Elizabeth – In the premiere of Wozzeck Thursday evening, Matthias Goerne stepped in for Thomas Hampson in the titular role. Initially I was disappointed to hear the news as I adore Hampson and was looking forward to hearing him in this new role. But Hampson’s loss was the Met’s gain as the German stepped in… [Read More]
Bullet Riddled, Self Absorbed Poet Wannabes and the Women Who Love Them: Werther at the Metropolitan Opera
Elizabeth – The premiere of the new production of Massenet’s Werther at the Metropolitan Opera was a bit of a star studded event. Tim Robbins, Christine Baranski and many opera fans were decked out in their finest. It was rather refreshing, after weeks of polar vortex hell and everyone tossing on Hunter boots or Uggs for… [Read More]
Super Bowl Mermaids Live!: Rusalka at the Metropolitan Opera
Elizabeth – In the past few years of attending opera I have known who Renée Fleming is, of course, but had never heard her sing. To opera aficionados this is probably embarrassing, or at least something I shouldn’t admit. Actually my first time hearing her was on the David Letterman show just a few months ago… [Read More]
Red Silken Dreams and Invisible Ninja Stage Hands: Madama Butterfly at the Metropolitan Opera
Anthony Minghella’s production of Madama Butterfly was visually gorgeous and musically rich—I’m a sucker for anything Puccini. The opera opened with no music, which was unusual and gave me kind of an odd feeling. The conductor walked out and there was applause and then… nothing. Silently a woman walked downstage and danced as four others… [Read More]
Abridged Puppetry and Flashing Birdmen: The Magic Flute at the Metropolitan Opera
My View Elizabeth – Julie Taymor’s adapted Magic Flute for families (running at 1 hour 40 minutes) intrigued me, and clearly others as I discovered when we tried to buy tickets. For the remaining shows the only seats we could find were individual and on different levels, but we decided to go for it. I couldn’t… [Read More]
The Dmitri Hvorostovsky Cyber Medieval Post Apocalyptic BDSM Music Video
Baritone Dmitri Hvorostvsky is currently headlining in the Metropolitan Opera’s updated Vegas production of Rigoletto to much acclaim. I know I am not alone in often having thought, “Gosh I wish this fine world class artist had a Cyber Medieval Post Apocalyptic BDSM Music Video I could watch and enjoy.”Well… Truly one of the most… [Read More]
Mirrored Cubes and Dancing Periods: Die Frau ohne Schatten at the Metropolitan Opera
Elizabeth – I was a bit surprised at how empty the Met was for this season’s first performance of Die Frau ohne Schatten. At first I thought it was just that I had arrived rather early and not many people were there yet, but as the lights dimmed I looked around and huge chunks of the… [Read More]
Minimalist Druids and Shiny Druid Queens: Norma at the Metropolitan Opera
Elizabeth – Last night we saw the wonderful Sondra Radvanovsky as Norma. I had seen her before at the Met in Un Ballo in Maschera, but Bellini’s Norma was really written as a vehicle for great female singers. Radvanovsky was great, I particularly liked her first Act aria, “Casta Diva”. The sustained notes she held and… [Read More]
Six Characters in Search of a Murder: Two Boys at the Metropolitan Opera
Elizabeth – Settling in to our seats for Two Boys, the first night of OPERA America’s National Opera Week, Shawn and I were playing with our iPhones when an older usher came over and told us politely, yet firmly, that we were not allowed to use our iPhones in the theater, only the lobby. I… [Read More]
Runny Noses, Russian and Otherwise: The Nose at the Metropolitan Opera
Elizabeth – One of the more bizarre, frustrating and yet comical operas I have seen this year, William Kentridge’s production of The Nose is not to be missed. For those not familiar with Shostakovich’s opera based on Gogol’s story, The Nose is a short three act opera (no intermission) during which time a bureaucrat, Kovalyov, discovers… [Read More]
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