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Verdi: Aida (Aïda)
Daniele Callegari; Michael Mayer; Metropolitan Opera; Marco Armiliato; John Keenan; Christine Jones; Susan Hilferty
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Claus Guth directs a tormented, harrowing new Salome at the Met

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

Stutzmann and the Philadelphia Orchestra at Carnegie Hall

Nathalie Stutzmann conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra © Chris Lee
In her final Carnegie Hall appearance as principal guest conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, the French conductor leads Schumann’s Fourth Symphony and Mozart’s Requiem

Otto Schenk's Tannhäuser returns to the Met

Andreas Schager (Tannhäuser( and Ekaterina Gubanova (Venus) © Evan Zimmerman | Met Opera
Andreas Schager is the main reason to catch the latest revival of Otto Schenk's ultra-traditional Tannhäuser.

Saint-Saëns rarity Henry VIII takes the crown at Bard SummerScape

Amanda Woodbury (Catherine of Aragon) and Alfred Walker (Henry VIII) © Stephanie Berger
Conductor Leon Botstein and director Jean-Roumain Vesperini treat this Tudor soap opera with appropriate grandeur, while a top-notch cast deliver the vocal goods.

Simon McBurney’s richly inventive Zauberflöte arrives at the Met

Lawrence Brownlee (Tamino) and Met Orchestra principal flute Seth Morris © Karen Almond | Met Opera

With a stellar cast and fine orchestral playing, Mozart’s enigmatic fairy tale takes on a darker, more grown-up tone in its first new Metropolitan Opera staging in 19 years.

Strauss' Silent Woman makes a grand noise at Bard

Harold Wilson (Sir Morosus) and Edward Nelson (The Barber) © Stephanie Berger
Bard’s always courageous Music Director, Leon Botstein, never one to shy away from a challenge, presents Strauss' comedy uncut.