But opening night of the huge production’s final run, shakily cast, presented a show that seemed to be begging to retire.
Category: Opera
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Kornel Mundruczo Brings Powerful Imagery to Wagner and Film
Kornel Mundruczo’s varied career has included the Oscar-nominated movie “Pieces of a Woman,” stage productions across Europe and now, “Lohengrin.”
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A Not-Quite-Star Maestro Has a Starry Season at the Met
Carlo Rizzi, a Met Opera regular sometimes taken for granted, opened the company’s season this fall and has juggled “Medea,” “Tosca” and “Don Carlo.”
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Costuming ‘The Hours’ at the Met: Vintage Wallpaper and ’90s Calvin Klein
While creating the costumes for a new opera adaptation of “The Hours,” a designer found inspiration in archival wallpaper, an English farmhouse and 1990s Calvin Klein.
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Review: Renée Fleming Stars in ‘The Hours’ at the Met Opera
Kevin Puts and Greg Pierce’s new opera, conceived as a vehicle for the star soprano Renée Fleming, has its staged premiere at the Metropolitan Opera.
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‘The Hours’ Becomes an Opera. Don’t Expect the Book or Film.
A new adaptation is having its stage premiere at the Metropolitan Opera, featuring three star singers, Renée Fleming, Joyce DiDonato and Kelli O’Hara.
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A Rising Conductor Who’s ‘Not Just a Pair of Hands’
Raphaël Pichon has quickly become one of the most interesting conductors not just in his specialty of period instruments, but in classical music.
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Park Avenue Armory Season Spotlights Homelessness and Medical Ethics
Highlights include Robert Icke’s moral thriller “The Doctor” and the tenor Jonas Kaufmann in a staging of Franz Schubert’s final songs.
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Benjamin Bernheim’s Met Opera Debut Is Worth the Wait
Benjamin Bernheim’s arrival at the house was put off by the pandemic. Now singing in Verdi’s “Rigoletto,” he’s a natural fit there.
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Daniel Barenboim, a Towering Maestro Held Back by Illness
The pianist and conductor turns 80 soon, but deteriorating health has kept him from the celebrations he had long planned.