(Credit: Marty Sohl / Met Opera) In continuation of the 2019-20 Great Performances Series, PBS will present the Live in HD broadcast of “Turandot” from the Metropolitan Opera on Friday, March 20, 2020 The broadcast will kick off at 9 p.m. EDT. The cast includes soprano Christine Goerke in the title role with Yusif Eyvazov as Calaf. Eleonora Buratto appears {…}
UPDATE: Here are the schedules for Week 8 Week 9 In an effort to continue providing opera to its audience members, the Met Opera will host “Nightly Met Opera Streams” on its official website to audiences worldwide. These free streams will present encores of past performances from its famed Live in HD series. The encore presentations will begin at 7:30 {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has canceled all performances until March 31. The Met stated, “We regret to announce that, effective immediately, all performances have been canceled through March 31 because of coronavirus concerns.” The company added, “The safety and security of our audiences and employees is the Met’s highest priority, and in canceling performances, we are following the lead of our {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has announced it will continue performances . The company said, “please note that all performances at the Met are continuing as scheduled.” This marks the first statement from the Met since the coronavirus outbreak in New York. It also marks the second theater in the United States to commit to remain open since the outbreak began last {…}
The Met Opera’s Live in HD series for the 2019-20 season continues on Saturday, March 14, 2020 with a transmission of Wagner’s “Der Fliegende Holländer.” The broadcast, which kicks off 12:55 p.m. Eastern time, is conducted by Valery Gergiev, who captains a cast that includes Evgeny Nikitin, Anja Kampe, Franz-Josef Selig, David Portillo, Sergey Skorokhodov, and Mihoko Fujimura. Of the {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has implemented a quarantine on singers arriving from high risk areas. Diane Zola, Assistant General Manager of the Met, sent letters to artists arriving from Asia and Europe stating, “With the Coronavirus having reached New York, we have instituted travel policies for our employees that we wanted to share with you, since your artists will need to {…}
(Credit: Richard Termine) One of the best parts about the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions is that it’s open to the public. But even more exciting than that is coming across a singer that makes an aria completely their own, so much so that it changes your interpretation of the music. Now that’s a star. And who else can say {…}
(Credit: Ken Howard / Metropolitan Opera) For its final new production of the 2019-20 season, the Metropolitan Opera turned to Wagner’s “Der Fliegende Holländer” in a production by François Girard, whose previous work with the company is an iconic “Parsifal” production. The beauty of that production is how it illuminates one of the most complex and philosophically dense operas ever {…}
(Credit: Ken Howard / Metropolitan Opera) The Metropolitan Opera has confirmed that Francois Girard will direct the upcoming production of Wagner’s “Lohengrin.” The New York Times reported the update on Girard’s forthcoming project with the Met. Girard’s staging will be made in collaboration with the Bolshoi, which was announced in 2017 alongside new renditions of “Salome” and “Aida.” This “Lohengrin” {…}
(Credit: Ken Howard / Metropolitan Opera) This week, the Metropolitan Opera opens a new production of “Der Fliegende Holländer” bringing a superb cast and a stellar team to one of the great German operas. One of the most anticipated parts of this new production, however, is undoubtedly the long overdue debut of soprano Anja Kampe. The German-Italian dramatic soprano is {…}
(Credit: Richard Termine / Met Opera) The role of Violetta in “La Traviata” is one of the most challenging in all of the repertory despite its ubiquity. As such, there are a lot of sopranos who manage to pull off the role, though few with overall great vocal and dramatic consistency on stage. But Lisette Oropesa, taking on the role {…}