A Troubling Problem at the Heart of the Met Opera’s Big Hit

Audiences are packing the theater for a new “Tristan und Isolde.” Everyone can see the same spectacle, but they probably ...
The New Criterion

Verdi’s perfect opera

But it is, in my judgment and others’, his perfect opera.

‘La Traviata’: Verdi’s Waltzing Vision of a Courtesan

Returning to the Metropolitan Opera this month, the Italian classic uses the lilting three-beat form as a unifying element in ...
Wall Street Journal

Fears Amid Cheers for the Metropolitan Opera

Earlier this month the Metropolitan Opera, America’s largest performing-arts institution, which opens its 2025-26 season on Sunday, announced it had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Saudi ...
The New York Times

The Met Opera Gambles on a Visionary Director for Its New ‘Tristan’

Performances in N.Y.C. Yuval Sharon, known for his bold approach to opera, is making his Met debut with what he has called “the single hardest work” to stage. Yuval Sharon, known for his bold approach ...