Beczala, Piotr (1966- )

Verdi’s ‘Aida’ Gets a New Staging at the Metropolitan Opera

Michael Mayer directs Verdi’s classic as an archaeologist’s discovery, featuring the shining soprano Angel Blue.

By Zachary Woolfe

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Michael Mayer Directs a New ‘Aida’ at the Met Opera

Michael Mayer is directing the Met’s first new production of Verdi’s classic in nearly four decades, aiming for something fresh yet enduring.

By Javier C. Hernandez and OK McCausland

Beczala, Piotr (1966- ) Bizet, Georges Blue, Angel Carmen (Opera) Cracknell, Carrie Metropolitan Opera Opera Theater

Murder Most Unromantic in a New ‘Carmen’ at the Metropolitan Opera

The British director Carrie Cracknell’s production, opening on New Year’s Eve, resists the idea that the opera’s climactic scene is a crime of passion.

By Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim

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A Tenor’s Secrets to ‘Lohengrin’: Golf and a Blunt Spouse

Piotr Beczala, known as a charismatic singer of Italian operas, is challenging notions of what a Wagner voice should sound like.

By Javier C. Hernandez