You better sit down kids
If Sunday’s performance of Magic Flute at the Met demonstrated one thing, it is that opera targeted at children must be just as good as (if not better than) opera targeted at adults.
6 pieces since 2016 — in 4 roles, at 2 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
4 pieces as Metropolitan Opera — stats above show all coverage for Ashley Emerson.
View allIf Sunday’s performance of Magic Flute at the Met demonstrated one thing, it is that opera targeted at children must be just as good as (if not better than) opera targeted at adults.
Iolanta was crowned on Thursday evening by Sonya Yoncheva’s haunting portrayal of the blind title character.
Heretofore I’d avoided the Met’s abridged, English-language holiday presentations.
It took the better part of a decade—including two high-profile cancelations—or New York to finally hear Anna Netrebko in recital.
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