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New York CityLincoln in the BardoWorld premiere

Peter Mattei (Abraham Lincoln) and Everett Sobers (Willie Lincoln) © Karen Almond | Met Opera
Mazzoli: Lincoln in the Bardo
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Lileana Blain-Cruz; Metropolitan Opera; Steven Osgood; Adam Rigg; Montana Levi Blanco; Yi Zhao

New York CityMedea

Sonya Yoncheva (Medea) © Met Opera | Marty Sohl
Cherubini: Médée/Medea
Carlo Rizzi; Sir David McVicar; Metropolitan Opera; Doey Lüthi; Paule Constable; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

New York CityTosca

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Puccini: Tosca
Oksana Lyniv; Sir David McVicar; Metropolitan Opera; John Macfarlane; David Finn; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

New York CityJenůfaNew production

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Janáček: Jenůfa
Tomáš Hanus; Claus Guth; Metropolitan Opera; Michael Levine; Gesine Völlm; James Farncombe; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

New York CityLa bohème

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Puccini: La bohème
Marco Armiliato; Franco Zeffirelli; Metropolitan Opera; Peter J. Hall; Gil Wechsler; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

New York CitySamson et Dalila

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Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila
Giacomo Sagripanti; Darko Tresnjak; Metropolitan Opera; Alexander Dodge; Linda Cho; Donald Holder; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
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Sonya Yoncheva electrifies the Met Opera’s revival of Medea

Sonya Yoncheva (Medea) © Met Opera | Marty Sohl
Four years after the Met’s first-ever staging of Cherubini’s rarely performed take on Euripides’ ancient Greek tragedy, the opera returns with the Bulgarian soprano conquering the notoriously difficult title role.
****1
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Lincoln in the Bardo: a spectacularly spooky world premiere at the Met

Peter Mattei (Abraham Lincoln) and Everett Sobers (Willie Lincoln) © Karen Almond | Met Opera
George Saunders’ prize-winning novel moves from page to stage in Lileana Blain-Cruz’s genre-defying, visually breathtaking and surprisingly cheerful production of Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s operatic adaptation.
***11
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Federica Lombardi and Samantha Hankey shine in the Met’s Così revival

Federica Lombardi (Fiordiligi) © Marty Sohl | Met Opera
The Metropolitan Opera’s revival of Phelim McDermott’s bustling production combines circus-like hijinks with superb singing and acting from a fine cast.
****1
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Quinn Kelsey dazzles in the Met Opera’s new Macbeth

Quinn Kelsey (Macbeth) and chorus © Marty Sohl | Met Opera

The American baritone delivers a career-defining performance of the title role in Louisa Proske’s post-apocalyptic setting of Verdi’s first Shakespearean opera, which opens the company’s new season.

****1
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The Met’s Frida y Diego proves visually stunning, musically thrilling

Carlos Álvarez (Diego) and Isabel Leonard (Frida) © Marty Sohl | Met Opera
Deborah Colker and her design team create visually vibrant worlds for the Met’s new production of El último sueño de Frida y Diego, by Pulitzer Prize winner Gabriela Lena Frank. 
*****
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Asmik Grigorian strengthens the Met’s revival of Eugene Onegin

Asmik Grigorian (Tatyana) and Iurii Samoilov (Onegin) © Evan Zimmerman | Met Opera

The Lithuanian soprano’s riveting performance as the central character in Tchaikovsky’s operatic masterpiece lights up Deborah Warner’s mostly bland production.

****1
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New York CityVerdi Otello, Metropolitan Opera, 1978

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Verdi: Otello
James Levine; Franco Zeffirelli; Metropolitan Opera; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Jon Vickers; Renata Scotto