Met’s “Magic Flute” brings a double helping of Mozartian holiday …
Dec 13, 2024 · The days are shortening, the air is chilly, and festive lights are going up. That means it’s time for the Metropolitan Opera’s holiday performance of The Magic Flute.This is Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, compressed into one continuous act of under two hours, translated into English by J.D. McClatchy, and using Julie Taymor’s previous production for the full opera.
Tenor Pati makes an ardent Met debut in “Rigoletto”
Jan 7, 2025 · Verdi’s Rigoletto returned to the Metropolitan Opera on Monday with a fresh cast under the baton of Daniele Callegari.The performance featured the house debut of tenor Pene Pati as the Duke of Mantua. The role has been his calling card in opera houses worldwide, and it is easy to see why from this performance.
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The second half, “Darkness in Light,” continued the theme of duality with works by Messiaen, Crumb, Heggie, and others, interspersed with narration and poetry by Hope Boykin.
Met’s 2024-25 season will bring new “Aida” and “Salome,” four ...
Feb 22, 2024 · The Metropolitan Opera will continue its expansion into contemporary opera in its 2024-2025 season, with four house premieres from composers of our time, and will refresh one of its most popular repertoire operas with a new production.
No words but plenty of drama in Stutzmann’s “Ring” with the …
6 days ago · If you like looking at pictures of Alfred Roller’s sets for Götterdāmmerung or portraits of Jean de Reszke as Siegfried or Birgit Nilsson as Brünnhilde, you would likely have enjoyed the New York Philharmonic’s taut and brassy performance of The Ring Without Words Thursday night, conducted by Nathalie Stutzmann.. Wagner’s …
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Jan 9, 2025 · Sequentia spins a medieval German saga for Music Before 1800 – Jan 13, 2025. Early music concerts are a form of time travel. With “Gregorius—The […]
A new cast still finding its footing in Met’s “Tosca”
Nov 13, 2024 · Tosca is a mainstay of the Metropolitan Opera’s fall season with three cast changes and just as many conductors in David McVicar’s mostly conventional, if off-kilter production. The second cast—Lise Davidsen as Tosca, Freddie De Tommaso as Cavaradossi, and Quinn Kelsey as Scarpia—made its first appearance Tuesday evening with mixed results.
A romantic program finds its footing with Bell, Philharmonic
Jan 9, 2025 · The New York Philharmonic continued its new year Wednesday night with a fresh face and some familiar pleasures. Leading the orchestra for this week’s subscription program is Daniele Rustioni, making his debut with the orchestra—though he’s already familiar to patrons of the Metropolitan Opera, where he was named principal guest conductor in November. He was joined by violinist Joshua ...
Koopman’s silvery “Messiah” lights up a Philharmonic Christmas …
Dec 13, 2024 · Ton Koopman conducted the New York Philharmonic with soprano Maya Kherani in Handel’s Messiah at David Geffen Hall. Photo by Chris Lee
Edusei roams widely and brilliantly in Philharmonic debut
Jan 3, 2025 · The program of the New York Philharmonic’s concert Thursday night was largely about journeys, but it started with an arrival. In an impressive Philharmonic debut, the German conductor Kevin John Edusei presented a brilliant calling card in Samy Moussa’s Elysium, then took listeners on poetic and philosophical trips with music of Berlioz and Richard Strauss.