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With Different Singers, One Opera Classic Can Seem Like Two

Alongside a winning “L’Elisir d’Amore,” our critic returned to four works at the Met in the middle of their runs to hear new rotations of artists.

By Zachary Woolfe

Diaries Libraries and Librarians Lionel Mapleson Metropolitan Opera Music New York Public Library Opera Wax Cylinders

Wax Cylinders Hold Audio From a Century Ago. The Library Is Listening.

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts acquired a machine that transfers recordings from the fragile format. Then a batch of cylinders from a Met Opera librarian arrived.

By Jeremy Gordon

Beczala, Piotr (1966- ) Fedora (Opera) Giordano, Umberto McVicar, David Metropolitan Opera Opera

Review: The Met Opera Found an Audience for ‘Fedora.’ For Now.

Worries about the company’s future were momentarily stilled at a festive gala premiere on New Year’s Eve.

By Zachary Woolfe

Beczala, Piotr (1966- ) Fedora (Opera) McVicar, David Metropolitan Opera Opera

Met Opera Takes On ‘Fedora,’ Neglected Tale of Murder and Love

Umberto Giordano’s 1898 opera has struggled to win over modern audiences, but a production opening on Saturday aims to give it fresh appeal.

By Javier C. Hernandez