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Ryan Speedo Green (Don Giovanni) and Federica Lombardi (Donna Anna) © Ken Howard | Met Opera

New York City

Ivo van Hove’s Don Giovanni makes a welcome reappearance at the Met

By Robert Levine, 24 September 2025

Opera lovers’ favorite roué is back at the Met, with the charismatic Ryan Speedo Green taking on the title role.

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New York City

24 Sept 2025

Ivo van Hove’s Don Giovanni makes a welcome reappearance at the Met

By Robert Levine

Michael Sumuel (Figaro) and Olga Kulchynska (Susanna) © Evan Zimmerman | Met Opera

New York City

Joana Mallwitz makes a radiant Met debut leading a vigorous Figaro revival

By Susan Stempleski, 31 March 2025

A rising German conductor draws superb playing from the orchestra in the Met’s fifth revival of Richard Eyre’s witty 2014 production.

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New York City

31 Mar 2025

Joana Mallwitz makes a radiant Met debut leading a vigorous Figaro

By Susan Stempleski

Quinn Kelsey (Rigoletto) and Nadine Sierra (Gilda) © Nina Wurtzel | Met Opera

New York City

Quinn Kelsey and Nadine Sierra galvanize the Met’s revival of Bartlett Sher’s Rigoletto

By Susan Stempleski, 30 September 2024

This revival of the company’s 2019 Weimar-inspired staging of Verdi’s heartbreaking masterpiece is distinguished by stylish singing.

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New York City

30 Sept 2024

Superb cast galvanizes the Met’s revival of Bartlett Sher’s Rigoletto

By Susan Stempleski

Peter Mattei (Don Giovanni) and Adam Plachetka (Leporello) © Karen Almond | Met Opera

New York City

Ivo van Hove's bleak, effective Don Giovanni arrives at the Met

By Robert Levine, 9 May 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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New York City

9 May 2023

Ivo van Hove's bleak, effective Don Giovanni arrives at the Met

By Robert Levine

New York City

Met Opera revives Le nozze di Figaro with musical style

By Linda Holt, 16 November 2019

In its revival of the 2014 production of Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, the Metropolitan Opera offers a satisfying blend of comic antics, beautifully realized music, and some top-notch singing in several roles.

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New York City

16 Nov 2019

Met Opera revives Le nozze di Figaro with musical style

By Linda Holt

Washington

Dance and Song are wed in Washington's Carmen

By Hilary Stroh, 19 September 2015

WNO integrate dance and song to capture the soul of Carmen for the opening of their 60th anniversary season.

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Washington

19 Sept 2015

Dance and Song are wed in WNO Carmen

By Hilary Stroh