A broadcast from 1975 celebrates 50 years since the Met debut of Beverly Sills
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A muted and merry carousel ride out of feudalism in the Met’s production of Le nozze di Figaro
Look, for one of the most-staged operas in the repertoire, Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte seems awfully difficult to stage.
Hilda Harris and Catherine Malfitano in an 1981 broadcast to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Ravel‘s opera
Christina Nilsson‘s debut enlivens the Met’s new Aïda.
The conclusion of the Metropolitan Opera’s annual competition, live from New York
A live broadcast from New York – and Lise Davidsen‘s final broadcast before her maternity leave!
Fidelio, which opened last week at the Metropolitan Opera, will always be relevant, I fear.
The term “narrative prosthesis” refers to the tendency for works of literature to use disability as the conflict upon which the whole narrative hinges. Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick is a quintessential example of “narrative prosthesis.”
“Baritone Thomas Glass will sing the role of Starbuck in tonight’s performance of Jake Heggie’s Moby-Dick, replacing Peter Mattei, who has withdrawn due to illness.”
A 2010 broadcast documenting Yannick Nézet-Séguin‘s Metropolitan Opera debut performances
Leonard Bernstein conducts a performance recorded in New York in 1964
The Metropolitan Opera has revealed its upcoming season.
Jessye Norman sings the title role of a performance recorded in New York in 1985
