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Angela Meade (Turandot) and ensemble © Ken Howard | Met Opera

Cast and orchestra bring down the house in Met Opera’s glowing Turandot revival

By Susan Stempleski, 23 September 2025

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.

*****

*****

New York City

23 Sep 2025

Cast and orchestra bring down the house in Met’s glowing Turandot

By Susan Stempleski

Elza van den Heever (Salome) © Evan Zimmerman | Met Opera

New York City

Claus Guth directs a tormented, harrowing new Salome at the Met

By Robert Levine, 02 May 2025

Claus Guth's new production at the Metropolitan Opera, originally seen at the Bolshoi in 2021, moves the action from biblical Judea to the era of the opera's composition.

*****

*****

New York City

02 May 2025

Claus Guth directs a tormented, harrowing new Salome at the Met

By Robert Levine

Charles Castronovo (Gustavus III) © Ken Howard | Met Opera

New York City

The Met's Ballo falls flat in its latest revival

By Kevin W Ng, 31 October 2023

An attractive supporting cast isn't sufficient to bring this revival of David Alden's Ballo in maschera to life in New York.

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**111

New York City

31 Oct 2023

The Met's Ballo falls flat in its latest revival

By Kevin W Ng