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Out of the pit and into the Alps with the MET Orchestra

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Reviewed at Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium, New York City on 14 October 2012
Wagner, Tannhäuser: Overture
Wagner, Wesendonck-Lieder (orch. Mottl)
Strauss R., Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), Op.64
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov, Conductor
Michelle DeYoung, Mezzo-soprano
Tristan und Isolde at the Met: staging gets in the way of the music
***11
Met Orchestra brings a long neglected symphony back to life
****1
Ailyn Pérez is the perfect Butterfly in the Met’s revival
*****
Vocal thrills in Met’s traditional staging of Bellini’s I puritani
*****
Porgy and Bess returns stronger than ever at the Met
*****
Singers bring passion and excitement to Met’s Andrea Chénier revival
****1
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