The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977) | Full Cast

Brian Large

DIRECTOR

Kirk Browning

DIRECTOR

Gary Halvorson

DIRECTOR

Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Chorus

James Levine

Self - Conductor

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Themselves - Orchestra

Charles Anthony

Roderigo

Plácido Domingo

Otello

Metropolitan Opera Ballet

Dancers

James Courtney

A Lackey

Luciano Pavarotti

Canio

Anthony Laciura

Don Curzio

Sherrill Milnes

Amonasro

Paul Plishka

Alaska Wolf Joe

Renata Scotto

Desdemona

Tatiana Troyanos

Der Komponist

Cornell MacNeil

Gianciotto

Isola Jones

Maddalena

James Morris

Colline

Jean Kraft

Abbess

Julien Robbins

A friar

Betsy Norden

Tebaldo

Richard Vernon

Bello

Teresa Stratas

Nedda

Samuel Ramey

Assur

John Cheek

Cesare Angelotti

Allan Monk

Schaunard

Dwayne Croft

Count ALmaviva

Loretta Di Franco

Alms Collector

Batyah Godfrey Ben-David

Giovanna

Ariel Bybee

Alisa

Nico Castel

Announcer

Russell Christopher

Sciarrone

John Darremcamp

Baron Douphol

Ferruccio Furlanetto

Don Basilio

Judith Blegen

Adele

Wendy White

Fenena

Andrea Velis

Alcindro

Peter Sliker

A forester

Kiri Te Kanawa

Amelia Grimaldi

Frederica von Stade

Cherubino

Jeffrey Wells

Acciano

Leo Nucci

Rigoletto

Mirella Freni

Desdemona

Italo Tajo

Alcindoro

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

Marilyn Horne

Arsace

Richard J. Clark

Albioni

John Macurdy

Crespel

Dawn Upshaw

Barbarina

Vernon Hartman

José Castro

Philip Creech

Edmondo

Robert Nagy

Aegisth

Juan Pons

Tonio

Vasile Moldoveanu

Don Carlo

Karita Mattila

Donna Elvira

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

Dale Caldwell

Parpignol

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

Renée Fleming

Countess Almaviva

Vladimir Chernov

Baritone

Glenn Bater

Card Players

Nicolai Ghiaurov

Philip II

Hao Jiang Tian

Billy Jackrabbit

John Darrenkamp

Jailer

June Anderson

Self

Claudia Catania

Adonella

Joseph Volpe

Interviewer

Joan Sutherland

Donna Anna

Richard Cassilly

Jimmy Mahoney

Jon Vickers

Otello

Éva Marton

Elisabeth

Ruggero Raimondi

Don Ruy Gomez de Silva

Bruno Pola

Ford

Wolfgang Brendel

Mandryka

Ben Heppner

Florestan

Leona Mitchell

Donna Elvira

Håkan Hagegård

Dr. Malatesta

José Carreras

Don José

Bianca Berini

Frugella

Waltraud Meier

Carmen

Matthew Polenzani

David

Falk Struckmann

Don Pizarro

Bernd Weikl

Amfortas

Hildegard Behrens

Elettra

Florence Quivar

La Frugola

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

Natalie Dessay

The Fiakermilli

Michael Forest

Joe

Joyce Guyer

Clorinda

Thomas Hammons

Antonio

Domenico Simeone

Un doganiere

Paul De Paola

Guard

Timothy Jenkins

Herald

Nedda Casei

Designer

Alexandra Deshorties

Anna

John Bills

A Messenger

Gwynn Cornell

Girls

Sondra Kelly

Emilia

Yanni Yannissis

Cirillo

John Del Carlo

Fritz Kothner

Gweniet Bean

Dryade

Arthur Apy

Lackey

Barbara Bystrom

Novice

Elyssa Lindner

Lay Sister

Aprile Millo

Aida

Bryn Terfel

Figaro

Douglas Ahlstedt

Iopas

Leontyne Price

Aida

Alfredo Kraus

Ernesto

Barbara Smith Conrad

Annina

Allan Glassman

Coroebus's Ghost

Elizabeth Coss

Marianne

Deborah Voigt

Ariadne

Jane Shaulis

A fortuneteller

David Frye

Card Players

Morley Meredith

Hector's Ghost

Thomas Hampson

Self

Tony Randall

Self - Host

Richard Bonynge

Self - Conducted by

Nicola Rescigno

Self - Conducted by

Linda Gelinas

Dancers

Kimberly Graves

Dancers

Andrew Palmer

Crusader Knight

Shirley Verrett

Floria Tosca

Julia Migenes

Lulu

Katia Ricciarelli

Amelia, Renato's wife

Birgit Nilsson

Elektra

William Wildermann

Samuel

Richard Stilwell

Marcello

Maria Ewing

Blanche de la Force

Neil Shicoff

Hoffmann

Leonard Slatkin

Self - Conductor

Lauren Flanigan

Giselda

Maralin Niska

Musetta

Nicolai Gedda

Jenik

Beverly Sills

Norina

Gilda Cruz-Romo

Desdemona

Evelyn Lear

Countess Gershwitz

Leonie Rysanek

Chrysothemis

Christiane Eda-Pierre

Gilda

Agnes Baltsa

Carmen

Régine Crespin

Madame de Croissy

Gwendolyn Bradley

Olympia

Sharon Sweet

Lina

Angela Gheorghiu

Micaela

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

Giuseppe Giacomini

Don Alvaro

Rockwell Blake

Il conte d'Almaviva

Stanford Olsen

Idreno

Cheryl Studer

Gilda

Frank Lopardo

Fenton

Siegfried Jerusalem

Parsifal

Bruno Beccaria

Arvino

Marie McLaughlin

Zdenka

Alessandro Corbelli

Dandini

Richard Paul Fink

Abimélech

Graham Clark

Captain

Gwyn Hughes Jones

Ismaele

Waldemar Kmentt

The Major-Domo

Ingvar Wixell

Marcello

Martti Talvela

Kecal

Julia Varady

Donna Elvira

Giuliano Ciannella

Cassio

Renato Capecchi

Geronte

Frank Little

Negro

Sesto Bruscantini

Dr. Dulcamara

Richard Fredricks

Ostasio

Anna Tomowa-Sintow

Amelia Boccanegra (soprano)

Paolo Montarsolo

Mustafà

David Rendall

Alfred

Hillary Johnsson

Annina

James King

Bacchus

Enzo Dara

Dr. Bartolo

Roberta Alexander

Antonia

Piero De Palma

Dr. Cujus

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

Pauline Andrey

Stella

Franz Ferdinand Netwig

Ein Musiklehrer

Paata Burchuladze

Ramfis

Young-Ok Shin

Azema

Birgitta Svendén

Maddalena

Peter Riberi

Raffaele

Federico Davià

Il Talpa

Helga Dernesch

Adelaide

Richard Croft

Cassio

Stephen West

Gretch

Maria Guleghina

Abigaille

Mark Schowalter

An Officer

Huguette Tourangeau

Zerlina

Arturo Sergi

Jacob Schmidt

Jerome Hines

The Grand Inquisitor

Mario Bertolino

An inkeeper

Lenus Carlson

Acrobat

William Lewis

Malatestino

Stephen Dickson

Harlekin

Dimitri Kavrakos

The King

Margaret Lattimore

Dorotea

Kenn Chester

Beppe

Mary Dunleavy

Frasquita

Fernando Corena

Sacristan

Andrew Foldi

Schigolch

Therese Brandson

Celestial Voice

Jeffrey Stamm

Song Seller

Jean Craft

Giovanna

Gail Robinson

Garsenda

Natalia Rom

Biancofiore

Enrico Fissore

Fra Melitone

Susan Quittmeyer

Muse

Margaret Jane Wray

A Priestress

Philip Cokorinos

Masetto

Jan-Hendrik Rootering

Titurel

Charles Workman

Count Elemer

Alexander Anisimov

Lodovico

Michele Pertusi

Alidoro

Kristine Jepson

Mercédès

Richard Margison

Bucchus

Alan Crofoot

Circus Barker

Robert Sapolsky

Shephard

Hilda Harris

Page

Suzanne DerDerian

Madrigal Singer

William Fleck

Dr. Grenvil

John Alexander

Arbace

Michel Sénéchal

Don Basilio

Heidi Grant Murphy

Esquires

Yvonne Gonzales

Lovers

Theodore Lambrinos

Montano

Heinz Zednik

Don Basilio

Stephen Morscheck

High Priest of Baal

John Fiorito

A Wigmaker

John Atherton

Borsa

Colette Boky

Esmeralda

Arthur Thompson

Herald

Susan Ball

Madrigal Singer

Norman Andersson

Count Ceprano

Victoria Brasser

Ida

Bruce Hubbard

Dancaïre

Edward Ghazal

Ambrogio

Olga Borodina

Dalila

Ronald Naldi

Apprentice

Rafael Suárez

Abdallo

Klara Barlow

Girls

Shawn Lamont Roberts

Mohamet

James Brewer

Customs Officer

Bill Blaber

Ein junger Hirt

Grace Bumbry

The Princess Eboli

Gail Dubinbaum

Altichiara

Otto Schenk

Frosch

Ben Holt

Chaplain

Ray Morrison

A Gypsy

Susan Graham

Mrs. Page

Jean-Yves Thibaudet

Boleslao Lazinski, a pianist

Danielle de Niese

Barbalina

Earle Patriarco

Konrad Nachtigall

Donald Peck

Gardener

Charlie Coleman

Edelknaben

Ari M. Roussimoff

Ivan

David Bernard

Hermann

Uwe Heilmann

Cassio

Alma Jean Smith

A Page

Linore Aronson

Osmina

Naomi Marritt

Dancers

Nadyne Brewer

Page

Judith Goldberg

Noble Orphan

Douglas McDonnell

Edelknaben

Marvis Martin

A celestial voice

Paul Groves

Knights of the Grail

Nathan Gunn

Harlekin

Joann Grillo

Girls

Ann Florio

Dolcina

Jack Hertzog

Dancers

Erik-Peter Mortensen

Edelknaben

Charles Duval

Mountain Guide

Kevin Short

Happy

Andrea Trebnik

Bridesmaid

Robert Morrison

Piano Solo

Jonathan Welch

Balthasar Zorn

John Nuzzo

Brighella

John Carpenter

A lamplighter

Dave Owen

Edelknaben

Brian Schexnayder

Simonetto

Kaaren Erickson

Flower Maidens

Jean-Briac Perrette

Edelknaben

Gary Drane

Owner of Mansion

Korliss Uecker

Flower Maidens

Victor Ruggiero

Edelknaben

Hermann Prey

Gabriel

Gwynne Geyer

Flower Maidens

Abraham Marcus

Clown

Eric Sokolsky

Edelknaben

Sam Cardea

Hairdresser

Nancy Crolius

Nuns

Barbara Kilduff

Adele

LeRoy Lehr

Hans Schwarz

Jossie Pérez

Dryade

Howard Sponseller

Police Commissioner

Konstantin Walmsley

Edelknaben

Suzanne Der Derian

Nuns

Anne Sofie von Otter

Prince Orlofsky

Gweneth Bean

A Voice from above

John Relyea

Night Watchman

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

Gene Boucher

Herald

Lawrence R. Leritz

The Jailer

Giuseppe Patanè

Self - Conductor

Alma Jane Smith

Serving Woman

Constance Webber

Confidant

Elizabeth Anguish

Trainbearer

Talmage Harper

Old Servant

Elyssa Lander

Lay Sister

Jeffery Stamn

Song Seller

Thomas Fulton

Self - Conducted by

Roberto 'Sanz' Sanchez

Astyanax

Jane White

Adnromache

Frederick Wodin

Builders

Antoinette Peloso

Farmers

Dianne Lay

Builders

Christopher Stocker

Sailors

Marcus Bugler

Bulders

Gary Cordial

Sailors

Leonard Greco

Farmers

Jascha Silberstein

Self - Cello Solo

James McCracken

Radames

Fiorenza Cossotto

Amneris

Simon Estes

Amonasro

Jeffrey Tate

Self - Conducted by

Manuel Rosenthal

Self - Conductor

Charles Dutoit

Self - Conducted by

Ralf Weikert

Self - Conductor

Joseph Fritz

Dancers

Raymond Gniewek

Self - Violin solo

Inma Egido

Viclinda

Christian Thielemann

Self - Conducted by

Montserrat Caballé

Self

Gwyneth Jones

Self

Roberto Alagna

Tenor

Catherine Malfitano

Self

Ruth Ann Swenson

Self

Carlo Bergonzi

Tenor

Richard Leech

Self

Garrick Utley

Self - Host

Ben Diskant

Un Piccolo Savaiardo

Roberto Abbado

Self - Conducted by

Peter Allen

Announcer

Rudy Giuliani

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