akhnatenHighlights of the Metropolitan Opera’s 2019-2020 season will include the company premiere of Glass’s Akhnaten featuring Anthony Roth Costanzo and first local Turandot of Anna Netrebko (not pictured), according the always intriguing Met Future Wiki. 

More recently added data includes, in 2017-2018:  Ekaterina Semenchuk as Santuzza;  debuts of Etienne Dupuis and Luis Chapa; returns of Markus Werba, Elchin Azizov and Elena Manistina and possibly Doris Soffel as Klytamnestra.

In 2018-2019 we an expect a centenary Trittico in late fall featuring Marcelo Alvarez as Luigi; Edith Haller‘s debut as Gutrune; the return of Karel Mark Chichon and the debuts of Cornelius Meister and Omar Meir Wellber.

Further plans for 2019-2020 (previously revealed) include new productions of Porgy and Bess with Eric Owens, Aida (Anna Netrebko), The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh (Dmitri Tcherniakov), Der Fliegende Holländer (François Girard) and Wozzeck (William Kentridge.)

Photo: Craig T. Mathew / LA Opera

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James Jorden (who wrote under the names "La Cieca" and "Our Own JJ") was the founder and editor of parterre box. During his 20 year career as an opera critic he wrote for the New York Times, Opera, Gay City News, Opera Now, Musical America and the New York Post. He also raised his voice in punditry on National Public Radio. From time to time he directed opera, including three unsuccessful productions of Don Giovanni. He also contributed a regular column on opera for the New York Observer. James died in October 2023.

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