Jennifer Rowley will sing the role of Leonora in all performances of Il Trovatore this season replacing Maria Agresta, who is ill.
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Headlining the Met’s current revival of both Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci, Roberto Alagna was operating on all cylinders Monday evening.
Der Rosenkavalier (on Blu-ray and DVD) is from the Met HD broadcast which also happened to be the final performance of the run, becoming a true souvenir of the farewells of its two leading ladies.
The more ignorant segments of the public and the critical establishment continue to shout praise to David McVicar‘s torpid Tosca as the greatest triumph of the reactionary since the Bourbon Restoration.
The Met got exactly what it asked for: a safely opulent, resolutely unchallenging Tosca that was far from shabby or little but couldn’t have been less shocking
Peter Gelb announces that the Met will return its 1980s glory days as a hideously overpriced theme park and David McVicar whinges about literally everything.
Hansel and Gretel might just be the best thing the Met has done so far this season.
The most distinct pleasure of The Merry Widow at the Metropolitan Opera was the polished, yet warm, performance of Susan Graham as Hanna Glawari.
It was odd, if not downright uncomfortable, to watch Le Nozze di Figaro at the Metropolitan Opera.
Sir David McVicar’s inept and dreary new production of Bellini’s Norma proved to be more satisfying than it had been on opening night when it returned to the Met Friday evening thanks to its new leading ladies Angela Meade and Jamie Barton
Starting tonight at 7:25, the Met’s “tab” version of The Magic Flute.
A wonderfully committed Ailyn Pérez and Gerald Finley at Saturday afternoon’s revival abetted by Emmanuel Villaume’s passionate conducting converted me to a Thaïs believer.
Jonas Kaufmann‘s acclaimed Dick will highlight the Met’s 2018-2019 season.
Madama Butterfly remains fascinating because of its complexity.
So La Cieca figures if the New York Times can do seven pieces about Exterminating Angel in the past week, we should jump on the bandwagon as well.
Just because one can write an opera based on a film, does this necessarily indicate that one should?
” Mr. Gelb chuckled and said, ‘I’m not going to find out’.”
More Grigolerie this evening starting at 7:25.
I was extraordinarily happy Monday evening to encounter Angel Blue and Russell Thomas as Mimi and Rodolfo.
From the perspective of current identity politics, Puccini’s Turandot is a disaster of epic proportions.
The list of Anna Netrebko/Yannick Nézet-Séguin collaborations has expanded once again.
I suspect that David McVicar’s new production of the Metropolitan Opera’s Norma had its most congenial showing as a totality, specifically in the HD format at the movie theater.
At the center of the Met’s revival of Puccini’s La bohème, one found the rich and layered talent of Angel Blue.
The debut of soprano Angel Blue is but one highlight of tonight’s live broadcast from the Met.
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