General Director David Gockley introduces the 2015–16 Season.

Introduction to Verdi's "Luisa Miller" by General Director David Gockley. Conductor: Jesús López-Cobos November 1974 Sinfonia Ti desta, Luisa, regina de’ cori "Ah! tutto m’arride": Giorgio Tozzi "Del conte di Walter figlio": Luciano Pavarotti "Tu puniscimi, o Signore": Katia Ricciarelli "Quando le sere al placido": Luciano Pavarotti

Introduction to Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd" by General Director David Gockley.

Introduction to Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" by General Director David Gockley. Conductor: Jean-Yves Ossonce June 2008 Prelude Introductory Chorus "Regnava nel silenzio": Natalie Dessay, Cybele-Teresa Gouverneur Sextet: Giuseppe Filianoti, Gabriele Viviani, Natalie Dessay, Oren Gradus, Andrew Bidlack, Cybele-Teresa Gouverneur Mad Scene: Natalie Dessay Finale: Giuseppe Filianoti

Introduction to Mozart's "The Magic Flute" by General Director David Gockley. Conductor: Rory Macdonald June 2012 Overture Introduction: Alek Shrader Quintet: Melody Moore, Lauren McNeese, Renée Tatum, Alek Shrader, Nathan Gunn Finale

Introduction to Wagner's "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" by General Director David Gockley. Conductor: Donald Runnicles October 2001 Overture Introduction to Act 2 "Morgenlich leuchtend im rosigen Schein": Jay Hunter Morris "Wach’ auf!"

Introduction to Rossini's "The Barber of Seville" by General Director David Gockley. Conductor: Giuseppe Finzi November 2013 Sinfonia "Ecco ridente in cielo": Javier Camarena Act 1 Finale: Lucas Meachem Act 1 Finale: Isabel Leonard, Catherine Cook, Javier Camarena, Lucas Meachem, Alessandro Corbelli, Andrea Silvestrelli Act 2 Finale: Isabel Leonard, Catherine Cook, Javier Camarena, Lucas Meachem, Alessandro Corbelli, Andrea Silvestrelli

Introduction to "Usher House" by Gordon Getty and Robert Orledge’s completion of Claude Debussy’s "La Chute de la Maison Usher," by General Director David Gockley. "Usher House" Gordon Getty Conductor: Lawrence Foster Orquestra Gulbenkian Used by permission of PENTATONE Classics, PTC 5186 451 Prelude: Christian Elsner Poe’s Aria: Christian Elsner Madeline’s Dance "La Chute de la Maison Usher" Claude Debussy Reconstruction and orchestration by Robert Orledge Conductor: Christoph-Mathias Mueller Göttinger Symphonie Orchester "Dans la plus verte de nos vallées": Linlin Fan "Je sais qu’elle est trop frêle": William Dazeley "Dans la plus verte de nos vallées": William Dazeley

Introduction to Bizet's "Carmen" by General Director David Gockley. Conductor: Nicola Luisotti November 2011 "Seguidilla": Anita Rachvelishvili "Habanera": Anita Rachvelishvili

Introduction to Verdi's "Don Carlo" by General Director David Gockley. Conductor: Emmanuel Joel October 1998 Prelude Fontainebleau Duet: Sergei Larin, Nina Rautio Act 2 Introduction Don Carlo/Rodrigo Duet: Sergei Larin, Anthony Michaels-Moore Veil Song: Markella Hatziano Grand Inquisitor’s Entrance: Norman Shankle "O don fatale": Markella Hatziano "Tu che le vanità": Nina Rautio