Sleeping with the fishes Sleeping with the fishes

With a cast of stellar singers and uneven direction by Mary Zimmerman, Dvorák’s Rusalka debuts in a new production at the Metropolitan Opera.

By on February 03, 2017 at 7:52 PM
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Public enemy Public enemy

Mary Zimmerman explains (more or less) “what’s wrong with opera audiences?”

By on January 27, 2017 at 4:15 PM
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The chopping block? The chopping block?

After five flops in a row, Mr. McVicar continues to win new assignments from the Met.

By on March 31, 2016 at 11:36 AM
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Liebestraum Liebestraum

“Opera can, in fact, be something beautiful and moving even when all a performance has going for it is some really excellent singing.”

By on March 18, 2014 at 2:20 PM
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Three-time Met régisseuse Mary Zimmerman is taking it to the Windy City, helming a “newly adapted” Candide for Chicago’s Goodman Theatre. “Danny Pelzig choreographs the cataclysmic events that ensue.” [broadwayworld.com]

By on August 25, 2010 at 11:22 PM
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