Metropolitan Opera
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Openly gay performing arts leaders are still rare. So it was a breath of fresh air to chat about coming out and Celine Dion with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and his partner. Source
At a New Year’s Eve gala premiere, Anna Netrebko and Anita Rachvelishvili led a superior cast that gave Cilea’s 1902 opera the help it needs to soar. Source
Anita Rachvelishvili is “without doubt the best Verdi mezzo-soprano today on the planet,” according to the conductor Riccardo Muti. Source
The conductor made a much-anticipated debut at the Metropolitan Opera with Verdi’s tale of passion and jealousy. Source
The star conductor knows how to whip up excitement. But as he prepares to make his Metropolitan Opera debut, he’s drawn to an intimate moment. Source
For his debut as the company’s music director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin is conducting a stylish Verdi staging starring Diana Damrau and Juan Diego Flórez. Source
The milestone was celebrated in an onstage ceremony during the season premiere of Puccini’s “Il Trittico” on Friday. Source
The English National Opera’s first-ever production of the Gershwin opera brings emotional depth to characters that can too easily become caricatures. Source
The star of the story’s film version flew in from California for the premiere, and stayed at the cast party past midnight. Source
In its American premiere at the Met, this psychological drama, based on the 1961 novel and 1964 Hitchcock film, seldom explored its title character’s depths. Source
