FABIO LUISI OPERA COVERAGE

BWW Reviews: 'And the Winners Were...' A Report Card for the Metropolitan Opera's 2012-2013 Season

The regular season just ended for the Metropolitan Opera--all that's left is a series of HD rebroadcasts on Lincoln Center Plaza and a couple of low profile concerts in New York City parks--and it's t... (more...)

BWW Reviews: GOTTERDAMMERUNG Brings Another Twilight to the Met's RING

Katarina Dalayman is one of a handful of top Wagnerian sopranos in the world, but for the first act of the Met's GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG, the climax of the Met's second 'Ring' cycle of the season, she didn't ... (more...)

Fabio Luisi Returns to Zurich Opera in Lead-Up to Second Season as General Music Director

When Fabio Luisi took up his post as General Music Director of the Zurich Opera last fall, he helped launch a new era, marked by bold productions and inspired artistic collaborations. For the great Sw... (more...)

BWW Reviews: Robert Lepage's RING is in full Rotation

The first of three complete Ring Cycles concluded on Tuesday night at the Metropolitan Opera as our hero, Siegfried, his true love, Brunnhilde, as well as the entirety of Valhalla went up in a burst o... (more...)

Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi Launches First of Three Met “Ring” Cycles with Das Rheingold

To mark the bicentennial of Wagner's birth, Fabio Luisi launches three complete cycles of Der Ring des Nibelungen at the Metropolitan Opera with an account of Das Rheingold on Saturday, April 6. It wa... (more...)

The Met Celebrates Wagner's Bicentennial With Three Complete Cycles of Der Ring des Nibelungen in May

The Metropolitan Opera will commemorate the 200th anniversary of Richard Wagner's birth with three complete performances of his epic four-opera masterwork, Der Ring des Nibelungen. The Ring cycles wil... (more...)

Metropolitan Opera Announces Cast Change Advisory for Tonight

Michaela Martens will sing the role of Kundry in this evening's performance of Wagner's Parsifal, replacing Katarina Dalayman, who is ill. (more...)

Metropolitan Opera 2013/2014 Season to Feature FALSTAFF, DIE FLEDERMAUS, PRINCE IGOR and More

The Metropolitan Opera's 2013-14 season will feature many of the world's greatest singers, conductors, and theater artists in 26 operas, including six new productions, of a varied repertory that range... (more...)

The Met: Live in HD's 2013-14 Season to Feature 10 Live Transmissions

The Met: Live in HD, the Metropolitan Opera's award-winning series of live transmissions to movie theaters, will feature 10 productions in the 2013-14 season, offering a significant portion of the Met... (more...)

The Met's 2013-14 Season to Feature 26 Operas, With 6 New Productions, Including a U.S. Premiere

The Metropolitan Opera's 2013-14 season will feature many of the world's greatest singers, conductors, and theater artists in 26 operas, including six new productions, of a varied repertory that range... (more...)

Robert Lepage's Staging of THE TEMPEST at The Met to Air on PBS, 3/17

British composer Thomas Ades conducts the Met premiere of his contemporary Masterpiece The Tempest, an English-language opera based on Shakespeare's final play.The Met's fantastical new production by ... (more...)

Renee Fleming, Johan Botha to Star in 'Otello' on Great Performances' AT THE MET, 2/24

Verdi's Shakespearean tragedy OTELLO starring Johan Botha in the title role and Renee Fleming as Otello's innocent wife, Desdemona, airs on GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET Sunday, February 24 at 12 noon... (more...)

Kristine Opolais Makes Met Debut in Puccini's LA RONDINE Tonight

Latvian soprano Kristine Opolais makes her Met debut as the courtesan Magda in Puccini's La Rondine tonight, January 11, in a production conducted by Ion Marin and also starring Giuseppe Filianoti as ... (more...)

STAGE TUBE: First Look at Deborah Voigt in LES TROYENS

The Metropolitan Opera presents LES TROYENS, conducted by Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi. It stars Deborah Voigt as Cassandra, Susan Graham as Dido, Karen Cargill as Anna, Eric Cutler as Iopas, ... (more...)

Marcello Giordani Withdraws From Last 4 Performances of The Met's LES TROYENS; Bryan Hymel Steps In, 12/26-1/5

Tenor Marcello Giordani has decided to withdraw from the remaining four performances of Berlioz's Les Troyens, permanently retiring the role of Aeneas from his repertory. In his place, American tenor ... (more...)

Bryan Hymel Stars in The Met's LES TROYENS, Now thru 1/5

Tenor Marcello Giordani has decided to withdraw from the remaining four performances of Berlioz's Les Troyens, permanently retiring the role of Aeneas from his repertory. In his place, American tenor ... (more...)

Stephen Gaertner to Sing 'Coroebus' Tonight in the Met's LES TROYENS

Stephen Gaertner will sing the role of Coroebus in this evening's performance of Berlioz's Les Troyens, replacing Dwayne Croft, who is ill. (more...)

BWW Reviews: AIDA, the Larger-Than-Life Verdi Opera, Comes to the Met for Another Season

Aida has been among the most popular operas in the Met's repertory since the "German Seasons" in the 1880s and this season's production follows suit. This Sonja Frisell 1988 production of a classic V... (more...)

A Rare Revival of Berlioz's LES TROYENS Opens Tonight at the Met

Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi will lead a rare revival of Berlioz's Les Troyens beginning tonight, December 13. (more...)

Kristine Opolais Makes Her Met Debut in Puccini's LA RONDINE, Jan 11

Latvian soprano Kristine Opolais makes her Met debut as the courtesan Magda in Puccini's La Rondine on January 11, in a production conducted by Ion Marin and also starring Giuseppe Filianoti as Rugger... (more...)

Two Verdi Operas Screen at Peterborough Players from The Met: Live in HD, 12/8 & 15

Two operas by Giuseppe Verdi will be simulcast live on the Peterborough Players big screen on two successive Todays at 1:00 pm: a new production of Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball) today, December... (more...)

Deborah Voigt and Susan Graham Head All-Star Cast Under Fabio Luisi in the Met's LES TROYENS

Francesca Zambello's new staging of Les Troyens was given its premiere to rave reviews at the Metropolitan Opera in 2003, when the New York Times called it "a visually stunning, seamlessly flowing, an... (more...)

Two Verdi Operas Screen at Peterborough Players from The Met: Live in HD, 12/8 & 15

Two operas by Giuseppe Verdi will be simulcast live on the Peterborough Players big screen on two successive Saturdays at 1:00 pm: a new production of Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball) on December ... (more...)

The Metropolitan Opera Announces AIDA Cast Change Advisory for November 26

Carl Tanner will sing the role of Radames in this evening's performance of Verdi's Aida, replacing Marco Berti, who is ill. (more...)

The Metropolitan Opera Announces AIDA Cast Change Advisory for November 23

Carl Tanner will sing the role of Radames in this evening's performance of Verdi's Aida, replacing Marco Berti, who is ill. (more...)