The Met Opera’s ‘Aida’ Star Angel Blue Talks Travel And Opera
I interviewed the multi-faceted performer on her favorite opera, her thoughts on traveling for work, where she grabs a bite ...
Review: For the Met Opera’s ‘Tosca,’ Third Cast’s a Charm
The bass-baritone Bryn Terfel returned to the Met for the first time in 13 years, alongside Sondra Radvanovsky, one of the ...
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New Star Joins Met Opera’s ‘Rigoletto’ as Exciting Cast Change is Announced
Cast Change for ‘Rigoletto’ This January 16th, tenor Zach Borichevsky will step into the role of the Duke of Mantua. He takes over from the originally scheduled Pene Pati, mak ...
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Michael Mayer’s Faux-Archaeologists Can’t Rescue His Entombed ‘Aida’ at the Met
Mayer’s weak attempt to address opera’s recent struggles with its history of fetishization of “exotic” cultures adds nothing ...
At the Met, a troubled new ‘Aida’ struggles to rediscover itself
The first indicator was the audience Tuesday night at the Metropolitan Opera, which welcomed the new year with the premiere of Michael Mayer’s new production of Giuseppe Verdi’s “Aida,” and greeted ...
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Review: AIDA and the Temple of Doom Comes to the Met with Angel Blue
Someone at the Met should have been giving flu shots (before RFK Junior makes them illegal), because something is obviously ...
The Classical Review13d
Kutasi’s Amneris provides the highlights in Met’s uneven, archaeological “Aida”
For 36 years, Sonja Frisell’s mounting of Aida at the Metropolitan Opera, with its monumental Pharaonic sets by Gianni ...