Das Rheingold - Metropolitan Opera
Das Rheingold - Metropolitan Opera Das Rheingold - Metropolitan Opera
42 The Cast Fabio Luisi conductor (genoa, italy) this season Un Ballo in Maschera, Les Troyens, Aida, and Wagner’s Ring cycle at the Met; Don Carlo at La Scala; Jen˚ufa, Tosca, La Bohème, Rigoletto, Der Rosenkavalier, and Bellini’s La Straniera at the Zurich Opera; and concerts with the MET Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, the Vienna Symphony, and Philharmonia Zürich. met appearances Don Giovanni, Manon, La Traviata, Le Nozze di Figaro, Elektra, Hansel and Gretel, Tosca, Lulu, Simon Boccanegra, Die Ägyptische Helena, Turandot, Ariadne auf Naxos, Rigoletto, Don Carlo (debut, 2005), and the Ring cycle. career highlights He is principal conductor of the Met, chief conductor of the Vienna Symphony, and general music director of the Zurich Opera. He made his La Scala debut last season with Manon, his Salzburg Festival debut in 2003 leading Strauss’s Die Liebe der Danae (returning the following season for Die Ägyptische Helena), and his American debut with the Lyric Opera of Chicago leading Rigoletto. He also appears regularly with the Vienna State Opera, Munich’s Bavarian State Opera, and Berlin’s Deutsche Oper and Staatsoper. Meredith Arwady mezzo-soprano (kalamazoo, michigan) this season Erda in Wagner’s Ring cycle at the Met, Gertrude in Roméo et Juliette with Arizona Opera, Erda in Frankfurt, and Kathy Hagen in the world premiere of Terence Blanchard’s Champion with Opera Theatre of St. Louis. met appearances The Marquise of Berkenfield in La Fille du Régiment and Pasqualita in Doctor Atomic (debut, 2008). career highlights Recent performances include Auntie in Peter Grimes with the Houston Grand Opera, Stravinsky’s The Nightingale and other Short Fables with the Canadian Opera Company and at Brooklyn Academy of Music, the title role of Vivaldi’s Griselda with Santa Fe Opera, and Cornelia in Giulio Cesare at the Fort Worth Opera Festival. She has also sung the Abbess in Suor Angelica, Zita in Gianni Schicchi, and the Marquise of Berkenfield with the San Francisco Opera, Ulrica in Un Ballo in Maschera in Frankfurt, Pasqualita with the English National Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Myrtle Bagot in the world premiere of Previn’s Brief Encounter with the Houston Grand Opera.
Stephanie Blythe mezzo-soprano (mongaup valley, new york) this season Ulrica in Un Ballo in Maschera, Azucena in Il Trovatore, and Fricka in Das Rheingold and Die Walküre at the Met, and a U.S. tour culminating in a recital at Carnegie Hall. met appearances More than 150 performances of 25 roles including Orfeo in Orfeo ed Euridice, Eduige in Rodelinda, Amneris in Aida, Ježibaba in Rusalka, Ulrica, Cornelia in Giulio Cesare, Jocasta in Oedipus Rex, Mistress Quickly in Falstaff, Baba the Turk in The Rake’s Progress, and the Alto Solo in Parsifal (debut, 1995). career highlights Azucena for her debut at the San Francisco Opera and in concert for her debut with the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Baba the Turk at Covent Garden, Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus at the Arizona Opera, Dalila in Samson et Dalila at the Pittsburgh Opera, Isabella in L’Italiana in Algeri and Carmen in Seattle, Azucena and Mistress Quickly at Covent Garden, Isabella in Philadelphia and Santa Fe, and Cornelia and Mistress Quickly at the Paris Opera. She is a graduate of the Met’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. Wendy Bryn Harmer soprano (roseville, california) this season Freia in Das Rheingold, Ortlinde in Die Walküre, and Gutrune in Götterdämmerung at the Met; and Freia, Gerhilde in Die Walküre, and Gutrune for her debut at the Seattle Opera. met appearances Emma in Khovanshchina, the First Lady in The Magic Flute, Chloë in The Queen of Spades, the Third Norn in Götterdämmerung, First Bridesmaid in Le Nozze di Figaro (debut, 2005), a Flower Maiden in Parsifal, Baˇrena in Jenu˚ fa, a Servant in Die Ägyptische Helena, and Dunyasha in War and Peace. career highlights Recent performances include Glauce in Cherubini’s Medea for her debut at the Glimmerglass Opera, Wanda in Offenbach’s La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein and Vitellia in La Clemenza di Tito with Opera Boston, Adalgisa in Norma at the Palm Beach Opera, Mimì in La Bohème at the Utah Opera Festival, and Gerhilde for her debut with the San Francisco Opera. She is a graduate of the Met’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. 43
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Stephanie Blythe<br />
mezzo-soprano (mongaup valley, new york)<br />
this season Ulrica in Un Ballo in Maschera, Azucena in Il Trovatore, and Fricka in<br />
<strong>Das</strong> <strong>Rheingold</strong> and Die Walküre at the Met, and a U.S. tour culminating in a recital at<br />
Carnegie Hall.<br />
met appearances More than 150 performances of 25 roles including Orfeo in Orfeo ed<br />
Euridice, Eduige in Rodelinda, Amneris in Aida, Ježibaba in Rusalka, Ulrica, Cornelia in<br />
Giulio Cesare, Jocasta in Oedipus Rex, Mistress Quickly in Falstaff, Baba the Turk in The<br />
Rake’s Progress, and the Alto Solo in Parsifal (debut, 1995).<br />
career highlights Azucena for her debut at the San Francisco <strong>Opera</strong> and in concert for<br />
her debut with the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Baba the Turk at Covent Garden, Orlofsky<br />
in Die Fledermaus at the Arizona <strong>Opera</strong>, Dalila in Samson et Dalila at the Pittsburgh<br />
<strong>Opera</strong>, Isabella in L’Italiana in Algeri and Carmen in Seattle, Azucena and Mistress<br />
Quickly at Covent Garden, Isabella in Philadelphia and Santa Fe, and Cornelia and<br />
Mistress Quickly at the Paris <strong>Opera</strong>. She is a graduate of the Met’s Lindemann Young<br />
Artist Development Program.<br />
Wendy Bryn Harmer<br />
soprano (roseville, california)<br />
this season Freia in <strong>Das</strong> <strong>Rheingold</strong>, Ortlinde in Die Walküre, and Gutrune in<br />
Götterdämmerung at the Met; and Freia, Gerhilde in Die Walküre, and Gutrune for her<br />
debut at the Seattle <strong>Opera</strong>.<br />
met appearances Emma in Khovanshchina, the First Lady in The Magic Flute, Chloë in The<br />
Queen of Spades, the Third Norn in Götterdämmerung, First Bridesmaid in Le Nozze<br />
di Figaro (debut, 2005), a Flower Maiden in Parsifal, Baˇrena in Jenu˚ fa, a Servant in Die<br />
Ägyptische Helena, and Dunyasha in War and Peace.<br />
career highlights Recent performances include Glauce in Cherubini’s Medea for her debut<br />
at the Glimmerglass <strong>Opera</strong>, Wanda in Offenbach’s La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein<br />
and Vitellia in La Clemenza di Tito with <strong>Opera</strong> Boston, Adalgisa in Norma at the Palm<br />
Beach <strong>Opera</strong>, Mimì in La Bohème at the Utah <strong>Opera</strong> Festival, and Gerhilde for her debut<br />
with the San Francisco <strong>Opera</strong>. She is a graduate of the Met’s Lindemann Young Artist<br />
Development Program.<br />
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