Posted inFalls Gelb, Peter Labor and Jobs Metropolitan Opera Opera Met Opera and Singer Injured in Onstage Fall Settle Decade-Old Lawsuit Wendy White, a veteran mezzo-soprano, was performing when she fell in 2011. Her suit, which claimed negligence, had been one of the company’s longest-running court cases. Posted by By Javier C. Hernandez
Posted inAinadamar (Opera) Blue, Angel Colker, Deborah Garcia Lorca, Federico Golijov, Osvaldo Harth-Bedoya, Miguel Hwang, David Henry Mack, Daniela Metropolitan Opera Opera Tejada, Alfredo Villalon, Elena Review: ‘Ainadamar’ Fills the Met Opera Stage With Flamenco Osvaldo Golijov and David Henry Hwang’s opera, inspired by the life of Federico García Lorca, arrived at the Met with a dizzying blend of styles. Posted by By Joshua Barone
Posted inAinadamar (Opera) Andalusia (Spain) Colker, Deborah Dancing Garcia Lorca, Federico Golijov, Osvaldo Hwang, David Henry Metropolitan Opera Opera Osvaldo Golijov’s ‘Ainadamar’ Opera Makes Its Met Debut Osvaldo Golijov’s opera about Federico García Lorca makes its Met debut in a dance-heavy production, directed by the choreographer Deborah Colker. Posted by By Brian Seibert
Posted inBaek, SeokJong Bernheim, Benjamin D'Angelo, Emily (Singer) Grounded (Opera) Kelsey, Quinn Kurzak, Aleksandra Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Opera) Metropolitan Opera Opera Rigoletto (Opera) Sierra, Nadine Tosca (Opera) Yende, Pretty The Metropolitan Opera’s Season Begins With a Boom “Grounded,” the new work that opened the season, has been joined by revivals of three Puccini, Verdi and Offenbach classics. Posted by By Zachary Woolfe