‘Tristan und Isolde’ review: At the Met Opera, Wagner’s vast world

Director Yuval Sharon’s company debut is an imaginative, expansive production headed by two top-flight singers, Lise Davidsen ...

A wooden holztrompete joins the Met’s new ‘Tristan und Isolde’ production

A new Met Opera production of “Tristan und Isolde” uses Wagner’s rare wooden horn, the holztrompete, for a key offstage ...

The Met’s Tristan und Isolde has some of the best opera moments I’ve ever heard

Timothée needs to go see this.
Observer

Two Symphony Orchestras Tackle Wagner’s Supreme Masterpiece and Strauss’s First Opera with Mixed Results

Stuart Skelton, Nina Stemme and Brian Mulligan as Tristan, Isolde and Kurwenal performing behind the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Photo: Jessica Griffin / Philadelphia O ...
BroadwayWorld

The Metropolitan Opera Reveals 2026–27 Season - LINCOLN IN THE BARDO, MACBETH and More

The Metropolitan Opera has revealed its 2026–27 season, featuring five new and 12 repertory productions, a special 60th-anniversary gala, and performances of Mahler’s Eighth Symphony conducted by ...
The New York Times

He Reinvigorated the Met Opera’s Chorus. Next Stop, Chicago.

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has hired Donald Palumbo, 76, the former chorus master of the Metropolitan Opera, to lead its chorus. By Javier C. Hernández When Donald Palumbo departed his post as ...