This was the year that Sondra Radvonovsky sang all three of the "Tudor Queen" operas at the Met. Matthew Polenzani was the Earl of Essex, and Marius Kwiecen and Elina Garanca were the Duke and Duchess of Nottingham.

Luca Pisaroni was Leporello, who reads his catalog of Don Giovanni's conquests to Donna Elvira (Barbara Frittoli) in Act I.