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Ralph Fiennes to Make Opera Directing Debut with EUGENE ONEGIN at Paris's Garnier Opera House
by Joshua Wright - Apr 2, 2025

British actor Ralph Fiennes will direct his first opera, the Paris National Opera announced on Wednesday. He is set to stage Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin at the historic Palais Garnier in January 2026.

Video: Watch Christina Nilsson Sing 'O patria mia' From Michael Mayer's AIDA
by Michael Major - Mar 20, 2025

Christina Nilsson sings an excerpt from the title character’s Act III aria in a recent performance of Michael Mayer's production of AIDA. The orchestra is conducted by Alexander Soddy.

Video: AIDA at the Metropolitan Opera Trailer
by Stephi Wild - Feb 25, 2025

Tony Award-winning director Michael Mayer brings a new production of Verdi’s grand masterpiece Aida to the Met next month. Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Alexander Soddy conduct. Watch a new trailer here!

Review Roundup: AIDA Directed by Michael Mayer at the Metropolitan Opera
by Stephi Wild - Jan 2, 2025

After being postponed due to the pandemic in the 2020-21 season, The Met's new production of the opera Aida finally opened as part of the 2024/2025 season with a completely new staging, directed by Michael Mayer. Read the reviews here!

The Metropolitan Opera's Summer HD Festival To Return To Lincoln Center Plaza
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 4, 2024

The Metropolitan Opera’s Summer HD Festival will return to Lincoln Center Plaza this August. See full programming and learn how to attend!

GROUNDED by Jeanine Tesori to Open The Metropolitan Opera's 2024�"25 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 21, 2024

The Metropolitan Opera has unveiled the 2024–25 season lineup. Learn about the operas being presented and see how to purchase tickets.

The Metropolitan Opera's 2023�"24 Live in HD Series to Continue With Verdi's NABUCCO
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 8, 2023

The Metropolitan Opera’s 2023–24 Live in HD season continues with the live transmission of Verdi’s early masterpiece Nabucco. Learn how to watch!

The Met: Live in HD Brings Verdi's NABUCCO to Greenbrier Valley Theatre in January
by Stephi Wild - Nov 30, 2023

The Met: Live in HD will bring Verdi's Nabucco to Greenbrier Valley Theatre next year. The performance is on January 6 at 12:55 PM.

Verdi's NABUCCO Comes to Greenbrier Valley Theatre in January
by Stephi Wild - Oct 30, 2023

Verdi's Nabucco comes to Greenbrier Valley Theatre next year. The performance is on January 6 at 12:55 PM.

Review: NABUCCO, Verdi's First Big Hit, Returns to the Met with a Terrifying Monastyrska
by Richard Sasanow - Oct 2, 2023

The Met’s production of NABUCCO from Elijah Moshinsky may date back to 2001 but its style hearkens back even further--a fancy, old-fashioned unit set that uses the house’s big turntable--and it’s a whale of a show, design-wise, thanks to John Napier’s scenic design.

The Met to Perform Verdi's REQUIEM This Moth Led by Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 20, 2023

The Met’s Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, will conduct Verdi’s Requiem for three performances only, on September 27, 29, and 30.

The Met: Live in HD 2023-24 Season to Feature DEAD MAN WALKING, X: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MALCOM X & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 11, 2023

Get ready for an incredible lineup! The Met: Live in HD has revealed its 2023-24 season, featuring nine must-see performances. Find out when and where you can catch these amazing shows in this article.

Verdi's NABUCCO Comes to Greenbrier Valley Theatre in 2024
by Stephi Wild - Sep 11, 2023

Verdi's Nabucco comes to Greenbrier Valley Theatre in 2024. The performance is set for January 6 at 12:55 PM. Learn more about the opera and how to purchase tickets here!

Verdi's NABUCCO to Return to the Metropolitan Opera in September
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 30, 2023

Experience the powerful drama of Verdi's Nabucco as it returns to the Metropolitan Opera this September. Learn about the dates and ticket information for this must-see production. Don't miss your chance to witness this epic performance.

Review: THE FLYING DUTCHMAN at Metropolitan Opera
by Peter Danish - Jun 2, 2023

Thomas Guggeis, the young German conductor making his Met debut, is Kapellmeister at the Staatsoper Berlin and the designated Generalmusikdirektor of the Oper Frankfurt; pretty impressive for one who has yet to hit his 30th birthday!   His Met debut was justly anticipated, as across Europe he is known as something of a Wagner and Strauss specialist.   His performance was well-paced and well-colored and energetic.  The score provides for enormous surges of energy and power, and the orchestra was certainly up to the task, but Guggeis’ rendition while quite good, was perhaps a tad lacking in thrills – the magnificent Wagner bombast was a little timid and the quieter passages were lovely but just a bit bland.   With time and more experience with this orchestra, one can safely expect some exceptional performances in the future.

VIDEO: Get A First Look At DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER at the Met Opera
by Alan Henry - Jun 1, 2023

Following his acclaimed 2019 performances as Alberich in the Ring cycle, bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny stars as the accursed Dutchman in Wagner’s eerie drama, alongside incandescent soprano Elza van den Heever as the woman determined to redeem his soul. Get a first look at the cast in action.

Wagner's DER FLIEGENDE HOLLANDER to Return to the Met This Month
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 15, 2023

Wagner’s ghostly drama Der Fliegende Holländer returns to the Met for four performances, May 30–June 10.

Review Roundup: Ivo van Hove's DON GIOVANNI Opens at the Metropolitan Opera
by Blair Ingenthron - May 6, 2023

Ivo van Hove, the Tony Award–winning director of Broadway’s A View from the Bridge, is making a major Met debut with Mozart’s Don Giovanni (May 5–June 2), re-setting the familiar tale of deceit and damnation in an abstract architectural landscape and shining a light into the work’s dark corners. Read what the critics have to say!

Mozart's DON GIOVANNI Receives A New Production By Ivo Van Hove In His Met Debut
by Stephi Wild - May 3, 2023

​​​​​​​Ivo van Hove, the Tony Award–winning director of Broadway's A View from the Bridge, makes a major Met debut with Mozart's Don Giovanni (May 5–June 2), re-setting the familiar tale of deceit and damnation in an abstract architectural landscape and shining a light into the work's dark corners.

A Mozart Doubleheader Of New Productions Of DON GIOVANNI And DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE Close Out The Met's 2022�"23 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 29, 2023

The Metropolitan Opera will close out its 2022–23 season with Don Giovanni, starting May 5, and Die Zauberflöte, starting May 19. Nathalie Stutzmann will make her Met debut as conductor of both works, with Ivo van Hove directing Don Giovanni and Simon McBurney staging Die Zauberflöte—also both making their Met debuts.