<br />
A Season of Stars<br />
and Discoveries<br />
J’Nai Bridges debuts<br />
in Samson and Delilah 2019/2020 Season<br />
Otello<br />
Photo by Alastair Muir<br />
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2019/2020 Season<br />
Expanding to six spectacular productions<br />
Otello<br />
Verdi’s epic retelling of Shakespeare’s<br />
tragedy traces the collapse of a hero.<br />
The Magic Flute<br />
Mozart’s comedy traverses a mythical<br />
world in search of love and truth.<br />
Samson and Delilah<br />
Seduction and deceit tangle in Saint-<br />
Saëns’s sensual grand opera.<br />
Don Giovanni<br />
A notorious lover meets his punishment<br />
in Mozart’s celebrated tragicomedy.<br />
Blue<br />
A family struggles when a teenager is shot<br />
by police in Jeanine Tesori and Tazewell<br />
Thompson’s D.C. premiere.<br />
Porgy and Bess<br />
Gershwin’s quintessential American<br />
masterpiece melds jazz, folk, and<br />
gospel styles.<br />
Special presentations<br<a title="Washington National Opera 2019-2020 Season Brochure page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6761bba9?page=1"> A Season of Stars and Discoveries J’Nai Bridges d</a>
<a title="Washington National Opera 2019-2020 Season Brochure page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6761bba9?page=2"> Otello Photo by Alastair Muir 2</a>
<a title="Washington National Opera 2019-2020 Season Brochure page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6761bba9?page=3"> 2019/2020 Season Expanding to six spectacular pro</a>
<a title="Washington National Opera 2019-2020 Season Brochure page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6761bba9?page=4"> Welcome from WNO General Director Timothy O’Leary</a>
<a title="Washington National Opera 2019-2020 Season Brochure page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6761bba9?page=5"> TheMagaigciFcluFtleute PPhhoottoo bbyy CCoorryy </a>
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<a title="Washington National Opera 2019-2020 Season Brochure page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6761bba9?page=8"> Otello Artist spotlight Be on the lookout for th</a>
<a title="Washington National Opera 2019-2020 Season Brochure page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6761bba9?page=9"> Sydney Mancasola | Soprano PAMINA This “radiant a</a>
<a title="Washington National Opera 2019-2020 Season Brochure page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6761bba9?page=10"> Roberto Aronica | Tenor SAMSON Roberto has filled </a>
<a title="Washington National Opera 2019-2020 Season Brochure page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6761bba9?page=11"> Evan Rogister PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR Evan joins WNO </a>
<a title="Washington National Opera 2019-2020 Season Brochure page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6761bba9?page=12"> Blue Tazewell Thompson and Jeanine Tesori LIBRET</a>
<a title="Washington National Opera 2019-2020 Season Brochure page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6761bba9?page=13"> MusaNgqungwana&AlfredWalker|Bass-Baritone PORGY A</a>
<a title="Washington National Opera 2019-2020 Season Brochure page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6761bba9?page=14"> DESDEMONA Leah Crocetto OTELLO Russell Thomas I</a>
<a title="Washington National Opera 2019-2020 Season Brochure page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6761bba9?page=15"> Russell Thomas as Otello Photo by Cade Martin K</a>
<a title="Washington National Opera 2019-2020 Season Brochure page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6761bba9?page=16"> TAMINO David Portillo PAMINA Sydney Mancasola* </a>
<a title="Washington National Opera 2019-2020 Season Brochure page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6761bba9?page=17"> Photos by Cory Weaver Kennedy-Center.org/subscri</a>
<a title="Washington National Opera 2019-2020 Season Brochure page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6761bba9?page=18"> DELILAH J’Nai Bridges* SAMSON Roberto Aronica* </a>
<a title="Washington National Opera 2019-2020 Season Brochure page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6761bba9?page=19"> J’Nai Bridges as Delilah Photo by Cade Martin K</a>
<a title="Washington National Opera 2019-2020 Season Brochure page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6761bba9?page=20"> DON GIOVANNI Ryan McKinny DONNA ANNA Vanessa Vas</a>
<a title="Washington National Opera 2019-2020 Season Brochure page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6761bba9?page=21"> Ryan McKinny as Don Giovanni Photo by Cade Marti</a>
<a title="Washington National Opera 2019-2020 Season Brochure page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6761bba9?page=22"> THE FATHER Kenneth Kellogg† THE REVEREND Lester</a>
<a title="Washington National Opera 2019-2020 Season Brochure page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6761bba9?page=23"> Photo by Karolina McLean Kennedy-Center.org/subs</a>
<a title="Washington National Opera 2019-2020 Season Brochure page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6761bba9?page=24"> PORGY Musa Ngqungwana (5/9, 11, 17m, 20, 23)</a>
<a title="Washington National Opera 2019-2020 Season Brochure page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6761bba9?page=25"> Photos by Karin Cooper Kennedy-Center.org/subscr</a>
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<a title="Washington National Opera 2019-2020 Season Brochure page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6761bba9?page=33"> The REACH Opening September 7, 2019 John F. Kenn</a>
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<a title="Washington National Opera 2019-2020 Season Brochure page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6761bba9?page=35"> Porgy and Bess Photos by Karin Cooper Kennedy-C</a>
<a title="Washington National Opera 2019-2020 Season Brochure page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6761bba9?page=36"> Photo by Karin Cooper Porgy and Bess </a>