The best thing I saw in 2025 was Christina Nilsson in Aïda
Christina Nilsson‘s successful Met debut as Aïda was for me one of the shining highlights of the 2025 season.
By Moe Rear
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Christina Nilsson
14 pieces since 2015 — in 5 roles, at 3 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
14
pieces
5
roles
3
companies
12
years
By role
Role Aïda
Ritorna vincitrice
Elina Garanca is back at the Met for the first time since 2020 — her Amneris is, in a word, sensational.
Nilsson ratings
Christina Nilsson‘s debut enlivens the Met’s new Aïda.
Role Eva
Sing of happy, not sad
Matthias Davids‘s reactionary new production of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg might be fun, but no one comes to Bayreuth for fun.
Role Freia
This is what trauma looks like
Valentin Schwarz‘s and Simone Young‘s Ring, in its final outing at Bayreuth, is dramaturgically messy and musically excellent.
Role Margherita
Boxing day
On this day in 1883 the Metropolitan Opera House opened with Gounod‘s Faust.
A very, very, very fine house
On this day in 1883 the Metropolitan Opera House opened with Gounod‘s Faust.
Role Mignon
Trick or trill
With help from the Met’s invaluable performance archive, here is a look back at just some of what you could have seen, and perhaps did see, on October 31st through the years at the Met.
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).