Orfeo ed Euridice Is June 8, 2024, Met Opera Saturday Radio Broadcast

Summary: Orfeo ed Euridice is the June 8, 2024, Met Opera Saturday broadcast, airing as 27th of the 2023-2024 season's 27 Saturday matinee radio broadcasts.

Mark Morris at San Francisco Jewish Community Center on Tuesday, Sep. 26, 2006, seven months before his Met Opera debut Wednesday, May 2, 2007, as director and choreographer of his new production of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice: Charles Haynes, CC BY SA 2.0 Generic, via Wikimedia Commons

Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice is the June 8, 2024, Met Opera Saturday matinee broadcast, airing at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time as the 27th of the 2023-2024 season's lineup of 27 Saturday matinee radio broadcasts.

Orfeo ed Euridice by German classical composer Christoph von Gluck (July 2, 1714-Nov. 15, 1787) receives eight performances in the 2023-2024 season. The first through fifth performances were held Thursday, May 16, 2024, at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday matinee, May 19, at 3:00 p.m.; Thursday, May 23, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, May 25, at 8:00 p.m.; and Thursday, May 30, at 7:30 p.m. The sixth through eighth, closing performances are scheduled for Monday, June 3, at 8:00 p.m.; Wednesday, June 5, at 8:00 p.m.; and closing day, Saturday matinee, June 8, at 1:00 p.m.

Christian Curnyn conducts all eight performances of Orfeo ed Euridice. The British conductor, harpsichordist and baroque music specialist's conductorship of the 2023-2024 season's first performance of Orfeo ed Euridice on Thursday, May 16, marked his Met Opera debut.

Ying Fang appears in all eight performances as Euridice, happily fated in Gluck's opera in contrast to Greek mythology's unhappily ended Euridice. The Chinese operatic soprano had made her Met Opera debut Sunday, Sep. 28, 2013, as the Kazan Cathedral’s female voice and as Madame Podtochina’s daughter in the opera company’s seventh performance of The Nose by Russian composer and pianist Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (Sep. 25, 1906-Aug. 9, 1975).

Anthony Roth Costanzo appears in all eight performances as Orfeo, whose violation of a promise not to look at Euridice during their ascent from the underworld occasions Euridice's second death but whose suicidal intention invokes Amore's revival of Euridice and a happy life in the upper world for the couple. The American countertenor had made his Met Opera debut Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, as Unulfo in the opera house’s 21st performance of Rodelinda by German, later British, Baroque composer George Handel (Feb. 23, 1685-April 14, 1759).

Elena Villalón appears in all eight performances in the trouser role of Amore, who allows Orfeo's and Euridice's successful return to the upper world by nullifying Euridice's second death, which had been caused by Orfeo's violation of Amore's no-looking, no-explaining requirements during his retrieval of Euridice from the underworld. The Cuban-American soprano's appearance in the opera's first 2023-2024 season performance on Thursday, May 16, marked her Met Opera debut.

The 2023-2024 season's presentation of Orfeo ed Euridice marks the fourth revival of the new production that debuted in the 2006-2007 season under the directorship and choreography of Mark Morris (born Aug. 29, 1956). The American director, choreographer and dancer had made his Met Opera debut, along with his new production of Orfeo ed Euridice, on Wednesday, May 2, 2007, in the opera company's 83rd performance of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice.

Morris's production team for Orfeo ed Euridice comprises Allen Moyer, set designer; Isaac Mizrahi, costume designer; and James F. Ingalls, lighting designer. American set designer Allen Moyer and American fashion Isaac Mizrahi had made their Met Opera debuts in the new production Wednesday, May 2, 2007, alongside their director. American lighting designer James F. Ingalls had made his Met Opera debut Monday, Feb. 10, 1997, in the opera company's 45th performance of Wozzeck by Austrian composer Alban Berg (Feb. 9, 1885-Dec. 24, 1935).

The June 8 Saturday matinee closes Met Opera's 2023-2024 season. The fourth revival of Morris's staging of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice numbers as the 27th and last of the season's Saturday matinee radio broadcasts and also as the last of the 2023-2024 season's operatic performances.

American costume and set designer Allen Moyer designed the sets for Mark Morris's 2006-2007-debuting new production of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice; Allen Moyer, interviewed Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022, by Jeffrey Lentz, Wachovia Theatre, Albright College Center for the Arts, for "Confronting the Empty Space: The Stage Designs of Allen Moyer," exhibition held in Albright College's Freedman Gallery from Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022, to Friday, April 15, 2022: Albright College Center for the Arts, via Facebook Jan. 31, 2022

Acknowledgment

My special thanks to talented artists and photographers/concerned organizations who make their fine images available on the internet.

Dedication

This post is dedicated to the memory of our beloved blue-eyed brother, Charles, who guided the creation of the Met Opera and Astronomy posts on Earth and Space News. We memorialized our brother in "Our Beloved Blue-Eyed Brother, Charles, With Whom We Are Well Pleased," published on Earth and Space News on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, an anniversary of our beloved father's death.

Image credits:

Mark Morris at San Francisco Jewish Community Center on Tuesday, Sep. 26, 2006, seven months before his Met Opera debut Wednesday, May 2, 2007, as director and choreographer of his new production of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice: Charles Haynes, CC BY SA 2.0 Generic, via Wikimedia Commons @ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mark_Morris,_2006.jpg; Charles Haynes, CC BY SA 2.0, via Flickr @ https://www.flickr.com/photos/haynes/265786450/

American costume and set designer Allen Moyer designed the sets for Mark Morris's 2006-2007-debuting new production of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice; Allen Moyer, interviewed Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022, by Jeffrey Lentz, Wachovia Theatre, Albright College Center for the Arts, for "Confronting the Empty Space: The Stage Designs of Allen Moyer," exhibition held in Albright College's Freedman Gallery from Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022, to Friday, April 15, 2022: Albright College Center for the Arts, via Facebook Jan. 31, 2022, @ https://www.facebook.com/AlbrightCFA/posts/10166385803050109/; via Facebook Jan. 31, 2022, @ https://www.facebook.com/AlbrightCFA/photos/a.10166385809215109/10166385803050109/; via Facebook Jan. 31, 2022, @ https://www.facebook.com/AlbrightCFA/photos/pb.100056650070289.-2207520000/10166385803050109/

For further information:

Albright College Center for the Arts. Added a new photo [Allen Moyer]. Facebook. Feb. 1, 2022.
Available via Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/AlbrightCFA/posts/10166011077675109/
Available via Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/AlbrightCFA/photos/a.10150381737555109/10166011077675109/
Available via Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10166011077675109&set=pcb.10166011078685109
Available via Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/AlbrightCFA/posts/congratulations-to-allen-moyer-whose-phenomenal-and-awarding-winning-scenic-and-/10166011078685109/

Albright College Center for the Arts. Added a new photo [Allen Moyer]. Facebook. Jan. 31, 2022.
Available via Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/AlbrightCFA/posts/10166385803050109/
Available via Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/AlbrightCFA/photos/a.10166385809215109/10166385803050109/
Available via Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/AlbrightCFA/photos/pb.100056650070289.-2207520000/10166385803050109/

Albright College Center for the Arts. "'Confronting the Empty Space: the Stage Designs of Allen Moyer' opens this weekend on Sun., Jan. 30 and runs through April 15, Freedman Gallery at Albright College. Join us Sun., 2 p.m. in the Wachovia Theatre for an Interview with Allen Moyer hosted by Jeffrey Lentz, an Experience Event. Then, stay for the Opening Reception, from 3-5 p.m. in the Freedman Gallery. Allen Moyer’s set designs have graced some of America’s most important opera houses and Broadway stages over the last 35 years. Moyer grew up in Schuylkill Haven, attended Albright College for two years before transferring to Penn State University where he earned a B.A. degree, followed by a M.F.A. degree from New York University. His designs have appeared in celebrated productions at English National Opera, Wexford Festival, the Metropolitan Opera, the New York City Opera, the San Francisco Opera, the Santa Fe Opera, Houston Grand Opera, the Seattle Opera and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. Moyer’s first Broadway production was in 1996 for the revival of 'Tartuffe.' He has since designed sets for thirteen more Broadway shows, notably winning an Obie Award and garnering Tony Award and Drama Desk Award nominations for his work on the 2006 musical 'Grey Gardens.' The Freedman Gallery is pleased to present a mid-career retrospective featuring scale models, scenic and costume sketches, with photos and videos of realized works that chronicle the important contributions of this master artist and designer. #scenicdesign #opera #theatre #design #AllenMoyer #setdesign The Freedman Gallery is FREE and open to the public, Tuesday through Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday, 1-4 p.m.; it is closed on Monday and Saturday, during regular College holidays/breaks, and for inclement weather. COVID-19 protocols are currently in place require that masks covering one’s nose and mouth be worn indoors when visiting the gallery and that a social distance of three feet be kept between all individuals. Contract tracing is also required, so, please be prepared to register with contact information during each visit. Thank you!." Facebook. Jan. 29, 2022.
Available via Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/AlbrightCFA/posts/pfbid0dUZkSHrf1B42f7e2t9t4PwmdezerZmwpu3MmQynAkGpgMGafDQGiq289ZDbxn6nQl
Available via Facebook @ https://m.facebook.com/AlbrightCFA/posts/confronting-the-empty-space-the-stage-designs-of-allen-moyer-opens-this-weekend-/10166003272465109/

Albright College Center for the Arts. "Congratulations to Allen Moyer, whose phenomenal and awarding-winning scenic and costume designs for important operas and Broadway productions are now on display at the Freedman Gallery. Thank you to Jeffrey Lentz and Allen for an amazing interview on Sunday! That presentation will be up on our website soon. If you weren't one of the 100 people who attended the opening, drop in to see the show when you can before April 15, when the show ends. Admission to the gallery is FREE, and we are open Tuesday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, 1-4 p.m. Please wear a mask and follow all COVID-19 rules." Facebook. Feb. 1, 2022.
Available via Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/AlbrightCFA/posts/congratulations-to-allen-moyer-whose-phenomenal-and-awarding-winning-scenic-and-/10166011078685109/

Clark, Peter. "Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice at the Met." The Metropolitan Opera > Discover > Archives > Notes From the Archives.
Available @ https://www.metopera.org/discover/archives/notes-from-the-archives/from-the-archives-orfeo-ed-euridice-at-the-met/

"Debut: Anthony Roth Costanzo." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 354199 Rodelinda Metropolitan Opera House, Wed, December 7, 2011. Debut: Anthony Roth Costanzo. Rodelinda (21) George Frideric Handel | Nicola Francesco Haym.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0384852

“Debut: Anthony Roth Costanzo.” MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 354199 Rodelinda {21} Metropolitan Opera House: 12/07/2011.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=354199

"Debut: Falk Struckmann, James F. Ingalls." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 327350 New Production Wozzeck Metropolitan Opera House, Mon, February 10, 1997. Debut: Falk Struckmann, James F. Ingalls. Wozzeck (45) Alban Berg / Alban Berg.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=354199

"Debut: Mark Morris, Allen Moyer, Isaac Mizrahi." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 352019 New Production Orfeo ed Euridice Metropolitan Opera House, Wed, May 2, 2007. Debut: Mark Morris, Allen Moyer, Isaac Mizrahi. Orfeo ed Euridice (83) Christoph Willibald Gluck / Ranieri de' Calzabigi.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0383814

"Debut: Ying Fang, Joseph Barron, Christopher Job, Kevin Glavin, Matt Boehler." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 355027 The Nose Metropolitan Opera House, Sat, September 28, 2013 Matinee Broadcast Matinee. Debut: Ying Fang, Joseph Barron, Christopher Job, Kevin Glavin, Matt Boehler. The Nose (7) Dmitri Shostakovich | Alexander Preys/Dmitri Shostakovich/Yevgeny Zamyatin.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0385265

"Debuts: Falk Struckmann, James F. Ingalls." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 327350 New Production Wozzeck {45} Metropolitan Opera House: 02/10/1997.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=327350

"Debuts: Mark Morris, Allen Moyer, Isaac Mizrahi." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 352019 New Production Orfeo ed Euridice {83} Metropolitan Opera House: 05/02/2007.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=352019

“Debuts: Ying Fang, Matt Boehler, Joseph Barron, Kevin Glavin, Christopher Job.” MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] Metropolitan Opera Premiere CID: 355027 The Nose {7} Matinee ed. Metropolitan Opera House: 09/28/2013.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=355027

Hoffman, Gary. "Mark Morris Directs and Choreographs Orfeo ed Euridice in Met Debut." Opera Today. March 12, 2007.
Available @ https://operatoday.com/2007/03/mark_morris_directs_and_choreographs_orfeo_ed_euridice_in_met_debut/

Marriner, Derdriu. "2017-2018 Met Opera Season Premiere of Turandot Is Thursday, Oct. 12." Earth and Space News. Monday, Oct. 2, 2017.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2017/10/2017-2018-met-opera-season-premiere-of.html

Marriner, Derdriu. "Met Opera Calendars 2023-2024 Season Operas Sep. 26 Through June 8." Earth and Space News. Monday, Sep. 18, 2023.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/09/met-opera-calendars-2023-2024-season.html

Marriner, Derdriu. "Met Opera First Staged Greek Myth of Orfeo ed Euridice in April 1885." Earth and Space News. Monday, Oct. 18, 2021.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2021/08/met-opera-first-staged-greek-myth-of.html

Marriner, Derdriu. "Met Opera Most Recently Staged Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice in 2019-2020." Earth and Space News. Monday, Oct. 25, 2021.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2021/10/met-opera-most-recently-staged-glucks.html

Marriner, Derdriu. "Met Opera Newly Stages Carmen and La Forza del Destino in 2023-2024." Earth and Space News. Monday, Sep. 11, 2023.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/09/met-opera-newly-stages-carmen-and-la.html

Marriner, Derdriu. "Met Opera Staged L'Orfeo April 1912 as Second Orfeo and Euridice Opera." Earth and Space News. Monday, Nov. 1, 2021.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2021/11/met-opera-staged-lorfeo-april-1912-as.html

Marriner, Derdriu. "The Metropolitan Opera Performs 18 Operas in the 2023-2024 Season." Earth and Space News. Monday, Aug. 21, 2023.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-metropolitan-opera-performs-18.html

Marriner, Derdriu. "Metropolitan Opera Revives 12 Productions in 2023-2024 Season." Earth and Space News. Monday, Aug. 28, 2023.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/08/metropolitan-opera-revives-12.html

Marriner, Derdriu. "Only Two of 11 Zeffirelli Productions Are Still Revived at Met Opera." Earth and Space News. Monday, May 25, 2020.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2020/05/only-two-of-11-zeffirelli-productions.html

Marriner, Derdriu. "Orfeo ed Euridice Was To Be April 4, 2020, Met Opera Saturday Broadcast." Earth and Space News. Monday, March 30, 2020.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2020/03/orfeo-ed-euridice-is-april-4-2020-met.html

Marriner, Derdriu. "Saturday Matinee Broadcasts Include Six Special Programs in 2023-2024." Earth and Space News. Monday, Nov. 27, 2023.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/11/saturday-matinee-broadcasts-include-six.html

The Metropolitan Opera. "The Metropolitan Opera announces its 2023–24 season, with the most new works in the company’s modern history." The Metropolitan Opera > About > Press Releases. Feb. 22, 2023.
Available @ https://www.metopera.org/about/press-releases/the-metropolitan-opera-announces-its-202324-season-with-the-most-new-works-in-the-companys-modern-history/

"New Production: Orfeo ed Euridice." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 352019 New Production Orfeo ed Euridice Metropolitan Opera House, Wed, May 2, 2007. Debut: Mark Morris, Allen Moyer, Isaac Mizrahi. Orfeo ed Euridice (83) Christoph Willibald Gluck / Ranieri de' Calzabigi.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0383814

“New Production: Orfeo ed Euridice.” MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 352019 New Production Orfeo ed Euridice {83} Metropolitan Opera House: 05/02/2007.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=352019

Cinderella Aired New Year's Day 2022 Is June 1, Saturday Radio Matinee

Summary: Met Opera's Cinderella performance aired New Year's Day 2022 airs June 1, 2024, as the 26th of 27 Saturday radio matinees in the 2023-2024 season.

Isabel Leonard in 2021-2022 Met Opera season's rehearsal in title role in Cinderella, Kelley Rourke's English-language libretto of Laurent Pelly's 2017-2018 production of Massenet's Cendrillon; set designed by Barbara de Limburg; photo by Jonathan Tichler / Met Opera: The Metropolitan Opera, via Facebook Dec. 7, 2021

Met Opera's Cinderella matinee broadcast from New Year's Day 2022 airs June 1, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time as the 26th of the 2023-2024 seasons lineup of 27 Saturday matinee radio broadcasts.

The Metropolitan Opera's 2021-2022 season featured Cinderella, an abridged English language version of French language fairytale opera Cendrillon by French Romantic Era composer Jules Massenet (May 12, 1842-Aug. 13, 1912). Dramaturg, librettist, translator and yoga and mindfulness practitioner and teacher Kelley Rourke created the one act, 90-minute adaptation.

Cinderella/Cendrillon received eight performances in the 2021-2022 season. The opera's first six performances took place in December 2021 (Friday, Dec. 17; Sunday matinee, Dec. 19; Wednesday, Dec. 22; Friday matinee, Dec. 24; Tuesday matinee, Dec. 28; and Thursday matinee, Dec. 30. The seventh and eighth, closing performances were held in January 2022 (Saturday matinee, Jan. 1; Monday evening, Jan. 3).

Emmanuel Villaume conducted all eight performances. The French conductor had made his Met Opera debut Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2004, in the opera company’s 789th performance of Madama Butterfly by Italian opera composer Giacomo Puccini (Dec. 22, 1858-Nov. 29, 1924).

Isabel Leonard appeared in the title role in the first two and fourth through eighth, closing performances of Cinderella/Cendrillon. The American operatic mezzo-soprano had made her Met Opera debut Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2007, as Stéphano in the opera company’s 312th performance of Roméo et Juliette by 19th-century French composer Charles-François Gounod (June 17, 1818-Oct. 18, 1893).

Emily D'Angelo sang the trouser role of Prince Charming in the first, seventh and eighth, closing performances. The Canadian-Italian mezzo-soprano had made her Met Opera debut Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, as Pantalis in the opera company's 68th performance of Mefistofele by Italian composer and librettist Arrigo Boito (Feb. 24, 1842-June 10, 1918).

Stephanie Blythe sang Cinderella's stepmother, Madame de la Haltière, in the first through fifth, seventh and eighth, closing performances. The American mezzo-soprano had made her Met Opera debut Wednesday, April 28, 2010, as Mercédès in the opera company's 958th performance of Carmen by French Romantic Era composer Georges Bizet (Oct. 25, 1838-June 3, 1875).

Laurent Naouri appeared as Cinderella's father, Pandolfe, in all eight performances. The French bass-baritone had made his MetOpera debut Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, as Sharpless in the opera company’s 838th performance of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly.

Jessica Pratt sang the Fairy Godmother in the first two and fourth through eighth, closing performances. The English-born Australian operatic soprano had made her Met Opera debut Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016, as the Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute, in the opera company's 426th performance of Die Zauberflöte.

The 2021-2022 season's performances of Cinderella/Cendrillon marked the first revival of the new production by Laurent Pelly (born Jan. 14, 1962) that had debuted Thursday, April 12, 2018, in the Metropolitan Opera premiere of the original French libretto of Massenet's Cendrillon. The French opera and theatre director had made his Met Opera debut Monday, April 21, 2008, as director and costume designer, in the opera company's 89th performance of La Fille du Régiment by Italian opera composer Gaetano Donizetti (Nov. 29, 1797-April 8, 1848).

In addition to directing the production, Laurent Pelly also served as costume designer. His production team comprises Barbara de Limburg, set designer; Duane Schuler, lighting designer; and Laura Scozzi, choreographer. Belgian set designer Barbara de Limburg had made her Met Opera debut in Cendrillon's Metropolitan Opera premiere Thursday, April 12, 2018. American theatrical lighting designer Duane Schuler had made his Met Opera debut Monday, March 21, 1994, in the opera company's 268th performance of Otello by 19th-century Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi (Oct. 10, 1813-Jan. 27, 1901). France-based, Italian choreographer Laura Scozzi's Met Opera debut Monday, April 21, 2008, alongside Laurent Pelly, in his new production of Donizetti's La Fille du Régiment.

The 2021-2022 season's presentation of Cinderella/Cendrillon premiered the English-language version of Pelly's production. Kelley Rourke's Cinderella libretto numbers as the second of Met Opera's abridged, English language opera adaptations for family audiences. The Metropolitan Opera had debuted Julie Taymor's The Magic Flute in the 2006-2007 as the first of the opera company's abridged, English-language, family-friendly opera adaptations.

Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice airs June 8 at 1:00 p.m. as the 27th of the 2023-2024 season's lineup of 27 Saturday matinee radio broadcasts. The June 8 Saturday radio matinee broadcasts the eighth, closing performance of the 2023-2024 season's eight performances of Orfeo ed Euridice. The 2023-2024 season's presentation of Orfeo ed Euridice marks the fourth revival of the new production debuted by American director, choreographer and dancer Mark Morris in the 2006-2007 season.

In the 2021-2022 season, Emmanuel Villaume's conducting revisit of Laurent Pelly's 2017-2018 production of Massenet's Cendrillon introduces the opera's abridged, English-language, family friendly adaptation as Cinderella by Kelley Rourke: Emmanuel Villaume, via Facebook Dec. 7, 2021

Acknowledgment

My special thanks to talented artists and photographers/concerned organizations who make their fine images available on the internet.

Dedication

This post is dedicated to the memory of our beloved blue-eyed brother, Charles, who guided the creation of the Met Opera and Astronomy posts on Earth and Space News. We memorialized our brother in "Our Beloved Blue-Eyed Brother, Charles, With Whom We Are Well Pleased," published on Earth and Space News on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, an anniversary of our beloved father's death.

Image credits:

Isabel Leonard in 2021-2022 Met Opera season's rehearsal in title role in Cinderella, Kelley Rourke's English-language libretto of Laurent Pelly's 2017-2018 production of Massenet's Cendrillon; set designed by Barbara de Limburg; photo by Jonathan Tichler / Met Opera: The Metropolitan Opera, via Facebook Dec. 7, 2021, @ https://www.facebook.com/MetOpera/posts/pfbid0pZVaGs8oGSgfkCGJSK1aotJoXn19BiNEgt8Xta4tJ8uxqaULzKe6kj8wBnbv9fDNl; via Facebook Dec. 7, 2021, @ https://www.facebook.com/MetOpera/photos/pb.100044543344646.-2207520000/10165914085600533/

In the 2021-2022 season, Emmanuel Villaume's conducting revisit of Laurent Pelly's 2017-2018 production of Massenet's Cendrillon introduces the opera's abridged, English-language, family friendly adaptation as Cinderella by Kelley Rourke: Emmanuel Villaume, via Facebook Dec. 7, 2021, @ https://www.facebook.com/EmmanuelVillaumeconductor/posts/pfbid0oKR1d71YYbAEMv2F2h2UvvrtjsF93Y71yjY3mtNQpFdVE7c5hq6uH9raU8LoHsKEl; via Facebook Dec. 7, 2021, @ https://www.facebook.com/EmmanuelVillaumeconductor/photos/pb.100063953685824.-2207520000/4862824150407059/

For further information:

"Debut: Donald Maxwell, Marian Seldes, Laurent Pelly, Chantal Thomas, Joël Adam, Laura Scozzi, Agathe Mélinand." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 352500 New Production La Fille du Régiment Metropolitan Opera House, Mon, April 21, 2008 Broadcast. Debut: Donald Maxwell, Marian Seldes, Laurent Pelly, Chantal Thomas, Joël Adam, Laura Scozzi, Agathe Mélinand. La Fille du Régiment (89) Gaetano Donizetti / Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges / Jean-François Bayard.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0384034

"Debut: Emily D'Angelo, Julian Fertel, N. Casey Schopflocher." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 357085 Die Zauberflöte Metropolitan Opera House, Wed, December 19, 2018 Matinee Broadcast Matinee. Debut: Emily D'Angelo, Julian Fertel, N. Casey Schopflocher. In English, translation by J. D. McClatchy. Die Zauberflöte (443) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Emanuel Schikaneder.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0386537

"Debut: Emily D'Angelo, Julian Fertel, N. Casey Schopflocher." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 357090 Die Zauberflöte {443} Metropolitan Opera House: 12/19/2018.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=357090

"Debut: Emmanuel Villaume, Felicia Velazquez." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 351017 Madama Butterfly Metropolitan Opera House, Wed, September 22, 2004. Debut: Emmanuel Villaume, Felicia Velazquez. Madama Butterfly (790) Giacomo Puccini / Luigi Illica/ Giuseppe Giacosa.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0383086

"Debut: Isabel Leonard." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 352067 Roméo et Juliette Metropolitan Opera House, Tue, September 25, 2007 Broadcast. Debut: Isabel Leonard. Roméo et Juliette (312) Charles Gounod / Jules Barbier / Michel Carré.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0383838

“Debut: Isabel Leonard.” MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 352067 Roméo et Juliette {312} Metropolitan Opera House: 09/25/2007.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=352067

"Debut: Jessica Pratt, Sarah Mesko, Misha Grossman, Dylan Hansen Hamme." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 356569 Die Zauberflöte Metropolitan Opera House, Tue, December 20, 2016. Debut: Jessica Pratt, Sarah Mesko, Misha Grossman, Dylan Hansen Hamme. In English, translation by J. D. McClatchy. Die Zauberflöte (426) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Emanuel Schikaneder.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0386069

“Debut: Laurent Naouri.” MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 354365 Madama Butterfly {838} Metropolitan Opera House: 02/17/2012.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=354365

"Debut: Stephanie Blythe, Anthony Dean Griffey." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 320010 Parsifal Metropolitan Opera House, Fri, April 14, 1995. Debut: Stephanie Blythe, Anthony Dean Griffey. Parsifal (273) Richard Wagner / Richard Wagner.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0380791

“Debuts: Emmanuel Villaume, Felicia Velazquez.” MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 351017 Madama Butterfly {789} Metropolitan Opera House: 09/22/2004.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=351017

“Debuts: Jessica Pratt, Sarah Mesko, Misha Grossman, Dylan Hansen Hamme.” MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 356569 Die Zauberflöte {426} Metropolitan Opera House: 12/20/2016.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=356569

"Debuts: Laurent Pelly, Chantal Thomas, Joël Adam, Laura Scozzi, Agathe Mélinand, Donald Maxwell, Marian Seldes, Jack Wetherall." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 352500 New Production La Fille du Régiment {89} Metropolitan Opera House: 04/21/2008.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=352500

“Debuts: Stephanie Blythe, Anthony Dean Griffey.” MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 320010 Parsifal {273} Metropolitan Opera House: 04/14/1995.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=320010

Emmanuel Villaume. Dec. 7, 2021.
Available via Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/EmmanuelVillaumeconductor/posts/pfbid0oKR1d71YYbAEMv2F2h2UvvrtjsF93Y71yjY3mtNQpFdVE7c5hq6uH9raU8LoHsKEl
Available via Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/EmmanuelVillaumeconductor/photos/pb.100063953685824.-2207520000/4862824150407059/

Emmanuel Villaume. "Instagram. Repost from @metopera. Where in the 🌎 will you be watching today’s Live in HD transmission of Cinderella? Today at 12:55PM ET in cinemas around the globe, mezzo-soprano @isabelleonardny stars as the rags-to-riches title princess at the center of Massenet’s fairy-tale opera. Maestro @emvillaume conducts Laurent Pelly’s wonderfully whimsical production, a family-friendly treat with an all-new English translation by @kelley_rebecca. Learn more at metopera.org/HD. Photo by Karen Almond / Met Opera." Facebook. Jan. 1, 2022.
Available via Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/EmmanuelVillaumeconductor/posts/pfbid02yFc7qA6KC24PxZRWdHN9dBkQxroGk8VJcZJMP7M96SDvLp75Se914qoc34x76RcPl
Available via Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/EmmanuelVillaumeconductor/photos/pb.100063953685824.-2207520000/4960828917273248/

Marriner, Derdriu. "2017-2018 Met Opera Season Premiere of Turandot Is Thursday, Oct. 12." Earth and Space News. Monday, Oct. 2, 2017.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2017/10/2017-2018-met-opera-season-premiere-of.html

Marriner, Derdriu. "Cendrillon Is the April 28, 2018, Met Opera Saturday Matinee Broadcast." Earth and Space News. Monday, April 23, 2018.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2018/04/cendrillon-is-april-28-2018-met-opera.html

Marriner, Derdriu. "Cinderella Is Met Opera's Jan. 1, 2022, Saturday Matinee Broadcast." Earth and Space News. Monday, Dec. 27, 2021.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2021/12/cinderella-is-met-operas-jan-1-2022.html

Marriner, Derdriu. "La Cenerentola Was To Be March 21, 2020, Met Opera Saturday Broadcast." Earth and Space News. Monday, March 16, 2020.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2020/03/la-cenerentola-is-march-21-2020-met.html

Marriner, Derdriu. "Met Opera Calendars 2023-2024 Season Operas Sep. 26 Through June 8." Earth and Space News. Monday, Sep. 18, 2023.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/09/met-opera-calendars-2023-2024-season.html

Marriner, Derdriu. "Met Opera Newly Stages Carmen and La Forza del Destino in 2023-2024." Earth and Space News. Monday, Sep. 11, 2023.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/09/met-opera-newly-stages-carmen-and-la.html

Marriner, Derdriu. "The Metropolitan Opera Performs 18 Operas in the 2023-2024 Season." Earth and Space News. Monday, Aug. 21, 2023.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-metropolitan-opera-performs-18.html

Marriner, Derdriu. "Metropolitan Opera Revives 12 Productions in 2023-2024 Season." Earth and Space News. Monday, Aug. 28, 2023.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/08/metropolitan-opera-revives-12.html

Marriner, Derdriu. "Only Two of 11 Zeffirelli Productions Are Still Revived at Met Opera." Earth and Space News. Monday, May 25, 2020.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2020/05/only-two-of-11-zeffirelli-productions.html

Marriner, Derdriu. "Saturday Matinee Broadcasts Include Six Special Programs in 2023-2024." Earth and Space News. Monday, Nov. 27, 2023.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/11/saturday-matinee-broadcasts-include-six.html

The Metropolitan Opera. "Off to the ball! Starring as Cinderella in our newest English-language presentation, mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard is busy preparing for the premiere of Massenet’s Cinderella on December 17. Watch her headline Laurent Pelly’s romantic storybook staging, conducted by Emmanuel Villaume, this holiday season. On stage December 17–January 3: bit.ly/31ooTP9. In cinemas January 1: bit.ly/3G8CNnF. Photo by Jonathan Tichler / Met Opera." Facebook. Dec. 7, 2021.
Available via Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/MetOpera/posts/pfbid0pZVaGs8oGSgfkCGJSK1aotJoXn19BiNEgt8Xta4tJ8uxqaULzKe6kj8wBnbv9fDNl
Available via Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/MetOpera/photos/pb.100044543344646.-2207520000/10165914085600533/

"Metropolitan Opera Premiere: Abridged, One Act Version of The Magic Flute / Die Zauberflöte." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 351755 Premiere of abridged version Die Zauberflöte {365} Matinee ed. Metropolitan Opera House: 12/29/2006.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=351755

"Metropolitan Opera Premiere, New Production: Cendrillon." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 356942 Metropolitan Opera Premiere, New Production Cendrillon Metropolitan Opera House, Thu, April 12, 2018 Broadcast. Debut: Maya Lahyani, David Leigh, Petr Nekoranec, Lianne Coble-Dispensa, Sara Heaton, Christina Thomson Anderson, Rosalie Sullivan. Cendrillon (1) Jules Massenet / Henri Cain.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0386417

"Metropolitan Opera Premiere: Cendrillon." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 356946 Metropolitan Opera Premiere Cendrillon {1} Metropolitan Opera House: 04/12/2018.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=356946

La Fanciulla del West of October 2018 Is May 25, 2024, Saturday Airing

Summary: Met Opera's La Fanciulla del West broadcast Oct. 27, 2018, airs May 25, 2024, as 25th of the 2023-2024 season's 27 Saturday matinee radio broadcasts.

Dutch soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek and German operatic tenor Jonas Kaufmann sang lovers Minnie and Dick, respectively, in the last four performances (including the Oct. 27, 2018, Saturday matinee) of the third revival of Giancarlo del Monaco's 1991-1992 season-debuting new production of Puccini's La Fanciulla del West: The Metropolitan Opera, via Facebook Oct. 26, 2018

Met Opera's Oct. 27, 2018, broadcast of Puccini's La Fanciulla del West airs May 25, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time as the 25th of the 2023-2024 season's 27 Saturday matinee radio broadcasts.

La Fanciulla del West by Italian opera composer Giacomo Puccini (Dec. 22, 1858-Nov. 29, 1924) received seven performances in Met Opera's 2018-2019 season. All seven performances were held in October. The Saturday matinee, Oct. 27, 2018, numbered as the seventh, closing Fanciulla performance in the 2023-2024 season.

Marco Armiliato conducted all seven performances in the 2018-2019 season. The Genoa-born Italian conductor had made his Met Opera debut Monday, Nov. 9, 1998, in the opera company’s 1,048th performance of Puccini’s La Bohème.

Eva-Maria Westbroek appeared in all seven performances in the title role of Polka Saloon owner Minnie, who falls in love with outlaw Dick Johnson. The Dutch soprano had made her Met Opera debut Friday, April 22, 2011, as Sieglinde in the opera company’s 525th performance of Die Walküre by 19th-century German composer and librettist Wilhelm Richard Wagner (May 22, 1813-Feb. 13, 1883).

Jonas Kaufmann appeared in the last four performances, including the Oct. 27, Saturday matinee, as Dick Johnson, the outlaw whom Minnie loves, saves from hanging and joins in a new start elsewhere. The German operatic tenor’s Met Opera debut happened Saturday, Feb. 4, 2006, as Alfredo in the opera company’s 904th performance of La Traviata by 19th-century Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi (Oct. 10, 1813-Jan. 27, 1901).

Željko Lučić appeared in all seven performances as mining camp sheriff Jack Rance, who loves Minnie, reluctantly agrees to pardon Dick Johnson from hanging and allows Minnie and Dick to seek a fresh start elsewhere. The Serbian operatic baritone had made his Met Opera debut Tuesday, Sep. 26, 2006, as Barnaba in the opera company’s 275th performance of La Gioconda by 19th century Italian opera composer Amilcare Ponchielli (Aug. 31, 1834-Jan. 16, 1886).

Carlo Bosi sang Polka Saloon bartender Nick in all seven performances. The Italian tenor had made his Met Opera debut Friday, Dec. 6, 2013, as Dr. Cajus in the opera company’s 176th performance of Verdi’s Falstaff.

Michael Todd Simpson appeared in all seven performances as Sonora, a miner who loves Minnie and unties Dick's hands after the outlaw's reprieval from hanging. The American operatic baritone had made his Met Opera debut Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2009, as Hermann/Schlémil in the opera company’s 241st performance of Les Contes d’Hoffmann by German-born French composer Jacques Offenbach (June 20, 1819-Oct. 5, 1880).

Matthew Rose sings outlaw-pursuing Wells Fargo agent Ashby in all seven performances. The English operatic bass had made his Met Opera debut Friday, Nov. 18, 2011, as Colline in the opera company’s 1,240th performance of Puccini’s La Bohème.

Oren Gradus sang traveling minstrel Jake Wallace in all seven performances. The American bass had made his Met Opera debut Saturday, Dec. 14, 2002, as the Guardian of Ores in Elektra by German late Romantic and early modern composer Richard Strauss (June 11, 1864-Sep. 8, 1949).

The 2018-2019 season's presentation of La Fanciulla del West marked the third revival of the new production by Giancarlo del Monaco (born Dec. 27, 1943) that debuted Thursday, Oct. 10, 1991, in the opera company's 76th Fanciulla performance. The debut of the new production also had marked the Italian stage director's Met Opera debut.

Giancarlo del Monaco's production team for La Fanciulla del West comprised Michael Scott as costume and set designer and Gil Wechsler as lighting director. Michael Scott had made his Met Opera debut Thursday, Oct. 10, 1991, alongside his director. American theatrical lighting designer Gil Wechsler had made his Met Opera debut Tuesday, Jan. 18, 1977, in the opera company's 74th performance of Le Prophète by German Jewish opera composer Giacomo Meyerbeer (Sep. 5, 1791-May 2, 1864).

Massenet's Cinderella broadcasts June 1 at 1:00 p.m. as the 26th of the 2023-2024 season's lineup of 27 Saturday matinee radio broadcasts. The June 1 Saturday radio matinee replays Emmanuel Villaume's conductorship of Met Opera's Cinderella performance on New Year's Day, Jan. 1, 2022.

Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice broadcasts June 8 at 1:00 p.m. as the 27th and last of the 2023-2024 season's 27 Saturday radio matinees. The season's performances of Orfeo ed Euridice comprise the fourth revival of the new 2006-2007 production debuted Wednesday, May 2, 2007, by American director, choreographer and dancer Mark Morris.

Venice-born Italian stage director Giancarlo del Monaco, whose Met Opera debut occurred Thursday, Oct. 10, 1991, in his new production of Puccini's La Fanciulla del West, is the son of Neapolitan-Sicilian Italian operatic tenor Mario del Monaco (July 27, 1915-Oct. 16, 1982); photo of (left) Giancarlo del Monaco with (inner right) Chilean spinto tenor Giancarlo Monsalve (born March 4, 1982) and (outer right) Giancarlo's paternal uncle, Alberto del Monaco (born March 1, 1930), with poster for gala concert, a trent'anni della morte Macerata ricorda Mario del Monaco (thirty years after his death Macerata remembers Mario del Monaco), thirty years after his death Macerata remembers Mario del Monaco conceived and curated by Giancarlo in memory of his father that was held Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012, at 9:00 p.m. (ore 21) at the Sferisterio Macerata Opera Festival almost three decades after his death: Giancarlo Monsalve, via Facebook Aug. 13, 2019

Acknowledgment

My special thanks to talented artists and photographers/concerned organizations who make their fine images available on the internet.

Dedication

This post is dedicated to the memory of our beloved blue-eyed brother, Charles, who guided the creation of the Met Opera and Astronomy posts on Earth and Space News. We memorialized our brother in "Our Beloved Blue-Eyed Brother, Charles, With Whom We Are Well Pleased," published on Earth and Space News on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, an anniversary of our beloved father's death.

Image credits:

Dutch soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek and German operatic tenor Jonas Kaufmann sang lovers Minnie and Dick, respectively, in the last four performances (including the Oct. 27, 2018, Saturday matinee) of the third revival of Giancarlo del Monaco's 1991-1992 season-debuting new production of Puccini's La Fanciulla del West: The Metropolitan Opera, via Facebook Oct. 26, 2018, @ https://www.facebook.com/MetOpera/posts/limited-tickets-remain-to-tomorrows-final-performance-of-la-fanciulla-del-west-t/10161183525495533/

Venice-born Italian stage director Giancarlo del Monaco, whose Met Opera debut occurred Thursday, Oct. 10, 1991, in his new production of Puccini's La Fanciulla del West, is the son of Neapolitan-Sicilian Italian operatic tenor Mario del Monaco (July 27, 1915-Oct. 16, 1982); photo of (left) Giancarlo del Monaco with (inner right) Chilean spinto tenor Giancarlo Monsalve (born March 4, 1982) and (outer right) Giancarlo's paternal uncle, Alberto del Monaco (born March 1, 1930), with poster for gala concert, a trent'anni della morte Macerata ricorda Mario del Monaco (thirty years after his death Macerata remembers Mario del Monaco), thirty years after his death Macerata remembers Mario del Monaco conceived and curated by Giancarlo in memory of his father that was held Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012, at 9:00 p.m. (ore 21) at the Sferisterio Macerata Opera Festival almost three decades after his death: Giancarlo Monsalve, via Facebook Aug. 13, 2019, @ https://www.facebook.com/giancarlomonsalvefanpage/posts/2844202285608005/

For further information:

"Debut: Eva-Maria Westbroek, Molly Fillmore, Lindsay Ammann." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 353959 New Production Die Walküre Metropolitan Opera House, Fri, April 22, 2011 Broadcast. Debut: Eva-Maria Westbroek, Molly Fillmore, Lindsay Ammann. Die Walküre (525) Richard Wagner / Richard Wagner.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0384740

"Debut: Jonas Kaufmann." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 351420 La Traviata Metropolitan Opera House, Sat, February 4, 2006. Debut: Jonas Kaufmann. La Traviata (904) Giuseppe Verdi / Francesco Maria Piave.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0383468

“Debut: Jonas Kaufmann.” MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 351420 La Traviata {904} Metropolitan Opera House: 02/04/2006.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=351420

"Debut: Leonard Slatkin, Perry Ward, Kim Josephson, Hao Jiang Tian, Giancarlo Del Monaco, Michael Scott." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 306170 New Production La Fanciulla del West Metropolitan Opera House, Thu, October 10, 1991. Debut: Leonard Slatkin, Perry Ward, Kim Josephson, Hao Jiang Tian, Giancarlo Del Monaco, Michael Scott. La Fanciulla del West (76) Giacomo Puccini Guelfo Civinini / Carlo Zangarini.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0379904

"Debut: Marco Armiliato, Gregory Lorenz." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 331123 La Bohème Metropolitan Opera House, Mon, November 9, 1998. Debut: Marco Armiliato, Gregory Lorenz. La Bohème (1048) Giacomo Puccini / Luigi Illica/Giuseppe Giacosa.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0381573

"Debut: Matthew Rose." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 354168 La Bohème Metropolitan Opera House, Fri, November 18, 2011. Debut: Matthew Rose. La Bohème (1240) Giacomo Puccini / Luigi Illica / Giuseppe Giacosa.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0384836

“Debut: Matthew Rose.” MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 354168 La Bohème {1240} Metropolitan Opera House: 11/18/2011.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=354168

"Debut: Michael Todd Simpson." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 353209 New Production Les Contes d'Hoffmann Metropolitan Opera House, Thu, December 3, 2009 Broadcast. Debut: Michael Todd Simpson. Les Contes d'Hoffmann (241) Jacques Offenbach / Jules Barbier.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0384362

“Debut: Michael Todd Simpson.” MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 353209 Les Contes d’Hoffmann {241} Metropolitan Opera House: 12/03/2009.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=353209

"Debut: Oren Gradus." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 350433 Elektra Metropolitan Opera House, Sat, December 14, 2002. Debut: Oren Gradus. Elektra (93) Richard Strauss / Hugo von Hofmannsthal.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0382633

“Debut: Oren Gradus.” MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 350433 Elektra {93} Metropolitan Opera House: 12/14/2002.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=353209

"Debut: Paolo Fanale, Carlo Bosi, Christian Van Horn, Peter Van Praet." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 355173 New Production Falstaff Metropolitan Opera House, Fri, December 6, 2013 Broadcast. Debut: Paolo Fanale, Carlo Bosi, Christian Van Horn, Peter Van Praet. Falstaff (176) Giuseppe Verdi / Arrigo Boito.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0381573

"Debut: Raimund Herincx, Gil Wechsler, Stuart Sebastian." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 248030 New production Le Prophète {74} Metropolitan Opera House: 01/18/1977.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=248030

"Debut: Raimund Herincx, Stuart Sebastian, Gil Wechsler." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 248030 New Production Le Prophète Metropolitan Opera House, Tue, January 18, 1977. Debut: Raimund Herincx, Stuart Sebastian, Gil Wechsler. Le Prophète (74) Giacomo Meyerbeer / Eugène Scribe.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0376243

"Debut: Zeljko Lucic, Ricardo Lugo, Christian Jeong, Letizia Giuliani, Angel Corella, Christopher Wheeldon, Holly Hynes." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 351556 La Gioconda Metropolitan Opera House, Tue, September 26, 2006. Debut: Zeljko Lucic, Ricardo Lugo, Christian Jeong, Letizia Giuliani, Angel Corella, Christopher Wheeldon, Holly Hynes. La Gioconda (275) Amilcare Ponchielli / Arrigo Boito.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0383599

“Debuts: Christopher Wheeldon, Holly Hynes, Zeljko Lucic . . .” MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 351556 La Gioconda {275} Metropolitan Opera House: 09/26/2006.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=351556

“Debuts: Eva-Maria Westbroek, Molly Fillmore, Lindsay Ammann.” MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 353959 New Production Die Walküre {525} Metropolitan Opera House: 04/22/2011.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=353959

“Debuts: Gregory Lorenz, Marco Armiliato.” MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 331123 La Bohème {1048} Metropolitan Opera House: 11/09/1998.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=331123

“Debuts: Peter Van Praet, Paolo Fanale, Carlo Bosi, Christian Van Horn.” MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 355173 New Production Falstaff {176} Metropolitan Opera House: 12/06/2013.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=355173

gerhard25. "MARIO DEL MONACO, Tenor * 27 July 1915, Florence + 16 October 1982, Mestre." Great Singers of the Past. Sep. 6, 2016.
Available @ https://greatsingersofthepast.wordpress.com/2016/09/06/mario-del-monaco-tenor/

Giancarlo Monsalve. "With Alberto and Giancarlo Del Monaco preparing the beautiful Gala Concert in memory of the Great Mario Del Monaco at the Sferisterio Macerata Festival. It was a beautiful concert with fantastic colleagues. Tbt." Facebook. Aug. 13, 2019.
Available via Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/giancarlomonsalvefanpage/posts/2844202285608005/
Available via Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2844202285608005&set=a.274425650911414
Available via Facebook @ https://m.facebook.com/giancarlomonsalvefanpage/posts/2844202285608005/
Available via Facebook @ https://m.facebook.com/giancarlomonsalvefanpage/photos/a.595242057170717/2844202285608005/

Macedonio, Roberto. "Alberto Del Monaco: Collection: MyHeritage Family Trees; Site name: Sito della Famiglia Macedonio; Site manager: Roberto Macedonio; Birth: Mar 1 1930 -- Italia; Parents: Ettore Del Monaco, Flora Del Monaco (born Giachetti); Siblings:Mario Del Monaco, Marcello Del Monaco."
Available @ https://www.geni.com/people/Alberto-Del-Monaco/6000000063936535091

Marriner, Derdriu. "2017-2018 Met Opera Season Premiere of Turandot Is Thursday, Oct. 12." Earth and Space News. Monday, Oct. 2, 2017.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2017/10/2017-2018-met-opera-season-premiere-of.html

Marriner, Derdriu. "Monday, September 24, 2018 2018-2019 Met Opera Season Premiere of La Fanciulla del West Is Thursday, Oct. 4." Earth and Space News. Monday, Sep. 24, 2018.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2018/09/2018-2019-met-opera-season-premiere-of.html

Marriner, Derdriu. "La Fanciulla del West Is the Dec. 22, 2018, Met Opera Saturday Matinee Broadcast." Earth and Space News. Monday, Dec. 17, 2018.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2018/12/la-fanciulla-del-west-is-dec-22-2018.html

Marriner, Derdriu. "Met Opera Calendars 2023-2024 Season Operas Sep. 26 Through June 8." Earth and Space News. Monday, Sep. 18, 2023.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/09/met-opera-calendars-2023-2024-season.html

Marriner, Derdriu. "Met Opera Newly Stages Carmen and La Forza del Destino in 2023-2024." Earth and Space News. Monday, Sep. 11, 2023.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/09/met-opera-newly-stages-carmen-and-la.html

Marriner, Derdriu. "The Metropolitan Opera Performs 18 Operas in the 2023-2024 Season." Earth and Space News. Monday, Aug. 21, 2023.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-metropolitan-opera-performs-18.html

Marriner, Derdriu. "Metropolitan Opera Revives 12 Productions in 2023-2024 Season." Earth and Space News. Monday, Aug. 28, 2023.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/08/metropolitan-opera-revives-12.html

Marriner, Derdriu. "Only Two of 11 Zeffirelli Productions Are Still Revived at Met Opera." Earth and Space News. Monday, May 25, 2020.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2020/05/only-two-of-11-zeffirelli-productions.html

Marriner, Derdriu. "Saturday Matinee Broadcasts Include Six Special Programs in 2023-2024." Earth and Space News. Monday, Nov. 27, 2023.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/11/saturday-matinee-broadcasts-include-six.html

The Metropolitan Opera. "Limited tickets remain to tomorrow's final performance of La Fanciulla del West this season starring Jonas Kaufmann and Eva-Maria Westbroek! On stage tomorrow, Oct 27 at 1PM. Tickets: bit.ly/2OmPNLE. Photos by Ken Howard / Met Opera." Facebook. Oct. 26, 2018. [Image of Eva-Maria Westbroek and Jonas Kaufmann embracing].
Available via Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/MetOpera/posts/10161183347620533/
Available via Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/MetOpera/photos/a.134969600532/10161183347620533/
Available via Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10161183347620533&set=pcb.10161183525495533

The Metropolitan Opera. "Limited tickets remain to tomorrow's final performance of La Fanciulla del West this season starring Jonas Kaufmann and Eva-Maria Westbroek! On stage tomorrow, Oct 27 at 1PM. Tickets: bit.ly/2OmPNLE Photos by Ken Howard / Met Opera." Facebook. Oct. 26, 2018. [Three images of Eva-Maria Westbroek and Jonas Kaufmann].
Available via Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/MetOpera/posts/limited-tickets-remain-to-tomorrows-final-performance-of-la-fanciulla-del-west-t/10161183525495533/

"New Production: La Fanciulla del West." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 306170 New Production La Fanciulla del West Metropolitan Opera House, Thu, October 10, 1991. Debut: Leonard Slatkin, Perry Ward, Kim Josephson, Hao Jiang Tian, Giancarlo Del Monaco, Michael Scott. La Fanciulla del West (76) Giacomo Puccini Guelfo Civinini / Carlo Zangarini.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0379904

“New Production: La Fanciulla del West.” MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 306170 New Production La Fanciulla del West {76} Metropolitan Opera House: 10/10/1991.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=306170

Rothstein, Edward."Opera Review: An Intimate New 'Butterfly.'" The New York Times > Arts > Opera Review. Dec. 3, 1994.
Available via The New York Times @ https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/03/arts/opera-review-an-intimate-new-butterfly.html

The Hours Is May 18, 2024, Met Opera Saturday Matinee Radio Broadcast

Summary: The Hours is the May 18, 2024, Met Opera Saturday matinee broadcast, airing as 24th of the 2023-2024 season's 27 Saturday matinee radio broadcasts.

American conductor and Peabody Conservatory orchestral conductor Marin Alsop and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and Peabody Conservatory faculty artist Kevin Puts, whose works Maestro Alsop has conducted, overlap in May during Met Opera's 2023-2024 season, with the first revival of Puts's The Hours and Marin Alsop's Metropolitan Opera debut in Adams's El Niño; photo of Kevin Puts and Marin Alsop in George Peabody Library, Johns Hopkin University's Peabody Institute, Mount Vernon-Belvedere neighborhood, northern Baltimore, by James Bartolomeo: Naxos, via Facebook Feb. 24, 2023

Puts's The Hours is the May 18, 2024, Met Opera Saturday matinee broadcast, airing at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time as the 24th of the 2023-2024 season's lineup of 27 Saturday matinee opera broadcasts.

The Hours by American composer Kevin Matthew Puts (born Jan. 3, 1972) receives eight performances in the 2023-2024 season. The first two performances were held Sunday matinee, May 5, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time, and Friday, May 8, at 7:30 p.m. The third through eighth, closing performances are scheduled for Wednesday, May 15, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday matinee, May 18, at 1:00 p.m.; Tuesday, May 21, at 7:00 p.m.; Friday, May 24, at 8:00 p.m.; Tuesday, May 28, at 7:00 p.m.; and Friday, May 31, at 7:00 p.m.

Kensho Watanabe conducts all eight performances. The Japanese-American conductor and violinist had made his Met Opera debut Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022, in the opera company's eighth performance of The Hours by American composer Kevin Matthew Puts (born Jan. 3, 1972).

Renée Fleming appears in all eight performances as late 20th century, reminiscing Manhattanite Clarissa Vaughan for her first reprisal of the role. The American soprano had made her Met Opera debut Saturday, March 16, 1991, as the Countess in the opera company's 323rd performance of Le Nozze di Figaro by Classical Era composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Jan. 27, 1756-Dec. 5, 1791).

Joyce DiDonato appears in all eight performances as Richmond, England-born troubled author Virginia Woolf for her first reprisal of the role. The American lyric-coloratura mezzo-soprano had made her Met Opera debut Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2005, in the trouser role of Cherubino in the opera company’s 419th performance of Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro.

Kelli O'Hara makes her first reprisal in all eight performances as 1949 Los Angeles-based housewife and mother Laura Brown, who finds catharsis in reading Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway. The Broadway and opera American soprano had made her Met Opera debut Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014, as Valencienne in the opera company's New Year's Eve Gala and 27th performance of The Merry Widow by Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár (April 30, 1870-Oct. 24, 1948).

Kyle Ketelsen makes his first reprisal in all eight performances as Clarissa's best friend Richard, who is dying from AIDS. The American bass-baritone had made his Met Opera debut Saturday, April 22, 2006, as Angelotti in the opera company’s 874th performance of Tosca by Italian opera composer Giacomo Puccini (Dec. 22, 1858-Nov. 29, 1924).

Sean Panikkar appears in all eight performances as Virginia Woolf's husband, Leonard, for his first reprisal of the role. The Sri Lankan-American operatic tenor had made his Met Opera debut Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008, as Edmondo in the opera company's 208th performance of Puccini's Manon Lescaut.

Brandon Cedel appears in all eight performances as Laura's husband, Dan Brown, for his first reprisal of the role. The American bass-baritone had made his Met Opera debut Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013, as a Watchman in the opera company's 60th performance of Die Frau ohne Schatten by German composer Richard Strauss (June 11, 1864-Sep. 8, 1949).

William Burden makes his first reprisal in all eight performances as AIDS-afflicted Richard's ex-boyfriend Louis. The American tenor had made his Met Opera debut Thursday, Jan. 11, 1996, as Janek in the Metropolitan Opera premiere of The Makropulos Case by Czech composer Leoš Janáček (July 3, 1854-Aug. 12, 1928).

The 2023-2024 season's eight performances of Puts's The Hours mark the first revival of Phelim McDermott's production that debuted in the 2022-2023 season. The English stage director (born Aug. 21, 1963) had made his Met Opera debut Friday, April 11, 2008, in the Metropolitan Opera premiere of Satyagraha by American composer Philip Glass (born Jan. 31, 1937).

Phelim McDermott's production team for The Hours comprises Tom Pye, set and costume designer; Bruno Poet, lighting designer; Finn Ross, projection designer; Annie-B Parson, choreographer; Peter Relton, associate director; and Paul Cremo, dramaturg. British designer Tom Pye and Scottish designer Finn Ross had made their Met Opera debuts Monday, Sep. 23, 2013, in the opera company's 136th performance of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin Onegin by Russian late Romantic era composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (May 7, 1840-Nov. 6, 1893). British lighting designer Bruno Poet had made his Met Opera debut Friday, Nov. 8, 2019, in the Metropolitan Opera premiere of Akhnaten by American composer Philip Glass (born Jan. 31, 1937). American dramaturg Paul Cremo's first dramaturgy for Met Opera occurred Friday, Oct. 19, 2018, in the opera company's United States Premiere of Marnie by American contemporary classical music composer Nico Muhly (born Aug. 26, 1981).

Puccini's La Fanciulla del West broadcasts May 25 at 1:00 p.m. as the 25th of the 2023-2024 season's 27 Saturday matinee radio broadcasts. The May 25 Saturday radio matinee replays Met Opera's Oct. 27, 2018, performance under the conductorship of Marco Armiliato.

Massenet's Cinderella broadcasts June 1 at 1:00 p.m. as the 26th of the 2023-2024 season's 27 Saturday matinee radio broadcasts. The June 1 Saturday radio matinee replays Met Opera's New Year's Day, Jan. 1, 2022, Cinderella performance under the conductorship of Emmanuel Villaume.

Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice broadcasts June 8 at 1:00 p.m. as the 27th of 27 Saturday radio matinees. The 2023-2024 season's performances of Orfeo ed Euridice mark the fourth revival of the new 2006-2007 production debuted Wednesday, May 2, 2007, by American director, choreographer and dancer Mark Morris.

Kevin Puts's The Hours, which numbers as English stage director Phelim McDermott's fifth Met Opera production, receives its first revival in the 2023-2024 season; Sunday, Sep. 7, 2014, 17:18:43, image of Phelim McDermott by Michael Bednarek: CC BY SA 4.0 International, via Wikimedia Commons

Acknowledgment

My special thanks to talented artists and photographers/concerned organizations who make their fine images available on the internet.

Dedication

This post is dedicated to the memory of our beloved blue-eyed brother, Charles, who guided the creation of the Met Opera and Astronomy posts on Earth and Space News. We memorialized our brother in "Our Beloved Blue-Eyed Brother, Charles, With Whom We Are Well Pleased," published on Earth and Space News on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, an anniversary of our beloved father's death.

Image credits:

American conductor and Peabody Conservatory orchestral conductor Marin Alsop and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and Peabody Conservatory faculty artist Kevin Puts, whose works Maestro Alsop has conducted, overlap in May during Met Opera's 2023-2024 season, with the first revival of Puts's The Hours and Marin Alsop's Metropolitan Opera debut in Adams's El Niño; photo of Kevin Puts and Marin Alsop in George Peabody Library, Johns Hopkin University's Peabody Institute, Mount Vernon-Belvedere neighborhood, northern Baltimore, by James Bartolomeo: Naxos, via Facebook Feb. 24, 2023, @ https://www.facebook.com/Naxos/posts/pfbid02zcLYhLphupzpQTjhLABmqGdfPcHBH48pE787svQr3ok3LEcBqqUgLaTaPU4g1CD3l

Kevin Puts's The Hours, which numbers as English stage director Phelim McDermott's fifth Met Opera production, receives its first revival in the 2023-2024 season; Sunday, Sep. 7, 2014, 17:18:43, image of Phelim McDermott by Michael Bednarek: CC BY SA 4.0 International, via Wikimedia Commons @ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phelim_McDermott.JPG

For further information:

"Debut: Anne Schwanewilms, Nathan Stark, Jihee Kim, Danielle Talamantes, Megan Marino, Anthony Kalil, Jeongcheol Cha, Brandon Cedel, Andrey Nemzer, Matt Gibson." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 355114 Die Frau ohne Schatten Metropolitan Opera House, Thu, November 7, 2013 Broadcast. Debut: Anne Schwanewilms, Nathan Stark, Jihee Kim, Danielle Talamantes, Megan Marino, Anthony Kalil, Jeongcheol Cha, Brandon Cedel, Andrey Nemzer, Matt Gibson. Die Frau ohne Schatten (60) Richard Strauss / Hugo von Hofmannsthal.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0385304

"Debut: Dante Anzolini, Ellie Dehn, Phelim McDermott, Julian Crouch, Kevin Pollard, Paule Constable, Leo Warner, Mark Grimmer, 59 Productions, 59 Productions." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 352481 Metropolitan Opera Premiere, New Production, American Opera Satyagraha Metropolitan Opera House, Fri, April 11, 2008 Broadcast Broadcast Broadcast. Debut: Dante Anzolini, Ellie Dehn, Phelim McDermott, Julian Crouch, Kevin Pollard, Paule Constable, Leo Warner, Mark Grimmer, 59 Productions, 59 Productions. In Sanskrit. Satyagraha (1) Philip Glass / Constance DeJong.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0384027

"Debut: David Robertson, William Burden, Anthony Ward, Dona Granata, Howard Harrison." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 322990 Metropolitan Opera Premiere, New Production The Makropulos Case Metropolitan Opera House, Thu, January 11, 1996. Debut: David Robertson, William Burden, Anthony Ward, Dona Granata, Howard Harrison. In English. The Makropulos Case (1) Leos Janácek / Leos Janácek
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0380922

"Debut: J'Nai Bridges, Zachary James, Linday Oshe, Chrystal E. Williams, Annie Rosen, Suzanne Hendrix, Oscar Rempe-Hiam, Bruno Poet, Sean Gandini." [Met Performance] CID: 357286 Met Premiere, New Production, American Opera Akhnaten Metropolitan Opera House, Fri, November 8, 2019 Broadcast. Debut: J'Nai Bridges, Zachary James, Linday Oshe, Chrystal E. Williams, Annie Rosen, Suzanne Hendrix, Oscar Rempe-Hiam, Bruno Poet, Sean Gandini. Akhnaten (1) Philip Glass / Philip Glass/Shalom Goldman/ Robert Israel/Richard Riddell and Jerome Robbins/Vocal text drawn fromoriginal sources by Shalom Goldman.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0386724

"Debut: Kelli O'Hara, Carson Elrod, Gary Simpson, Synthia Link, Alison Mixon, Emily Pynenburg, Leah Hofmann, Jenny Laroche, Catherine Hamilton, Susan Stroman, William Ivey Long." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 355727 New Production The Merry Widow Metropolitan Opera House, Wed, December 31, 2014 Broadcast. Debut: Kelli O'Hara, Carson Elrod, Gary Simpson, Synthia Link, Alison Mixon, Emily Pynenburg, Leah Hofmann, Jenny Laroche, Catherine Hamilton, Susan Stroman, William Ivey Long. In English. The Merry Widow (27) Franz Lehár / Viktor Léon/Leo Stein.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0385609

"Debut: Kensho Watanabe." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 357778 The Hours Metropolitan Opera House, Thu, December 15, 2022. Debut: Kensho Watanabe. The Hours (8) Kevin Puts / Greg Pierce.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0387159

"Debut: Kyle Ketelsen." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 351503 Tosca Metropolitan Opera House, Sat, April 22, 2006. Debut: Kyle Ketelsen. Tosca (874) Giacomo Puccini / Luigi Illica/Giuseppe Giacosa.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0383549

“Debut: Kyle Ketelsen.” MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 351503 Tosca {874} Metropolitan Opera House: 04/22/2006.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=351503

"Debut: Mark Wigglesworth, Joyce DiDonato, Maurizio Muraro, Wendy Bryn Harmer, Leann Sandel-Pantaleo." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 351338 Le Nozze di Figaro Metropolitan Opera House, Wed, November 2, 2005. Debut: Mark Wigglesworth, Joyce DiDonato, Maurizio Muraro, Wendy Bryn Harmer, Leann Sandel-Pantaleo. Le Nozze di Figaro (419) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Lorenzo Da Ponte.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0383387

"Debut: Renée Fleming." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 303730 Le Nozze di Figaro Metropolitan Opera House, Sat, March 16, 1991. Debut: Renée Fleming. Le Nozze di Figaro (323) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Lorenzo Da Ponte.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0379835

"Debut: Renée Fleming." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 303730 Le Nozze di Figaro {323} Metropolitan Opera House: 03/16/1991.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=303730

"Debut: Sean Panikkar." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 352319 Manon Lescaut Metropolitan Opera House, Tue, January 29, 2008 Broadcast. Debut: Sean Panikkar. Manon Lescaut (208) Giacomo Puccini / Luigi Illica / Giuseppe Giacosa / Marco Praga / Ruggero Leoncavallo.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0383954

"Debut: Sean Panikkar." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 352319 Manon Lescaut {208} Metropolitan Opera House: 01/29/2008. Sirius Broadcast live.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=352319

"Debuts: Deborah Warner, Fiona Shaw, Tom Pye, Chloe Obolensky, Ian William Galloway, Finn Ross." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 355023 New Production Eugene Onegin {136} Metropolitan Opera House: 09/23/2013.Metropolitan Opera Radio Sirius XM channel 74 Broadcast live Streamed at metopera.org Plazacast/Times Squarecast. Opening Night {129} Peter Gelb, General Manager.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=355023

"Debuts: Karen Kamensek, Zachary James, J'Nai Bridges, Lindsey Ohse, Chrystal E. Williams, Annie Rosen, Suzanne Hendrix, Oscar Rempe-Hiam, Bruno Poet, Sean Gandini." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 357309 Metropolitan Opera Premiere Akhnaten {1} Metropolitan Opera House: 11/08/2019.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=357309

"Debuts: Kensho Watanabe." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 357778 The Hours {8} Metropolitan Opera House: 12/15/2022. (Debuts: Kensho Watanabe). Metropolitan Opera House. December 15, 2022.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=357778

“Debuts: Mark Wigglesworth, Maurizio Muraro, Joyce DiDonato, Wendy Bryn Harmer, Leann Sandel-Pantaleo.” MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 351338 Le Nozze di Figaro {419} Metropolitan Opera House: 11/02/2005.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=351338

"Debuts: Phelim McDermott, Julian Crouch, Kevin Pollard, Paule Constable, Leo Warner, Mark Grimmer, 59 Productions, Dante Anzolini, Ellie Dehn, Skills Ensemble." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 352481 Metropolitan Opera Premiere Satyagraha {1} Broadcast ed. Metropolitan Opera House: 04/11/2008.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=352481

"Debuts: Susan Stroman, William Ivey Long, Kelli O'Hara, Gary Simpson, Carson Elrod, Synthia Link, Alison Mixon, Emily Pynenburg, Leah Hofmann, Jenny Laroche, Catherine Hamilton." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 355727 New Production The Merry Widow {27} Metropolitan Opera House: 12/31/2014. Broadcast/Streamed New Year's Eve Gala.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=355727

“Debuts: William Burden, David Robertson, Anthony Ward, Dona Granata, Howard Harrison.” MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 322990 The Makropulos Case {1} Metropolitan Opera House: 01/11/1996.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=322990

"Dramaturg Paul Cremo." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 357019 United States Premiere, New Production Marnie Metropolitan Opera House, Fri, October 19, 2018 Broadcast. Debut: Robert Spanno, Will Liverman, Marie Te Hapuku, Stacey Tappan, Gabriel Gurevich, Peabody Southwell, Arianne Phillips, Lynee Page. Marnie (1) Nico Muhly / Nicholas Wright.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0386480

"Dramaturg Paul Cremo." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 357028 United States Premiere Marnie {1} Metropolitan Opera House: 10/19/2018.
Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=357028

Lundquist, Tiffany."Peabody Symphony Orchestra, conductor Marin Alsop to record music of Pulitzer-winning composer Kevin Puts: Peabody faculty artist was honored for his 2012 debut opera 'Silent Night.'" Johns Hopkins University The Hub. March 24, 2015.
Available @ https://hub.jhu.edu/2015/03/24/peabody-symphony-orchestra-records-the-works-of-kevin-puts/#:~:text=The%20music%20of%20Pulitzer%20Prize,member%20of%20Peabody's%20conducting%20faculty.

Marriner, Derdriu. "2017-2018 Met Opera Season Premiere of Turandot Is Thursday, Oct. 12." Earth and Space News. Monday, Oct. 2, 2017.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2017/10/2017-2018-met-opera-season-premiere-of.html

Marriner, Derdriu. "The Hours by Kevin Puts Is Dec. 10, 2022, Saturday Matinee Broadcast." Earth and Space News. Monday, Dec. 5, 2022.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-hours-by-kevin-puts-is-dec-10-2022.html

Marriner, Derdriu. "The Hours in 2022-2023 Was Fifth Phelim McDermott Staging at Met Opera." Earth and Space News." Monday, June 19, 2023.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-hours-in-2022-2023-was-fifth-phelim.html

Marriner, Derdriu. "Met Opera Calendars 2023-2024 Season Operas Sep. 26 Through June 8." Earth and Space News. Monday, Sep. 18, 2023.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/09/met-opera-calendars-2023-2024-season.html

Marriner, Derdriu. "Met Opera Newly Stages Carmen and La Forza del Destino in 2023-2024." Earth and Space News. Monday, Sep. 11, 2023.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/09/met-opera-newly-stages-carmen-and-la.html

Marriner, Derdriu. "The Metropolitan Opera Performs 18 Operas in the 2023-2024 Season." Earth and Space News. Monday, Aug. 21, 2023.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-metropolitan-opera-performs-18.html

Marriner, Derdriu. "Metropolitan Opera Revives 12 Productions in 2023-2024 Season." Earth and Space News. Monday, Aug. 28, 2023.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/08/metropolitan-opera-revives-12.html

Marriner, Derdriu. "Only Two of 11 Zeffirelli Productions Are Still Revived at Met Opera." Earth and Space News. Monday, May 25, 2020.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2020/05/only-two-of-11-zeffirelli-productions.html

Marriner, Derdriu. "Saturday Matinee Broadcasts Include Six Special Programs in 2023-2024." Earth and Space News. Monday, Nov. 27, 2023.
Available @ https://earth-and-space-news.blogspot.com/2023/11/saturday-matinee-broadcasts-include-six.html

Naxos. "The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, led by renowned conductor Marin Alsop, presents GRAMMY and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Kevin Puts, composer’s works with three world premiere recordings. The programme features 'The City' -- an exploration of many aspects of urban centers in America. The orchestra is joined by BSO’s principal oboist Katherine Needleman for 'Moonlight'. Percussionist Ji Su Jung -- the first solo percussionist to receive the Avery Fisher Career Grant -- is featured in Marimba Concerto. AVAILABLE NOW: https://naxos.lnk.to/8559926FA #NEWonNAXOS #AmericanClassics." Facebook. Feb. 24, 2023.
Available via Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/Naxos/posts/pfbid02zcLYhLphupzpQTjhLABmqGdfPcHBH48pE787svQr3ok3LEcBqqUgLaTaPU4g1CD3l

"World Premiere: The Hours." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 357754 World Premiere The Hours Metropolitan Opera House, Tue, November 22, 2022 Broadcast. The Hours (1) Kevin Puts / Greg Pierce.
Available @ https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/record.jsp?dockey=0387152

"World Premiere: The Hours." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 357754 World Premiere The Hours {1} Metropolitan Opera House: 11/22/2022. Broadcast/Telecast. Gala Performance. World Premiere. Available @ http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=357754