John Adams‘s newest opera in a live broadcast from New York
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Buoyed by a cast of emerging stars, the Metropolitan Opera’s revival of Il Barbiere di Siviglia asserted a key trait of this ubiquitous buffo: it is a young person’s opera.
An impressive cast blurs binaries as John Adams‘s ambitious Antony and Cleopatra arrives at the Met
Zubin Mehta conducts a classic broadcast from 1966 featuring Birgit Nilsson, Franco Corelli, Mirella Freni, and Bonaldo Giaiotti
An uneven new cast can’t dim the glow of Richard Eyre‘s incisive Le nozze di Figaro at the Met
Elza van den Heever and Peter Mattei (and the stage elevator) elevate an assertive, if not definitive, new Salome at the Met
Elina Garanca is back at the Met for the first time since 2020 — her Amneris is, in a word, sensational.
A broadcast from 1975 celebrates 50 years since the Met debut of Beverly Sills
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.
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Pick a little, talk a little
Following the successful launch of the new regular feature The Talk of the Town in January, the team at the box is inviting contributions for a new quarter of operatic potpourri.
