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GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET: “The First Emperor”
Composed and Conducted by
Tan Dun
Libretto by
Ha Jin and Tan Dun
Directed by
Brian Large
Production
Zhang Yimou
Set Design
Fan Yue
Costume Design
Emi Wada
Lighting Design
Duane Schuler
Co-Director
Wang Chaoge
Choreographer
Dou Dou Huang
Host
Zhang Ziyi
Characters in Order of Vocal Appearance
Yin-Yang Master
Wu Hsing-Kuo
Shaman
Michelle DeYoung
Emperor Qin
Plácido Domingo
Chief Minister
Haijing Fu
General Wang
Hao Jiang Tian
Princess Yueyang
Elizabeth Futral
Mother of Yueyang
Susanne Mentzer
Gao Jianli
Paul Groves
Guard
Danrell Williams
Principal Dancer
Dou Dou Huang
Zheng Player
Qi Yao
“The First Emperor” was commissioned and produced by The Metropolitan Opera and co-produced with Los Angeles Opera. It was premiered at The Metropolitan Opera House on December 21, 2006.
Chorus Master
Raymond Hughes
Musical Preparation
Dennis Giauque
Donna Racik
Thomas Bagwell
Howard Watkins
Steven Osgood
Assistant Stage Directors
Eric Einhorn
Leo Iizuka
Peter Mcclintock
Dramaturg
Paul Cremo
Prompter
Donna Racik
Met Titles
Michael Panayos
English Diction Coach
Linda Gates
A Metropolitan Opera High-Definition Production
Supervising Producers
Mia Bongiovanni
Elena Park
Producers
Louisa Briccetti
Victoria Warivonchik
Audio Producer
Jay David Saks
Associate Director
Jay Millard
Engineer-in-Charge
Mark Schubin
Technical Supervisor
Ron Washburn
Technical Director
Emmett Loughran
Audio Supervisor
Bill King
Television Lighting
Wayne Chouinard
Writer
Ellen Keel
Camera
Miguel Armstrong
Win Bernfeld
Manny Gutierrez
Charlie Huntley
John Kosmaczewski
Robert Long
John Meiklejohn
Alain Onesto
David Smith
Ron Washburn
Mark Whitman
Robotic Camera Technicians
Rick Compeau
Ron Travisano
Video
Billy Steinberg
Matty Randazzo
Paul Ranieri
Anthony di Fonzo
Audio
Mel Becker
Paul Cohen
Blake Norton
Michael Shoskes
Shawn Walsh
Videotape
Alan Buchner
Steven Joyce
Television Stage Managers
Terence Benson
Phyllis Digiglio
Molly McBride
English Subtitles Adapted by
Sonya Friedman
Broadcast Graphics
Deborah Cavanaugh
Score Reader
Howard Watkins
Opening Title Sequence
Editor
Kate Hirson
Post Production
Video Editor
Gary Bradley
Additional Video Editing
Eric Singer
Laura Young
Audio Editor
John Bowen
Post-Production Audio Mix
Ken Hahn
Production Associate
Yolanda S. Williams
Production Assistants
Michael Griebel
Alyse Horn
Enzo E. Martinez
Harriet Snyder
Metropolitan Opera Association
General Manager
Peter Gelb
Music Director
James Levine
Assistant Managers
Artistic
Sarah Billinghurst
Technical
Joseph Clark
Editorial & Creative Content
Elena Park
Operations
Stewart Pearce
Finance
Bill Thomas
Development
Coralie Toevs
Director of Media & Presentations
Mia Bongiovanni
Marketing Director
Julie Borchard-Young
Artistic Administrator
Jonathan Friend
General Counsel
Sharon E. Grubin
Senior Artistic Advisor
Eva Wagner-Pasquier
Director of Human Resources & Labor Relations
Ann Marie Hackett
Director of Music Administration
Craig Rutenberg
House Manager
James Naples
Press Director
Sommer Hixson
Director, New Business Development
Laura Mitgang
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Orchestra Manager
Robert Sirinek
Concertmaster
Nick Eanet
Librarian
Robert Sutherland
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Metropolitan Opera Ballet
Ballet Mistress
Diana Levy
Stage Managers
Thomas H.Connell, III
Jonathan Waterfield
Gary Dietrich
Margo Maier
Local 1 1ATSE
Stage Operations
Master Carpenter
Stephen A. Diaz
Master Electrician
Paul Donahue
Properties Master
James R. Blumenfeld
Wig and Hair Stylist
Tom Watson
Makeup Artist
Victor Callegari
Wardrobe Supervisor
William Malloy
Costume Shop Head
Lesley Weston
Resident Costume Designer
Sylvia Nolan
Production Facilities
All Mobile Video Inc.
Dolby Laboratories
Remote Recording
Tandberg Television
Media Counsel
Franklin, Weinrib, Rudell & Vasallo, P.C.
Publisher
G. Schirmer Inc.
The commission of “The First Emperor” was made possible by a generous gift from The Francis Goelet Charitable Lead Trust.
This stage production of “The First Emperor” was made possible by generous gifts from The Francis Goelet Charitable Lead Trust and The Starr Foundation.
Additional Generous Stage Production Funding was Received from
The New York State Music Fund, established by the New York State Attorney General at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
The Richard Massey Foundation for the Arts and Sciences
The Peter J. Sharp Foundation
and
Barbara Augusta Teichert
For GREAT PERFORMANCES
David Horn
Series Producer
Bill O’Donnell
Director, Program Development
Barry Schulman
Executive Producer
A Metropolitan Opera Production in association with PBS/Thirteen WNET New York
Executive Producers
Peter Gelb
Tan Dun
© 2007 The Metropolitan Opera
TAN DUN’S “THE FIRST EMPEROR” IN REHEARSAL AT THE MET
A Film by
Susan Froemke
Editor Kathleen Dougherty
Producers
Douglas Graves
Susan Froemke
Camera
Don Lenzer
Nicholas Doob
Robert Richman
Sound
Paul Cote
Mark Mandler
Assistant Editors
Olivia Lin
Laura Minnear
Translation
Kerry Huang
Colorist
Robert Burgos
Audio Post Mixer
Anthony Erice
Publisher
G. Schirmer Inc.
A Susan Froemke Production
© 2007 The Metropolitan Opera
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