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Amsterdam

16. Jan. 2019

Leinwandfähige Porgy and Bess in Amsterdam

Von Michael Klier

Starattraktion in neuer Met-Produktion von Roméo et Juliette

Von Robert Levine, 4. Januar 2017

Vittorio Grigòlo und Diana Damrau wiederholten und festigten ihre intensive Bühnenbeziehung in Bartlett Shers neuer Produktion von Roméo et Juliette an der Met.

****1

****1

New York City

4. Jan. 2017

Starattraktion in neuer Met-Produktion von Roméo et Juliette

Von Robert Levine

Götterdämmerung weicht amerikanischer Morgenröte

Von Hilary Stroh, 6. Mai 2016

Die Götterdämmerung schloss den Zyklus passend - und gänzlich amerikanisch - ab.

****1

****1

Washington

6. Mai 2016

Götterdämmerung weicht amerikanischer Morgenröte

Von Hilary Stroh

Der ewige Optimist: Grigolos Hoffmann an der Met ist einfach spektakulär

Von Robert Levine, 12. Januar 2015

Die fünf Jahre alte Produktion von Offenbachs Les Contes d'Hoffmann der Metropolitan Opera kehrte mit einer bemerkenswerten Leistung von Vittorio Grigolo in der Titelrolle ins Repertoire zurück.

****1

****1

New York City

12. Jan. 2015

Der ewige Optimist: Grigolos Hoffmann

Von Robert Levine

Brittany Renee (Bess) and Alfred Walker (Porgy) © Richard Termine | Met Opera

Porgy and Bess returns stronger than ever at the Metropolitan Opera

Von Robert Levine, 7. Dezember 2025

Back to Catfish Row for another revival of The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess and James Robinson’s show continue to wow our writer.

*****

*****

New York City

7. Dez. 2025

Porgy and Bess returns stronger than ever at the Met

Von Robert Levine

Davide Luciano (Figaro) © Marty Sohl | Met Opera

Energetic cast and conductor brighten up the Met’s tired-looking Barbiere

Von Susan Stempleski, 15. April 2025

Bartlett Sher’s 2006 production of Rossini’s tuneful masterpiece is showing its age, but a superb cast and conductor keep the comedy moving.

****1

****1

New York City

15. Apr. 2025

Energetic cast brightens up the Met’s tired-looking Barbiere

Von Susan Stempleski

Quinn Kelsey (Rigoletto) and Nadine Sierra (Gilda) © Nina Wurtzel | Met Opera

Quinn Kelsey and Nadine Sierra galvanize the Met’s revival of Bartlett Sher’s Rigoletto

Von Susan Stempleski, 30. September 2024

This revival of the company’s 2019 Weimar-inspired staging of Verdi’s heartbreaking masterpiece is distinguished by stylish singing.

****1

****1

New York City

30. Sept. 2024

Superb cast galvanizes the Met’s revival of Bartlett Sher’s Rigoletto

Von Susan Stempleski

Benjamin Bernheim (Hoffmann) and Vasilisa Berzhanskaya (Nicklausse) © Karen Almond | Met Opera

Benjamin Bernheim heads a powerhouse cast in the Met’s Hoffmann revival

Von Susan Stempleski, 24. September 2024

After a heavily promoted but underwhelming opening night, the company gets the new season back on track with plenty of star power in Offenbach’s final masterpiece.

****1

****1

New York City

24. Sept. 2024

Bernheim heads a powerhouse cast in the Met’s Hoffmann revival

Von Susan Stempleski

Nadine Sierra (Juliette) and Benjamin Bernheim (Roméo) © Marty Sohl | Met Opera

Bernheim and Sierra shine as Gounod's star-cross'd lovers at the Met

Von Kevin W Ng, 7. März 2024

Benjamin Bernheim and Nadine Sierra are a must-see pairing in the Met's revival of Bartlett Sher's production of Roméo et Juliette.

****1

****1

New York City

7. März 2024

Bernheim and Sierra shine as Gounod's star-cross'd lovers at the Met

Von Kevin W Ng

Toronto

Ambur Braid’s Salome sets the Four Seasons Centre alight

Von John Gilks, 3. Februar 2023

Ambur Braid excels in the title role in the Canadian Opera Company’s starrily cast revival of Atom Egoyan's production.

*****

*****

Toronto

3. Feb. 2023

Ambur Braid’s Salome sets the Four Seasons Centre alight

Von John Gilks

A new cast brings the Met's Rigoletto to life

Von Kevin W Ng, 10. November 2022

Three major Metropolitan Opera debuts bring excitement and vocal glamour to this revival of Bartlett Sher's Rigoletto production.

****1

****1

New York City

10. Nov. 2022

A new cast brings the Met's Rigoletto to life

Von Kevin W Ng

A trio of vocal triumphs in The Metropolitan Opera's new Rigoletto

Von Robert Levine, 4. Januar 2022

Verdi's Rigoletto in Weimar Germany? A half-baked concept, but Bartlett Sher's new production is certainly dramatic and it is gorgeously sung.

****1

****1

New York City

4. Jan. 2022

A trio of vocal triumphs in The Metropolitan Opera's new Rigoletto

Von Robert Levine

Porgy and Bess returns as a great show at The Metropolitan Opera

Von Robert Levine, 10. November 2021

James Robinson’s production allows the large cast of Catfish Row to interact like the old pals – almost family – that they are.

****1

****1

New York City

10. Nov. 2021

Porgy and Bess returns as a great show at The Metropolitan Opera

Von Robert Levine

A thoroughly worthy Porgy and Bess opens the Met's season

Von Robert Levine, 23. September 2019

The Met’s new production is directed by James Robinson, who has the characters interacting and listening to one another as if in real life – the inhabitants of Catfish Row have known each other for all of their lives and love, pray and grieve like family.

****1

****1

New York City

23. Sept. 2019

A thoroughly worthy Porgy and Bess opens the Met's season

Von Robert Levine

Berlin

Polished but emotionally cool: Rigoletto at Staatsoper Berlin

Von Zenaida des Aubris, 2. Juni 2019

Nadine Sierra's Gilda is the highlight of Michael Sher's polished production, which doesn't quite tug at the heartstrings.

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Berlin

2. Juni 2019

Polished but cool: Rigoletto at Staatsoper Berlin

Von Zenaida des Aubris

Yoncheva and Dudamel shine in a blazing Otello at the Met

Von Robert Levine, 17. Dezember 2018

When it comes to the title role, Bartlett Sher's non-interventionist production misses the core of the character.

****1

****1

New York City

17. Dez. 2018

Yoncheva and Dudamel shine in a blazing Otello at the Met

Von Robert Levine

London

With John Wilson, Gershwin's music is the winner at ENO's Porgy and Bess

Von David Karlin, 11. Oktober 2018

Porgy and Bess isn’t a perfect opera, but English National Opera's new production is a strong one.

****1

****1

London

11. Okt. 2018

Porgy and Bess at ENO: Gershwin's music the winner

Von David Karlin

The San Francisco Ring: Episode IV – A New Hope

Von Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 24. Juni 2018

The world is gloriously redeemed in the gripping final installment of San Francisco Opera's Ring cycle.

*****

*****

San Francisco

24. Juni 2018

The San Francisco Ring: Episode IV – A New Hope

Von Ilana Walder-Biesanz

A gritty Siegfried continues the San Francisco Opera Ring

Von Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 22. Juni 2018

Both the technical effects and the singing impress in San Francisco Opera's dark Siegfried.

****1

****1

San Francisco

22. Juni 2018

A gritty Siegfried at San Francisco Opera

Von Ilana Walder-Biesanz

Valkyries parachute into San Francisco

Von Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 20. Juni 2018

San Francisco Opera's Die Walküre overcame a disappointing first act, winning the audience over with excellent singing and playing and impressive stage effects.

****1

****1

San Francisco

20. Juni 2018

Valkyries parachute into San Francisco

Von Ilana Walder-Biesanz

A strong start for San Francisco Opera's Ring

Von Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 19. Juni 2018

At San Francisco Opera, conductor Donald Runnicles and a top-notch cast deliver a delicious Rheingold in Francesca Zambello's colorful production.

****1

****1

San Francisco

19. Juni 2018

A strong start for San Francisco Opera's Ring

Von Ilana Walder-Biesanz

An unexpected Met debut in Roméo et Juliette

Von Hilary Stroh, 23. April 2018

Bartlett Sher's production of Gounod's Romeo et Juliette returns to the Met.

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New York City

23. Apr. 2018

An unexpected Met debut in Roméo et Juliette

Von Hilary Stroh

Grigòlo stars as Debus leads thrilling Hoffmann at The Met

Von Robert Levine, 26. September 2017

Bartlett Sher's production of The Tales of Hoffmann, revived at The Met, takes a Kafka-esque, surreal view of the opera.

****1

****1

New York City

26. Sept. 2017

Grigòlo stars as Debus leads thrilling Hoffmann at The Met

Von Robert Levine

Holding a mirror up to Nature: Zambello’s Siegfried

Von Hilary Stroh, 4. Mai 2016

Zambello's Ring for the WNO continues to engage and impress.

****1

****1

Washington

4. Mai 2016

Holding a mirror up to Nature: Zambello’s Siegfried

Von Hilary Stroh

Nature’s bonfire burns on: Zambello’s Die Walküre in Washington

Von Hilary Stroh, 2. Mai 2016

Zambello's Die Walküre engages and excites in this promising Ring cycle.

****1

****1

Washington

2. Mai 2016

Nature’s bonfire burns on: Zambello’s Die Walküre

Von Hilary Stroh

Manifest destiny and doom: Francesca Zambello’s All-American Ring

Von Hilary Stroh, 30. April 2016

Das Rheingold stages flawed American Ambitions in the first Ring Cycle in Washington DC.

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Washington

30. Apr. 2016

Manifest destiny and doom

Von Hilary Stroh

Tight ensemble over Sher’s exsanguinated Otello at The Met

Von Courtney Smith, 20. April 2016

Little mark of Shakespeare's drama or Verdi's passion behind Bartlett Sher's exsanguinated, highly-stylized Otello for The Metropolitan Opera.

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**111

New York City

20. Apr. 2016

Sher’s exsanguinated Otello at The Met

Von Courtney Smith

Grigolo wins the girl and the evening in Met's L’elisir d'amore

Von Robert Levine, 14. März 2016

A revival of Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore at the Met, where Vittorio Grigolo's Nemorino happily ignores most of Bartless Sher's subtexts.

****1

****1

New York City

14. März 2016

Grigolo wins the girl in Met's L'elisir

Von Robert Levine

Chicago

The warmth of tragedy: Roméo et Juliette at the Lyric

Von Dan Wang, 22. Februar 2016

If the production is full of pleasures, they do not immediately or obviously connect to a sense of some larger plan, which might have been helped along with a more dynamic set.

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***11

Chicago

22. Feb. 2016

Roméo et Juliette at the Lyric

Von Dan Wang

Unfocused, unmagnetic Otello opens Met Season

Von Robert Levine, 21. September 2015

Bartlett Sher’s new production of Verdi's Otello opens the Metropolitan Opera's season in a staging dominated by multimedia sets.

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***11

New York City

21. Sept. 2015

Unfocused, unmagnetic Otello opens Met Season

Von Robert Levine

A new cast impresses in the Metropolitan Opera's Tales of Hoffmann

Von David Browning, 11. März 2015

Great singing and acting from the Met's Tales of Hoffmann second cast.

****1

****1

New York City

11. März 2015

A new cast impresses in Hoffmann

Von David Browning

Metropolitan Opera's Barber of Seville bubbles with coloratura and camp

Von Stephen Raskauskas, 18. November 2014

There’s nothing like a trip to The Barber to refresh you. This season, the Metropolitan Opera revives Bartlett Sher’s 2006 production of Rossini’s comic masterpiece, The Barber of Seville.

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