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The Met should revive Mignon The Met should revive Mignon

Mignon of Ambroise Thomas was performed at the Met many times but has not been for decades.

on February 08, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Morgiane, ou le Sultan d’Ispahan Morgiane, ou le Sultan d’Ispahan

Opera Lafayette and OperaCréole present Edmond Dédé‘s rediscovered opera in a live stream from the Dekelboum Concert Hall at the University of Maryland

on February 07, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Die Liebe der Danae Die Liebe der Danae

A live opening night broadcast from Munich

on February 07, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The Met should revive Esclarmonde The Met should revive Esclarmonde

Esclarmonde is the only answer to the question of what the Met should revive.

on February 07, 2025 at 6:00 AM
The Met should revive Il trittico The Met should revive Il trittico

It is time for the Met to revive Puccini‘s masterpiece and his best work IMHO, Il trittico.

on February 06, 2025 at 6:00 AM
And her mother too And her mother too

After a flurry of coverage over the past weeks, Opera Lafayette, in partnership with New Orleans’s OperaCréole, finally premiered Edmond Dédé’s Morgiane, ou Le Sultan d’Ispahan in DC last night.

on February 05, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The Met should revive Die tote Stadt The Met should revive Die tote Stadt

It’s fascinating, and gorgeous, and over the top, and it requires a director to make actual decisions in a way that causes clutching of pearls when it happens in a production of a better known opera.

on February 05, 2025 at 6:00 AM
San Francisco Opera 2025-26 San Francisco Opera 2025-26

The San Francisco Opera announces its 2025-26 season.

on February 04, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Paul Plishka 1941-2025 Paul Plishka 1941-2025

The American bass, a fixture of the Metropolitan Opera between 1967 and 2018, was 83.

on February 04, 2025 at 3:40 PM
She has come, she has come She has come, she has come

I’ve been waiting (nearly) 20 years for another encounter with Samuel Barber and Gian Carlo Menotti’s Vanessa.

on February 04, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The Met should revive Der Freischütz The Met should revive Der Freischütz

Der Freischütz has not been seen at the Met since 1972!

on February 04, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Aged in oak Aged in oak

When the birthdays start to pile up in the double digits in big round numbers, you start to examine your past and review what you have done with your life.

on February 03, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The Met should revive Hérodiade The Met should revive Hérodiade

Every mediocre performance of Trovatore (and don’t we know about those?) could instead be a very good performance of Massenet‘s Hérodiade.

on February 03, 2025 at 6:00 AM
The Met should revive Les vêpres siciliennes The Met should revive Les vêpres siciliennes

Verdi’s Les vêpres siciliennes — not I vespri siciliani, but the French original.

on February 02, 2025 at 6:00 AM

Korngold‘s opera in a live broadcast from Boston

on February 01, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Die Zauberflöte Die Zauberflöte

A live broadcast from the Vienna Staatsoper conducted by Franz Welser-Möst.

on February 01, 2025 at 9:00 AM
La traviata La traviata

Renée Fleming leads a performance recorded in New York in 2007

on February 01, 2025 at 9:00 AM