Met Opera 2009-10 Season

[abatt]

The Met released info today regarding the 2009-2010 season. Of particular interest to Ballet Talk is the fact that Christopher Wheeldon will choreograph the Met's new production of Carmen. The old production was choreographed by a flamenco dancer. I wonder what Wheeldon will come up with.

[sandik]

The Met released info today regarding the 2009-2010 season. Of particular interest to Ballet Talk is the fact that Christopher Wheeldon will choreograph the Met's new production of Carmen. The old production was choreographed by a flamenco dancer. I wonder what Wheeldon will come up with.

Any news about which productions will be part of the HD program (the only way I can "get to" the Met!)

[bart]

sandik, a lot of us are in the same boat. Here's the 2009-2010 season, from the Met's website:

The Met: Live in HD series details

The Met: Live in HD series will present nine live transmissions in its fourth season. Tickets for the 2009-10 series will go on sale in September; Met members will have ticket priority before tickets are made available to the general public. The schedule is as follows:

Tosca, October 10 – Levine; Mattila, M. Álvarez, Uusitalo, Plishka

Aida, October 24 – Gatti; Urmana, Zajick, Botha, Guelfi, Scandiuzzi, Kocán

Turandot, November 7 – Nelsons; Guleghina, Poplavskaya, Giordani, Ramey

Les Contes d’Hoffmann, December 19 – Levine; Kim, Netrebko, Gubanova, Garanča, Villazón, Pape

Der Rosenkavalier, January 9 – Levine; Fleming, Graham, Schäfer, Cutler, Allen, Sigmundsson

Carmen, January 16 – Nézet-Séguin; Frittoli, Gheorghiu, Alagna, Kwiecien

Simon Boccanegra, February 6 – Levine; Pieczonka, Giordani, Domingo, Morris

Hamlet, March 27 – Langrée; Dessay, Larmore, Spence, Keenlyside, Morris

Armida, May 1 – Frizza; Fleming, Brownlee, Ford, Zapata, Banks, van Rensburg

Rosenkavalier has been on my wish-list for quite a while. And Hamlet will be a first for me. The reviews of the Barcelona production with Dessay and Keenlyside sounded intriguing.

I know we have a number of opera specialists on BT. Anything especially on the list? Or especially Or even : ?

[dirac]

The Met released info today regarding the 2009-2010 season. Of particular interest to Ballet Talk is the fact that Christopher Wheeldon will choreograph the Met's new production of Carmen. The old production was choreographed by a flamenco dancer. I wonder what Wheeldon will come up with.

Thanks for posting, abatt. He'll come up with something professional and skilled, we know that much.

[kfw]

The Times has a few more details here.

Next season is the first entirely planned by Peter Gelb, who became general manager of the company in 2006. Because the Met’s endowment and donations have dropped steeply and ticket sales have dipped, Mr. Gelb has had to make cost and salary reductions as well as trim plans for more expensive productions.

“I feel like Orfeo facing the gates of hell,” he said, referring to the title character in Gluck’s opera “Orfeo ed Euridice,” who descends into Hades to retrieve his wife. The news conference took place at the Met’s small auditorium, List Hall, in contrast to Mr. Gelb’s first major news conference as general manager, which was held on the Met’s main stage.

I assume the symbolism was unintended, but holding the press conference in the smaller hall was apt.

[Helene]

I'm looking forward to the Rosenkavalier and Hamlet, too, in addition to the Armida. I may, though, give in to Mattila's Tosca.

[abatt]

In reviewing the info in greater detail, I also noticed another point of interest for ballet talkers. Ratmansky is re- choreographing Aida. The production is the same old (but terrific) one. I don't recall any dance sequences from the old version, but it has been a few years since I've seen it.

[sandik]

In reviewing the info in greater detail, I also noticed another point of interest for ballet talkers. Ratmansky is re- choreographing Aida. The production is the same old (but terrific) one. I don't recall any dance sequences from the old version, but it has been a few years since I've seen it.

And the HD watchers get this and Wheeldon's take on Carmen -- good news!