Lise Davidsen thrills in Metropolitan Opera’s Fidelio revival

Lise Davidsen (Leonore) and David Butt Philip (Florestan)

Lise Davidsen (Leonore), David Butt Philip (Florestan) and René Pape (Rocco)

Ying Fang (Marzelline) and Lise Davidsen (Leonore)

The company of Fidelio

Lise Davidsen (Leonore) and the company of Fidelio

By Robert Levine, 09 March 2025

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“Davidsen's rage was wild and vitriolic when she lets loose in Abscheulischer”

Reviewed at Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, New York City on 7 March 2025

Beethoven, Fidelio

Metropolitan Opera

Susanna Mälkki, Conductor

Jürgen Flimm, Director

Robert Israel, Set Designer

Florence von Gerkan, Costume Designer

Duane Schuler, Lighting Designer

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus

David Butt Philip, Florestan

Stephen Milling, Don Fernando

Tomasz Konieczny, Don Pizarro

René Pape, Rocco

Lise Davidsen, Leonore

Magnus Dietrich, Jaquino

Ying Fang, Marzelline

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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Robert Levine

Robert T. Levine is a New York born-and-bred music writer with a particular interest in music for the voice. His work has appeared in many periodicals and newspapers. He is the author of many books, including The Story of the Orchestra, four volumes in the Black Dog & Leventhal Opera Library, and, most recently, Maria Callas: A Musical Biography.