David McVicar’s spectacular staging of Umberto Giordano’s epic verismo opera of revolution and forbidden love from 2015 is brought back…
Mozart’s classic four-act comic opera, an adaptation with Da Ponte of Beaumarchais’ banned 1778 play about warring masters and servants,…
Originally written in French in 1797, The Met premiere the later Italian version of Cherubini’s rarely performed masterpiece, based on…
The Met Opera’s original five-act French version of Verdi’s epic opera of doomed love among royalty is in fact an…
Everybody knows the tale of Faust although Gounod’s popular five-act, Parisian grand opera from 1859 is in fact adapted from…
Mozart’s The Magic Flute is a wonderful tale of princes, giant serpents, mysterious temples and birdcatchers. An enchanting damsel in…