Directed by
BARBARA WILLIS SWEETE
Conductor
JAMES LEVINE
Production
MARK MORRIS
Set Designer
ALLEN MOYER
Costume Designer
ISAAC MIZRAHI
Lighting Designer
JAMES F. INGALLS
Choreographer
MARK MORRIS
Host
JOYCE DiDONATO
Cast in order of appearance
Orfeo
STEPHANIE BLYTHE
Amor
HEIDI GRANT MURPHY
Euridice
DANIELLE DE NIESE
Harpsichord
JOSHUA GREENE
Chorus Master
DONALD PALUMBO
Musical Preparation
DENNIS GIAUQUE
BRADLEY MOORE
JOSHUA GREENE
KAZEM ABDULLAH
LEONARDO VORDONI
Assistant Stage Directors
ERIC EINHORN
DAVID KNEUSS
GINA LAPINSKI
Stage Band Conductor
GREGORY BUCHALTER
Dramaturg
PAUL CREMO
Met Titles
FRANCIS RIZZO
Assistants to Mark Morris
MATTHEW ROSE
JOE BOWIE
Associate Costume Designer
COURTNEY LOGAN
A METROPOLITAN OPERA HIGH-DEFINITION PRODUCTION
Supervising Producers
MIA BONGIOVANNI
ELENA PARK
Producers
LOUISA BRICCETTI
VICTORIA WARIVONCHIK
Music Producer
JAY DAVID SAKS
Associate Director
JAY MILLARD
Engineer-in-Charge
MARK SCHUBIN
Technical Supervisor
RON WASHBURN
Technical Director
JON PRETNAR
Production Mixer
JORGE SILVA
Audio Supervisor
BILL KING
Television Lighting
WAYNE CHOUINARD
Writers
MATT DOBKIN
ELLEN KEEL
Video
BILLY STEINBERG
MAC PRIVETTE
PAUL RANIERI
MATTY RANDAZZO
Camera
MIGUEL ARMSTRONG
MANNY GUTIERREZ
CHARLIE HUNTLEY
ALAIN ONESTO
DAVID SMITH
LARRY SOLOMON
RON WASHBURN
MARK WHITMAN
Audio
JOHN BATES
CHRIS CALLUS
LOUISE DE LA FUENTE
MATTHEW GALEK
ED HARTLEY
KEN HUNOLD
JOHN KERSWELL
STEVE LAMPHERE
SEAN McCLINTOCK
BLAKE NORTON
AL THEURER
Videotape
ALAN BUCHNER
STEVEN JOYCE
Head Utility
JAMES WASHBURN
Utility
BOB BENEDETTI
FRANK BOURASSA
KEITH CONOD
JOHN HENEGHAN
MIKE MORAN
Television Stage Managers
TERENCE BENSON
PHYLLIS DIGILIO
English subtitles adapted by
DAVID REBHUN
Broadcast Graphics
DEBORAH CAVANAUGH
Score Consultant
HABIB AZAR
Make-up for Ms. de Niese
MATIKI ANOFF
Media Librarian/Archivist
MICHAEL GRIEBEL
Production Associates
ALEXANDRA EASTMAN
YOLANDA S. WILLIAMS
PRE-SHOW
Steadicam
JOE DE BONIS
Assistant Camera
BRETT WALTERS
Camera
BILL FINLEY
Production Supervisor
HILARY LEY
Associate Producers
MARISA BIAGGI
MATTHEW PRINCIPE
Field Producer
BARRY GOODMAN
Title Sequence Edited by
SAKAE ISHIKAWA
Production Assistants
ALYSE HORN
ENZO E. MARTINEZ
HARRIET SNYDER
DOROTHY YANG
METROPOLITAN OPERA ASSOCIATION
General Manager
PETER GELB
Music Director
JAMES LEVINE
ASSISTANT MANAGERS
Artistic
SARAH BILLINGHURST
Production
LESLEY KOENIG
Editorial & Creative Content
ELENA PARK
Operations
STEWART PEARCE
Development
CORALIE TOEVS
Director of Communications
LEE ABRAHAMIAN
Director of Media & Presentations
MIA BONGIOVANNI
Director of Worldwide HD Distribution
JULIE BORCHARD-YOUNG
Acting Chief Financial Officer
DIANA FORTUNA
Artistic Administrator
JONATHAN FRIEND
General Counsel
SHARON E. GRUBIN
Director of Human Resources & Labor Relations
ANN MARIE HACKETT
Director of Development
ELIZABETH HURLEY
Director of Marketing
KAREN KARP
Director of the Arnold & Marie Schwartz Gallery Met
DODIE KAZANJIAN
House Manager
JAMES NAPLES
Director of National Council Auditions
GAYLETHA NICHOLS
Director of Music Administration
CRAIG RUTENBERG
Technical Director
JOHN SELLARS
Director of Archives
ROBERT TUGGLE
Senior Artistic Advisor
EVA WAGNER-PASQUIER
Executive Director of Lindemann Young Artist Development Program
BRIAN ZEGER
Director of New Business Development
LAURA MITGANG
METROPOLITAN OPERA ORCHESTRA
Orchestra Manager
ROBERT SIRINEK
Concertmaster
DAVID CHAN
Librarian
ROBERT SUTHERLAND
METROPOLITAN OPERA CHORUS
Chorus Master
DONALD PALUMBO
Assistant Chorus Master
JOSEPH LAWSON
METROPOLITAN OPERA BALLET
Dance Director
JOSEPH FRITZ
Deputy Dance Director
ANDREW ROBINSON
Stage Managers
MARGO MAIER-MOUL
RAYMOND MENARD
SCOTT MOON
STAGE OPERATIONS
Master Carpenter
STEPHEN A. DIAZ
Master Electrician
PAUL DONAHUE
Properties Master
JAMES R. BLUMENFELD
Wig and Hair Stylist
TOM WATSON
Make-up Artist
VICTOR CALLEGARI
Wardrobe Supervisor
WILLIAM MALLOY
Costume Shop Head
LESLEY WESTON
Resident Costume Designer
SYLVIA NOLAN
Met Titles Supervisor
MICHAEL PANAYOS
Production Facilities
ALL MOBILE VIDEO INC.
DOLBY LABORATORIES
REMOTE RECORDING
Media Counsel
FRANKLIN, WEINRIB,
RUDELL & VASALLO, P.C.
HD Press Representatives
PETER E. CLARK
CHARLIE SIEDENBURG
The stage production of Orfeo ed Euridice made possible by Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer J. Thomas, Jr.
Performed in the Vienna version, 1762, edited by Ann Amalie Albert and Ludwig Finscher, by arrangement with Bärenreiter, publisher and copyright owner
For GREAT PERFORMANCES
Series Producer
BILL O’DONNELL
Executive Producer
DAVID HORN
A Metropolitan Opera production in association with PBS and WNET.ORG
Executive Producer
PETER GELB