Buoyed by a cast of emerging stars, the Metropolitan Opera’s revival of Il Barbiere di Siviglia asserted a key trait of this ubiquitous buffo: it is a young person’s opera.
In 2022, making Così fan tutte intimate is not a radical act. Making it enjoyable, however, is.
At Friday night’s performance of La Bohème at the Met, the cast seemed to lean into (and gamble upon) the production’s enduring popularity.
The Barber of Seville turned out to be the most overall solid production of the year and even a bit of old-fashioned fun.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
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