Great Performances at the Met (1977) | Full Cast

Brian Large

DIRECTOR

Kirk Browning

DIRECTOR

Gary Halvorson

DIRECTOR

Robert Schwartz

DIRECTOR

Jay Millard

DIRECTOR

Habib Azar

DIRECTOR

Jo Meredith

DIRECTOR

Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Dancers

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Dancers

Metropolitan Opera Ballet

Dancers

James Levine

Self - Conductor

Charles Anthony

Roderigo

Plácido Domingo

Otello

Luciano Pavarotti

Canio

James Courtney

Angelotti

Anthony Laciura

Andrès

Sherrill Milnes

Amonasro

Paul Plishka

Colline

Tatiana Troyanos

Der Komponist

Cornell MacNeil

Gianciotto

Renata Scotto

Desdemona

James Morris

Colline

Jean Kraft

Abbess

Julien Robbins

A friar

Isola Jones

Maddalena

Betsy Norden

Tebaldo

Richard Vernon

Bello

Teresa Stratas

Nedda

Samuel Ramey

Assur

John Cheek

Cesare Angelotti

Dwayne Croft

Count ALmaviva

Loretta Di Franco

Alms Collector

Batyah Godfrey Ben-David

Giovanna

Ariel Bybee

Alisa

Nico Castel

Announcer

Russell Christopher

Sciarrone

Allan Monk

Schaunard

Andrea Velis

Alcindro

John Darremcamp

Baron Douphol

Ferruccio Furlanetto

Don Basilio

Judith Blegen

Adele

Wendy White

Fenena

Peter Sliker

A forester

Kiri Te Kanawa

Amelia Grimaldi

Frederica von Stade

Cherubino

Jeffrey Wells

Acciano

Renée Fleming

Countess Almaviva

Leo Nucci

Rigoletto

Mirella Freni

Desdemona

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus

Themselves

Kurt Moll

Baron Ochs

Diane Kesling

Curra

Kathleen Battle

Rosina

Bernard Fitch

Agustin Moser

Ara Berberian

Banka

Janet Wagner

Lay Sister

Jessye Norman

Ariadne

Carol Vaness

Countess Almaviva

Cecilia Bartoli

Angelina

Karita Mattila

Donna Elvira

Marilyn Horne

Arsace

Italo Tajo

Alcindoro

Richard J. Clark

Albioni

John Macurdy

Crespel

Dawn Upshaw

Barbarina

Vernon Hartman

José Castro

Philip Creech

Edmondo

Matthew Polenzani

David

Robert Nagy

Aegisth

Juan Pons

Tonio

Vasile Moldoveanu

Don Carlo

Ileana Cotrubas

Gilda

Louis Quilico

Renato

Susanne Mentzer

Cherubino

Michael Devlin

Doctor

Thomas Allen

Count Almaviva

Franz Mazura

Dr. Schön

René Pape

An Old Hebrew

Jocelyne Taillon

Anna

Kim Josephson

Count Dominik

Mark Baker

A Messenger

John Hanriot

Animal Vendor

Louise Wohlafka

Giannetta

Tony Stevenson

Le Remendado

Gabriel Bacquier

Don Pasquale

Joyce Olson

Amelia's Lady-in-waiting

Eric Cutler

First Prisoner

Michael Best

Lovers

Linda Mays

Milliner

Andrij Dobriansky

Amantio

Dolora Zajick

Amneris

Jerry Hadley

Don Ottavio

Vladimir Chernov

Baritone

Glenn Bater

Card Players

Dale Caldwell

Parpignol

Nicolai Ghiaurov

Philip II

Hao Jiang Tian

Billy Jackrabbit

Natalie Dessay

Marie

John Darrenkamp

Jailer

June Anderson

Self

Claudia Catania

Adonella

Deborah Voigt

Ariadne

Joseph Volpe

Interviewer

Tony Randall

Self - Host

Joan Sutherland

Donna Anna

Richard Cassilly

Jimmy Mahoney

Jon Vickers

Otello

Ruggero Raimondi

Don Ruy Gomez de Silva

Bruno Pola

Ford

Éva Marton

Elisabeth

Wolfgang Brendel

Mandryka

Ben Heppner

Florestan

Leona Mitchell

Donna Elvira

José Carreras

Don José

Håkan Hagegård

Dr. Malatesta

Bianca Berini

Frugella

Waltraud Meier

Carmen

Falk Struckmann

Don Pizarro

Hildegard Behrens

Elettra

Florence Quivar

La Frugola

Bernd Weikl

Amfortas

Derek Hammond-Stroud

Faninal

Bonaldo Giaiotti

Count Walter

Donald McIntyre

Count Waldner

Christopher Schaldenbrand

Moralès

Vern Shinall

Alfio

Myra Merritt

Elvira

James Atherton

Beppe

Robert Lloyd

Don Fernando

Sergei Leiferkus

Escamillo

Justino Díaz

Iago

Robert Goodloe

Marullo

David Kuebler

Chevalier de la Force

Jane Bunnell

Emilia

Artur Korn

Dr. Bartolo

Jennifer Welch-Babidge

Bridesmaid

Dana Talley

Count of Lerma

Spiro Malas

Haly

John Horton Murray

Andres

Alfred Walker

Second Philistine

Shirley Love

Emilia

Joseph Frank

Ein Tanzmeister

Barbara Daniels

Minnie

Philip Booth

Count Ceprano

Barbara Greene

Countess of Arenmberg

John Gilmore

An Archer

Paul Franke

A servant of Amelia

David Hamilton

Fiorello

Barbara Bonney

Najade

Michael Forest

Joe

Thomas Hammons

Antonio

Joyce Guyer

Clorinda

Domenico Simeone

Un doganiere

Paul De Paola

Guard

Timothy Jenkins

Herald

Nedda Casei

Designer

Alexandra Deshorties

Anna

John Bills

A Messenger

Gwynn Cornell

Girls

John Del Carlo

Fritz Kothner

Sondra Kelly

Emilia

Yanni Yannissis

Cirillo

Gweniet Bean

Dryade

Arthur Apy

Lackey

Barbara Bystrom

Novice

Elyssa Lindner

Lay Sister

Bryn Terfel

Figaro

Aprile Millo

Aida

Maralin Niska

Musetta

Leontyne Price

Aida

Douglas Ahlstedt

Iopas

Alfredo Kraus

Ernesto

Alessandro Corbelli

Dandini

Ingvar Wixell

Marcello

Barbara Smith Conrad

Annina

Allan Glassman

Coroebus's Ghost

Michele Pertusi

Alidoro

Elizabeth Coss

Marianne

Jane Shaulis

A fortuneteller

David Frye

Card Players

Morley Meredith

Hector's Ghost

Thomas Hampson

Self

Richard Bonynge

Self - Conducted by

Nicola Rescigno

Self - Conducted by

Isabel Leonard

Blanche de la Force

Andrew Palmer

Crusader Knight

Roberto Alagna

Don José

Nadine Sierra

Host

Linda Gelinas

Dancers

Kimberly Graves

Dancers

Peter Gelb

Self

Richard Stilwell

Marcello

Shirley Verrett

Floria Tosca

Julia Migenes

Lulu

Birgit Nilsson

Elektra

Katia Ricciarelli

Amelia, Renato's wife

William Wildermann

Samuel

Maria Ewing

Blanche de la Force

Neil Shicoff

Hoffmann

Leonard Slatkin

Self - Conductor

Lauren Flanigan

Giselda

Christiane Eda-Pierre

Gilda

Nicolai Gedda

Jenik

Beverly Sills

Norina

Evelyn Lear

Countess Gershwitz

Leonie Rysanek

Chrysothemis

Agnes Baltsa

Carmen

Angela Gheorghiu

Micaela

Régine Crespin

Madame de Croissy

Gwendolyn Bradley

Olympia

Sharon Sweet

Lina

Gilda Cruz-Romo

Desdemona

Ramón Vargas

Prince Ramiro

Katarina Dalayman

Marie

John Brecknock

Don Ottavio

Astrid Varnay

Leocadia Begbick

Mignon Dunn

Klytemnästra

Pablo Elvira

Lescaut

Kenneth Riegel

Alwa

Brent Ellis

Sergeant Belcore

Waldemar Kmentt

The Major-Domo

Rockwell Blake

Il conte d'Almaviva

Stanford Olsen

Idreno

Cheryl Studer

Gilda

Frank Lopardo

Fenton

Siegfried Jerusalem

Parsifal

Bruno Beccaria

Arvino

Marie McLaughlin

Zdenka

Richard Paul Fink

Abimélech

Graham Clark

Captain

Gwyn Hughes Jones

Ismaele

Giuseppe Giacomini

Don Alvaro

Julia Varady

Donna Elvira

Martti Talvela

Kecal

Frank Little

Negro

Renato Capecchi

Geronte

Sesto Bruscantini

Dr. Dulcamara

Richard Fredricks

Ostasio

Anna Tomowa-Sintow

Amelia Boccanegra (soprano)

David Rendall

Alfred

Paolo Montarsolo

Mustafà

Hillary Johnsson

Annina

Enzo Dara

Dr. Bartolo

Roberta Alexander

Antonia

James King

Bacchus

Piero De Palma

Dr. Cujus

Giuliano Ciannella

Cassio

Ainhoa Arteta

Olga Sukarev

Simone Alaimo

Don Magnifico

Jill Grove

Magdalene

Wolfgang Neumann

Drum Major

Raymond Gibbs

Cassio

Ragnar Ulfung

Fatty

Geraldine Decker

Annina

Rosalind Elias

The Witch

Nicole Lorange

Samaritana

Mark Schowalter

An Officer

Pauline Andrey

Stella

Franz Ferdinand Netwig

Ein Musiklehrer

Young-Ok Shin

Azema

Birgitta Svendén

Maddalena

Peter Riberi

Raffaele

Helga Dernesch

Adelaide

Federico Davià

Il Talpa

Richard Croft

Cassio

Stephen West

Gretch

Maria Guleghina

Abigaille

Paata Burchuladze

Ramfis

Huguette Tourangeau

Zerlina

Arturo Sergi

Jacob Schmidt

Jerome Hines

The Grand Inquisitor

Mario Bertolino

An inkeeper

Lenus Carlson

Acrobat

William Lewis

Malatestino

Mary Dunleavy

Frasquita

Stephen Dickson

Harlekin

Margaret Lattimore

Dorotea

Kenn Chester

Beppe

Dimitri Kavrakos

The King

Fernando Corena

Sacristan

Andrew Foldi

Schigolch

Therese Brandson

Celestial Voice

Jeffrey Stamm

Song Seller

Jean Craft

Giovanna

Gail Robinson

Garsenda

Natalia Rom

Biancofiore

Kristine Jepson

Mercédès

Richard Margison

Bucchus

Susan Quittmeyer

Muse

Philip Cokorinos

Masetto

Jan-Hendrik Rootering

Titurel

Charles Workman

Count Elemer

Alexander Anisimov

Lodovico

Margaret Jane Wray

A Priestress

Enrico Fissore

Fra Melitone

Alan Crofoot

Circus Barker

Robert Sapolsky

Shepherd

Hilda Harris

Page

Suzanne DerDerian

Madrigal Singer

William Fleck

Dr. Grenvil

John Alexander

Arbace

Michel Sénéchal

Don Basilio

Heinz Zednik

Don Basilio

John Fiorito

A Wigmaker

Heidi Grant Murphy

Esquires

Yvonne Gonzales

Lovers

Theodore Lambrinos

Montano

Stephen Morscheck

High Priest of Baal

John Atherton

Borsa

Norman Andersson

Count Ceprano

Colette Boky

Esmeralda

Arthur Thompson

Herald

Susan Ball

Madrigal Singer

Victoria Brasser

Ida

Bruce Hubbard

Dancaïre

Edward Ghazal

Ambrogio

Olga Borodina

Dalila

Ronald Naldi

Apprentice

Rafael Suárez

Abdallo

James Brewer

Customs Officer

Klara Barlow

Girls

Shawn Lamont Roberts

Mohamet

Gail Dubinbaum

Altichiara

Danielle de Niese

Barbalina

Otto Schenk

Frosch

Grace Bumbry

The Princess Eboli

Ben Holt

Chaplain

Ray Morrison

A Gypsy

Susan Graham

Mrs. Page

Jean-Yves Thibaudet

Boleslao Lazinski, a pianist

Earle Patriarco

Konrad Nachtigall

Bill Blaber

Ein junger Hirt

Donald Peck

Gardener

Ari M. Roussimoff

Ivan

David Bernard

Hermann

Uwe Heilmann

Cassio

Charlie Coleman

Edelknaben

Alma Jean Smith

A Page

Nadyne Brewer

Page

Linore Aronson

Osmina

Naomi Marritt

Dancers

Judith Goldberg

Noble Orphan

Marvis Martin

A celestial voice

Nathan Gunn

Harlekin

Paul Groves

Knights of the Grail

Douglas McDonnell

Edelknaben

Joann Grillo

Girls

Jack Hertzog

Dancers

Ann Florio

Dolcina

Andrea Trebnik

Bridesmaid

Charles Duval

Mountain Guide

John Nuzzo

Brighella

Kevin Short

Happy

Jonathan Welch

Balthasar Zorn

Robert Morrison

Piano Solo

Erik-Peter Mortensen

Edelknaben

John Carpenter

A lamplighter

Brian Schexnayder

Simonetto

Kaaren Erickson

Flower Maidens

Dave Owen

Edelknaben

Gary Drane

Owner of Mansion

Korliss Uecker

Flower Maidens

Jean-Briac Perrette

Edelknaben

Hermann Prey

Gabriel

Gwynne Geyer

Flower Maidens

Victor Ruggiero

Edelknaben

Abraham Marcus

Clown

Sam Cardea

Hairdresser

Nancy Crolius

Nuns

Jossie Pérez

Dryade

Barbara Kilduff

Adele

LeRoy Lehr

Hans Schwarz

Eric Sokolsky

Edelknaben

Howard Sponseller

Police Commissioner

Suzanne Der Derian

Nuns

Anne Sofie von Otter

Prince Orlofsky

Gweneth Bean

A Voice from above

John Relyea

Night Watchman

Konstantin Walmsley

Edelknaben

Erbert Aldridge

Leopold

Constance Green

Nuns

Gottfried Hornik

Frank

Robin Hanriot

Nuns

Grace Millo

Ida

Robert Manno

Lackey

Beverly Hulse

Nuns

Fawayne Murphy

Lackey

Sven Leaf

Lackey

Elena Doria

Alms Collector

Theresa Yu-Ping Teng

Nuns

Carole Wright

Nuns

Dana Watkins

Gherardino

James Conlon

Self - Conductor

Lawrence R. Leritz

The Jailer

Elizabeth Anguish

Trainbearer

Giuseppe Patanè

Self - Conductor

Alma Jane Smith

Serving Woman

Talmage Harper

Old Servant

Constance Webber

Confidant

Elyssa Lander

Lay Sister

Jeffery Stamn

Song Seller

Thomas Fulton

Self - Conducted by

Jascha Silberstein

Self - Cello Solo

Fiorenza Cossotto

Amneris

Simon Estes

Amonasro

James McCracken

Radames

Jeffrey Tate

Self - Conducted by

Garrick Utley

Self - Host

Peter Allen

Announcer

Erin Morley

Sister Constance

David Portillo

Chevalier de la Force

Manuel Rosenthal

Self - Conductor

Karen Cargill

Mother Marie

Adrianne Pieczonka

Madame Lidoine

Charles Dutoit

Self - Conducted by

Ralf Weikert

Self - Conductor

Raymond Gniewek

Self - Violin solo

Inma Egido

Viclinda

Christian Thielemann

Self - Conducted by

Montserrat Caballé

Self

Gwyneth Jones

Self

Carlo Bergonzi

Tenor

Catherine Malfitano

Self

Gene Boucher

Herald

Richard Leech

Self

Ruth Ann Swenson

Self

Roberto Abbado

Self - Conducted by

Ben Diskant

Un Piccolo Savaiardo

Rudy Giuliani

Self - Presenter for Plácido Domingo's 30 Years at Met

Kathleen Turner

Duchess of Krakenthorp

Marian Seldes

Duchess of Krakenthorp

Juan Diego Flórez

Tonio

Felicity Palmer

Marquise of Berkenfield

Roberto Sanchez

Astyanax

Jane White

Adnromache

Marcus Bugler

Bulders

Christopher Stocker

Sailors

Leonard Greco

Farmers

Gary Cordial

Sailors

Frederick Wodin

Builders

Antoinette Peloso

Farmers

Dianne Lay

Builders

Joseph Fritz

Dancers

Anna Netrebko

Adraina

Denyce Graves

Marnie's Mother

Janis Kelly

Mrs. Rutland

Anthony Roth Costanzo

Host

Greer Grimsley

Wotan

Piotr Beczala

Maurizio

Ambrogio Maestri

Michonnet

Eva-Maria Westbroek

Sieglinde

Ailyn Pérez

Host

Clémentine Margaine

Carmen

Günther Groissböck

Hunding

Stuart Skelton

Siegmund

Christine Goerke

Brunnhilde

Jamie Barton

Fricka

Alexander Vinogradov

Escamillo

Iestyn Davies

Terry Rutland

Aleksandra Kurzak

Micaëla

Christopher Maltman

Mark Rutland

Anita Rachvelishvili

Princess de Bouillon

Latonia Moore

Billie

Ryan Speedo Green

Charles Blow

Brittany Renee

Destiny

Ethan Joseph

Charles-Baby

Joyce DiDonato

Host

Ekaterina Gubanova

Neris

Sondra Radvanovsky

Medea

Janai Brugger

Glauce

Benjamin Bernheim

Roméo

Bryce Thompson

Young Malcolm

Will Liverman

Malcolm X