“An opportunity to deliver” “An opportunity to deliver”

Daniele Rustioni, who starts his tenure as Met Principal Guest Conductor with Don Giovanni this week, might just be the opera conductor we’ve all been waiting for — and he’s betting on a long haul.

By November 03, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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The servant of two last names The servant of two last names

“In over nine years you’ve never posted an opera by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari,” no one has ever said.

By July 25, 2024 at 9:00 AM
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Skyscrapers marching on Skyscrapers marching on

If you have not been following the exploits of Teatro Grattacielo during lockdown, it’s not because they haven’t been exploitatory all over the place.

By June 21, 2021 at 11:47 AM
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Sadko, but true Sadko, but true

“Trove Thursday” escapes to an exotic place with Rimsky-Korsakov’s Sadko.

By August 22, 2019 at 10:00 AM
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Blood and Gorr Blood and Gorr

Massenet’s La Navarraise in a live performance featuring Rita Gorr as Anita and George Shirley as Araquil.

By March 30, 2017 at 12:48 PM
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Future imperfect Future imperfect

This year’s treat was Vittorio Gnecchi’s Cassandra, completed around 1905

By October 11, 2016 at 9:00 AM
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