As my friend and I Ubered out to the luxurious Cobb Energy Centre for Atlanta Opera’s La traviata, I had trains on the mind.
On this day in 2008 the Metropolitan Opera presented a gala new production of Puccini’s La rondine.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra reigned supreme at the opening night of Wozzeck on Friday evening, rendering every snarl and shimmer of Berg’s score with gripping intensity.
On Thursday evening Jennifer Wilson “finally” made a belated, disappointing Met debut as Turandot.
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