Metropolitan Opera: 2009-2010 season announced

[bhodges]

Even though the Met is cutting back (i.e., no revivals of Die Frau Ohne Schatten and The Ghosts of Versailles) there are still some tasty items on the menu.  The line-up is here. 

I'm especially looking forward to the new production of Shostakovich's The Nose (conducted by Gergiev), the revival of Lulu (with Levine) and the Patrice Chéreau production of Janácek's From the House of the Dead, with Salonen conducting.

--Bruce

[Homo Aestheticus]

Bruce,

This is unbelievable..... They've shelved  Pelleas et Melisande....   

The tradition has been to produce it every 5 years and now..... nothing.

Considering that it is one of the least expensive to put on makes this doubly sad.

[bhodges]

Yes, times are tough.  I'm just glad they have a season at all, and with some substance, considering what is happening to some (admittedly smaller) opera houses here and there. 

--Bruce

[Wendell_E]

Bruce,

This is unbelievable..... They've shelved  Pelleas et Melisande....   

The tradition has been to produce it every 5 years and now..... nothing.

Considering that it is one of the least expensive to put on makes this doubly sad.

Pelléas et Mélisande is scheduled to return in Dec. 2010 - Jan. 2011 (less than six years after the last revival) with Magdalena Kožená, Felicity Palmer, Stéphane Degout, Gerald Finley, and Willard White, Simon Rattle conducting (his Met debut). 

I was sort of hoping the Lulu revival would be an HD Theatrecast, but no such luck.  I guess I'll just have to go up to New York if I want to see it.  I see they're also doing Der Fliegende Holländer and the new productions of Armida and Tosca that week, so it should be worth a trip.

[Homo Aestheticus]

Pelléas et Mélisande is scheduled to return in Dec. 2010 - Jan. 2011 (less than six years after the last revival) with Magdalena Kožená, Felicity Palmer, Stéphane Degout, Gerald Finley, and Willard White, Simon Rattle conducting (his Met debut). 

Thanks Wendell !      Are you sure, though ?  That doesn't even come up on the best search engine: Operabase.

http://www.operabase.com/oplist.cgi?id=none&lang=en&is=Pelleas+et+Melisande&by=&loc=&stype=abs&sd=11&sm=2&sy=2009&etype=abs&ed=31&em=12&ey=2011

[Wendell_E]

Thanks Wendell !      Are you sure, though ?  That doesn't even come up on the best search engine: Operabase.

http://www.operabase.com/oplist.cgi?id=none&lang=en&is=Pelleas+et+Melisande&by=&loc=&stype=abs&sd=11&sm=2&sy=2009&etype=abs&ed=31&em=12&ey=2011

Try here: http://balconybox.blogspot.com/2008/06/met-futures-page.html

Bradley Wilber's info is unofficial, but usually accurate, though the Met itself has in recent season made some changes pretty late in the day, such as cancelling the revivals of Ghosts of Versailles, Die Frau ohne Schatten, and Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk that were originally scheduled for this season.  Currently, the page lists some info for season as far in the future as 2013-14.  Operabase doesn't usually post performances until the season is officially announced, with performance dates.  The word on the Pelléas revival is official, though, having been mentioned in some of the Met's press releases a while back, when Gelb first took over.

[Homo Aestheticus]

Thanks!  And nice to see  Boris Godunov  in there..    

[karlhenning]

Bradley Wilber's info is unofficial, but usually accurate, though the Met itself has in recent season made some changes pretty late in the day, such as cancelling the revivals of Ghosts of Versailles, Die Frau ohne Schatten, and Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk that were originally scheduled for this season.

Now, Ledi Makbet is an opera will be missed this season!

[Superhorn]

  The cancellations are unfortunate but unavoidable. But the Met still has a wonderfully varied and interesting season ahead with no fewer than nine new productions. Most US opera companies don't even do that many operas per season. We must count our blessings.