The New York Times – Music:
Starring Ailyn Pérez, Daniel Catán’s heavily perfumed “Florencia en el Amazonas,” from 1996, is the company’s first work by a Latin American composer.
Category: Metropolitan Opera
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An Opera’s Riverboat Journey Brings the Rainforest Onboard
The New York Times – Music:
Mary Zimmerman, known for a dreamy approach to theater, stages the Metropolitan Opera’s company premiere of “Florencia en el Amazonas.”
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Review: ‘X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X’ at the Met
The New York Times – Music:
“X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X,” from 1986, receives its grandest treatment yet, in a production expected to play on opera stages from coast to coast.
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A Malcolm X Opera Is Coming to the Met
The New York Times – Music:
Anthony, Christopher and Thulani Davis collaborated on “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X,” which has its Metropolitan Opera premiere on Friday.
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The Met Opera Puts On a Malcolm X Marathon
The New York Times – Music:
Ahead of its new production of Anthony Davis’s “X,” the house hosted a starry, 18-hour reading of Malcolm X’s autobiography.
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Review: An Opera About Drones Brings a Pilot’s War Home
The New York Times – Music:
Jeanine Tesori and George Brant’s “Grounded,” which Washington National Opera premiered on Saturday, is headed to the Metropolitan Opera next year.
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At the Met, a Refurbished ‘Bohème’ and an Art Deco ‘Ballo’
The New York Times – Music:
A gift from a board member recently paid for the company to rebuild sets for Franco Zeffirelli’s deathless 1981 production of Puccini’s classic.
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Drone Warfare Comes to Washington Opera Stage in ‘Grounded’
The New York Times – Music:
“Grounded,” by Jeanine Tesori and George Brant, is premiering at Washington National Opera after attracting criticism over sponsorship.
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North Carolina Radio Station Won’t Ban Met Opera Broadcasts After All
The New York Times – Music:
The station, which had called the Met’s newer operas unsuitable because of their “difficult music” and “adult themes and harsh language,” reversed course.