La Cieca’s question here is exactly what we should be expecting Fabio Luisi to do as a “Guest” at the Met over the next few years? Will he get his own projects, or is going be end up relegated to being Jimmy’s standby (Der Levinespringer)?
Well, hard to say. The only other recent PGC was Valery Gergiev, who’s about as different in personality and style from Luisi as it’s possible to be. But, anyway: here’s what Gergiev did during his 10-year gig.
1998-99: Khovanshchina, Queen of Spades
1999-2000: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
2000-01: Der Fliegende Holländer, The Gambler, Met Orchestra concert
2001-02: Don Carlo, War and Peace
2002-03: Otello, Parsifal
2003-04: La Traviata (opening night), Stravinsky triple bill, Salome
2004-05: Die Walküre
2005-06: Mazeppa
2006-07: Eugene Onegin
2007-08: War and Peace, The Gambler, Met Orchestra concert
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