Posted inMetropolitan Opera Opera It’s the End of an Era at the Metropolitan Opera As the 2022-23 season ends, the country’s largest performing arts institution looks ahead to a future of fewer titles. Posted by By Zachary Woolfe
Posted inClassical Music Deaths (Obituaries) Finland France Kaija Saariaho Metropolitan Opera Opera Kaija Saariaho, Pathbreaking Composer, Is Dead at 70 She brought new colors to modernist music, sometimes using electronics, and became the first female living composer to have two operas staged by the Met. Posted by By Joshua Barone
Posted inDer Fliegende Hollander (Opera) Girard, Francois Guggeis, Thomas Konieczny, Tomasz Metropolitan Opera Opera van den Heever, Elza 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.” Posted by By Oussama Zahr
Posted inBarenboim, Daniel Berlin State Opera Frankfurt Opera Guggeis, Thomas Metropolitan Opera Opera The Conductor Thomas Guggeis Is Rising Fast After a Surprise Debut Not yet 30, Guggeis already leads a major opera house and has conducted the “Ring” in Berlin. Next up: his arrival at the Metropolitan Opera. Posted by By Joshua Barone