New Year’s Eve Gala

December 31, 2009

New Production Premiere: Carmen

You are invited to the Metropolitan Opera’s New Year’s Eve Gala on Thursday, December 31, 2009, featuring the highly anticipated premiere of the Met’s new production of Bizet’s Carmen.

The internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča will star as Carmen, in her Met role debut, opposite Roberto Alagna as Don José, with Barbara Frittoli as Micaëla and Mariusz Kwiecien as the matador Escamillo.  The premiere will also mark the Met debuts of the renowned director Richard Eyre and the exciting young conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin. 

The black tie evening will begin with the new production premiere of Carmen at 6:30 pm, followed by dinner and dancing with the cast on the Mercedes T. Bass Grand Tier.  A festive celebration at midnight will help ring in the New Year.

Gala Committee tickets begin at $1,750 and include a preferred seat in the Orchestra or Grand Tier, a ticket to the post-performance dinner dance, and a listing in the Gala dinner program. 

Gala Committee tickets for the performance only are available at $600 and include an Orchestra or Grand Tier seat and a listing in the Gala dinner program.

For more information, please call the Box Office at 212-362-6000.
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Production a gift of Mrs. Paul Desmarais, Sr.