With Christmas Eve 2016 falling on a Saturday, the Met offers contrasting orchestral splendors at noon and 6 p.m.
“Take a good deal of trouble with it, because it is a fine subject, delicate and full of pathos.”
Now we have considered the three “winners” in the Tristan competition, let’s turn to the also-rans, or, to be more optimistic, the runners up.
dell’ arte Opera Ensemble continued its exploration of love and money by mounting Massenet’s Manon
Falstaff, Verdi’s totally unexpected, final, great comedic roar.
On Saturday night, dell’ arte Opera Ensemble presented a lean performance of La Traviata.
The Hollywood Bowl is truly the preeminent musical venue in Los Angeles.
This week, I offer you a classic rendition of Richard Strauss’ tale of the House of Atreus starring Ursula Schröder-Feinen, Astrid Varnay, Leonie Rysanek, Theo Adam, and Hans Hopf under Karl Böhm’s direction.
In how many operas does the heroine drink poison and then go lengthily mad?
Javier Camarena offered a performance carefully calibrated to a more intimate venue that nonetheless offered emotionally potent results.
It took the better part of a decade—including two high-profile cancelations—or New York to finally hear Anna Netrebko in recital.
Sir Richard Eyre’s new Manon Lescaut at the Met Friday night demonstrated no particular aptitude for opera.
Gather around while I play Ghost of New Year’s Eve past!
Two months after my last visit to this season’s sixteen-performance run of Puccini’s Turandot, I returned eager to witness the latest chapter in the sporadic Met career of Nina Stemme. Rising stars Anita Hartig and Alexander Tsymbalyuk also appeared in their roles for the first time at the Met, so Monday evening turned into a…
Maria Agresta‘s delicately-acted, sumptuously-sung seamstress transformed what might have been just an average Wednesday night revival into something finer.
A much-loved diva overdue for this site is Anna Moffo.
Diana Damrau is a great flirt.
Between them, Maria Guleghina, Marcello Giordani, James Morris and John Del Carlo have nearly 150 combined years of service on stage.
The annual Richard Tucker Gala is probably the event of the year to indulge your love of verismo staples and can belto screaming.
With help from the Met’s invaluable performance archive, here is a look back at just some of what you could have seen, and perhaps did see, on October 31st through the years at the Met.
Several prima donnas have ought to resurrect La Vestale, including Renata Scotto, whose priestess highlights this week’s “Trove Thursday.”
After nearly three years and over 20 performances Michael Mayer’s “Las Vegas” production of Rigoletto at the Metropolitan Opera still outrages many.
On Wednesday, the still-active, still radiant Virginia Zeani turns 90.
Lisette Oropesa sang “The Lost One”—the meaning of “traviata.”
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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