Category: Metropolitan Opera

How Does Abe Lincoln Sound? In ‘Lincoln in the Bardo,’ Ugly, Honest, Cathartic

The New York Times – Music:
Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s “Lincoln in the Bardo” at the Met Opera is the latest, and perhaps darkest, in a long series of musical portraits of Lincoln.
‘Lincoln in the Bardo’ Review: From Book to Opera at the Met

The New York Times – Music:
Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek are making their Metropolitan Opera debut with an imaginative, moving adaptation of George Saunders’s ghostly novel.
‘Mothers of Kherson’: An Operatic Show of Support for Ukraine

The New York Times – Music:
Operas don’t usually reflect current events. But “The Mothers of Kherson,” a product of artistic advocacy by the Met Opera, blends news and myth.
Quinn Kelsey: A Verdi Baritone Reigning at the Met Opera

The New York Times – Music:
Quinn Kelsey has had success after success at the Metropolitan Opera. These three performances secure his reputation as a great Verdi baritone.
‘Lincoln in the Bardo’: A Preview of the Met Opera Adaptation

The New York Times – T Magazine:
In an ethereal costume and surrounded by puppets, Anthony Roth Costanzo sang an aria from the operatic adaptation of George Saunders’s 2017 novel.
Live From the 10th Floor | ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’

The New York Times – T Magazine:
The countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo singing an excerpt of an aria from the Met Opera’s adaption of George Saunders’s novel “Lincoln in the Bardo” (2017).
At the Met Opera, Gravity-Defying Feats From an Unlikely Source: Georgian Dancers

The New York Times – Music:
Why include traditional Georgian dance in a production of “Macbeth”? For the opera, the action director wanted something visceral: “I wanted to actually smell the sweat.”
A New Advocate for Opera Takes the Met Stage: Mayor Mamdani

The New York Times – Music:
The mayor, with a video filmed at the Metropolitan Opera House, joins the Met in announcing a program to give away 70,000 tickets a year.
A Triumphant Baritone in a Dystopian ‘Macbeth’ Opens the Met Opera Season

The New York Times – Music:
Quinn Kelsey commandingly charts each step in Macbeth’s decline in Louisa Proske’s postapocalyptic setting of Verdi’s opera, which opened the Metropolitan Opera’s season.
Met Opera’s New Season Opens With Verdi’s ‘Macbeth’

The New York Times – Music:
Luminaries gathered to celebrate the Metropolitan Opera’s new season, which opened with Verdi’s “Macbeth.”
For the Met’s New ‘Macbeth,’ a Costume Designer Transforms Historic Ensembles

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
For two new productions at the Met, a costume designer raided the opera house’s archives, completely transforming decades-old pieces by his idols in the process.
Louisa Proske Switches on the ‘Epic Brain’ to Direct ‘Macbeth’ at the Met

The New York Times – Music:
The rising director Louisa Proske makes her Metropolitan Opera debut with the season-opening “Macbeth,” a large-scale production that came with a ticking timer.