Marin Alsop conducts Julia Bullock, J’Nai Bridges, Davóne Tines, and countertenors Siman Chung, Key’mon W. Murrah, and Eric Jurenas in a broadcast from New York
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Speranza Scappucci conducts Angel Blue, Jonathan Tetelman, Emily Pogorelc, and Dekhzod Davronov in a broadcast from New York
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Oksana Lyniv conducts Christine Goerke, Gabriella Reyes, and Roberto Alagna in a broadcast from New York
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Celebrating 150 years of Strauss‘s opera with a 1986 performance featuring Kiri Te Kanawa, Håkan Hagegård, Judith Blegen, Tatiana Troyanos, David Rendall, and Michael Devlin conducted by Jeffrey Tate
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Hailed as the first opera by an African-American composer performed at the Metropolitan Opera, Fire Shut Up in My Bones was a huge audience and box office hit in the Fall of 2021 when it reopened the Met after two seasons shut down by COVID-19.
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Evan Rogister conducts Ryan Speedo Green, Latonia Moore, and Brittany Renee in a broadcast from New York
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A re-broadcast of a 1974 performance with Luciano Pavarotti, Judith Blegen, John Reardon, and Ezio Flagello conducted by Max Rudolf
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Arnold Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder and Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot are, in their different ways, the final decadent flowering of a musical tradition at its twilight.
By Eli Jacobson
Speranza Scappucci conducts Angel Blue, Jonathan Tetelman, Emily Pogorelc, and Dekhzod Davronov in a broadcast from New York
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Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Leah Hawkins, Karen Cargill, Matthew Polenzani, and Dmitry Belosselskiy in a performance from this fall
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Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Elena Stikhina, Maria Barakova, Brian Jagde, Igor Golovatenko, Patrick Carfizzi, and Soloman Howard in a broadcast from New York
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Puccini’s schmaltziest, most melodic, most dramatically limp, most cynical, most obscure mature work
By Harry Rose
La forza del destino concluded its run at the Metropolitan Opera with a significant cast change.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads Nadine Sierra, Benjamin Bernheim, Samantha Hankey, Frederick Ballentine, and Will Liverman in a broadcast from New York
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Evan Rogister conducts the stars of tomorrow, hosted by Denyce Graves and featuring Ryan Speedo Green!
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Oksana Lyniv conducts Elena Pankratova , SeokJong Baek, Aleksandra Kurzak, and Vitalij Kowaljow in a broadcast from New York
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Aleksandra Kurzak is Cio Cio San opposite Matthew Polenzani, Elizabeth DeShong, and Davide Luciano. Xian Zhang conducts this broadcast from New York
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It’s not hard not to feel jaded about Romeo and Juliet.
By Emma Hoffman
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Lise Davidsen, Brian Jadge, Judit Kutasi, Igor Golovatenko, Patrick Carfizzi, and Soloman Howard in a live broadcast from New York
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Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads Nadine Sierra, Benjamin Bernheim, Samantha Hankey, Frederick Ballentine, and Will Liverman in a broadcast from New York
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From a musical perspective, the evening came together admirably. As a work of theater, though, it was as stale as last week’s takeout.
Thomas Schippers conducts Carlo Bergonzi, Leontyne Price, Cornell MacNeil, and Giorgio Tozzi in a broadcast from 1962
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Metropolitan Opera debuts for Oksana Lyniv and Elena Pankratova in a live broadcast from New York also featuring Aleksandra Kurzak, SeokJeongBaek, and Vitalij Kowaljow
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While you may need to bring along your Dramamine, the Met’s new production of La forza del destino, does—eventually—spin fast enough to achieve escape velocity.
