(Credit: Dario Acosta) Anna Netrebko will sing the title role in Puccini’s “Turandot” during the 2021-22 Metropolitan Opera season The New York Times confirmed the season in its review of the New Year’s Eve gala. During the 2016-17 season, Netrebko revealed that she was preparing to sing the role and later previewed the opera during the 2019-20 Metropolitan Opera New {…}
(Photo: Ken Howard / Met Opera) The 2019-20 Metropolitan Opera New Year’s Eve gala started at 5:30 p.m and was scheduled to end around four hours later, leaving plenty of time for pre-midnight festivities. However, throughout the performance, you often wondered if the audience, despite witnessing three short Puccini acts from “La Bohème,” “Tosca,” and “Turandot,” might actually welcome the {…}
One could call the Met Opera’s new production of “Wozzeck” a collage. The opera itself undeniably brings this word to mind in how Alban Berg unites the dark tale of a misanthrope who murders his lover and drowns himself via numerous musical structures and forms. The entire first act features a suite, a rondo, a lullaby, and a passacaglia while {…}
(Credit: Paola Kudacki / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera will open a new production of “Wozzeck” on Dec. 27, 2019 with Peter Mattei in the leading role. What is fascinating about “Wozzeck’s” history at the Met is that despite only 69 performances to date, there have been a whopping 14 different artists performing the title role (an average of about {…}
PBS will present the Live in HD broadcast of “Manon” from the Metropolitan Opera on Jan. 5, 2020 as it kicks off the 2019-20 Great Performances Series. The broadcast will kick off at 12 p.m. EDT and features Lisette Oropesa in the title role with Michael Fabiano as her lover Chevalier des Grieux. Artur Rucinski, Brett Polegato, Kwangchul Youn, and {…}
(Credit: Marty Sohl/Karen Almond-Metropolitan Opera/Ken Howard-Santa Fe Opera/ Gianfranco Rota-Donizetti Opera) We hope that the end of your 2019 is a prosperous one and that the start of 2020 is even better. As we look forward to the next calendar year, we are taking some time to reflect on the opera performances that defined 2019 for many of us. As {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has confirmed that it will be reviving Philip Glass’ “Akhnaten” during the 2021-22 season. Moreover, the company is offering some lucky fans with an opportunity to get early tickets for the production. “The response to this fall’s new production of Philip Glass’s Akhnaten was so overwhelming that we’ve decided to bring the opera back during the 2021–22 {…}
The Works & Process at the Guggenheim will present “The Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Agrippina’” on Jan. 20, 2020. The event will feature a discussion between Metropolitan Opera general manager Peter Gelb and many of the key production and cast team members for the forthcoming rendition of Handel’s famed work. There will also be performances of the sections from the opera, which {…}
(Credit: Metropolitan Opera / Karen Almond) The holiday season is in full swing with most opera companies closing their doors. But there are still a few companies that are celebrating the season with their own unique offerings. Here are the top six operas to see this weekend with your family and friends. Amahl and the Night Visitors – Greensboro Opera, {…}
On Dec. 15, 2019, The Metropolitan Opera raised the curtain on this season’s run of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute.” Julie Taymor’s family-friendly production continues to be a visual and musical delight that, while abridged, makes for a strong concentration of the work. Under the baton of Lothar Koenigs, Sunday’s cast of artists was comprised of a fine mix of new {…}
(Credit: Dario Acosta) The Metropolitan Opera has confirmed that Anna Netrebko will perform the title role of Puccini’s “Turandot” in a future season. The news was revealed in the December Playbill at the Met, in a letter written by the general manager himself. There was no confirmation, however, of when this series of performances would take place. The soprano is {…}