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Review: Tomasz Konieczny Returns to the Met Opera in ‘Dutchman’

After a triumphant house debut in 2019, the bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny brought power and clarity to the title role in “The Flying Dutchman.”

By Oussama Zahr

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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

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Review: A Blunt New ‘Lohengrin’ at the Met Stars a Shining Knight

The tenor Piotr Beczala sings with uncanny serenity and command in the title role of Wagner’s opera, directed by François Girard with little subtlety.

By Zachary Woolfe

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A New ‘Lohengrin,’ Threatened by War in Ukraine, Comes to the Met

François Girard’s staging, originally a co-production with the Bolshoi Theater, arrives a year after its Moscow premiere, which coincided with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

By Joshua Barone