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News ― February 29th 2024

On American tour with his Orchestre Métropolitain

Orchestre Métropolitain’s last American tour dates back to 2019, before the pandemic. This time, Yannick will visit three cities with the them: Worcester (Mechanics Hall), Philadelphia (Verizon Hall) and New York (Carnegie Hall). Two soloists will accompany them on this tour, the prodigy Tony Siqi Yun who will perform Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2, as well as the Cree composer Cris Derksen, who will be on stage to perform her work, Controlled Burn, for Cello, Orchestra and Electroacoustics. For the OM, it will be a return to Philadelphia (Verizon Hall) and to New York (Carnegie Hall), two cities where their conductor is very well known and appreciated as Music and Artistic Director of the Philadelphia Orchestra and Music Director of the Metropolitan Opera of New York; for everyone, Mechanics Hall, a very famous venue near Boston, will be a discovery. The group will leave Montreal on March 1st and return there on the 7th.

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2024-03-07

Metropolitan Opera

Lincoln Center, New York

JULIETTE: Nadine Sierra, Soprano
STEPHANO: Samantha Hankey, Mezzo-Soprano
ROMÉO: Benjamin Bernheim, Tenor
MERCUTIO: Will Liverman, Baritone
FRÈRE LAURENT: Alfred Walker, Bass-baritone
GERTRUDE: TBC
TYBALT: Frédérick Ballentine, Tenor
SET DESIGNER: Michael Yeargan
COSTUME DESIGNER: Catherine Zuber
LIGHTING DESIGNER: Jennifer Tipton
CHORÉGRAPHER: Chase Brock
FIGHT DIRECTOR: B. H. Barry

MUSIC DIRECTOR: Yannick Nézet-Séguin

PRODUCTOR: Bartlett Sher

Program

Gounod: Roméo et Juliette

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