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Review: At the Met, a New ‘Don Giovanni’ Has a Stark Vitality

An excellent cast brings heat to Ivo van Hove’s austere, agile staging of Mozart’s classic, starring Peter Mattei and conducted by Nathalie Stutzmann.

By Zachary Woolfe

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Review: A Tenor Claims His Place Among the Met Opera’s Stars

Allan Clayton brings pathos and terror, along with energy where it’s often missing, to a revival of Britten’s “Peter Grimes.”

By Joshua Barone