Metropolitan Opera Revives 12 Productions in 2023-2024 Season

Summary: In the 2023-2024 season the Metropolitan Opera offers 18 operas, of which 12 are revivals with a debut range from the 1977-1978 to 2022-2023 seasons.

The 2023-2024 season's fourth revival of Mark Morris's 2006-2007 production of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice closes the 2023-2024 season as the 12th of the season's 12 revived productions; the third revival took place in the 2019-2020 season; sets by Allen Moyer, costumes by Isaac Mizrahi, lighting by James F. Ingalls and choreography by Mark Morris: The Metropolitan Opera, via Facebook Oct. 27, 2019

In the 2023-2024 season the Metropolitan Opera performs 18 operas, of which 12 revive productions with a debut range as recent as the 2022-2023 season and as early as the 1977-1978 season.

Nabucco by Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi (Oct. 10, 1813-Jan. 27, 1901) opens Thursday, Sep. 28, 2023, as the 2023-2024 season's first revived production. Nabucco's 14 performances comprise the sixth revival of the new 2000-2001 production debuted Thursday, March 8, 2001, by Australian opera director Elijah Moshinsky.

The 2023-2024 season's second revived production, La Bohème by Italian opera composer Giacomo Puccini (Dec. 22, 1858-Nov. 29, 1924), opens Tuesday, Oct. 10. The opera's 18 performances mark the 38th revival of the new 1981-1982 production debuted Monday, Dec. 14, 1981, by Tuscan film, opera and television director and producer Franco Zeffirelli.

Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera opens Friday, Oct. 20, as the season's third revived production. The opera's nine performances occur as the second revival of the new 2012-2013 production debuted Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, by American theater and film director David Alden.

Tannhäuser by 19th-century German composer and librettist Wilhelm Richard Wagner (May 22, 1813-Feb. 13, 1883) opens Thursday, Nov. 30, as the season's fourth revived production. The opera's eight performances are staged as the 10th revival of the new 1977-1978 production debuted Thursday, Dec. 22, 1977, by Austrian opera and theater director Otto Schenk.

Met Opera's holiday presentation of The Magic Flute, an abridged, English-language version of Die Zauberflöte by Classical Era composer Wolfgang Mozart (Jan. 27, 1756-Dec. 5, 1791), opens Friday, Dec. 8, as the season's fifth revived production. The operatic fairy tale's 13 performances comprise the eighth revival of the new 2006-2007 production debuted Friday, Dec. 29, 2006, by American stage and film director, costume designer and playwright Julie Taymor.

The season's sixth revived production, Puccini's Madama Butterfly, opens Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. Puccini's Japan-themed opera receives 16 performances as the ninth revival of the new 2006-2007 production debuted Monday, Sep. 25, 2006, by British film director, playwright and screenwriter Anthony Minghella.

Puccini's Turandot opens Wednesday, Feb. 28, as the season's seventh revived production. The China-themed opera's 17 performances qualify as the 17th revival of the new 1986-1987 production debuted Thursday, March 12, 1987, by Franco Zeffirelli.

Roméo et Juliette by French composer Charles Gounod (June 17, 1818-Oct. 18, 1893) opens Thursday, March 7, as the season's eighth revived production. The seven performances of the tragedy of star-crossed lovers comprise the second revival of the new 2016-2017 production debuted Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016, by American theater director Bartlett Sher.

The season's ninth revived production, Puccini's Rondine, opens Tuesday, March 26. Its eight performances are scheduled as the second revival of the new 2008-2009 production debuted Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008, by French opera director Nicolas Joël.

Fire Shut Up in My Bones by American jazz musician and composer Terence Blanchard (born March 13, 1962) opens Monday, April 8, as the season's 10th revived production. The opera's seven performances define the first revival of the new 2021-2022 production debuted Monday, Sep. 27, 2021, by American stage director James Robinson and American choreographer, dancer and director Camille A. Brown.

The season's 11th revived production, The Hours by American composer Kevin Puts (born Jan. 3, 1972), opens Sunday, May 5. Its eight performances constitute the first revival of the new 2022-2023 production debuted Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022, by English stage director Phelim McDermott.

Orfeo ed Euridice by German classical composer Christoph von Gluck (July 2, 1714-Nov. 15, 1787) opens Thursday, May 16, as closer of the lineup of the 2023-2024 season's 12 revived productions. The eight performances of the season's 12th revived production realize the fourth revival of the new 2006-2007 production debuted Wednesday, May 2, 2007, by American director, choreographer and dancer Mark Morris.

Three of the 2023-2024 season's 12 revived productions distinguish themselves with achievements of recentness or longevity. The 38th revival of Franco Zeffirelli's visualization of Puccini's La Bohème qualifies as the season's most revived production. The 1977 debut date for Schenk's interpretation of Wagner's Tannhäuser qualifies as the season's oldest production. The 2022 debut date for Phelim McDermott's vision of Puts' The Hours qualifies as the recentest of the season's 12 revived productions.

Australian opera director Elijah Moshinsky's production of Verdi's Nabucco, which debuted at Met Opera during the 2000-2001 season, reappears at Met Opera in the 2023-2024 season for its sixth revival, which opens Thursday, Sep. 28, 2023, as the first of the season's 12 revived productions: West Australian Opera, via Facebook Jan. 16, 2021

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The 2023-2024 season's fourth revival of Mark Morris's 2006-2007 production of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice closes the 2023-2024 season as the 12th of the season's 12 revived productions; the third revival took place in the 2019-2020 season; sets by Allen Moyer, costumes by Isaac Mizrahi, lighting by James F. Ingalls and choreography by Mark Morris: The Metropolitan Opera, via Facebook Oct. 27, 2019, @ https://www.facebook.com/MetOpera/posts/pfbid0sAkNamJhBH9uvoFFjbQFGKMRyEa5AUsWtggLN9cngMuVDa1EdACRhyxXstZm9dfil

Australian opera director Elijah Moshinsky's production of Verdi's Nabucco, which debuted at Met Opera during the 2000-2001 season, reappears at Met Opera in the 2023-2024 season for its sixth revival, which opens Thursday, Sep. 28, 2023, as the first of the season's 12 revived productions: West Australian Opera, via Facebook Jan. 16, 2021, @ https://www.facebook.com/waopera/posts/vale-elijah-moshinsky/10157936757498527/

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Marriner, Derdriu. "The Metropolitan Opera Performs 18 Operas in the 2023-2024 Season." Earth and Space News. Monday, Aug. 21, 2023.
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Marriner, Derdriu. "Puccini’s La Bohème Is May 6, 2023, Saturday Matinee Radio Broadcast." Earth and Space News. Monday, May 1, 2023.
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Marriner, Derdriu. "Roméo et Juliette Is the Jan. 21, 2017, Metropolitan Opera Saturday Matinee Broadcast." Earth and Space News. Monday, Jan. 16, 2017.
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The Metropolitan Opera. "Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice returns to the stage this Tuesday, October 29. Don’t miss Mark Morris’s 21st-century take on the ancient Orpheus myth! On stage though November 10: bit.ly/2mYMkLo. Photo by Ken Howard / Met Opera." Facebook. Oct. 27, 2019.
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West Australian Opera. "Vale Elijah Moshinsky. Tait Memorial Trust January 15, 2021. Vale the great #Australian opera director @Elijah Moshinsky who sadly passed away today. He directed performances in the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, The Metropolitan Opera, #LaScala and the Royal National Theatre for over 30 years, and directed opera, theatre and television throughout the world. He won the Laurence Olivier Award three times and received Australia’s highest award: The Opera Australia Award in 2019. Elijah’s family fled Russia and sought refuge in Shanghai where he was born in 1946, before emigrating to Australia in 1951 and settling down in Melbourne. Elijah’s Year 12 results were outstanding, and he took up the scholarship at Ormond College, The University of Melbourne where he soon became involved in theatrical productions at the university. In 1973 he earned a scholarship to study at University of Oxford where his involvement in a production of As You Like It caught the eye of the Director at Covent Garden and he was offered the role of Producer for the Royal Opera. As a director of opera and theatre, Elijah is famed wherever his productions have been staged throughout the world. His television work has included the filming of operas, plays and works of literature. He has been involved in either the direction or production of works as diverse as Lohengrin, Samson et Dalila, The Bartered Bride, Much Ado About Nothing, Becket, Richard III and The Green Man." Facebook. Jan. 16, 2021.
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