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More action than in Gluck‘s other great works, and plenty of opportunities for scenic spectacle.
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The conclusion of Romeo Castellucci‘s Pierre Audi‘s Ring cycle live from Brussels
It’s time to correct the pandemic’s error in canceling the scheduled 2020-21 production.
Leonard Bernstein conducts a performance recorded in New York in 1964
Teodor Currentzis conducts Rameau‘s opera in a performance recorded earlier this month in Paris
Samuel Barber may have had an edge as melodist over Dominick Argento, but the latter had a far better instinct as dramatist, and his 1988 setting of Henry James’s The Aspern Papers is overdue for a Met premiere. It is a gripping work of musical psychodrama.
Ahead of a broadcast in Europe on Arte on Sunday, parterre box has snagged a snippet of Asmik Grigorian‘s eagerly anticipated role debut as Norma in Vienna
Jonny spielt auf by Ernst Krenek could be a lot of rollicking fun, especially if a director and design team leaned into creating a 1927 world that acknowledged modernist art movements, silent film acting aesthetics, and the use of historical film footage of nightlife and cityscapes of the time.
It will never happen, but a girl can dream.
The Metropolitan Opera has revealed its upcoming season.
Lucrezia Borgia — given only one night more than a century ago. Giustizia per Lucrezia!!!
Now that Lisette Oropesa is doing the McVicar co-production of Maria Stuarda in Madrid, can the Met revive it with her?
While I have an entire laundry list of operas (Maria Regina d’Inghilterra, Loreley, La Wally, Sadko, The Snow Maiden, The Golden Cockerel, La Fiamma, and many others) I wish the Met would do – especially after Medea was such a success – I think realistically speaking this double-bill would be lovely for Sondra Radvanovsky at this point.
William Kentridge‘s production of The Nose. I think it’s his strongest production for the Met, the piece is a masterpiece and this is a time for absurdity. Bring in Maestro Keri-Lynn Wilson who did such an outstanding job with Mtsensk.
Jessye Norman sings the title role of a performance recorded in New York in 1985
A rare performance of Mascagni’s opera recorded at the Wexford Festival last fall.
Both a brilliant composition and an outstanding production
John Dexter and David Hockney‘s French triple bill of Poulenc‘s Les mamelles de Tirésias, Satie‘s Parade, and Ravel‘s L’enfant et les sortilèges, last seen in 2002. This clip is from Barcelona but you can enjoy Gabriel Bermúdez nonetheless.
The Met was built for Saint-François d’Assise. It is a huge work, and it needs a huge space. And Ingo Metzmacher.
Because we have no shortage of mezzos that would be great in this rep
