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Energetic cast brightens up the Met’s tired-looking Barbiere

Davide Luciano (Figaro) © Marty Sohl | Met Opera

Bartlett Sher’s 2006 production of Rossini’s tuneful masterpiece is showing its age, but a superb cast and conductor keep the comedy moving. 

The metamorphosis of M. Butterfly: UK premiere for Huang Ruo’s opera

Kangmin Justin Kim (Song Liling) © BBC | Mark Allan
From the chrysalis of a Broadway play and then to film, David Henry Hwang's M. Butterfly turns full cycle into an opera by composer Huang Ruo. 

Blanchard’s problematic Fire Shut Up in My Bones returns to the Met

Ethan Joseph (Char'es-Baby) and Ryan Speedo Green (Charles) © Marty Sohl | Met Opera

An exceptionally strong cast, led by Ryan Speedo Green, fails to disguise Blanchard's bland score and the opera's weak libretto.

Fire Shut Up in My Bones: a new beginning for The Metropolitan Opera

The Metropolitan Opera finally reopens its doors on a new season, staging Terence Blanchard's powerful work for the first time.  

A finely sung Katya Kabanova in rust-bucket Russia

Stephen Lawless' new production for Scottish Opera and Theater Magdeburg sets the action in the industrial wastelands of Russia. 

Brenda Rae carries Santa Fe Opera's Lucia

Static blocking and an uneven cast can't kill a Lucia di Lammermoor with a star this bright.