Performer: Donald Holder

BerlinRigoletto

Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Sep 05, 11, 17, 19, 23, 25

Verdi: Rigoletto

Domingo Hindoyan; Bartlett Sher; Staatsoper Berlin; Michael Yeargan; Catherine Zuber; Donald Holder; Staatskapelle Berlin

Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, Nov 27, Dec 01, 05 mat, 08, 12, 15, 18, 23

Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila

Giacomo Sagripanti; Darko Tresnjak; Metropolitan Opera; Alexander Dodge; Linda Cho; Donald Holder; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, Dec 11, 13 mat, 17, 19 mat, 20 mat, 24 mat, 26, 28 mat, 30 mat, 2027 Jan 02 mat, eve

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)

Nicholas Carter; Julie Taymor; Metropolitan Opera; Patrick Furrer; George Tsypin; Donald Holder

Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, 2027 Jan 11, 16 mat, 20, 23, 26, 30 mat

Verdi: Otello

Daniele Rustioni; Bartlett Sher; Metropolitan Opera; Es Devlin; Catherine Zuber; Donald Holder; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, 2027 Apr 11 mat, 17, 20, 24 mat, 27, May 01

Verdi: Otello

Michele Mariotti; Bartlett Sher; Metropolitan Opera; Es Devlin; Catherine Zuber; Donald Holder; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Staatsoper Unter den Linden, 2027 Apr 24, 28, May 02

Verdi: Rigoletto

Giacomo Sagripanti; Bartlett Sher; Staatsoper Berlin; Michael Yeargan; Catherine Zuber; Donald Holder; Staatskapelle Berlin

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Robert Levine, 07 Dec

Back to Catfish Row for another revival of The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess and James Robinson’s show continue to wow our writer.

*****

Nadine Sierra (Amina) © Marty Sohl | Met Opera

Susan Stempleski, 06 Oct

Nadine Sierra stars as a highly affecting Amina in the tenor-turned-director’s revisionist take on Bellini’s bel canto masterwork.

****1

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

Susan Stempleski, 30 Sep

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

****1

Rolando Villazón (Papageno) © Evan Zimmerman | Met Opera

Susan Stempleski, 08 Dec

Julie Taymor's whimsical 2004 staging of Mozart's Singspiel continues to please in the Met's condensed, English-language version.

****1

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Robert Levine, 18 Apr

The compelling story of boxer Emile Griffith's struggles with guilt and sexuality are not ideally rendered in James Robinson's new production.

***11

John Relyea (Sparafucile), Benjamin Bernheim (Duke of Mantua) and Aigul Akhmetshina (Maddalena) © Curtis Brown | Met Opera

Kevin W Ng, 10 Nov

Three major Metropolitan Opera debuts bring excitement and vocal glamour to this revival of Bartlett Sher's Rigoletto production.

****1

Performer: Donald Holder

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