The Met offers a tradeoff
The catch: Employees would have to agree to a 30 percent cut in pay, half of which would be restored once the Met’s box office returned to pre-pandemic levels.
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Dialogues des Carmélites
Starring Isabel Leonard, Adrianne Pieczonka and Karita Mattila, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. From May 11, 2019.
I’ll take the fall
The days are getting shorter, but you can keep the prattle going this fall’s Talk of the Town! You will, you can, you must join in the discussion about: Great mezzo soprano performances (October),
Gained in translation (November), Teleport me back to… (December).
Der Rosenkavalier
From the Vienna State Opera: Carlos Kleiber conducts Felicity Lott, Kurt Moll, Anne Sofie von Otter, Gottfried Hornik, Barbara Bonney, Heinz Zednik and Waldemar Kmentt.
“Curiosity is a great antidote to fear”
Happy 78th birthday to composer, performer, director, vocalist, filmmaker and choreographer Meredith Monk.
Virtual gala
Emanuel Ax, Anderson Cooper, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Katie Couric, Renée Fleming, David Foster, Josh Groban, John Lithgow, Kelli O’Hara, Stephen Sondheim, Emma Thompson and John Williams are among the special guests.
Les Troyens
From the Vienna State Opera: Alain Altinoglu leads Joyce DiDonato, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Adam Plachetka, Dominika Kovacs-Galavics, Amadeo D’Aleo, Tamara Dornelas, Brandon Jovanovich, Rachel Frenkel, Wolfram Igor Derntl, Alexandru Moisiuc and Peter Kellner.
Thank you for the music
Trove Thursday celebrates early St. Cecilia’s Day—November 22—with a 1976 performance of Licino Refice’s Cecilia starring Renata Scotto as the patron saint of music and musicians.
Quiet please, there’s a lady on stage
On this day in 1962 soprano Régine Crespin made her Metropolitan Opera debut as the Marschallin. Mezzo Hertha Töpper debuted as Octavian and Lotte Lehmann was stage director.
Rusalka
Starring Renée Fleming, Emily Magee, Dolora Zajick, Piotr Beczala and John Relyea, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. From February 8, 2014.
Salome
Michael Boder leads Herwig Pecoraro, Waltraud Meier, Lise Lindstrom, Michael Volle and Carlos Osuna.
Lighter than air
Born on this day in 1882 soprano Amelita Galli-Curci.
Faust
Note Mariah Carey tribute artist Jonas Kaufmann is heard as Gounod’s philosopher.
Arabella
From the Vienna State Opera: Peter Schneider conducts Wolfgang Bankl, Stephanie Houtzeel, Camilla Nylund, Chen Reiss, Bo Skovhus, Norbert Ernst, Rafael Fingerlos, Marcus Pelz and Daniela Fally.
Don Carlo
“Yannick Week” kicks off with Don Carlo, starring Marina Poplavskaya Anna Smirnova, Roberto Alagna, Simon Keenlyside and Ferruccio Furlanetto, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. From December 11, 2010.
Montagsstück III: Zueignung
Asher Fisch conducts Diana Damrau and Klaus Florian Vogt.
An occidental woman in an oriental mood of love
On this day in 1926 the Metropolitan Opera presented the US premiere of Puccini’s Turandot.
The Exterminating Angel
Starring Audrey Luna, Amanda Echalaz, Sally Matthews, Sophie Bevan, Alice Coote, Christine Rice, Iestyn Davies, Joseph Kaiser, Frédéric Antoun, David Portillo, David Adam Moore, Rod Gilfry, Kevin Burdette, Christian Van Horn and John Tomlinson, conducted by Thomas Adès. From November 18, 2017.
Boris Godunov
American bass Samuel Ramey takes on the title role of the 16th-century Russia tsar who is haunted by guilt after assassinating the rightful heir to the throne, Dimitri.
Where do I begin?
On this day in 1918 soprano Rosa Ponselle made her Metropolitan Opera debut (and her first appearance in opera anywhere) as Leonora.
Akhnaten
Starring Dísella Lárusdóttir, J’Nai Bridges, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Aaron Blake, Will Liverman, Richard Bernstein and Zachary James, conducted by Karen Kamensek. From November 23, 2019.
Ray of light
Born on this day in 1926 soprano Leonie Rysanek.
Manon
With Nino Machaidze, Juan Diego Flórez, Dan Paul Dumitrescu, Adrian Eröd, Michael Laurenz, Clemens Unterreiner, Ileana Tonca, Svetlina Stoyanova, Zoryana Kushpler.