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Review: ‘Florencia’ Brings Spanish Back to the Met Opera

Starring Ailyn Pérez, Daniel Catán’s heavily perfumed “Florencia en el Amazonas,” from 1996, is the company’s first work by a Latin American composer.

By Zachary Woolfe

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An Opera’s Riverboat Journey Brings the Rainforest Onboard

Mary Zimmerman, known for a dreamy approach to theater, stages the Metropolitan Opera’s company premiere of “Florencia en el Amazonas.”

By Elisabeth Vincentelli

Content Type: Personal Profile Florencia en el Amazonas (Opera) Gelb, Peter Howard, Soloman Metropolitan Opera Nezet-Seguin, Yannick Opera Perez , Ailyn (1979- )

The Soprano Ailyn Pérez Doesn’t Feel Like a Beginner Anymore

Long a rising star, she is getting a new Metropolitan Opera production built around her, and it’s the house’s first Spanish-language show.

By Joshua Barone

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Seeing ‘L’Orfeo’ in Santa Fe

Among the company’s annual summer offerings, Monteverdi’s “L’Orfeo,” from 1607 but newly reorchestrated and imaginatively staged, stands out.

By Joshua Barone