Posted inMetropolitan Opera Opera Polish National Opera Trelinski, Mariusz Verdi, Giuseppe A Film-Minded Director Returns to the Metropolitan Opera Mariusz Trelinski returns to the Metropolitan Opera next year with a new staging of “La Forza del Destino,” which leans into psychoanalysis and fate. Posted by By Rebecca Schmid
Posted inMetropolitan Opera Nabucco (Opera) Opera Turandot (Opera) The Tenor SeokJong Baek Makes His Met Debut SeokJong Baek began his opera career as a baritone. This season at the Metropolitan Opera, he’ll perform in “Nabucco” and “Turandot” as a tenor. Posted by By David Belcher
Posted inBayreuth Wagner Festival Deaths (Obituaries) Germany Gould, Stephen (1962-2023) Opera The Phantom of the Opera (Play) Theater Wagner, Richard Stephen Gould, Tenor Best Known for Tackling Wagner, Dies at 61 He was especially acclaimed for his performances at the Bayreuth Festival in Germany. As his voice developed, he once said, so did his view of how and why to deploy it. Posted by By Neil Genzlinger
Posted inDead Man Walking (Opera) DiDonato, Joyce Graham, Susan Heggie, Jake McKinny, Ryan McNally, Terrence Metropolitan Opera Moore, Latonia (1979- ) Nezet-Seguin, Yannick Opera van Hove, Ivo ‘Dead Man Walking’ Makes Its Way to the Met Opera This death-row tale, adapted by Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally, opens the season of the Metropolitan Opera, as part of its push for newer works. Posted by By Javier C. Hernandez