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Energetic cast brightens up the Met’s tired-looking Barbiere
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Bartlett Sher’s 2006 production of Rossini’s tuneful masterpiece is showing its age, but a superb cast and conductor keep the comedy moving.
The metamorphosis of M. Butterfly: UK premiere for Huang Ruo’s opera
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From the chrysalis of a Broadway play and then to film, David Henry Hwang's M. Butterfly turns full cycle into an opera by composer Huang Ruo.
Blanchard’s problematic Fire Shut Up in My Bones returns to the Met
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An exceptionally strong cast, led by Ryan Speedo Green, fails to disguise Blanchard's bland score and the opera's weak libretto.