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Ailyn Pérez is the perfect Butterfly in the Met’s revival
Good Butterflys are not that difficult to come by but great ones are very very rare. Ailyn Pérez fits the bill in this revival of Anthony Minghella’s classic staging.
Cast and orchestra bring down the house in Met’s glowing Turandot
With a standout cast, fine orchestral playing under Carlo Rizzi, and newly refurbished sets, Zeffirelli’s 1987 staging of Puccini’s epic fairy tale appears as bright as ever.
Mozart meets Vaudeville in Seattle's silent movie Magic Flute
Eye-popping, hand-drawn animation melds with Mozart's fantastical world and the silent film era to create a colorful and energetic new-to-Seattle production.
Malin Byström stars in a radiant Capriccio to close the EIF
Capriccio proves a fitting end to the Philharmonia’s EIF residency, with Alexander Soddy conducting a fine cast headed by Swedish soprano Malin Byström.
Saint-Saëns rarity Henry VIII takes the crown at Bard SummerScape
Conductor Leon Botstein and director Jean-Roumain Vesperini treat this Tudor soap opera with appropriate grandeur, while a top-notch cast deliver the vocal goods.
Kurzak and Fabiano star in a fresh, lyrical Tosca at the Met
Aleksandra Kurzak's lyrical Tosca brings out the woman behind the caricature in this revival of Sir David McVicar's lavish production.