Paul Plishka is one of the Met’s historic performers, performing over 1600 times throughout his career. Born on August 28, 1941, the bass studied at Montclair State College and made his opera debut with the Paterson Lyric Opera in 1961. His Met debut would come six years later at the age of 26 when he appeared in “La Gioconda.” He {…}
The Met Opera has announced the nine new participants in its Lindemann Young Artist Program, as well as the seven that will be returning for their second year. This year’s first-time participants include tenor Mario Bahg, soprano Jessica Faselt, coach and pianist Derrick Goff, mezzo-soprano Megan Grey, soprano Leah Hawkins, tenor Brian Michael Moore, coach and pianist Katelan Terrell, tenor {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has announced that bass Matthew Rose has been appointed as the Artistic Consultant to the company’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. Rose, of course, is an acclaimed artist who has performed all around the world at such houses as the Met, the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Deutsche Oper Berlin, and English National Opera. {…}
PBS will showcase “Così Fan Tutte” from the Metropolitan Opera as part of its Great Performances Series on Sunday, July 29, 2018. The broadcast will kick off at 12 p.m. EDT and will star Kelli O’Hara, Amanda Majeski, Adam Plachetka, Ben Bliss, Christopher Maltman, and Serena Malfi under the musical direction of David Robertson. The production, set on Coney Island {…}
The Metropolitan Opera’s annual Summer HD Festival is set to return for its tenth time this summer. The series, which will begin on August 25, 2018, through Sept. 3, 2018, will present 10 recent performances from the company’s acclaimed Live in HD series of movie theater transmissions. The series will also present the Marx Brothers’ classic film, “A Night at the Opera,” which will {…}
Stefan Herheim will direct a new production of “Les Vêpres Siciliennes” at the Metropolitan Opera. In a recent New York Times interview general manager Peter Gelb noted that Herheim will bring his production of the late Verdi work, which originated in London in 2013. The news comes after Herheim was scheduled to make his Met debut in 2019-20, with a reprise {…}
As the Metropolitan Opera company’s Summer Recital Series rolls on, the artists and crew took to Williamsbridge Oval Park in the Bronx for an afternoon of arias, duets, and a trio from some of opera’s most cherished composers. Kicking things off was tenor Gerard Schneider, singing “Questa o quella” from Verdi’s “Rigoletto.” This amorous aria made for a spirited opening, {…}
The opera world has been rocked by the sexual abuse scandal at the Metropolitan Opera centering around maestro James Levine. The topic was confronted head on at Opera Conference 2018 hosted by OPERA America in a panel titled “Confronting Sexual Harassment, Abuse and Assault” that tackled these issues that have unfortunately become much too pertinent in the opera world. The {…}
The Metropolitan Opera’s Summer Recital Series started off on a high note on June 11, 2018. Audience members gathered in Central Park on a cool and cloudless evening that was filled with selections from operas both old and new, to be sung by some of the company’s most promising young talent. Baritone Joshua Hopkins began the evening with “Largo al {…}
PBS will showcase Puccini’s “Tosca” from the Metropolitan Opera as part of its Great Performances Series on Friday, June 15, 2018. The broadcast will kick off at 9 p.m. EDT and will showcase soprano Sonya Yoncheva as the tragic heroine. This was the first of Yoncheva’s big season, during which she appeared on three Live in HD broadcasts. Her “Bohème” {…}
Luca Meachem is slated to perform in two productions at the Metropolitan Opera next season. The baritone announced that he will be part of productions of “Iolanta” and “La Bohème.” Meachem will take over performances of “La Bohème” on Nov. 29, Dec. 3, 6, 10, and 13, replacing the originally announced Simone Piazzola. He will also sing one performance of {…}