The first indicator was the audience Tuesday night at the Metropolitan Opera, which welcomed the new year with the premiere ...
“There is no opera in America worth speaking of outside New York City,” said the Metropolitan Opera’s Rudolf Bing not long ago. When the statement touched off explosions of operatic temper ...
Michael Mayer directs Verdi’s classic as an archaeologist’s discovery, featuring the shining soprano Angel Blue.
Michael Mayer is directing the Met’s first new production of Verdi’s classic in nearly four decades, aiming for something fresh yet enduring.
But “Aida” is something else. The title role of the enslaved ... and baritone Quinn Kelsey as her father, Amonasro. Met music ...