With a cast of stellar singers and uneven direction by Mary Zimmerman, Dvorák’s Rusalka debuts in a new production at the Metropolitan Opera.
Mary Zimmerman explains (more or less) “what’s wrong with opera audiences?”
After five flops in a row, Mr. McVicar continues to win new assignments from the Met.
“Opera can, in fact, be something beautiful and moving even when all a performance has going for it is some really excellent singing.”
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]
Tell us: What was the best of 2025?
Parterre Box concludes the thrilling first year of Talk of the Town by inviting your lightning rod opinions on several more categories of operatic argumentation.
