Il trovatore returns to the Met with an impressive young cast

Michael Fabiano (Manrico), Igor Golovatenko (Conte di Luna) and chorus

The Met Opera Chorus

Michael Fabiano (Manrico) and Jamie Barton (Azucena)

Igor Golovatenko (Conte di Luna), Rachel Willis-Sørensen (Leonora) and chorus

Ryan Speedo Green (Ferrando) and chorus

Par Susan Stempleski, 31 octobre 2024

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“delivering thrilling high notes and fluttering trills with alluring agility and clear, resonant tone”

Critique faite à Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, New York, le 29 octobre 2024

Verdi, Le Trouvère

Metropolitan Opera

Daniele Callegari, Direction

Sir David McVicar, Mise en scène

Charles Edwards, Décors

Brigitte Reiffenstuel, Costumes

Jennifer Tipton, Lumières

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Paula Williams, Revival Director

Igor Golovatenko, Il conte di Luna

Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Leonora

Jamie Barton, Azucena

Michael Fabiano, Manrico

Ryan Speedo Green, Ferrando

Leah Hausman, Chorégraphie

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.

***11

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

Robert Levine, 13th January

Good Butterflys are not that difficult to come by but great ones are very very rare. Ailyn Pérez fits the bill in this revival of Anthony Minghella’s classic staging.

*****

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.

*****

Singers bring passion and excitement to Met’s Andrea Chénier revival

Susan Stempleski, 24th November

The Metropolitan Opera kicks off this season’s revival of Umberto Giordano’s tempestuous melodrama with standout performances from a resplendent cast.

****1

Willis-Sørensen headlines a successful Arabella revival at the Met

Ako Imamura, 10th November

The Metropolitan Opera revives Otto Schenk’s venerable staging of Strauss’s intimate melodrama.

****1

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Susan Stempleski

Based in New York City, Susan is a retired specialist in second and foreign language teaching and the author/editor of several professional books for language teachers and many widely used textbooks for English language learners around the world. An avid concertgoer, she spends her time attending operas and other classical music events in New York and Paris. Since 2002, she has regularly published reviews on Classical Source. A keen Francophile, she has a particularly strong interest in French music, literature and film.