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Casting Announced for First Two Weeks of American Ballet Theatre’s 2026 Summer Season at Metropolitan Opera House
Principal Dance Cory Stearns to Take Final Bow with ABT on Saturday Evening, June 27
Christine Shevchenko and Cory Stearns in Onegin. Photo: Rosalie O'Connor Photography.
NEW YORK, NY (June 2, 2026) - Casting for the first two weeks of American Ballet Theatre's 2026 Summer season at the Metropolitan Opera House was announced today by Artistic Director Susan Jaffe.
The Summer season will open with seven performances of Swan Lake, beginning at the matinee on Wednesday, June 17, led by Skylar Brandt as Odette/Odile, Herman Cornejo as Prince Siegfried, and Andrii Ishchuk as von Rothbart. Jarod Curley will make his debut as Prince Siegfried at the matinee on Thursday, June 18. On Saturday, June 20, Sung Woo Han will debut as von Rothbart at the matinee and SunMi Park will dance Odette/Odile for the first time at the evening performance. Set to music by Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky, this production of Swan Lake is choreographed by Kevin McKenzie after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov and features scenery and costumes by Zack Brown and lighting by Duane Schuler.
John Cranko's Onegin returns to the Metropolitan Opera House for seven performances beginning Tuesday, June 23, led by Christine Shevchenko as Tatiana, Cory Stearns as Onegin, Zimmi Coker as Olga, Jake Roxander as Lensky, and Roman Zhurbin as Prince Gremin. Debuts on Wednesday, June 24, include Devon Teuscher (Tatiana) and Aran Bell (Onegin) at the matinee and Carlos Gonzalez (Lensky) at the evening performance. Léa Fleytoux and Takumi Miyake will dance the roles of Olga and Lensky for the first time on Thursday, June 25. Cory Stearns will give his farewell performance with ABT in the ballet on the evening of Saturday, June 27. 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. This production features sets and costumes by Santo Loquasto and lighting by James F. Ingalls.
Tickets for American Ballet Theatre's 2026 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 64th street in New York City. For more information, visit ABT's website at https://www.abt.org.
As part of ABT's series of post-performance toasts, two receptions will take place on the Grand Tier during the first two weeks of the Summer season:
Saturday evening, June 20: Irina Kolpakova Celebration
Friday evening, June 26: ABT Conductors Celebration
Admission is extended to that evening's ticketholders with the purchase of an additional reception ticket for $98. For more information, visit abt.org/SummerEvents.
Complete casting follows.
*All casting, programming, and pricing are subject to change.
ABOUT AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE
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®.
Swan Lake is generously underwritten by R. Chemers Neustein.
Leadership support of ABT's New Works Initiative is provided by the Blavatnik Family Foundation, 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.
A special thanks to Denise Littlefield Sobel for her leadership gifts to the ABT Today Fund and ABT RISE, which are advancing the Company's mission to create a more vibrant and welcoming future for ballet.
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 https://www.abt.org.
| FIRST WEEK | |||
| Wed. Mat., June 17, 2:00 P.M. | SWAN LAKE | Brandt, Cornejo, Ishchuk | |
| Wed. Eve., June 17, 7:30 P.M. | SWAN LAKE | Seo, Whiteside, Sebastian | |
| Thu. Mat., June 18, 2:00 P.M. | SWAN LAKE | Teuscher, Curley*, Markey | |
| Thurs. Eve., June 18, 7:30 P.M. | SWAN LAKE | Hurlin, Hernández, Robare | |
| Fri. Eve., June 19, 7:30 P.M. | SWAN LAKE | Misseldine, Bell, Sebastian | |
| Sat. Mat., June 20, 2:00 P.M. | SWAN LAKE | Shevchenko, Royal, Han* | |
| Sat. Eve., June 20, 7:30 P.M. | SWAN LAKE | Park*, Camargo, Markey | |
| SECOND WEEK | |||
| Tue. Eve., June 23, 7:30 P.M. | ONEGIN | Shevchenko, Stearns, Coker, Roxander, Zhurbin | |
| Wed. Mat., June 24, 2:00 P.M. | ONEGIN | Teuscher*, Bell*, Hurlin, Royal, Markey | |
| Wed. Eve., June 24, 7:30 P.M. | ONEGIN | Seo, Whiteside, Brandt, Gonzalez*, Ishchuk | |
| Thu. Eve., June 25, 7:30 P.M. | ONEGIN | Misseldine, Forster, Fleytoux*, Miyake*, Curley | |
| Fri. Eve., June 26, 7:30 P.M. | ONEGIN | Teuscher, Bell, Hurlin, Royal, Markey | |
| Sat. Mat., June 27, 2:00 P.M. | ONEGIN | Seo, Whiteside, Brandt, Gonzalez, Ishchuk | |
| Sat. Eve., June 27, 7:30 P.M. | ONEGIN | Shevchenko, Stearns, Coker, Roxander, Zhurbin | |
| *Editors please note first time in a role | |||
| Thu. Mat., 6/18 | Curley (Prince Siegfried) in Swan Lake | ||
| Sat. Mat. 6/20 | Han (von Rothbart) in Swan Lake | ||
| Sat. Eve. 6/20 | Park (Odette/Odile) in Swan Lake | ||
| Wed. Mat., 6/24 | Teuscher (Tatiana) and Bell (Onegin) in Onegin | ||
| Wed. Eve., 6/24 | Gonzalez (Lensky) in Onegin | ||
| Thu. Eve., 6/24 | Fleytoux (Olga) and Miyake (Lensky) in Onegin | ||
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