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In any case, we probably got as good a Tannhäuser cast as could be assembled these days.
Stephen Pickover
6 pieces since 2015 — at 1 company, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
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A farewell to Frisell
Old opera productions at the end of their performing life can be sad affairs.
Desert island diva
This sterling revival shows the Metropolitan to be surviving well and in good shape.
Gewitter und Sturm
The wild tempest that whipped and drenched the audience as it exited the Met after Tuesday’s season premiere of Wagner’s Der Fliegende Holländer mirrored the finer features of the evening.
Cold Turkey
The no-star, slapstick revival of John Dexter’s 37-year-old production of Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail that opened Friday night proved James Levine’s tenure as Music Director of the Met will end in two weeks with neither a whimper nor a bang.
Starry starry night
Although the season is less than three weeks old, Metropolitan Opera audiences may hear nothing else this season as beautiful as Peter Mattei’s “Song to the Evening Star.”