Jan 7, 2025 · Verdi’s Rigoletto returned to the Metropolitan Opera on Monday with a fresh cast under the baton of Daniele Callegari.The performance featured the house debut of tenor Pene Pati as the Duke of Mantua. The role has been his calling card in opera houses worldwide, and it is easy to see why from this performance.

Jan 3, 2025 · The program of the New York Philharmonic’s concert Thursday night was largely about journeys, but it started with an arrival. In an impressive Philharmonic debut, the German conductor Kevin John Edusei presented a brilliant calling card in Samy Moussa’s Elysium, then took listeners on poetic and philosophical trips with music of Berlioz and Richard Strauss.

Oct 1, 2024 · Rigoletto returned to the Metropolitan Opera on Monday evening in Bartlett Sher’s production, which was first seen on New Year’s Eve 2021. The main draw then, as now, was Quinn Kelsey in the title role. He certainly has his fans. When Kelsey appeared on stage during the Preludio, a crack of applause shattered the mood.

There was a certain irony in the timing of Monday’s New York premiere by the choral group MasterVoices of Blind Injustice–a work for orchestra, soloists and chorus critiquing the U.S. criminal justice system.. On an evening in February 2025, it required some dialing back in time to remember when the worst thing anybody said about this country’s courts and prosecutors was that sometimes ...

Jan 1, 2025 · As the fedora-hatted archaeologist was lowered into the Egyptian temple to begin the Metropolitan Opera’s performance of Verdi’s Aida Tuesday night, he took a tumble while disengaging from his rope.. That was only the first misstep in a new production that already had the misfortune to follow a legend, and then came up with few reasons to do so.

Sep 29, 2024 · The undertone of Gothic horror in Act I bloomed forth in Act II, as the failing heroine Antonia, overprotected by her father Crespel and manipulated by the cunning fraud Doctor Miracle, was forbidden to sing for reasons of health.

Jan 12, 2025 · There is something comforting about revisiting Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème during the winter at the Metropolitan Opera—it feels as cyclical and heartwarming as the fresh, fleeting flowers Mimì sings of in her introductory aria.. Like the things Mimì cherishes—sweet, charming, and full of dreams and wonder—Saturday evening’s performance captured all these qualities and more.

6 days ago · Conrad Tao is one of the most compelling musicians on the classical scene. A talented pianist and composer, he also has the creative restlessness that is vital to classical music, a combination of curiosity for what lies at the edges of the tradition, and a desire to not just improve his technique but learn new ways to play and make music.

Nov 13, 2024 · Tosca is a mainstay of the Metropolitan Opera’s fall season with three cast changes and just as many conductors in David McVicar’s mostly conventional, if off-kilter production. The second cast—Lise Davidsen as Tosca, Freddie De Tommaso as Cavaradossi, and Quinn Kelsey as Scarpia—made its first appearance Tuesday evening with mixed results.

Feb 22, 2024 · The Metropolitan Opera will continue its expansion into contemporary opera in its 2024-2025 season, with four house premieres from composers of our time, and will refresh one of its most popular repertoire operas with a new production.