Andrew Lokay discusses the real world of warfare behind Jeanine Tesori and George Brant‘s Grounded, which opens the Met season on Monday.
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The outdoor recitals that the Metropolitan Opera presents in New York City Parks every summer are a wonderful way to showcase rising young stars and promising beginners from the Met’s Lindemann Program.
J. David Jackson conducts Anthony Roth Costanzo, Ying Fang, and Elena Villalón in the final Saturday matinée broadcast of the season from New York
Marco Armiliato leads Elena Pankratova, Olga Kulchynska, SeokJong Baek, and Soloman Howard in the final weeknight broadcast of the season
Emmanuel Villaume conducts Isabel Leonard, Emily D’Angelo, Stephanie Blythe, Laurent Naouri, and Jessica Pratt in a performance from 2022
Kensho Watanabe leads Renée Fleming, Kelli O’Hara, Joyce DiDonato, and Sean Panikkar in a broadcast from New York
Marco Armiliato conducts a 2018 performance with Eva-Maria Westbroek, Jonas Kaufmann, and Zeljko Lucic
Diego Matheuz conducts Clémentine Margaine, Michael Fabiano, Ailyn Pérez and Ryan Speedo Green in a broadcast from New York
Kensho Watanabe leads Renée Fleming, Kelli O’Hara, Joyce DiDonato, and Sean Panikkar in a broadcast from New York
J. David Jackson conducts Anthony Roth Costanzo, Ying Fang, and Elena Villalón in a live broadcast from New York
Asmik Grigorian, as Cio Cio San, along with Jonathan Tetelman, Lucas Meachem, and Elizabeth DeShong are conducted by Xian Zhang in a broadcast from New York
Kensho Watanabe leads Renée Fleming, Kelli O’Hara, Joyce DiDonato, and Sean Panikkar in a broadcast from New York
In its first go-around in November 2022, Kevin Puts’s The Hours (libretto by Greg Pierce based on the novel by Michael Cunningham and the screenplay for the Stephen Daldry’s 2002 film was a box office bullseye for the Metropolitan Opera.
Marin Alsop conducts Julia Bullock, Daniela Mack, Davóne Tines, and countertenors Siman Chung, Key’mon W. Murrah, and Eric Jurenas in a broadcast from New York
Asmik Grigorian, in her Met debut run as Cio Cio San, along with Jonathan Tetelman, Lucas Meachem, and Elizabeth DeShong are conducted by Xian Zhang
When it premiered at the Opéra Comique in 1875, Carmen shocked audiences with its frank depictions of female sexuality, the proletariat, and violence: subjects that have ensured the piece’s continued relevance and that have inspired numerous retellings and revisions.
Diego Matheuz conducts Clémentine Margaine, Michael Fabiano, Ailyn Pérez and Ryan Speedo Green in a broadcast from New York
“I come, I come! ye have called me long;
I come o’er the mountains, with light and song”
Evan Rogister conducts Ryan Speedo Green, Latonia Moore, and Brittany Renee in a performance recorded earlier this spring
Only connect! So sayeth E.M. Forster (via Margaret Wilcox) in Howard’s End.
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
Speranza Scappucci conducts Angel Blue, Jonathan Tetelman, Emily Pogorelc, and Dekhzod Davronov in a broadcast from New York
Oksana Lyniv conducts Christine Goerke, Gabriella Reyes, and Roberto Alagna in a broadcast from New York
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