The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay at the Met

Andrzej Filończyk (Joe Kavalier) and Miles Mykkanen (Sam Clay)

Efraín Solís (Salvador Dalí) and Sun-Ly Pierce (Rosa Saks)

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

Edward Nelson (Tracy Bacon) and Miles Mykkanen (Sam Clay)

Sun-Ly Pierce (Rosa), Helen Rtveliashvili Mangan (Young Sarah) and Andrzej Filończyk (Joe Kavalier)

By Edward Sava-Segal, 28 September 2025

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“a score that seldom ventures beyond the predictable”

Reviewed at Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, New York City on 26 September 2025

Bates, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

Metropolitan Opera

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor

Bartlett Sher, Director

59 Productions, Set Designer, Lighting Designer

Jennifer Moeller, Costume Designer

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Andrzej Filończyk, Joe Kavalier

Lauren Snouffer, Sarah Kavalier

Miles Mykkanen, Sam Clay

Sun-Ly Pierce, Rosa Saks

Edward Nelson, Tracy Bacon

Patrick Carfizzi, Sheldon Anapol

Craig Colclough, Gerhard

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Edward Sava-Segal

Edward has been living in New York for the last 25 years, one of the reasons being the extraordinarily rich cultural life in this city. He has studied piano and classical music in his early years. He switched later on to computer science and data architecture but he kept an unwavering interest in following the classical music phenomenon here in New York and in his travels. Edward occasionally reviews fine arts events for the most prestigious literary magazine in Romania, his home country.

Conceptual shortcomings, visual splendour: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay at the Met