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How Directors Are Reimagining Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Shows

How hotshot directors are reimagining “Cats,” “Evita,” “Jesus Christ Superstar” and “Sunset Boulevard.”

By Michael Paulson

Dead 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.

By Javier C. Hernandez

Don Giovanni (Opera) Martinez, Ana Maria Mattei, Peter Metropolitan Opera Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Opera Plachetka, Adam Stutzmann, Nathalie van Hove, Ivo

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

Don Giovanni (Opera) Fang, Ying Metropolitan Opera Opera Stutzmann, Nathalie van Hove, Ivo

The Pains and Privileges of Staging Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni’

Three artists preparing a new production of this classic at the Metropolitan Opera discuss what makes it so difficult yet satisfying.

By Joshua Barone