Directed by
BRIAN LARGE
Conductor
MARCO ARMILIATO
Production
NICOLAS JOËL
Staged by
STEPHEN BARLOW
Set Designer
EZIO FRIGERIO
Costume Designer
FRANCA SQUARCIAPINO
Lighting Designer
DUANE SCHULER
Host
RENÉE FLEMING
CAST IN ORDER OF VOCAL APPEARANCE
Yvette
MONICA YUNUS
Bianca
ALYSON CAMBRIDGE
Prunier
MARIUS BRENCIU
Madga
ANGELA GHEORGHIU
Lisette
LISETTE OROPESA
Suzy
ELIZABETH DeSHONG
Rambaldo
SAMUEL RAMEY
Gobin
TONY STEVENSON
Périchaud
DAVID WON
Crébillon
DAVID CRAWFORD
Ruggero
ROBERTO ALAGNA
Adolf
MARTY SINGLETON
Georgette
ANNE NONNEMACHER
Gabriele
BELINDA OSWALD
Lolette
ALEXANDRA NEWLAND
Rabonnier
JASON HENDRIX
A Singer
ASHLEY EMERSON
A Butler
ROGER ANDREWS
Piano solo
STEVEN ELDREDGE
Chorus Master
DONALD PALUMBO
Musical Preparation
JOAN DORNEMANN
STEVEN ELDREDGE
JOHN CHURCHWELL
JOSEPH COLANERI
CARRIE-ANN MATHESON
CAROL ISAAC
LEONARDO VORDONI
Stage Band Conductor
JEFFREY GOLDBERG
Assistant Stage Directors
PETER McCLINTOCK
SHARON THOMAS
TOMER ZVULIN
Dramaturg
PAUL CREMO
Prompter
CAROL ISAAC
Met Titles
CHRISTOPHER BERGEN
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
EMMETT LOUGHRAN
Production Mixer
TOM HOLMES
Audio Supervisor
BILL KING
Television Lighting
WAYNE CHOUINARD
Writers
MATT DOBKIN
ELLEN KEEL
Video
BILLY STEINBERG
PAUL RANIERI
MATTY RANDAZZO
Camera
MIGUEL ARMSTRONG
MANNY GUTIERREZ
CHARLIE HUNTLEY
JOHN KOSMACZEWSKI
ALAIN ONESTO
DAVID SMITH
RON WASHBURN
MARK WHITMAN
Robotic Camera Technicians
RICK COMPEAU
TED ERNE
MARTIN MARIETTA
Audio
JOHN BATES
CHRIS CALLUS
LOUISE DE LA FUENTE
MATTHEW GALEK
ED HARTLEY
KEN HUNOLD
SKIP KENT
JOHN KERSWELL
STEVE LAMPHERE
SEAN McCLINTOCK
BLAKE NORTON
Videotape
ALAN BUCHNER
STEVEN JOYCE
Television Stage Managers
TERENCE BENSON
PHYLLIS DIGILIO
Subtitles Cued by
DAVID REBHUN
Broadcast Graphics
DEBORAH CAVANAUGH
Score Consultant
MICHAEL HEASTON
Make-up for Ms. Gheorghiu
MATIKI ANOFF
Media Librarian/Archivist
MICHAEL GRIEBEL
Production Associates
ALEXANDRA EASTMAN
YOLANDA S. WILLIAMS
BACKSTAGE AT THE MET
Director
DEBBIE MILLER
Associate Director
KAREN McLAUGHLIN
Production Supervisor
HILARY LEY
Associate Producers
MARISA BIAGGI
MATTHEW PRINCIPE
Field Producer
BARRY GOODMAN
Camera
LARRY SOLOMON
Steadicam
JOE DE BONIS
Assistant Camera
KEVIN MURPHY
Head Utility
JAMES WASHBURN
Utility
BOB BENEDETTI
KEITH CONOD
MIKE CUNNINGHAM
MIKE MORAN
Opening Title Sequence by
SAKAE ISHIKAWA
Production Assistants
ALYSE HORN
ENZO E. MARTINEZ
HARRIET SNYDER
DOROTHY YANG
Video Editor
GARY BRADLEY
On-line Editor
SCOTT CUMBO
Audio Editor
JOHN BOWEN
Post-Production Audio Mix
KEN HAHN
Post-Production Manager
MONA OBERMAN
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
Assistant Chorus Master
JOSEPH LAWSON
METROPOLITAN OPERA BALLET
Dance Director
JOSEPH FRITZ
Deputy Dance Director
ANDREW ROBINSON
Stage Managers
JONATHAN WATERFIELD
RAYMOND MENARD
GARY DIETRICH
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.
ATLANTIC CINE EQUIPMENT (ACE)
DOLBY LABORATORIES REMOTE RECORDING
Media Counsel
FRANKLIN, WEINRIB,
RUDELL & VASALLO, P.C.
HD Press Representatives
PETER E. CLARK
CHARLIE SIEDENBURG
The stage production of La Rondine is made possible by The Sybil B. Harrington Endowment Fund
La Rondine is a co-production of Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse and Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
La Rondine is performed by arrangement with European American Music Distributors LLC, U.S. and Canadian agent for Universal Edition Vienna
Orchestral realization of Act III is by Lorenzo Ferrero
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