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CASTING ANNOUNCED FOR FIRST TWO WEEKS OF
AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE’S 2024 SUMMER SEASON AT
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE
NEW YORK PREMIERE OF WAYNE MCGREGOR’S WOOLF WORKS
ON TUESDAY, JUNE 25 AT 7:30 P.M.
FORMER ABT PRINCIPAL DANCER ALESSANDRA FERRI TO
APPEAR AS GUEST ARTIST IN WOOLF WORKS
NEW YORK, NY (Tuesday, June 4, 2024) – Casting for the first two weeks of American Ballet Theatre’s
2024 Summer season at the Metropolitan Opera House was announced today by Artistic Director Susan
Jaffe.
Returning to the Metropolitan Opera House stage, John Cranko’s Onegin will be given seven
performances, beginning Tuesday, June 18 at 7:30 P.M. with Devon Teuscher as Tatiana, Daniel
Camargo as Onegin, Jake Roxander as Lensky, and Zimmi Coker as Olga in their debuts, as well as
Roman Zhurbin as Prince Gremin. Additional debuts include Christine Shevchenko (Tatiana), Joo Won
Ahn (Lensky), and Joseph Markey (Prince Gremin) at the matinee performance on Wednesday, June 19;
James Whiteside (Onegin), Calvin Royal III (Lensky), and Andrii Ishchuk (Prince Gremin) at the
Wednesday, June 19 evening performance; and Chloe Misseldine (Tatiana), Thomas Forster (Onegin),
Aran Bell (Lensky), Catherine Hurlin (Olga), and Jarod Curley (Prince Gremin) on Thursday, June 20.
Set to music by Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky, arranged and orchestrated by Kurt-Heinz Stolze, Onegin is
based on the verse novel Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin. Onegin received its World Premiere on
April 13, 1965, by Stuttgart Ballet in Stuttgart, Germany. The ballet received its Company Premiere by
American Ballet Theatre on June 1, 2001, at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York led by Julie
Kent (Tatiana), Robert Hill (Onegin), Vladimir Malakhov (Lensky), and Maria Riccetto (Olga). This new
production, with sets and costumes by Santo Loquasto and lighting by James F. Ingalls, was premiered by
National Ballet of Canada on June 19, 2010, at the Four Seasons Center for the Performing Arts, Toronto,
Canada, and was first performed by ABT on June 4, 2012, at the Metropolitan Opera House. Onegin is
staged for ABT by Reid Anderson and Jane Bourne.
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ABT will present the New York Premiere of Wayne McGregor’s Woolf Works on Tuesday, June 25 at
7:30 P.M. featuring ABT Guest Artist and former Principal Dancer Alessandra Ferri making her
Company debut in the principal role she created with The Royal Ballet in London, alongside Herman
Cornejo in his debut. Over the seven performances, New York debuts will include Gillian Murphy and
Joo Won Ahn at the matinee performance on Wednesday, June 26, and Devon Teuscher and James
Whiteside at the evening performance on Wednesday, June 26. Hee Seo and Aran Bell will make their
New York debuts on Thursday, June 27.
Wayne McGregor’s Woolf Works, an award-winning ballet triptych, re-creates the emotions, themes, and
fluid style of three of Virginia Woolf’s novels: Mrs. Dalloway, Orlando, and The Waves. Enmeshed with
elements from Woolf’s letters, essays, and diaries, Woolf Works expresses the heart of an artistic life
driven to discover a freer, uniquely modern realism. It brings to life Woolf’s world of “granite and
rainbow,” where human beings are at once both physical body and uncontained essence.
Woolf Works has received notable recognition and outstanding critical acclaim. The full-length
contemporary ballet won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production, and McGregor
was awarded the Critics Circle National Dance Award for Best Classical Choreography for the work.
Created for The Royal Ballet in 2015, Woolf Works is structured into three acts: “I now, I then,”
“Becomings,” and “Tuesday,” each starkly distinct in visual design and choreography. Woolf Works
features concept, direction, and choreography by Wayne McGregor and music by Max Richter, with set
design by Ciguë (“I now, I then”), We Not I (“Becomings”), and Wayne McGregor (“Tuesday”); costume
design by Moritz Junge; lighting design by Lucy Carter; film design by Ravi Deepres; and dramaturgy by
Uzma Hameed. Woolf Works is produced in association with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden,
London. This production was first seen at the Royal Opera House, London, on May 11, 2015. The ballet
received its North American Premiere by American Ballet Theatre on April 11, 2024, at Segerstrom
Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, California.
Tickets for American Ballet Theatre’s 2024 Summer season at the Metropolitan Opera House begin at
$30 and are available online, at the Met box office, or by phone at 212-362-6000. The Metropolitan Opera
House is located on Broadway and 64
th
street in New York City. For more information, visit ABT’s
website at www.abt.org.
Complete casting follows.
*All casting, programming, and pricing are subject to change.
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American Ballet Theatre is one of the greatest dance companies in the world. Revered as a national
treasure since its founding season in 1940, its mission is to create, present, preserve, and extend the great
repertoire of classical dancing for the widest possible audience. Headquartered in New York City, ABT is
the only cultural institution of its size and stature to extensively tour, enchanting audiences for eight
decades in 50 U.S. states, 45 countries, and over 480 cities worldwide. ABT’s repertoire includes full-
length classics from the nineteenth century, the finest works from the early twentieth century, and
acclaimed contemporary masterpieces. In 2006, by an act of Congress, ABT was designated America's
National Ballet Company®.
Major support for the 2024 season production of Woolf Works is provided by the Straus Family Foundation.
Leadership support of ABT’s New Works Initiative is provided by the Blavatnik Family Foundation, The Ted
and Mary Jo Shen Charitable Gift Fund, and through an endowed gift from The Toni and Martin Sosnoff
New Works Fund.
Commissions and presentations of new works by women choreographers are supported by the ABT Women’s
Movement. Champion support for the ABT Women’s Movement is provided by Jenna Segal.
Special thanks to Denise Littlefield Sobel for her leadership gifts to: ABT Today Fund, advancing the
Company’s mission; and ABT RISE, fueling the Company’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
ABT is supported, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support
of The Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; and the New York City Department of
Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.
For more information, please visit www.abt.org.
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FROM: AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE
890 Broadway
New York, New York 10003
(212) 477-3030
AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE
Metropolitan Opera House – Summer 2024
FIRST WEEK
Tues. Eve., June 18, 7:30 P.M.
ONEGIN
Wed. Mat., June 19, 2:00 P.M.
ONEGIN
Wed. Eve., June 19, 7:30 P.M.
ONEGIN
Thurs. Eve., June 20, 7:30 P.M.
ONEGIN
Fri. Eve., June 21, 7:30 P.M.
ONEGIN
Sat. Mat., June 22, 2:00 P.M.
ONEGIN
Sat. Eve., June 22, 7:30 P.M.
ONEGIN
SECOND WEEK
Tues. Eve., June 25, 7:30 P.M.
WOOLF WORKS
(New York Premiere)
Ferri+***, Cornejo*
Armstrong**, Camargo**, Curley**, Fleytoux**,
Forster**, Gonzalez**, Hurlin**, Markey**,
Park**, Roxander**, Sebastian**, Shevchenko**,
Trenary**, Zhurbin**
Wed. Mat., June 26, 2:00 P.M.
WOOLF WORKS
Murphy**, Ahn**
Armstrong**, Boylston**, Brandt**, Clerico**, de
la Nuez**, Forster**, Frenette**, Gonzalez**,
Granlund**, Kimura**, Lall**, Lawovi**, Li**,
Menegussi**, Misseldine**, Robare**, Royal**
FIRST AND SECOND WEEKS – (cont.) – Page 2
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+Guest Artist
Wed. Eve., June 26, 7:30 P.M.
WOOLF WORKS
Teuscher**, Whiteside**
Armstrong, Camargo, Curley, Fleytoux, Forster,
Gonzalez, Hurlin, Markey, Park, Roxander,
Sebastian, Shevchenko, Trenary, Zhurbin
Thurs. Eve., June 27, 7:30 P.M.
WOOLF WORKS
Seo**, Bell**
Boylston, Brandt**, Clerico, de la Nuez, Frenette**,
Granlund**, Lawovi, Li**, Menegussi, Misseldine,
Robare, Royal**, Stearns**
Fri. Eve., June 28, 7:30 P.M.
WOOLF WORKS
Ferri+, Cornejo
Armstrong, Camargo, Curley, Fleytoux, Forster,
Gonzalez, Hurlin, Markey, Park, Roxander,
Sebastian, Shevchenko, Trenary, Zhurbin
Sat. Mat., June 29, 2:00 P.M.
WOOLF WORKS
Seo, Bell
Boylston, Brandt, Clerico, de la Nuez, Frenette,
Granlund, Lawovi, Li, Menegussi, Misseldine,
Robare, Royal, Stearns
Sat. Eve., June 29, 7:30 P.M.
WOOLF WORKS
Murphy, Ahn
Armstrong, Camargo, Curley, Forster, Gonzalez,
Hurlin, Kimura, Lall, Lawovi, Markey, Park,
Roxander, Sebastian, Shevchenko, Trenary
*Editors please note first time in a role
Tue. Eve., 6/18
Teuscher (Tatiana), Camargo (Onegin), Roxander (Lensky), and Coker (Olga) in
Onegin
Wed. Mat., 6/19
Shevchenko (Tatiana), Ahn (Lensky), and Markey (Prince Gremin) in Onegin
Wed. Eve., 6/19
Whiteside (Onegin), Royal (Lensky), and Ishchuk (Prince Gremin) in Onegin
Thurs. Eve., 6/20
Misseldine (Tatiana), Forster (Onegin), Bell (Lensky), Hurlin (Olga), and Curley
(Prince Gremin) in Onegin
Tues. Eve., 6/25
Cornejo in Woolf Works
**Editors please note first time in a role in New York
Tues. Eve., 6/25
Armstrong, Camargo, Curley, Fleytoux, Forster, Gonzalez, Hurlin, Markey, Park,
Roxander, Sebastian, Shevchenko, Trenary, and Zhurbin in Woolf Works
FIRST AND SECOND WEEKS – (cont.) – Page 3
***Editors please note first time in a role with ABT
Tues. Eve., 6/25
Ferri+ in Woolf Works
-30-
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Wed. Mat., 6/26
Murphy, Ahn, Armstrong, Boylston, Brandt, Clerico, de la Nuez, Forster, Frenette,
Gonzalez, Granlund, Kimura, Lall, Lawovi, Li, Menegussi, Misseldine, Robare, and
Royal in Woolf Works
Wed. Eve., 6/26
Teuscher and Whiteside in Woolf Works
Thurs. Eve., 6/27
Seo, Bell, Brandt, Frenette, Granlund, Li, and Stearns in Woolf Works