Bryn Terfel, Suave and Thundering, Is Back at the Met After 13 Years
The booming bass-baritone stars in Puccini’s “Tosca” after ill-timed injuries kept him away from the Metropolitan Opera, where he was a perennial favorite.
Review: The Met’s New ‘Aida’ Stages Spectacle Without Horses
Michael Mayer directs Verdi’s classic as an archaeologist’s discovery, featuring the shining soprano Angel Blue.
‘Aida’ Review: Glum Grandeur at the Metropolitan Opera
Starring Angel Blue and Piotr Beczała, Michael Mayer’s new staging of Verdi’s Egyptian classic favors monumentality at nearly ...
New York Classical Review6d
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 ...
BroadwayWorld6d
Review Roundup: AIDA Directed by Michael Mayer at the Metropolitan Opera
After being postponed due to the pandemic in the 2020-21 season, The Met's new production of the opera Aida finally opened as ...
The Wenatchee World6d
6 staged Met operas on the big screen in Leavenworth
The divas and tenors of opera in the modern day may be unfamiliar to all but the most sophisticated of us, but those stars ...
The Washington Post6d
At the Met, a troubled new ‘Aida’ struggles to rediscover itself
There’s something going around. 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 ...
Soprano Angel Blue sings her first Metropolitan Opera ‘Aida’ in a new production
Angel Blue, one of the most admired singers of her generation, is headlining the Metropolitan Opera’s first new production of ...
Observer5d
On Family, Faith and Ensemble Work: Incandescent Soprano Angel Blue Opens Up
Soprano Angel Blue is fresh off a widely acclaimed run as Margarita Xirgu in Osvaldo Golijov’s Ainadamar, in the opera’s ...