Artiste: Riccardo Hernandez

Diane Paulus' staging is remarkably true to the original while making it feel like the work was written yesterday.

The Metropolitan Opera premieres Florencia en el Amazonas by Mexican composer Daniel Catán in an eye-catching, warm production by Mary Zimmerman. 

Denyce Graves, once the reigning Carmen of her day, directs a new production full of interesting choices that rarely cohere.