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Artículos de Robert Levine

Robert Levine
Robert Levine
Robert T. Levine is a New York born-and-bred music writer with a particular interest in music for the voice. His work has appeared in many periodicals and newspapers. He is the author of many books, including The Story of the Orchestra, four volumes in the Black Dog & Leventhal Opera Library, and, most recently, Maria Callas: A Musical Biography.
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Ailyn Pérez shines in Daniel Catán's verdant, shimmering Florencia en al Amazonas

Por Robert Levine, 26 noviembre 2023
The Metropolitan Opera premieres Florencia en el Amazonas by Mexican composer Daniel Catán in an eye-catching, warm production by Mary Zimmerman. 
****1
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Kaufmann and Deutsch shine in Claus Guth's dramatized Schwanengesang

Por Robert Levine, 28 septiembre 2023
In New York's Park Avenue Armory, Claus Guth imagines Schubert's final song collection set in a military hospital, Jonas Kaufmann as one of its soldiers with a story to tell. 
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A vision of Death Row: Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking opens the Met season

Por Robert Levine, 27 septiembre 2023
The Metropolitan Opera makes good on its promise to present more contemporary work, opening the season with Jake Heggie's gut wrenching tale of rage and redemption. 
*****
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Ivo van Hove's bleak, effective Don Giovanni arrives at the Met

Por Robert Levine, 12 mayo 2023
Peter Mattei's smooth-as-silk baritone leads a handsome cast in the Metropolitan Opera's bleak new production of Mozart's great dramma giocoso. 
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And the winner is: Terence Blanchard’s Champion comes to the Met

Por Robert Levine, 24 abril 2023
The compelling story of boxer Emile Griffith's struggles with guilt and sexuality are not ideally rendered in James Robinson's new production.
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Star-studded gloom in The Hours at the Met

Por Robert Levine, 25 noviembre 2022
Is it possible to have a minor success on every level? Kevin Puts' The Hours underwhelms in its world premiere production at the Metropolitan Opera. 
***11
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A fine showing for the 1884 Italian version of Don Carlo at the Met

Por Robert Levine, 09 noviembre 2022
A revival for Sir David McVicar's staging from last season, but this time reverting from French to the four-act Italian version, conducted by Carlo Rizzi. 
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Keri-Lynn Wilson leads an irrepressible, snide, Lady Macbeth at the Met

Por Robert Levine, 02 octubre 2022
Making her debut at the Metropolitan Opera, the wife of Met GM Peter Gelb crushes any talk of nepotism at the downbeat. 
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Radvanovsky triumphs as Cherubini's Medea opens the Met Opera season

Por Robert Levine, 29 septiembre 2022
Sir David McVicar's new production opens the Met season with house's first ever staging of Cherubini's Medea.
*****
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Strauss' Silent Woman makes a grand noise at Bard

Por Robert Levine, 25 julio 2022
Bard’s always courageous Music Director, Leon Botstein, never one to shy away from a challenge, presents Strauss' comedy uncut.
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The Rake's Progress rears its ugly head at The Met

Por Robert Levine, 08 junio 2022
Jonathan Miller's modish production returns to The Metropolitan Opera with three leads who are absolutely right. 
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A singer for the ages: Lise Davidsen a triumphant Ariadne at the Met

Por Robert Levine, 10 marzo 2022
The Norwegian soprano is acclaimed at the Met in Richard Strauss' mash-up of commedia dell'arte and tragic opera. 
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A trio of vocal triumphs in The Metropolitan Opera's new Rigoletto

Por Robert Levine, 06 enero 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. 
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Porgy and Bess returns as a great show at The Metropolitan Opera

Por Robert Levine, 11 noviembre 2021
James Robinson’s production allows the large cast of Catfish Row to interact like the old pals – almost family – that they are.
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The Metropolitan Opera performs a revelatory, original Boris Godunov

Por Robert Levine, 30 septiembre 2021
Forget Rimsky-Korsakov, forget the Polish act... Stephen Wadsworth's new production for The Met returns to Mussorgsky's original 1869 version of his Russian historical epic. 
*****
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Berkshire Opera makes a triumphant return with Verdi's Falstaff

Por Robert Levine, 22 agosto 2021
The world could use a laugh... and Brian Garman and his team deliver belly laughs aplenty at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center. 
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Chausson's rarely heard Le Roi Arthus well served at Bard

Por Robert Levine, 26 julio 2021
The first fully staged American production of Chausson's sole opera features remarkable singing, fine storytelling and plush orchestral playing.
****1
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A musically ideal Così in The Met's revival

Por Robert Levine, 20 febrero 2020
Phelim McDermott’s Coney Island Così fan tutte returns to The Met, in sparkling vocal performances. 
****1
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Bleak and hopeless: William Kentridge's Wozzeck at the Met

Por Robert Levine, 04 enero 2020
Despite theatrical drawbacks, this Wozzeck is heartily recommend due to Yannick Nézet-Séguin's staggering understanding of all facets of Berg's score.
****1
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Glass' Akhnaten mesmerizes at The Met

Por Robert Levine, 22 noviembre 2019
The third in the composer’s “portrait” trilogy finally arrives at The Met in Phelim McDermott's spectacular production. 
*****
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