Sonya Yoncheva, Piotr Beczała, Angel Blue, Lise Davidsen & Freddie De Tommaso Lead Metropolitan Opera’s 2024-25 Season

By Francisco Salazar

The Metropolitan Opera has announced its 2024-25 season.

New Productions 

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Verdi’s “Aida” in a new production by Michael Mayer. Angel Blue, Judit Kutasi, Piotr Beczała, Quinn Kelsey, Dmitry Belosselskiy, and Morris Robbinson.

Alexander Soddy conducts the second cast with Christina Nilsson, Elīna Garanča, Brian Jagde, Eri Owens, Michael Chioldi, Amartüvshin Enkhbatyn, Alexander Vinogradov, and Krzysztof Bączyk. John Keenan also conducts.

Performance Dates: Dec. 31, 2024, Jan. 4, 7, 10, 14, 18, 21, 25, March 14, 18, 22, 26, 29, April 27, May 1, 5, 9, 2025

Deborah Colker directs Osvaldo Golijov’s “Ainadamar.” Miguel Harth-Bedoya conducts the opera which is set to star Daniela Mack, Angel Blue, Gabriella Reyes, Elena Villalón, and Alfredo Tejada.

Performance Dates: Oct 15, 19, 22, 25, 27, 30, Nov 2, 6, 9, 2024

Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Steven Osgood conduct Michael Mayer’s production of Jeanine Tesori’s “Grounded.”  Emily D’Angelo, Kyle Miller, Kirsten MacKinnon, and Ben Bliss star in the Met premiere.

Performance Dates: Sept 23, 27, Oct 2, 9, 12, 16, 19, 2024

Claus Guth directs Strauss’ “Salome” with Yannick Nezet-Seguin and Derrick Inouye conducting. Elza van den Heever sings the title role with alongside Michelle DeYoung, Gerard Siegel, Chad Shelton, Piotr Buszewski, and Peter Mattei.

Performance Dates: April 29, May 2, 6, 10m, 13, 17, 21, 24, 2025

John Adams’s “Antony and Cleopatra” will be directed by Elkhanah Pulitzer and conducted by John Adams. Gerald Finley, Elizabeth DeSHong, Taylor Raven, Brenton Ryan, Julia Bullock, Paul Appleby, and Alfred Walker star.

Performance Dates: May 12, 15, 20, 24, 30, June 3, 7, 2025

Janai Brugger, Brandon Jovanovich, Stephen Costello, Peter Mattei, William Burden, Malcolm Mackenzie, and Ryan Speedo Green star in Jake Heggie’s “Moby Dick.” Karen Kamensek conducts. Leonard Foglia directs.

Performance Dates: March 3, 8, 11, 15, 19, 22, 25, 29, 2025

Revivals 

Isabel Leonard and Aigul Akhmetshina lead Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” with Lawrence Brownlee, Jack Swanson, Davide Luciano, Andrei Zhilikhovsky, Nicola Alaimo, Parick Carfizzi, Peter Kálmán, and Alexander Vinogradov. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts.

Performance Dates: April 15, 19, 21, 25, 30, May 3, 8, 16, 22, 27, 31, & June 5, 2025

Ailyn Pérez, Eleonora Buratto, Kristina Mkhitaryan, Gabriella Reyes, and Corrine Winters star in Puccini’s “La Bohème” alongside Emily Pogorelc, Adela Zaharia, Brittany Renee, Matthew Polenzani, Joseph Calleja, and Dmytro Popov.

The cast also includes Boris Pinkahasovich, David Bizic, Luca Micheletti, Anthony Clark Evans, Gihoon Kim, Sean Michael Plumb, Bogdan Talos, Jongmin Park, Nicola Testé, Alexander Kopeczi, and Donald Maxwell

Kensho Wattanbe, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, Riccardo Frizza, and Alexander Soddy conduct.

Performance Dates: Nov. 13, 16, 20, 24, 30, 2024 Jan 11, 15, 18, 22, 25, Mar 5, 8, 13, 17, 21, May 25, 29, June 1, 6, 2025

Benjamin Bernheim stars in Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” alongside Erin Morley, Pretty Yende, Clémentine Margaine, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Aaron Blake, and Christian Van Horn. Marco Armiliato conducts.

Performance Dates: Sept. 24, 28, Oct 1, 5, 10, 13, 18, 2024

Lise Davidsen stars in Beethoven’s “Fidelio” with Ying Fang, David Butt Philip, Magnus Dietrich, Tomasz Konieczny, Rene Pape, and Stephen Milling.  Susanna Mälkki conducts

Performance Dates: March 4, 7, 10, 12, 15, 2025

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Strauss’ “Die Frau Ohne Schatten” with Elza van den Heever, Lise Lindstrom, Michael Volle, Russell Thomas, Ryan Speedo Green, and Nina Stemme.

Performance Dates: Nov. 29, Dec 4, 7, 10, 14, 19, 2024

Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” returns with Nimrod David Pfeffer and J. David Jackson conducting.

Hera Hyesang Park, Emily Pogorelc, Kathryn Lewek, Aigul Khismatullina, David Portillo, Duke Kim, Will Liverman, Sean Michael Plumb, William Guanbo Su, Le Bu, Soloman Howard, Peixin Chen, Rodell Rosel, and Thomas Capobianco star.

Performance Dates: Dec 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 2024 Jan 2, 3, 4, 2025

Federica Lombardi, Jacquelyn Stucker, Olga Kulchynska, Rosa Feola, Marianne Crebassa, Emily D’Angelo, Elizabeth Bishop,  Joshua Hopkins, Adam Plachetka, Micheal Sumuel, Luca Pisaroni, and Maurizio Muraro star in Mozart’s “Le nozze di Figaro.” Joana Mallwitz conducts.

Performance Dates: April 1, 4, 7, 11, 13, 18, 22, 26, May 3, 7, 10, 14, 17, 2025

Sonya Yoncheva sings Tchaikovsky’s “The Queen of Spades” alongside Brian Jagde, Violeta Urmana, Maria Barakova, Igor Golovatenko, and Alexey Markov. Keri-Lynn Wilson conducts.

Performance Dates: May 23, 28, 31, June 4, 7, 2025

Quinn Kelsey, Luca Salsi, and Michael Chioldi star in Verdi’s “Rigoletto” with Nadine Sierra, Erin Morley, J’nai Bridges, Rihab Chaieb, Stephen Costello, Pene Pati, Andre Mastroni, Soloman Howard and Ante Jerkunica.

Pier Giorgio Morandi and Maurizio Benini conducts.

Performance Dates: Sept. 30, Oct 4, 8, 12, 17, 20, 23, 26, Nov. 1, 4, 8, 2024 Jan. 6, 8, 11, 16, 19, 24 2025

Alexandra Kurzak, Lise Davidsen, and Sondra Radvanovsky star in Puccini’s “Tosca” with Seok Jong Baek, Freddie De Tommaso, Brian Jagde, George Gagnidze, Quinn Kelsey, and Bryn Terfel. Xian Zhang and Marco Armiliato conduct.

Performance Dates: Sept. 25, 28, Oct 3, 6, 11, Nov. 12, 15, 19, 23, 2024 Jan. 9, 12, 17, 23, 2025

Michael Fabiano sings the title role of Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” alongside Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Angela Meade, Jamie Barton, Olesya Petrova, Igor Golavatenko, and Ryan Speedo Green. Daniele Callegari conducts.

Performance Dates: Oct. 26, 29, Nov. 2, 7, 11, 14, 17, 22, 26, 30, Dec. 3, 6, 2024

Evan Rogister conducts Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” with Golda Schultz, Kathryn Lewek, Ben Bliss, Thomas Ebenstein, Thomas Oliemans, Shenyang and Stephen Milling.

Performance Dates: March 23, 28, April 2, 5, 8, 10, 12, 16, 19, 23, 26, 2025

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