Metropolitan Opera House
March 15, 2009 Broadcast/Streamed
125th ANNIVERSARY GALA / CELEBRATION of PLÁCIDO DOMINGO'S 40 YEARS AT THE MET
Gounod: FAUST
Faust opened the Metropolitan Opera's first season on 10/22/83. The costumes in this performance are based on those from the original production
Vin ou bière
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Le veau d'or
Méphistophélès..........John Relyea
Jewel Song
Marguerite..............Angela Gheorghiu
Final Trio
Méphistophélès..........John Relyea
Marguerite..............Sondra Radvanovsky
Faust...................Roberto Alagna
Puccini: LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST
This opera had its world premiere at the Met on 12/10/1910. The sets and costumes for this performance are based on the first production by David Belasco
Ch'ella mi creda
Dick Johnson............Plácido Domingo
Verdi: AIDA
The artists' costumes are inspired by those worn in the 1908-09 season by Emma Eames and Louise Homer
Silenzio! Aida verso noi s'avanza!... Fu la sorte
Amneris.................Stephanie Blythe
Aida....................Maria Guleghina
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Mussorgsky: BORIS GODUNOV
Boris Godunov received its U.S. premiere at the Met on 3/19/1913, in a production by Ivan Bilibine whose costumes have been reimagined for the Gala
Death of BorisBoris...................John Tomlinson
Feodor..................Jesse Burnside Murray
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Verdi: NABUCCO
The chorus' costumes are from the 2001 production designed by Andreane Neofitou
Va, pensiero
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Bizet: CARMEN
This performance features a set drawing by Rolf Gérard from the 1952 production by Tyrone Guthrie. Waltraud Meier's costume is inspired by Valentina's for Rosa Ponselle in 1935
Carmen, un bon conseil... C'est toi? C'est moi
Frasquita...............Erin Morley
Carmen..................Waltraud Meier
Mercédès................Kate Lindsey
Don José................Roberto Alagna
Verdi: RIGOLETTO
This performance recreates Eugene Berman's set for Herbert Graf's 1951 production. The costume is based on Enrico Caruso's from 1903
La donna è mobile
The Duke of Mantua......Juan Diego Flórez
Verdi: DON CARLO
James Morris' costume is based on Cesare Siepi's from Margaret Webster's 1950 production. The set is based on Rolf Gerard's design for that production
Ella giammai m'amoKing Philip.............James Morris
R. Strauss: DER ROSENKAVALIER
The U.S. premiere of Der Rosenkavalier was at the Met on 12/9/1913. The sets and costumes are inspired by the designs of Hans Kautsky and Alfred Roller for the premiere
Hab' mir's gelobtOctavian................Susanne Mentzer
Princess von Werdenberg..................Deborah Voigt
Sophie..................Lisette Oropesa
Mozart: DON GIOVANNI
Mariusz Kwiecien's costume was inspired by one originally worn by Ezio Pinza
Fin ch'han dal vino
Don Giovanni............Mariusz Kwiecien
Wagner: PARSIFAL
The Met presented the first staged performance of Parsifal outside the Bayreuth Festival on 12/24/1903. The sets and costumes for this performance are based on that production
Ja, Wehe!... Nur eine Waffe taugt
Amfortas................Thomas Hampson
Parsifal................Plácido Domingo
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Mozart: DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE
The animation is based on Marc Chagall's painting The Triumph of Music
Overture
Puccini: GIANNI SCHICCHI
Gianni Schicchi received its world premiere at the Met on 12/14/1918 as part of Il Trittico
O mio babbino caro
Lauretta................Maija Kovalevska
Tchaikovsky: THE QUEEN OF SPADES
Dmitri Hvorostovsky's costume is based on E.S. Freisinger's design for the 3/5/1910 U. S. premiere at the Met
Ya vas lyublyuYeletsky................Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Verdi: SIMON BOCCANEGRA
The U.S. premiere was given at the Met on 1/28/1932. The set designed by Camillo Parravicini and costumes are based on that production
Dinne, perché in quest'eremo... Figlia, a tal nome io palpito
Amelia Grimaldi.........Angela Gheorghiu
Simon Boccanegra........Plácido Domingo
Wagner: SIEGFRIED
The Met performed the first Ring cycle in America in March 1889.Deborah Voigt's costume is based on one designed for Lilli Lehmann for the 1889 production
Ewig war ichBrünnhilde..............Deborah Voigt
Siegfried...............Ben Heppner
The following sequence is based on Franco Zeffirelli's set drawings, costumes, and productions
Puccini: LA BOHÈME
Che gelida manina
Rodolfo.................Joseph Calleja
Puccini: TOSCA
E lucevan le stelle
Cavaradossi.............Aleksandrs Antonenko
Puccini: TURANDOT
Nessun dormaCalàf...................Marcello Giordani
Verdi: LA TRAVIATA
Natalie Dessay's costume is based on one designed by Jonel Jorgulesco for a 1935 production and worn by Bidú Sayão in 1937
È Strano!... Ah, fors'è lui... Sempre libera
Violetta................Natalie Dessay
Alfredo.................Joseph Calleja
Verdi: OTELLO
This performance is inspired by the Met's 1909 production which had sets by Vittorio Rota, Mario Sala, and Angelo Parravicini and costumes by Caramba
Niun mi tema
Otello..................Plácido Domingo
Korngold: DIE TOTE STADT
Renée Fleming's costume is based on one created for Maria Jeritza for the 11/19/1921, U.S. premiere at the Met
Glück, das mir verblieb
Marietta................Renée Fleming
Wagner: DAS RHEINGOLD
Costumes based on those designed for the 1889 production
Zur Burg Führt die Brücke... Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge
Froh....................Garrett Sorenson
Wotan...................James Morris
Fricka..................Yvonne NaefLoge....................Kim Begley
Rhinemaidens: Kate Lindsey, Tamara Mumford, Lisette Oropesa
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