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A Season of Stars
and Discoveries
J’Nai Bridges debuts
in Samson and Delilah 2019/2020 Season
Otello
Photo by Alastair Muir
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2019/2020 Season
Expanding to six spectacular productions
Otello
Verdi’s epic retelling of Shakespeare’s
tragedy traces the collapse of a hero.
The Magic Flute
Mozart’s comedy traverses a mythical
world in search of love and truth.
Samson and Delilah
Seduction and deceit tangle in Saint-
Saëns’s sensual grand opera.
Don Giovanni
A notorious lover meets his punishment
in Mozart’s celebrated tragicomedy.
Blue
A family struggles when a teenager is shot
by police in Jeanine Tesori and Tazewell
Thompson’s D.C. premiere.
Porgy and Bess
Gershwin’s quintessential American
masterpiece melds jazz, folk, and
gospel styles.
Special presentations
A Season of Stars and Discoveries J’Nai Bridges d
Otello Photo by Alastair Muir 2
2019/2020 Season Expanding to six spectacular pro
Welcome from WNO General Director Timothy O’Leary
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Sydney Mancasola | Soprano PAMINA This “radiant a
Roberto Aronica | Tenor SAMSON Roberto has filled
Evan Rogister PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR Evan joins WNO
Blue Tazewell Thompson and Jeanine Tesori LIBRET
MusaNgqungwana&AlfredWalker|Bass-Baritone PORGY A
DESDEMONA Leah Crocetto OTELLO Russell Thomas I
Russell Thomas as Otello Photo by Cade Martin K
TAMINO David Portillo PAMINA Sydney Mancasola*
Photos by Cory Weaver Kennedy-Center.org/subscri
DELILAH J’Nai Bridges* SAMSON Roberto Aronica*
J’Nai Bridges as Delilah Photo by Cade Martin K
DON GIOVANNI Ryan McKinny DONNA ANNA Vanessa Vas
Ryan McKinny as Don Giovanni Photo by Cade Marti
THE FATHER Kenneth Kellogg† THE REVEREND Lester
Photo by Karolina McLean Kennedy-Center.org/subs
PORGY Musa Ngqungwana (5/9, 11, 17m, 20, 23)
Photos by Karin Cooper Kennedy-Center.org/subscr
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Holst’s The Planets / Bronfman plays Beethoven Th
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