Review: ‘Il Trovatore’ at the Met Opera Doesn’t Catch Fire
The energy in Verdi’s classic must come from the singing, but the cast of this revival fails to convey the work’s passion.
Met Opera’s Peter Gelb slams NY Times chief critic, claims ‘agenda’ behind brutal review of drone show
There’s a war of words over New York Metropolitan Opera’s season opener “Grounded ... producing certain music that they ...
The Metropolitan Opera House's Newly Designed Patron Lounge is Ready for a New Generation of Philanthropists
The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City's Lincoln Center remains a bastion of mid-century design excellence. But, like ...
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Flamenco Is the Lifeblood of ‘Ainadamar’ at the Met
But this was the Metropolitan Opera House during a recent rehearsal ... Lorca was born in Granada, a cradle of flamenco. He was a champion of the art — especially its cante jondo, or deep ...
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At the Met, Golijov’s ‘Ainadamar’ paints a dreamlike portrait of Lorca
NEW YORK — Right around the halfway mark of “Ainadamar” — Osvaldo Golijov’s 2003 “opera in three images” — the Spanish poet Federico García Lorca (sung as a trouser role by mezzo ...