tales of the city

Casting is announced for the New York City Opera’s 2009-10 season. It’s all on their website, but here are a few highlights:

The “American Voices” concert features “a roster of stars including Joyce Castle, Anna Christy, Joyce DiDonato, Lauren Flanigan, Anthony Dean Griffey, and Samuel Ramey, all of whom appeared [note the past tense] at New York City Opera during their illustrious careers.”

George Manahan conducts Esther with Flanigan and Beth Clayton. Don Giovanni brings back Gary Thor Wedow, leading debut artists Daniel Okulitch, Stefania Dohvan, Joélle Harvey and Kelly Markgraf.

New faces in L’étoile include Julie Boulianne, Liza Forrester, Dominic Armstrong and François Loup. Sharing the role of Cio-Cio-San will be Shu-Ying Li and Yunah Lee.

Partenope boasts the debuts of conductor Christian Curnyn and singers Cyndia Sieden, Anthony Roth Costanzo and Nicholas Coppolo. Familiar faces (finally) include Laura Vlasak Nolen and Daniel Mobbs.