The New York Times – Music:
Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s “Lincoln in the Bardo” at the Met Opera is the latest, and perhaps darkest, in a long series of musical portraits of Lincoln.
Category: Metropolitan Opera
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‘Mothers of Kherson’: An Operatic Show of Support for Ukraine
The New York Times – Music:
Operas don’t usually reflect current events. But “The Mothers of Kherson,” a product of artistic advocacy by the Met Opera, blends news and myth.
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Quinn Kelsey: A Verdi Baritone Reigning at the Met Opera
The New York Times – Music:
Quinn Kelsey has had success after success at the Metropolitan Opera. These three performances secure his reputation as a great Verdi baritone.
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At the Met Opera, Gravity-Defying Feats From an Unlikely Source: Georgian Dancers
The New York Times – Music:
Why include traditional Georgian dance in a production of “Macbeth”? For the opera, the action director wanted something visceral: “I wanted to actually smell the sweat.”
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A New Advocate for Opera Takes the Met Stage: Mayor Mamdani
The New York Times – Music:
The mayor, with a video filmed at the Metropolitan Opera House, joins the Met in announcing a program to give away 70,000 tickets a year.
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A Triumphant Baritone in a Dystopian ‘Macbeth’ Opens the Met Opera Season
The New York Times – Music:
Quinn Kelsey commandingly charts each step in Macbeth’s decline in Louisa Proske’s postapocalyptic setting of Verdi’s opera, which opened the Metropolitan Opera’s season.