The Metropolitan Opera has done the unthinkable – the company has announced four additional performances of Mason Bates’s “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay” this season. The opera, which opened the season and was only set to run until Oct. 11, 2025, will now get additional performances on Feb. 17, 18, 20, and 21, 2026. Moreover, the opera will {…}
Works & Process is set to present The Metropolitan Opera’s “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay” on Sept. 8, 2025 at Guggenheim New York in the Peter B. Lewis Theater. The evening will showcase an advance look at the new adaptation of Michael Chabon’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay,” which will open the Metropolitan {…}
(Photo courtesy of Cultural Counsel) Pioneer Works will present a preview event for the Met Opera’s production of “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay” on Sept. 14, 2025. The showcase will feature a conversation between production designer Mark Grimmer and comic-book expert and cover designer Chip Kidd. The event will be moderated by Dr. Miriam Mora, a historian of {…}
The Metropolitan Opera is set to open its 2025-26 season with the company premiere of “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay.” The Met-commissioned opera is composed by Grammy Award–winning composer Mason Bates and written by librettist Gene Scheer. The work will premiere on Sept. 21 and run through Oct 11, 2025. In a statement, Bates said, “This story resonates {…}
Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music Opera Theater is set to present “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay” starting on Nov. 15. Michael Christie conducts a production of the Mason Bates and Gene Scheer opera directed by Bartlett Sher. The set design will be by 59 Productions with costume design by Jennifer Moeller. The work is based on Michael {…}
The Metropolitan Opera has confirmed two upcoming new works. In an Instagram post, the company said, “Missy Mazzoli is composing an opera based on George Saunders’s ‘Lincoln in the Bardo,’ with a libretto by Royce Vavrek, which is slated to premiere at LA Opera in early 2026 and arrives at the Met in fall 2026. Mason Bates is writing an {…}
The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Opera and Ballet Theater is set to collaborate with the Metropolitan Opera on the new opera “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay.” The Jacobs School of Music Opera and Ballet Theater will stage the world-premiere performance of the opera by composer Mason Bates and librettist Gene Scheer opening Nov. 15 and closing {…}
The LA Opera has canceled plans to present the world premiere of Mason Bates’ “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay” this fall. The company said that the production was canceled due to financial issues. LA Opera CEO Christopher Koelsch told the AP News, “It was a very ambitious and therefore expensive project, and unfortunately in the current conditions, it wasn’t {…}