After tonight’s dark drab dud of a Dutchman, I was plunged into despair.
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Wagner’s early masterpiece returns to the Met conducted by Valery Gergiev (not pictured).
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A performance from Fall 2019 featuring Lisette Oropesa and Michael Fabiano.
New productions of Aida, Die Zauberflöte, and Don Giovanni and Met premieres of The Fiery Angel and Dead Man Walking headline the Metropolitan Opera’s 2020–21 season.
Amanda Woodbury jumps in as the Countess in tonight’s broadcast.
Handel’s biting Agrippina finally arrived at the Metropolitan Opera Thursday evening 310 years after its Venetian premiere.
Is there any opera more bullet-proof than Le Nozze di Figaro?
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Cher public, let’s ring in the New Year in the most “Metropolitan Opera” way possible: lots of Puccini and extremely long intermissions!
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Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra reigned supreme at the opening night of Wozzeck on Friday evening, rendering every snarl and shimmer of Berg’s score with gripping intensity.
Tonight’s listening experience: the premiere of a new Met production of Wozzeck.
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