CounterPunch

Opera Theatres of War: La Forza del Destino at the Met

With the United States fighting two bloody proxy wars, it made bizarre geo-political sense to head to the Metropolitan Opera House last Friday evening for the final performance this season of the ...
The New York Times

Review: A Cozy ‘Arabella’ Returns to the Met Opera

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The latest revival of Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s final opera was a night of promising debuts and mixed success. By Joshua Barone The ...
WOSU Public Media

Met Opera to double cast Verdi and Puccini, shift contemporary works from Saturdays

People appear in Josie Robertson Plaza in front of The Metropolitan Opera house at Lincoln Center in New York City on March 12, 2020. The Metropolitan Opera will double cast a portion of Verdi and ...
The New York Times

Review: Singers Come First in the Met Opera’s New ‘Puritani’

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick Charles Edwards’s deceptively traditional, exceptionally sung production of Bellini’s “I Puritani” makes space for its stars. By Joshua ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Met Opera adapts Michael Chabon’s Jewish novel ‘Kavalier & Clay’ for the stage

The “epic of an opera” — which tells the story of two Jewish cousins who create a Nazi-fighting superhero — opens Sunday, Sept. 21. Jewish author Michael Chabon’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, “The ...