Boxing day Boxing day

On this day in 1883 the Metropolitan Opera House opened with Gounod‘s Faust.

By October 22, 2024 at 6:00 AM
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A very, very, very fine house A very, very, very fine house

On this day in 1883 the Metropolitan Opera House opened with Gounod‘s Faust.

By October 22, 2023 at 6:00 AM
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Mozart for another time Mozart for another time

Eagerly awaiting Met May Mozart Madness, Chris’s Cache presents a starry quintet of the master’s operas not being done next month.

By April 23, 2023 at 10:23 AM
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Tour de force Tour de force

On this day in 1973 the Metropolitan Opera presented the company premiere of Les Troyens.

By October 22, 2022 at 10:09 AM
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From the HIP From the HIP

We are in the midst of a titanic Beethoven onslaught prompted by the unstoppable need to commemorate the composer’s upcoming 250th birthday.

By March 09, 2020 at 5:54 PM
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The fantastics The fantastics

“Berlioz Takes a Trip” proclaimed the free psychedelic buttons available at Carnegie Hall Monday referring to Symphonie Fantastique,the evening’s surefire crowd-pleaser.

By October 17, 2018 at 11:14 AM
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Season of the Witch Season of the Witch

Trove Thursday offers a pair of live broadcasts of Médée featuring two compelling mid-20th century divas—Inge Borkh in German and Eileen Farrell in Italian. 

By April 19, 2018 at 1:19 PM
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