Willy Decker’s minimalist production of Verdi’s “La Traviata,” which debuted on New Year’s Eve in 2010, will be given 15 performances in its fifth and final season. 18 and Bartlett Sher’s staging of Gounod’s “Romeo et Juliette,” which opens Dec.
26 Pierre Audi’s staging of Rossini’s “Guillaume Tell,” which opens Oct. 1) Mariusz Trelinski’s version of Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde,” which starts the season Sept. Other new-to-the-Met productions include Lepage’s staging of “L’Amour de Loin” (opening Dec. The only totally new staging next season is Mary Zimmerman’s production of Dvorak’s “Rusalka,” which opens Feb. “We are not used to having woman composers writing large works.” “I was doubting (for a) long time before daring to take the steps to believe that I could be a composer, because there were not any around me,” Saariaho said from Paris. Next season features the company premiere of “L’Amour de Loin (Love from Afar)” by the Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, only the second staged work by a female composer at the Met and the first since Ethel Smyth’s “Der Wald” in 1903. Levine also is slated to conduct revivals of Rossini’s “L’Italiana in Algeria (The Italian Girl in Algiers),” Verdi’s “Nabucco” with Placido Domingo in the title role and Mozart’s “Idomeneo.” Levine is to lead Strauss’ “Der Rosenkavalier” starting April 13, 2017, in a Robert Carsen staging that appears to be Renee Fleming’s farewell to staged performances of the core opera repertoire. Gelb wouldn’t say whether he has spoken with possible successors. “It’s really going to be a question of how rehearsals go,” Gelb said Monday.
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