Metropolitan Opera

John Adams’s ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ Sags at the Metropolitan Opera

John Adams’s Shakespeare adaptation has been trimmed since its premiere, but still struggles with setting a flood of dense Elizabethan verse.

By Zachary Woolfe

The inspirations behind the staging of “Antony and Cleopatra,” which imagines a world in which celebrities can be tantamount to gods.

By Joshua Barone

In his company debut, the director Claus Guth takes a psychological approach, surrounding the title character with six versions of her younger self.

By Zachary Woolfe

The renowned German director Claus Guth is staging Strauss’s breakthrough opera with a focus on themes of trauma and abuse.

By Javier C. Hernandez