Bleak house
The haunted Mycenae of Patrice Chéreau’s enthralling production of Richard Strauss’s Elektra had seized its viewers in an unrelenting vise that never relaxed even at its quietly shattering conclusion.
Waltraud Meier
41 pieces since 2007 — in 12 roles, at 6 companies, most often at La Scala.
41
pieces
12
roles
6
companies
20
years
By role
3 pieces as Metropolitan Opera — stats above show all coverage for Waltraud Meier.
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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.
Def Man Glance
Since 2010 I’ve been reading nothing but horror being heaped upon the Met’s new Ring. It’s been like a cross between a cruise ship size buffet spread of internet snarking and a slasher film re-cast with music critics.