early Music for Brass
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Vanderlyn Panorama
June 1, 2016
Christopher Belluscio (early valve tpt); John Aubrey, Elisabeth Axtell, Yoni Kahn, Jennifer Robbins (horns)
Grimme-Frères, Two Waltzes and a March
Jacques-François Gallay: Grand Quatuor op. 26 pour quatre cors en différents tons
Otello
Opera by Verdi
The Metropolitan Opera, May 6, 2016
Otello………………Aleksandrs Antonenko
Desdemona……………Hibla Gerzmava
Iago………………..Zeljko Lucic
Emilia………………Jennifer Johnson Cano
Cassio………………Alexey Dolgov
Lodovico…………….James Morris
Montàno……………..Jeff Mattsey
Roderigo…………….Chad Shelton
Herald………………Tyler Duncan
Conductor……………Adam Fischer
Production…………..Bartlett Sher
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Opera by Mozart
The Metropolitan Opera
April 22, 2016
Constanze……………Albina Shagimuratova
Belmonte…………….Paul Appleby
Blonde………………Kathleen Kim
Pedrillo…………….Brenton Ryan [Debut]
Osmin……………….Hans-Peter König
Selim……………….Matthias von Stegmann
Conductor……………James Levine
Production…………..John Dexter
Fully Committed
Play by Becky Mode
Lyceum TheatreApril 15, 2016
Jesse-Tyler Ferguson: one-man show
Elektra
Opera by Richard Strauss
The Metropolitan Opera
April 14, 2016 (new production premiere)
Elektra………………..Nina Stemme
Chrysothemis……………Adrianne Pieczonka
Klytämnestra……………Waltraud Meier
Orest………………….Eric Owens
Aegisth………………..Burkhard Ulrich [Debut]
Overseer……………….Susan Neves
Serving Woman…………..Bonita Hyman [Debut]
Serving Woman…………..Maya Lahyani
Serving Woman…………..Andrea Hill [Debut]
Serving Woman…………..Claudia Waite
Serving Woman…………..Roberta Alexander
Confidant………………Susan Neves
Trainbearer…………….Andrea Hill
Young Servant…………..Scott Scully
Old Servant…………….James Courtney
Guardian……………….Kevin Short
Conductor………………Esa-Pekka Salonen
Production……………..Patrice Chéreau
Chris Botti, trumpet
with the New York Philharmonic
April 11, 2016
David Geffen Hall
Miscellaneous crossover and jazz pieces
Women of Trachis
(Trachiniae) tragedy by Sophocles
The Barnard Columbia Ancient Drama Group
March 31, 2016
Deianeira……Elizabeth Heintges/Elizabeth McNamara/Barbara Edith Vinck
Nurse…………..Rachel Herzog
Hyllus………….Yujhán Claros
Lichas…………Eli Aizikowitz
Messenger…Talia Varonos-Pavolopolous
Old Man……..Zachary Herz
Herakles…….Elizabeth Heintges
Roberto Devereux
Opera by Donizetti
The Metropolitan Opera, March 28, 2016
Elisabetta (Queen Elizabeth)……………..Sondra Radvanovsky
Sara (Sarah)……………………………Elina Garanca
Roberto Devereux, Earl of Essex…..Matthew Polenzani
Duke of Nottingham………………………Mariusz Kwiecien
Lord Cecil……………………………..Brian Downen
Gualtiero (Sir Walter Raleigh)……………Christopher Job
A Page…………………………………Yohan Yi
A Servant of Nottingham………………….Paul Corona
Conductor………………………………Maurizio Benini
Production……………………………..David McVicar
Dido & Aeneas
Opera by Henry Purcell
Heartbeat Opera, March 19, 2016
Dido…………….. Carla Jablonski
Belinda…………Marie Marquis
Witch………….Anna Slate
Sorceress….Christopher Preston Thompson
Aeneas………John Taylor Ward
Jacob Ashworth, violin & ensemble conductor
Tosca
Opera by Giacomo Puccini
LoftOpera Brooklyn, March 17, 2016
Tosca…………………Eleni Calenos
Cavaradossi……..James Chamberlain
Scarpia………………Kevin Wetzel
Angelotti……………Joseph Beutel
Sacristan…………..Stefanos Koroneos
Spoletta…………….Jordan Pitts
Sciarrone………….Joel Herold
Conductor…………Dean Buck
Turangalîla-symphonie
Symphony by Olivier Messiaen
The New York Philharmonic
March 10, 2016
Essa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Yuja Wang, piano
Valérie Hartmann-Claverie, Ondes Martenot
L’Elisir d’Amore
Opera by Donizetti
The Metropolitan Opera
dress rehearsal, Monday March 7, 2016
Adina……………….Aleksandra Kurzak
Nemorino…………….Vittorio Grigolo
Belcore……………..Adam Plachtka
Dr. Dulcamara………..Alessandro Corbelli
Giannetta……………Ying Fang
Conductor……………Enrique Mazzola [Debut]
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
Friday, February 26, 2016
Valerii Gergiev, conductor
Overture to Die fliegende Holländer — Wagner
La Mer – Debussy
Pictures at an Exhibition — Mussorgsky
Strauss waltzes, encore
Manon Lescaut
Opera by Puccini
The Metropolitan Opera
Thursday, February 18, 2016
Manon……………….Kristine Opolais
Des Grieux…………..Roberto Alagna
Lescaut……………..Massimo Cavalletti
Geronte……………..Brindley Sherratt
Edmondo……………..Zach Borichevsky
Innkeeper……………Philip Cokorinos
Solo Madrigalist……..Virginie Verrez
Madrigalist………….Maria D’Amato
Madrigalist………….Christina Thomson Anderson
Madrigalist………….Stephanie Chigas
Madrigalist………….Rosalie Sullivan
Dancing Master……….Scott Scully
Sergeant…………….Brandon Cedel
Lamplighter………….Andrew Bidlack
Captain……………..Richard Bernstein
Conductor……………Fabio Luisi
Production…………..Richard Eyre
Madama Butterfly
Opera by Puccini
The Metropolitan Opera
Friday, February 19, 2016
Cio-Cio-San………….Ana María Martínez
Pinkerton……………Roberto De Biasio
Suzuki………………Maria Zifchak
Sharpless……………Artur Rucinski [Debut]
Goro………………..Tony Stevenson
Bonze……………….Ricardo Lugo
Yamadori…………….Tyler Duncan
Kate Pinkerton……….Edyta Kulczak
Commissioner…………David Crawford
Yakuside…………….Craig Montgomery
Mother………………Belinda Oswald
Aunt………………..Jean Braham
Cousin………………Patricia Steiner
Registrar……………Juhwan Lee
Cio-Cio-San’s Child
(Puppet)…………….Kevin Augustine, Tom Lee, Marc Petrosino
Conductor……………Karel Mark Chichon [Debut]
Production…………..Anthony Minghella
Director/
Cold Mountain
Opera by Jennifer Higdon
Libretto by Gene Scheer
Opera Philadelphia
Academy of Music, February 12, 2016
Jarrett Ott………..W.P. Inman
Isabel Leonard..Ada MonroeCecelia Hall…….Ruby Thewes
Jay Hunter Morris…Teague
Kevin Burdette……….Stobrod/Blind Man
Paul Groves…………….Veasey
Mariette Simpson….Lucinda
Anthony Michaels-Moore…Rev. Monroe/Pangle
Marcus DeLoach…………………Owens/Ethan
Alasdair Kent………………………Junior/Charlie
Rachel Sterrenberg…………….Sara
Heather Stebbins………………..Lila
Heather Phillips………………….Katie/Siren
Lauren Eberwein………………. Olivia/Siren
Olivia Vote…………………………..Claire/Siren
Roy Hage……………………………..Reid
Maria Stuarda
Opera by Gaetano Donizetti
The Metropolitan Opera
February 5, 2016
Maria Stuarda (Mary Stuart)…….Sondra Radvanovsky
Elisabetta (Queen Elisabeth I)….Elza van den Heever
Roberto (Robert Dudley)………..Celso Albelo
Giorgio (George Talbot)………..Kwangchul Youn
Guglielmo (William Cecil)………Patrick Carfizzi
Anna (Jane Kennedy)……………Maria Zifchak
Conductor…………………….Riccardo Frizza
Production……………………David McVicar
Les Pêcheurs de Perles
Opera by Georges Bizet
The Metropolitan Opera
January 30, 2016
Léila……………….Diana Damrau
Nadir……………….Matthew Polenzani
Zurga……………….Mariusz Kwiecien
Nourabad…………….Nicolas Testé
Conductor……………Gianandrea Noseda
Production…………..Penny Woolcock
Regina
Opera by Mark Blitzstein
Bronx Opera
January 16, 2016
Aiossa, Nicole Lee … Regina Giddens
Brown, Helena …Addie
Brown, Shane …Oscar Hubbard
Celentano, Michael …Leo Hubbard
Eaglin, Christopher … Cal
Morrow, C. David …Horace Giddens
Rabin, Zack …Ben Hubbard
Roe, Mitchell …Mr. Marshall
Schwab, Erin …Alexandra Giddens
Spierman, Hannah …Birdie Hubbard
Turandot
Opera by Puccini
The Metropolitan Opera
January 15, 2016
Turandot…………….Nina Stemme
Calàf……………….Marco Berti
Liù…………………Anita Hartig
Timur……………….Alexander Tsymbalyuk
Ping………………..Dwayne Croft
Pang………………..Tony Stevenson
Pong………………..Eduardo Valdes
Emperor Altoum……….Ronald Naldi
Conductor……………Paolo Carignani
Production…………..Franco Zeffirelli
Dog Days
Opera by David T. Little & Royce Vavrek (lib.)
Prototype Opera / The Skirball Center, NYU
January 11, 2016
Howard………James Bobick
Lisa……………..Lauren Worsham
Mother……….Marnie Breckenridge
Elliott…………Michael Marcotte
Pat………………Peter Tantsits
Prince…………John Kelly
Captain………Cherry Duke
Sibelius / Wagner / Strauss
The New York Philharmonic, Geffen Hall
Friday, Jan 8, 2016
Eric Owens, bass-baritone
Heidi Melton, soprano
Sibelius
En saga – tone poem for large orchestra, Op. 9
R. Strauss
Cäcilie, Op. 27 no 2
Ruhe, meine Seele, Op. 27, no 1
Pilgers Mogenlied, Op. 33, no 4
Wagner
Ride of the Valkyries and Final Scene of Act III from
Die Walküre
2015:
P. D. Q. Bach
The Golden Anniversary, Town Hall NYC
Dec. 29, 2015
Prof. Peter Schickele, The New York Pick-Up Ensemble, Jorge Mester
Michèle Eaton, off-coloratura soprano
Brian Dougherty, tenor profundo
Elliott Forrest, announcer
William Walters, manager of the stage
Perückenstück (“Hairpiece”) from The Civilian Barber, PDQ Bach
Swing Sweet, Low Chariot, arr. Schickele
New Horizons in Music Appreciation (Beethoven Sportscast)
Uptown Hoedown, Schickele
from Oedipus Tex, PDQ Bach
Canadian Brass
Trinity Wall St., Dec, 17 2015
Brazilian Choro Ensemble
Mannes School of Music, New School, Dec. 11, 2015
Richard Boukas, director-arranger
Pixinguinha and Contemporaries
Rigoletto
The Metropolitan Opera, December 5, 2015
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi–Francesco Maria Piave/Victor Hugo
Rigoletto……………Zeljko Lucic
Gilda……………….Nadine Sierra
Duke of Mantua……….Piotr Beczala
Maddalena……………Nancy Fabiola Herrera
Sparafucile………….Dimitry Ivashchenko
Monterone……………Robert Pomakov
Borsa……………….Scott Scully
Marullo……………..Jeff Mattsey
Count Ceprano………..Paul Corona
Countess Ceprano……..Katherine Whyte
Giovanna…………….MaryAnn McCormick
Page………………..Catherine MiEun Choi-Steckmeyer
Guard……………….Earle Patriarco
Conductor……………Roberto Abbado
Production…………..Michael Mayer
Appomattox
Opera by Philip Glass
Washington National Opera
November 21, 2015 – The Kennedy Center, Washington D.C.
Tazewell Thompson, director
Christopher Hampton, libretto
Abraham Lincoln/Lyndon B. Johnson Tom Fox
Frederick Douglass/Martin Luther King Jr. Soloman Howard
Robert E. Lee/Edgar Ray Killen David Pittsinger
Ulysses S. Grant/Nicholas Katzenbach Richard Paul Fink
Julia Grant/Viola Liuzzo Melody Moore
Wilmer McLean/J. Edgar Hoover Robert Brubaker
T. Morris Chester/John Lewis Frederick Ballentine
Mary Todd Lincoln/Lady Bird Johnson Anne-Carolyn Bird
Elizabeth Keckley/Coretta Scott King Chrystal E. Williams
Mary Custis Lee/Secretary Kerriann Otaño
General Howell Cobb/James Fowler Timothy J. Bruno
Edward Alexander/Cartha DeLoach Robert Baker
John Aaron Rawlins/George Wallace Aleksey Bogdanov
Mrs. Dorsey/Amelia Boynton Leah Hawkins
Col. Ely S. Parker Dane Suarez
Les Mamelles de Tirésias
Opera by Francis Poulenc, Guillaume Apollinaire, libretto
Der Kaiser von Atlantis
Opera by Viktor Ullman. Peter Kein, libretto
Juilliard Opera Double-Bill, November 18, 2015
Krei-Lynn Wilson, conductor
Tirésias:
Le Directeur Theo Hoffman
Thérèse / La Cartomancienne Liv Redpath
Le Mari Samuel Levine
Presto Xiaomeng Zhang
Lacouf/Le fils Matthew Swenson
Le Gendarme Fan Jia
La Marchande de journaux Caitlin Redding
Le Journaliste Alexander McKissick
Une Dame élégante Nicolette Mavroleon
Une grosse dame Natalia Kutateladze
Un monsieur barbu Cody Quattlebaum
Kaiser:
Der Lautsprecher Cody QuattlebaumHarlekin Gerard Schneider
Der Tod Daniel Miroslaw
Der Trommler Amanda Lynn Bottoms
Kaiser Overall Dimitri Katotakis
Ein Soldat Alexander McKissick
Bubikopf Rebecca Farley
Mostly Other People Do the Killing
Bargemusic Brooklyn
November 6, 2015
Steven Bernstein, trumpet / Jon Irabagon, sax / Dave Taylor, trombone / Brandon Seabrook, banjo / Ron Stabinsky, piano / Moppa Elliott, bass / Kevin Shea, drums
Lulu
Opera by Alban Berg
The Metropolitan Opera, November 5, 2015 (new production premier)
Lother Koenigs, conductor
Lulu Marlis Petersen
Countess Geschwitz Susan Graham
Alwa Daniel Brenna
Painter/African Prince Paul Groves
Dr. Schön/Jack the Ripper Johan ReuterAcrobat/Animal Tamer Martin Winkler
Schigolch Franz Grundherber
Schoolboy/Page Elizabeth DeShong
Prince/Manservant/Marquis Alan Oke
Banker Julian Close
Fifteen-year-old Girl Ashley Emerson
Her Mother Jane Shaulis
Designer Kathryn Day
Journalist Tyler Duncan
Servant Paul Corona
Physician/Professor/Police James Courtney
Night & Dreams: Kathryn Henry, soprano recital
November 1, 2015, The New York Society Library
Franz Schubert
Der liebliche Stern; Nacht und Traüme
Johannes Brahms
Wie Melodien zeiht es mir; Ständschen; Die Mainacht
Ottorino Respighi
Nevicata; Scherzo; Nebbie
Samuel Barber
A Slumber Song of the Madonna; Solitary Hotel; Sure on this shining night
Richard Strauss
Traum durch die Dämmerung; Die Nacht; Heimliche Aufforderung
Mozart, Britten, Beethoven
The New York Philharmonic, David Geffen Hall
October 31, 2015
Britten – Sinfonia da Requiem
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 23
Beethoven – Symphony No. 5
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Inon Barnatan, piano
Rigoletto
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
The Metropolitan Opera, Tuesday October 20, 2015
Rigoletto……………George Gagnidze
Gilda……………….Olga Peretyatko
Duke of Mantua……….Stephen Costello
Maddalena……………Katarina Leoson
Sparafucile………….Stefan Kocán
Monterone……………Stefan Szkafarowsky
Borsa……………….Richard Troxell
Marullo……………..Jeff Mattsey
Count Ceprano………..David Crawford
Countess Ceprano……..Katherine Whyte
Giovanna…………….Maria Zifchak
Page………………..Catherine MiEun Choi-Steckmeyer
Guard……………….Earle Patriarco
Conductor……………Pablo Heras-Casado
Production…………..Michael Mayer
American Brass Quintet
The Juilliard School – Paul Hall
Monday, October 20, 2015
Kevin Cobb, trumpet
Louis Hanzlik, trumpet
Eric Reed, horn
Michael Powell, trombone
John D. Rojak, trombone
Elizabethan Consort Music
Ferrabosco II, Almayne
Morley / Holborne, Joyne Hands — Widowe’s Myte
Ferrabosco II – Dovehouse Pavan
Weelkes – two madrigals
Simpson / Dowland – Allemande — Volta
Little Suite of Minatures – Steven C. Sacco (2003)
Air, Allegretto; Presto Brillante; Andante; Largo-Allegretto-Largo-Allegretto; Presto
Shine – Robert Paterson (2015)
Ringing Brass Bells, Quicksilver, Veins of Gold, Bright Blue Steel
Brass Quintet No. 1, Circus – Clint Needham (2004)
Entry, Clowns, The Ringleader, The Contortionist, Finale
Canons of the 16th Century
des Prez – Vive le roy
da Palestrina – pleni sunt caeli
Martini – J’ay pris amours
Josquin-Palestrina – Pleni sunt caeli, Agnus dei
Cadence, Fugue, Fade (2013) – Sebastian Currier
Tannhäuser
Opera by Richard Wagner
The Metropolitan Opera, Monday, October 12, 2015
Noah Baetge …………….Walther von der Vogelweide
Johan Botha …………….Tannhäuser
Michelle DeYoung ……Venus
Ying Fang ………………….Young Shepherd
Günther Groissböck ….Hermann, Landgraf of Thuringia
Adam Klein ………………Heinrich der Schreiber
Ricardo Lugo…………… Reinmar von Zweter
Peter Mattei ……………..Wolfram von Eschenbach
Ryan McKinny ………….Biterolf
Eva-Maria Westbroek..Elizabeth
James Levine, conductor
Otto Schenk, priduction
Bonfire of the Vanities: The Opera
El Museo del Barrio, Saturday October 10, 2015
Music: Stefania de Kenessey, Libretto: Michael Bergmann, Novel Tom Wolfe
Judy McCoy……. Anne-Carolyn Bird
Sherman McCoy…Randal Turner
Rev. Bacon………….Kevin Maynor
Henry Lamb………..Aaron J. Casey
Maria……………………Ying Jie Zhou
Anna Bolena
Opera by Gaetano Donizetti
The Metropolitan Opera, Friday October 9, 2015
Marco Armiliato, conductor
Sir David McVicar, production
Jane Seymour………..Milijana Nokolic
Anne Boleyn…………..Sondra Radvanovsky
Mark Smeaton………..Tamara Mumford
Henry VIII………………..Ildar Abdrazakov
Lord Rochefort……….David Crawford
Lord Richard Percy..Taylor Stayton
Sir Hervey……………….Gregory Schmidt
The New York Philharmonic
Open dress rehearsal, Wednesday Sept. 30, 2015
Alan Gilbert, conductor; Emanuel Ax, piano
Beethoven 7, Brahms piano concerto 2, Canta-Concerto, Mark Neikrug (Sasha Cooke, mezzo)
Il Trovatore
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
The Metropolitan Opera
Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015
Leonora…… Anna Netrebko
Manrico…… Yonghoon Lee
Count di Luna….Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Azucena…………..Dolora Zajick
Ferrando…………..Štefan Kocán
Ines…………………..Maria Zifchak
A Gypsy…………….Edward Albert
A Messenger……David Lowe
Ruiz………………….Raúl Melo
Marco Armiliato, conductor
Sir David McVicar, production
LoftOpera: Verdi Duets
Friday, September 25, 2015
The Muse, Bushwick, Brooklyn
Karolina Pilou, mezzo-soprano
Joshua Jeremiah, baritone
Suzanne Vinnick, soprano
Dominick Rodriguez, tenor
Sean Kelly, music dir. & piano
Overture from Rigoletto
La Traviata, Act II (Violetta & Germont)
Luisa Miller, Act I (Duchess & Rodolfo)
Il Trovatore, Act IV (di Luna & Leonora)
Aida, Act IV (Radamès & Amneris)
La Traviata, Act I (Libiam…)
Otello
Opera by Verdi
The Metropolitan Opera
Thursday, September 24, 2015
Otello………………Aleksandrs Antonenko
Desdemona……………Sonya Yoncheva
Iago………………..Zeljko Lucic
Emilia………………Jennifer Johnson Cano
Cassio………………Dimitri Pittas
Lodovico…………….Günther Groissböck
Montàno……………..Jeff Mattsey
Roderigo…………….Chad Shelton
Herald………………Tyler Duncan
Conductor……………Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Production…………..Bartlett Sher
The Westerlies
Brass quartet: trumpets and trombones
September 10, 2015
Sepctrum
Here & Now
Bargemusic, Brooklyn
September 6, 2015
John Zorn: Zeitgehöft (72 anamneses of Paul Celan)
Michael Nicolas – cello, Jennifer Choi, violin
Morton Subotnik: Falling Leaves
Kathleen Supové, piano
Andrew Rudin: Soliloquy
Samuel Magill, cello
Richard Sussman: Trio for Violin, Piano, and Laptop
Jennifer Choi, violin
Kathleen Supové, piano
Gordon Beeferman: Occupy Bassoon
Peter Kolkay, bassoon
David del Tredici: To be Sung on the Water
Mark Peskanov, violin
Michael Nicolas, cello
Dalit Warshaw: Encounters, piano
David Taylor: Concertino, bass trombone
Ron Stabinsky, piano
Mathew Elliot, contrabass
Kevin Shea, percussion
The Creation: Haydn
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, Mostly Mozart Festival
August 21, 2015
Louis Langrée, conductor
Sarah Tynan, soprano
Thomas Cooley, tenor (cover)
John Relyea, bass (cover)
The International Contemporary Ensemble
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, Mostly Mozart Festival
August 16, 2015
George Benjamin, conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Hila Plitmann, soprano
Susan Bickley, mezzo-soprano
Oiseaux exotiques (1955-56)
Olivier Messiaen
Piano Concerto (1985-88)
Györgi Ligeti
Into the Little Hill (2006)
George Benjamin
text by Martin Crimp
Written on Skin
Opera by George Benjamin, text by Martin Crimp
The New York State Theatre, Mostly Mozart Festival
August 13, 2015
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Christopher Purves….. The Protector
Barbara Hannigan……. Agnès
Tim Mead…………………. Angel 1 / Boy
Victoria Simmonds….. Angel 2 / Marie
Robert Murray…………… Angel 3 / John
Boston Duo
Jonathan Bass, piano; Tatiana Dimitriades, violin
Music and More: August 8, 2015
Meeting House, New Marlborough, MA
Sonata No. 8 in G Major, Op. 30 no. 3 – Beethoven
Sonata No. 3 for Violin and Piano, H,.303 (1944) – Martinu
Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano, Op. 13 – Fauré
Sonatensatz in C Minor, WOO 2 – Brahms
Trouble in Tahiti
One-act opera by Leonard Bernstein
Glimmerglass Festival, August 3, 2015
Sean Michael Plumb – Sam
Aleksandra Romano – Dinah
Corrie Stallings – Trio
Stephen Carroll – Trio
Brian Vu – Trio
Edward Poll, conductor; Blair Salter, piano
Candide
Operetta by Leonard Bernstein
August 3, 2015
Joseph Colaneri, conductor
David Garrison – Voltaire/Pangloss
Andrew Stenson – Candide
Christian Bowers – Maximilian
Kathryn Lewek – Cunegonde
Kristen Choi – Paquette
Cynthia Cook – Vanderdendur
Matthew Scollin – Martin
Marietta Simpson – The Old Lady
Andrew Marks Maughan – Cacambo
Eric Owens & Lawrence Brownlee
Concert Recital, David Moody, piano
August 2, 2015, Glimmerglass Festival
La Calumnia (Barber of Seville) – Owens
D’ogni più sacro impegno (L’occasione fa il ladro) – Brownlee
O tu Palermo (Sicilian Vespers) – Owens
Una furtiva lagrima (Elixir of Love) – Brownlee
Lost in the Stars (Lost in the Stars) – Owens
Lonely House (Street Scene) – Brownlee
I got Plenty o’Nuttin’ (Porgy & Bess) – Owens
It Ain’t Necessarily So (Porgy & Bess) – Brownlee
Deep River – Owens
Come by Here, Good Lord – Brownlee
Le veau d’or (Faust) – Owens
Je crois entendre encore (Pearl Fishers) – Brownlee
Au fond du temple saint (Pearl Fishers) – duet
The Magic Flute
Opera by Mozart
Performed in English
August 2, 2015
Glimmerglass Festival
Carolyn Kuan, conductor
Sean Panikkar -Tamino
Raquel Gonzalez -First Lady
Aleksandra Romano -Second Lady
Claudia Chapa -Third Lady
Ben Edquist -Papageno
So Young Park -Queen of the Night
Nicholas Nestorak -Monostatos
Jacqueline Echols -Pamina
Joelle Lachance -First Spirit
Samuel Solomon -Second Spirit
Andrew Pulver -Third Spirit
Rhys Lloyd Talbot -Speaker
Soloman Howard -Sarastro
Brian Wallin -Priest 1
Rhys Lloyd Talbot -Priest 2
Jasmine Habersham – Papagena
Stephen Carroll -armored man
Anthony Schneider -armored man
Cato in Utica
Opera by Antonio Vivaldi
August 1, 2015
Glimmerglass Festival
Ryan Brown, conductor
Thomas Michael Allen – Cato
Megan Samarin – Marzia
Allegra De Vita – Fulvio
Eric Jurenas – Arbace
Sarah Mesko – Emilia
John Holiday – Caesar
Macbeth
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
July 31, 2015
Glimmerglass Festival
Joseph Colaneri, conductor
Eric Owens, Macbeth
Soloman Howard, Banquo
Melody Moore, Lady Macbeth
Nathan Milholin, Servant, Doctor
Michael Brandenburg, Macduff
Mithra Mastropierro, Lady-in-Waiting
Marco D. Cammarota, Malcolm
Derrell Acon, Assassin
Hunter Enoch, Herald
Rhys Lloyd Talbot, Apparition
Vanessa Becerra, Apparition
Jasmine Habersham, Apparition
A Little Night Music
Musical by Stephen Sondheim
Phoenicia Festival of the Voice
July 30, 2015
Frederik Egerman: Ron Raines
Desiree Armfeldt: Susan Powell
Madme Armfeldt: Rosalind Elias
Anne Egerman: Shelby Dangerfield
Count Carl-Magnus: Darik Knutsen
Charlotte: Sarah Heltzel
Henrick Egerman: Christopher Sokolowski
Petra: Julia Mintzer
Fredrika Armfeldt: Libby Sokolowski
Mrs. Segstrom: Brittany Sokolowski
Mrs Nordstrom: Lori Engle
Mr. Lindquist: Daniel Pippert
Mr. Erlanson: Andrew Hoben
Mrs. Anderssen: Daidree Tofano
Frid: Michael Schwartz
The Wreckers
Opera by Ethel Smyth
Bard SummerScape, Fisher Center for the Performing Arts
July 29, 2015
Leon Botstein, conductor
Louis Otey -Pascoe
Katharine Goeldner -Thirza
Neal Cooper -Mark
Sky Ingram -Avis
Dennis Petersen -Tallan
Michael Mayes -Lawrence
Kendra Broom -Jack
Peter Van Derick -Harvey
Dialogues des Carmélites
Saturday, July 25, 2015
Caramoor Music Festival, Katonah, NY
opera by Francis Poulenc
Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Will Crutchfield, conductor
Blanche de la Force…..Jennifer Check
Madame de Croissy…..Deborah Polaski
Mother Marie………………Jennifer Larmore
Sister Constance………..Alisa Jordheim
Madame Lidoine………..Hei-Kyung Hong
Chevalier de la Force…Noah Baetge
Chaplain……………………..Scott Brunscheen
Marquis de la Force…..Daniel Mobbs
Thierry………………………….Derrick Goff
Javelinot………………………Kevin Wetzel
Mother Jeanne…………..Vanessa Cariddi
Sister Mathilde………….JoAna Rusche
First Commissioner…Nikhil Navkal
Second Commissioner..Brody del Beccaro
Jailor……………………………Junhan Choi
Daphne
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Lincoln Center Festival
Avery Fisher Hall
opera by Richard Strauss
The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Regine Hangler — Daphne
Norbert Ernst — Leukippos
Andreas Schager — Apollo
Ain Anger — Peneios
Nancy Maultsby — Gaea
The Tempest
Thursday, July 3, 2015
Shakespeare in the Park, Delacorte Theatre
Michael Grief, director
Prospero……Sam Waterston
Miranda…….Francesca Carpanini
Ariel……………Chris Perfetti
Caliban………Louis Cancelmi
Alonso………..Charles Parnell
Sebastian…..Frank Harts
Antonio………Cotter Smith
Ferdinand…Rodney Richardson
Gonzalo……..Bernard White
Adrian……….Rico Lebron
Francisco…..Brandon Kalm
Trinculo……..Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Stephano……Danny Mastrogiorgio
Iris……………….Olga Karmansky
Ceres…………..Tamika Sonia Lawrence
Juno……………Laura Shoop
Master…………Matthew Oaks
Boatswain…Nicholas Christopher
St. Petersburg Philharmonic
Friday, June 12, 2015
Carnegie Hall
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
Charlie Parker’s Yardbird
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Opera Philadelphia, Perelman Theater
Opera by Daniel Schnyder (music) & Bridgette A. Wimberly (libretto)
Corrado Rovaris, conductor
Ron Daniels, director
Charlie Parker…………………………………………………………….. Lawrence Brownlee
Addie Parker………………………………………………………………. Angela Brown
Chan Parker………………………………………………………………… Rachel Sterrenberg
Doris Parker………………………………………………………………… Angela Mortellaro
Rebecca Parker………………………………………………………….. Chrystal Williams
Dizzy Gillespie……………………………………………………………. Will Liverman
Baroness Pannonica “Nica” de Koenigswarter….. Tamara Mumford
L’Amant Anonyme
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Di Menna Center for Classical Music
Little Opera Theatre of New York
Opera by Chevalier de Saint-Georges (aka Joseph de Bologne)
excerpts & narrative, semi-staged
Saint-Georges/Valcour…. Martin Bakari
Ophémon…………………………. Matt Singer
Léontine…………………………… Jennifer Moore
Eco-Music Big Band
Saturday, May 16, 2015
Queens New Music Festival
Big Secret Theatre, Long Island City, Queens
Things Have got to Change (Massey)
Our Shining Black Prince (Incontrera)
The Glitzspring (Lymberiou)
Polar Litany (Cuadrado)
Action and Reaction (Almeida)
Soul Science Stomp (Ho)
IDN (Marques)
The New York Philharmonic:
Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony
Eötvös’s Senza Sangue
Friday, May 8, 2015
Avery Fisher Hall
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Anne Sofie von Otter, soprano — Nina
Russell Braun, baritone — Tito
Schubert, Symphony in B Minor (unfinished)
Senza Sangue, one-act opera, Péter Eötvös
American Composers Orchestra:
Underwood New Music Readings
Thursday, May 7, 2015
The DiMenna Center for Classical Music
George Manahan, conductor
Yuanyuan He: Passeig de Grácia
David Hertzberg: Spectre of the Spheres
David Mettens: Sleeping I am carried
Polina Nazaykinskaya: Reading the Wind
Jules Pegram: Shadows of the Studio
Igor Santos: ploy, pivot
Carl Schimmel: Two Variations on Ascent Into the Empyrean
Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci
Saturday, May 2, 2015
The Metropolitan Opera
Conductor……………Fabio Luisi
Production…………..David McVicar
Cavalleria Rusticana
Santuzza…………….Eva-Maria Westbroek
Turiddu……………..Carl Tanner
Lola………………..Ginger Costa-Jackson
Alfio……………….George Gagnidze
Mamma Lucia………….Jane Bunnell
Peasant……………..Andrea Coleman
Pagliacci
Nedda……………….Patricia Racette
Canio……………….Marcelo Álvarez
Tonio……………….George Gagnidze
Silvio………………Lucas Meachem
Beppe……………….Andrew Stenson
Villager…………….Daniel Paretto
Villager…………….Jeremy Little
Canio’s Troupe
Marty Keiser
Andy Sapora
Joshua Wynter
Les Arts Florissants & Le Jardin des Voix
L’Accademia d’Amore – In an Italian Garden
Semi-Staged Concert
William Christie, musical director and conductor
Alice Tully Hall, April 23, 2015
Lucía Martín-Cartón, soprano
Lea Desandre, mezzo-soprano
Carlo Vistoli, countertenor
Nicholas Scott, tenor
Renato Dolcini, baritone
John Taylor Ward, bass
Banchieri, Già che ridotti siamo from Il zabaione musicale
Stradella, Sinfonia (lento), from Amanti, olà!
Vecchi, Proemio: Fate silenzio, from Le veglie di Siena
Stradella, excerpts from Amanti, olà!
Sinfonia, allegro
Amanti, olà, olà!
Hor non sia chi paventi
D’amore, all’invito
Che sia della Beltà vanto primiero… La beltà d’un vago viso
Chi rese delirante
Handel, Ah Stigie larve! Ah scellerati spettri, from Orlando
Wert, Queste non son più lagrime, from Il quinto libro de madrigali
Vivaldi, Ah sleale, ah spergiura, from Orlando Furioso
Handel, Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa, from Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno
Vivaldi, Gelosia, tu già rendi l’alma mia, from Ottone in villa
Vivaldi, Care pupille, from La Virtù trionfante dell’amore, e dell’odio overo Il Tigrane
Stradella, excerpts from Amanti, olà!
Benché ascritto non sia… Si guardi dai dardi d’Amor
Unito il Disinganno a la Ragione
Dotto Maestro è Amore
Cimarosa, Vé che matta maledetta, from L’impresario in angustie
Haydn, excerpts from La canterina
Donne belle!
Che mai far deggio?
Che dici?
Sarro, excerpts from L’impresario delle Canarie
Intermezzo primo, secundo
Mozart, Un bacio di mano
Haydn, Scellerata! mancatrice! traditrice! from La canterina
Porpora, excerpts from Oh se fosse il mio core
Oh se fosse il mio core… Se lusinga il labro e ‘l ciglio
Haydn, Son confuso e stupefacto, from Orlando paladino
Amir ElSaffar and the Rivers of Sound
Rubenstein Atrum, Lincoln Center, April 16, 2015
From Iraqi maqam to American jazz. Using resonance as its governing principle, the music incorporates elements of maqam modal music of the Middle East with jazz and other contemporary musical practices to create a unique microtonal musical environment that moves beyond the notions of style and tradition into a realm of uninhibited musical communication.
New Juilliard Ensemble
Alice Tully Hall, Friday, April 10, 2015
Joel Sachs, conductor
Miao Zhao, clarinet
Eric Jurenas, countertenor
Max Grafe (United States, b. 1988): Kheir, Fantasy for Clarinet and Sinfonietta (World premiere)
Paul Desenne (Venezuela/United States, b. 1959): The Life of Benjamin (2015, World premiere)
Reza Vali (Iran/United States, b. 1952): Folksongs, Set No. 14 (1999, New York premiere)
Eric Lindsay (United States, b. 1980): Icarus (2013, New York premiere)
Lucrezia Borgia
Gaetano Donizetti
Loft Opera, April 8, 2015 (LightSpace Studios, Bushwick)
Joanna Parisi, Lucrezia Borgia
Nikhil Navkal, Gennaro
Melissa Collom, Maffio Orsini
Matthew Anchel, Duke of Ferrara
Joel Herold, Gubetta
Michael Kuhn, Rustighello
Spencer Viator, Liverotto
Isaiah Musik-Ayala, Gazella
Andrew Hiers, Petrucci
Jordan Pitta, Vitellozzo
Paquito D’Rivera: Jazz Around the Americas
Jazz at Lincoln Center
Saturday, March 28, 2015
Paquito D’Rivera, clarinet, alto/soprano sax
Diego Urcola, trumpet/valve tbn
Alex Brown, piano
Oscar Stagnaro, electric bass
Mark Walker, drums
and Quinteto Cimarrón, Eduardo Coma Vega, Lazaro Gonzalez Pena, Raymond Arteaga Morales, Luis Caballero Varona, Oscar Rodriguez Calvo
Manon
The Metropolitan Opera
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Manon……………….Diana Damrau
Des Grieux…………..Vittorio Grigolo
Lescaut……………..Michael Todd Simpson
Count des Grieux……..Nicolas Testé
Guillot……………..Christophe Mortagne
Brétigny…………….Dwayne Croft
Poussette……………Mireille Asselin
Javotte……………..Cecelia Hall
Rosette……………..Maya Lahyani
Innkeeper……………Robert Pomakov
Guard……………….John McVeigh
Guard……………….David Won
Maid………………..Kathryn Day
Conductor……………Emmanuel Villaume
Production…………..Laurent Pelly
Set Designer…………Chantal Thomas
Costume Designer……..Laurent Pelly
Bolero Meets Jazz: Latin on Lex
The 92nd Street Y, Saturday, March 14
Bryan Lynch, trumpet
Phil Woods, alto sax
Ivan Renta, alto sax
Ralph Moore, tenor sax
Marshall Gilkes, trombone
Ron Blake, baritone sax
Zaccai Curtis, piano
Yunior Terry, bass
Vince Cherico, drums
Reinaldo de Jesus, percussion
Xiomara Laugart, vocals
David Taylor, Bass Trombone
Friday, March 13, 2015
Bargemusic, Brooklyn, NY
with Martha Locker, piano
Blue D for unaccompanied bass trombone
Too Suite for bass trombone and piano
Concerto for bass trombone
Kaddish for Lew Soloff (unscheduled)
Semele
Opera by Handel
Canadian Opera Company
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Wednesday March 4, 2015
Zhang Huan, production design
Colin Ainsworth, Jupiter
Jane Archibald, soprano Semele
Kyle Ketelsen, Somnus, Cadmus
Hilary Summers, mezzo-soprano Juno, Ino
Katherine Whyte, soprano Iris
Lawrence Zazzo, countertenor Athamas
Posterity
The Atlantic Theatre Company, February 28, 2015
New play by Doug Wright.
Hamish Linklater – Gustav Vigeland
John Noble – Henrik Ibsen
Dale Soules – Greta Bergstrom
Henry Stram – Sophus Larpent
Mickey Theis – Anfinn Beck
Iolanta / Bluebeard’s Castle
Tchaikovsky / Bartók
The Metropolitan Opera
Saturday, February 21, 2015
Iolanta
Iolanta………………..Anna Netrebko
Vaudémont………………Piotr Beczala
Robert…………………Aleksei Markov
King René………………Alexei Tanovitski
Bertrand……………….Matt Boehler
Alméric………………..Keith Jameson
Ibn-Hakia………………Elchin Azizov
Marta………………….Mzia Nioradze
Brigitte……………….Katherine Whyte
Laura………………….Cassandra Zoé Velasco
Bluebeard’s Castle
Judith…………………Nadja Michael
Bluebeard………………Mikhail Petrenko
Conductor………………Pavel Smelkov
Production……………..Mariusz Trelinski
Set Designer……………Boris Kudlicka
Costume Designer………..Marek Adamski
Lighting Designer……….Marc Heinz
Choreographer…………..Tomasz Wygoda
Video Production Designer..Bartek Macias
Sound Designer………….Mark Grey
Dramaturg………………Piotr Gruszczynski
Iphigénie en Aulide
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Juilliard / Met Opera Young Artists Program
Sunday, February 14, 2015
Jane Glover, conductor
David Paul, director
Les Contes d’Hoffmann
The Metropolitan Opera
Saturday, January 31, 2015 – score desk
Conductor: Yves Abel
Production: Bartlett Sher
Set Designer: Michael Yeargan
Costume Designer: Catherine Zuber
Hoffmann: Vittorio Grigolo
Nicklausse: Kate Lindsey
Lindorf/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto: Thomas Hampson
Olympia: Erin Morley
Antonia: Hibla Gerzmava
Giuliette: Christine Rice
From the Stratosphere to the Source:
The Transcendent Music of Ornette Coleman & John Coltrane
Juilliard Jazz Orchestra
Peter Jay Sharp Theater, Lincoln Center
Ted Nash, Todd Williams, conductors
John Coltrane: arr. Wynton Marsalis A Love Supreme: Acknowledgement, Resolution, Pursuance, Psalm
Ornette Coleman: arr. Ted Nash Kaleidoscope, Peace, Una Muy Bonita, Lonely Woman, Free
Albert Herring
The Bronx Opera Company
Lovinger Theatre, Lehman College
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Lady Billows: Leslie Swanson
Florence Pike: Julie De Vaere
Miss Wordsworth: Danielle Buonaiuto
Mr. Gedge: Andrew Oakden
Mr. Upfold: Joseph Michael Brent
Superintendent Budd: C. David Morrow
Sid: Stan Lacy
Albert Herring: Chad Kranak
Nancy: Yiselle Blum
Mrs. Herring: Helena Brown
2014:
La Traviata
The Metropolitan Opera
Monday, December 22, 2014
Violetta…………………Marina Rebeka
Alfredo………………….Stephen Costello
Germont………………….Quinn Kelsey
Flora……………………Maya Lahyani
Gastone………………….Eduardo Valdes
Baron Douphol…………….Jason Stearns
Marquis D’Obigny………….Kyle Pfortmiller
Dr. Grenvil………………James Courtney
Annina…………………..Maria Zifchak
Giuseppe…………………Juhwan Lee
Messenger………………..Joseph Turi
Guest……………………Athol Farmer
Gentleman………………..Paul Corona
Conductor………………..Marco Armiliato
Production……………….Willy Decker
Designer…………………Wolfgang Gussmann
The Moth Live
Housing Works Bookstore Cafe
Story Slam: “Saved”
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Sein Oh (piano) & Jonathan Saraga (trumpet)
ChoGa Live Jazz, 145 Bleecker St.
Thursday, December 12, 2014
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
The Metropolitan Opera
Saturday, December 6, 2014
Hans Sachs…………..James Morris
Eva…………………Annette Dasch
Walther von Stolzing….Johan Botha
Magdalene……………Karen Cargill
David……………….Paul Appleby
Beckmesser…………..Johannes Martin Kränzle
Pogner………………Hans-Peter König
Kothner……………..Martin Gantner
Vogelgesang………….Ben Bliss
Nachtigall…………..John Moore
Ortel……………….David Crawford
Zorn………………..David Cangelosi
Moser……………….Noah Baetge
Eisslinger…………..Tony Stevenson
Foltz……………….Brian Kontes
Schwarz……………..Ricardo Lugo
Night Watchman……….Matthew Rose
Conductor……………James Levine
Production…………..Otto Schenk
Set Designer…………Günther Schneider-Siemssen
The Yorkville Nutcracker
Dances Patrelle
The Danny Kaye Playhouse
with Abi Stafford and Adrian Danchig-Waring
Friday, December 5, 2014
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
The Metropolitan Opera
Monday, November 10, 2014
Conductor: James Conlon
Production: Graham Vick
Set & Costume Designer: Paul Brown
Katerina: Eva-Maria Westbroek
Boris: Anatoli Kotscherga
Zinovy: Raymond Very
Millhand: Tyler Duncan
Sergei: Brandon Jovanovich
Driver: Dustin LucasAksinya, The Cook: Holli Harrison
Shabby Peasant: Allan Glassman
Porter: Brandon Cedel
Stweard: Rod Nelman
Foremen: Kurt Phinney, Daniel Clark Smith, David Lowe
Priest: Mikhail Kolelishvili
Police Sergeant: Vladimir Ognovenko
Policeman: Earle Patriarco
TeacherL Scott Scully
Old Convict: Dmitry Belosselskiy
Prison Guard: Richard Bernstein
Sonyetka: Oksana Volkova
Convict: Kelly Cae Hogan
Prison Officer: Paul Corona
The Death of Klinghoffer
The Metropolitan Opera
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Conductor: David Robertson
Production: Tom Morris
The Captain: Paulo Szot
First Officer: Christopher Feigum
Leon Klinghoffer: Alan Opie
Marilyn Klinghoffer: Michaela Martens
Molqi: Sean Panikkar
Mamoud: Aubrey Allicock
Rambo: Ryan Speedo Green
Omar: Jesse Kovarsky
Swiss Grandmother: Maria Zifchak
Austrian Woman: Theodora HansloweBritish Dancing Girl: Kate Miller-Heidke
Palestinian Woman: Maya Lahyani
O Mestre e o Divino (Master and Divino)
AMNH Margaret Mead Film Festival, Linder Theater
Tiago Campos
Two filmmakers portray life in the village and in the mission of Sangradouro, Mato Grosso: Adalberto Heide, an eccentric German missionary, that soon after the contact with the Indians, in 1957, starts to film with his Super-8 camera; and Divino Tserewahu, a young Xavante filmmaker, that produces films for television and cinema festivals since the 90’s. Shifting between complicity, competition, irony and affect, they give life to their historical records, revealing peculiar backstages of indigenous catechization in Brazil.
Here & Now: Beyond Mimimalism
Bargemusic Brooklyn
Gregory Fulkerson violin; Thomas Rosenkranz, piano
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Andrew Shapiro: The High Line (2013)
Peter Flint: Bombo Ponché (2014)
Conrad Cummings: Golden Gate Fantasy (2014)
Stephen Dembski: Nocturne from the Violin Sonata (1988)
John Adams: Road Movies (1995)
Found: A New Musical
The Atlantic Theatre Company
Saturday, September 20, 2014
3Christs
Peculiar Works Project, Judson Memorial Church
Saturday, September 13, 2014
Play/Date
Fat Baby
Sunday, July 27, 2014
Christopher Rouse Symphony 4; Peter Eotvos DoReMi
The New York Philharmonic Biennial
Saturday, June 7, 2014
Avery Fischer Hall
Alan Gilbert, Midori
Underwood New Music Readings
American Composers Orchestra
The New York Philharmonic Biennial
Friday, June 6, 2014 (open rehearsal)
George Manahan, conductor
Harry Stafylakis – Brittle Fracture
Andy Akiho – Tarnished Mirrors
Melody Eotvos – Beetles, Dragons & Dreamers
Robert Honstein – Rise
Jared Miller – Contrasted PerspectivesKyle Peter Rotolo – Apophis
Wang A-Mao – Characters in Theatre
Orchestra of St. Luke’s
The New York Philharmonic Biennial
Sunday, June 1, 2014
Rose Theatre, Jazz at Lincoln Center
Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor Abigail Fischer, Mezzo-Soprano
Ryan Wigglesworth (b. 1979): A First Book of Inventions (2010; U.S. Premiere)
Colin Matthews (b. 1946): Suns Dance (1985)
George Benjamin (b. 1960): Octet (1978; New York Premiere)
Helen Grime (b 1981): Luna (2011 ; U.S. Premiere)
George Benjamin: Upon Silence (1990; New York Premiere) with Abigail Fischer
Colin Matthews: Night Rides (2009-11; U.S. Premiere)
Very Young Composers
Merkin Concert Hall, Kaufman Music Center
The New York Philharmonic Biennial
Saturday, May 31, 2014
Orchestra of St. Luke’s
The New York Philharmonic Biennial
Saturday, May 31, 2014
Pierre Boulez (b. 1925): Memoriale ( … explosante-fixe …Originel) (1985), with Elizabeth Mann, Flute
Bruno Mantovani (b 1974): Turbulences (1998; U .S. Premiere)
Heinz Holliger (b 1939): Ostillato funebre (1991; U.S. Premiere)
Philippe Manoury(b. 1952): Strange Ritual (2005; U.S. Premiere)
Boulez: Une page d’epMmeride (2005) with Margaret Kampmeier, Piano
Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor and Co-host
Ara Guzelimian, Co-host
The Raven
Gotham Chamber Opera
The New York Philharmonic Biennial
Saturday, May 31, 2014
Fredrika Brillembourg, Mezzo-Soprano
Anthracite Fields
Bang-on-a-Can All Stars & Trinity Wall St. Choir
The New York Philharmonic Biennial
Oratorio by Julia Wolfe, Stephen Mackey
Friday, May 30, 2014
The Threepenny Opera
The Atlantic Theatre Company
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Selling Space: The Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate
The American Museum of Natural History
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Neil DeGrasse Tyson, moderator
Wanda M. Austin, President and CEO of The Aerospace Corporation
Michael Gold, Director of DC Operations and Business Growth, Bigelow Aerospace
John Logsdon, Professor Emeritus, Space Policy & International Affairs, George Washington University
Elliot Pulham, Chief Executive Officer, Space Foundation
Tom Shelley, President, Space Adventures, Ltd.
Robert Walker, Executive Chairman, Wexler & Walker Public Policy Associates
The Sixth Extinction
The American Museum of Natural History
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Elizabeth Kolbert, Michael Novacek, and Flora Lichtman
2013:
Waiting for Godot
Cort Theatre, Broadway
Estragon: Ian McKellen
Vladimir: Patrick Stewart
Lucky: Billy Crudup
Pozzo: Shuler Hensley
Boy: Adian Gemme
The Night Alive
The Atlantic Theatre Company
Sunday, December 16, 2013
Written & Directed: Conor McPherson
Tommy: Ciarán Hinds
Aimee: Caoilfhionn Dunne
Doc: Michael McElhatton
Maurice: Jim Norton
Kenneth: Brian Gleeson
Cannibal Tours / Framing The Other
David O’Rourke Tribute
AMNH Margaret Mead Film Festival
Saturday, October 20, 2013
Visualizing Science
The Hayden Planetarium
Monday, October 7, 2013
Astrophysics Curator Mordecai-Mark Mac Low and Director of Astrovisualization Carter Emmart guide through an immersive look into the science and visual artistry of the new Hayden Planetarium space show: Dark Universe.
Women or Nothing
The Atlantic Theatre Company
Saturday, September 28, 2013
Planets, Science, Mythology & Music
The Hayden Planetarium, AMNH
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Good Television
The Atlantic Theatre Company
Friday, June 21, 2013
by Rod McLachan, di rected by Bob Krakower
Curiosity’s Mission at Gale Crater
The Hayden Planetarium, AMNH
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
The successful August 5, 2012, landing of the Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars represents an unprecedented achievement. John Grotzinger, the project scientist for the Curiosity mission, presents highlights.
Thyestes
Ancient Drama Group
Minor Latham Playhouse, Barnard College
Friday, April 5, 2013
Directed by Claire Catenaccio
Performed in Latin with English supertitles
The Existence of Nothing: The Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate
The American Museum of Natural History
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Neil DeGrasse Tyson, moderator
Jim Holt, Lawrence Krauss, J. Richard Gott, Charles Seife, Eva Silverstein.
Shark: A Visual History
Lecture by Richard Ellis
Kaufman Theatre, American Museum of Natural History
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
The Future of Food
Linder Theatre, American Museum of Natural History
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Songs to Syntax: Cognition, Computation, and the Origin of Language
James Arthur Lecture: American Museum of Natural History
Monday, March 4, 2013
MIT Professor Robert Berwick discusses the evolution of human language and how a surprisingly simple operation “glues” words and sentence parts together.
2012:
What Rhymes with America
The Atlantic Theatre Company
Friday, November 23, 2012
Written by Melissa James Gibson
directed by Daniel Aukin
with
Chris Bauer
Seana Kofoed
Aimee Carrero
Da’Vine Joy Randolph
Into the Woods
Delacorte Theatre, Shakespeare in the Park
August 2012
Baker’s Wife: Amy Adams
Narrator: Jack Broderick
Voice of Giant: Glenn Close
Harp/Gretel/Snow White: Victoria CookJack: Gideon Glick
Rapunzel’s Prince: Paris Remillard (understudy)
Cinderella’s Stepmother: Ellen Harvey
Little Red Ridinghood’s Granny: Tina Johnson
Steward: Josh Lamon
Florinda: Bethany Moore
Cinderella: Jessie Mueller
Witch: Donna Murphy
Woodsman: Johnny Newcomb
Baker: Denis O’Hare
Lucinda: Jennifer Rias
Cinderella’s Mother: Laura Shoop
Rapunzel/Sleeping Beauty: Tess Soltau
Little Red Ridinghood: Sarah Stiles
Hansel: Eric R. Williams
Jack’s Mother: Kristine Zbornik
Mysterious Man: Chip Zien
Storefront Church
The Atlantic Theatre Company
Friday, June 22, 2012
2011:
Nixon in China
John Adams
The Metropolitan Opera
February 5, 2011
John Adams, conductor
Peter Sellars, Production
Adrianne Lobel, set designer
James Maddalena, Nixon
Janis Kelly, Pat Nixon
Richard Paul Fink, Kissinger
Robert Brubaker, Mao Tse-tung
Kathleen Kim, Chiang Ch-ing
Russell Braun, Chou En-lai
Ginger Costa Jackson, Tancy T’ang
Teresa S. Herold, 2nd secretary
Tamara Mumford, 3rd secretary
Roméo et Juliette
Charles Gounod
The Metropolitan Opera
Monday, March 7, 2011
Plácido Domingo, conductor
Hei-Kyung Hong, Juliette
Piotr Bezcala, Roméo
Sean Panikkar, Tybalt
Jeff Mattsey, Paris
Dwayne Croft, Capulet
Lucas Meacham, Mercutio
Wendy White, Gertrude
David Won, Grégorio
James Morris, Frère Laurent
Julie Bouliame, Stéphano
Brian Frutiger, Benvolio
Jordan Bisch, The Duke of Verona
Lucia Di Lammermoor
The Metropolitan Opera
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Lucia……………….Natalie Dessay
Edgardo……………..Joseph Calleja
Enrico………………Ludovic Tézier
Raimondo…………….Kwangchul Youn
Normanno…………….Philip Webb
Alisa……………….Theodora Hanslowe
Arturo………………Matthew Plenk
Flute Solo: Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson
Harp Solo: Deborah Hoffman
Conductor……………Patrick Summers
Production…………..Mary Zimmerman
The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde
Roundabout Theatre Company
Brian Bedford, Jayne Houdyshell, Jessie Austrian, Santino Fontana, David Furr, Jeffrey Hayenga (u’stdy), Paul O’Brien, Charlotte Parry, Amanda Leigh Cobb, Brian Murray,
Happy Hour
Ethan Coen
The Atlantic Theatre Company, Peter Norton Space W42nd.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Cassie Beck, Aya Cash, Clark Gregg, Susan Hyon, Rock Kohli, Gordon MacDonald, Amanda Quaid, Ana Reeder, Joey Slotnik, Lenny Venito
directed by Neil Pepe
2009:
Elektra
Richard Strauss
The Metropolitan Opera
December 18, 2009
Fabio Luisi, conductor
Susan Bollock, Elektra
Deborah Voigt, Chrysothemis
Felicity Palmer, Klytämnestra
Evgeny Nikitin, Orest
Wolfgang Schmidt, Aegisth
Kevin Burdette, An Old Servant
Susan Neves, Overseer
Rosemary Nencheck, Confidante
Alexandra Newland, Trainbearer
John Easterlin, young servant
Oren Gradus, Guardian of Orest
Dido and Aeneas
Purcell
Glimmerglass Opera
August 23, 2009
Tamara Mumford, Dido
David Adam Moore, Aeneas
Joélle Harvey, Belinda
La Cenerentola
Rossini
Glimmerglass Opera, August 23, 2009
2008:
Klavierkammermusik
January 18, 2008
Alte Aula, Heidelberg, Germany
Heidelberger kammermusikfestival
Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim
C. Reinecke “Undine”, sonate für Flöte und Klavier in e-Moll op. 167
J. Brahms Sonate für Klavier und Violine in A-Dur op. 100
E. Grieg Sonate für Violine und Klavier in c-Moll op.45
Sanatsu Itaya, Nami Okada, Teruyoshi Shirata, Ju-Hee Oh, Soyoka Mizobuschi, Hanae Simizu
W. A. Mozart Trio für Klavier, Violine und Violoncello in B-Dur KV 502
J. Haydn Trio für Klavier, Violine und Violoncello in c-Moll Hob. XV, 29
F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdi Trio für Klavier, Violine und Violoncello Nr. 2 in c-Moll op.66
Song-Yi Chae, Liu Ge, Jonathan Flaksman, Jie Yang, Yuri Uomizu
Chicago
Ambassador Theatre, Broadway
February 16, 2008
Melissa Rae Mahon (u’stdy), Brenda Braxton, John Schneider, Ron Orbach
Macbeth
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Chichester Theatre
March 8, 2008
Patrick Stewart, Kate Fleetwood, Paul Shelley, Scott Handy, Ben Carpenter, Martin Turner, Michael Feast, Mark Rawlings, Tim Treloar, Bill Nash, Emmet White, Christopher Knott, Christopher Patrick Nolan, Hywel John, Kate Fleetwood, Suzanne Burden, Sophie Hunter, Polly Fame, Niamh McGrady, Oliver Birch
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
Brooklyn Academy of Music
April, 2008
Paul Simon, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Vusi Mahlasela, Kaïssa, David Byrne, Milton Nascimento, Luciana Souza, Cyro Baptista.
Macbeth
Verdi
The Metropolitan Opera
Friday, May 9, 2008
Macbeth……………..Carlos Alvarez
Lady Macbeth…………Hasmik Papian
Banquo………………René Pape
Macduff……………..Joseph Calleja
Malcolm……………..Russell Thomas
Lady-in-Attendance……Elizabeth Blancke-Biggs
Physician……………James Courtney
Manservant…………..Richard Hobson
Duncan………………Raymond Renault
Fleance……………..Adam Hauser Piñero
Murderer…………….Richard Bernstein
Herald………………Joseph Turi
Warrior……………..David Crawford
Bloody Child…………Ashley Emerson
Crowned Child………..Anne-Carolyn Bird
Conductor……………James Levine
Production…………..Adrian Noble
No, No Nanette
City Center
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Doctor Atomic
The Metropolitan Opera
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Edward Teller………..Richard Paul Fink
J. Robert Oppenheimer…Gerald Finley
Robert Wilson………..Thomas Glenn
Kitty Oppenheimer…….Sasha Cooke
General Leslie Groves…Eric Owens
Frank Hubbard………..Earle Patriarco
Captain James Nolan…..Roger Honeywell
Pasqualita…………..Meredith Arwady
Conductor……………Alan Gilbert
Production…………..Penny Woolcock
The Damnation of Faust
The Metropolitan Opera
Hector Berlioz
Monday November 7, 2008
Faust…………………..Marcello Giordani
Marguerite………………Susan Graham
Méphistophélès…………..John Relyea
Brander…………………Patrick Carfizzi
Conductor……………….James Levine
Production………………Robert Lepage [Debut]
2007:
The Drowsy Chaperone
Marquis Theatre, Broadway
February 18, 2007
Peter Bartlett, Danny Burstein, Georgia Engel, Sutton Foster, Troy Britton Johnson, Eddie Korbich, Garth Kravitz, Jason Kravits, Beth Leavel, Kecia Lewis-Evans, Bob Martin, Jennifer Smith, Lenny Wolpe
Die Zauberflöte
W. A. Mozart
The Metropolitan Opera
February 21, 2007
Pamina………………Lisa Milne
Tamino………………Michael Schade
Queen of the Night……Amanda Pabyan [Debut]
Sarastro…………….Vitalij Kowaljow
Papageno…………….Rodion Pogossov
Papagena…………….Jennifer Aylmer
Monostatos…………..Greg Fedderly
Speaker……………..Eike Wilm Schulte
First Lady…………..Claudia Waite
Second Lady………….Theodora Hanslowe
Third Lady…………..Malin Fritz
Genie……………….Noah Weisbart
Genie……………….Jesse Dembo
Genie……………….Jacob Wade
Priest………………James Courtney
Priest………………Mark Schowalter
Guard……………….Michael Myers
Guard……………….Gregory Reinhart
Slave……………….Irwin Reese
Slave……………….Danrell Williams
Slave……………….Roger Crouthamel
Dancer………………Rachel Schuette
Flute Solo: Trudy Kane
Conductor……………James Levine
Production…………..Julie Taymor
Eugene Onegin
P. I. Tchaikovsky
The Metropolitan Opera
March 3, 2007
Valery Gergiev, conductor
Robert Carsen, production
Renée Fleming, Tatiana
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Eugene Onegin
Elena Zaremba, Olga
Svetlana Volkova, Larina
Larisa Shevchenko, Filippyevna (cover)
Ramón Vargas, Lenski
Keith Miller, captain
Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Triquet
Richard Bernstein, Zaretski
Sergei Aleksashkin, Prince Gremin
L’Anima del Filosofo
Haydn
Glimmerglass Opera
Sunday, August 5, 2007
Antony Walker, Anne Manson, conductors
Sarah Coburn, Eurydice
Norman Shankle, Orpheus
Orphée et Eurydice
Gluck/Berlioz
Glimmerglass Opera
July 8, 2007
Conductor Julian Wachner
Director Lillian Groag
Michael Maniaci, Orphée
Amanda Pabyan, Eurydice
Lucia di Lammermoor
The Metropolitan Opera
Final Dress Rehearsal, September 20, 2007
James Levine, conductor
Mary Zimmerman, production
Daniel Ostling, set designer
Natalie Dessay, Lucia
Marcello Giordani, Edgardo
Micharl Myers, Normanno
Mariusz Kwiecien, Lord Enrico Ashton
John Relyea, Raimondo
Michaela Martens, Alisa
Stephen Costello, Arturo
Boris Godunov
Mussorgsky
St Petersburg Opera
State Chamber Musical Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia
October 24, 2007
Blagovest
Moscow International Musical Art Center
October 20, 2007
Norma
Bellini
The Metropolitan Opera
Friday, November 16, 2007
Maurizio Benini, conductor
John Copley, production
Vitalij Kowaljow, Oroveso
Franco Farina, Pollione
Eduardo Valdes, Flavio
Hasmik Papian, Norma
Dolora Zajick, Adalgisa
Julianna Di Giacomo, Clotilde
Great Performers: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone)
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center
Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007
Constantine Orbelian, conductor
Bortnyansky, Cherubic Hymn
Tolsyakov, Come to me, all you who labor
Arkhangelsky, Symbol of faith
Chesnokov, Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight
Rimsky-Korsakov, aria from The Tsar’s Bride
Tchaikovsky, from Eugene Onegin and Pique Dame
Gorodvskaya, in memory of Esenin
Shishkin, Bright is the Night
Bulakhov, Shine, shine my star
Stetsyuk, Medley on two Russian folk songs
Pakhmutova, Tenderness; How Young we Were
Babadzhanian, Do not hurry; I’m grateful to you
Hänsel und Gretel
Humperdinck
The Metropolitan Opera
December 24, 2007
Hänsel………………Alice Coote
Gretel………………Christine Schäfer
Gertrud……………..Rosalind Plowright
Peter……………….Alan Held
Witch……………….Philip Langridge
Sandman……………..Sasha Cooke
Dew Fairy……………Lisette Oropesa
Conductor……………Vladimir Jurowski
Production…………..Richard Jones
Designer…………….John Macfarlane
Young Frankenstein
Mel Brooks Musical
December 22, 2007
The Hilton Theatre
Roger Bart, Megan Mullally, Sutton Foster, Shuler Hensley, Andrea Martin, Fred Applegate, Christopher Fitzgerald
2006:
Die Fledermaus
Johann Strauss
The Metropolitan Opera
January 7, 2006
Jacques Lacombe, conductor
Otto Schenk, production
Janez Lotric, Alfred
Marlis Petersen, Adele
Sondra Radvanovsky, Rosalinde
Bo Skovhus, Gabriel
Bernard Fitch, Dr. Blind
Earle Patriarco, Dr. Falke
John Del Carlo, Frank
Yvonne Gonzales Redman, Ida
Marina Domashenko, Prince Orlovsky
Richard Holmes, Ivan
Bill Irwin, Frosch
The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
at the Tennessee Theatre
January 13, 2006
La Forza del Destino
Giuseppe Verdi
The Metropolitan Opera
February 28, 2006
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Giancarlo del Monaco, production
Deborah Voigt, Leonora
Salvatore Licitra, Don Alvaro
John Cheek, Marquis of Calatrava
Edtya Kulczak, Curra
Andrew Gangestad, Mayor
Mark Delavan, Don Carlo
Tony Stevenson, Trabuco
Juan Pons, Fra Melitone
Samuel Ramey, Padre Guardiano
Sebastian Catana, surgeon
Die Fledermaus
The Metropolitan Opera, January 7, 2006
Rosalinde...............Sondra Radvanovsky
Eisenstein..............Bo Skovhus
Adele...................Marlis Petersen
Alfred..................Janez Lotric
Prince Orlofsky.........Marina Domashenko
Dr. Falke...............Earle Patriarco
Dr. Blind...............Bernard Fitch
Frank...................John Del Carlo
Ida.....................Yvonne Gonzales Redman
Frosch..................Bill Irwin
Ivan....................Richard Holmes
Conductor……………Jacques Lacombe
Production…………..Otto Schenk
Stage Director……….Stephen Pickover
Choreographer………..Robert La Fosse
Set Designer…………Günther Schneider-Siemssen
Costume Designer……..Peter J. Hall
Lighting Designer…….Gil Wechsler
Spamalot: Monty Python Musical
January 6, 2006
Shubert Theatre
Friends of Old Time Music: Doc Watson
Town Hall, NYC
November 18, 2006
Doc Watson
The New Lost City Ramblers
John Sebastian
Alvin Youngbood Hart
Jean Ritchie
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
The Zipper Theatre
January 6, 2007
Robert Cucciolo, Natascia Diaz, Gay Marshall, Jim Stanek
2005:
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
(musical)
City Center
February 12, 2005
Jason Danieley, Sally Murphy, Emily Skinner, John Ellison Conlee; Nancy Anderson, Mark Ledbetter, Sean Palmer, Jeffrey Schecter, Jeff Brooks, James Clow, Beth McVey, Jennifer Hope Wills, Katherine Faye Barry
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Edward Albee
Longacre Theatre, Broadway
March, 2005
Kathleen Turner, Bill Irwin, Mireille Enos, David Harbour
Faust
Gounod
The Metropolitan Opera
May 21, 2005
Faust……………….Roberto Alagna
Marguerite…………..Soile Isokoski
Méphistophélès……….René Pape
Valentin…………….Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Siebel………………Jossie Pérez
Marthe………………Jane Bunnell
Wagner………………Patrick Carfizzi
Conductor……………James Levine
Production…………..Andrei Serban
Designer…………….Santo Loquasto
Lighting Designer…….Duane Schuler
Choreographer………..Nikolaus Wolcz
The Apple Tree
(musical)
New York City Center
May, 2005
with Kristin Chenoweth, Malcolm Gets, Michael Cerveris, Daniel Marcus
Cosi fan Tutte
W. A. Mozart
Da Ponte Concert Opera, Christ and St. Stephen’s Church
May 20, 2005
Jonathan Pilkington, Matthew Markham, Eric Werner, Jenna Hintz, Abigail Wright, Beth Schlossberg
Shadowtime
Brian Ferneyhough, composer
Charles Bernstein, librettist
Frédéric Fisbach, director
Jurjen Hempel, conductor
Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center
July 21, 2005
North American Premiere
Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart
Nieuw Ensemble Amsterdam
Nicolas Hodges, piano/reciter; Mats Scheidegger, Guitar
Ekkehard Abele (Walter Benjamin), Angelika Luz (Innkeeper, Interrogator), Monika Meier-Schmid (Dora Benjamin, Interrogator), Anja Paulus, Silke Storz (child), Sabine Schilling, Christiane Schmeling (mezzo), Janet Collins (Henny Gurland), Barbara Stein (alto), Martin Nagy (Freidrich Hölderlin), Frank Bossert, Bernhard Gärtner, Stefan Weible (tenors), Andreas Fischer (Gershom Scholem), Guillermo Anzorena (Young W Benjamin), Matthias Horn (Interrogator), Tobias Schlierf (bass).
Shadowtime is a “thought opera” based on the work and life of Walter Benjamin (1892-1940). One of the greatest philosophers and cultural critics of the 20th century, Benjamin was born in Berlin and died on the Spanish border in 1940 while trying to escape the fate that awaited most of his fellow Central European Jews. Shadowtime explores some of the major themes of Benjamin’s work, including the intertwined natures of history, time, transience, timelessness, language, and melancholy; the possibilities for a transformational leftist politics; the interconnectivity of language, things, and cosmos; and the role of dialectical materiality, aura, interpretation, and translation in art. Beginning on the last evening of Benjamin’s life, Shadowtime projects an alternative course for what happened that fateful night. Opening onto a world of shades, ghosts, of the dead, Shadowtime inhabits a period in human history in which the light flickered and then failed. — Charles Bernstein (librettist)
La Bohème
Puccini
The Metropolitan Opera
November 18, 2005
Mimì....................Ruth Ann Swenson
Rodolfo.................Frank Lopardo
Musetta.................Emily Pulley
Marcello................Vassily Gerello
Schaunard...............Earle Patriarco
Colline.................Rosendo Flores
Benoit..................Paul Plishka
Alcindoro...............Paul Plishka
Parpignol...............Gregory Lorenz
Sergeant................Richard Pearson
Officer.................Glenn Bater
Conductor……………Philippe Auguin
Production…………..Franco Zeffirelli
Set designer…………Franco Zeffirelli
Costume designer……..Peter J. Hall
Lighting designer…….Gil Wechsler
Stage Director……….J. Knighten Smit
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Broadway, Eugene O’Neill Theatre
Stephen Sondheim
John Doyle – director and designer
Patti LuPone
Michael Cerveris
Thursday, November 16, 2005
2004:Die Fledermaus
at Carnegie Hall
December 31, 2004
Martin Josman, Conductor
The National Chorale
The St. Petersburg Philharmonic
at Carnegie Hall
Yuri Temirkanov, Conductor
Vadim Repin, Violin
October 27, 2004
Prokofiev, from The Love of Three Oranges
Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto in D major
Antonin Dvorak, Symphony No. 8 in G major
Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
Vadim Repin, violin
The Trachtenburg Family Slide Show Players
at the Makor cafe
July 29, 2004
Sweeney Todd
New York City Opera
March 28, 2004
George Manahan, conductor
Mark Delavan (Todd), Elaine Page (Mrs. Lovett), Walter Charles (Turpin), Tonna Miller (Joanna), Andrew Drost (Pirelli), Judith Blazer (beggar woman), Scott Hogsed, Roland Rusinek, Keith Jameson, William Ledbetter
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
at the Eisenhower Theatre, Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
June 18, 2004
T. Scott Cunningham, Jeremy Davidson, Aakhu TuahNera Freeman, George Grizzard, Lexi Haddad, M. Justin Hancock, Brian Hutchinson, Dana Ivey, Mary Stuart Masterson, Angela Polite, Emily Pratt, Nathan Pratt, Caitlin Redding, Brian Reddy, Nancy Robinette, Erika Sheffer, Emily Skinner, Erin Elizabeth Wall, Craig Wallace, Jeorge Watson, Harry A. Winter.
Wagner: The Ring Cycle
Das Rheingold
at the Metropolitan Opera
conducted by James Levine
April 26, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
Wotan...................James Morris
Fricka..................Yvonne Naef
Alberich................Richard Paul Fink
Loge....................Philip Langridge
Erda....................Elena Zaremba
Fasolt..................Evgeny Nikitin
Fafner..................Sergei Koptchak
Freia...................Jennifer Welch-Babidge
Froh....................Mark Baker
Donner..................Alan Held
Mime....................Gerhard Siegel
Woglinde................Lyubov Petrova
Wellgunde...............Maria Zifchak
Flosshilde..............Jane Bunnell
Conductor……………James Levine
Production…………..Otto Schenk
Stage Director……….Stephen Pickover
Set designer…………Günther Schneider-Siemssen
Costume designer……..Rolf Langenfass
Lighting designer…….Gil Wechsler
Stage Director……….Stephen Pickover
Die Walküre
at the Metropolitan Opera
conducted by James Levine
April 27, 2004, 6:00 p.m.
Brünnhilde..............Gabriele Schnaut
Siegmund................Plácido Domingo
Sieglinde...............Lisa Gasteen
Wotan...................James Morris
Fricka..................Yvonne Naef
Hunding.................Matti Salminen
Gerhilde................Rebecca Copley
Grimgerde...............Mary Ann McCormick
Helmwige................Claudia Waite
Ortlinde................Janet Hopkins
Rossweisse..............Jill Grove
Schwertleite............Ellen Rabiner
Siegrune................Jane Bunnell
Waltraute...............Victoria Livengood
Conductor……………James Levine
Production…………..Otto Schenk
Stage Director……….Peter McClintock
Set designer…………Günther Schneider-Siemssen
Costume designer……..Rolf Langenfass
Lighting designer…….Gil Wechsler
Siegfried
at the Metropolitan Opera
conducted by James Levine
April 29, 2004, 6:00 p.m.
Siegfried...............Jon Fredric West
Brünnhilde..............Gabriele Schnaut
Wanderer................James Morris
Erda....................Elena Zaremba
Mime....................Gerhard Siegel
Alberich................Richard Paul Fink
Fafner..................Matti Salminen
Forest Bird.............Joyce Guyer
Conductor……………James Levine
Production…………..Otto Schenk
Stage Director……….Stephen Pickover
Set designer…………Günther Schneider-Siemssen
Costume designer……..Rolf Langenfass
Lighting designer…….Gil Wechsler
Götterdämmerung
at the Metropolitan Opera
conducted by James Levine
May 1, 2004, 6:00 p.m.
Brünnhilde..............Gabriele Schnaut
Siegfried...............Jon Fredric West
Gunther.................Alan Held
Gutrune.................Margaret Jane Wray
Hagen...................Matti Salminen
Waltraute...............Yvonne Naef
Alberich................Richard Paul Fink
First Norn..............Elena Zaremba
Second Norn.............Yvonne Naef
Third Norn..............Margaret Jane Wray
Woglinde................Lyubov Petrova
Wellgunde...............Maria Zifchak
Flosshilde..............Jane Bunnell
Conductor……………James Levine
Production…………..Otto Schenk
Stage Director……….Peter McClintock
Set designer…………Günther Schneider-Siemssen
Costume designer……..Rolf Langenfass
Lighting designer…….Gil Wechsler
Madama Butterfly
at the Metropolitan Opera
with Cynthia Lawrence (Cio-Cio San) Richard Leech (Pinkerton), Dwayne Croft (Sharpless), and Maria Zifchak (Suzuki)
Cio-Cio-San.............Cynthia Lawrence
Pinkerton...............Richard Leech
Suzuki..................Maria Zifchak
Sharpless...............Dwayne Croft
Goro....................Joel Sorensen
Bonze...................Michael Devlin
Yamadori................Richard Hobson
Dolore..................Lance Chantiles-Wertz
Kate....................Edyta Kulczak
Commissioner............Andrew Gangestad
Registrar...............Raymond Aparentado
Conductor……………Julius Rudel
Production…………..Giancarlo Del Monaco
Stage Director……….Yefim Maizel
Designer…………….Michael Scott
April 16, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
Mourning Becomes Electra
at City Opera
April 7, 2004, 7:30 p.m.
Lauren Flanigan (Christine Mannon), Emily Pulley (Lavinia Mannon), Tonna Miller (Helen Niles), Kurt Ollmann (Orin Mannon), Jason Howard (Adam Brant), Richard Byrne (Peter Niles), Stephen West (Ezra Mannon) and Don Yule (Jed).
Sweeney Todd
at City Opera
with Mark Delavan (Todd), Elaine Paige (Lovett), Walter Charles (Judge Turpin)
March 28, 2004, 1:30 p.m.
Stravinsky
Le Sacré du printemps
Le Roissignol
Oedipus Rex
at the Metropolitan Opera
February 21, 2004, 1:30 p.m.
Valery Gergiev, conductor
Doug Varone, choreographer (Le Sacré)
Sir Frederick Ashton, choreographer (Roissignol)
Olga Trufonova, voice of Roissignol
Oedipus Rex:
Oedipus.................Clifton Forbis
Jocasta.................Stephanie Blythe
Creon...................Evgeny Nikitin
Tiresias................Phillip Ens
Messenger...............Evgeny Nikitin
Shepherd................Barry Banks
Speaker.................Philip Bosco
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
with prefatory lecture by Leonard Slatkin
National Symphony Orchestra and The Choral Arts Society of Washington
at the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
February 12, 2004
Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125
Jill Grove, mezzo-soprano; Eric Cutler, tenor; Eric Owens, bass
The Firebird
London Symphony Orchestra
Wednesday, January 21, 2004
Avery Fisher Hall
2003:
Gloria in Excelsis Deo
Gott in der Natur
The Defense of Corinth
Carmina Burana
The National Chorale
and the National Chorale Orchestra
directed by Martin Josman
at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center
December 5, 2003, 8:00 p.m.
Lysistrata
at the Jean Cocteau Repertory
Bouwerie Lane Theatre, New York, NY
November 28, 2003, 8:00 p.m.
Elise Stone, Eileen Glenn, Amanda Jones, Marlene May, Carolyn Ratteray, Jolie Garrett, Brian Lee Huynh, Allen Hale, Angus Hepburn, Michael Surabian, Harris Berlinsky, Abe Goldfarb.
Berlioz Bicentennial Celebration
“Royal Hunt and Storm” from Les Troyens
Sara la baigneuse
Tristia (Religious Meditation, The Death of Ophelia, Funeral March for the Final Scene of Hamlet)
Herminie, scène lyrique
Le Corsaire Overture
The New York Philharmonic
conducted by Sir Colin Davis
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
November 14, 2003, 8:00 p.m.
The Mikado
City Opera
The New York State Theatre, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
October 24, 2003
Gerald Steichen, conductor
Keith Jameson, Nanki-Poo
Kyle Pfortmiller, Pish-Tush
Gregory Reinhart, Pooh-Bah
Richard Stuart, Ko-Ko
Anna Christy, Yum-Yum
Edith Down, Pitti-Sing
Valerie Komar, Peep-Bo
Myrna Paris, Katisha
Jan Opalach, The Mikado
John R. Cole, Kattisha’s Pilot
Romeo et Juliette
Dramatic Symphony after Shakespeare’s Tragedy
Hector Berlioz
The New York Philharmonic
conducted by Lorin Maazel
Susanne Mentzer, Matthew Polenzani, José van Dam
The New York Choral Artists
at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center
October 2, 2003, 7:30 p.m.
Alcina
George Freideric Handel
City Opera
The New York State Theatre, Lincoln Center
September 26, 2003, 8:00 p.m.
Daniel Beckwith, conductor
Francesca Zambello, Director
Neil Pater, Set Designer
Martin Pakledinaz, Costume Designer
Jennifer Dudley, Bradamante
Joshua Winograde, Melisso
Lauren Skuce, Morgana
Christine Goerke, Alcina
Katharine Goeldner, Ruggiero
Keith Jameson, Oronte
Cabaret
Studio 54
Melina Kanakaredes, Jopn Secada, Tom Bosley, Mariette Hartley
Orlando
Glimmerglass Opera
Summer 2003
The Rake’s Progress
Igor Stravinsky
The Metropolitan Opera
April 23, 2003
James Levine, conductor
Jonathan Miller, production
Dawn Upshaw, Anne Trulove
Paul Groves, Tom Rakewell
Dean Peterson, Trulove
William Shimell, Nick Shadow
Jane Shaulis, Mother Goose
Stephanie Blythe, Baba the Turk
John Nuzzo, Sellem
LeRoy Lehr, Keeper of the Madhouse
2002
Into the Woods
Broadhurst Theatre
June 22, 2002
Scott Tennant, Classical Guitar
Thursday, April 25, 2002
Manhattan School of Music
The Augustine Imperial Guitar Series
Hubbard Recital Hall
2001
The Trojan Women
The Catholic University of America Drama Department
Hartke Theatre, Novmber 20, 2001
Directed by Naum Panvoski
Thesmophoriazusae
Aristophanes
November 15, 2001
Frederick Loewe Theatre, Hunter College
Richard III
William Shakespeare
Pearl Theatre Company
November 9, 2000
Glynis Bell, Rachel Botchan, Matthew J. Cody, Dominic Cuskern, Dan Daily, Matthew Gray, Grant Hand, Robert Hand, Brent Harris, Albert Jones, Anna Minot, Christopher Moorse, Paul Niebanck, Jonathan Peck, Judith Roberts, Edward Seamon, David Toney.
2000
Paul Simon in Concert
Beacon Theater
December 8, 2000
Six Degrees of Separation
Stony Brook Stages
October 21, 2000
Eric Idle Sings Exploits Monty Python
June 27, 2000
Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall
Eric Idle
Art Garfunkel in Concert
The Patchogue Theatre
Saturday, April 8, 2000
1999
On the Razzle
Tom Stoppard
Jean Cocteau Repertory, directed by Scott Shattuck
Thursday, October 21, 1999
Craig Smith, Tim Deak, Harris Berlinsky, Marlene May, Jolie Garrett, Jennifer Lee Dudek, Neil Shah, Jason Crowl, Christopher Black, Angela Madden, Elise Stone, Christopher Cusumano, Jason Hauser, Marc Diraison, Marilyn Bernard, Marie-Elena Baldini.
The Balcony
Jean Genet
Elise Stone, Harris Berlinksy, Christopher Black, Tim Deak, Angela Madden, Jennifer Lee Dudek, Molly Pietz, Marc Diraison, Jolie Garret, Neil Shah, Craig Smith, Jason Cowl.
Bouwerie Lane Theatre
Friday, October 15, 1999
Bob Dylan & Paul Simon
Jones Beach
Friday, July 30, 1999
Death of a Salesman
Eugene O’Neill Theatre
July 11, 1999
1998
La Traviata
The Metropolitan Opera
December 30, 1998
Scott Bergeson, conductor (debut)
Franco Zeffirelli, production and set designer
Ainhoa Arteta, Violetta
Marcello Giordiani, Alfredo Germont
Delores Zeigler, Flora
Vladimir Chernov, Giorgio Germont
John Del Carlo, Marquis
James Courtney, Baron Douphon
LeRoy Lehr, Doctor
Tony Stevenson, Gastone
Diane Elias, Annina
Dennis Williams, Giuseppe
John Russell, messenger
Porgy and Bess
The New York Philharmonic
Bobby McFerrin, conductor
Saturday, December 19, 1998
Kevin Deas, Marvis Martin
Waiting for Godot
The Classic Stage Company
December 20, 1998
John Tutturro, Tony Shaloub, Christopher Lloyd, Richard Spore
The Bald Soprano
play by Eugene Ionesco
The New York International Fringe Festival
LES Tenement Museum
August 24, 1998 (24-hour production)
Burn Manhattan Spontaneous Theatre
The New York International Fringe Festival
House of Candles, 99 Stanton St.
Thursday, August 20, 1998
The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Martin McDonagh
Walter Kerr Theatre, Broadway
June, 1998
Anna Manahan, Marie Mullen, Tom Murphy, Brían F. O’Byrne
The Chairs
Play by Eugene Ionesco
The John Golden Theatre
June 12, 1998
The Seagull
Theatre Four
Sunday, May 31, 1998 (matinee)
Les Justes (the just)
Play by Albert Camus
Ubu Repertory Theatre
March 27, 1998
No Exit
Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean Cocteau Repertory
Bouwerie Lane Theatre
August 29, 1998
Charles Parnell, Tim Deak, Elise Stone, Tracey Atkins.
Rent
Musical
The Nederlander Theatre
Thursday, June 18, 1998
1997
Candide
Musical by Leonard Bernstein
The Gershwin Theatre
Saturday, July 5, 1997
Patrick Stewart: Uneasy Lies the Head
Monroe Lecture Center, CW Post
April 10, 1997
This programme ranges across 35 years of my acting career and although mainly drawing on experiences in theatre and aprticularly Shakespeare, in it includes film and television work. There is performance, analysis, and anecdote — too much anecdote a scholarly friend reproves me, but the stories are just as much a part of this theme that has dominated my career as is the drama.
The theme is Power. Man’s pursuit and possession of it and the joys, miseries, and absurdities attendant on it. My knowledge of this ‘smouldering smoke’ as Henry the Sixth described it, is based on the Kings, Princes, Dukes, Barons, Prime Ministers, Bishops, Generals, party bosses, tyrants, despots that litter my career from a 16-year old’s reckless attempt at Oedipus Rex to striding the bridge of the Starship Enterprise as Captain Jean-Luc Picard.
Some of the material is very well known. Some is, sadly, all to [sic] obscure. I have a great fondness for these little-known pieces, and one of my pleasures in this programme is that it will introduce, in bite-size chunks, bits of drama my audience will be hearing for the first time. It is a very personal selection, I hope you will enjoy it. — Patrick Stewart
New York Youth Symphony
Carnegie Hall
December 14, 1997
Mischa Santora, Conductor
Vladimir Feltsman, Piano
Mahoney, Something Snappy (world premiere)
Rachmaninoff, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 (Feltsman)
Dvorák, Symphony No. 6 in D Major, Op. 60
Les Misérables
Musical
Imperial Theatre
July 6, 1995
2024
The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
January 20, 2024
Carnegie Hall
Ernst Krenek: Kleine Symphonie, Op. 58
Gustav Mahler: Adagio from Symphony No. 10
Béla Bártok: String Quartet No. 3
Béla Bártok: Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin
2023
Tannhäuser
Opera by Richard Wagner
The Metropolitan Opera
December 6, 2023
Donald Runnicles, conductor
Otto Schenk, production
Venus, Ekaterian Gubanova
Tannhäuser, Andreas Schager
Young Shepherd, Maureen McKay
Landgraf Hermann, Georg Zeppenfeld
Walther von der Vogelweide, Kyle van Schoonhoven
Biterolf, Le Bu
Wolfram von Eschenbach, Christian Gerhaher
Heinrich der Schreiber, Tony Stevenson
Reinmar von Zweter, Harold Wilson
Elisabeth, Elza van den Heever
Tannhäuser
Opera by Richard Wagner
Final Dress Rehearsal, The Metropolitan Opera
November 27, 2023
Donald Runnicles, conductor
Otto Schenk, production
Venus, Ekaterian Gubanova
Tannhäuser, Andreas Schager
Young Shepherd, Maureen McKay
Landgraf Hermann, Georg Zeppenfeld
Walther von der Vogelweide, Kyle van Schoonhoven
Biterolf, Le Bu
Wolfram von Eschenbach, Christian Gerhaher
Heinrich der Schreiber, Tony Stevenson
Reinmar von Zweter, Harold Wilson
Elisabeth, Elza van den Heever
Un Ballo in Maschera
opera by Giuseppe Verdi
The Metropolitan Opera
November 18, 2023
Amelia, Angela Meade
Riccardo, Charles Castronovo
Renato, Quinn Kelsey
Ulrica, Olesya Petrova
Oscar, Liv Redpath
Samuel (Count Ribbing), Kevin Short
Tom (Count Horn), Christopher Job
Silvano (Cristiano), Jeongcheol Cha
Judge, Thomas Capobianco
Servant, Tony Stevenson
Conductor, Carlo Rizzi
Vox Luminis
early music ensemble
Church of St. Mary the Virgin, NYC
October 21, 2023
The Early Cantatas
J. S. Bach, Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit BWV 106
J. S. Bach, Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir, BWV 131
Dieterich Buxtehude, Jesu, meines Lebens Leben, BoxWV 62
J. S. Bach, Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich, BWV 150
encore BWV 12
Idomeneo
opera by W. A. Mozart
The Metropolitan Opera
October 20, 2023
Idomeneo, Michael Spyres
Ilia, Ying Fang
Idamante, Kate Lindsey
Elettra, Federica Lombardi
Arbace, Paolo Fanale
High Priest, Issachah Savage
Voice of Neptune, Scott Conner
Woman, Amani Cole-Felder
Woman, Cierra Byrd
Soldier, Manase Latu
Soldier, Vladyslav Buialskyi
Conductor, Manfred Honeck
Nabucco
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
The Metropolitan Opera
October 11, 2023
Daniele Callegari, conductor
Va, pensiero played before overture
Zaccaria: Dmitry Belosselskiy
Ismaele: Rafael Davila
Fenena: Maria Barakova
Abigaille: Liudmyla Monastyrska
Anna: Felicia Moore (cover)
Nabucco: George Gagnidze
Abdallo: Christopher Bozeka (cover)
High Priest of Baal: Le Bu
Dead Man Walking
Opera by Jake Heggie
The Metropolitan Opera
New Production Premiere, opening night
September 26, 2023
Lise Davidsen in Recital
September 14, 2023
The Metropolitan Opera
Grieg
Symphony No. 9, Mahler
August 28, 2023
London Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle, conductor
Berliner Festspiele (Philharmonie, Großer Saal)
Götterdämmerung (Der Ring des Nibelungen)
Opera by Richard Wagner
August 26, 2023
The Bayreuth Festival
Wahnfried Konzert
Kateryna Titova, piano
Scarlatti, Sonate d-Moll, h-Moll, A-Dur, d-Moll
Chopin, Scherzo No. 1
Liszt: Consolation Nr. 3, Hungarian Rhapsody E-Dur
Beethoven, Sonata quasi una fantasia, No. 2
Chopin, Ballade No. 1 g-Moll
Siegfried (Der Ring des Nibelungen)
Opera by Richard Wagner
August 24, 2023
The Bayreuth Festival
Die Walküre (Der Ring des Nibelungen)
Opera by Richard Wagner
August 22, 2023
The Bayreuth Festival
Das Rheingold (Der Ring des Nibelungen)
Opera by Richard Wagner
August 21, 2023
The Bayreuth Festival
Tannhäuser
Opera by Richard Wagner
August 20, 2023
The Bayreuth Festival
Parsifal
Opera by Richard Wagner
August 19, 2023
The Bayreuth Festival
Der Fliegende Holländer
Opera by Richard Wagner
August 18, 2023
The Bayreuth Festival
Met Opera Central Park Recital
June 20, 2023
Gabriella Reyes, soprano
René Barbera, tenor
Will Liverman, baritone
Dimitri Dover, piano
Ein deutsches Requiem
June 15, 2023
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
The Met Chorus
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Luis Ernesto Peña Laguna, Oraison (NY Premiere)
Brahms, Ein deutsches Requiem
Der Fliegende Holländer
Opera by R. Wagner
The Metropolitan Opera
May 30, 2023
Dutchman…………….Tomasz Konieczny
Senta……………….Elza van den Heever
Erik………………..Eric Cutler
Daland………………Dmitry Belosselskiy
Mary………………..Eve Gigliotti
Steersman……………Richard Trey Smagur
Conductor……………Thomas Guggeis [Debut]
Production…………..François Girard
Der Fliegende Holländer
The Metropolitan Opera
Final Dress Rehearsal
May 26, 2023
Dutchman…………….Tomasz Konieczny
Senta……………….Elza van den Heever
Erik………………..Eric Cutler
Daland………………Dmitry Belosselskiy
Mary………………..Eve Gigliotti
Steersman……………Richard Trey Smagur
Conductor……………Thomas Guggeis [Debut]
Production…………..François Girard
Die Zauberflöte
Opera by W. A. Mozart
The Metropolitan Opera
May 25, 2023
Pamina…………………………………Erin Morley
Tamino…………………………………Lawrence Brownlee
Queen of the Night………………………Kathryn Lewek
Sarastro……………………………….Stephen Milling
Papageno……………………………….Thomas Oliemans
Papagena……………………………….Ashley Emerson
Monostatos……………………………..Brenton Ryan
Speaker………………………………..Harold Wilson
First Lady……………………………..Alexandria Shiner
Second Lady…………………………….Olivia Vote
Third Lady……………………………..Tamara Mumford
Genie………………………………….Deven Agge
Genie………………………………….Julian Knopf
Genie………………………………….Luka Zylik
Priest…………………………………Richard Bernstein
Priest…………………………………Errin Duane Brooks
Armed Men………………………………Errin Duane Brooks
Armed Men………………………………Richard Bernstein
Foley Artist……………………………Ruth Sullivan
Visual Artist…………………………..Blake Habermann
Flute Solo……………………………..Seth Morris
Glockenspiel Solo……………………….Bryan Wagorn
Conductor………………………………Nathalie Stutzmann
Production and Choreography………………Simon McBurney
Symphony No. 9, Mahler
The New York Philharmonic
David Geffen Hall
May 19, 2023
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Don Giovanni
Opera by W. A. Mozart
The Metropolitan Opera
new production premiere
May 5, 2023
Don Giovanni…………….Peter Mattei
Donna Anna………………Federica Lombardi
Don Ottavio……………..Ben Bliss
Donna Elvira…………….Ana María Martínez
Leporello……………….Adam Plachetka
Zerlina…………………Ying Fang
Masetto…………………Alfred Walker
Commendatore…………….Alexander Tsymbalyuk
Continuo
Fortepiano………………Jonathan C. Kelly
Cello………………….. Kari Jane Docter
Theorbo…………………John Lenti
Mandolin Solo……………John Lenti
Conductor……………….Nathalie Stutzmann [Debut]
Production………………Ivo van Hove [Debut]
Champion
opera by Terence Blanchard, libretto Michael Cristofer
The Metropolitan Opera
May 4, 2023
Young Emile Griffith…………Ryan Speedo Green
Emile Griffith………………Eric Owens
Emelda Griffith……………..Latonia Moore
Luis Rodrigo Griffith………..Chauncey Packer
Howie Albert………………..Paul Groves
Benny “Kid” Paret……………Eric Greene
Benny Paret, Jr……………..Eric Greene
Little Emile………………..Ethan Joseph
Kathy Hagen…………………Stephanie Blythe
Man in Bar………………….Edward Nelson
Sadie Donastorg Griffith……..Brittany Renee
Ring Announcer………………Lee Wilkof
Cousin Blanche………………Krysty Swann
Lucia Paret…………………Helena Brown
Mano Alfaro…………………Tshombe Selby
Conductor…………………..Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Production………………….James Robinson
Wagner, Strauss
Münchener Philharmonie at Isarphilharmonie, Gasteig HP8, Munich
Thomas Guggeis, conductor
April 26, 2023
Richard Wagner, prelude to Tristan und Isolde
Richard Strauss, Vier letzte Lieder – Asmik Grigorian, soprano
Richard Wagner, Isoldes Liebestod
Béla Bartók, Concerto for Orchestra
Münchener Philharmonie
at Isarphilharmonie, Gasteig HP8, Munich
April 22, 2023
Barbara Hannigan, conductor and soprano
Stéphane Degout, baritone
Albert Roussel – Le festin de l’araignée
Maurice Ravel – Histoires naturelles
Benjamin Britten – Les Illuminations
Joseph Haydn – Symphony 104 in D maj.
Tristan und Isolde
April 10, 2023
Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich
Tristan: Stuart Skelton
König Marke: René Pape
Isolde: Elena Pankratova
Kurwenal: Iain Paterson
Melot: Sean Michael Plumb
Brangäne: Jamie Barton
Ein Hirte: Jonas Hacker
Ein Steuermann: Christian Rieger
Ein junger Seemann: Liam Bonthrone
production: Kryzysztof Warlikowski
conductor: Juraj Valcuha
Tannhäuser
April 9, 2023
Salzburger Osterfestspiele
Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen GEORG ZEPPENFELD
Tannhäuser JONAS KAUFMANN
Wolfram von Eschenbach CHRISTIAN GERHAHER
Walther von der Vogelweide SEBASTIAN KOHLHEPP
Biterolf EDWIN CROSSLEY-MERCER
Heinrich der Schreiber DEAN POWER
Reinmar von Zweter ALEXANDER KÖPECZI
Elisabeth, Nichte des Landgrafen MARLIS PETERSEN
Venus EMMA BELL
Ein junger Hirt EMILY POGORELC
Conductor: Andris Nelsons
Production: Romeo Castellucci
Parsifal
April 6, 2023
Wiener Staatsoper
Amfortas: Michael Nagy
Gurnemanz: Franz-Josef Selig
Titurel: Wolfgang Bankl
Parsifal: Klaus Florian Vogt
Klingsor: Derek Welton
Kundry: Ekaterina Gubanova
1. Gralsritter: Carlos Osuna, 2. Gralsritter: Jusung Gabriel Park
1. Knappe: Patricia Nolz, 2. Knappe: Alma Neuhaus, 3. Knappe: Lukas Schmidt,
4. Knappe: Ted Black
Blumenmädchen: Ileana Tonca, Miriam Kutrowatz, Aurora Marthens, Celine Mun,
Jenni Hietala, Patricia Nolz
Conductor: Philippe Jordan
Production: Kirill Serebrennikov
La Calisto
opera by Francesco Cavalli
March 28, 2023
Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich
La Natura: Dominique Visse
L’Eternità: Roberta Mameli
Il Destino: Teresa Iervolino
Giove: Milan Siljanov
Mercurio: Nikolay Borchev
Calisto: Mary Bevan
Endimione: Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen
Diana: Teresa Iervolino
Linfea: Mark Milhofer
Satirino: Dominique Visse
Pane: Anthony Gregory
Silvano: Ashley Riches
Giunone: Roberta Mameli
Le Furie: Jessica Niles, Dominique Visse
Conductor: Christopher Moulds
Production: David Alden
Siegfried
Opera by Wagner
Opernhaus Zürich
March 26, 2023
Siegfried: Klaus Florian Vogt
Mime: Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke
Der Wanderer: Tomasz Konieczny
Alberich: Christopher Purves
Fafner: David Leigh
Erda: Anna Danik
Brünnhilde: Camilla Nylund
Das Waldvöglein: Rebeca Olvera
Philharmonia Zürich
Music Direction: Gianandrea Noseda
Producer: Andreas Homoki
Ariadne auf Naxos
Opera by R. Strauss
Bayerische Staatsoper, Nationaltheater Munich
March 23, 2023
Der Haushofmeister: Udo Wachtveitl
Ein Musiklehrer: Jochen Schmeckenbecher
Der Komponist: Tara Erraught
Der Tenor / Bacchus: Andreas Schager
Ein Offizier: Granit Musliu
Ein Tanzmeister: Jonas Hacker
Ein Perückenmacher: Andrew Hamilton
Ein Lakai: Christian Rieger
Zerbinetta: Olga Pudova
Primadonna / Ariadne: Okka von der Damerau
Harlekin: Konstantin Krimmel
Scaramuccio: Joel Williams
Truffaldin: Daniel Noyola
Brighella: Liam Bonthrone
Najade: Jasmin Delfs
Dryade: Emily Sierra
Echo: Jessica Nile
Conductor: Lothar Koenigs
Inszenierung: Production: Robert Carsen
Krieg und Frieden (War and Peace, Voiyna i Mir)
Opera by S. Prokofiev
Bayerische Staatsoper, Nationaltheater Munich
Fürst Andrej Bolkonski: Andrei Zhilikhovsky
Natascha Rostowa: Olga Kulchynska
Sonja: Alexandra Yangel
Gastgeber des Silvesterballs: Kevin Conners
Lakai des Silvesterballs: Alexander Fedin
Marja Dmitrijewna Achrossimowa: Violeta Urmana
Peronskaja: Olga Guryakova
Graf Ilja Andrejewitsch Rostow: Mischa Schelomianski
Graf Pierre Besuchow: Arsen Soghomonyan
Gräfin Hélène Besuchowa: Victoria Karkacheva
Anatol Kuragin: Bekhzod Davronov
Leutnant Dolochow: Alexei Botnarciuc
Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski
Inszenierung und Bühne: Dmitri Tcherniakov
Vienna Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall
March 3, 2023
Christian Thielemann, Conductor
Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht
R. Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie
encore: Hellmesberger, Jr.: Entr’acte-Valse
Lohengrin
March 2, 2023
The Metropolitan Opera
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Music Director and Conductor
The King’s Herald: Brian Mulligan
King Heinrich: Günther Groissböck
Friedrich von Telramund: Thomas Hall (cover)
Elsa von Brabant: Tamara Wilson
Lohengrin: Piotr Beczala
Ortrud: Christine Goerke
Noblemen: Errin Duane Brooks, Thomas Capobianco, Anthony Clark Evans, Stefan Egerstrom
Pages: Catherine Mi Eun Choi-Steckmeyer, Andrea Coleman, Alexa Jarvis, Anne Nonnemacher
Duke Gottfried: Andrew Spriggs
The New York Philharmonic
February 23, 2023
Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor
Wagner: Tannäuser Overture
Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, From the New World
Lohengrin: Vocal Showcase
February 11, 2023
King Arthur
Opera by Purcell
Juilliard 415
February 11, 2023
Lionel Meunier, director
Robert Mealy, concertmaster
Emmeline: Maggie Scrantom
Traveler: Lark White
Sopranos: Song Hee Lee, Erin O’Rourke, Jazmine Saunders
Mezzo-Sopranos: Lucy Altus, Stephanie Bell, Lauren Torey
Tenors: Colin Aikins, Geun-hyeong Han, Samuel Rosner
Baritones: Minki Hong, Shavon Lloyd
Bass-Baritone: Donghoon Kang
The New York Philharmonic
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
February 2, 2023
Lidholm, Poesis
Eric Huebner, piano
Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique
La Traviata
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
January 26, 2023
The Metropolitan Opera
Marco Armiliato, conductor
Violetta Valéry: Ermonela Jaho
Flora Bervoix: Edyta Kulzak
Marquis d’Obigny: Christopher Job
Baron Douphol: John Hancock
Dr. Grenvil: Paul Corona
Gastone: Scott Scully
Alfredo Germont: Ismael Jordi
Annina: Deborah Nansteel
Giuseppe: Patrick Miller
Giorgio Germont: Amartuvshin Enkhbat
Messenger: Jonathan Scott
Germont’s daughter: Allegra Herman
Production: Michael Mayer
The Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble
Carnegie Hall
January 23, 2023
Camille Saint-Saëns, Tarantelle Op. 6
Claude Debussy, Cello Sonata in D Minor
Jerry Grossman, cello
Thomas Lausmann, piano
André Caplet, Conte Fantastique
Liev Schreiber, Narrator
Claude Debussy: Danse sacrée et profane
Francis Poulenc, Le bal masqué
Joshua Hopkins, Baritone
Dialogues des Carmelites
opera by Francis Poulenc
The Metropolitan Opera
January 21, 2023
Bertrand de Billy, conductor
Chevalier de la Force: Piotr Buszewski
Marquis de la Force: Laurent Nouri
Blanche de la Force: Ailyn Pérez
Thierry: Benjamin Taylor
Madame de Croissy: Alice Coote
Sister Constance: Sabine Devieilhe
Mother Marie: Jamie Barton
Javelinot: Paul Corona
Madame Lidoine: Christine Goerke
Carmelite Nuns: Elizabeth Brooks, Helena Brown, Strephanie Chigas, Andrea Coleman, Maria D’Amato, Sara Heaton, Mary Hughes, Kate Mangiameli, Ashley Mason, Elizabeth Sciblo, Danielle Walker
A Chaplain: Tony Stevenson
Sister Mathilde: Siphokazi Molteno
Commissioners: Scott Scully, Richard Bernstein
Mother Jeanne: Eve Gigliotti
Jailer: Jeongcheol Cha
John Dexter, production
2022:
The Hours
The Metropolitan Opera
November 28, 2022
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Music Director and Conductor
Clarissa Vaughan: Renée Fleming
Sally: Denyce Graves
Man under the Arch, Hotel Clerk: John Holiday
Walter: Tony Stevenson
Virginia Woolf: Joyce DiDonato
Barbara, Mrs. Latch: Kathleen Kim
Laura Brown: Kelli O’Hara
Dan Brown: Brandon Cedel
Richie: Kai Edgar
Richard: Kyle Ketelsen
Julian: Atticus Ware
Quentin: Patrick Scott McDermott
Angelica: Lena Josephine Marano
Nelly: Eve Gigliotti
Kitty, Vanessa: Sylvia D’Eramo
Louis: William Burden
Rigoletto
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
The Metropolitan Opera
November 17, 2022
Speranza Scappucci, conductor
Duke of Mantua: Benjamin Bernheim
Borsa: Scott Scully
Countess Ceprano: Brittany Renee
Rigoletto: Quinn Kelsey
Marullo: Jeongcheol Cha
Count Ceprano: Paul Corona
Monterone: Bradley Garvin
Sparafucile: John Relyea
Gilda: Rosa Feola
Giovanna: Edyta Kulczak
A Page: Andrea Coleman
A Guard: Yohan Yi
Maddalena: Aigul Akhmetshina
Straight Line Crazy
play by David Hare
The Shed, NYC
November 16, 2022
Robert Moses: Ralph Fiennes
Jane Jacobs: Mary Stillwaggon Stewart
Henry Vanderbilt: Guy Paul
Stamford Fergus: David Bromley
Finnuala Connell: Judith Roddy
Ariel Porter: Adam Silver
Gov. Al Smith: Danny Webb
Shirley Hayes: Alana Maria
Sandy McQuade: Al Coppola
Lewis Mason: Andrew Lewis
Carol Amis: Krysten Peck
Mariah Heller: Krysten Peck
Berliner Philharmoniker
November 11, 2022
Kirill Petrenko, condctor
Carnegie Hall
Andrew Norman: Unstuck
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Major, K. 207
Noah Bendix-Bagley, violin
Korngold: Symphony in F-sharp, Op. 40
Berliner Philharmoniker
November 10, 2022
Kirill Petrenko, conductor
Carnegie Hall
Symphony No. 7, Gustav Mahler
Peter Grimes
Opera by Benjamin Britten
The Metropolitan Opera
October 26, 2022
Nicholas Carter, Conductor
Hobson: Harold Wilson
Swallow: Patrick Carfizzi
Peter Grimes: Allan Clayton
Mrs. Sedley: Michaela Martens
Ellen Orford: Nicole Car
Auntie: Margaret Gawrysiak cover
Bob Soles: Chad Shelton
Captain Balstrode: Adam Plachetka
Rev. Horace Adams: Tony Stevenson
Nieces: Brandie Sutton, Maureen McKay
Ned Keene: Justin Austin
John: Leo Rempe-Hiam
Vox Luminis
Music Before 1800
October 23, 2022
Corpus Christi Church, New York
Lionel Meunier, director and bass voice
Ich danke dir Gott: Heinrich Bach
Herr, der König freuet sich: Johann Michael Bach
Die Furcht des Herren: Johann Christoph Bach
Herzlich Lieb hab ich dich, O Herr: Dietrich Buxtehude
Herr, wende dich und sei mir gnädig: Johann Christoph Bach
Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4: Johann Sebastian Bach
Voices: Zsuzi Tóth, Perrine Devilliers, Victoria Cassano, Tessa Roos, Jan Kullmann, Barnabas Hégyi, João Moreira, Jacob Lawrence, Sebastian Myrus
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
October 22, 2022
Carnegie Hall
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, conductor
Edward Elgar, Cello Concerto in E Minor
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
Thomas Adès, The Exterminating Angel Symphony
Claude Debussy, La Mer
Encore: J. S. Bach “Come, Sweet Death” (transcr. Sheku Kanneh-Mason)
Idomeneo
Opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Metropolitan Opera
October 20, 2022
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Ilia: Ying Fang
Idamante: Kate Lindsey
Women of Crete: Amani Cole-Felder, Cierra Byrd
Trojan Soldiers: Manase Latu, Vladyslav Buialskyi
Elettra: Federica Lombardi
Arbace: Paolo Fanale
Idomeneo: Michael Spyres
High Priest: Issachah Savage
Voice of Neptune: Scott Conner
Lady Macbeth of Mtskensk
Opera by Dmitri Shostakovich
October 12, 2022
The Metropolitan Opera
Medea
Opera by Luigi Cherubini
October 8, 2022
The Metropolitan Opera
Carlo Rizzi, conductor
Handmaidens: Brittany Renee, Sarah Larsen
Glauce: Janai Brugger
Creonte: Michele Pertusi
Giasone: Matthre Polenzani
Leader of King’s Guard: Christopher Jacob
Medea: Sondra Radvanovsky
Neris: Ekaterina Gubanova
Mivos Quartet
October 6, 2022
1014 Space
Composing the West-Eastern Divan, Transcending Cultural Identity
Carl C. Bettendorf, Yggdrasil, String Quartet No. 2 (2014-16)
Eren Gümrükçüoglu: Xanthos (2019)
Sivan Eldar: Solicitations (2018)
Saad Haddad: String Quartet No. 2 (2021)
Odyssey Opera Troika:
3 One-Act Operas by Sergei Rachmaninoff
September 25, 2022
in concert, conducted by Gil Rose
New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall
Aleko
(libretto by Vladimir Nemirovich)
Aleko, Aleksey Bogdanov
Zemfira, Yelena Dyachek
Young Man, Andrew Bidlack
Old Man, Kevin Thompson
Woman, Cindy Vredeveld
The Miserly Knight
(libretto based on Pushkin)
Baron, Mikhail Svetlov
Duke, Aleksey Bogdanov
Albert, Spencer Hamlin
Moneylender, Yeghische Manucharyan
Ivan, Kevin Thompson
Francesca da Rimini
(libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky)
Dante, Yeghishe Manucharyan
Shadow of Vergil, Kevin Thompson
Francesca da Rimini, Yelena Dyachek
Paolo, Andrew Bidlack
Lanceotto Malatesta, Aleksey Bogdanov
Die Frau Ohne Schatten
July 31, 2022
Die Zauberflöte
July 30, 2022
Il Trittico
July 29, 2022
Brahms, Bruckner 9
July 28, 2022
Messiah
July 27, 2022
Bluebeard’s Castle
De temporum fine Comœdia
July 26, 2022
Tristan und Isolde
July 25, 2022
Der Rosenkavalier
July 24, 2022
Capriccio
July 23, 2022
Die Schweigsame Frau
Bayerische Staatsoper
July 22, 2022
Richard III
Shakespeare in the Park / Delacorte Theatre
June 25, 2022
director Robert O’Hara
Wyatt Cirbus – Prince of Wales
Sanjit De Silva – Buckingham
Sam Duncan – Duke of York
Danai Gurira -Richard III
Monique Holt – Duchess of York
Gregg Mozgala – King Edward IV/Richmond
Paul Niebanck – George Xavier Pacheco
Michael Potts – Lord Stanley
Ariel Shafir – Lord Hastings
Heather Alicia Simms – Queen Elizabeth
N’yomi Stewart -Ensemble
Ali Stroker – Anne
Sharon Washington – Queen Margaret
Daniel J. Watts – Catesby Ratcliffe
American Buffalo
play by David Mamet
Circle in the Square Theatre
June 24, 2022
directed by Neil Pepe
Laurence Fishburne
Sam Rockwell
Darren Criss
Die Walküre I / The Met Orchestra
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
June 15, 2022
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Music Director and Conductor
Christine Goerke, Soprano
Brandon Jovanovich, Tenor
Eric Owens, Bass-Baritone
Program
R. STRAUSS Don Juan
MISSY MAZZOLI Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres)
WAGNER Die Walküre, Act I
The Rake’s Progress
Opera by Igor Stravinsky
The Metropolitan Opera
June 11, 2022
Igor Stravinsky-W. H. Auden/Chester Kallman
Tom Rakewell…………Ben Bliss
Anne Trulove…………Golda Schultz
Nick Shadow………….Christian Van Horn
Baba the Turk………..Raehann Bryce-Davis
Trulove……………..James Creswell
Mother Goose…………Eve Gigliotti
Sellem………………Tony Stevenson
Keeper………………Christopher Job
Recitative Accompanist..Jory Vinikour
Conductor……………Susanna Mälkki
Production…………..Jonathan Miller
The New York Philharmonic
June 10, 2022
Carnegie Hall
Jaap van Zweden, Music Director and Conductor
Hilary Hahn, Violin
Program
SARAH KIRKLAND SNIDER Forward Into Light (World Premiere)
BARBER Violin Concerto
G. MAHLER Symphony No. 1
Encore:
J. S. BACH Sarabande from Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004
Sylvain
Opera Lafayette
June 7, 2022
El Museo del Barrio
Aknaten
Opera by Philip Glass
The Metropolitan Opera
June 2, 2022
Akhnaten…………….Anthony Roth Costanzo
Nefertiti……………Rihab Chaieb
Queen Tye……………Dísella Lárusdóttir
Aye…………………Richard Bernstein
High Priest………….Aaron Blake
Amenhotep III………..Zachary James
General Horemhab……..Will Liverman
Bekhetaten…………..Lindsay Ohse
Meretaten……………Katrina Thurman
Maketaten……………Chrystal E. Williams
Ankhesenpaaten……….Annie Rosen
Neferneferuaten………Olivia Vote
Sotopenre……………Suzanne Hendrix
Young Tutankhamun…….Thaleia Chan-Miller
Professor……………Zachary James
Conductor……………..Karen Kamensek
Production…………….Phelim McDermott
Jenůfa
Staatsoper Unter den Linden
May 29, 2022
Handel Recital
May 29, 2022
Falstaff
Komische Oper Berlin
May 28, 2022
Berliner Philharmoniker
May 27, 2022
Les Troyens
Bayerische Staatsoper
May 26, 2022
Akhnaten
Opera by Philip Glass
The Metropolitan Opera
May 19, 2022
Akhnaten…………….Anthony Roth Costanzo
Nefertiti……………Rihab Chaieb
Queen Tye……………Dísella Lárusdóttir
Aye…………………Richard Bernstein
High Priest………….Aaron Blake
Amenhotep III………..Zachary James
General Horemhab……..Will Liverman
Bekhetaten…………..Lindsay Ohse
Meretaten……………Katrina Thurman
Maketaten……………Chrystal E. Williams
Ankhesenpaaten……….Annie Rosen
Neferneferuaten………Olivia Vote
Sotopenre……………Suzanne Hendrix
Young Tutankhamun…….Thaleia Chan-Miller
Professor……………Zachary James
Conductor……………..Karen Kamensek
Production…………….Phelim McDermott
Hamlet
Opera by Brett Dean – Matthew Jocelyn
The Metropolitan Opera
May 13, 2022
Opening Night – N American Premiere
Hamlet………………Allan Clayton
Claudius…………….Rod Gilfry
Laertes……………..David Butt Philip
Ophelia……………..Brenda Rae
Polonius…………….William Burden
Horatio……………..Jacques Imbrailo
Marcellus……………Justin Austin
Gertrude…………….Sarah Connolly
Ghost……………….John Relyea
Rosencrantz………….Aryeh Nussbaum Cohe
Guildenstern………….Christopher Lowrey
Player………………John Relyea
Player………………Manase Latu
Player………………Chad Shelton
Player………………Justin Austin
Gravedigger………….John Relyea
Offstage voice……….Monica Dewey
Offstage voice……….Ashley Milanese
Offstage voice……….Tesia Kwarteng
Offstage voice……….Megan Moore
Offstage voice……….John Matthew Myers
Offstage voice……….Christian Mark Gibbs
Offstage voice……….Benjamin Sieverding
Offstage voice……….Wm. Clay Thompson
Accordian……………Veli Kujala
Conductor……………Nicholas Carter
Production…………..Neil Armfield
Serse
Opera by G. F. Handel
The English Concert
May 8, 2022
Harry Bicket, Artistic Director and Conductor
Emily D’Angelo, Serse
Lucy Crowe, Romilda
Mary Bevan, Atalanta
Neal Davies, Ariodate
Daniela Mack, Amastre
Paula Murrihy, Arsamene
William Dazeley, Elviro
The New York Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall
May 6, 2022
Jaap van Zweden, Music Director and Conductor
Igor Levit, Piano
Program
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1
BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra
Encore:
J. S. BACH Chorale Prelude on “Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland,” BWV 659 (transcr. Ferruccio Busoni) (Igor Levit)
Lucia di Lammermoor
Opera by Gaetano Donizetti-Salvadore Cammarano
The Metropolitan Opera
April 26, 2022
Lucia……………….Nadine Sierra
Edgardo……………..Javier Camarena
Enrico………………Artur Rucinski
Raimondo…………….Matthew Rose
Normanno…………….Alok Kumar
Alisa……………….Deborah Nansteel
Arturo………………Eric Ferring
Harp Solo……………Mariko Anraku
Glass Harmonica Solo….Friedrich Heinrich Kern
Conductor……………Riccardo Frizza
Production…………..Simon Stone
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor
Opera by Otto Nicolai
The Juilliard School
April 21, 2022
1st act only
Company
Musical by Stephen Sondheim
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
April 16, 2022
directed by Marianne Elliot
Bobbie – Katrina Lenk
Joanne – Patti LuPone
Jamie – Matt Doyle
David – Christopher Fitzgerald
Harry – Christopher Sieber
Sarah – Jennifer Simard
Larry – Nicholas Rodriguez
Paul – Etai Benson
PJ – Bobby Conte
Jenny – Nikki Renée Daniels
Andy – Clay Bourne Elder
Peter – Greg Hildreth
Theo – Manu Narayan
Susan – Rashidra Scott
Ensemble NYers – kathryn Allison, Britney Coleman, Jacob Dickey, Javier Ignacio, Anisha Nagarajan, Heath Saunders
Elektra
Opera by Richard Strauss, libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal
The Metropolitan Opera
April 5, 2022
Elektra………………..Nina Stemme
Chrysothemis……………Lise Davidsen
Klytämnestra……………Michaela Schuster
Orest………………….Greer Grimsley
Aegisth………………..Stefan Vinke
Overseer……………….Alexandra LoBianco
Serving Woman…………..Tichina Vaughn
Serving Woman…………..Eve Gigliotti
Serving Woman…………..Krysty Swann
Serving Woman…………..Alexandria Shiner
Serving Woman…………..Hei-Kyung Hong
Confidant………………Alexandra LoBianco
Trainbearer…………….Krysty Swann
Young Servant…………..Thomas Capobianco
Old Servant…………….Richard Bernstein
Guardian……………….Harold Wilson
Conductor………………Donald Runnicles
Production……………..Patrice Chéreau
Eugene Onegin
Opera by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky– bookPeter Ilyich Tchaikovsky/Konstantin Shilovsky/Alexander Pushkin
The Metropolitan Opera
March 29, 2022
Eugene Onegin………..Igor Golovatenko
Tatiana……………..Ailyn Pérez
Lensky………………Piotr Beczala
Olga………………..Varduhi Abrahamyan
Prince Gremin………..Ain Anger
Larina………………Elena Zaremba
Filippyevna………….Larissa Diadkova
Triquet……………..Tony Stevenson
Captain……………..Vladyslav Buialskyi
Zaretsky…………….Richard Bernstein
Offstage voice……….Marco Antonio Jordão
Conductor……………James Gaffigan
Production…………..Deborah Warner
L’Italiana in Algeri
Opera by Gioachino Rossini, libretto Angelo Anelli
Opernhaus Zürich
March 20, 2022
Isabella: Cecilia Bartoli
Mustafà: Ildar Abdrazakov
Lindoro: Lawrence Brownlee
Taddeo: Nicola Alaimo
Haly: Ilya Altukhov
Elvira: Rebeca Olvera
Zulma: Siena Licht Miller
Conductor: Gianluca Capuano
Director: Moshe Leiser
Orchestra La Scintilla
Bianca e Falliero
Opera by Gioachino Rossini
Oper Frankfurt
March 19, 2022
- Bianca: Heather Phillips
- Falliero: Maria Ostroukhova
- Contareno: Theo Lebow
- Capellio: Kihwan Sim
- Doge of Venice: Božidar Smiljanić
- A Chancellor / Officer / Bailiff: Carlos Andrés Cárdenas
- Ein Kanzler / Ein Offizier / Ein Gerichtsdiener (musikalisch): Jonathan Abernethy
Conductor: Giuliano Carella
Director: Tilmann Köhler
Die Frau ohne Schatten
Opera by Richard Strauss
March 18, 2022
Oper Frankfurt
- Empress: Camilla Nylund
- Barak, the Dyer: Wolfgang Koch
- His Wife: Lise Lindstrom (cover, book read)
- Amme: Christel Loetzsch
- Emperor: Michael Siemon
- One Eyed Brother: Danylo Matviienko
- One Armed Brother: Božidar Smiljanić
- Hunchback Brother: Jonathan Abernethy
- Spirit Messenger: Nicholas Brownlee
- Apparition of a Young Man” Brian Michael Moore
- Guardian of the Temple / Falcon: Nombulelo Yende
- Voice from on high: Katharina Magiera
- Voices of Nightwatchmen: Danylo Matviienko / Božidar Smiljanić / Nicholas Brownlee
Conductor: Sebastian Weigle
Director: Christof Nel
Aida
Opera by Guiseppe Verdi
Semperoper Dresden
March 17, 2022
King: Andreas Bauer Kanabas
Amneris: Oksana Volkova
Aida: Krassimira Soyanova
Radamès: Stefano La Colla
Ramfis: Georg Zeppenfeld
Amonasro: Quinn Kelsey
Messenger: Simeon Esper
Priestess: Ofeliya Pogosyan
Conductor: Christian Thielemann
Director: Katharina Thalbach
**preceeded by the Ukranian national anthem
Wozzeck
Opera by Alban Berg
Boston Symphony Orchestra
performed in concert
Carnegie Hall
March 15, 2022
Andris Nelsons, Music Director and Conductor
Bo Skovhus, Wozzeck
Christine Goerke, Marie
Renée Tatum, Margret
Christopher Ventris, Drum Major
Mauro Peter, Andres
Franz Hawlata, Doctor
Additional soloist to be announced??
Rodelinda
Opera by George Frideric Handel, libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym
The Metropolitan Opera
March 11, 2022
Rodelinda……………Elza van den Heever
Grimoaldo……………Paul Appleby
Garibaldo……………Adam Plachetka
Eduige………………Sasha Cooke
Bertarido……………Iestyn Davies
Unulfo………………Anthony Roth Costanzo
Flavio………………Brandon Chosed
Conductor……………Harry Bicket
Production…………..Stephen Wadsworth
Don Carlos
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
The Metropolitan Opera
March 10, 2022
(V act, français)
Don Carlos…………..Matthew Polenzani
Élisabeth de Valois…..Sonya Yoncheva
Rodrigue…………….Etienne Dupuis
Princess Eboli……….Jamie Barton
Philip II……………Eric Owens
Grand Inquisitor……..John Relyea
Celestial Voice………Amanda Woodbury
Monk………………..Matthew Rose
Thibault…………….Meigui Zhang
Count of Lerme……….Joo Won Kang
Countess of Aremberg….Anne Dyas
Royal Herald…………Eric Ferring
Flemish Deputy……….Vladyslav Buialskyi
Flemish Deputy……….Samson Setu
Flemish Deputy……….Msimelelo Mbali
Flemish Deputy……….Christopher Job
Flemish Deputy……….Jeongcheol Cha
Flemish Deputy……….Paul Corona
Conductor……………Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Production…………..David McVicar
Ariadne auf Naxos
Opera by Richard Strauss, libretto Hugo von Hofmannsthal
The Metropolitan Opera
March 1, 2022
Ariadne/Prima Donna…..Lise Davidsen
Bacchus/Tenor………..Brandon Jovanovich
Zerbinetta…………..Brenda Rae
The Composer…………Isabel Leonard
Music Master…………Johannes Martin Kränzle
Harlekin…………….Sean Michael Plumb [Debut]
Scaramuccio………….Alok Kumar
Truffaldin…………..Ryan Speedo Green
Brighella……………Miles Mykkanen
Najade………………Deanna Breiwick
Dryade………………Tamara Mumford
Echo………………..Maureen McKay
Major-domo…………..Wolfgang Brendel
Officer……………..Thomas Capobianco [Debut]
Dancing Master……….Brenton Ryan
Wigmaker…………….Philip Cokorinos
Lackey………………Patrick Carfizzi
Piano Solo…………..Bryan Wagorn
Conductor……………Marek Janowski
Production…………..Elijah Moshinsky
The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
February 27, 2022
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor (replacing Valery Gergiev)
Prokofiev Selections from Romeo and Juliet
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique”
Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno
Oratorio by George Frideric Handel
Juilliard 415
Peter Jay Sharp Theater
February 24, 2022
William Christie, Conductor
Julie Roset, Bellezza
Libby Sokolowski, Piacere
Jasmin White, Disinganno
Richard Pittsinger, Tempo
Bajazet
Opera by Antonio Vivaldi, libretto Agostino Piovene
Irish National Opera (co-prod w Royal Opera House)
Linbury Theatre, ROH, London
February 4, 2022
Bajazet: Gianluca Margheri
Tamerlano: James Laing
Asteria: Niamh O’Sullivan
Andronicus: Eric Jurenas
Irene: Claire Booth
Idaspe Aoife Miskelly
Peter Whelan, conductor
Adele Thomas, director
La Bohème
Opera by Puccini
English National Opera, The London Coliseum
February 4, 2022
Sinéad Campbell-Wallace – Mimì
Adam Gilbert (David Junghoon Kim – role was covered offstage) – Rodolfo
Charles Rice – Marcello
Louise Alder – Musetta
William Thomas – Colline
Alex Otterburn – Schaunard
Simon Butteriss – Benoît/Alcindoro
Theodora
Opera by George Frideric Handel
Royal Opera, London
February 4, 2022
Theodora – Julia Bullock
Irene – Joyce DiDonato
Didymus – Jakub Józef Orlinski
Septimius – Ed Lyon
Valens – Gyula Orendt
Marcus – Thando Mjandana
Harry Bicket, conductor
Katie Mitchell, director
London Symphony Orchestra
Barbican Hall, London
February 3, 2022
Shostakovich Symphony No 14
Beethoven Symphony No 7
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Elena Stikhina, soprano
Vitalij Kowaljow, bass
London Symphony Orchestra
YA Lunchtime Concert
Foundling Museum, London
February 3, 2022
Edward Leung, piano
Michaias Berlouis, bass trombone
Violin Sonata in F maj.
And the Trumpet Shall Sound, Handel
Romance, von Weber
Winter 1941, Daniel Schnyder
Four Serious Songs, Johannes Brahms
Sang til Lotta, Jan Sandström
Emerson String Quartet, Renée Fleming
Carnegie Hall
January 23, 2022
Program
BARBER String Quartet in B Minor, Op. 11
PHILIP GLASS Mad Rush
GRIEG Sechs Lieder, Op. 48
·· Lauf der Welt
·· Zur Rosenzeit
FAURÉ “Les berceaux,” Op. 23, No. 1
FAURÉ “Au bord de l’eau,” Op. 8, No. 1
KEVIN PUTS Evening
PREVIN / TOM STOPPARD Penelope (NY Premiere)
Renée Fleming, Soprano
Uma Thurman, Narrator
Emerson String Quartet
·· Eugene Drucker, Violin
·· Philip Setzer, Violin
·· Lawrence Dutton, Viola
·· Paul Watkins, Cello
Simone Dinnerstein, Piano
The Philadelphia Orchestra
January 22, 2022
Academy of Music, Philadelphia
Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor
Lisa Batiashvili Violin
Szymanowski Violin Concerto No. 1
Chausson Poème
Rachmaninoff The Isle of the Dead
Œdipus Rex
Lilacs
Opera Philadelphia
January 21, 2022
Verizon Hall, Philadelphia
performed in concert
Oedipus Rex: Igor Stravinsky, Libretto by Jean Cocteau
William Burdenas: Oedipus
Rehanna Thelwell: Jocaste
Mark S. Dossas: Créon and the Messenger
Jonathan Lemalu: Tiresias
Ethan Burck: the Shepherd (cover)
Charlotte Blake Alstonas:L Narrator
Lilacs: George Walker, Text by Walt Whitman
Tiffany Townsend, soprano
Tosca
The Metropolitan Opera
January 17, 2022
Giacomo Puccini–Giuseppe Giacosa/Luigi Illica
Tosca……………….Elena Stikhina
Cavaradossi………….Joseph Calleja
Scarpia……………..George Gagnidze
Sacristan……………Patrick Carfizzi
Spoletta…………….Brenton Ryan
Angelotti……………Kyle Albertson
Sciarrone……………Bradley Garvin
Shepherd…………….Ariadne Chan-Miller
Jailer………………Matthew Anchel
Conductor……………Carlo Rizzi
Production…………..David McVicar
2021:
Rigoletto
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi / Libretto F. M. Piave
The Metropolitan Opera
New Production Premiere
December 31, 2021
Rigoletto……………Quinn Kelsey
Gilda……………….Rosa Feola
Duke of Mantua……….Piotr Beczala
Maddalena……………Varduhi Abrahamyan [Debut]
Sparafucile………….Andrea Mastroni
Monterone……………Craig Colclough
Borsa……………….Scott Scully
Marullo……………..Jeongcheol Cha
Count Ceprano………..Christopher Job
Countess Ceprano……..Syvlia D’Eramo [Debut]
Giovanna…………….Eve Gigliotti
Page………………..Catherine MiEun Choi-Steckmeyer
Guard……………….Yohan Yi
Conductor……………Daniele Rustioni
Production…………..Bartlett Sher
The Lehman Trilogy
Play by Stefano Massini
The Nedelander Theatre
December 20, 2021
Simon Russell Beale – Henry Lehman, etc.
Adam Godley – Mayer Lehman, etc.
Adrian Lester – Emanuel Lehman, etc.
Sam Mendes, director
Beethoven
Symphonies 2 and 3
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
December 7, 2021
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
La Boheme
Opera by Giacomo Puccini
The Metropolitan Opera
December 3, 2021
Mimì………………..Anita Hartig
Rodolfo……………..Charles Castronovo
Musetta……………..Federica Lombardi
Marcello…………….Joo Won Kang [Debut]
Schaunard……………Alexander Birch Elliot
Colline……………..Ryan Speedo Green
Benoit………………Donald Maxwell
Alcindoro……………Donald Maxwell
Parpignol……………Marco Antonio Jordão
Sergeant…………….Tyler Simpson
Officer……………..Ross Benoliel
Conductor……………Eun Sun Kim
Production…………..Franco Zeffirelli
Eurydice
Opera by Matthew Aucoin, libretto Sarah Ruhl
The Metropolitan Opera
November 23, 2021
New Production Premiere
Eurydice…………….Erin Morley
Orpheus……………..Joshua Hopkins
Orpheus’s Double……..Jakub Józef Orlinski [Debut]
Father………………Nathan Berg [Debut]
Hades……………….Barry Banks
Little Stone…………Stacey Tappan
Big Stone……………Ronnita Miller
Loud Stone…………..Chad Shelton
Offstage Soprano……Lianne Coble-Dispensa
Conductor……………Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Director…………….Mary Zimmerman
Maometto II
Opera bu Gioachino Rossini
libretto by Cesare Della Valle
Washington Concert Opera
Lisner Auditorium, GWU
November 21, 2021
Paolo Erisso — Bruce Sledge
Condulmiero — Matthew Hill
Calbno — Elizabeth DeShong
Anna Erisso — Leah Crocetto
Maometto II — Ashraf Sewailam
Conductor: Antony Walker
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Opera by Richard Wagner
The Metropolitan Opera
November 11, 2021
Hans Sachs…………..Michael Volle
Eva…………………Lise Davidsen
Walther von Stolzing….Klaus Florian Vogt
Magdalene……………Claudia Mahnke
David……………….Paul Appleby
Beckmesser…………..Johannes Martin Kränzle
Pogner………………Georg Zeppenfeld
Kothner……………..Martin Gantner
Vogelgesang………….Miles Mykkanen
Nachtigall…………..Mark Delavan
Ortel……………….Bradley Garvin
Zorn………………..Chaz’men Williams-Ali
Moser……………….Robert Watson
Eisslinger…………..Scott Scully
Foltz……………….Richard Bernstein
Schwarz……………..Scott Conner
Night Watchman……….Alexander Tsymbalyuk
Conductor……………Antonio Pappano
Production…………..Otto Schenk
Giulio Cesare
Opera by George Friderick Handel
The Atlanta Opera
November 6, 2021
Julius Caesar: Daryl Freedman
Jasmine Habersham: Cleopatra
Megan Marino: Sesto Pompeo
Renee Tatum: Cornelia
Daniel Moody: Tolomeo
David Crawford: Achilla
William Meinert: Curio
Elizabeth Sarian: Nireno
Gary Thor Wedow, Conductor
Tomer Zvulun, Stage Director
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
The Metropolitan Opera
October 26, 2021
Richard Wagner
Hans Sachs…………..Michael Volle
Eva…………………Lise Davidsen
Walther von Stolzing….Klaus Florian Vogt
Magdalene……………Claudia Mahnke [Debut]
David……………….Paul Appleby
Beckmesser…………..Johannes Martin Kränzle
Pogner………………Georg Zeppenfeld
Kothner……………..Martin Gantner
Vogelgesang………….Miles Mykkanen
Nachtigall…………..Mark Delavan
Ortel……………….Bradley Garvin
Zorn………………..Chaz’men Williams-Ali [Debut]
Moser……………….Robert Watson [Debut]
Eisslinger…………..Scott Scully
Foltz……………….Richard Bernstein
Schwarz……………..Scott Conner
Night Watchman……….Alexander Tsymbalyuk
Conductor……………Antonio Pappano
Production…………..Otto Schenk
Fauré: Requiem
Death of Classical / Cantori
The Green-Wood Cemetery
October 22, 2021
Mark Shapiro, conductor
Nola Richardson, sop. solo
Joseph Parrish, baritone solo
Prelude: Trio: Be Still and Know, Carlos Simon
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Hall, Boston
October 16, 2021
STILL – Threnody: In Memory of Jan Sibelius
STRAUSS – Symphonic Fantasy on Die Frau ohne Schatten
SIBELIUS – Violin Concerto
Lisa Batiashvili, violin
Encore: Evening Song (Arr. Jarkko Riihimäki for Violin and Orchestra)
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Boris Godunov
Opera by Modest Mussorgsky
The Metropolitan Opera
September 27, 2021
Boris Godunov………..René Pape
Prince Shuisky……….Maxim Paster [Debut]
Pimen……………….Ain Anger [Debut]
Grigory……………..David Butt Philip [Debut]
Varlaam……………..Ryan Speedo Green
Holy Fool…………..Miles Mykkanen
Nikitich…………….Richard Bernstein
Mitiukha…………….Bradley Garvin
Shchelkalov………….Aleksey Bogdanov [Debut]
Innkeeper……………Tichina Vaughn
Missail……………. Brenton Ryan
Officer……………..Kevin Burdette
Xenia……………….Erika Baikoff [Debut]
Feodor………………Megan Marino
Nurse……………….Eve Gigliotti
Boyar in Attendance…..Mark Schowalter
Conductor……………Sebastian Weigle
Production…………..Stephen Wadsworth
Fire Shut Up in My Bones
Opera by Terence Blanchard, libretto by Kasi Lemmons
The Metropolitan Opera
New Production Premier; Opening Night Gala
September 27, 2021
Charles……………………..Will Liverman
Destiny/Loneliness/Greta………Angel Blue
Billie………………………Latonia Moore
Uncle Paul…………………..Ryan Speedo Green
Spinner……………………..Chauncey Packer
Char’es-Baby…………………Walter Russell III
Chester……………………..Chris Kenney
Evelyn………………………Brittany Renee
Pastor/Kaboom………………..Donovan Singletary
Verna……………………….Denisha Ballew
William……………………..Cheikh M’Baye
Nathan………………………Oleode Oshotse
James……………………….Ejiro Ogodo
Robert………………………Judah Taylor
Foreman……………………..Norman Garrett
Chicken Plucker/Adult William….Terrence Chin-Loy [Debut]
Ruby/Woman Sinner…………….Briana Hunter [Debut]
Young Lovely…………………Marguerite Mariah Jones
Bertha………………………Cierra Byrd [Debut]
Adult Robert…………………Calvin Griffin [Debut]
Adult Nathan…………………Errin Duane Brooks
Pledge………………………David Morgans Sanchez
Nash………………………..Chase Taylor
Women: Denisha Ballew, Christine Jobson, Jasmine Muhammad, Kimberli Render, Nicole Joy Mitchell, Karmesha Peake
Orchestra Rhythm Section:
Bryan Wagorn, Piano
Matt Brewer, Bass
Adam Rogers, Guitar
Jeff Watts, Drums
Conductor……………………Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Messa da Requiem
Verdi: Requiem Mass: The Met Remembers 9/11
September 11, 2021
Ailyn Pérez, Soprano
Michelle DeYoung, Mezzo-Soprano
Matthew Polenzani, Tenor
Eric Owens, Bass-Baritone
The MET Orchestra
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Chorus Director………Donald Palumbo
Conductor……………Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Le Roi Arthus
opera by Ernest Chausson
Bard Summerscape
Sosnoff Theatre, Fisher Center, Bard College
August 1, 2021
Leon Botstein, conductor
The American Symphony Orchestra
| King Arthus | Norman Garrett |
| Queen Genièvre | Sasha Cooke |
| Lancelot | Matthew White |
| Lyonnel | Andrew Bidlack |
| Merlin | Troy Cook |
| Mordred | Justin Austin |
| Allan | Wei Wu |
| The Laborer | Andres Acosta |
The New York Philharmonic
Ford Amphitheater, Vail, Colorado
July 23, 2021
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Fate Now Conquers, Carlos Simon
Cello Concerto in C maj., Joseph Haydn; Carter Brey, cello
Souvenir de Florence, Tchaikovsky
Beethoven Violin Concerto
Gil Shaham, The Knights
Death of Classical
The Green-Wood Cemetery
June 25, 2021
The New York Philharmonic
Bryant Park Picnic Performance
June 10, 2021
Lina González-Granados, conductor (New York Philharmonic debut)
BOULOGNE, CHEVALIER DE SAINT-GEORGES
Symphony in D major, Op. 11, No. 2 (ca. 1779)
STRAVINSKY, Concerto in E-flat for Chamber Orchestra, Dumbarton Oaks (1937–38)
CRESTON , A Rumor, Op. 27 (1941)
CRAWFORD SEEGER, Rissolty Rossolty (1939)
ILANA RAHIM-BRADEN, I Am Composition, but Stronger (2021)
MOZART, Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K.183 / 173dB (1773)
Hymn to the City
Death of Classical
Concert & Historical Tour
The Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn
June 4, 2021
Brooklyn Theatre Fire Monument
James Weldon Johnson: My City
Pilot’s Monument
Aaron Copland (arr. Kaufman): Simple Gifts
Sergio Ortega (arr. Lovato): ¡El Pueblo Unido Jamás Será Vencido!
Alison Fierst, flute
Mindy Kaufman, flute
Dasol Jeong, violin
Kyung Ji Min, violin
Alexei Yupanqui Gonzales, cello
Battle Hill
Leonard Bernstein (arr. J. Gale): West Side Story Suite
Maria / Tonight / I Feel Pretty
Thomas Smith, trumpet
Ethan Bensdorf, trumpet
Richard Deane, horn
Colin Williams, trombone
George Curran, bass trombone
Hill of Graves
Paul Simon: American Tune
Marco Foster, vocals and guitar
Kinan Azmeh: Café Damas (with dance accompaniment)
Jin Suk Yu, violin
Leah Ferguson, viola
Max Zeunger, bass
Liana Kleinman, dancer
Chauncey Family Mausoleum
Florence Price: String Quartet in G Major: II. Andante moderato
Qianqian Li, violin
Na Sun, violin
Vivek Kamath, viola
Sumire Kudo, cello
Trad. Spiritual: Over My Head
Paul Grosvenor, baritone
The Catacombs
George Gershwin: Cadenza on Rhapsody in Blue (arr. Adam Tendler)
Sarah Kirkland Snider: How Graceful Things Are, Falling Apart
Kevin Puts: Credo
Antonín Dvořák & William Arms Fisher: Goin’ Home (arr. Patrick Cannell)
Adam Tendler, piano
Lucy Dhegrae, mezzo-soprano
Catalyst Quartet
Karla Donehew Perez, violin
Abi Fayette, violin
Paul Laraia, viola
Karlos Rodriguez, cello
The Metropolitan Opera
The Knockdown Center, Ridgewood, Queens
“A Concert for New York”
May 16, 2021
Members of the Metropolitan Opera Chorus Members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor
Donald Palumbo, Chorus Master
“Lacrimosa” from Mozart’s Requiem
“Ave Maria” from Verdi’s Otello, Angel Blue
Overture to Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte
“Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön” from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Stephen Costello
“In diesen heil’gen Hallen” from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Eric Owens
“Peculiar Grace” from Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones, Justin Austin
“Placido è il mar” from Mozart’s Idomeneo, Angel Blue
“Un dì, felice, eterea” from Verdi’s La Traviata Angel Blue, Stephen Costello
“Laudate Dominum” from Mozart’s Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, Angel Blue
“Die Strahlen der Sonne vertreiben die Nacht” from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Eric Owens
The New York Philharmonic
The Shed, NYC
March 14, 2021
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
2020:
To America
Concert & Historical Tour
The Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn
Death of Classical presentation
October 24, 2020
Historic Chapel
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- Terrence Hayes: Inhale, Exhale
- Lift Every Voice And Sing (arr. Patrick Cannell)
- Carlos Simon: An Elegy – A Cry from the Grave
- H. Leslie Adams: Sence You Went Away (arr. Patrick Cannell)
Kenneth Overton, baritone & reader
Ashley Horne, violin
Claire Chan, violin
Amadi Azikiwe, viola
Wayne Smith, cello
DeWitt Clinton
Deep River (spiritual), Paul Grosvenor, bass
Charlotte Canda
Caroline Shaw: In Manus Tuas, Robert Burkhart, cello; Selina Hack, dancer & choreographer
Margaret Pine
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- George Frideric Handel: Ombra Mai Fu
- Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit
Jules Biber, cello; Danielle Buonaiuto, soprano; Freddie June, singer
Civil War Soldiers’ Lot
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- James Weldon Johnston: Beauty That is Never Old
- Lift Every Voice and Sing (arr. Kenneth Abeling)
- George Walker: Music for Brass, Sacred and Profane: Chorale
- Leonard Bernstein: Somewhere (arr. Noah Luna)
- Battle Hymn of the Republic (arr. Rob Booth)
David Beck, reader
Dan Blankinship, trumpet
Hugo Moreno, trumpet
Eric Davis, horn
Burt Mason, trombone
Marcus Rojas, tuba
Lucy Dhegrae, mezzo-soprano
Weeping Beech Tunnel
Improvisation; Lady Jess, violin
The Catacombs
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- James Weldon Johnson: To America
- George Walker: Lament (from String Quartet no. 1)
- Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings (from String Quartet, Op. 11)
- Langston Hughes: Let America Be America Again
- Lift Every Voice and Sing
Chala Yancy, violin
Frédérique Gnaman, violin
Tia Allen, viola
Aaron Stokes, cello
Ivan Thompson, tenor & reader
La Traviata
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi / Piave
The Metropolitan Opera
March 9, 2020
Violetta…………………Lisette Oropesa
Alfredo………………….Piero Pretti
Germont………………….Luca Salsi
Flora……………………Sarah Larsen
Gastone………………….Brian Michael Moore
Baron Douphol…………….Dwayne Croft
Marquis D’Obigny………….Jeongcheol Cha
Dr. Grenvil………………Kevin Short
Annina…………………..Maria Zifchak
Giuseppe…………………Patrick Miller
Messenger………………..Ross Benoliel
Germont’s Daughter………..Kendall Cafaro
Dancer…………………..Barton Cowperthwaite
Dancer…………………..Sara Mearns
Conductor………………..Bertrand de Billy
Production……………….Michael Mayer
Hamlet
Play by William Shakespeare
St. Ann’s Warehouse
March 6, 2020
With Ruth Negga
Directed by Yaël Farber
Der Fliegende Holländer
Opera by Richard Wagner
The Metropolitan Opera
March 2, 2020
Dutchman…………….Evgeny Nikitin
Senta……………….Anja Kampe [Debut]
Erik………………..Sergey Skorokhodov
Daland………………Franz-Josef Selig
Mary………………..Mihoko Fujimura [Debut]
Steersman……………David Portillo
Senta Dancer…………Alison Clancy [Debut]
Conductor……………Valery Gergiev
Production…………..François Girard
Hadestown
Musical by Anaïs Mitchell
The Walter Kerr Theatre
March 1, 2020
The New York Philharmonic
David Geffen Hall
February 27, 2020
Franz Welser-Most, conductor
Babylon Suite: Jörg Widmann
R. Strauss, Symphonia Domestica
Beethoven
Symphonies 8 and 9
Carnegie Hall
February 24, 2020
Rinaldo
February 17, 2020
Yuja Wang
February 16, 2020
Queen of Spades
Lyric Opera of Chicago
February 15, 2020
Madame Butterfly
Lyric Opera of Chicago
February 14, 2020
Agippina
February 13, 2020
La Damnation de Faust
February 1, 2020
Sea Interludes
January 30, 2020
The International Contemporary Ensemble
January 28, 2020
The New York Philharmonic
January 24, 2020
Schubert 4
Mahler Das Lied von der Erde
Rev. 23
Prototype Festival
January 18, 2020
Cion: Requiem of Ravel’s Bolero
Prototype Festival
January 18, 2020
Ellen West
Prototype Festival
January 17, 2020
NY Philharmonic
Dvorak 9
Ives
Magdalene
The Prototype Festival
January 13, 2020
NY Philharmonic
January 9, 2020
Grieg, Alpensinfonie
Wozzeck
January 7, 2020
2019:
Netrebko Triple-Bill
December 31, 2019
Wozzeck
December 27, 2019
Der Rosenkavalier
December 23, 2019
Queen of Spades
December 21, 2019
Ari Hoenig Trio
December 16, 2019
Der Freischutz
December 12, 2019
A Bright Room Called Day
Play by Tony Kushner
The Public Theatre
November 30, 2019
Oskar Eustis, director
Linda Emond, Grace Gummer, Michael Esper, Michael Urie, Nikki M. James, Crystal Lucas-Perry, Jonathan Hadary, Estelle Parsons, Nadine Malouf, Max Woertendyke, Mark Margolis
Hamlet
Washington Concert Opera
November 24, 2019
GWU Lisner Auditorium
Opera by Ambroise Thomas
*left 10 min before end
Jacques Imbrailo – Hamlet
Lisette Oropesa – Ophelia
Eve Gigliotti – Gertrude
Tom Fox – Claudius
Matt Hill – Marcellus/Gravedigger
Brian Kontes – Le Spectre
The Magic Flute
Washington National Opera
November 23, 2019
Kennedy Center
Tamino: David Portillo
Pamina: Sydney Mancasola
Queen of the Night: Kathryn Lewek
Sarastro: Wei Wu
Papageno: Michael Adams
Sprecher: Kevin Short
Conductor: Eun Sun Kim
Director: Christopher Mattaliano
Scenery Design: Realized by Neil Peter Jampolis based on the original artwork of Maurice Sendak
Cyrano
November 22, 2019
The New Group, Daryl Roth Theatre NYC
Adapted by Erica Schmidt from Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand Music by Aaron Dessner and Bryce Dessner of The National; Lyrics by Matt Berninger of The National and Carin Besser; Choreography by Jeff and Rick Kuperman; Directed by Erica Schmidt
Ritchie Coster, Peter Dinklage, Josh A. Dawson, Hillary Fisher, Josh Franklin, Christopher Gurr, Blake Jenner, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Nehal Joshi, Grace McLean, Erika Olson, Scott Stangland
Requiem
Mass by Giuseppe Verdi
The Shed, NYC
November 21, 2019
Teodor Currentzis, conductor
musicAeterna ensemble
Jonas Mekas, video
Soloists
Zarina Abaeva, Soprano
René Barbera, Tenor
Clémentine Margaine, Mezzo-soprano
Evgeny Stavinsky, Bass
Akhnaten
Opera by Philip Glass
The Metropolitan Opera
November 19, 2019
Akhnaten…………….Anthony Roth Costanzo
Nefertiti……………..J’Nai Bridges
Queen Tye……………Dísella Lárusdóttir
Aye…………………Richard Bernstein
High Priest………….Aaron Blake
Amenhotep III………..Zachary James
General Horemhab……..Will Liverman
Bekhetaten…………..Lindsay Ohse
Meretaten……………Karen Chia-Ling Ho
Maketaten……………Chrystal E. Williams
Ankhesenpaaten……….Annie Rosen
Neferneferuaten………Olivia Vote
Sotopenre……………Suzanne Hendrix
Young Tutankhamun…….Christian J. Conner
Professor……………Zachary James
Conductor……………..Karen Kamensek
Titus Burgess
Jazz concert
Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall
November 18, 2019
Fellow Travelers
Opera by Gregory Spears, libretto by Greg Pierce
Boston Lyric Opera, Emerson Paramount Theatre, Boston
November 17, 2019
Hawkins Fuller: Jesse Blumberg
Timothy Laughlin: Jesse Darden
Potter’s Asst/Bookseller/Tech/French Priest/Guest: Simon Dyer
Tommy McIntrye: Vincent Turregano
Sen. Charles Potter/Gen. Arlie/Bartender: James Maddalena
Miss Lightfoot: Michelle Trainor
Mary Johnson: Chelsea Basler
Estonian/Interrogator/Sen McCarthy: David McFerrin
Lucy: Brianna J. Robinson
Emily Senturia, conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
November 16, 2019
Riccardo Muti, Music Director and Conductor
Sergei Prokofiev
Selections from Romeo and Juliet
Symphony No. 3
Così fan Tutte
Opera by W. A. Mozart
November 15, 2019
Juilliard Opera
Ferrando: James Ley
Guglielmo: Erik van Heyningen
Don Alfonso: William Socolof
Fiordiligi: Kathleen O’Mara
Dorabella: Megan Moore
Despina: Mer Wohlgemuth
Continu: Mari Coetzee, Cello; Nathaniel LaNasa, Harpsichordo
Nimrod David Pfeffer, conductor
La Bohème
Opera by Giacomo Puccini-Luigi Illica/Giuseppe Giacosa
The Metropolitan Opera
November 9, 2019
Mimì………………..Ailyn Pérez
Rodolfo……………..Matthew Polenzani
Musetta……………..Olga Kulchynska
Marcello…………….David Bizic
Schaunard……………Andrey Zhilikhovsky
Colline……………..Jongmin Park
Benoit………………Arthur Woodley
Alcindoro……………Arthur Woodley
Parpignol……………Marco Antonio Jordão
Sergeant…………….Yohan Yi
Officer……………..Jonathan Scott
Conductor……………Marco Armiliato
Production…………..Franco Zeffirelli
Orfeo ed Eurydice
Opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck–Ranieri de’Calzabigi
The Metropolitan Opera
November 4, 2019
Orfeo……………….Jamie Barton
Euridice…………….Hei-Kyung Hong
Amore……………….Hera Hyesang Park*
Dan Saunders: Harpsichord
Conductor……………Mark Wigglesworth
Production…………..Mark Morris
Saul
Opera by Geroge Frideric Handel
Houston Grand Opera
November 2, 2019
Christopher Purves: Saul
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen: David
Andriana Chuchman: Michal
Pureum Jo: Merab
Paul Appleby: Jonathan
Keith Jameson: Abner/High Priest/Amalekite/Doeg
Chad Shelton: Witch of Endor
Patrick Summers, Conductor
Barrie Kosky, Original Director
Rigoletto
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Houston Grand Opera
November 1, 2019
Duke of Mantua: Arturo Chacón-Cruz
Borsa: Richard Trey Smagur
Countess Ceprano: Doroth Gal
Rigoletto: Brian Mulligan
Marullo: Geoffrey Hahn
Count Ceprano: Daniel Noyola
Count Monterone: Nicholas Newton
Sparafucile: David Shipley
Gilda: Mané Galoyan
Giovanna: Lindsay Kate Brown
Page: Elena Villalón
Usher: William Guanbo Su
Maddalena: Zoie Reams
Jordan de Souza, conductor
Tomer Zvulun, director
Turandot
Opera by Giacomo Puccini
October 26, 2019
The Metropolitan Opera
Turandot…………….Christine Goerke
Calàf……………….Riccardo Massi
Liù…………………Gabriella Reyes
Timur……………….James Morris
Ping………………..Alexey Lavrov
Pang………………..Tony Stevenson
Pong………………..Eduardo Valdes
Emperor Altoum……….Carlo Bosi
Mandarin…………….Javier Arrey
Maid………………..Maria D’Amato
Maid………………..Meredith Woodend
Prince of Persia……..Sasha Semin
Executioner………….Arthur Lazalde
Three Masks: Elliott Reiland, Amir Levy, Andrew Robinson
Temptresses: Natalia Alonso, Jennifer Cadden, Oriada Islami, Sarah Weber-Gallo
Conductor……………Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Production…………..Franco Zeffirelli
Ian Bostridge in Recital
October 24, 2019
Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall
Ian Bostridge, Tenor
Brad Mehldau, Piano
BRAD MEHLDAU The Folly of Desire (NY Premiere)
SCHUMANN Dichterliebe
Encores:
COWARD “Twentieth Century Blues” from Cavalcade
STRACHEY “These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)”
PORTER “Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye”
Manon
Opera by Jules Massenet, Henri Meilhac/Philippe Gille
October 22, 2019
The Metropolitan Opera
Manon……………….Lisette Oropesa
Des Grieux…………..Michael Fabiano
Lescaut……………..Artur Rucinski
Count des Grieux……..Kwangchul Youn
Guillot……………..Carlo Bosi
Brétigny…………….Brett Polegato
Poussette……………Jacqueline Echols
Javotte……………..Laura Krumm
Rosette……………..Maya Lahyani
Innkeeper……………Paul Corona
Guard……………….Mario Bahg
Guard……………….Jeongcheol Cha
Maid………………..Edyta Kulczak
Conductor……………Maurizio Benini
Production…………..Laurent Pelly
Turandot
Opera by Giacomo Puccini
October 19, 2019
Canadian Opera Company, Toronto
Conductor: Carlo Rizzi
Director, Design, and Lighting Concept: Robert Wilson
Turandot: Tamara Wilson
Calaf: Sergey Skorokhodov
Liù: Joyce El-Khoury
Timur: David Leigh
Jim/Ping: Adrian Timpau
Bob/Pang: Julius Ahn
Bill/Pong: Joseph Hu
Emperor Altoum: Adrian Thompson
The Mandarin: Joel Allison
The Prince of Persia: Matthew Cairns
Rusalka
Opera by Antonín Dvořák
October 18, 2019
Canadian Opera Company, Toronto ON
Conductor: Johannes Debus
Director: David McVicar
Rusalka: Sondra Radvanovsky
Vodník: Štefan Kocán
Ježibaba: Elena Manistina
Prince: Pavel Cernoch
Foreign Princess: Keri Alkema
First Wood Nymph: Anna-Sophie Neher
Second Wood Nymph: Jamie Groote
Third Wood Nymph: Lauren Segal
Gamekeeper: Matthew Cairns
Turnspit: Lauren Eberwein
Hunter: Vartan Gabrielian
Orfeo ed Eurydice
Opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck–Ranieri de’Calzabigi
Final Dress Rehearsal: The Metropolitan Opera
Orfeo……………….Jamie Barton
Euridice…………….Hei-Kyung Hong
Amore……………….Hera Hyesang Park*
Dan Saunders: Harpsichord
Conductor……………Mark Wigglesworth
Production…………..Mark Morris
Sphinx Virtuosi
October 11, 2019
Carnegie Hall
Sphinx Virtuosi ensemble
J’Nai Bridges, Mezzo-Soprano
Will Liverman, Baritone
Damien Sneed, Piano
Chorale Le Chateau
Program
ROMERO Fuga con pajarillo
BARTÓK Allegro assai from Divertimento for Strings
PHILIP HERBERT Elegy: In Memoriam—Stephen Lawrence
MICHAEL ABELS Global Warming
XAVIER FOLEY For Justice and Peace for Violin, Bass, and String Orchestra (NY Premiere)
SCHUBERT Presto from String Quartet in D Minor, D. 810, “Death and the Maiden” (arr. for string orchestra by Mahler)
DAMIEN SNEED “Our Journey: 400 Years from Africa to Jamestown” from We Shall Overcome (World Premiere)
The Cleveland Orchestra
October 4, 2019
Carnegie Hall
Franz Welser-Möst, Music Director and Conductor
JÖRG WIDMANN Trauermarsch – Yefim Bronfman, Piano
MAHLER Symphony No. 5
The New York Philharmonic
October 3, 2019
David Geffen Hall
Jaap Van Zweden, conductor
Sibelius – Violin Concerto
Augustin Hadelich, soloist
Berlioz – Symphonie fantastique
Erwartung / Bluebeard’s Castle
The New York Philharmonic
September 28, 2019
David Geffen Hall
Jaap van Zweden, Conductor
Erwartung
One-Act Monodrama by Arnold Schoenberg
Katarina Karnéus, Mezzo-Soprano
Bluebeard’s Castle
One-Act opera by Béla Bartók
Nina Stemme, soprano
Johannes Martin Kränzle, baritone
Bengt Gomér, Director / Set and Lighting Designer
Porgy and Bess
Opera by George & Ira Gershwin
The Metropolitan Opera
September 27, 2019
Porgy……………….Eric Owens
Bess………………..Angel Blue
Sporting Life………..Frederick Ballentine
Crown……………….Alfred Walker
Clara……………….Golda Schultz
Jake………………..Ryan Speedo Green
Serena………………Latonia Moore
Robbins……………..Chauncey Packer
Mingo……………….Errin Duane Brooks
Jim…………………Reginald Smith, Jr.
Peter……………….Jamez McCorkle
Lily………………..Tichina Vaughn
Maria……………….Denyce Graves
Undertaker…………..Damien Geter
Annie……………….Chanáe Curtis
Frazier……………..Arthur Woodley
Strawberry Woman……..Leah Hawkins
Crab Man…………….Chauncey Packer
Detective……………Grant Neale
Policeman……………Bobby Mittelstadt
Coroner……………..Michael Lewis
Scipio………………Neo Randall
Conductor……………David Robertson
Production…………..James Robinson
Ain’t Too Proud
Musical
Imperial Theatre, Broadway
September 24, 2019
Derrick Baskin, James Harkness, Jawan M. Jackson, Jelani Remy
The New York Philharmonic
September 19, 2019
David Geffen Hall
Philip Glass – King Lear Overture (World Premiere)
Samuel Barber – Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Sergei Prokofiev – Selections from Romeo and Juliet
Jaap van Zweden: Conductor
Kelli O’Hara: Soprano
The Ghosts of Versailles
Opera by John Corigliano, libretto William M. Hoffman
August 18, 2019
The Glimmerglass Festival
Yelena Dyachek, Marie Antoinette
Jonathan Bryan, Beaumarchais
Peter Morgan, King Louis XVI
Zachary Rioux, Marquis/Page
Kayla Siembieda, Susanna
Ben Schaefer, Figaro
Brian Wallin, Count Almaviva
Joanna Latini, Rosina
Katherine Maysek, Cherubino
Spencer Britten, Léon
Emily Misch, Florestine
Christian Sanders, Patrick Honoré Bégearss
Tucker Reed Breder, Wilhelm
Gretchen Krupp, Samira
Wm. Clay Thompson, Suleyman Pasha
Spencer Hamlin, Swordsman/Revolutionary
Tanyaradzwa A. Tawengwa‡, Pursuer/Revolutionary
Noragh Devlin, Woman in Hat/Duchess
Teresa Perotta, Gossip 1
Abigail Paschke, Gossip 2
Simran Claire, Gossip 3
Bryn Holdsworth, Ghost Quartet
Lindsay Metzger, Ghost Quartet
Maxwell Levy, Ghost Quartet
Christopher Carbin, Ghost Quartet
Charles H. Eaton, English Ambassador
Joseph Colaneri, Conductor
Jay Lesenger, Director
Blue
Opera by Jeanine Tesori (music), Tazewell Thompson (libretto)
The Glimmerglass Festival
August 17, 2019
Cast
Kenneth Kellogg, The Father
Briana Hunter, The Mother
Aaron Crouch, The Son
Gordon Hawkins, The Reverend
Ariana Wehr, Girlfriend 1/Nurse/Congregant 1
Brea Renetta Marshall, Girlfriend 2/Congregant 2
Mia Athey, Girlfriend 3/Congregant 3
Camron Gray, Policeman 1/Congregant 1
Edward Graves, Policeman 2/Congregant 2
Nicholas Davis, Policeman 3/Congregant 3
John DeMain, Conductor
Tazewell Thompson, Director
Show Boat
Musical by Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II
The Glimmerglass Festival
August 17, 2019
Lauren Snouffer, Magnolia Hawks
Michael Adams, Gaylord Ravenal
Alyson Cambridge, Julie La Verne
Lara Teeter, Cap’n Andy Hawks
Klea Blackhurst, Parthy Ann Hawks
Judith Skinner, Queenie
Justin Hopkins, Joe
Schyler Varga, Frank Schultz
Abigail Paschke, Ellie Mae Chipley
Grant Wenaus, Jake
Charles H. Eaton, Steve Baker/Max
Kameron Lopreore, Sheriff Vallon/Bartender
Spencer Hamlin, Pete
Maxwell Levy, Hotel Manager/1st Drunk/Emcee
Tucker Reed Breder, Beau/Dancer
Joshua Kring, Beau/Dancer
Spencer Britten, Beau/Dealer/Dancer
Joanna Latini, Miss/1st Girl/Lottie/Mother Superior
Kayla Siembieda, Miss/2nd Girl/Landlady/Dolly
Rachel Kay, Miss/Dancer
Haley Ayers, Miss/Teen Kim/Dancer
Marie Woodward, Miss/Lady on the Levee
Edward Graves, Stevedore
Aaron T. Jenkins, Stevedore
Camron Gray, Stevedore
Allen Michael Jones, Stevedore
Burke Herrick, Stevedore
Ben Guevara-Chancey, Stevedore
Austin Odell, Stevedore
James Lowe, Conductor
Francesca Zambello, Director
La Traviata
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
The Glimmerglass Festival
August 16, 2019
Amanda Woodbury, Violetta Valéry
Kang Wang, Alfredo Germont
Adrian Timpau, Giorgio Germont
Kameron Lopreore, Gastone de Letorières
Jonathan Bryan, Baron Douphol
Schyler Vargas, Marchese d’Obigny
Wm. Clay Thompson, Doctor Grenvil
Lindsay Metzger, Flora Bervoix
Bryn Holdsworth, Annina
Aaron Crouch, Giuseppe
Allen Michael Jones, Messenger
Peter Morgan, Flora’s Servant
Joseph Colaneri, Conductor
Francesca Zambello, Director
Medée
August 4, 2019
Opera by Luigi Cherubini
Salzburger Festspiele
Thomas Hengelbrock: Conductor
Simon Stone: Director
Elena Stikhina: Médée
Pavel Černoch: Jason
Vitalij Kowaljow: Créon
Rosa Feola: Dircé
Alisa Kolosova: Néris
Tamara Bounazou: Première Femme de Dircé
Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur: Deuxième Femme de Dircé
Amira Casar: Voice mails Médée
Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus
Vienna Philharmonic
Adriana Lecouvreur
August 3, 2019
Opera by Francesco Cilea
Libretto: Arturo Colautti
Salzburger Festspiele, performed in concert
Marco Armiliato: Conductor
Anna Netrebko; Adriana Lecouvreur
Yusif Eyvazov Maurizio: conte di Sassonia
Anita Rachvelishvili: La principessa di Bouillon
Nicola Alaimo: Michonnet
Mika Kares: Il principe di Bouillon
Andrea Giovannini: L’abate di Chazeuil
Alina Adamski: Mlle Jouvenot
Valentina Pluzhnikova: Mlle Dangeville
Ricardo Bojórquez: Quinault
Josh Lovell: Poisson
Philharmonia Chor Wien
Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg
Parsifal
August 2, 2019
Opera by Richard Wagner
Bayreuther Festspiele
Conductor: Semyon Bychkov
Production: Uwe Eric Laufenberg
Amfortas: Ryan McKinny
Titurel: Wilhelm Schwinghammer
Gurnemanz: Günther Groissböck
Parsifal: Anreas Schager
Klingsor: Derek Welton
Kundry: Elena Pankratova
Grail Knight 1: Martin Homrich
Grail Knight 2: Timo Riihonen
Squire 1: Alexandra Steiner
Squire 2: Mareike Morr
Squire 3: Paul Kaufmann
Squire 4: Stefan Heibach
Flowermaidens: Katharina Konradi, Ji Yoon, Mareike Morr, Alexandra Steiner, Bele Kumberger, Marie Henriette Reinhold
Eine Altstimme: Simone Schröder
Tristan und Isolde
August 1, 2019
Opera by Richard Wagner
Bayreuther Festspiele
Conductor: Christian Thielemann
Production: Katharina Wagner
Tristan: Stephen Gould
King Marke: Georg Zeppenfeld
Isolde: Petra Lang
Kurwenal: Greer Grimsley
Melot: Armin Kolarcyzk
Brangäne: Christa Mayer
Shepherd: Tansel Akzeybek
Helmsman: Kay Stiefermann
Young sailor: Tansel Akzeybek
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
July 31, 2019
Opera by Richard Wagner
Bayreuther Festspiele
Conductor: Philippe Jordan
Production: Barrie Kosky
Hans Sachs: Michael Volle
Veit Pogner: Günther Groissbock
Kunz Vogelgesang: Tansel Akzeybek
Konrad Nachtigal: Armin Kolarcyzk
Sixtus Beckmesser: Johannes Martin Kränzle
Fritz Kothner: Daniel Scmutzhard
Balthasar Zorn: Paul Kaufmann
Ulrich Eisslinger: Christopher Kaplan
Augustin Moser: Stefan Heibach
Hermann Ortel: Ralf Lukas (cover)
Hans Schwarz: Andreas Hörl
Hans Foltz:Timo Riihonen
Walter von Stolzing: Klaus Florian Vogt
David: Daniel Behle
Eva: Emily Magee
Magdalene: Wiebke Lehmkuhl
Ein Nachtwächter: Wilhelm Schwinghammer
Agrippina
Opera by G. F. Handel
July 30, 2019
Bayerische Staatsoper
Nationaltheater, Münchner Opernfestspiele
Conductor: Ivor Bolton
Production: Barrie Kosky
Claudio: Gianluca Buratto
Agrippina: Alice Coote
Nerone: Franco Fagioli
Poppea: Elsa Benoit
Ottone: Iestyn Davies
Pallante: Andrea Mastroni
Narciso: Eric Jurenas
Lesbo: Markus Suihkonen
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
La Fanciulla del West
July 29, 2019
Opera by Giagomo Puccini
Bayerische Staatsoper
Nationaltheater, Münchner Opernfestspiele
Minnie: Anja Kampe
Jack Rance: John Lundgren
Dick Johnson: Brandon Jovanovich
Nick: Kevin Conners
Ashby: Bálint Szabó
Sonora: Tim Kuypers
Trin: Manuel Günther
Sid: Alexander Milev
Bello: Justin Austin
Harry: Galeano Salas
Joe: Freddie De Tommaso
Happy: Christian Rieger
Larkens: Norman Garrett
Billy Jackrabbit: Oleg Davydov
Wowkle: Noa Beinart
Jake Wallace: Sean Michael Plumb
José Castro: Ogulcan Yilmaz
Pony Express rider: Ulrich Reβ
James Gaffigan: Conductor
Production: Andreas Dresen
Rigoletto
July 28, 2019
We Chose to Go to the Moon
July 20, 2019
Carnegie Zankel Hall
Multimedia documentary
Performers
John Monsky, Creator, Writer, and Narrator
Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Kimberly Grigsby, Conductor
Shonica Gooden, Vocalist
Adam Kantor, Vocalist
David St. Louis, Vocalist
Elena Shaddow, Vocalist
Acquanetta
July 14, 2019
Bard Summerscape
Opera by Michael Gordon
Libretto by Deborah Artman
Trinity Wall Street Choir
Bang on a Can Opera
Ape: Eliza Bagg
Director: Christopher Burchett
Acquanetta: Rebecca L. Hargrove
Doctor: TIMUR
Brainy Woman: Amelia Watkins
Oklahoma!
Musical by Rodgers & Hammerstein
July 7, 2019
Circle in the Square, Broadway
Daniel Fish, director
Curly McLain: Damon Daunno
Aunt Eller: Mary Testa
Laurey Williams: Rebecca Naomi Jones
Will Parker: James Davis
Cord Elam: Anthony Cason
Jud Fry: Patrick Vaill
Ado Annie: Ali Stroker
Ali Hakim: Will Brill
Gertie Cummings: Mallory Portnoy
Andrew Carnes: Mitch Tebo
Mike: Denver Milord (understudy)
Lead Dancer: Gabrielle Hamilton
Epilogues & Epitaphs
June 24, 2019
Death of Classical
The Angel’s Share
Green-Wood Cemetary Catacombs
Augusta McKay Lodge, violin
Jeffrey Girton, violin
Kieran Campbell, cello
Adam Cockerham, theorbo
Robert Warner, harpsichord
Daniel Moody, countertenor
unknown theorbo solo work – Dowland?
Purcell: O Solitude, My Sweetest Choice
Corelli: Violin Sonata C maj. Op 5, 3
Rebel: Tombeau de Lully
Handel: Waft her angels through the skies
Handel: Tu del ciel
Vivaldi: La Folio
Dowland: Now, o now, I needs must part
Versailles: Portrait of a Royal Domain
June 23, 2019
Caramoor, Katonah, NY
Venetian Theatre
Boston Early Music Festival
Les Plaisirs de Versailles
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Louis XIV: Carlos Fittante
La Musique: Teresa Wakim
La Conversation: Marjorie Maltais
Un des Plaisirs: Asron Scheehan
Comus: Jesse Blumberg
Le Jeu: Jason McStoots
Atys Divertissements
Jean Baptiste Lully
IV, v
Le Fleuve Sangar: Olivier Laquerre
Une Divinité de Fontaine: Molly Netter
Une Divinité de Fontaine: Virginia Warnken
Un Dieu de Fleuve: Zachary Wilder
III, iv
Le Sommeil: Aaron Sheehan
Morphée: Jason McStoots
Phobetor: John Taylor Ward
Phantase: Zachary Wilder
Les Fontaines de Versailles
Michel-Richard de Lalande
Latone: Virginia Warnken
Flore: Molly Netter
Apollon: Asson Sheehan
Cérès: Sophie Michaux
Encelade: John Taylor Ward
Bacchus: Zachary Wilder
La Renommée: Margot Rood
Comus: Jesse Blumberg
Le Dieu du Canal: Olivier Laquerre
Espæce
Performance piece by Aurelien Bory
Compagnie 111
Based on the life & works of Georges Perec
BAM Howard Gilman Opera House
June 20, 2019
With Guilhem Benoit, Cochise Le Berre, Katell Le Brenn, Claire Lefiliâtre, Olivier Martin-Salvan
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Cirque du Soleil at the Bellagio Las Vegas
Friday, June 14, 2019
Met Opera Summerstage Recital
June 10, 2019
Summerstage Central Park
Ying Fang, soprano
Ben Bliss, tenor
Nathan Gunn, baritone
Dan Saunders, piano
Prisoner of the State
Opera by David Lang
The New York Philharmonic
David Geffen Hall
June 6, 2019
Jaap van Zweden, Conductor
Julie Mathevet – Soprano (The Assistant)
Alan Oke – Tenor (The Governor)
Jarrett Ott – Baritone (The Prisoner)
Eric Owens – Bass-Baritone (The Jailer)
Matthew Pearce – Tenor (Guard)
John Matthew Myers – Tenor (Guard)
Steven Eddy – Baritone (Guard)
Rafael Porto – Bass-Baritone (Guard)
Men of the Concert Chorale of New York
Donald Nally, director
Dido & Aeneas
The Angel’s Share
Death of Classical at the Green-Wood Cemetary Catacombs
June 4, 2019
Music by Henry Purcell with interstitched dialogue from Christopher Marlowe
Directed by Alek Shrader
Daniela Mack, Dido
Paul La Rosa, Aeneas
Molly Quinn, Belinda
Vanessa Cariddi, Sorceress
Marc Molomot, Achates
Brooke Larimer, Anna
Alyssa Martin, Witch Crone
Erin Moll, Witch Maiden
Kannan Vasudevan, Misenus/Ilioneus
Paul Greene-Dennis, King Iarbas
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
June 3, 2019
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor
Isabel Leonard, Mezzo-Soprano
Debussy La mer
Dutilleux Le temps l’horloge
Ravel Shéhérazade
Ravel Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2
The National Symphony Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
May 19, 2019
Gianandrea Noseda, Conductor
Erika Grimaldi, Soprano
Chiara Amarù, Mezzo-Soprano
Michele Angelini, Tenor
Marko Mimica, Bass-Baritone
University of Maryland Concert Choir
Edward Maclary, Director
Program
Liszt – Dante Symphony, S. 109
Rossini – Stabat Mater
Amalgama ensemble
St. Peter’s Church, Chelsea
May 17, 2019
Jan Krzywicki – Afterlife
Carl Bettendorf – à travers… encore
Nina C. Young – Rising Tide
Hiroya Miura – Open Passage
Roger Tréfousse – Synesthesia / Fusion: 3 Painters Portrayed
Götterdämmerung
The Metropolitan Opera
May 11, 2019
Der Ring des Nibelungen: Richard Wagner
Brünnhilde…………..Christine Goerke
Siegfried……………Stefan Vinke
Gunther……………..Evgeny Nikitin
Gutrune……………..Edith Haller
Hagen……………….Eric Owens
Waltraute……………Michaela Schuster
Alberich…………….Tomasz Konieczny
First Norn…………..Ronnita Miller
Second Norn………….Elizabeth Bishop
Third Norn…………..Wendy Bryn Harmer
Woglinde…………….Amanda Woodbury
Wellgunde……………Samantha Hankey
Flosshilde…………..Tamara Mumford
Stage Horn solo: Erik Ralske
Conductor……………Philippe Jordan
Production…………..Robert Lepage
Siegfried
The Metropolitan Opera
May 9, 2019
Der Ring des Nibelungen: Richard Wagner
Siegfried……………Stefan Vinke
Brünnhilde…………..Christine Goerke
Wanderer…………….Michael Volle
Erda………………..Karen Cargill
Mime………………..Gerhard Siegel
Alberich…………….Tomasz Konieczny
Fafner………………Dmitry Belosselskiy
Forest Bird………….Erin Morley
Stage Horn Solo: Erik Ralske
Conductor……………Philippe Jordan
Die Walküre
The Metropolitan Opera
May 7, 2019
Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen
Brünnhilde…………..Christine Goerke
Siegmund…………….Stuart Skelton
Sieglinde……………Eva-Maria Westbroek
Wotan……………….Michael Volle
Fricka………………Jamie Barton
Hunding……………..Günther Groissböck
Gerhilde…………….Kelly Cae Hogan
Grimgerde……………Maya Lahyani
Helmwige…………….Jessica Faselt
Ortlinde…………….Wendy Bryn-Harmer
Rossweisse…………..Mary Phillips
Schwertleite…………Daryl Freedman
Siegrune…………….Eve Gigliotti
Waltraute……………Renée Tatum
Conductor……………Philippe Jordan
Production…………..Robert Lepage
Production…………..Robert Lepage
Das Rheingold
The Metropolitan Opera
May 6, 2019
Opera by Richard Wagner Der Ring des Nibelungen
Wotan……………….Michael Volle
Fricka………………Jamie Barton
Alberich…………….Tomasz Konieczny
Loge………………..Norbert Ernst
Erda………………..Karen Cargill
Fasolt………………Gunther Groissböck
Fafner………………Dmitry Belosselskiy
Freia……………….Wendy Bryn Harmer
Froh………………..Adam Diegel
Donner………………Michael Todd Simpson
Mime………………..Gerhard Siegel
Woglinde…………….Amanda Woodbury
Wellgunde……………Samantha Hankey
Flosshilde…………..Tamara Mumford
Conductor……………Philippe Jordan
Production…………..Robert Lepage
Dialogues of the Carmelites
Opera by Francis Poulenc
The Metropolitan Opera
May 3, 2019
Blanche de la Force…..Isabel Leonard
Madame de Croissy…….Karita Mattila
Madame Lidoine……….Adrianne Pieczonka
Mother Marie…………Karen Cargill
Sister Constance……..Erin Morley
Mother Jeanne………..Tichina Vaughn
Sister Mathilde………Emily D’Angelo
Marquis de la Force…..Jean-François Lapointe [Debut]
Chevalier de la Force…David Portillo
Chaplain…………….Tony Stevenson
Thierry……………..Eduardo Valdes
Javelinot……………Paul Corona
First Commissioner……Scott Scully
Second Commissioner…..Richard Bernstein
Jailer………………Patrick Carfizzi
Nuns………………..Elizabeth Brooks, Lianne Coble-Dispensa, Andrea Coleman, Maria D’Amato, Sara Heaton, Mary Hughes, Kate Mangiameli, Ashley Mason, Elizabeth Sciblo, Rosalie Sullivan, Meredith Woodend
Conductor……………Yannick-Nézet-Séguin
Norma Jean Baker of Troy
Play by Anne Carson
The Shed, NYC
April 30, 2019
Renée Fleming
Ben Whishaw
Katie Mitchell, Director
Paul Clark, Composer
Emmeline
Opera by Tobias Picker
Libretto: J. D. McClatchy
Manhattan School of Music
April 26, 2019
Thaddeus Strassberger, director
Emmeline Mosher: Blair Cagney
Matthew Gurney: Philippe L’Esperance
Mr. Maguire: Jimin Park
Aunt Hannah Watkins: Alanna Fraize
Henry Mosher: Weichang Wang
Mrs. Bass: Erin Reppenhagen
Sophie: Katharine Burns
Harriet Mosher: Hannah Friesen
Pastor Avery: Robert Ellsworth Feng
Hooker: Alexander Mason
Simon Fenton: Seung Chan Hong
Ella Burling: Ann Marie Bjerke
George Manahan, conductor
Brahms 4
The New York Philharmonic
April 25, 2019
David Geffen Hall
Thomas Larcher: Symphony No. 2, Kenotaph (US Premiere)
Brahms, Symphony No. 4
Semyon Bychkov, Conductor
La Clemenza di Tito
The Metropolitan Opera
April 20, 2019
Opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto Pietro Metastasio/Caterino Mazzolà
Tito…………………..Matthew Polenzani
Vitellia……………….Elza van den Heever
Sesto………………….Joyce DiDonato
Servilia……………….Ying Fang
Annio………………….Emily D’Angelo
Publio…………………Christian Van Horn
Berenice……………….Anne Dyas
David Heiss, Cello
Bryan Wagorn, Harpsichord
Inn-Hyuck Cho, Clarinet and Basset Horn soloist
Conductor………………Lothar Koenigs
Production……………..Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Semele
The English Concert
Carnegie Hall
April 14, 2019
Opera by G. F. Handel
The English Concert
Harry Bicket, Artistic Director and Conductor
Brenda Rae (Semele)
Elizabeth DeShong (Juno/Ino)
Soloman Howard (Cadmus/Somnus)
Benjamin Hulett (Jupiter)
Christopher Lowrey (Athamas)
Ailish Tynan (Iris)
Brian Giebler (Apollo)
Joseph Beutel (Priest)
The Clarion Choir
Steven Fox, Artistic Director
Mahler Symphony 6
The New York Philharmonic
April 12, 2019
David Geffen Hall
La Clemenza di Tito
The Metropolitan Opera
April 11, 2019
Opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto Pietro Metastasio/Caterino Mazzolà
Tito…………………..Matthew Polenzani
Vitellia……………….Elza van den Heever
Sesto………………….Joyce DiDonato
Servilia……………….Ying Fang
Annio………………….Emily D’Angelo
Publio…………………Christian Van Horn
Berenice……………….Anne Dyas
David Heiss, Cello
Bryan Wagorn, Harpsichord
Inn-Hyuck Cho, Clarinet and Basset Horn soloist
Conductor………………Lothar Koenigs
Production……………..Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
April 6, 2019
Iván Fischer, conductor
Márta Sebestyén, vocalist
Ildikó Komlósi, mezzo soprano
Béla Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances, BB 76
Traditional Hungarian Peasant Songs – Sebestyén, vocals
Béla Bartók: Hungarian Peasant Songs – BB 107
Béla Bartók: Bluebeard’s Castle – Iván Fischer, conductor
Márta Sebestyén, vocalist
Ildikó Komlósi, mezzo soprano
Krisztián Cser, bass
Maria de Buenos Aires
Tango Opera by Astor Piazzola
Bare Opera
April 5, 2019
Bellewether 46th st.
Marcello Guzzo, Payador
Malena Dayen, Maria
Suchan Kim, ensemble
Eugenia Fortezza, ensemble
Daniel Irizarry, Duende
Mouna R’miki, duende
Diary of One Who Disappeared
Song Cycle by Leoš Janáček
Directed by Ivo van Hove
Muziektheater Transparant
BAM Howard Gilman Opera House
April 4, 2019
Andrew Dickinson, tenor
Marie Hamard, mezzo-soprano
Wim van der Grijn, actor
Lada Valesova, piano
Annelies Van Parys, additional music
Dramaturgy by Krystian Lada
Set and lighting design by Jan Versweyveld
Die Walküre
Opera by Richard Wagner
The Metropolitan Opera
March 30, 2019
Brünnhilde…………..Christine Goerke
Siegmund…………….Stuart Skelton
Sieglinde……………Eva-Maria Westbroek
Wotan……………….Greer Grimsley
Fricka………………Jamie Barton
Hunding……………..Günther Groissböck
Gerhilde…………….Kelly Cae Hogan
Grimgerde……………Maya Lahyani
Helmwige…………….Jessica Faselt
Ortlinde…………….Wendy Bryn-Harmer
Rossweisse…………..Mary Phillips
Schwertleite…………Daryl Freedman
Siegrune…………….Eve Gigliotti
Waltraute……………Renée Tatum
Conductor……………Philippe Jordan
Production…………..Robert Lepage
Ives/Adams/Brahms
The New York Philharmonic
David Geffen Hall
March 26, 2019
Jaap van Zweden, Conductor
Ives – Central Park in the Dark
John Adams – The Wound-Dresser
Matthias Goerne, Baritone
Brahms – Symphony No. 1
Mozart’s Requiem
The New York Philharmonic
David Geffen Hall
March 19, 2019
Manfred Honeck, Conductor
Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 27
Richard Goode, piano
Mozart, Masonic Funeral Music
Mozart, Requiem (unfinished)
Mozart, Ave Verum Corpus
Joélle Harvey, soprano
Megan Mikailovna Samarin, mezzo-soprano
Ben Bliss, tenor
Matthew Rose, bass
Westminster Symphonic Choir, Joe Miller, director
Tosca
Opera by Giacomo Puccini
The Metropolitan Opera
March 18, 2019
Tosca……………….Iulia Isaev
Cavaradossi………….Joseph Calleja
Scarpia……………..Wolfgang Koch
Sacristan……………Philip Cokorinos
Spoletta…………….Tony Stevenson
Angelotti……………Oren Gradus
Sciarrone……………Christopher Job
Shepherd…………….Davida Dayle
Jailer………………Paul Corona
Conductor……………Carlo Rizzi
Production…………..David McVicar
Designer…………….John Macfarlane
Ann-Sophie Mutter, Lambert Orkis
Carnegie Hall
March 12, 2019
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Violin
Lambert Orkis, Piano
Program
Mozart, Violin Sonata in E Minor, K. 304
Débussy, Violin Sonata
Sebastian Currier, Ghost Trio (World Premiere); Daniel Müller-Schott, Cello
Mozart, Violin Sonata in B-flat Major, K. 454
Poulenc, Violin Sonata
Encores:
PREVIN “Spirited” from Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello
PREVIN “Song” from Tango Song and Dance
Mussorgsky/Lin/Tchaikovsky
The New York Philharmonic
March 7, 2019
David Geffen Hall
Long Yu, Conductor
Prelude to KhovanshchinaZhao Lin
A Happy Excursion, Concerto for Pipa and Cello (US Premiere)
Yo-Yo Ma, Cello
Wu Man, PipaTchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6, Pathétique
Vienna Philharmonic
March 2, 2019
Carnegie Hall
Àdàm Fischer, conductor
Bartók, Two Pictures
Beethoven, Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”
Encore: J. Strauss Jr. Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437
Rameau, Maître à Danser
March 1, 2019
William Christie, Les Arts Florissants
BAM Howard Gilman Opera House
By Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Arts Florissants
Musical direction by William Christie
Staging by Sophie Daneman
Choreography by Françoise Denieau, revival choreography by Gilles Poirier
Daphnis et Églé
pastoral based on libretto by Charles Collé, 1753
Élodie Fonnard, Eglé
Reinoud Van Mechelen, Daphnis
Magali Léger, Amour
Cyril Costanzo, Grand Prêtre
La Naissanice d’Osiris
ballet based on libretto by Louis de Cahusac, 1754
Magali Léger, Pamilio
Sean Clayton, Un berger
Cyril Costanzo, Le grand prêtre de Jupiter
Françoid Lis, Jupiter
La Fille du Régiment
Opera by Gaetano Donizetti
The Metropolitan Opera
February 26, 2019
Marie………………….Pretty Yende
Tonio………………….Javier Camarena
Marquise of Berkenfield….Stephanie Blythe
Sergeant Sulpice………..Maurizio Muraro
Hortentius……………..Paul Corona
Duchesse of Krakentorp…..Kathleen Turner
Peasant………………..Patrick Miller
Corporal……………….Yohan Yi
Notary…………………Yohan Belmin
Conductor………………Enrique Mazzola
Production……………..Laurent Pelly
Set designer……………Chantal Thomas
Mozart Requiem, Schuman
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
February 23, 2019
Symphony Center, Chicago
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Schuman Symphony No. 9 (Le fosse Ardeatine)
Mozart Requiem
Chicago Symphony Chorus – Duain Wolfe chorus director
Benedetta Torre, soprano
Sara Mingardo, contralto
Saimir Pirgu, tenor
Mika Kares, bass
Elektra
Opera by Richard Strauss
Lyric Opera of Chicago
February 22, 2019
Elektra… Nina Stemme
Chrysothemis… Alexanrda LoBianco (cover)
Klytämnestra… Michaela Martens
Orest… Iain Paterson
Five Maids… Lauren Decker, Mary Phillips, Krysty Swann, Ann Toomey, [LoBianco cover?]
Overseer… Susan Foster
Confidante… Whitney Morrison
Trainbearer… Emily Pogorelc
Young Servant… Eric Ferring
Old Servant… Kenneth Nichols
Orest’s Tutor… Philip Horst
Aegisth… Robert Brubaker
Frisson Ensemble
The Morgan Library and Museum
February 19, 2019
Mozart – Quartet in F Major for Oboe and Strings
Britten – Pan from Metamorphosis after Ovid
Paul De Wailly – Aubade for flute, oboe, and clarinet (1906)
Debussy – Syrinx for solo flute
Svante Henryson – Off Pist for clarinet and cello (1996)
Ernst von Dohnanyi – Serenade for String Trio in C maj, Op 10
Paride ed Elena
Opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck
Odyssey Opera
February 18, 2019
Mireille Asselin…Elena
Meghan Lindsay…Paride
Erica Schuller…Amore (Erasto)
Dana Lynne Varga…Pallas Athene
Gil Rose, Conductor
Crystal Manich, Director
Schumann, Bruckner
The Boston Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Hall, Boston
February 17, 2019
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Schumann – Piano Concerto
Yuja Wang, piano
Bruckner – Symphony No. 9
The New York Philharmonic
February 15, 2019
David Geffen Hall
Thomas Dausgaard, Conductor
Stephen Hough, Piano
Nielsen – Helios Overture
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 3
Schumann – Symphony No. 2
Ein deutsches Requiem
(A German Requiem)
The New York Philharmonic
February 9, 2019
David Geffen Hall
Jaap van Zweden, Conductor
Ying Fang, Soprano
Matthias Goerne, Baritone
Concert Chorale of New York
James Bagwell, Director
Radamisto
Opera by G. F. Handel
Opera Lafayette
Kaye Playhouse, Hunter College
February 7, 2019
Caitlin Hulcup… Radamisto
Hagar Sharvi…. Zenobia
Dominique Labelle… Polissena
Robin Yujoong Kim… Tiridate
Alex Rosen… Farasmane, King of Thrace
Véronique Filloux… Tigrane
Nola Richardson… Fraarte
Ryan Brown, conductor
Andrew Appel and Loretta O’Sullivan, continuo
Seán Curran Dance Company
Iolanta / Bluebeard’s Castle
Opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Opera by Béla Bartók
The Metropolitan Opera
February 4, 2019
Iolanta:
Iolanta………………..Sonya Yoncheva
Vaudémont………………Matthew Polenzani
Robert…………………Alexey Markov
King René………………Vitalij Kowaljow
Bertrand……………….Harold Wilson
Alméric………………..Mark Schowalter
Ibn-Hakia………………Elchin Azizov
Marta………………….Larissa Diadkova
Brigitte……………….Ashley Emerson
Laura………………….Megan Marino
Bluebeard’s Castle:
Judith…………………Angela Denoke
Bluebeard………………Gerald Finley
Conductor………………Henrik Nanasi
Production……………..Mariusz Trelinski
Set Designer……………Boris Kudlicka
Ionesco Suite
Excerpted & Arranged from the plays of Eugène Ionesco
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Théâtre de la Ville, Paris
Directed by Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota
Jack, or The Submission, Delirium for Two, The Bald Soprano, The Lesson, and Conversation and French Speech Exercises
Music by Jefferson Lembeye & Walter N’guyen
Fire in my Mouth
Oratorio by Julia Wolfe
The New York Philharmonic
January 24, 2019
Jaap van Zweden, Conductor
Stucky – Elegy from August 4, 1964
Copland – Clarinet Concerto
Anthony McGill, Clarinet
Julia Wolfe – Fire in my mouth (World Premiere)
The Crossing, choir – Donald Nally, artistic director
Young People’s Chorus of New York City – Francisco J. Núñez, director
Carmen
Opera by Georges Bizet
The Metropolitan Opera
January 21, 2019
Carmen………………….Clémentine Margaine
Don José………………..Roberto Alagna
Micaela…………………Aleksandra Kurzak
Escamillo……………….Alexander Vinogradov
Frasquita……………….Sydney Mancasola
Mercédès………………..Samantha Hankey
Remendado……………….Eduardo Valdes
Dancaïre………………..Javier Arrey
Zuniga………………….Raymond Aceto
Moralès…………………Alexey Lavrov
Dancer………………….Maria Kowroski
Dancer………………….Martin Harvey
Conductor……………….Louis Langrée
Production………………Richard Eyre
Designer………………..Rob Howell
Pelléas et Mélisande
Opera by Claude Debussy, libretto Maurice Maeterlinck
The Metropolitan Opera
January 15, 2019
Pelléas……………..Paul Appleby
Mélisande……………Isabel Leonard
Golaud………………Kyle Ketelsen
Arkel……………….Ferruccio Furlanetto
Geneviève……………Marie-Nicole Lemieux [Debut]
Yniold………………A. Jesse Schopflocher
Physician……………Paul Corona
Shepherd…………….Jeremy Galyon
Conductor……………Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Production…………..Jonathan Miller
The Consul
Opera by Gian Carlo Menotti
Bronx Opera, Lehman Stages
January 13, 2019
Magda Sorel, Marina Harris
Secretary of the Consulate, Mary Beth Nelson
Mother, Allison Gish
John Sorel, Markel Reed
Secret Police Agent, Wil Kellerman
Nika Magadoff, Stephen Steffens
Mr. Kofner, Michael Cofield
Foreign Woman, Miriam Chaudoir
Anna Gomez, Aida Carducci
Vera Boronel, Jackie M. Hayes
Assan, Conrad Schmechel
Eric Kramer, conductor
p r i s m
Opera by Ellen Reid, libretto Roxie Perkins
Prototype Festival
January 12, 2019, LaMama
Anna Schubert, Bibi
Rebecca Jo Loeb, Lumee
4.48 Psychosis
Opera by Philip Venables, based on play by Sarah Kane
Prototype Festival, Baruch Performing Arts Center
January 11, 2019 (U.S. Premiere)
Gweneth-Ann Rand, Gwen
Lucy Hall, Jen
Susanna Hurrell, Suzy
Samantha Price, Clare
Rachael Lloyd, Emily
Lucy Schaufer, Lucy
Contemporaneous ensemble, William Cole, conductor
Janáček/Prokofiev/Rimsky-Korsakov
The New York Philharmonic
January 10, 2019, David Geffen Hall
Jakub Hrůša, conductor
Janáček, The Cunning Little Vixen Suite
Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 3, Simon Trpčeski, Piano
Rimsky-Korsakov, Sheherazade
Am I Born
Dreams of the New World
choral pieces, the Prototype Festival
January 8, 2019
St. Paul’s Chapel, Trinity Wall St.
Am I Born
David T. Little, libretto Royce Vavrek
World Premier
Soloist: Mellissa Hughes
Choir of Trinity Wall St., NOVUS NY
Dreams of the New World
Ellen Reid, libretto Sarah LaBrie
Soloists: Sonya Headlam, Hai-Ting Chinn, Melissa Attebury, Martin Bakari, Jesse Blumberg
Pancho Villa from a Safe Distance
Opera by Graham Reynolds, libretto Lagartijas Tiradas Al Sol
Prototype Festival, BRIC Brooklyn
January 7, 2019
Liz Cass, mezzo-soprano
Paul Sanchez, tenor
Dvořák, Sibelius, Ravel
The New York Philharmonic
January 3, 2019, David Geffen Hall
Paavo Järvi, conductor
Dvořák, Cello Concerto, Gautier Capuçon, cello
Sibelius, Lemminkainen and the Maidens of the Island
Ravel, Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2
2018:
Adriana Lecouvreur
Opera by Francesco Cilèa
The Metropolitan Opera
December 31, 2018, NYE gala, new production premiere
Adriana Lecouvreur……Anna Netrebko
Maurizio…………….Piotr Beczala
Princess di Bouillon….Anita Rachvelishvili
Michonnet……………Ambrogio Maestri
Bouillon…………….Maurizio Muraro
Abbé………………..Carlo Bosi
Jouvenot…………….Sarah Joy Miller [Debut]
Dangeville…………..Samantha Hankey
Poisson……………..Tony Stevenson
Quinault…………….Patrick Carfizzi
Major-domo…………..Christian Rozakis
Chambermaid………….Anne Dyas [Debut]
Duclos………………Snezhana Chernova [Debut]
Pantalone……………Bill Corry [Debut]
Conductor……………Gianandrea Noseda
Production…………..David McVicar
Lieder, Mozart Symphony No. 40
The New York Philharmonic
December 8, 2018, David Geffen Hall
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Matthias Goerne, baritone
J.S. Bach/Arr. Webern, Fuga (Ricercata) from Musical Offering, BWV 1079
Schubert / Orch. A. Schmalcz, An Silvia
R. Strauss / Orch. Heger, Traum durch die Dämmerung
Schubert / Orch. A. Schmalcz, Des Fischers Liebesglück
R. Strauss, Das Rosenband; Freundliche Vision
Schubert / Orch. Brahms, Greisengesang
R. Strauss, Ruhe, meine Seele
Schubert / Orch. Reger, Im Abendrot
R. Strauss, Allerseelen
Schubert / Orch. Webern, Tränenregen (from Die Schöne Müllerin)
R. Strauss, Morgen!
Mozart, Symphony No. 40
La Traviata
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
The Metropolitan Opera
December 7, 2018
Violetta…………………Diana Damrau
Alfredo………………….Juan Diego Flórez
Germont………………….Quinn Kelsey
Flora……………………Kristin Chávez
Gastone………………….Scott Scully
Baron Douphol…………….Dwayne Croft
Marquis D’Obigny………….Jeongcheol Cha
Dr. Grenvil………………Kevin Short
Annina…………………..Maria Zifchak
Giuseppe…………………Marco Antonio Jordão
Messenger………………..Ross Benoliel
Germont’s Daughter………..Selin Sahbazoglu
Dancer…………………..Garen Scribner
Dancer…………………..Martha Nichols
Conductor………………..Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Production……………….Michael Mayer
Anthracite Fields
Oratorio by Julia Wolfe
December 1, 2018
Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall
Bang on a Can All-Stars
·· Ashley Bathgate, Cello and Voice
·· Robert Black, Bass
·· Vicky Chow, Piano and Keyboard
·· David Cossin, Percussion
·· Mark Stewart, Guitar and Voice
·· Ken Thomson, Clarinet and Bass Clarinet
·· Andrew Cotton, Sound Engineer
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street
Julian Wachner, Director
Jeff Sugg, Scenography and Projection Design
Il Trittico
Opera trilogy by Giacomo Puccini
The Metropolitan Opera
Nov 30, 2018
Il Tabarro
Giacomo Puccini-Giuseppe Adami-Didier Gold
Giorgetta……………Amber Wagner
Luigi……………….Marcelo Álvarez
Michele……………..George Gagnidze
Frugola……………..MaryAnn McCormick
Talpa……………….Maurizio Muraro
Tinca……………….Tony Stevenson
Song Seller………….Brian Michael Moore
Lover……………….Yi Li
Lover……………….Ashley Emerson
Conductor……………Bertrand de Billy
Suor Angelica
Giacomo Puccini-Giovacchino Forzano
Angelica…………….Kristine Opolais
Princess…………….Stephanie Blythe
Genovieffa…………..Maureen McKay
Osmina………………Rosalie Sullivan
Dolcina……………..Sharon Azrieli
Monitor……………..MaryAnn McCormick
Abbess………………Lindsay Ammann
Head Mistress………..Jane Shaulis
Nurse……………….Megan Marino
Lay Sister…………..Stacey Tappan
Lay Sister…………..Edyta Kulczak
Novice………………Jessica Faselt
Novice………………Sandra Piques Eddy
Alms Collector……….Leah Hawkins
Alms Collector……….Cassandra Zoé Velasco
Conductor……………Bertrand de Billy
Gianni Schicchi
Giacomo Puccini-Giovacchino Forzano-Dante Alighieri
Gianni Schicchi………Plácido Domingo
Lauretta…………….Kristina Mkhitaryan
Rinuccio…………….Atalla Ayan
Nella……………….Gabriella Reyes
Ciesca………………Lindsay Ammann
Zita………………..Stephanie Blythe
Gherardo…………….Tony Stevenson
Betto……………….Patrick Carfizzi
Marco……………….Jeff Mattsey
Simone………………Maurizio Muraro
Gherardino…………..A. Jesse Schopflocher
Spinelloccio…………Kevin Burdette
Amantio……………..Philip Cokorinos
Pinellino……………Scott Conner
Guccio………………Christian Zaremba
Conductor……………Bertrand de Billy
Production…………..Jack O’Brien
Set Designer…………Douglas W. Schmidt
Britten Violin Concerto
Shostakovich Symphony No. 7 ‘Leningrad’
The New York Philharmonic
David Geffen Hall
November 29, 2018
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Simone Lamsma, violin
Alcina
Opera by Francesca Caccini
Boston Early Music Festival
The Morgan Library & Museum
November 26, 2018
Shannon Mercer, Alcina
Colin Balzer, Ruggiero
Kelsey Lauritano, Melissa
Ensemble: Teresa Wakim, Margot Rood, Sonja DuToit Tengblad, Danielle Sampson, Sophie Michaux, Mindy Ella Chu, Jason McStoots, Brian Giebler, David Evans, David McFerrin, Ian Pomerantz & Daniel Fridley
Mefistofele
Opera by Arrigo Boito
The Metropolitan Opera
November 24, 2018
Mefistofele………….Christian Van Horn
Faust……………….Michael Fabiano
Margherita…………..Angela Meade
Elena……………….Jennifer Check
Wagner………………Raúl Melo
Marta……………….Theodora Hanslowe
Pantalis…………….Samantha Hankey
Nerèo……………….Eduardo Valdes
Conductor……………Joseph Colaneri
Production…………..Robert Carsen
Designer…………….Michael Levine
Network
play by Paddy Chayefsky / adaped by Lee Hall
Belasco Theatre
November 20, 2018
Ivo Van Hove, director
BRYAN CRANSTON, Howard Beale
TONY GOLDWYN, Max Schumacher
TATIANA MASLANY, Diana Christensen
JOSHUA BOONE, Frank Hackett
ALYSSA BRESNAHAN, Louise Schumacher
RON CANADA, Edward Ruddy
JULIAN ELIJAH MARTINEZ, Harry Hunter
FRANK WOOD, Nelson Chaney
NICK WYMAN, Arthur Jensen
BARZIN AKHAVAN, Jack Snowden/Warm-Up Guy
JASON BABINSKY, Floor Manager
CAMILA CANÓ-FLAVIÁ, Secretary
ERIC CHAYEFSKY, ELA Member
GINA DANIELS, Technician
NICHOLAS GUEST, Technician
JOE PAULIK, Technician
SUSANNAH PERKINS, Barbara Schlesinger
VICTORIA SENDRA, Camera Person 2
HENRY STRAM, Continuity Announcer
BILL TIMONEY, Director
JOSEPH VARCA, Camera Person 1
NICOLE VILLAMIL, Sheila
JEENA YI, Technician
Mahler Symphony No. 5
HK Gruber Aerial
November 19, 2018
The Boston Symphony Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Håkan Hardenberger, Trumpet
The Turn of the Screw
Opera by Benjamin Britten
Juilliard Opera
Peter Jay Sharp Theatre
November 18, 2018
Burton, Katerina: Mrs. Grose
Hewitt, Britt: Miles
Hofmeyr, Joan: Flora
Jonas-O’Toole, Chance: prologue
Klenetsky, Anneliese: Governess
Pedersen, Rebecca: Miss Jessel
Sy, Charles: Peter Quint
Only the Sound Remains
opera by Kaija Saariaho
Lincoln Center White Light Festival
November 17, 2018
Rose Theatre / Jazz at Lincoln Center
libretto based on Noh plays Tsunemasa and Hagoromo tr. Ezra Pound and Ernest Fenollosa
Philippe Jaroussky, countertenor
Davóne Tines, bass-baritone
Nora Kimball-Mentzos, dancer/choreographer
A Chorus Line
New York City Center
November 16, 2018
Book by James Kirkwood & Nicholas Dante; Music by Marvin Hamlisch
Originally co-choreographed by Bob Avian
Cast: Jay Armstrong Johnson, Kate Bailey, Callan Bergmann, Natalie Bourgeois, Tommy Bracco, Wesley Ian Cappiello, Max Clayton, Aaron Patrick Craven, Sara Esty, Emily Franch, David Grindrod, Eddie Gutierrez, Robyn Hurder, Jolina Javier, Tara Kostmayer, Denis Lambert, J. Elaine Marcos, Melanie Moore, Jenna Nicole Schoen, Joseph J. Simeone, Ahmad Simmons, Ryan Steele, Naomi C. Walley, Anthony Wayne, Tony Yazbeck, Leigh Zimmerman
Art Song Nightcap
Curated by Gabriel Kahane
Stanley Kaplan Penthouse
November 10, 2018
Timo Andres, piano
Miró Quartet
Nadia Sirota, host
Caroline Shaw, vocals
Delacroix and Music
Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
November 5, 2018
Samantha Hankey, mezzo-soprano
Brian Zeger, pianist
Bill Connington, reader (from the diaries and letters of Delacroix and others)
Hector Berlioz – “Vilanelle” from Les nuits d’été
Georges Bizet – “Pastel” from Seize Mélodies pour chant et piano
Hector Berlioz – “L’île inconnue” from Les nuits d’été, “D’amour l’ardente flamme” from La damnation de Faust
Georges Bizet – “Adieux de l’hôtesse arabe”
Frédéric Chopin – Mazurka, Op. 63/3, Nocturne 55/2, Mazurka 30/2, 67/2, 41/2
Gioachino Rossini – “Adieux à la vie!” from Péchés de vieillesse
Charles Gounod – “O ma lyre immortelle” from Sapho
The Queen of Sheba (Die Königin von Saba)
Opera by Karl Goldmark
The Hungarian State Opera
November 2, 2018
The David Koch Theatre, Lincoln Center
János Kovács, conductor
Gál, Erika: Queen of Sheba
László, Boldizsár: Assad
Sümegi, Eszter: Sulamith
Kelemen, Zoltán: King Solomon
Fried, Péter: High Priest
Zavaros, Eszter: Astaroth
Geiger, Lajos: Baal-Hanan
Cserhalmi, Ferenc: Temple Watchman
Mario and the Magician/
Bluebeard’s Castle
Operas by János Vajda / Béla Bartók
The Hungarian State Opera
November 1, 2018
The David Koch Theatre, Lincoln Center
Balázs Kocsár, conductor
Mario and the Magician
Alerdi, András: Cipolla
Csémy, Balázs: Mario
Rőser, Orsolya Hajnalka: Signora Angiolieri
Cseh, Antal: Signor Angiolieri
Geiger, Lajos: Roman Gentleman
Matyó, Márió: Woollen-Shirted One
Bluebeard’s Castle
András Palerdi, Bluebeard
Ildikó Komlósi, Judith
Bánk Bán
Opera by Ferenc Erkel, libretto by Kálmán Nádasdy / Bénii Egressy
The Hungarian State Opera
David Koch Theatre, Lincoln Center
October 30, 2018
Bakonyi, Marcell: Endre II, King of Hungary
Németh, Judit: Gertrud
Horváth, István: Ottó
Molnár, Levente: Bánk bán
Szemere, Zita: Melinda
Rácz, István: Toborc
Haja, Zsolt: Petur bán
Cseh, Antal: Biberach
Irlanda, Gergely: Royal Officer
Balázs Kocsár, conductor
Czech Philharmonic
Carnegie Hall
October 28, 2018
Mahler symphony No. 2 “Resurrection”
Semyon Bychkov, Music Director and Chief Conductor
Christiane Karg, Soprano
Elisabeth Kulman, Mezzo-Soprano
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Lukáš Vasilek, Principal Conductor
Elīna Garanča in recital
Carnegie Hall, October 23, 2018
Kevin Murphy, piano
Elīna Garanča, mezzo-soprano
SCHUMANN Selections from Myrthen, Op. 25
·· “Widmung”
·· “Der Nussbaum”
·· “Jemand”
·· “Lieder der Braut aus dem Liebesfrühling I”
·· “Lieder der Braut aus dem Liebesfrühling II”
WAGNER Wesendonck Lieder
RAVEL Shéhérazade
FALLA Siete canciones populares españolas
Encores:
VĪTOLS “Aizver actiņas un smaidi”
BIZET “L’amour est un oiseau rebelle” (Habanera) from Carmen
SAINT-SAËNS “Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix” from Samson et Dalila
Marnie
Opera by Nico Muhly
The Metropolitan Opera
October 22, 2018
Marnie………………Isabel Leonard
Mark Rutland…………Christopher Maltman
Marnie’s Mother………Denyce Graves
Mr. Strutt…………..Anthony Dean Griffey
Terry Rutland………..Iestyn Davies
Laura Fleet………….Ashley Emerson
Malcom Fleet…………Will Liverman
Derek……………….Ian Koziara
Miss Fedder………….Marie Te Hapuku
Mrs. Rutland…………Janis Kelly
Dr. Roman……………James Courtney
Lucy………………..Jane Bunnell
Dawn………………..Stacey Tappan
Little Boy…………..Gabriel Gurevich
Shadow Marnies: Deanna Breiwick, Disella Lárusdóttir, Rebecca Ringle Kamarei, Peabody Southwell
Conductor…………………Robert Spano
Production………………..Michael Mayer
La Fanciulla del West
Opera by Giacomo Puccini
The Metropolitan Opera
October 20, 2018
Minnie………………Eva-Maria Westbroek
Dick Johnson…………Jonas Kaufmann
Jack Rance…………..Zeljko Lucic
Joe…………………Scott Scully
Handsome*……………Richard Bernstein
Harry……………….Alok Kumar
Happy……………….Joseph Barron
Sid…………………Jeongcheol Cha
Sonora………………Michael Todd Simpson
Trin………………..Eduardo Valdes
Jim Larkens………….Adrian Timpau
Nick………………..Carlo Bosi
Jake Wallace…………Oren Gradus
Ashby……………….Matthew Rose
Post Rider…………..Ian Koziara
Castro………………Kidon Choi
Billy Jackrabbit……..Philip Cokorinos
Wowkle………………MaryAnn McCormick
Conductor……………Marco Armiliato
Production…………..Giancarlo Del Monaco
Les Talens Lyriques
The Morgan Library
October 16, 2018
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset, director, harpsichord, organ
Amel Brahim-Djelloul, soprano
Eugénie Warnier, soprano
Gilone Gaubert-Jacques, violin
Mikko Perkola, viola da gamba
Music of François Couperin
Concerts Royaux (1722)
Second Livre de pièces de clavecin (1716)
Pièces de viole (1728)
Leçons de Ténèbres du Mecredi Saint (1714)
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
Carnegie Hall
October 15, 2018
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor
Simon Callow, Narrator
Michael Spyres, Tenor
Ashley Riches, Bass-Baritone
National Youth Choir of Scotland
Christopher Bell, Artistic Director
Program: Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique
Lélio
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
Carnegie Hall
October 14, 2018
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor
Lucile Richardot, Mezzo-Soprano
Antoine Tamestit, Viola
Program – Berlioz
Le Corsaire Overture
La mort de Cléopâtre
Selections from Les Troyens, Part II
·· “Chasse Royale et Orage”
·· “Je vais mourir … Adieu, fière cité”
Harold in Italy
Encore:
“Le roi de Thulé” from La damnation de Faust, Op. 24
Samson et Dalila
Opera by Camille Saint-Saëns
The Metropolitan Opera
October 13, 2018
Samson…………………Roberto Alagna
Dalila…………………Elina Garanca
High Priest…………….Laurent Naouri
Abimélech………………Elchin Azizov
Old Hebrew……………..Dmitry Belosselskiy
Philistine……………..Tony Stevenson
Philistine……………..Bradley Garvin
Messenger………………Mark Schowalter
Conductor………………Mark Elder
Production……………..Darko Tresnjak
The Mile-Long Opera: A Biography of 7 o’clock
The Highline, New York
October 4, 2018
David Lang, composer
Anne Carson, Librettist
Claudia Rankine, Essayist
Diller Scofidio, Renfro, David Lang – conception
Performed by Community choirs from all 5 boroughs
Beowulf
September 30, 2018
Performed by Benjamin Bagby, voice and harp
Excerpts, lines 1-1,062
Music Before 1800, Corpus Christi Church
Aida
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Saturday, September 29, 2018
The Metropolitan Opera
Aida………………..Anna Netrebko
Radamès……………..Aleksandrs Antonenko
Amneris……………..Anita Rachvelishvili
Amonasro…………….Quinn Kelsey
Ramfis………………Dmitry Belosselskiy
King………………..Ryan Speedo Green
Messenger……………Arseny Yakovlev
Priestess……………Gabriella Reyes
Dance……………….Jennifer Cadden
Dance……………….Bradley Shelver
Conductor……………Nicola Luisotti
Production…………..Sonja Frisell
Proving Up
Opera by Missy Mazzoli
Libretto by Royce Vavrek
Miller Theatre, Columbia University
Septembder 28, 2018
Adapted from the short story Proving Up by Karen Russell
Christopher Rountree conductor
James Darrah production
Nathan Troup stage director
Michael Slattery – Miles Zegner
John Moore – Mr. Johannes “Pa” Zegner
Talise Trevigne- Mrs. Johannes “Ma” Zegner
Cree Carrico – Zegner Daughter, Littler
Abigail Nims – Zegner Daughter, Taller
Andrew Harris- The Sodbuster
Sam Shapiro – Peter Zegner
International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)
Samson et Dalila
Opera by Camille Saint-Saëns
Libretto by Ferdinand Lemaire
New Production Gala Premiere
September 24, 2018
The Metropolitan Opera
Samson…………………Roberto Alagna
Dalila…………………Elina Garanca
High Priest…………….Laurent Naouri
Abimélech………………Elchin Azizov
Old Hebrew……………..Dmitry Belosselskiy
Philistine……………..Tony Stevenson
Philistine……………..Bradley Garvin
Messenger………………Mark Schowalter
Conductor………………Mark Elder
Production……………..Darko Tresnjak
Aida
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Final Dress Rehearsal
September 22, 2018
The Metropolitan Opera
*check cast*
Aida………………..Anna Netrebko
Radamès……………..Aleksandrs Antonenko
Amneris……………..Anita Rachvelishvili
Amonasro…………….Quinn Kelsey
Ramfis………………Dmitry Belosselskiy
King………………..Ryan Speedo Green
Messenger……………Arseny Yakovlev [Debut]
Priestess……………Gabriella Reyes [Debut]
Dance……………….Jennifer Cadden
Dance……………….Bradley Shelver
Conductor……………Nicola Luisotti
Production…………..Sonja Frisell
Il Nascimento di Mose
Oratorio
Music by Vincenzo de Grandis (1631—1708)
Libretto by Giovanni Battista Giardini (b.1650)
September 15, 2018
Calvary Church, NYC
Jeremy Rhizor, director and violin
Dr. Lewis Baratz, guest speaker
Jonathan May, Testo (countertenor)
Ryne Cherry, Faraone (bass)
Brian Mummert, Generale del’armi di Faraone (baritone)
Sarah Yanovitch, Consigliero di Faraone (soprano)
Elizabeth Baber Weaver, Madre di Mose (soprano)
Jeremy Rhizor, violin/director
Isabelle Seula Lee, violin
Lewis Baratz, recorder
Adam Young, cello
Charlie Weaver, theorbo
Judith Malafronte, harpsichord/organ
La Cifra
Opera byAntonio Salieri
Dell’Arte Opera Ensemble
August 24, 2018
LaMaMa
Milord Gualtier Fideling – Timothy Stoddard
Eurilla – Rachel Barker
Lisotta – Allison Gish
Sandrino – Jay Chacon
Leandro – Stephen Steffens
Rusticone – Angkyj Bujiardjono
Bea Goodwin, stage director
Catherine O’Shaughnessy, conductor
Silent Night
Opera by Kevin Puts, libretto Mark Campbell
The Glimmerglass Festival
August 12, 2018
Mary Hangley, Anna Sørensen
Arnold Livingston Geis, Nikolaus Sprink
Michael Miller, Lt. Audebert
Jonathan Bryan, Lt. Gordon
Michael Hewitt, Lt. Horstmayer
Conor McDonald, Ponchel
Wm. Clay Thompson, Father Palmer
Christian Sanders, Jonathan Dale
Tim Bruno, General Audebert
Stephen Martin, Kronprinz
Maxwell Levy, William Dale
Kayla Siembieda, Madeleine Audebert
Dale Travis, British Major
Brian Wallin, German General
Tomer Zvulun, Director
Nicole Paiement, Conductor
West Side Story
Musical by Leonard Bernstein
The Gimmerglass Festival
August 11, 2018
Joseph Leppek, Tony
Vanessa Becerra, Maria
Amanda Castro, Anita
Brian Vu, Riff
PJ Palmer, Action
Conor McDonald, Snowboy
Tyler Whitaker, Baby John
Tucker Reed Breder, Big Deal
Michael Hewitt, Diesel
Andrew Ryan, A-Rab
Spencer Britten, Gee-Tar
Shane Bray, Juano
Anju Cloud, Anybodys
Rachel Kay, Graziella
Joanna Latini, Velma
Maria Noto, Clarice
Molly Bowen, Pauline
Christina Bourassa, Minnie
Corey Bourbonniere, Bernardo
DJ Petrosino, Bernardo
Schyler Vargas, Chino
Matthew Steriti, Pepe
Jawan Cliff-Morris, Indio
Brian Wallin, Luis
Michael Pandolfo, Anxious
Giovanni Rivera-Litz, Nibbles
Tesia Kwarteng, Rosalia
Brennan Martinez, Consuelo
Olivia Barbieri, Teresita
Kresley Figueroa, Francisca
Michelle Arotsky, Estella
Bella Zonderman, Margarita
Dale Travis, Doc
Zachary Owen, Lieutenant Schrank
Maxwell Levy, Officer Krupke
Wm. Clay Thompson, Gladhand
Francesca Zambello, Director
David Charles Abell, Conductor
The Barber of Seville
Opera by Gioachino Rossini
The Glimmerglass Festival
August 11, 2018
David Walton, Count Almaviva
Emily D’Angelo, Rosina
Dale Travis, Doctor Bartolo
Joshua Hopkins, Figaro
Tim Bruno, Don Basilio
Alexandria Shiner, Berta
Ben Schaefer, Fiorello
Maxwell Levy, An Officer
Rock Lasky, Figaro’s Assistant
Francesca Zambello, Director
Joseph Colaneri, Conductor
The Cunning Little Vixen
(Příhody lišky Bystroušky)
Opera by Leoš Janáček
The Glimmerglass Festival
August 10, 2018
Joanna Latini, The Vixen
Eric Owens, The Forester
Alyssa Martin, The Fox
Zachary Owen, The Parson/Badger
Dylan Morrongiello, Schoolmaster/Mosquito
Wm. Clay Thompson, Harasta, the poacher/Wolf
Kayla Siembieda, Forester’s Wife/Screech Owl
Katherine Maysek, Lapak, the dog/Squirrel
Amber R. Monroe, The Rooster/The Jay
Brian Wallin, Pasek, the Innkeeper/Boar
Gretchen Krupp, Pasek’s Wife/Woodpecker/Head Hen
Catie LeCours, Frantik
Maggie Stephens, Pepik
Olivia Barbieri, Hen/Dragonfly/Dancer
Anju Cloud, Hen/Dragonfly/Dancer
Lilly Grady, Young Vixen
Michelle Arotsky, The Cricket/Hen
Rachel Kay, The Grasshopper/Hen
Emma Novak, The Frog
The Soldier’s Tale
Musical-Dramatic Work by Igor Stravinsky
August 10, 2018
The Glimmerglass Festival – Pavilion
Zach Owens, Narrator
Conor McDonald, Soldier
Joseph Colaneri, Devil
Lyrics by Shakespeare
A Little Night Music, Mostly Mozart Festival
August 8, 2018
Kaplan Penthouse, Lincoln Center
Steven Blier, Piano, host, arranger
Naomi Louisa O’Connell, mezzo-soprano
Matt Boehler, bass
Kathleen Chalfant, reader
John Dankworth – If music be the food of love
Dick Hyman – Who is Sylvia?
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Orpheus with his Lute
Gerald Finzi – It was a lover and his lass
Roger Quilter – Blow, blow thou winter wind
Francis Poulenc – Fancy
Hector Berlioz – La mort d’Ophélie
Dmitry Kabalevsky – Shakespeare Sonnets No. 13, 153
Virgil Thompson – Sigh no more, ladies
Stephen Sondheim – Fear no more
John Dankworth – Shall i compare thee to a summer’s day? / Dunsinane Blues
Tancredi Rifatto
Dramma serio by Gioachino Rossini
Libretto by Gaetano Rossi, Luigi Lechi,
and unknown others
Tancredi rifatto means “Tancredi re-made.” In Rossini’s day, when a composer re-mounted an opera in a new city, some new music was expected. Rossini eventually provided substitutes for both of Tancredi’s arias, both of Argirio’s, and one each for Amenaide, Isaura, and Roggero – as well as a completely different ending for the opera, a tragic one following Voltaire’s original dénoument. It makes a completely different opera – and a very beautiful one. Tancredi rifatto is a complete performance of the opera but with all the “re-made” pieces in place of the originals – a chance to hear Rossinian gems unknown even to most Bel Canto fans.
Teatro Nuovo, SUNY Purchase
August 5, 2018
Tancredi Aleks Romano
Amenaide Christine Lyons
Argirio David Margulis
Isaura Augusta Caso
Orbazzano James Harrington
Roggero Junhan Choi
Eco Madison Marie McIntosh
Teatro Nuovo Chorus and Orchestra
Will Crutchfield, maestro al cembalo
Jakob Lehmann, primo violino e capo d’orchestra
Medea in Corintho
Opera by Giovanni Simone Mayr
Libretto by Felice Romani
Teatro Nuovo, SUNY Purchase
August 4, 2018
Medea Jennifer Rowley
Creusa Teresa Castillo
Giasone Derrek Stark
Egeo Mingjie Lei
Creonte William Lee Bryan
Ismene Elena Snow
Tideo Junhan Choi
Evandro Christopher Bozeka
Teatro Nuovo Chorus and Orchestra
Jonathan Brandani, maestro al cembalo
Jakob Lehmann, primo violino e capo d’orchestra
Demon
Opera by Anton Rubenstein
Bard Summerscape, Fisher Center
July 29, 2018
American Symphony Orchestra
Leon Botstein, conductor
Efim Zavalny, Demon
Nadezhda Babintseva, Angel
Olga Tolkmit, Tamara
Andrey Valentii, Gudal
Alexander Nesterenko, Sinodal
Ekaterian Egorova, Nanny
Yakov Strizhak, Old Servant
Pavel Suliandziga, Messenger
Doctor Atomic
Opera by John Adams, Peter Sellars (libretto)
Santa Fe Opera
July 14, 2018
Matthew Aucoin, conductor
Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, Ryan McKinny
Edward Teller, Andrew Harris
Robert Wilson, Benjamin Bliss
Kitty Oppenheimer, Julia Bullock
Pasqualita, Meredith Arwady
General Leslie Groves, Daniel Okulitch
Frank Hubbard, Tim Mix
Captain James Nolan, Mackenzie Gotcher
Songs for a New World
City Center Encores!
June 30, 2018
Musical by Jason Robert Brown
Kate Whoriskey, director
Shoshana Bean, Colin Donnell, Mykal Kilgore, and Solea Pfeiffer
Rennie Harris, choreagrapher
Atalanta
Opera by Georg Friderich Handel
July 22, 2018
Caramoor
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Sherezade Panthaki, Atalanta
Amy Freston, Meleagro
Cécile van de Sant, Irene
Isaiah Bell, Aminta
Philip Cutlip, Nicandro
Davóne Tines, Mercurio
TENET chorus
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Met Opera Recital
Socrates Sculpture Park
June 29, 2018
Gabriella Reyes de Ramírez, soprano
Gerard Schneider, tenor
Adrian Timpau, baritone
Dan Saunders, piano
Met Opera Summerstage Recital
Summerstage, Central Park
June 11, 2018
Latonia Moore, soprano
Mario Chang, tenor
Joshua Hopkins, baritone
Dan Saunders, piano
Groupmuse
May 20, 2018
Clara Abel, cello
Abigel Kralik, violin
Rannveig Marta Sarc, violin
various pieces by Mozart, Bach, Kreisler, Haydn variations
Tosca
Opera by Giacomo Puccini
The Metropolitan Opera
May 12, 2018
Tosca……………….Anna Netrebko
Cavaradossi………….Najmiddin Mavlyanov
Scarpia……………..Zeljko Lucic
Sacristan……………Patrick Carfizzi
Spoletta…………….Brenton Ryan
Angelotti……………Christian Zaremba
Sciarrone……………Christopher Job
Shepherd…………….A. Jesse Schopflocher
Jailer………………Paul Corona
Conductor……………Betrand de Billy
Production…………..David McVicar
Lucia di Lammermoor
Opera by Gaetano Donizetti
The Metropolitan Opera
May 10, 2018
Lucia……………….Pretty Yende
Edgardo……………..Michael Fabiano
Enrico………………Quinn Kelsey
Raimondo…………….Alexander Vinogradov
Normanno…………….Ronald Naldi
Alisa……………….Edyta Kulczak
Arturo………………Mario Chang
Harp Solo……………Emmanuel Ceysson
Glass Harmonica Solo….Friedrich Heinrich Kern
Conductor……………Roberto Abbado
Production…………..Mary Zimmerman
Orphic Moments
May 7, 2018
Master Voices, Rose Hall Jazz at Lincoln Center
Ted Sperling, conductor
The Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Orfeo ed Euridice
Opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck
Anthony Roth Costanzo, Orfeo
Kiera Duffy, Euridice
Lauren Snouffer, Amore
The Orphic Moment
Operatic interlude by Matthew Aucoin
Anthony Roth Costanzo, Orpheus
Keir GoGwilt, solo violin
Bobbi Jene Smith, solo dancer
Birds
Play by Aristophanes
Onassis Cultural Center / St. Ann’s Warehouse
May 5, 2018
Pisthetaerus… Nikos Karathanos
Euelpides………. Aris Servetalis
Epops…………….. Christos Loulis
Woodpecker, messenger…. Michalis Sarantis
Nightingale….. Vasiliki Driva
Real bird, Aphrodite… Marisha Triantafyllidou
Iris…. Galini Hatzipaschali
Messenger…. Ektor Liatsos
3 angry birds… Maria Diakopanagiotou, Emily Koliandri, Elena Topalidou
Premetheus… Haris Fragoulis
Heracles… Angelos Triantafyllou
Poseidon… Ektor Liatsos
Goddess….. Amalia Bennet
Zeus…… Giannis Sevdikalis
Birds: Amalia Bennett, Kostas Berikopoulos, Konstantinos Bibis, Maria Dikopanagiotou, Haris Fragoulis, Galini Hatzipaschali, Emily Koliandri, Ektor Liatsos, Grigoria Metheniti, Foivos Rimenas, Michalis Sarantis, Elena Topalidou
Nikos Karanthos, director
Cendrillon
Opera by Jules Massenet
The Metropolitan Opera
April 28, 2018
Cendrillon (Lucette)….Joyce DiDonato
Prince Charming………Alice Coote
Fairy Godmother………Kathleen Kim
Pandolfe…………….Laurent Naouri
Madame de la Haltière…Stephanie Blythe
Noémie………………Ying Fang
Dorothée…………….Maya Lahyani
The King…………….Bradley Garvin
Prime Minister……….Jeongchoel Cha
Master of Ceremonies……David Leigh
Dean of the Faculty…..Petr Nekoranec
Herald………………Yohan Belmin
Spirits……………..Lianne Coble-Dispensa, Sara Heaton,
Anne Nonnemacher, Elizabeth Brooks, Christina Thomson Anderson,
Rosalie Sullivan
Conductor……………Bertrand de Billy
Production…………..Laurent Pelly
Carousel
Musical by Rodgers & Hammerstein
Imperial Theatre, Broadway
April 26, 2018
Billy Bigelow….. Joshua Henry
Mrs. Mullin…. Margaret Colin
Julie Jordan…. Jessie Mueller
Carrie Pipperidge….Lindsay Mendez
Jigger Craigin………. Amar Ramasar
1st Policeman……….. Antoine L. Smith
Mr. Bascombe………. William Youmans
Nettie Fowler……….. Renée Fleming
Enoch Snow………… Alexander Gemignani
The Starkeeper…… John Douglas Thompson
Captain………………… Jacob Keith Watson
Policemen………….. Nicholas Belton, Ahmad Simmons
Louise………………… Brittany Pollack
Fairground Boy…. Andrei Chagas
Enoch Snow, Jr. …. Garett Hawe
School Principal…. Rosena M. Hill Jackson
Jack O’Brien, director
Justin Peck, choreographer
Romeo et Juliette
Opera by Charles Gounod
April 23, 2018
The Metropolitan Opera
Roméo……………….Andrea Shin [Debut]
Juliette…………….Ailyn Pérez
Frère Laurent………..Kwangchul Youn
Stéphano…………….Karine Deshayes
Mercutio…………….Joshua Hopkins
Benvolio…………….Tony Stevenson
Gertrude…………….Maria Zifchak
Capulet……………..Laurent Naouri
Tybalt………………Bogdan Volkov [Debut]
Pâris……………….Bradley Garvin
Grégorio…………….Jeongcheol Cha
Duke of Verona……….Kevin Short
Conductor……………Plácido Domingo
Production…………..Bartlett Sher
Luisa Miller
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
The Metropolitan Opera
April 21, 2018
Luisa……………….Sonya Yoncheva
Rodolfo……………..Piotr Beczala
Miller………………Plácido Domingo
Count Walter…………Alexander Vinogradov
Wurm………………..Dmitry Belosselskiy
Federica…………….Olesya Petrova
Laura……………….Rihab Chaieb
Peasant……………..Patrick Miller
Conductor……………Betrand de Billy
Production…………..Elijah Moshinsky
King Lear
Play by Willian Shakespeare
BAM Harvey Theatre
April 20, 2018
King Lear…. Antony Sher
Goneril…….. Nia Gwynne
Regan……… Kelly Williams
Cordelia….. Mimi Ndiweni
Duke of Albany…. Clarence Smith
Duke of Cornwall…James Clyde
King of France/Captain…….. Buom Tihngang
Duke of Burgundy/Doctor…. Patrick Elue
Earl of Kent……………. Antony Byrne
Earl of Gloucester….David Troughton
Edgar………………………. Oliver Johnstone
Edmund………………… Paapa Eddiedu
Fool……………………….. Graham Turner
Oswald…………………….. Byron Mondahl
Curan………………. Kevin N. Golding
Lear’s gentleman…. John Omole
Old Man…… Ewart James Walters
Servants…….. Romayne Andrews, James Cooney, Tracy-Anne Green
Messengers…. Romayne Andrews, Whitney Kehinde, Esther Niles
Gregory Doran, director
Hippolyte et Aricie
Opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Juilliard Opera, Peter Jay Sharp Theater
April 19, 2018
Thésée….. Alex Rosen
Diane…. Kelsey Lauritano
Aricie….. Onadek Winan
Hippolyte….. Kyle Stegall
La Grande Prêtresse/chasseresse….. Shaked Bar
Phèdre…… Natalia Kutateladze
Arcas/Parque 1…… Charles Sy
Oenone… Meghan Kasanders
Tisiphone… Joshua Blue
Pluton……. William Guanbo Su
Parque 2/chasseur…. Xiaomeng Zhang
Parque 3….. Andrew Munn
Mercure….. Chance Jonas-O’Toole
Une matelote…. Jessica Niles
Neptune………….. Hubert Zapiór
Stephen Stubbs, conductor
Così fan Tutte
Opera by W. A. Mozart
The Metropolitan Opera
April 16, 2018
Fiordiligi…………..Amanda Majeski
Ferrando…………….Ben Bliss
Dorabella……………Serena Malfi
Guglielmo……………Adam Plachetka
Despina……………..Kelli O’Hara
Don Alfonso………….Christopher Maltman
Harpsichord Continuo….Natalia Katyukova
Conductor……………David Robertson
Production…………..Phelim McDermott
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
April 13, 2018
Andris Nelsons, Music Director and Conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, Cello
Tristan und Isolde Act II
Opera selection by Richard Wagner
Carnegie Hall, performed in concert
April 12, 2018
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, Music Director and Conductor
Jonas Kaufmann, Tristan
Camilla Nylund, Isolde
Mihoko Fujimura, Brangäne
Georg Zeppenfeld, Marke
Andrew Rees, Melot
David Kravitz, Kurwenal
The Fairy Queen
Dramatic Opera by Henry Purcell
April 8, 2018
The Handel + Haydn Society
Jordan Hall, The New England Conservatory, Boston
Harry Christophers, conductor
Antonia Christophers, narrator
performed in concert with masques narrated
Charles Humphries, countertenor, Mopsa (cover)
Matthew Brook, bass baritone, Drunken Poet/Coridon/Hymen
Soloists: Sarah Brailey, Margot Rood, Sonja DuToit, Sarah Yanovitch, Jonas Budris, Brian Giebler, Stefan Reed, Woodrow Bynum
Giovanna d’Arco
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Odyssey Opera, Huntington Ave Theatre, Boston
April 7, 2018
Gil Rose, conductor
Haeran Hong…. Giovanna
Marc Heller……. Carlo VII, king of France
Daniel Sutin….. Giacomo, her father
Christopher Carbin… Talbot, and English commander
Jeremy Ayres Fisher… Delil, a French officer
The New York Philharmonic
April 6, 2018
David Geffen Hall
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 3
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
Beethoven,Symphony No. 3, Eroica
Julius Caesar
Play by William Shakespeare
Coastal Carolina University Theatre Dept
March 31, 2018
Rinaldo
Opera by George Frideric Handel
The English Concert
Carnegie Hall, performed in concert
March 25, 2018
Harry Bicket, Artistic Director and Conductor
Iestyn Davies, Rinaldo
Jane Archibald, Armida
Joélle Harvey, Almirena
Luca Pisaroni, Argante
Sasha Cooke, Goffredo
Jakub Józef Orliński, Eustazio
James Hall, A Christian Magician
Pygmalion Double Bill
New York City Opera
Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College, CUNY
March 24, 2018
Il Pigmalione
Opera by Gaetano Donizetti
Buszewski, Piotr, tenor, Pigmalione
Sandidge, Jessica, soprano, Galatea
Pigmalion
Opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Thor Arbjornsson, tenor, Pigmalion
Samarie Alicea, soprano, La Statue
Melanie Long, mezzo soprano, Cupid
Julia Snowden, mezzo soprano, Cephise
Grand Hotel
Musical by Robert Wright and George Forrest (music) and Luther Davis (book)
New York City Center Encores!
March 23, 2018
Junior Cervila, Gigolo
John Clay III, Erick front desk
Natascia Diaz, Raffaela Ottannio, the confidante
John Dossett, Hermann Preysing
Irina Dvorovenko, Elizaveta Grushinskaya, the ballerina
Guadalupe Garcia, The Countess
Nehal Joshi, Zinnowitz, the lawyer
James T. Lane, one Jimmy
Jamie LaVerdiere, Rohna the Grand Concierge
Eric Leviton, Sandor, the impresario
Robert Montano, The Chauffeur
Kevin Pariseau, Witt, the company manager
William Ryall, Colonel Doctor Otternschlag
James Snyder, Baron Felix von Gaigern
Brandon Uranowitz, Otto Kringelein, the bookkeeper
Daniel Yearwood, one Jimmy
Heléne Yorke, Flaemmschen, the typist
With Aaron J. Albano, Matt Bauman, Kate Chapman, Sara Esty, Hannah Florence, Richard Gatta, Emily Kelly, Andrew Kruep, Kelly Methven, Harris Milgrim, Adam Roberts, Christopher Trepinski, Sharrod Williams
Piramo e Tisbe
Opera by Johann Adolf Hasse
Libretto by Marco Coltellini
The Little Opera Theatre of New York
March 22, 2018
Piramo….. Kristin Gornstein
Tisbe…….. Kelly Curtin
Padre……. Glenn Steven Allen
actors Giovanni Da Silva and Hunter Hoffman
Elliot Figg, conductor
Semiramide
Opera by Gioachino Rossini
The Metropolitan Opera
March 17, 2018
Semiramide…………..Angela Meade
Arsace………………Sarah Mesko (cover)
Assur……………….Ildar Abdrazakov
Azema……………….Sarah Shafer
Idreno………………Javier Camarena
Oroe………………..Ryan Speedo Green
Nino’s Ghost…………Jeremy Galyon
Mitrane……………..Kang Wang
Conductor……………Maurizio Benini
Production…………..John Copley
Triple Bill: Svadba, Full Moon in March, Pulcinella
Bard Conservatory Opera
Fisher Center at Bard College
March 11, 2018
Pulcinella
Opera by I. F. Stravinsky
after the music of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
James Bagwell, Conductor
Alison Moritz, Stage Director
Silvia ……….. Angela Hendryx
Silvio ……….. Eric Finbarr Carey
Pimpinella ……….. SarahAnn Duffy
Pulcinella ……….. Mark Chan
The Company: Jonathon Comfort, Addie Rose Forstman, Zoe Johnson, Sun-Ly Pierce
Svadba
Opera by Ana Sokolović
Jackson McKinnon, Conductor
Alison Moritz, Stage Director
Milica…….. Rachel Doehring
Danica……. Addie Rose Forstman
Lena ………. Zoe Johnson
Zora ……….. Angela Hendryx
Nada ……….. Sun-Ly Pierce
Ljubica ……. SarahAnn Duffy
Percussion Jonathan Collazo
Full Moon in March
Opera by John Harbison
with a libretto adapted from the play by W. B. Yeats (1865–1939)
James Bagwell, Conductor
Alison Moritz, Stage Director
Attendant I ….. Natalie Trumm
Attendant II …..Eric Finbarr Carey
Queen ……………. Paulina Swierczek
Swineherd ……. Jonathon Comfort
Elektra
Opera by R. Strauss
March 9, 2018
The Metropolitan Opera
Elektra………………..Christine Goerke
Chrysothemis……………Elza van den Heever
Klytämnestra……………Michaela Schuster
Orest………………….Dwayne Croft
Aegisth………………..Jay Hunter Morris
Overseer……………….Susan Neves
Serving Woman…………..Tichina Vaughn
Serving Woman…………..Maya Lahyani
Serving Woman…………..Andrea Hill
Serving Woman…………..Kelly Cae Hogan
Serving Woman…………..Lisa Gwyn Daltirus
Confidant………………Susan Neves
Trainbearer…………….Andrea Hill
Young Servant…………..Scott Scully
Old Servant…………….James Courtney
Guardian……………….Kevin Short
Conductor………………Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Production……………..Patrice Chéreau
Madama Butterfly
Opera by Giacomo Puccini
March 3, 2018
The Metropolitan Opera
Cio-Cio-San………….Ermonela Jaho
Pinkerton……………Roberto Aronica
Suzuki………………Maria Zifchak
Sharpless……………Roberto Frontali
Goro………………..Tony Stevenson
Bonze……………….Stefan Szkafarowsky
Yamadori…………….Hyung Yun
Kate Pinkerton……….Edyta Kulczak
Commissioner…………Paul Corona
Yakuside…………….Craig Montgomery
Mother………………Belinda Oswald
Aunt………………..Jean Braham
Cousin………………Patricia Steiner
Registrar……………Juhwan Lee
Dancer………………Hsin-Ping Chang
Dancer………………Andrew Robinson
Cio-Cio-San’s Child
(Puppet)…………….Kevin Augustine, Tom Lee, Marc Petrosino
Conductor……………Marco Armiliato
Production…………..Anthony Minghella
Director/
Bernstein On Film:
Shostakovich’s 5th Symphony
Bruno Walter Auditorium
Sunday, Febryary 25, 2018
Bernstein & Copland
The New York Philharmonic
David Geffen Hall
February 24, 2018
Samuel Barber, Adagio for Strings
Leonard Bernstein, Symphonic Dances (from West Side Story)
Aaron Copland, Symphony No. 3
Joshua Gersen, conductor
The Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Carnegie Hall
February 15, 2018
Robert Spano, conductor
Kelley O’Connor, Mezzo-Soprano
Written on Skin
Opera by George Benjamin
Opera Philaelphia
Academy of Music
February 11, 2018
Lauren Snouffer, Agnès
Mark Stone, Protector
Anthony Roth Costanzo, The Boy, First Angel
Krisztina Szabó, Marie, Second Angel
Alasdair Kent, John, Third Angel
Corrado Rovaris, conductor
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Verizon Hall
February 10, 2018
Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla, conductor
Menahem Pressler – PianoMahler – Symphony No. 4
Janai Brugger – Soprano
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
February 9, 2018
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Farinelli and the King
Play by Claire van Kampen
February 7, 2018
the Belasco Theatre
Farinelli…………………. Sam Crane
Philippe V………………… Mark Rylance
Isabella Farnese……… Melody Grove
Singer for Farinelli…. Iestyn Davies
Dr. José Servi…………… Huss Garbiya
Jethro/Miguel…………. Lucas Hall
John Rich………………… Simon Jones
Don Sebastian de la Cuadra… Edward Peel
Parsifal
Opera by Richard Wagner
The Metropolitan Opera
February 5, 2018
Parsifal…………….Klaus Florian Vogt
Kundry………………Evelyn Herlitzius
Amfortas…………….Peter Mattei
Gurnemanz……………René Pape
Klingsor…………….Evgeny Nikitin
Titurel……………..Alfred Walker
Voice……………….Karolina Pilou
First Esquire………..Katherine Whyte
Second Esquire……….Sarah Larsen
Third Esquire………..Scott Scully
Fourth Esquire……….Ian Koziara
First Knight…………Mark Schowalter
Second Knight………..Richard Bernstein
Flower Maidens: Haeran Hong, Deanna Breiwick, Renée Tatum, Disella Lårusdóttir, Katherine Whyte, Augusta Caso
Conductor……………Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Production…………..François Girard
JFK
Opera by David T. Little
Libretto by Royce Vavrek
January 27, 2018
Opéra de Montréal
Place des Arts, Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier
Steven R. Osgood, conductor
John F. Kennedy…….. Matthew Worth
Jacquline Kennedy… Daniela Mack
Jacqueline Onassis… Katharine Goeldner
Rosemary Kennedy … Cree Carrico
Clara Harris………………. Talise Trevigne
Henry Rathbone………. Sean Panikkar
Lyndon B. Johnson…. Daniel Okulitch
Nikita Krushchev…….. Colin Judson
John Connally…………. Alexandre Sylvestre
Ralph Yarborough…… Benoît le Blanc
Billy Sol Estes………… Gaétan Sauvageau
Jim Wright…………….. Philippe Martel
Raymond J. Buck….. Julien Patenaude
Reporter…………………… Sebastian Haboczi
The Cleveland Orchestra
January 24, 2018
Carnegie Hall
The Seasons, Haydn
performed in German
Golda Schultz, Soprano
Maximilian Schmitt, Tenor
Christian Van Horn, Bass-Baritone
The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
The Cleveland Orchestra
January 23, 2018
Carnegie Hall
Stromab, by Johannes-Maria Staud
Symphony No. 9, Gustav Mahler
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
The Trojan Women
January 22, 2018
Chamber Musical by Ellen McLaughlin (book) and Sarah Taylor (music)
Read-through
The New York Society Library
Hecuba: Andrea Jones-Sojola
Helen: Grace McLean
Cassandra: Christiana Cole
Andromache: Sumayya Ali
Poseidon: Alok Tewari
Talthybius: Jonathan Schenk
Women: Kamala Sankaram, Jasmine Muhammad, Anna Mayo, Katie Zaffrann, Diana Huey, Rachel Kara Pérez
Ravel & Debussy
January 18, 2018
The New York Philharmonic
David Geffen Hall
Joshua Weilerstein, conductor (replacing Charles Dutoit)
Maurice Ravel
Le Tombeau de Couperin
Piano Concerto for Left Hand – Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Debussy
Sarabande et Danse (orch. M Ravel)
Valses nobles et sentimentales
Boléro
The Echo Drift
Opera by Mikael Karlsson; Elle Kunnos de Voss & Kathryn Walat (libretto)
The Prototype Festival, Baruch Performing Arts Center
January 13, 2018
Nicholas DeMaison, conductor
International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)
Walker Loats: Blythe Gaissert
Governor & The Moth: John Kelly
Fellow Travelers
Opera by Gregory Spears (music), Greg Pierce (libretto)
Prototype Festival: Gerald Lynch Theatre, John Jay College
February 13, 2018
George Manahan, conductor
American Composers Orchestra
Timothy Laughlin, Aaron Blake
Hawkins Fuller, Joseph Lattanzi
Mary Johnson, Devon Guthrie
Senator Potter & Bartender, Vernon Hartman
Estonian Frank, Interrogator, & Sen. McCarthy, Marcus DeLoach
Potter’s Assistant, Bookseller, & Priest, Christian Pursell
Tommy McIntyre, Paul Scholten
Miss Lightfoot, Alexandra Schoeny
Lucy Cecilia, Violetta Lopez
Acquanetta
Opera by Michael Gordon (music), Deborah Artman (libretto)
Prototype Festival: Gelsey Kirkland Arts Center
January 12, 2018
Daniela Candillari, conductor
with Bang on a Can Opera and The Choir of Trinity Wall Street
Acquanetta: Mikaela Bennett
Brainy Woman: Amelia Watkins
Ape: Eliza Bagg
Doctor: Timur
Director: Matt Boehler
Clay Hilley in Recital
The Wagner Society of New York
January 6, 2018
Good Shepherd Church
Abdiel Vásquez, piano
Fuor del Mar from Idomeneo, Mozart
Widmung from Myrthen, Schumann
Das Lied von der Erde, Mahler
Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde
Von der Jugend
Der Trunkene im Frühling
8 Songs from Diary of One who Vanished, Janácek
Viděl jsem ji from Dimitrij, Dvorák
Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde, arr. Carl Tausig
Schmiedelied from Siegfried, Wagner
Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Haydn
January 4, 2018
The New York Philharmonic
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor/piano
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major (K. 453)
Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme for cello & orch., Op. 33
Haydn: Symphony No. 98 in Bb major, Hob. I:98
Jamie Barton in Recital
Carnegie Hall, Zankel Hall
December 18, 2017
Kathleen Kelly, piano
·· Boy’s Lips
·· Big Sister Says, 1967
·· The Empty Song
The Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Carnegie Hall
December 7, 2017
Bernard Labadie, conductor
Encore: Bach Andante from Solo Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003
La Finta Giardiniera
Opera by W. A. Mozart
Juilliard Opera
November 17, 2017
Joseph Colaneri, conductor
Sandrina (Machioness Violante Onesti): Tamara Banješevic
Don Anchise, Podestà: Joshua Blue
Arminda: Kathryn Henry
Cavalier Ramiro: Marie Engle
Serpetta: Christine Taylor Price
Nardo (Roberto): Jacob Scharfman
Conte Belfiore: Charles Sy
Kaddish & Don Quixote
The New York Philharmonic
November 11, 2017
David Geffen Hall
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
R. Strauss, Don Quixote
L. Bernstein, Symphony No. 3, Kaddish
Jeremy Irons, speaker
Tamara Wilson, soprano
Inside the Orchestra: Working with Bernstein
Insights at the Atrium: David Rubenstein Atrium, LC
November 11, 2017
Current/former NY Philharmonic members
Joseph Alessi, trombone
Evangeline Benedetti, fmr. cello
Bert Bial, fmr. bassoon
Mindy Kaufman, fmr. flute/piccolo
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
November 9, 2017
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin
Weber, Overture to Oberon
Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto
Schubert, Symphony No. 9, “Great”
Encores:
Bach: Gavotte en Rondeau from Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006
Dvorák: Slavonic Dance in G minor, Op. 46, No. 8
The Exterminating Angel
Opera by Thomas Adès
The Metropolitan Opera
November 3, 2017
Edmundo De Nobile…….Joseph Kaiser
Lucía De Nobile………Amanda Echalaz
Leticia Maynar……….Audrey Luna
Leonora Palma………..Alice Coote
Silvia De Ávila………Sally Matthews
Francisco De Ávila……Iestyn Davies
Blanca Delgado……….Christine Rice
Alberto Roc………….Rod Gilfry
Beatriz……………..Sophie Bevan
Eduardo……………..David Portillo
Raúl Yebenes…………Frédéric Antoun
Colonel Álvaro Gómez….David Adam Moore
Señor Russell………..Kevin Burdette
Doctor Carlos Conde…..John Tomlinson
Julio……………….Christian Van Horn
Lucas……………….John Irvin
Enrique……………..Ian Koziara
Pablo……………….Paul Corona
Meni………………..Mary Dunleavy
Camila………………Catherine Cook
Servant……………..Andrea Coleman
Servant……………..Marc Persing
Padre Sansón…………Jeff Mattsey
Yoli………………..Lucas Mann
Ondes Martenot……….Cynthia Miller
Piano……………….Dimitri Dover
Guitar………………Michael Kudirka
Conductor……………Thomas Adès
Turandot
Opera by Giacomo Puccini
The Metropolitan Opera
October 28, 2017
Turandot…………….Oksana Dyka
Calàf……………….Aleksandrs Antonenko, Acts I and II
Calàf……………….Francesco Anile, Act III
Liù…………………Maria Agresta
Timur……………….James Morris
Ping………………..Alexey Lavrov
Pang………………..Tony Stevenson
Pong………………..Eduardo Valdes
Emperor Altoum……….Ronald Naldi
Mandarin…………….Jeongcheol Cha
Maid………………..Anne Nonnemacher
Maid………………..Mary Hughes
Prince of Persia……..Sasha Semin
Executioner………….Arthur Lazalde
Three Masks: Elliott Reiland, Amir Levy, Andrew Robinson
Temptresses: Jennifer Cadden, Oriada Islami, Elizabeth Dugas, Sarah Weber-Gallo
Conductor……………Carlo Rizzi
Production…………..Franco Zeffirelli
The New York Philharmonic
October 27, 2017
David Geffen Hall
Joey Roukens, Boundless (Homage to L.B.) (U.S. Premiere)
L. Bernstein, Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium)
L. Bernstein, Symphony No. 1, Jeremiah
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Carnegie Hall
October 21, 2017
Thomas Adès & Friends
Zankel Hall
October 15, 2017
Sally Matthews, Soprano
Iestyn Davies, Countertenor
Joseph Kaiser, Tenor
Thomas Adès, Piano
The Genius of Monteverdi
October 5, 2017
Juilliard 415
Peter Jay Sharp Theatre
William Christie, harpsichord and conductor
Altri canti di Marte – Monteverdi
Pavana Seconda – Carlo Farina
Ohimé, ch’io cado – Monteverdi
Sonata XVI – Dario Castello
Il ballo delle ingrate – Monteverdi
Voices: Onadek Winan, Kelsey Lauritano, Kady Evansyshyn, John Chongyoon Noh, Joshua Blue, Andrew Munn, Tamara Banješevic’, Alex Rosen, Natalia Kutateladze, Shaked Bar
Dancers: Matthew Gilmore, Zachary Gonder, Alysia L. Johnson, Alex Soulliere, My’kal Stromile
The Opera House
October 1, 2017
World Premiere documentary by Susan Froemke
The Metropolitan Opera
Solo Cello Suites J. S. Bach
October 1, 2017
Bargemusic
Colin Carr, cello
Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008
Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major, BWV 1010
Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012
Norma
September 25, 2017
Opera by Vincenzo Bellini
New Production Premiere; Opening Night Gala
Norma……………….Sondra Radvanovsky
Pollione…………….Joseph Calleja
Adalgisa…………….Joyce DiDonato
Oroveso……………..Matthew Rose
Clotilde…………….Michelle Bradley
Flavio………………Adam Diegel
Children……………….Christopher Reynolds, John Reynolds
Conductor……………Carlo Rizzi
Production…………..David McVicar
We Shall Not Be Moved
Music by Daniel Bernard Roumain
Libretto by Marc Bamuthi Joseph
Opera Philadelphia (O17 Festival)
September 23, 2017
The Wilma Theatre
Viswa Subbaraman, conductor
Lauren Whitehead, Un/Sung
Kirstin Chávez, Glenda
John Holiday, John Blue
Daniel Shirley, John Little
Adam Richardson, John Mack
Aubrey Allicock, John Henry
Michael Bishop, Duane Lee Holland, Tendayi Kuumba, Caci Cole Pritchett, OGs
Elizabeth Cree
Opera by Kevin Puts (music), Mark Campbell (libretto)
Opera Philadelphia (O17 Festival)
September 23, 2017
Perelman Theatre
Daniela Mack, Elizabeth Cree
Troy Cook, John Cree
Joseph Gaines, Dan Leno
Daniel Belcher, Inspector Kildare
Deanna Breiwick, Aveline Mortimer
Matt Boehler, Uncle
Melissa Parks, Doris
Jason Ferrante, Little Victor Farrell
Jonathan McCullough, Mr. Greatorex / George Gissing / Etcher
Thomas Shivone, Mr. Lister / Karl Marx / Voiceover / Soloman Weil
Maren Montalbano, Jane Quig, Annie
Daniel Taylor, priest, librarian, Mr. Gerrard
Corrado Rovaris, conductor
The Magic Flute
Opera by Mozart
September 22, 2017
Opera Philadelphia ‘O17 Festival’
The Academy of Arts
David Charles Abell, conductor
Ben Bliss, Tamino
Rachel Sterrenberg, Pamina
Olga Pudova, Queen of the Night
Peixin Chen, Sarastro
Jarrett Ott, Papageno
Ashley Robillard, Papagena
Benton Ryan, Monostatos
Ashley Milanese, First Lady
Seina Miller, Second Lady
Anastasiia Sidorova, Third Lady
A. J. Owens, Damian Ferraro, Patrick Corcoran, spirits
‘War Stories’
Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda
Opera by Claudio Monteverdi
Opera Philadelphia ‘O17 Festival’
The Philadelphia Museum of Art
Cecelia Hall, Clorinda
Craig Verm, Tancredi
Samuel Levine, Abigail Levis Testo
Gary Thor Wedow, conductor
I Have No Stories to Tell You
Opera by Lembit Beecher (music), Hannah Moscovitch (libretto)
Cecelia Hall, Sorrel
Craig Verm, Daniel
Samuel Levine, Noah
Sarah Tucker, Rachel Calloway, Abigail Levis, memories
The Maid of Orléans
Opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
September 16, 2017
Odyssey Opera (performed in concert)
NEC’s Jordan Hall, Boston
Kate Aldrich…………………….Joan of Arc
Kevin Thompson…………… Thibaut d’Arc
Kevin Ray………………………… King Charles VII
Aleksey Bogdanov…………..Lionel
Yeghishe Manucharyan…Raymond
David Kravitz……………………Dunois
Mikhail Svetlov……………….. The Archbishop
David Salsbery Fry…………. Bertrand
Sarah Yanovich……………… Angel
Gil Rose, conductor
Příhody lišky Bystroušky
The Cunning Little Vixen
Opera by Leoš Janáček
Dell’Arte Opera
La Mama, August 27, 2017
Forester……………… Hyungjoo Eom
Cricket/Frantik… Samantha Scully
Grassopper/Pepik…..Lauren Glaves
Mosquito/Schoolmaster….. Jeremy Brauner
Young Frog, Rooster, Jay….. Sarah Daniels
Young Vixen………………………. Zoe Marie Hart
Forester’s Wife / Owl………… Lauren Rathburn
Lapák……………………………………. Inbal Milliger
Vixen……………………………………. Rachel Hall
Chocholka…………………………… Lisa Flanagan
Badger/Parson…………………… Brian Alvarado
Pásek…………………………………… Camilio Estrada
Fox………………………………………. Stephanie Kim Johnson
Harašta………………………………. Joshua Miller
Mrs. Pásková……………………… Lisa Flanagan
Dragonfly/Terynka………….. Lauren Rathburn
La Calisto
Opera by Francesco Cavalli
Dell’Arte Opera
La Mama, NYC, August 24, 2017
La Natura……… Allison Gish
L’Eternità/ Furia 1…… Elyse Kakacek
Il Destino/ Furia 2…… Jingye Xu
Giove…………………………. Mason Jarboe
Mercurio………………….. Brady DelVecchio
Calisto……………………… Emily Hughes
Giove-Diana…………… Adria Caffaro
Endimione……………… Padraic Costello
Linfea………………………. Joyce Yin
Satirino……………………. Shawn Palmer
Pane…………………………. Raymond Storms
Silvano……………………. Angky Budiardjono
Guinone………………….. Sophie Delphis
Scalia/Ginsburg
Opera by Derrick Wang
August 13, 2017
The Glimmerglass Festival
William Burden – Justice Scalia
Brent Michael Smith – the Commentator
Mary Beth Nelson – Justice Ginsburg
Kyle Naig, pianist
Xerxes
Opera by George Frideric Handel
August 12, 2017
The Glimmerglass Festival
John Holiday, Jr., Xerxes
Allegra De Vita, Arsamenes
Calvin Griffin, Elviro
Emily Pogoreic, Romilda
Katrina Galca, Atalanta
Abigail Dock, Amastris
Brent Michael Smith, Ariodates
Nicole Paiement, conductor
L’assedio di Calais
(The Siege of Calais)
Opera by Gaetano Donizetti
August 12, 2017
The Glimmerglass Festival
Adrian Timpau, Eustachio de Saint-Pierre, Mayor of Calais
Leah Crocetto, Eleonora
Chaz’men Williams-Ali, Giovanni d’Aire
Makoto Winkler, Pietro de Wisants
Aleks Romano, Aurelio
Zachary Owen, English Spy
Joseph Leppek, Giacomo de Wisants
Cal DuPont, Armando
Andrés Moreno García, Edmondo
Harry Greenleaf, Edoardo III
Helena Brown, Isabella
Joseph Colaneri, conductor
Oklahoma!
Musical by Richard Rodgers (music) and Oscar Hammerstein (book)
The Glimmerglass Festival
August 11, 2017
Jarrett Ott, Curly
Judith Skinner, Aunt Eller
Vanessa Beccerra, Laurey
Conor McDonald, Ike Skidmore
Edward Graves, Fred
Andrès Moreno García, Slim
Michael Roach, Will Parker
Tucker Reed Breder, Mike
Michael Hewitt, Jud Fry
Emma Roos, Ado Annie Carnes
Dylan Morrongiello, Ali Hakim
Kayleigh Decker, Gertie
Abigail Dock, Dorcas
William Burden, Andrew Carnes
Alyssa Martin, Vivian
Mary Evelyn Hangley, Kate
Mary Beth Nelson, Virginia
James Lowe, conductor
Dimitrij
Opera by Antonin Dvorák
Bard Summerscape
American Symphony Orchestra
Leon Botstein, Conductor
August 6, 2017
Dimitrij……………..Clay Hilley
Marina………………Melissa Citro
Xenia…………………Olga Tolkmit
Marfa………………..Nora Sourouzian
Basmanov……….Joseph Barron
Shuisky……………Levi Hernandez
Jov, Patriarch…Peixin Chen
Neborsky…………Roosevelt Credit
Bucinsky…………Thomas McCargar
Il Pirata
Opera by Vincenzo Bellini
Caramoor, July 8, 2017
Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Will Crutchfeld, conductor
Ernesto………… Harold Wilson
Imogene………. Angela Meade
Gualtiero……… Santiago Ballerini
Itulbo……………. Sean Christensen
Goffredo………. Joseph Beutel
Adele……………. Robyn Marie Lamp
Zémire et Azor
Opera by André Ernest Modeste Grétry
Opera Saratoga
July 8, 2017
Ali……… Keith Jameson
Sander… Christopher Burchett
Azor…….. Andrew Bidlack
Zémire… Maureen McKay
Fatmé….. Lisa Maria Rogali
Lisbé…….. Katherine Maysek
Lidiya Yankovskaya, conductor
Porgy and Bess
Opera by George & Ira Gershwin
The Glimmerglass Festival
July 7, 2017
Meroë Khalia Adeeb, Clara
Steven D. Myles, Mingo
Frederick Ballentine, Sportin’ Life
Justin Austin, Jake
Simone Z. Paulwell, Serena
Chaz’men Williams-Ali, Robbins / Crab Man
Nicholas Davis, Jim
Edward Graves, Peter
Gabriella H. Sam, Lily
Judith Skinner, Maria
Musa Ngqungwana, Porgy
Norman Garrett, Crown
Talise Trevigne, Detective
Zachary Owen, Detective
Brent Michael Smith, Policeman
Calvin Griffin, Undertaker
Briana Elyse Hunter, Annie
Elliott Paige, Nelson
Jasmin White, Strawberry Woman
Chris Kjolhede, Coroner
Piers Shannon, Scipio
John DeMain, conductor
The Little Foxes
Play by Lillian Hellman
Manhattan Theatre Club
July 1, 2017
Addie…………. Caroline Stefanie Clay
Cal……………… Charles Turner
Regina Giddens……….. Laura Linney
Birdie Hubbard…………. Cynthia Nixon
Oscar Hubbard…………. Darren Goldstein
Leo Hubbard……………… Michael Benz
Mr. Marshall……………… David Alford
Alexandra Giddens…. Francesca Carpanini
Ben Hubbard…………….. Michael McKean
Horace Giddens……….. Richard Thomas
Pergolesi & Vivaldi
Vivaldi:
Sonata à 4 al Santo Sepolcro (in Eb major)
Sovente il sole
Nulla in mundo pax sincera
Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro (in B minor for strings)
Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
LoftOpera, The Muse, Brooklyn
June 24, 2017
Heather Buck, soprano
Randall Scotting, countertenor
Angels in America
Opera by Péter Eötvös
New York City Opera, Rose Theatre at Columbus Circle
June 12, 2017
Prior Walter…….. Andrew Garland
The Angel……….. Kirsten Chambers
Harper Pitt……… Sarah Beckham-Turner
Hannah Pitt…… Sarah Castle
Roy Cohn……….. Wayne Tigges
Louis……………….. Aaron Blake
Belize……………… Matthew Reese
Joe………………….. Michael Weyandt
Pacien Mazzagatti, conductor
The Golden Cockerel
Opera by Rimsky-Korsakov
New Opera NYC: Sheen Center, NYC
May 19, 2017
King Dodon: Mikhail Svetlov
Queen of Shemakhan: Julia Lima
Astrologer: Dmitriy Gishpling-Chernov
General Polkan: Gennadiy Visotsky
Amelfa: Edith Grossman
Golden Cockerel: Bonnie Frauental
Prince Aphron: Antonio Watts
Prince Gvidon: Daniel Kalimic
J. David Jackson, conductor
Der Rosenkavalier
Opera by Richard Strauss
The Metropolitan Opera
May 13, 2017
Octavian…………………Elina Garanca
Princess von Werdenberg……Renée Fleming
Baron Ochs……………….Günther Groissböck
Sophie…………………..Erin Morley
Faninal………………….Markus Brück
Annina…………………..Helene Schneiderman
Valzacchi………………..Alan Oke
Italian Singer……………Matthew Polenzani
Marianne…………………Susan Neves
Mahomet………………….Billy Conahan
Princess’ Major-domo………Scott Scully
Lackey…………………..Marco Jordão
Lackey…………………..Ross Benoliel
Lackey…………………..Daniel Clark Smith
Lackey…………………..Edward Hanlon
Orphan…………………..Maria D’Amato
Orphan…………………..Christina Thomson Anderson
Orphan…………………..Rosalie Sullivan
Milliner…………………Anne Nonnemacher
Animal Vendor…………….Dustin Lucas
Hairdresser………………Tom Watson
Notary…………………..James Courtney
Leopold………………….Patrick Stoffer
Faninal’s Major-domo………Mark Schowalter
Innkeeper………………..Tony Stevenson
Waiter…………………..Brian Frutiger
Waiter…………………..Bradley Garvin
Waiter…………………..Brian Kontes
Waiter…………………..Christopher Job
Police Commissioner……….Scott Conner
Widow……………………Sidney Fortner
Doctor…………………..Frank Colardo
Conductor………………..Sebastian Weigle
The Golden Apple
Musical by Jerome Moross, Written by John Latouche
City Center Encores!
May 11, 2017
Helen: Lindsay Mendez
Lovely Mars/Siren: Carrie Compere
Mrs. Juniper: Ashley Brown
Miss Minerva Oliver/Scientist: Alli Mauzey
Mother Hare/Circe: N’Kenge
Penelope: Mikaela Bennett
Menelaus/Scylla: Jeff Blumenkrantz
Ulysses: Ryan Silverman
Mayor Juniper: Michael X. Martin
Paris: : Barton Cowperthwaite
Figurehead: Sarrah Strimel
Hector Charybdis: Jason Kravits
Heroes: Donald Jones Jr., Monte J. Howell, Brandon Leffler, Max Charnin, Evan Kasprzak, Justin Prescott, Jeff Heimbrock, Reed Kelly, Andrew Cristi, Nicholas Ward, Bruce Landry, Daniel Berryman
Ariodante
Opera by George Frideric Handel
The English Concert
Carnegie Hall, April 30, 2017
Joyce DiDonato, Ariodante
Christiane Karg, Ginevra
Mary Bevan, Dalinda
Sonia Prina, Polinesso
David Portillo, Lurcanio
Matthew Brook, King of Scotland
Tyson Miller, Odoardo
Harry Bicket, Artistic Director and Conductor
Der Fliegende Holländer
Opera by Richard Wagner
The Metropolitan Opera
April 25, 2017
Daland………………..Franz-Josef Selig
Steersman………….Ben Bliss
The Dutchman….Michael Volle
Mary……………………Dolora Zajick
Senta…………………..Amber Wagner
Erik……………………..AJ Glueckert
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Katya Kabanova
Opera by Leoš Janácek, performed in English
The Juilliard School, Peter Jay Sharp Theatre
April 21, 2017
Kudráš: Sam Levine
Glaša: Maria Fernanda Brea
Savël Prokofievic Dokoj: Alex Rosen
Boris Grigorjevic: Gerard Schneider
Fekluša: Nicole Thomas
Marfa Ignatevna Kabanova: Sara Couden
Tichon Ivanyc Kabanov: Miles Mykkanen
Katya Kabanova: Felicia Moore
Varvara: Samantha Hankey
Kuligin: Xiaomeng Zhang
Anne Manson, conductor
Eugene Onegin
Opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Metropolitan Opera
April 7, 2017
Eugene Onegin………..Mariusz Kwiecien
Tatiana……………..Anna Netrebko
Lensky………………Alexey Dolgov
Olga………………..Elena Maximova
Prince Gremin………..Stefan Kocán
Larina………………Elena Zaremba
Filippyevna………….Larissa Diadkova
Triquet……………..Brian Downen
Captain……………..David Crawford
Zaretsky…………….Richard Bernstein
Offstage voice……….David Lowe
Conductor……………Robin Ticciati
Troades
Play by L Annaeus Seneca, performed in Latin
Barnard Columbia Ancient Drama Group
March 30, 2017
Minor Latham Playhouse
tenThing Brass Ensemble
Tine Thing Helseth
Scandinavia House
March 27, 2017
Edvard Grieg: Praeludium from the Holberg Suite
Edvard Grieg: Grandmothers’ Minuet from Lyric Pieces
Edvard Grieg: Gjendine’s Lullaby
Edvard Grieg: March of the Trolls
Isaac Albéniz: Asturias from Suite Española
Antonio Vivaldi: Summer from the Four Seasons
Georg Friederic Handel: Fireworks
W. A. Mozart: Rondo alla Turca
Aaron Copland: Hoe-Down from Rodeo
Leonard Bernsten: Medley from West Side Story
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Valse Sentimental
Harals Sæverud: Kjempeviseslotten
Ástor Piazzolla: Oblivion
Georges Bizet: Suite from Carmen
The Italian Baroque
The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia
March 26, 2017
Perelman Theatre, Philadelphia
Salvatore Di Vittorio, conductor
Corelli: Concerto Grosso no. 4 in D maj., Op. 6
Vivaldi: Sinfonia Al Santo Sepolcro in B min., RV 169
Vivaldi: Concerto for Flautino in C maj., RV 443, Gwyn Roberts, recorder
Di Vittorio: Ode Corelliana
Vivaldi: Il Gardellino: Concerto for Piccolo in D maj.
Respighi: Suite for Strings (1902)
War Requiem
Benjamin Britten
The Philadelphia Orchestra
March 25, 2017
Verizon Hall, Philadelphia
Charles Dutoit, Conductor
Tatiana Pavlovskaya, soprano
Steve Davislim, tenor
Matthias Goerne, baritone
Westminster Symphonic Choir
The American Boychoir
Fidelio
Opera by Ludwig von Beethoven
The Metropolitan Opera
March 20, 2017
Leonore……………..Adrianne Pieczonka
Florestan……………Klaus Florian Vogt
Don Pizarro………….Greer Grimsley
Rocco……………….Falk Struckmann
Marzelline…………..Hanna-Elisabeth Müller
Jaquino……………..David Portillo
Don Fernando…………Günther Groissböck
First Prisoner……….Kang Wang
Second Prisoner………Paul Corona
Trumpet Solo:…………David B. Krauss
Conductor……………Sebastian Weigle
Dido & Aeneas, Curlew River
Operas by Purcell and Britten
Mark Morris, Chorepgrapher
The Mark Morris Dance Group
MMDG Music Ensemble
BAM Horward Gilman Opera House
March 19, 2017
Curlew River
Isaiah Bell, madwoman
Douglas Williams, ferryman
Clinton Curtis, leader of pilgrims/abbot
Conor McDonald, traveller
Daniel Moody, spirit of the boy/acolyte
Dido and Aeneas
Belinda/1st Witch – Sheherezade Panthaki
Dido – Stephanie Blythe
2nd Woman/2nd Witch – Yulia Van Doren
Aeneas – Douglas Williams
Sailor – Jason Weisinger
Stephanie Blythe
Dancers: Lesley Garrison, Laurel Lynch, Rita Donahue, Domingo Estrada, Jr., Noah Vinson, Dallas McMurray, Lauren Grant
Otello
Opera by Gioachino Rossini
LoftOpera Brooklyn, Light Space Studios
March 16, 2017
Bernard Holcomb …Otello
Cecilia Lopez …Desdemona
Thor Arbjornsson …Rodrigo
Blake Friedman …Iago
Isaiah Musik-Ayala …Elmiro
Toby Newman …Emilia
John Ramseyer …Lucio, Gondolier
Lucas Levy …Doge
John Adams: NY Phil
David Geffen Hall, March 11, 2017
Absolute Jest, for string quartet and orchestra
Harmonielehre
The New York Philharmonic
The NY Philharmonic String Quartet
March 11, 2017
Alan Gilbert, conductor
John Adams, speaker
La Voix Humaine
Opera in One Act by Francis Poulenc
National Sawdust, Brooklyn
March 10, 2017
Laura Bohn, soprano
Mila Henry, piano
Mary Birnbaum, director
Werther
Opera by Jules Massenet
The Metropolitan Opera
March 9, 2017
Werther………………..Jean-François Borras
Charlotte………………Isabel Leonard
Albert…………………David Bizic
Sophie…………………Anna Christy
Bailiff………………..Maurizio Muraro
Schmidt………………..Tony Stevenson
Johann…………………Philip Cokorinos
Käthchen……………….Sarah Larsen
Brühlmann………………Christopher Job
Hans…………………..Louis Bailey
Gretel…………………Helena Abbott
Karl…………………..Daniel Katzman
Clara………………….Carolina De Salvo
Fritz………………….Misha Grossman
Max……………………Henry T. Balaban
Conductor………………Edward Gardner
Production……………..Richard Eyre
Leonore
Opera by Ludwig van Beethoven
Washington Concert Opera
Lisner Auditorium, GWU, Washington, D.C.
March 5, 2017
Celena Shafer …Marzelline
Jonas Hacker …Jaquino, 1st prisoner
Eric Halfvarson …Rocco
Marjorie Owens …Leonore
Alan Held … Don Pizarro
Nicholas Masters ….2nd Prisoner, Don Fernando
Simon O’Neill …Florestan
Dead Man Walking
Opera by Jake Heggie
Washington National Opera, Kennedy Center
March 5, 2017
Kate Lindsey …Sister Helen Prejean
Michael Mayes …Joseph de Rocher
Susan Graham …Mrs. de Rocher
Jacqueline Echols …Sister Rose
Timothy J, Bruno …Warden George Benton
Clay Hilley …Father Grenville
Unknown Cover …Owen Hart
Kerriann Otaño …Kitty Hart
Robert Baker …Howard Boucher
Daryl Freedman …Jade Boucher
Michael Adams …Motorcycle Cop/Prison Guard
Andrew Bogard …Prison Guard
Matthew Hill …Older Brother
Simon Diesenhaus …Younger Brother
Kronos Quartet
WPA: Sixth & I Synagogue, Washington, D.C.
March 4, 2017
Franghiz Ali-Zadeh: Mugam Sayagi
Aleksander Košciów: Hílathi
Yotam Haber: From the Book (world premiere)
Steve Reich: Triple Quartet
Alter Yechiel Karniol: Sim Sholom
Tanburi Cemil Bey: Eviç Taksim
Abel Meeropol: Strange Fruit
Vladimir Martynov: The Beatitudes
Cafe Tacvba: 12/12
The Who: (arr. Jacob Garchik): Baba O’Riley
Alexandra Vrebalov: Live from the USA
Wu Man: Four Chinese Paintings IV: “Silk and Bamboo”
Prince of Players
Opera by Carlisle Floyd
Little Opera Theatre of New York, Kaye Playhouse, Hunter College
February 26, 2017
Shea Owens …Edward Kynaston
Matthew Curran …Thomas Betterton
John Kaneklides …Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
Jessica Sandidge …Margaret Hughes
Hilary Ginther …Lady Meresvale
Michelle Trovato …Miss Frayne
Neal Harrelson …Sir Charles Sedley
Nicholas Simpson …Charles II
Angela Mannino …Nell Gwynn
Daniel Klein …Hyde
Kyle Guglielmo …Stage Hand
Oswaldo Iraheta …Male Emilia
Sahoko Sato Timpone …Female Emilia
Rusalka
Opera by Antonín Dvořák
The Metropolitan Opera
Feb. 25, 2017
Rusalka……………..Kristine Opolais
Prince………………Brandon Jovanovich
Princess…………….Katarina Dalayman
Jezibaba…………….Jamie Barton
Gnome……………….Eric Owens
Kitchen Boy………….Daniela Mack
Gamekeeper…………..Alan Opie
First Sprite…………Hyesang Park
Second Sprite………..Megan Marino
Third Sprite…………Cassandra Zoé Velasco
Hunter………………Anthony Clark Evans
Conductor……………Mark Elder
Production…………..Mary Zimmerman
L’Incoronazione di Poppea
Opera by Claudio Monteverdi
Concerto Italiano, Carnegie Hall
February 21, 2017
Miah Persson …Fortuna, Poppea
Leonardo Cortellazzi …Nerone
Roberta Invernizzi …Ottavia
Sara Mingardo …Ottone
Salvo Vitale … Seneca, Tribuno
Francesca Cassinari …Virtu, Valletto
Aurelio Schiavoni …Arnalta, Familiare
Monica Piccinini …Drusilla
Anna Simboli …Amore, Damigella
Valerio Contaldo …Soldato, Familiare, Lucano, Console
Raffaele Giordani …Soldato, Nutrice, console
Mauro Borgioni …Mercurio, Familiare, Tribuno, Liberto
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia
February 18, 2017
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
Brahms, Symphony No. 3
Mozart, piano concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Tancredi
Opera by Gioachino Rossini
Opera Philadelphia, Academy of Music, Philadelphia
February 17, 2017
Stephanie Blythe …. Tancredi
Brenda Rae …Amenaide
Michele Angelini …Argirio
Daniel Mobbs …Orbazzano
Allegra De Vita …Isaura
Anastasiia Sidorova …Roggiero
Saturday Night Live
February 11, 2017
Live Sketch Comedy Show, NBC, 30 Rockefeller Plaza
Guest Host: Alec Baldwin
Musical Guest: Ed Sheeran
Also guest appearing: Tracy Morgan
I Puritani
Opera by Vincenzo Bellini
The Metropolitan Opera
February 10, 2017
Elvira………………Diana Damrau
Arturo………………Javier Camarena
Riccardo…………….Alexey Markov
Giorgio……………..Luca Pisaroni
Enrichetta…………..Virginie Verrez
Gualtiero……………David Crawford
Bruno……………….Eduardo Valdes
Conductor……………Maurizio Benini
Production…………..Sandro Sequi
Juditha Triumphans
Opera by Antonio Vivaldi
Venice Baroque Orchestra, Carnegie Hall
February 7, 2017
Delphine Galou …Juditha
Mary-Ellen Nesi …Holofernes
Ann Hallenberg …Vagaus
Francesca Ascioti …Ozias
Silke Gäng …Abra
The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Play by Martin McDonagh
The Druid Theatre Company, BAM Harvey Theatre
February 3, 2017
Aaron Monaghan…Ray Dooley
Marie Mullen…Mag Folan
Marty Rea…Pato Dooley
Aisling O’Sullivan…Maureen Folan
Garry Hynes, director
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Opera by Gioachino Rossini
The Metropolitan Opera, January 21, 2017
Figaro………………Edward Parks
Rosina………………Pretty Yende
Count Almaviva……….Dmitry Korchak
Dr. Bartolo………….Maurizio Muraro
Don Basilio………….Mikhail Petrenko
Berta……………….Karolina Pilou
Fiorello…………….Tyler Duncan
Sergeant…………….Mark Schowalter
Ambrogio…………….Rob Besserer
Harpsichord Continuo….Robert Morrison
Conductor……………Maurizio Benini
Production…………..Bartlett Sher
Sir John in Love
Opera by Ralph Vaughn Williams
Bronx Opera, January 14, 2017
Christopher Trapani …Robert Shallow
John Callison… Sir Hugh Evans
Kim Feltkamp… Slender
Max Avery Vitagliano… Peter Simple
Nick Miller …George Page
Benjamin Bloomfield …Sir John Falstaff
Albert Neal …Bardolph
Will Berman …Nym
John Cossio …Pistol
Barbee Monk …Anne Page
Mary-Hollis Hundley …Meg Page
Hannah Spierman …Alice Ford
Tom Mulder …Fenton
Ernest Jackson …Dr. Caius
Nathan Murphy …Jack Rugby
Noragh Devlin …Mrs. Quickly
Paul Khoury …The Host of the Garter Inn
Eric Kramer, conductor
2016:
L’Amour de Loin
Opera by Kaija Saariaho
The Metropolitan Opera, December 24, 2016
Jaufré Rudel…………….Michael Todd Simpson
Clémence………………..Susanna Phillips
Pilgrim…………………Tamara Mumford
Conductor……………….Susanna Mälkki
Production………………Robert Lepage
Salome
Opera by Richard Strauss
The Metropolitan Opera, December 5, 2016
Salome………………Patricia Racette
Herod……………….Gerhard Siegel
Herodias…………….Nancy Fabiola Herrera
Jochanaan……………Zeljko Lucic
Narraboth……………Kang Wang
Page………………..Carolyn Sproule
Jew…………………Allan Glassman
Jew…………………Mark Schowalter
Jew…………………Noah Baetge
Jew…………………Alex Richardson
Jew…………………David Crawford
Nazarene…………….Mikhail Petrenko
Nazarene…………….Paul Corona
Soldier……………..Nicholas Brownlee
Soldier……………..Richard Bernstein
Cappadocian………….John Hancock
Slave……………….Kathryn Day
Executioner………….Reginald Braithwaite
Conductor……………Johannes Debus
Production…………..Jürgen Flimm
Flight
Opera by Jonathan Dove
Juilliard Opera, November 18, 2016
Refugee …Jakub Józef Orlin´ski
Controller …Rebecca Farley
Bill …Matthew Swensen
Tina …Nicolette Mavroleon
Older Woman… Amanda Lynn Bottoms
Stewardess… Kelsey Lauritano
Steward… Dimitri Katotakis
Minskman… Xiaomeng Zhang
Minskwoman …Natalia Kutateladze
Immigration… Officer Cody Quattlebaum
Jenufa
Opera by Leos Janácek
The Metropolitan Opera, November 7, 2016
Jenufa………………Oksana Dyka
Laca………………..Daniel Brenna
Kostelnicka………….Karita Mattila
Steva……………….Joseph Kaiser
Grandmother………….Hanna Schwarz
Jano………………..Ying Fang
Foreman……………..Bradley Garvin
Barena………………Dísella Lárusdóttir
Old Shepherdess………Maria Zifchak.
Mayor……………….Richard Bernstein
Mayor’s Wife…………Elizabeth Bishop
Karolka……………..Clarissa Lyons
Aunt………………..Sara Couden
Conductor……………David Robertson
Production…………..Olivier Tambosi
Guillaume Tell
Opera by Gioachino Rossini
The Metropolitan Opera, November 5, 2016
Guillaume Tell ………………..Gerald Finley
Mathilde………………………Marina Rebeka
Arnold………………………..Bryan Hymel
Walter Furst…………………..Marco Spotti
Gesler………………………..John Relyea
Melcthal………………………Kwangchul Youn
Hedwige……………………….Maria Zifchak
Jemmy…………………………Janai Brugger
Ruodi………………Michele Angelini
Leuthold………………………Michael Todd Simpson
Rodolphe………………………Sean Panikkar
Huntsman………………………Ross Benoliel
Conductor……………………..Fabio Luisi
Production…………………….Pierre Audi
The Westerlies
Brass Quartet
Roulette, Brooklyn, October 18, 2016
Performing repertory as well as works from their new self-titled album
American Brass Quintet
Paul Recital Hall, the Juilliard School
October 10, 2016
Three Venetian Canzoni
Giosefo Guami – Canzon No. 19
Andrea Gabrielli – Ricercar del sesto tuono
Bastian Chilese – Canzon No. 22
Osvalso Lacerda: Quinteto Concertante
Kenneth Fuchs: Brass Quintet No. 2 “American” (2016)
Thomas Stoltzer: Three Fantasias in Church Modes
Eric Nathan: Missing Words II (2016)
Music from Renaissance Venice:
Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzon primi toni a10
Lodovico Grossi da Viadana: Sinfonia la Bolognese
Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzon per sonar in echo duodecimi toni
Kevin Cobb and Louis Hanzlik, trumpets; Eric Reed, horn; Michael Powell, Trombone; John D. Rojak, bass trombone
Don Giovanni
Opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Metropolitan Opera, October 8, 2016
Don Giovanni…………Simon Keenlyside
Donna Anna…………..Hibla Gerzmava
Don Ottavio………….Paul Appleby
Donna Elvira…………Malin Byström
Leporello……………Adam Plachetka
Zerlina……………..Serena Malfi
Masetto……………..Matthew Rose
Commendatore…………Kwangchul Youn
Conductor……………Fabio Luisi
Production…………..Michael Grandage
Paul Green & Two Worlds Combo
Klezmer & Jazz, New Marlborough Village Association
October 1, 2016
Paul Green, Clarinet; Sarah Aroeste, vocals; Joe Rose, piano; Michael Musillami, guitar; Bill Chapman, drums
Tristan und Isolde
Opera by Richard Wagner
The Metropolitan Opera, September 30, 2016
Tristan………………..Stuart Skelton
Isolde…………………Nina Stemme
Brangäne……………….Ekaterina Gubanova
King Marke……………..René Pape
Kurwenal……………….Evgeny Nikitin
Melot………………….Neal Cooper
Sailor’s Voice………….Tony Stevenson
Steersman………………David Crawford
Shepherd……………….Alex Richardson
Young Tristan…………..Jonathan O’Reilly
English Horn Solo……….Pedro R. Díaz
Conductor………………Simon Rattle
Production……………..Mariusz Trelinski
Trisan und Isolde
Opera by Richard Wagner
The Metropolitan Opera, September 26, 2016
Opening night gala
Tristan………………..Stuart Skelton
Isolde…………………Nina Stemme
Brangäne……………….Ekaterina Gubanova
King Marke……………..René Pape
Kurwenal……………….Evgeny Nikitin
Melot………………….Neal Cooper
Sailor’s Voice………….Tony Stevenson
Steersman………………David Crawford
Shepherd……………….Alex Richardson
English Horn Solo……….Pedro R. Díaz
Conductor………………Simon Rattle
Production……………..Mariusz Trelinski
Così fan tutte
Opera by W. A. Mozart
LoftOpera Brooklyn, September 25, 2016
Megan Pachecano … Fiordiligi
Sarah Nelson Craft … Dorabella
Alex DeSocio … Guglielmo
Spencer Viator … Ferrando
Michelle Trovato … Despina
Gary Ramsey … Don Alfonso
Macbeth
Third World Bunfight & Opera Philadelphia: Phila Fringe Festival
Friday, Sep. 23, 2016 (final dress rehearsal)
Macbeth: Owen Metsileng
Lady Macbeth: Nobulumko Mngxekeza
Banquo: Otto Maidi
Chorus: Sandile Kamle, Jacqueline Manciya, Monde Masimini, Lunga Halam, Bulelani Madondile, Thozama Dyasi, Thomakazi Holland
Director: Brett Bailey, Music: Fabrizio Cassol, adapted from Verdi
Breaking the Waves
World premiere
Opera Philadelphia, Perelman Theater
Sept. 22, 2016
Kiera Duffy …Bess McNeill
John Moore …Jan Nyman
Eve Gigliotti …Dodo McNeill
Patricia Schuman …Bess’s Mother
David Portillo …Dr. Richardson
Zachary James … Terry
Marcus DeLoach … Minister
Mistral Ensemble
September 18, 2016
Temple Emanuel, Andover, MA
The Dreams & Prayers of Isaac the Blind, for klezmer clarinet & strings, Golijov
Impresiones de la Puna for flute & strings, Ginestera
Oracion del Torero (A Bullfighter’s Prayer) for string quartet, Turina
Gabriela Diaz, violin; Jessica Bodner, viola; Mickey Katz, cello; Sarita Kwok, violin; Todd Palmer, clarinet; Julie Scolnik, flute
Ouroboros Trilogy:
Naga, Madame White Snake, Gilgamesh
Arts Emerson Boston
September 17, 2016
Opera creator & libretto by Cerise Lim Jacobs
Scores: Scott Wheeler (Naga), Zhou Long (Madame White Snake), Paola Prestini (Gilgamesh)
Naga:
Matthew Worth … Monk
Sandra Piques Eddy … Wife
David Salsbery Fry … Master
Stacey Tappan… Madame White Snake
Anthony Roth Costanzo … Xiao Qing
Madame White Snake:
Susannah Biller … Madame White Snake
Michael Maniaci … Xiao Qing
Peter Tantsits … Xu Xian
Dong-Jian Gong … Abbot Fahai
Gilgamesh:
Christopher Burchett… Ming/Gilgamesh
Heather Buck … Ku
Hila Plitmann … Madame White Snake
Anthony Roth Costanzo … Xiao Qing
Andrew Nolen … Abbot Fahai
Dimitrij
opera by Antonín Dvořák
September 16, 2016
Odyssey Opera, Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston
Aleš Briscein … Dimitrij Ivanovič
Dana Burešová … Marina Mníškova
Olga Jelínková … Xenia Borisovna
Irina Mishura… Marfa Ivanovna
Mark S. Doss … Prince Vasilij Šujskij
Christopher Job … Peter Federovič Basmanov
James Demler (cover)… Jov, Patriarch of Moscow
James Demler … Něborský
Seth Grondin … Bučinský
performed in concert
Gil Rose, conductor
Sweeney Todd
Musical by Stephen Sondheim
The Glimmerglass Festival
August 21, 2016
Anthony Hope….. Harry Greenleaf
Sweeney Todd……Greer Grimsley
Beggar Woman…..Patricia Schuman
Mrs. Lovett………….Molly Jane Hill (cover)
Judge Turpin……..Peter Volpe
Beadle Bamford…Bille Bruley
Johanna Barker…Emily Pogorelc
Tobias Ragg……….Nicholas Nestorak
Adolfo Pirelli…….Christopher Bazeka
Conductor: John DeMain
Director: Christopher Alden
La Gazza Ladra
Opera by Gioachino Rossini
The Glimmerglass Festival
August 20, 2016
Allegro De Vita …… Pippo
Meg Gillentine …… The Magpie
Leah Hawkins …… Lucia
Calvin Griffin …… Fabrizio Vingradito
Rachele Gilmore …… Ninetta
Brad Raymond …… Isacco/Antonio
Michele Angelini …… Giannetto
Dale Travis …… Fernando Villabella
Musa Ngqungwana …… Mayor
Simon Dyer …… Giorgio
Thomas Shivone …… Magistrate
La Bohème
Opera by Giacomo Puccini
The Glimmerglass Festival
August 19, 2016
Hunter Enoch …Marcello
Michael Brandenburg …Rodolfo
Rhys Lloyd Talbot …Colline
Brian Vu …Schaunard
Dale Travis …Benoit/Alcindoro
Raquel Gonzalez …Mimi
David Walton …Parpignol
Vanessa Becerra …Musetta
Lost Luggage
Opera in one act by Gioachino Rossini
The Glimmerglass Festival
August 19, 2016
Berenice: Meroë Khalia Adeeb
Count Alberto: David Walton
Don Parmenione: Harry Greenleaf
Ernestina: Mary Beth Nelson
Don Eusebio: Nick Nestorak
Martino: Rafael Porto
The Crucible
Opera by Robert Ward
The Glimmerglass Festival
August 18, 2016
Zoie Reams …… Tituba
Frederick Ballentine …… Rev. Parris
Ariana Wehr …… Abigail Williams
Michael Miller …… Thomas Putnam
Gabriella Sam …… Ann Putnam
Helena Brown …… Rebecca Nurse
Chaz’men Williams-Ali …… Giles Corey
Brian Mulligan …… John Proctor
David Pittsinger …… Rev. Hale
Mary Beth Nelson …… Betty Parris
Jamie Barton …… Elizabeth Proctor
Maren Weinberger …… Mary Warren
Ian Koziana …… Ezekiel Cheever
Jay Hunter Morris …… Judge Danforth
Emma Grimsley …… Ruth Putnam
Molly Jane Hill …… Susanna Walcott
Meroë Khalia Adeeb …… Sarah Good
Iris
Opera by Mascagni
Bard Summerscape, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, July 24, 2016
Matthew Boehler bass Il Cieco
Joseph Chappel bass-baritone Ragpicker
Mark Donato tenor Ragpicker
Cecelia Hall soprano A Geisha
Samuel Levine tenor Merchant / Ragpicker
Gerard Schneider tenor Osaka
Talise Trevigne soprano Iris
Douglas Williams baritone Kyoto
Leon Botstein, conductor
Aureliano in Palmira
Opera by Rossini
Caramoor, Katonah NY, July 16, 2016
Aureliano: Andrew Owens, tenor
Zenobia: Georgia Jarman, soprano
Arsace: Tamara Mumford, mezzo
Publia: Chrystal E. Williams, mezzoOraspe: Sean Christensen, tenor
Licinio: Ziomeng Zhang, baritone
Gran Sacerdote: Thomas Lynch, baritone
Will Crutchfeld, conductor
The Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Le Comte Ory
LoftOpera
The Muse, BrooklynJune 7, 2016
Sean Kelly, conductor
Count Ory………………Thorsteinn Arbjornsson
Tutor……………………..Jeff Beruan
Isolier……………………Elizabeth Pojanowski
Raimbaud……………..Steven Eddy
Comtesse Adèle……Sharin Apostolu
Ragonde………………Shirin Eskandani
Alice……………………Natalie Polito
Grande Harmonie:
Early Music for Brass
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Vanderlyn Panorama
June 1, 2016
Christopher Belluscio (early valve tpt); John Aubrey, Elisabeth Axtell, Yoni Kahn, Jennifer Robbins (horns)
Grimme-Frères, Two Waltzes and a March
Jacques-François Gallay: Grand Quatuor op. 26 pour quatre cors en différents tons
Otello
Opera by Verdi
The Metropolitan Opera, May 6, 2016
Otello………………Aleksandrs Antonenko
Desdemona……………Hibla Gerzmava
Iago………………..Zeljko Lucic
Emilia………………Jennifer Johnson Cano
Cassio………………Alexey Dolgov
Lodovico…………….James Morris
Montàno……………..Jeff Mattsey
Roderigo…………….Chad Shelton
Herald………………Tyler Duncan
Conductor……………Adam Fischer
Production…………..Bartlett Sher
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Opera by Mozart
The Metropolitan Opera
April 22, 2016
Constanze……………Albina Shagimuratova
Belmonte…………….Paul Appleby
Blonde………………Kathleen Kim
Pedrillo…………….Brenton Ryan [Debut]
Osmin……………….Hans-Peter König
Selim……………….Matthias von Stegmann
Conductor……………James Levine
Production…………..John Dexter
Fully Committed
Play by Becky Mode
Lyceum TheatreApril 15, 2016
Jesse-Tyler Ferguson: one-man show
Elektra
Opera by Richard Strauss
The Metropolitan Opera
April 14, 2016 (new production premiere)
Elektra………………..Nina Stemme
Chrysothemis……………Adrianne Pieczonka
Klytämnestra……………Waltraud Meier
Orest………………….Eric Owens
Aegisth………………..Burkhard Ulrich [Debut]
Overseer……………….Susan Neves
Serving Woman…………..Bonita Hyman [Debut]
Serving Woman…………..Maya Lahyani
Serving Woman…………..Andrea Hill [Debut]
Serving Woman…………..Claudia Waite
Serving Woman…………..Roberta Alexander
Confidant………………Susan Neves
Trainbearer…………….Andrea Hill
Young Servant…………..Scott Scully
Old Servant…………….James Courtney
Guardian……………….Kevin Short
Conductor………………Esa-Pekka Salonen
Production……………..Patrice Chéreau
Chris Botti, trumpet
with the New York Philharmonic
April 11, 2016
David Geffen Hall
Miscellaneous crossover and jazz pieces
Women of Trachis
(Trachiniae) tragedy by Sophocles
The Barnard Columbia Ancient Drama Group
March 31, 2016
Deianeira……Elizabeth Heintges/Elizabeth McNamara/Barbara Edith Vinck
Nurse…………..Rachel Herzog
Hyllus………….Yujhán Claros
Lichas…………Eli Aizikowitz
Messenger…Talia Varonos-Pavolopolous
Old Man……..Zachary Herz
Herakles…….Elizabeth Heintges
Roberto Devereux
Opera by Donizetti
The Metropolitan Opera, March 28, 2016
Elisabetta (Queen Elizabeth)……………..Sondra Radvanovsky
Sara (Sarah)……………………………Elina Garanca
Roberto Devereux, Earl of Essex…..Matthew Polenzani
Duke of Nottingham………………………Mariusz Kwiecien
Lord Cecil……………………………..Brian Downen
Gualtiero (Sir Walter Raleigh)……………Christopher Job
A Page…………………………………Yohan Yi
A Servant of Nottingham………………….Paul Corona
Conductor………………………………Maurizio Benini
Production……………………………..David McVicar
Dido & Aeneas
Opera by Henry Purcell
Heartbeat Opera, March 19, 2016
Dido…………….. Carla Jablonski
Belinda…………Marie Marquis
Witch………….Anna Slate
Sorceress….Christopher Preston Thompson
Aeneas………John Taylor Ward
Jacob Ashworth, violin & ensemble conductor
Tosca
Opera by Giacomo Puccini
LoftOpera Brooklyn, March 17, 2016
Tosca…………………Eleni Calenos
Cavaradossi……..James Chamberlain
Scarpia………………Kevin Wetzel
Angelotti……………Joseph Beutel
Sacristan…………..Stefanos Koroneos
Spoletta…………….Jordan Pitts
Sciarrone………….Joel Herold
Conductor…………Dean Buck
Turangalîla-symphonie
Symphony by Olivier Messiaen
The New York Philharmonic
March 10, 2016
Essa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Yuja Wang, piano
Valérie Hartmann-Claverie, Ondes Martenot
L’Elisir d’Amore
Opera by Donizetti
The Metropolitan Opera
dress rehearsal, Monday March 7, 2016
Adina……………….Aleksandra Kurzak
Nemorino…………….Vittorio Grigolo
Belcore……………..Adam Plachtka
Dr. Dulcamara………..Alessandro Corbelli
Giannetta……………Ying Fang
Conductor……………Enrique Mazzola [Debut]
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Carnegie Hall
Friday, February 26, 2016
Valerii Gergiev, conductor
Overture to Die fliegende Holländer — Wagner
La Mer – Debussy
Pictures at an Exhibition — Mussorgsky
Strauss waltzes, encore
Manon Lescaut
Opera by Puccini
The Metropolitan Opera
Thursday, February 18, 2016
Manon……………….Kristine Opolais
Des Grieux…………..Roberto Alagna
Lescaut……………..Massimo Cavalletti
Geronte……………..Brindley Sherratt
Edmondo……………..Zach Borichevsky
Innkeeper……………Philip Cokorinos
Solo Madrigalist……..Virginie Verrez
Madrigalist………….Maria D’Amato
Madrigalist………….Christina Thomson Anderson
Madrigalist………….Stephanie Chigas
Madrigalist………….Rosalie Sullivan
Dancing Master……….Scott Scully
Sergeant…………….Brandon Cedel
Lamplighter………….Andrew Bidlack
Captain……………..Richard Bernstein
Conductor……………Fabio Luisi
Production…………..Richard Eyre
Madama Butterfly
Opera by Puccini
The Metropolitan Opera
Friday, February 19, 2016
Cio-Cio-San………….Ana María Martínez
Pinkerton……………Roberto De Biasio
Suzuki………………Maria Zifchak
Sharpless……………Artur Rucinski [Debut]
Goro………………..Tony Stevenson
Bonze……………….Ricardo Lugo
Yamadori…………….Tyler Duncan
Kate Pinkerton……….Edyta Kulczak
Commissioner…………David Crawford
Yakuside…………….Craig Montgomery
Mother………………Belinda Oswald
Aunt………………..Jean Braham
Cousin………………Patricia Steiner
Registrar……………Juhwan Lee
Cio-Cio-San’s Child
(Puppet)…………….Kevin Augustine, Tom Lee, Marc Petrosino
Conductor……………Karel Mark Chichon [Debut]
Production…………..Anthony Minghella
Director/
Cold Mountain
Opera by Jennifer Higdon
Libretto by Gene Scheer
Opera Philadelphia
Academy of Music, February 12, 2016
Jarrett Ott………..W.P. Inman
Isabel Leonard..Ada MonroeCecelia Hall…….Ruby Thewes
Jay Hunter Morris…Teague
Kevin Burdette……….Stobrod/Blind Man
Paul Groves…………….Veasey
Mariette Simpson….Lucinda
Anthony Michaels-Moore…Rev. Monroe/Pangle
Marcus DeLoach…………………Owens/Ethan
Alasdair Kent………………………Junior/Charlie
Rachel Sterrenberg…………….Sara
Heather Stebbins………………..Lila
Heather Phillips………………….Katie/Siren
Lauren Eberwein………………. Olivia/Siren
Olivia Vote…………………………..Claire/Siren
Roy Hage……………………………..Reid
Maria Stuarda
Opera by Gaetano Donizetti
The Metropolitan Opera
February 5, 2016
Maria Stuarda (Mary Stuart)…….Sondra Radvanovsky
Elisabetta (Queen Elisabeth I)….Elza van den Heever
Roberto (Robert Dudley)………..Celso Albelo
Giorgio (George Talbot)………..Kwangchul Youn
Guglielmo (William Cecil)………Patrick Carfizzi
Anna (Jane Kennedy)……………Maria Zifchak
Conductor…………………….Riccardo Frizza
Production……………………David McVicar
Les Pêcheurs de Perles
Opera by Georges Bizet
The Metropolitan Opera
January 30, 2016
Léila……………….Diana Damrau
Nadir……………….Matthew Polenzani
Zurga……………….Mariusz Kwiecien
Nourabad…………….Nicolas Testé
Conductor……………Gianandrea Noseda
Production…………..Penny Woolcock
Regina
Opera by Mark Blitzstein
Bronx Opera
January 16, 2016
Aiossa, Nicole Lee … Regina Giddens
Brown, Helena …Addie
Brown, Shane …Oscar Hubbard
Celentano, Michael …Leo Hubbard
Eaglin, Christopher … Cal
Morrow, C. David …Horace Giddens
Rabin, Zack …Ben Hubbard
Roe, Mitchell …Mr. Marshall
Schwab, Erin …Alexandra Giddens
Spierman, Hannah …Birdie Hubbard
Turandot
Opera by Puccini
The Metropolitan Opera
January 15, 2016
Turandot…………….Nina Stemme
Calàf……………….Marco Berti
Liù…………………Anita Hartig
Timur……………….Alexander Tsymbalyuk
Ping………………..Dwayne Croft
Pang………………..Tony Stevenson
Pong………………..Eduardo Valdes
Emperor Altoum……….Ronald Naldi
Conductor……………Paolo Carignani
Production…………..Franco Zeffirelli
Dog Days
Opera by David T. Little & Royce Vavrek (lib.)
Prototype Opera / The Skirball Center, NYU
January 11, 2016
Howard………James Bobick
Lisa……………..Lauren Worsham
Mother……….Marnie Breckenridge
Elliott…………Michael Marcotte
Pat………………Peter Tantsits
Prince…………John Kelly
Captain………Cherry Duke
Sibelius / Wagner / Strauss
The New York Philharmonic, Geffen Hall
Friday, Jan 8, 2016
Eric Owens, bass-baritone
Heidi Melton, soprano
Sibelius
En saga – tone poem for large orchestra, Op. 9
R. Strauss
Cäcilie, Op. 27 no 2
Ruhe, meine Seele, Op. 27, no 1
Pilgers Mogenlied, Op. 33, no 4
Wagner
Ride of the Valkyries and Final Scene of Act III from
Die Walküre
2015:
P. D. Q. Bach
The Golden Anniversary, Town Hall NYC
Dec. 29, 2015
Prof. Peter Schickele, The New York Pick-Up Ensemble, Jorge Mester
Michèle Eaton, off-coloratura soprano
Brian Dougherty, tenor profundo
Elliott Forrest, announcer
William Walters, manager of the stage
Perückenstück (“Hairpiece”) from The Civilian Barber, PDQ Bach
Swing Sweet, Low Chariot, arr. Schickele
New Horizons in Music Appreciation (Beethoven Sportscast)
Uptown Hoedown, Schickele
from Oedipus Tex, PDQ Bach
Canadian Brass
Trinity Wall St., Dec, 17 2015
Brazilian Choro Ensemble
Mannes School of Music, New School, Dec. 11, 2015
Richard Boukas, director-arranger
Pixinguinha and Contemporaries
Rigoletto
The Metropolitan Opera, December 5, 2015
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi–Francesco Maria Piave/Victor Hugo
Rigoletto……………Zeljko Lucic
Gilda……………….Nadine Sierra
Duke of Mantua……….Piotr Beczala
Maddalena……………Nancy Fabiola Herrera
Sparafucile………….Dimitry Ivashchenko
Monterone……………Robert Pomakov
Borsa……………….Scott Scully
Marullo……………..Jeff Mattsey
Count Ceprano………..Paul Corona
Countess Ceprano……..Katherine Whyte
Giovanna…………….MaryAnn McCormick
Page………………..Catherine MiEun Choi-Steckmeyer
Guard……………….Earle Patriarco
Conductor……………Roberto Abbado
Production…………..Michael Mayer
Appomattox
Opera by Philip Glass
Washington National Opera
November 21, 2015 – The Kennedy Center, Washington D.C.
Tazewell Thompson, director
Christopher Hampton, libretto
Abraham Lincoln/Lyndon B. Johnson Tom Fox
Frederick Douglass/Martin Luther King Jr. Soloman Howard
Robert E. Lee/Edgar Ray Killen David Pittsinger
Ulysses S. Grant/Nicholas Katzenbach Richard Paul Fink
Julia Grant/Viola Liuzzo Melody Moore
Wilmer McLean/J. Edgar Hoover Robert Brubaker
T. Morris Chester/John Lewis Frederick Ballentine
Mary Todd Lincoln/Lady Bird Johnson Anne-Carolyn Bird
Elizabeth Keckley/Coretta Scott King Chrystal E. Williams
Mary Custis Lee/Secretary Kerriann Otaño
General Howell Cobb/James Fowler Timothy J. Bruno
Edward Alexander/Cartha DeLoach Robert Baker
John Aaron Rawlins/George Wallace Aleksey Bogdanov
Mrs. Dorsey/Amelia Boynton Leah Hawkins
Col. Ely S. Parker Dane Suarez
Les Mamelles de Tirésias
Opera by Francis Poulenc, Guillaume Apollinaire, libretto
Der Kaiser von Atlantis
Opera by Viktor Ullman. Peter Kein, libretto
Juilliard Opera Double-Bill, November 18, 2015
Krei-Lynn Wilson, conductor
Tirésias:
Le Directeur Theo Hoffman
Thérèse / La Cartomancienne Liv Redpath
Le Mari Samuel Levine
Presto Xiaomeng Zhang
Lacouf/Le fils Matthew Swenson
Le Gendarme Fan Jia
La Marchande de journaux Caitlin Redding
Le Journaliste Alexander McKissick
Une Dame élégante Nicolette Mavroleon
Une grosse dame Natalia Kutateladze
Un monsieur barbu Cody Quattlebaum
Kaiser:
Der Lautsprecher Cody QuattlebaumHarlekin Gerard Schneider
Der Tod Daniel Miroslaw
Der Trommler Amanda Lynn Bottoms
Kaiser Overall Dimitri Katotakis
Ein Soldat Alexander McKissick
Bubikopf Rebecca Farley
Mostly Other People Do the Killing
Bargemusic Brooklyn
November 6, 2015
Steven Bernstein, trumpet / Jon Irabagon, sax / Dave Taylor, trombone / Brandon Seabrook, banjo / Ron Stabinsky, piano / Moppa Elliott, bass / Kevin Shea, drums
Lulu
Opera by Alban Berg
The Metropolitan Opera, November 5, 2015 (new production premier)
Lother Koenigs, conductor
Lulu Marlis Petersen
Countess Geschwitz Susan Graham
Alwa Daniel Brenna
Painter/African Prince Paul Groves
Dr. Schön/Jack the Ripper Johan ReuterAcrobat/Animal Tamer Martin Winkler
Schigolch Franz Grundherber
Schoolboy/Page Elizabeth DeShong
Prince/Manservant/Marquis Alan Oke
Banker Julian Close
Fifteen-year-old Girl Ashley Emerson
Her Mother Jane Shaulis
Designer Kathryn Day
Journalist Tyler Duncan
Servant Paul Corona
Physician/Professor/Police James Courtney
Night & Dreams: Kathryn Henry, soprano recital
November 1, 2015, The New York Society Library
Franz Schubert
Der liebliche Stern; Nacht und Traüme
Johannes Brahms
Wie Melodien zeiht es mir; Ständschen; Die Mainacht
Ottorino Respighi
Nevicata; Scherzo; Nebbie
Samuel Barber
A Slumber Song of the Madonna; Solitary Hotel; Sure on this shining night
Richard Strauss
Traum durch die Dämmerung; Die Nacht; Heimliche Aufforderung
Mozart, Britten, Beethoven
The New York Philharmonic, David Geffen Hall
October 31, 2015
Britten – Sinfonia da Requiem
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 23
Beethoven – Symphony No. 5
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Inon Barnatan, piano
Rigoletto
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
The Metropolitan Opera, Tuesday October 20, 2015
Rigoletto……………George Gagnidze
Gilda……………….Olga Peretyatko
Duke of Mantua……….Stephen Costello
Maddalena……………Katarina Leoson
Sparafucile………….Stefan Kocán
Monterone……………Stefan Szkafarowsky
Borsa……………….Richard Troxell
Marullo……………..Jeff Mattsey
Count Ceprano………..David Crawford
Countess Ceprano……..Katherine Whyte
Giovanna…………….Maria Zifchak
Page………………..Catherine MiEun Choi-Steckmeyer
Guard……………….Earle Patriarco
Conductor……………Pablo Heras-Casado
Production…………..Michael Mayer
American Brass Quintet
The Juilliard School – Paul Hall
Monday, October 20, 2015
Kevin Cobb, trumpet
Louis Hanzlik, trumpet
Eric Reed, horn
Michael Powell, trombone
John D. Rojak, trombone
Elizabethan Consort Music
Ferrabosco II, Almayne
Morley / Holborne, Joyne Hands — Widowe’s Myte
Ferrabosco II – Dovehouse Pavan
Weelkes – two madrigals
Simpson / Dowland – Allemande — Volta
Little Suite of Minatures – Steven C. Sacco (2003)
Air, Allegretto; Presto Brillante; Andante; Largo-Allegretto-Largo-Allegretto; Presto
Shine – Robert Paterson (2015)
Ringing Brass Bells, Quicksilver, Veins of Gold, Bright Blue Steel
Brass Quintet No. 1, Circus – Clint Needham (2004)
Entry, Clowns, The Ringleader, The Contortionist, Finale
Canons of the 16th Century
des Prez – Vive le roy
da Palestrina – pleni sunt caeli
Martini – J’ay pris amours
Josquin-Palestrina – Pleni sunt caeli, Agnus dei
Cadence, Fugue, Fade (2013) – Sebastian Currier
Tannhäuser
Opera by Richard Wagner
The Metropolitan Opera, Monday, October 12, 2015
Noah Baetge …………….Walther von der Vogelweide
Johan Botha …………….Tannhäuser
Michelle DeYoung ……Venus
Ying Fang ………………….Young Shepherd
Günther Groissböck ….Hermann, Landgraf of Thuringia
Adam Klein ………………Heinrich der Schreiber
Ricardo Lugo…………… Reinmar von Zweter
Peter Mattei ……………..Wolfram von Eschenbach
Ryan McKinny ………….Biterolf
Eva-Maria Westbroek..Elizabeth
James Levine, conductor
Otto Schenk, priduction
Bonfire of the Vanities: The Opera
El Museo del Barrio, Saturday October 10, 2015
Music: Stefania de Kenessey, Libretto: Michael Bergmann, Novel Tom Wolfe
Judy McCoy……. Anne-Carolyn Bird
Sherman McCoy…Randal Turner
Rev. Bacon………….Kevin Maynor
Henry Lamb………..Aaron J. Casey
Maria……………………Ying Jie Zhou
Anna Bolena
Opera by Gaetano Donizetti
The Metropolitan Opera, Friday October 9, 2015
Marco Armiliato, conductor
Sir David McVicar, production
Jane Seymour………..Milijana Nokolic
Anne Boleyn…………..Sondra Radvanovsky
Mark Smeaton………..Tamara Mumford
Henry VIII………………..Ildar Abdrazakov
Lord Rochefort……….David Crawford
Lord Richard Percy..Taylor Stayton
Sir Hervey……………….Gregory Schmidt
The New York Philharmonic
Open dress rehearsal, Wednesday Sept. 30, 2015
Alan Gilbert, conductor; Emanuel Ax, piano
Beethoven 7, Brahms piano concerto 2, Canta-Concerto, Mark Neikrug (Sasha Cooke, mezzo)
Il Trovatore
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
The Metropolitan Opera
Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015
Leonora…… Anna Netrebko
Manrico…… Yonghoon Lee
Count di Luna….Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Azucena…………..Dolora Zajick
Ferrando…………..Štefan Kocán
Ines…………………..Maria Zifchak
A Gypsy…………….Edward Albert
A Messenger……David Lowe
Ruiz………………….Raúl Melo
Marco Armiliato, conductor
Sir David McVicar, production
LoftOpera: Verdi Duets
Friday, September 25, 2015
The Muse, Bushwick, Brooklyn
Karolina Pilou, mezzo-soprano
Joshua Jeremiah, baritone
Suzanne Vinnick, soprano
Dominick Rodriguez, tenor
Sean Kelly, music dir. & piano
Overture from Rigoletto
La Traviata, Act II (Violetta & Germont)
Luisa Miller, Act I (Duchess & Rodolfo)
Il Trovatore, Act IV (di Luna & Leonora)
Aida, Act IV (Radamès & Amneris)
La Traviata, Act I (Libiam…)
Otello
Opera by Verdi
The Metropolitan Opera
Thursday, September 24, 2015
Otello………………Aleksandrs Antonenko
Desdemona……………Sonya Yoncheva
Iago………………..Zeljko Lucic
Emilia………………Jennifer Johnson Cano
Cassio………………Dimitri Pittas
Lodovico…………….Günther Groissböck
Montàno……………..Jeff Mattsey
Roderigo…………….Chad Shelton
Herald………………Tyler Duncan
Conductor……………Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Production…………..Bartlett Sher
The Westerlies
Brass quartet: trumpets and trombones
September 10, 2015
Sepctrum
Here & Now
Bargemusic, Brooklyn
September 6, 2015
John Zorn: Zeitgehöft (72 anamneses of Paul Celan)
Michael Nicolas – cello, Jennifer Choi, violin
Morton Subotnik: Falling Leaves
Kathleen Supové, piano
Andrew Rudin: Soliloquy
Samuel Magill, cello
Richard Sussman: Trio for Violin, Piano, and Laptop
Jennifer Choi, violin
Kathleen Supové, piano
Gordon Beeferman: Occupy Bassoon
Peter Kolkay, bassoon
David del Tredici: To be Sung on the Water
Mark Peskanov, violin
Michael Nicolas, cello
Dalit Warshaw: Encounters, piano
David Taylor: Concertino, bass trombone
Ron Stabinsky, piano
Mathew Elliot, contrabass
Kevin Shea, percussion
The Creation: Haydn
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, Mostly Mozart Festival
August 21, 2015
Louis Langrée, conductor
Sarah Tynan, soprano
Thomas Cooley, tenor (cover)
John Relyea, bass (cover)
The International Contemporary Ensemble
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, Mostly Mozart Festival
August 16, 2015
George Benjamin, conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Hila Plitmann, soprano
Susan Bickley, mezzo-soprano
Oiseaux exotiques (1955-56)
Olivier Messiaen
Piano Concerto (1985-88)
Györgi Ligeti
Into the Little Hill (2006)
George Benjamin
text by Martin Crimp
Written on Skin
Opera by George Benjamin, text by Martin Crimp
The New York State Theatre, Mostly Mozart Festival
August 13, 2015
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Christopher Purves….. The Protector
Barbara Hannigan……. Agnès
Tim Mead…………………. Angel 1 / Boy
Victoria Simmonds….. Angel 2 / Marie
Robert Murray…………… Angel 3 / John
Boston Duo
Jonathan Bass, piano; Tatiana Dimitriades, violin
Music and More: August 8, 2015
Meeting House, New Marlborough, MA
Sonata No. 8 in G Major, Op. 30 no. 3 – Beethoven
Sonata No. 3 for Violin and Piano, H,.303 (1944) – Martinu
Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano, Op. 13 – Fauré
Sonatensatz in C Minor, WOO 2 – Brahms
Trouble in Tahiti
One-act opera by Leonard Bernstein
Glimmerglass Festival, August 3, 2015
Sean Michael Plumb – Sam
Aleksandra Romano – Dinah
Corrie Stallings – Trio
Stephen Carroll – Trio
Brian Vu – Trio
Edward Poll, conductor; Blair Salter, piano
Candide
Operetta by Leonard Bernstein
August 3, 2015
Joseph Colaneri, conductor
David Garrison – Voltaire/Pangloss
Andrew Stenson – Candide
Christian Bowers – Maximilian
Kathryn Lewek – Cunegonde
Kristen Choi – Paquette
Cynthia Cook – Vanderdendur
Matthew Scollin – Martin
Marietta Simpson – The Old Lady
Andrew Marks Maughan – Cacambo
Eric Owens & Lawrence Brownlee
Concert Recital, David Moody, piano
August 2, 2015, Glimmerglass Festival
La Calumnia (Barber of Seville) – Owens
D’ogni più sacro impegno (L’occasione fa il ladro) – Brownlee
O tu Palermo (Sicilian Vespers) – Owens
Una furtiva lagrima (Elixir of Love) – Brownlee
Lost in the Stars (Lost in the Stars) – Owens
Lonely House (Street Scene) – Brownlee
I got Plenty o’Nuttin’ (Porgy & Bess) – Owens
It Ain’t Necessarily So (Porgy & Bess) – Brownlee
Deep River – Owens
Come by Here, Good Lord – Brownlee
Le veau d’or (Faust) – Owens
Je crois entendre encore (Pearl Fishers) – Brownlee
Au fond du temple saint (Pearl Fishers) – duet
The Magic Flute
Opera by Mozart
Performed in English
August 2, 2015
Glimmerglass Festival
Carolyn Kuan, conductor
Sean Panikkar -Tamino
Raquel Gonzalez -First Lady
Aleksandra Romano -Second Lady
Claudia Chapa -Third Lady
Ben Edquist -Papageno
So Young Park -Queen of the Night
Nicholas Nestorak -Monostatos
Jacqueline Echols -Pamina
Joelle Lachance -First Spirit
Samuel Solomon -Second Spirit
Andrew Pulver -Third Spirit
Rhys Lloyd Talbot -Speaker
Soloman Howard -Sarastro
Brian Wallin -Priest 1
Rhys Lloyd Talbot -Priest 2
Jasmine Habersham – Papagena
Stephen Carroll -armored man
Anthony Schneider -armored man
Cato in Utica
Opera by Antonio Vivaldi
August 1, 2015
Glimmerglass Festival
Ryan Brown, conductor
Thomas Michael Allen – Cato
Megan Samarin – Marzia
Allegra De Vita – Fulvio
Eric Jurenas – Arbace
Sarah Mesko – Emilia
John Holiday – Caesar
Macbeth
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
July 31, 2015
Glimmerglass Festival
Joseph Colaneri, conductor
Eric Owens, Macbeth
Soloman Howard, Banquo
Melody Moore, Lady Macbeth
Nathan Milholin, Servant, Doctor
Michael Brandenburg, Macduff
Mithra Mastropierro, Lady-in-Waiting
Marco D. Cammarota, Malcolm
Derrell Acon, Assassin
Hunter Enoch, Herald
Rhys Lloyd Talbot, Apparition
Vanessa Becerra, Apparition
Jasmine Habersham, Apparition
A Little Night Music
Musical by Stephen Sondheim
Phoenicia Festival of the Voice
July 30, 2015
Frederik Egerman: Ron Raines
Desiree Armfeldt: Susan Powell
Madme Armfeldt: Rosalind Elias
Anne Egerman: Shelby Dangerfield
Count Carl-Magnus: Darik Knutsen
Charlotte: Sarah Heltzel
Henrick Egerman: Christopher Sokolowski
Petra: Julia Mintzer
Fredrika Armfeldt: Libby Sokolowski
Mrs. Segstrom: Brittany Sokolowski
Mrs Nordstrom: Lori Engle
Mr. Lindquist: Daniel Pippert
Mr. Erlanson: Andrew Hoben
Mrs. Anderssen: Daidree Tofano
Frid: Michael Schwartz
The Wreckers
Opera by Ethel Smyth
Bard SummerScape, Fisher Center for the Performing Arts
July 29, 2015
Leon Botstein, conductor
Louis Otey -Pascoe
Katharine Goeldner -Thirza
Neal Cooper -Mark
Sky Ingram -Avis
Dennis Petersen -Tallan
Michael Mayes -Lawrence
Kendra Broom -Jack
Peter Van Derick -Harvey
Dialogues des Carmélites
Saturday, July 25, 2015
Caramoor Music Festival, Katonah, NY
opera by Francis Poulenc
Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Will Crutchfield, conductor
Blanche de la Force…..Jennifer Check
Madame de Croissy…..Deborah Polaski
Mother Marie………………Jennifer Larmore
Sister Constance………..Alisa Jordheim
Madame Lidoine………..Hei-Kyung Hong
Chevalier de la Force…Noah Baetge
Chaplain……………………..Scott Brunscheen
Marquis de la Force…..Daniel Mobbs
Thierry………………………….Derrick Goff
Javelinot………………………Kevin Wetzel
Mother Jeanne…………..Vanessa Cariddi
Sister Mathilde………….JoAna Rusche
First Commissioner…Nikhil Navkal
Second Commissioner..Brody del Beccaro
Jailor……………………………Junhan Choi
Daphne
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Lincoln Center Festival
Avery Fisher Hall
opera by Richard Strauss
The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Regine Hangler — Daphne
Norbert Ernst — Leukippos
Andreas Schager — Apollo
Ain Anger — Peneios
Nancy Maultsby — Gaea
The Tempest
Thursday, July 3, 2015
Shakespeare in the Park, Delacorte Theatre
Michael Grief, director
Prospero……Sam Waterston
Miranda…….Francesca Carpanini
Ariel……………Chris Perfetti
Caliban………Louis Cancelmi
Alonso………..Charles Parnell
Sebastian…..Frank Harts
Antonio………Cotter Smith
Ferdinand…Rodney Richardson
Gonzalo……..Bernard White
Adrian……….Rico Lebron
Francisco…..Brandon Kalm
Trinculo……..Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Stephano……Danny Mastrogiorgio
Iris……………….Olga Karmansky
Ceres…………..Tamika Sonia Lawrence
Juno……………Laura Shoop
Master…………Matthew Oaks
Boatswain…Nicholas Christopher
St. Petersburg Philharmonic
Friday, June 12, 2015
Carnegie Hall
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
Charlie Parker’s Yardbird
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Opera Philadelphia, Perelman Theater
Opera by Daniel Schnyder (music) & Bridgette A. Wimberly (libretto)
Corrado Rovaris, conductor
Ron Daniels, director
Charlie Parker…………………………………………………………….. Lawrence Brownlee
Addie Parker………………………………………………………………. Angela Brown
Chan Parker………………………………………………………………… Rachel Sterrenberg
Doris Parker………………………………………………………………… Angela Mortellaro
Rebecca Parker………………………………………………………….. Chrystal Williams
Dizzy Gillespie……………………………………………………………. Will Liverman
Baroness Pannonica “Nica” de Koenigswarter….. Tamara Mumford
L’Amant Anonyme
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Di Menna Center for Classical Music
Little Opera Theatre of New York
Opera by Chevalier de Saint-Georges (aka Joseph de Bologne)
excerpts & narrative, semi-staged
Saint-Georges/Valcour…. Martin Bakari
Ophémon…………………………. Matt Singer
Léontine…………………………… Jennifer Moore
Eco-Music Big Band
Saturday, May 16, 2015
Queens New Music Festival
Big Secret Theatre, Long Island City, Queens
Things Have got to Change (Massey)
Our Shining Black Prince (Incontrera)
The Glitzspring (Lymberiou)
Polar Litany (Cuadrado)
Action and Reaction (Almeida)
Soul Science Stomp (Ho)
IDN (Marques)
The New York Philharmonic:
Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony
Eötvös’s Senza Sangue
Friday, May 8, 2015
Avery Fisher Hall
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Anne Sofie von Otter, soprano — Nina
Russell Braun, baritone — Tito
Schubert, Symphony in B Minor (unfinished)
Senza Sangue, one-act opera, Péter Eötvös
American Composers Orchestra:
Underwood New Music Readings
Thursday, May 7, 2015
The DiMenna Center for Classical Music
George Manahan, conductor
Yuanyuan He: Passeig de Grácia
David Hertzberg: Spectre of the Spheres
David Mettens: Sleeping I am carried
Polina Nazaykinskaya: Reading the Wind
Jules Pegram: Shadows of the Studio
Igor Santos: ploy, pivot
Carl Schimmel: Two Variations on Ascent Into the Empyrean
Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci
Saturday, May 2, 2015
The Metropolitan Opera
Conductor……………Fabio Luisi
Production…………..David McVicar
Cavalleria Rusticana
Santuzza…………….Eva-Maria Westbroek
Turiddu……………..Carl Tanner
Lola………………..Ginger Costa-Jackson
Alfio……………….George Gagnidze
Mamma Lucia………….Jane Bunnell
Peasant……………..Andrea Coleman
Pagliacci
Nedda……………….Patricia Racette
Canio……………….Marcelo Álvarez
Tonio……………….George Gagnidze
Silvio………………Lucas Meachem
Beppe……………….Andrew Stenson
Villager…………….Daniel Paretto
Villager…………….Jeremy Little
Canio’s Troupe
Marty Keiser
Andy Sapora
Joshua Wynter
Les Arts Florissants & Le Jardin des Voix
L’Accademia d’Amore – In an Italian Garden
Semi-Staged Concert
William Christie, musical director and conductor
Alice Tully Hall, April 23, 2015
Lucía Martín-Cartón, soprano
Lea Desandre, mezzo-soprano
Carlo Vistoli, countertenor
Nicholas Scott, tenor
Renato Dolcini, baritone
John Taylor Ward, bass
Banchieri, Già che ridotti siamo from Il zabaione musicale
Stradella, Sinfonia (lento), from Amanti, olà!
Vecchi, Proemio: Fate silenzio, from Le veglie di Siena
Stradella, excerpts from Amanti, olà!
Sinfonia, allegro
Amanti, olà, olà!
Hor non sia chi paventi
D’amore, all’invito
Che sia della Beltà vanto primiero… La beltà d’un vago viso
Chi rese delirante
Handel, Ah Stigie larve! Ah scellerati spettri, from Orlando
Wert, Queste non son più lagrime, from Il quinto libro de madrigali
Vivaldi, Ah sleale, ah spergiura, from Orlando Furioso
Handel, Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa, from Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno
Vivaldi, Gelosia, tu già rendi l’alma mia, from Ottone in villa
Vivaldi, Care pupille, from La Virtù trionfante dell’amore, e dell’odio overo Il Tigrane
Stradella, excerpts from Amanti, olà!
Benché ascritto non sia… Si guardi dai dardi d’Amor
Unito il Disinganno a la Ragione
Dotto Maestro è Amore
Cimarosa, Vé che matta maledetta, from L’impresario in angustie
Haydn, excerpts from La canterina
Donne belle!
Che mai far deggio?
Che dici?
Sarro, excerpts from L’impresario delle Canarie
Intermezzo primo, secundo
Mozart, Un bacio di mano
Haydn, Scellerata! mancatrice! traditrice! from La canterina
Porpora, excerpts from Oh se fosse il mio core
Oh se fosse il mio core… Se lusinga il labro e ‘l ciglio
Haydn, Son confuso e stupefacto, from Orlando paladino
Amir ElSaffar and the Rivers of Sound
Rubenstein Atrum, Lincoln Center, April 16, 2015
From Iraqi maqam to American jazz. Using resonance as its governing principle, the music incorporates elements of maqam modal music of the Middle East with jazz and other contemporary musical practices to create a unique microtonal musical environment that moves beyond the notions of style and tradition into a realm of uninhibited musical communication.
New Juilliard Ensemble
Alice Tully Hall, Friday, April 10, 2015
Joel Sachs, conductor
Miao Zhao, clarinet
Eric Jurenas, countertenor
Max Grafe (United States, b. 1988): Kheir, Fantasy for Clarinet and Sinfonietta (World premiere)
Paul Desenne (Venezuela/United States, b. 1959): The Life of Benjamin (2015, World premiere)
Reza Vali (Iran/United States, b. 1952): Folksongs, Set No. 14 (1999, New York premiere)
Eric Lindsay (United States, b. 1980): Icarus (2013, New York premiere)
Lucrezia Borgia
Gaetano Donizetti
Loft Opera, April 8, 2015 (LightSpace Studios, Bushwick)
Joanna Parisi, Lucrezia Borgia
Nikhil Navkal, Gennaro
Melissa Collom, Maffio Orsini
Matthew Anchel, Duke of Ferrara
Joel Herold, Gubetta
Michael Kuhn, Rustighello
Spencer Viator, Liverotto
Isaiah Musik-Ayala, Gazella
Andrew Hiers, Petrucci
Jordan Pitta, Vitellozzo
Paquito D’Rivera: Jazz Around the Americas
Jazz at Lincoln Center
Saturday, March 28, 2015
Paquito D’Rivera, clarinet, alto/soprano sax
Diego Urcola, trumpet/valve tbn
Alex Brown, piano
Oscar Stagnaro, electric bass
Mark Walker, drums
and Quinteto Cimarrón, Eduardo Coma Vega, Lazaro Gonzalez Pena, Raymond Arteaga Morales, Luis Caballero Varona, Oscar Rodriguez Calvo
Manon
The Metropolitan Opera
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Manon……………….Diana Damrau
Des Grieux…………..Vittorio Grigolo
Lescaut……………..Michael Todd Simpson
Count des Grieux……..Nicolas Testé
Guillot……………..Christophe Mortagne
Brétigny…………….Dwayne Croft
Poussette……………Mireille Asselin
Javotte……………..Cecelia Hall
Rosette……………..Maya Lahyani
Innkeeper……………Robert Pomakov
Guard……………….John McVeigh
Guard……………….David Won
Maid………………..Kathryn Day
Conductor……………Emmanuel Villaume
Production…………..Laurent Pelly
Set Designer…………Chantal Thomas
Costume Designer……..Laurent Pelly
Bolero Meets Jazz: Latin on Lex
The 92nd Street Y, Saturday, March 14
Bryan Lynch, trumpet
Phil Woods, alto sax
Ivan Renta, alto sax
Ralph Moore, tenor sax
Marshall Gilkes, trombone
Ron Blake, baritone sax
Zaccai Curtis, piano
Yunior Terry, bass
Vince Cherico, drums
Reinaldo de Jesus, percussion
Xiomara Laugart, vocals
David Taylor, Bass Trombone
Friday, March 13, 2015
Bargemusic, Brooklyn, NY
with Martha Locker, piano
Blue D for unaccompanied bass trombone
Too Suite for bass trombone and piano
Concerto for bass trombone
Kaddish for Lew Soloff (unscheduled)
Semele
Opera by Handel
Canadian Opera Company
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Wednesday March 4, 2015
Zhang Huan, production design
Colin Ainsworth, Jupiter
Jane Archibald, soprano Semele
Kyle Ketelsen, Somnus, Cadmus
Hilary Summers, mezzo-soprano Juno, Ino
Katherine Whyte, soprano Iris
Lawrence Zazzo, countertenor Athamas
Posterity
The Atlantic Theatre Company, February 28, 2015
New play by Doug Wright.
Hamish Linklater – Gustav Vigeland
John Noble – Henrik Ibsen
Dale Soules – Greta Bergstrom
Henry Stram – Sophus Larpent
Mickey Theis – Anfinn Beck
Iolanta / Bluebeard’s Castle
Tchaikovsky / Bartók
The Metropolitan Opera
Saturday, February 21, 2015
Iolanta
Iolanta………………..Anna Netrebko
Vaudémont………………Piotr Beczala
Robert…………………Aleksei Markov
King René………………Alexei Tanovitski
Bertrand……………….Matt Boehler
Alméric………………..Keith Jameson
Ibn-Hakia………………Elchin Azizov
Marta………………….Mzia Nioradze
Brigitte……………….Katherine Whyte
Laura………………….Cassandra Zoé Velasco
Bluebeard’s Castle
Judith…………………Nadja Michael
Bluebeard………………Mikhail Petrenko
Conductor………………Pavel Smelkov
Production……………..Mariusz Trelinski
Set Designer……………Boris Kudlicka
Costume Designer………..Marek Adamski
Lighting Designer……….Marc Heinz
Choreographer…………..Tomasz Wygoda
Video Production Designer..Bartek Macias
Sound Designer………….Mark Grey
Dramaturg………………Piotr Gruszczynski
Iphigénie en Aulide
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Juilliard / Met Opera Young Artists Program
Sunday, February 14, 2015
Jane Glover, conductor
David Paul, director
Les Contes d’Hoffmann
The Metropolitan Opera
Saturday, January 31, 2015 – score desk
Conductor: Yves Abel
Production: Bartlett Sher
Set Designer: Michael Yeargan
Costume Designer: Catherine Zuber
Hoffmann: Vittorio Grigolo
Nicklausse: Kate Lindsey
Lindorf/Coppélius/Miracle/Dapertutto: Thomas Hampson
Olympia: Erin Morley
Antonia: Hibla Gerzmava
Giuliette: Christine Rice
From the Stratosphere to the Source:
The Transcendent Music of Ornette Coleman & John Coltrane
Juilliard Jazz Orchestra
Peter Jay Sharp Theater, Lincoln Center
Ted Nash, Todd Williams, conductors
John Coltrane: arr. Wynton Marsalis A Love Supreme: Acknowledgement, Resolution, Pursuance, Psalm
Ornette Coleman: arr. Ted Nash Kaleidoscope, Peace, Una Muy Bonita, Lonely Woman, Free
Albert Herring
The Bronx Opera Company
Lovinger Theatre, Lehman College
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Lady Billows: Leslie Swanson
Florence Pike: Julie De Vaere
Miss Wordsworth: Danielle Buonaiuto
Mr. Gedge: Andrew Oakden
Mr. Upfold: Joseph Michael Brent
Superintendent Budd: C. David Morrow
Sid: Stan Lacy
Albert Herring: Chad Kranak
Nancy: Yiselle Blum
Mrs. Herring: Helena Brown
2014:
La Traviata
The Metropolitan Opera
Monday, December 22, 2014
Violetta…………………Marina Rebeka
Alfredo………………….Stephen Costello
Germont………………….Quinn Kelsey
Flora……………………Maya Lahyani
Gastone………………….Eduardo Valdes
Baron Douphol…………….Jason Stearns
Marquis D’Obigny………….Kyle Pfortmiller
Dr. Grenvil………………James Courtney
Annina…………………..Maria Zifchak
Giuseppe…………………Juhwan Lee
Messenger………………..Joseph Turi
Guest……………………Athol Farmer
Gentleman………………..Paul Corona
Conductor………………..Marco Armiliato
Production……………….Willy Decker
Designer…………………Wolfgang Gussmann
The Moth Live
Housing Works Bookstore Cafe
Story Slam: “Saved”
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Sein Oh (piano) & Jonathan Saraga (trumpet)
ChoGa Live Jazz, 145 Bleecker St.
Thursday, December 12, 2014
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
The Metropolitan Opera
Saturday, December 6, 2014
Hans Sachs…………..James Morris
Eva…………………Annette Dasch
Walther von Stolzing….Johan Botha
Magdalene……………Karen Cargill
David……………….Paul Appleby
Beckmesser…………..Johannes Martin Kränzle
Pogner………………Hans-Peter König
Kothner……………..Martin Gantner
Vogelgesang………….Ben Bliss
Nachtigall…………..John Moore
Ortel……………….David Crawford
Zorn………………..David Cangelosi
Moser……………….Noah Baetge
Eisslinger…………..Tony Stevenson
Foltz……………….Brian Kontes
Schwarz……………..Ricardo Lugo
Night Watchman……….Matthew Rose
Conductor……………James Levine
Production…………..Otto Schenk
Set Designer…………Günther Schneider-Siemssen
The Yorkville Nutcracker
Dances Patrelle
The Danny Kaye Playhouse
with Abi Stafford and Adrian Danchig-Waring
Friday, December 5, 2014
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
The Metropolitan Opera
Monday, November 10, 2014
Conductor: James Conlon
Production: Graham Vick
Set & Costume Designer: Paul Brown
Katerina: Eva-Maria Westbroek
Boris: Anatoli Kotscherga
Zinovy: Raymond Very
Millhand: Tyler Duncan
Sergei: Brandon Jovanovich
Driver: Dustin LucasAksinya, The Cook: Holli Harrison
Shabby Peasant: Allan Glassman
Porter: Brandon Cedel
Stweard: Rod Nelman
Foremen: Kurt Phinney, Daniel Clark Smith, David Lowe
Priest: Mikhail Kolelishvili
Police Sergeant: Vladimir Ognovenko
Policeman: Earle Patriarco
TeacherL Scott Scully
Old Convict: Dmitry Belosselskiy
Prison Guard: Richard Bernstein
Sonyetka: Oksana Volkova
Convict: Kelly Cae Hogan
Prison Officer: Paul Corona
The Death of Klinghoffer
The Metropolitan Opera
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Conductor: David Robertson
Production: Tom Morris
The Captain: Paulo Szot
First Officer: Christopher Feigum
Leon Klinghoffer: Alan Opie
Marilyn Klinghoffer: Michaela Martens
Molqi: Sean Panikkar
Mamoud: Aubrey Allicock
Rambo: Ryan Speedo Green
Omar: Jesse Kovarsky
Swiss Grandmother: Maria Zifchak
Austrian Woman: Theodora HansloweBritish Dancing Girl: Kate Miller-Heidke
Palestinian Woman: Maya Lahyani
O Mestre e o Divino (Master and Divino)
AMNH Margaret Mead Film Festival, Linder Theater
Tiago Campos
Two filmmakers portray life in the village and in the mission of Sangradouro, Mato Grosso: Adalberto Heide, an eccentric German missionary, that soon after the contact with the Indians, in 1957, starts to film with his Super-8 camera; and Divino Tserewahu, a young Xavante filmmaker, that produces films for television and cinema festivals since the 90’s. Shifting between complicity, competition, irony and affect, they give life to their historical records, revealing peculiar backstages of indigenous catechization in Brazil.
Here & Now: Beyond Mimimalism
Bargemusic Brooklyn
Gregory Fulkerson violin; Thomas Rosenkranz, piano
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Andrew Shapiro: The High Line (2013)
Peter Flint: Bombo Ponché (2014)
Conrad Cummings: Golden Gate Fantasy (2014)
Stephen Dembski: Nocturne from the Violin Sonata (1988)
John Adams: Road Movies (1995)
Found: A New Musical
The Atlantic Theatre Company
Saturday, September 20, 2014
3Christs
Peculiar Works Project, Judson Memorial Church
Saturday, September 13, 2014
Play/Date
Fat Baby
Sunday, July 27, 2014
Christopher Rouse Symphony 4; Peter Eotvos DoReMi
The New York Philharmonic Biennial
Saturday, June 7, 2014
Avery Fischer Hall
Alan Gilbert, Midori
Underwood New Music Readings
American Composers Orchestra
The New York Philharmonic Biennial
Friday, June 6, 2014 (open rehearsal)
George Manahan, conductor
Harry Stafylakis – Brittle Fracture
Andy Akiho – Tarnished Mirrors
Melody Eotvos – Beetles, Dragons & Dreamers
Robert Honstein – Rise
Jared Miller – Contrasted PerspectivesKyle Peter Rotolo – Apophis
Wang A-Mao – Characters in Theatre
Orchestra of St. Luke’s
The New York Philharmonic Biennial
Sunday, June 1, 2014
Rose Theatre, Jazz at Lincoln Center
Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor Abigail Fischer, Mezzo-Soprano
Ryan Wigglesworth (b. 1979): A First Book of Inventions (2010; U.S. Premiere)
Colin Matthews (b. 1946): Suns Dance (1985)
George Benjamin (b. 1960): Octet (1978; New York Premiere)
Helen Grime (b 1981): Luna (2011 ; U.S. Premiere)
George Benjamin: Upon Silence (1990; New York Premiere) with Abigail Fischer
Colin Matthews: Night Rides (2009-11; U.S. Premiere)
Very Young Composers
Merkin Concert Hall, Kaufman Music Center
The New York Philharmonic Biennial
Saturday, May 31, 2014
Orchestra of St. Luke’s
The New York Philharmonic Biennial
Saturday, May 31, 2014
Pierre Boulez (b. 1925): Memoriale ( … explosante-fixe …Originel) (1985), with Elizabeth Mann, Flute
Bruno Mantovani (b 1974): Turbulences (1998; U .S. Premiere)
Heinz Holliger (b 1939): Ostillato funebre (1991; U.S. Premiere)
Philippe Manoury(b. 1952): Strange Ritual (2005; U.S. Premiere)
Boulez: Une page d’epMmeride (2005) with Margaret Kampmeier, Piano
Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor and Co-host
Ara Guzelimian, Co-host
The Raven
Gotham Chamber Opera
The New York Philharmonic Biennial
Saturday, May 31, 2014
Fredrika Brillembourg, Mezzo-Soprano
Anthracite Fields
Bang-on-a-Can All Stars & Trinity Wall St. Choir
The New York Philharmonic Biennial
Oratorio by Julia Wolfe, Stephen Mackey
Friday, May 30, 2014
The Threepenny Opera
The Atlantic Theatre Company
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Selling Space: The Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate
The American Museum of Natural History
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Neil DeGrasse Tyson, moderator
Wanda M. Austin, President and CEO of The Aerospace Corporation
Michael Gold, Director of DC Operations and Business Growth, Bigelow Aerospace
John Logsdon, Professor Emeritus, Space Policy & International Affairs, George Washington University
Elliot Pulham, Chief Executive Officer, Space Foundation
Tom Shelley, President, Space Adventures, Ltd.
Robert Walker, Executive Chairman, Wexler & Walker Public Policy Associates
The Sixth Extinction
The American Museum of Natural History
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Elizabeth Kolbert, Michael Novacek, and Flora Lichtman
2013:
Waiting for Godot
Cort Theatre, Broadway
Estragon: Ian McKellen
Vladimir: Patrick Stewart
Lucky: Billy Crudup
Pozzo: Shuler Hensley
Boy: Adian Gemme
The Night Alive
The Atlantic Theatre Company
Sunday, December 16, 2013
Written & Directed: Conor McPherson
Tommy: Ciarán Hinds
Aimee: Caoilfhionn Dunne
Doc: Michael McElhatton
Maurice: Jim Norton
Kenneth: Brian Gleeson
Cannibal Tours / Framing The Other
David O’Rourke Tribute
AMNH Margaret Mead Film Festival
Saturday, October 20, 2013
Visualizing Science
The Hayden Planetarium
Monday, October 7, 2013
Astrophysics Curator Mordecai-Mark Mac Low and Director of Astrovisualization Carter Emmart guide through an immersive look into the science and visual artistry of the new Hayden Planetarium space show: Dark Universe.
Women or Nothing
The Atlantic Theatre Company
Saturday, September 28, 2013
Planets, Science, Mythology & Music
The Hayden Planetarium, AMNH
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Good Television
The Atlantic Theatre Company
Friday, June 21, 2013
by Rod McLachan, di rected by Bob Krakower
Curiosity’s Mission at Gale Crater
The Hayden Planetarium, AMNH
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
The successful August 5, 2012, landing of the Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars represents an unprecedented achievement. John Grotzinger, the project scientist for the Curiosity mission, presents highlights.
Thyestes
Ancient Drama Group
Minor Latham Playhouse, Barnard College
Friday, April 5, 2013
Directed by Claire Catenaccio
Performed in Latin with English supertitles
The Existence of Nothing: The Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate
The American Museum of Natural History
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Neil DeGrasse Tyson, moderator
Jim Holt, Lawrence Krauss, J. Richard Gott, Charles Seife, Eva Silverstein.
Shark: A Visual History
Lecture by Richard Ellis
Kaufman Theatre, American Museum of Natural History
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
The Future of Food
Linder Theatre, American Museum of Natural History
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Songs to Syntax: Cognition, Computation, and the Origin of Language
James Arthur Lecture: American Museum of Natural History
Monday, March 4, 2013
MIT Professor Robert Berwick discusses the evolution of human language and how a surprisingly simple operation “glues” words and sentence parts together.
2012:
What Rhymes with America
The Atlantic Theatre Company
Friday, November 23, 2012
Written by Melissa James Gibson
directed by Daniel Aukin
with
Chris Bauer
Seana Kofoed
Aimee Carrero
Da’Vine Joy Randolph
Into the Woods
Delacorte Theatre, Shakespeare in the Park
August 2012
Baker’s Wife: Amy Adams
Narrator: Jack Broderick
Voice of Giant: Glenn Close
Harp/Gretel/Snow White: Victoria CookJack: Gideon Glick
Rapunzel’s Prince: Paris Remillard (understudy)
Cinderella’s Stepmother: Ellen Harvey
Little Red Ridinghood’s Granny: Tina Johnson
Steward: Josh Lamon
Florinda: Bethany Moore
Cinderella: Jessie Mueller
Witch: Donna Murphy
Woodsman: Johnny Newcomb
Baker: Denis O’Hare
Lucinda: Jennifer Rias
Cinderella’s Mother: Laura Shoop
Rapunzel/Sleeping Beauty: Tess Soltau
Little Red Ridinghood: Sarah Stiles
Hansel: Eric R. Williams
Jack’s Mother: Kristine Zbornik
Mysterious Man: Chip Zien
Storefront Church
The Atlantic Theatre Company
Friday, June 22, 2012
2011:
Nixon in China
John Adams
The Metropolitan Opera
February 5, 2011
John Adams, conductor
Peter Sellars, Production
Adrianne Lobel, set designer
James Maddalena, Nixon
Janis Kelly, Pat Nixon
Richard Paul Fink, Kissinger
Robert Brubaker, Mao Tse-tung
Kathleen Kim, Chiang Ch-ing
Russell Braun, Chou En-lai
Ginger Costa Jackson, Tancy T’ang
Teresa S. Herold, 2nd secretary
Tamara Mumford, 3rd secretary
Roméo et Juliette
Charles Gounod
The Metropolitan Opera
Monday, March 7, 2011
Plácido Domingo, conductor
Hei-Kyung Hong, Juliette
Piotr Bezcala, Roméo
Sean Panikkar, Tybalt
Jeff Mattsey, Paris
Dwayne Croft, Capulet
Lucas Meacham, Mercutio
Wendy White, Gertrude
David Won, Grégorio
James Morris, Frère Laurent
Julie Bouliame, Stéphano
Brian Frutiger, Benvolio
Jordan Bisch, The Duke of Verona
Lucia Di Lammermoor
The Metropolitan Opera
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Lucia……………….Natalie Dessay
Edgardo……………..Joseph Calleja
Enrico………………Ludovic Tézier
Raimondo…………….Kwangchul Youn
Normanno…………….Philip Webb
Alisa……………….Theodora Hanslowe
Arturo………………Matthew Plenk
Flute Solo: Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson
Harp Solo: Deborah Hoffman
Conductor……………Patrick Summers
Production…………..Mary Zimmerman
The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde
Roundabout Theatre Company
Brian Bedford, Jayne Houdyshell, Jessie Austrian, Santino Fontana, David Furr, Jeffrey Hayenga (u’stdy), Paul O’Brien, Charlotte Parry, Amanda Leigh Cobb, Brian Murray,
Happy Hour
Ethan Coen
The Atlantic Theatre Company, Peter Norton Space W42nd.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Cassie Beck, Aya Cash, Clark Gregg, Susan Hyon, Rock Kohli, Gordon MacDonald, Amanda Quaid, Ana Reeder, Joey Slotnik, Lenny Venito
directed by Neil Pepe
2009:
Elektra
Richard Strauss
The Metropolitan Opera
December 18, 2009
Fabio Luisi, conductor
Susan Bollock, Elektra
Deborah Voigt, Chrysothemis
Felicity Palmer, Klytämnestra
Evgeny Nikitin, Orest
Wolfgang Schmidt, Aegisth
Kevin Burdette, An Old Servant
Susan Neves, Overseer
Rosemary Nencheck, Confidante
Alexandra Newland, Trainbearer
John Easterlin, young servant
Oren Gradus, Guardian of Orest
Dido and Aeneas
Purcell
Glimmerglass Opera
August 23, 2009
Tamara Mumford, Dido
David Adam Moore, Aeneas
Joélle Harvey, Belinda
La Cenerentola
Rossini
Glimmerglass Opera, August 23, 2009
2008:
Klavierkammermusik
January 18, 2008
Alte Aula, Heidelberg, Germany
Heidelberger kammermusikfestival
Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim
C. Reinecke “Undine”, sonate für Flöte und Klavier in e-Moll op. 167
J. Brahms Sonate für Klavier und Violine in A-Dur op. 100
E. Grieg Sonate für Violine und Klavier in c-Moll op.45
Sanatsu Itaya, Nami Okada, Teruyoshi Shirata, Ju-Hee Oh, Soyoka Mizobuschi, Hanae Simizu
W. A. Mozart Trio für Klavier, Violine und Violoncello in B-Dur KV 502
J. Haydn Trio für Klavier, Violine und Violoncello in c-Moll Hob. XV, 29
F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdi Trio für Klavier, Violine und Violoncello Nr. 2 in c-Moll op.66
Song-Yi Chae, Liu Ge, Jonathan Flaksman, Jie Yang, Yuri Uomizu
Chicago
Ambassador Theatre, Broadway
February 16, 2008
Melissa Rae Mahon (u’stdy), Brenda Braxton, John Schneider, Ron Orbach
Macbeth
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Chichester Theatre
March 8, 2008
Patrick Stewart, Kate Fleetwood, Paul Shelley, Scott Handy, Ben Carpenter, Martin Turner, Michael Feast, Mark Rawlings, Tim Treloar, Bill Nash, Emmet White, Christopher Knott, Christopher Patrick Nolan, Hywel John, Kate Fleetwood, Suzanne Burden, Sophie Hunter, Polly Fame, Niamh McGrady, Oliver Birch
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
Brooklyn Academy of Music
April, 2008
Paul Simon, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Vusi Mahlasela, Kaïssa, David Byrne, Milton Nascimento, Luciana Souza, Cyro Baptista.
Macbeth
Verdi
The Metropolitan Opera
Friday, May 9, 2008
Macbeth……………..Carlos Alvarez
Lady Macbeth…………Hasmik Papian
Banquo………………René Pape
Macduff……………..Joseph Calleja
Malcolm……………..Russell Thomas
Lady-in-Attendance……Elizabeth Blancke-Biggs
Physician……………James Courtney
Manservant…………..Richard Hobson
Duncan………………Raymond Renault
Fleance……………..Adam Hauser Piñero
Murderer…………….Richard Bernstein
Herald………………Joseph Turi
Warrior……………..David Crawford
Bloody Child…………Ashley Emerson
Crowned Child………..Anne-Carolyn Bird
Conductor……………James Levine
Production…………..Adrian Noble
No, No Nanette
City Center
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Doctor Atomic
The Metropolitan Opera
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Edward Teller………..Richard Paul Fink
J. Robert Oppenheimer…Gerald Finley
Robert Wilson………..Thomas Glenn
Kitty Oppenheimer…….Sasha Cooke
General Leslie Groves…Eric Owens
Frank Hubbard………..Earle Patriarco
Captain James Nolan…..Roger Honeywell
Pasqualita…………..Meredith Arwady
Conductor……………Alan Gilbert
Production…………..Penny Woolcock
The Damnation of Faust
The Metropolitan Opera
Hector Berlioz
Monday November 7, 2008
Faust…………………..Marcello Giordani
Marguerite………………Susan Graham
Méphistophélès…………..John Relyea
Brander…………………Patrick Carfizzi
Conductor……………….James Levine
Production………………Robert Lepage [Debut]
2007:
The Drowsy Chaperone
Marquis Theatre, Broadway
February 18, 2007
Peter Bartlett, Danny Burstein, Georgia Engel, Sutton Foster, Troy Britton Johnson, Eddie Korbich, Garth Kravitz, Jason Kravits, Beth Leavel, Kecia Lewis-Evans, Bob Martin, Jennifer Smith, Lenny Wolpe
Die Zauberflöte
W. A. Mozart
The Metropolitan Opera
February 21, 2007
Pamina………………Lisa Milne
Tamino………………Michael Schade
Queen of the Night……Amanda Pabyan [Debut]
Sarastro…………….Vitalij Kowaljow
Papageno…………….Rodion Pogossov
Papagena…………….Jennifer Aylmer
Monostatos…………..Greg Fedderly
Speaker……………..Eike Wilm Schulte
First Lady…………..Claudia Waite
Second Lady………….Theodora Hanslowe
Third Lady…………..Malin Fritz
Genie……………….Noah Weisbart
Genie……………….Jesse Dembo
Genie……………….Jacob Wade
Priest………………James Courtney
Priest………………Mark Schowalter
Guard……………….Michael Myers
Guard……………….Gregory Reinhart
Slave……………….Irwin Reese
Slave……………….Danrell Williams
Slave……………….Roger Crouthamel
Dancer………………Rachel Schuette
Flute Solo: Trudy Kane
Conductor……………James Levine
Production…………..Julie Taymor
Eugene Onegin
P. I. Tchaikovsky
The Metropolitan Opera
March 3, 2007
Valery Gergiev, conductor
Robert Carsen, production
Renée Fleming, Tatiana
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Eugene Onegin
Elena Zaremba, Olga
Svetlana Volkova, Larina
Larisa Shevchenko, Filippyevna (cover)
Ramón Vargas, Lenski
Keith Miller, captain
Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Triquet
Richard Bernstein, Zaretski
Sergei Aleksashkin, Prince Gremin
L’Anima del Filosofo
Haydn
Glimmerglass Opera
Sunday, August 5, 2007
Antony Walker, Anne Manson, conductors
Sarah Coburn, Eurydice
Norman Shankle, Orpheus
Orphée et Eurydice
Gluck/Berlioz
Glimmerglass Opera
July 8, 2007
Conductor Julian Wachner
Director Lillian Groag
Michael Maniaci, Orphée
Amanda Pabyan, Eurydice
Lucia di Lammermoor
The Metropolitan Opera
Final Dress Rehearsal, September 20, 2007
James Levine, conductor
Mary Zimmerman, production
Daniel Ostling, set designer
Natalie Dessay, Lucia
Marcello Giordani, Edgardo
Micharl Myers, Normanno
Mariusz Kwiecien, Lord Enrico Ashton
John Relyea, Raimondo
Michaela Martens, Alisa
Stephen Costello, Arturo
Boris Godunov
Mussorgsky
St Petersburg Opera
State Chamber Musical Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia
October 24, 2007
Blagovest
Moscow International Musical Art Center
October 20, 2007
Norma
Bellini
The Metropolitan Opera
Friday, November 16, 2007
Maurizio Benini, conductor
John Copley, production
Vitalij Kowaljow, Oroveso
Franco Farina, Pollione
Eduardo Valdes, Flavio
Hasmik Papian, Norma
Dolora Zajick, Adalgisa
Julianna Di Giacomo, Clotilde
Great Performers: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone)
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center
Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007
Constantine Orbelian, conductor
Bortnyansky, Cherubic Hymn
Tolsyakov, Come to me, all you who labor
Arkhangelsky, Symbol of faith
Chesnokov, Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight
Rimsky-Korsakov, aria from The Tsar’s Bride
Tchaikovsky, from Eugene Onegin and Pique Dame
Gorodvskaya, in memory of Esenin
Shishkin, Bright is the Night
Bulakhov, Shine, shine my star
Stetsyuk, Medley on two Russian folk songs
Pakhmutova, Tenderness; How Young we Were
Babadzhanian, Do not hurry; I’m grateful to you
Hänsel und Gretel
Humperdinck
The Metropolitan Opera
December 24, 2007
Hänsel………………Alice Coote
Gretel………………Christine Schäfer
Gertrud……………..Rosalind Plowright
Peter……………….Alan Held
Witch……………….Philip Langridge
Sandman……………..Sasha Cooke
Dew Fairy……………Lisette Oropesa
Conductor……………Vladimir Jurowski
Production…………..Richard Jones
Designer…………….John Macfarlane
Young Frankenstein
Mel Brooks Musical
December 22, 2007
The Hilton Theatre
Roger Bart, Megan Mullally, Sutton Foster, Shuler Hensley, Andrea Martin, Fred Applegate, Christopher Fitzgerald
2006:
Die Fledermaus
Johann Strauss
The Metropolitan Opera
January 7, 2006
Jacques Lacombe, conductor
Otto Schenk, production
Janez Lotric, Alfred
Marlis Petersen, Adele
Sondra Radvanovsky, Rosalinde
Bo Skovhus, Gabriel
Bernard Fitch, Dr. Blind
Earle Patriarco, Dr. Falke
John Del Carlo, Frank
Yvonne Gonzales Redman, Ida
Marina Domashenko, Prince Orlovsky
Richard Holmes, Ivan
Bill Irwin, Frosch
The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
at the Tennessee Theatre
January 13, 2006
La Forza del Destino
Giuseppe Verdi
The Metropolitan Opera
February 28, 2006
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Giancarlo del Monaco, production
Deborah Voigt, Leonora
Salvatore Licitra, Don Alvaro
John Cheek, Marquis of Calatrava
Edtya Kulczak, Curra
Andrew Gangestad, Mayor
Mark Delavan, Don Carlo
Tony Stevenson, Trabuco
Juan Pons, Fra Melitone
Samuel Ramey, Padre Guardiano
Sebastian Catana, surgeon
Die Fledermaus
The Metropolitan Opera, January 7, 2006
Rosalinde...............Sondra Radvanovsky
Eisenstein..............Bo Skovhus
Adele...................Marlis Petersen
Alfred..................Janez Lotric
Prince Orlofsky.........Marina Domashenko
Dr. Falke...............Earle Patriarco
Dr. Blind...............Bernard Fitch
Frank...................John Del Carlo
Ida.....................Yvonne Gonzales Redman
Frosch..................Bill Irwin
Ivan....................Richard Holmes
Conductor……………Jacques Lacombe
Production…………..Otto Schenk
Stage Director……….Stephen Pickover
Choreographer………..Robert La Fosse
Set Designer…………Günther Schneider-Siemssen
Costume Designer……..Peter J. Hall
Lighting Designer…….Gil Wechsler
Spamalot: Monty Python Musical
January 6, 2006
Shubert Theatre
Friends of Old Time Music: Doc Watson
Town Hall, NYC
November 18, 2006
Doc Watson
The New Lost City Ramblers
John Sebastian
Alvin Youngbood Hart
Jean Ritchie
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
The Zipper Theatre
January 6, 2007
Robert Cucciolo, Natascia Diaz, Gay Marshall, Jim Stanek
2005:
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
(musical)
City Center
February 12, 2005
Jason Danieley, Sally Murphy, Emily Skinner, John Ellison Conlee; Nancy Anderson, Mark Ledbetter, Sean Palmer, Jeffrey Schecter, Jeff Brooks, James Clow, Beth McVey, Jennifer Hope Wills, Katherine Faye Barry
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Edward Albee
Longacre Theatre, Broadway
March, 2005
Kathleen Turner, Bill Irwin, Mireille Enos, David Harbour
Faust
Gounod
The Metropolitan Opera
May 21, 2005
Faust……………….Roberto Alagna
Marguerite…………..Soile Isokoski
Méphistophélès……….René Pape
Valentin…………….Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Siebel………………Jossie Pérez
Marthe………………Jane Bunnell
Wagner………………Patrick Carfizzi
Conductor……………James Levine
Production…………..Andrei Serban
Designer…………….Santo Loquasto
Lighting Designer…….Duane Schuler
Choreographer………..Nikolaus Wolcz
The Apple Tree
(musical)
New York City Center
May, 2005
with Kristin Chenoweth, Malcolm Gets, Michael Cerveris, Daniel Marcus
Cosi fan Tutte
W. A. Mozart
Da Ponte Concert Opera, Christ and St. Stephen’s Church
May 20, 2005
Jonathan Pilkington, Matthew Markham, Eric Werner, Jenna Hintz, Abigail Wright, Beth Schlossberg
Shadowtime
Brian Ferneyhough, composer
Charles Bernstein, librettist
Frédéric Fisbach, director
Jurjen Hempel, conductor
Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center
July 21, 2005
North American Premiere
Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart
Nieuw Ensemble Amsterdam
Nicolas Hodges, piano/reciter; Mats Scheidegger, Guitar
Ekkehard Abele (Walter Benjamin), Angelika Luz (Innkeeper, Interrogator), Monika Meier-Schmid (Dora Benjamin, Interrogator), Anja Paulus, Silke Storz (child), Sabine Schilling, Christiane Schmeling (mezzo), Janet Collins (Henny Gurland), Barbara Stein (alto), Martin Nagy (Freidrich Hölderlin), Frank Bossert, Bernhard Gärtner, Stefan Weible (tenors), Andreas Fischer (Gershom Scholem), Guillermo Anzorena (Young W Benjamin), Matthias Horn (Interrogator), Tobias Schlierf (bass).
Shadowtime is a “thought opera” based on the work and life of Walter Benjamin (1892-1940). One of the greatest philosophers and cultural critics of the 20th century, Benjamin was born in Berlin and died on the Spanish border in 1940 while trying to escape the fate that awaited most of his fellow Central European Jews. Shadowtime explores some of the major themes of Benjamin’s work, including the intertwined natures of history, time, transience, timelessness, language, and melancholy; the possibilities for a transformational leftist politics; the interconnectivity of language, things, and cosmos; and the role of dialectical materiality, aura, interpretation, and translation in art. Beginning on the last evening of Benjamin’s life, Shadowtime projects an alternative course for what happened that fateful night. Opening onto a world of shades, ghosts, of the dead, Shadowtime inhabits a period in human history in which the light flickered and then failed. — Charles Bernstein (librettist)
La Bohème
Puccini
The Metropolitan Opera
November 18, 2005
Mimì....................Ruth Ann Swenson
Rodolfo.................Frank Lopardo
Musetta.................Emily Pulley
Marcello................Vassily Gerello
Schaunard...............Earle Patriarco
Colline.................Rosendo Flores
Benoit..................Paul Plishka
Alcindoro...............Paul Plishka
Parpignol...............Gregory Lorenz
Sergeant................Richard Pearson
Officer.................Glenn Bater
Conductor……………Philippe Auguin
Production…………..Franco Zeffirelli
Set designer…………Franco Zeffirelli
Costume designer……..Peter J. Hall
Lighting designer…….Gil Wechsler
Stage Director……….J. Knighten Smit
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Broadway, Eugene O’Neill Theatre
Stephen Sondheim
John Doyle – director and designer
Patti LuPone
Michael Cerveris
Thursday, November 16, 2005
2004:Die Fledermaus
at Carnegie Hall
December 31, 2004
Martin Josman, Conductor
The National Chorale
The St. Petersburg Philharmonic
at Carnegie Hall
Yuri Temirkanov, Conductor
Vadim Repin, Violin
October 27, 2004
Prokofiev, from The Love of Three Oranges
Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto in D major
Antonin Dvorak, Symphony No. 8 in G major
Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
Vadim Repin, violin
The Trachtenburg Family Slide Show Players
at the Makor cafe
July 29, 2004
Sweeney Todd
New York City Opera
March 28, 2004
George Manahan, conductor
Mark Delavan (Todd), Elaine Page (Mrs. Lovett), Walter Charles (Turpin), Tonna Miller (Joanna), Andrew Drost (Pirelli), Judith Blazer (beggar woman), Scott Hogsed, Roland Rusinek, Keith Jameson, William Ledbetter
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
at the Eisenhower Theatre, Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
June 18, 2004
T. Scott Cunningham, Jeremy Davidson, Aakhu TuahNera Freeman, George Grizzard, Lexi Haddad, M. Justin Hancock, Brian Hutchinson, Dana Ivey, Mary Stuart Masterson, Angela Polite, Emily Pratt, Nathan Pratt, Caitlin Redding, Brian Reddy, Nancy Robinette, Erika Sheffer, Emily Skinner, Erin Elizabeth Wall, Craig Wallace, Jeorge Watson, Harry A. Winter.
Wagner: The Ring Cycle
Das Rheingold
at the Metropolitan Opera
conducted by James Levine
April 26, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
Wotan...................James Morris
Fricka..................Yvonne Naef
Alberich................Richard Paul Fink
Loge....................Philip Langridge
Erda....................Elena Zaremba
Fasolt..................Evgeny Nikitin
Fafner..................Sergei Koptchak
Freia...................Jennifer Welch-Babidge
Froh....................Mark Baker
Donner..................Alan Held
Mime....................Gerhard Siegel
Woglinde................Lyubov Petrova
Wellgunde...............Maria Zifchak
Flosshilde..............Jane Bunnell
Conductor……………James Levine
Production…………..Otto Schenk
Stage Director……….Stephen Pickover
Set designer…………Günther Schneider-Siemssen
Costume designer……..Rolf Langenfass
Lighting designer…….Gil Wechsler
Stage Director……….Stephen Pickover
Die Walküre
at the Metropolitan Opera
conducted by James Levine
April 27, 2004, 6:00 p.m.
Brünnhilde..............Gabriele Schnaut
Siegmund................Plácido Domingo
Sieglinde...............Lisa Gasteen
Wotan...................James Morris
Fricka..................Yvonne Naef
Hunding.................Matti Salminen
Gerhilde................Rebecca Copley
Grimgerde...............Mary Ann McCormick
Helmwige................Claudia Waite
Ortlinde................Janet Hopkins
Rossweisse..............Jill Grove
Schwertleite............Ellen Rabiner
Siegrune................Jane Bunnell
Waltraute...............Victoria Livengood
Conductor……………James Levine
Production…………..Otto Schenk
Stage Director……….Peter McClintock
Set designer…………Günther Schneider-Siemssen
Costume designer……..Rolf Langenfass
Lighting designer…….Gil Wechsler
Siegfried
at the Metropolitan Opera
conducted by James Levine
April 29, 2004, 6:00 p.m.
Siegfried...............Jon Fredric West
Brünnhilde..............Gabriele Schnaut
Wanderer................James Morris
Erda....................Elena Zaremba
Mime....................Gerhard Siegel
Alberich................Richard Paul Fink
Fafner..................Matti Salminen
Forest Bird.............Joyce Guyer
Conductor……………James Levine
Production…………..Otto Schenk
Stage Director……….Stephen Pickover
Set designer…………Günther Schneider-Siemssen
Costume designer……..Rolf Langenfass
Lighting designer…….Gil Wechsler
Götterdämmerung
at the Metropolitan Opera
conducted by James Levine
May 1, 2004, 6:00 p.m.
Brünnhilde..............Gabriele Schnaut
Siegfried...............Jon Fredric West
Gunther.................Alan Held
Gutrune.................Margaret Jane Wray
Hagen...................Matti Salminen
Waltraute...............Yvonne Naef
Alberich................Richard Paul Fink
First Norn..............Elena Zaremba
Second Norn.............Yvonne Naef
Third Norn..............Margaret Jane Wray
Woglinde................Lyubov Petrova
Wellgunde...............Maria Zifchak
Flosshilde..............Jane Bunnell
Conductor……………James Levine
Production…………..Otto Schenk
Stage Director……….Peter McClintock
Set designer…………Günther Schneider-Siemssen
Costume designer……..Rolf Langenfass
Lighting designer…….Gil Wechsler
Madama Butterfly
at the Metropolitan Opera
with Cynthia Lawrence (Cio-Cio San) Richard Leech (Pinkerton), Dwayne Croft (Sharpless), and Maria Zifchak (Suzuki)
Cio-Cio-San.............Cynthia Lawrence
Pinkerton...............Richard Leech
Suzuki..................Maria Zifchak
Sharpless...............Dwayne Croft
Goro....................Joel Sorensen
Bonze...................Michael Devlin
Yamadori................Richard Hobson
Dolore..................Lance Chantiles-Wertz
Kate....................Edyta Kulczak
Commissioner............Andrew Gangestad
Registrar...............Raymond Aparentado
Conductor……………Julius Rudel
Production…………..Giancarlo Del Monaco
Stage Director……….Yefim Maizel
Designer…………….Michael Scott
April 16, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
Mourning Becomes Electra
at City Opera
April 7, 2004, 7:30 p.m.
Lauren Flanigan (Christine Mannon), Emily Pulley (Lavinia Mannon), Tonna Miller (Helen Niles), Kurt Ollmann (Orin Mannon), Jason Howard (Adam Brant), Richard Byrne (Peter Niles), Stephen West (Ezra Mannon) and Don Yule (Jed).
Sweeney Todd
at City Opera
with Mark Delavan (Todd), Elaine Paige (Lovett), Walter Charles (Judge Turpin)
March 28, 2004, 1:30 p.m.
Stravinsky
Le Sacré du printemps
Le Roissignol
Oedipus Rex
at the Metropolitan Opera
February 21, 2004, 1:30 p.m.
Valery Gergiev, conductor
Doug Varone, choreographer (Le Sacré)
Sir Frederick Ashton, choreographer (Roissignol)
Olga Trufonova, voice of Roissignol
Oedipus Rex:
Oedipus.................Clifton Forbis
Jocasta.................Stephanie Blythe
Creon...................Evgeny Nikitin
Tiresias................Phillip Ens
Messenger...............Evgeny Nikitin
Shepherd................Barry Banks
Speaker.................Philip Bosco
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
with prefatory lecture by Leonard Slatkin
National Symphony Orchestra and The Choral Arts Society of Washington
at the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
February 12, 2004
Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125
Jill Grove, mezzo-soprano; Eric Cutler, tenor; Eric Owens, bass
The Firebird
London Symphony Orchestra
Wednesday, January 21, 2004
Avery Fisher Hall
2003:
Gloria in Excelsis Deo
Gott in der Natur
The Defense of Corinth
Carmina Burana
The National Chorale
and the National Chorale Orchestra
directed by Martin Josman
at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center
December 5, 2003, 8:00 p.m.
Lysistrata
at the Jean Cocteau Repertory
Bouwerie Lane Theatre, New York, NY
November 28, 2003, 8:00 p.m.
Elise Stone, Eileen Glenn, Amanda Jones, Marlene May, Carolyn Ratteray, Jolie Garrett, Brian Lee Huynh, Allen Hale, Angus Hepburn, Michael Surabian, Harris Berlinsky, Abe Goldfarb.
Berlioz Bicentennial Celebration
“Royal Hunt and Storm” from Les Troyens
Sara la baigneuse
Tristia (Religious Meditation, The Death of Ophelia, Funeral March for the Final Scene of Hamlet)
Herminie, scène lyrique
Le Corsaire Overture
The New York Philharmonic
conducted by Sir Colin Davis
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
November 14, 2003, 8:00 p.m.
The Mikado
City Opera
The New York State Theatre, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
October 24, 2003
Gerald Steichen, conductor
Keith Jameson, Nanki-Poo
Kyle Pfortmiller, Pish-Tush
Gregory Reinhart, Pooh-Bah
Richard Stuart, Ko-Ko
Anna Christy, Yum-Yum
Edith Down, Pitti-Sing
Valerie Komar, Peep-Bo
Myrna Paris, Katisha
Jan Opalach, The Mikado
John R. Cole, Kattisha’s Pilot
Romeo et Juliette
Dramatic Symphony after Shakespeare’s Tragedy
Hector Berlioz
The New York Philharmonic
conducted by Lorin Maazel
Susanne Mentzer, Matthew Polenzani, José van Dam
The New York Choral Artists
at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center
October 2, 2003, 7:30 p.m.
Alcina
George Freideric Handel
City Opera
The New York State Theatre, Lincoln Center
September 26, 2003, 8:00 p.m.
Daniel Beckwith, conductor
Francesca Zambello, Director
Neil Pater, Set Designer
Martin Pakledinaz, Costume Designer
Jennifer Dudley, Bradamante
Joshua Winograde, Melisso
Lauren Skuce, Morgana
Christine Goerke, Alcina
Katharine Goeldner, Ruggiero
Keith Jameson, Oronte
Cabaret
Studio 54
Melina Kanakaredes, Jopn Secada, Tom Bosley, Mariette Hartley
Orlando
Glimmerglass Opera
Summer 2003
The Rake’s Progress
Igor Stravinsky
The Metropolitan Opera
April 23, 2003
James Levine, conductor
Jonathan Miller, production
Dawn Upshaw, Anne Trulove
Paul Groves, Tom Rakewell
Dean Peterson, Trulove
William Shimell, Nick Shadow
Jane Shaulis, Mother Goose
Stephanie Blythe, Baba the Turk
John Nuzzo, Sellem
LeRoy Lehr, Keeper of the Madhouse
2002
Into the Woods
Broadhurst Theatre
June 22, 2002
Scott Tennant, Classical Guitar
Thursday, April 25, 2002
Manhattan School of Music
The Augustine Imperial Guitar Series
Hubbard Recital Hall
2001
The Trojan Women
The Catholic University of America Drama Department
Hartke Theatre, Novmber 20, 2001
Directed by Naum Panvoski
Thesmophoriazusae
Aristophanes
November 15, 2001
Frederick Loewe Theatre, Hunter College
Richard III
William Shakespeare
Pearl Theatre Company
November 9, 2000
Glynis Bell, Rachel Botchan, Matthew J. Cody, Dominic Cuskern, Dan Daily, Matthew Gray, Grant Hand, Robert Hand, Brent Harris, Albert Jones, Anna Minot, Christopher Moorse, Paul Niebanck, Jonathan Peck, Judith Roberts, Edward Seamon, David Toney.
2000
Paul Simon in Concert
Beacon Theater
December 8, 2000
Six Degrees of Separation
Stony Brook Stages
October 21, 2000
Eric Idle Sings Exploits Monty Python
June 27, 2000
Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall
Eric Idle
Art Garfunkel in Concert
The Patchogue Theatre
Saturday, April 8, 2000
1999
On the Razzle
Tom Stoppard
Jean Cocteau Repertory, directed by Scott Shattuck
Thursday, October 21, 1999
Craig Smith, Tim Deak, Harris Berlinsky, Marlene May, Jolie Garrett, Jennifer Lee Dudek, Neil Shah, Jason Crowl, Christopher Black, Angela Madden, Elise Stone, Christopher Cusumano, Jason Hauser, Marc Diraison, Marilyn Bernard, Marie-Elena Baldini.
The Balcony
Jean Genet
Elise Stone, Harris Berlinksy, Christopher Black, Tim Deak, Angela Madden, Jennifer Lee Dudek, Molly Pietz, Marc Diraison, Jolie Garret, Neil Shah, Craig Smith, Jason Cowl.
Bouwerie Lane Theatre
Friday, October 15, 1999
Bob Dylan & Paul Simon
Jones Beach
Friday, July 30, 1999
Death of a Salesman
Eugene O’Neill Theatre
July 11, 1999
1998
La Traviata
The Metropolitan Opera
December 30, 1998
Scott Bergeson, conductor (debut)
Franco Zeffirelli, production and set designer
Ainhoa Arteta, Violetta
Marcello Giordiani, Alfredo Germont
Delores Zeigler, Flora
Vladimir Chernov, Giorgio Germont
John Del Carlo, Marquis
James Courtney, Baron Douphon
LeRoy Lehr, Doctor
Tony Stevenson, Gastone
Diane Elias, Annina
Dennis Williams, Giuseppe
John Russell, messenger
Porgy and Bess
The New York Philharmonic
Bobby McFerrin, conductor
Saturday, December 19, 1998
Kevin Deas, Marvis Martin
Waiting for Godot
The Classic Stage Company
December 20, 1998
John Tutturro, Tony Shaloub, Christopher Lloyd, Richard Spore
The Bald Soprano
play by Eugene Ionesco
The New York International Fringe Festival
LES Tenement Museum
August 24, 1998 (24-hour production)
Burn Manhattan Spontaneous Theatre
The New York International Fringe Festival
House of Candles, 99 Stanton St.
Thursday, August 20, 1998
The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Martin McDonagh
Walter Kerr Theatre, Broadway
June, 1998
Anna Manahan, Marie Mullen, Tom Murphy, Brían F. O’Byrne
The Chairs
Play by Eugene Ionesco
The John Golden Theatre
June 12, 1998
The Seagull
Theatre Four
Sunday, May 31, 1998 (matinee)
Les Justes (the just)
Play by Albert Camus
Ubu Repertory Theatre
March 27, 1998
No Exit
Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean Cocteau Repertory
Bouwerie Lane Theatre
August 29, 1998
Charles Parnell, Tim Deak, Elise Stone, Tracey Atkins.
Rent
Musical
The Nederlander Theatre
Thursday, June 18, 1998
1997
Candide
Musical by Leonard Bernstein
The Gershwin Theatre
Saturday, July 5, 1997
Patrick Stewart: Uneasy Lies the Head
Monroe Lecture Center, CW Post
April 10, 1997
This programme ranges across 35 years of my acting career and although mainly drawing on experiences in theatre and aprticularly Shakespeare, in it includes film and television work. There is performance, analysis, and anecdote — too much anecdote a scholarly friend reproves me, but the stories are just as much a part of this theme that has dominated my career as is the drama.
The theme is Power. Man’s pursuit and possession of it and the joys, miseries, and absurdities attendant on it. My knowledge of this ‘smouldering smoke’ as Henry the Sixth described it, is based on the Kings, Princes, Dukes, Barons, Prime Ministers, Bishops, Generals, party bosses, tyrants, despots that litter my career from a 16-year old’s reckless attempt at Oedipus Rex to striding the bridge of the Starship Enterprise as Captain Jean-Luc Picard.
Some of the material is very well known. Some is, sadly, all to [sic] obscure. I have a great fondness for these little-known pieces, and one of my pleasures in this programme is that it will introduce, in bite-size chunks, bits of drama my audience will be hearing for the first time. It is a very personal selection, I hope you will enjoy it. — Patrick Stewart
New York Youth Symphony
Carnegie Hall
December 14, 1997
Mischa Santora, Conductor
Vladimir Feltsman, Piano
Mahoney, Something Snappy (world premiere)
Rachmaninoff, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 (Feltsman)
Dvorák, Symphony No. 6 in D Major, Op. 60
Les Misérables
Musical
Imperial Theatre
July 6, 1995