A new production of La sonnambula at the Metropolitan Opera is musically charming if dramatically confounding.
On this day in 1903, the Metropolitan Opera presented the company premiere of Verdi’s Ernani.
On this day in 1883 the Metropolitan Opera presented the company premiere of La traviata.
Flotow’s Martha, a work of 1847 that was popular around the world for a hundred years.
With Christmas Eve 2016 falling on a Saturday, the Met offers contrasting orchestral splendors at noon and 6 p.m.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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