Ailyn Pérez is the perfect Butterfly in the Met’s revival

Ailyn Pérez (Cio-Cio-San) and Hyona Kim (Suzuki)

Dancer Hsin-Ping Chang in Madama Butterfly

SeokJong Baek (Pinkerton) and Andrzej Filończyk (Sharpless)

Ailyn Pérez (Cio-Cio-San)

Madama Butterfly

Ailyn Pérez (Cio-Cio-San)

Por Robert Levine, 16 enero 2026

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“good Butterflys are not that difficult to come by but great ones are very very rare”

Crítica hecha desde Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, Nueva York el 13 enero 2026

Puccini, Madama Butterfly

Metropolitan Opera

Marco Armiliato, Dirección

Anthony Minghella, Dirección de escena

Michael Levine, Diseño de escena

Han Feng, Diseño de vestuario

Peter Mumford, Diseño de iluminación

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Carolyn Choa, Director de reposición, Coreografía

Ailyn Pérez, Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)

SeokJong Baek, Pinkerton

Andrzej Filończyk, Sharpless

Hyona Kim, Suzuki

Rodell Rosel, Goro

Jeongcheol Cha, Prince Yamadori

Robert Pomakov, The Bonze

Hannah Jones, Kate Pinkerton

Paul Corona, The Imperial Commissioner

Blind Summit Theatre, Puppeteer

De la oscuridad a la luz y regreso

Ako Imamura, 29th January

El estreno de Iolanta y El castillo de Barbazul, retrasado a causa de la nieve, abrió con un poderoso canto y una escena muy efectiva. Los roles principales en Iolanta destacaron por una interprtación muy bella, mientras que en El castillo de Barbazul sobresalió la ejecución de la orquesta del Met.

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Asmik Grigorian strengthens the Met’s revival of Eugene Onegin

Susan Stempleski, 20th April

The Lithuanian soprano’s riveting performance as the central character in Tchaikovsky’s operatic masterpiece lights up Deborah Warner’s mostly bland production.

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Innocence: Saariaho’s final opera receives New York premiere

Kurt Gottschalk, 6th April

At the Metropolitan Opera, Innocence proves a gripping and perhaps divisive piece which feels real because it is a reflection of our reality, with no realistic hope of finding peace.

*****

Tristan und Isolde at the Met: staging gets in the way of the music

No’a L. bat Miri, 9th March

Michael Spyres shines in his debut as Tristan alongside powerhouse soprano Lise Davidsen as Isolde in Yuval Sharon's new, beguiling production at the Metropolitan Opera.

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Vocal thrills in Met’s traditional staging of Bellini’s I puritani

Susan Stempleski, 31st December

Marco Armiliato conducts a finely balanced rendition of Bellini's final masterpiece with a stellar cast headed by Lisette Oropesa and Lawrence Brownlee.

*****

Porgy and Bess returns stronger than ever at the Met

Robert Levine, 7th December

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

*****

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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.