The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: The Metropolitan Opera
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* Notes * The second cycle of the Met’s Der Ring des Nibelungen began yesterday night. The orchestra sounded very clean and restrained under James Levine. The tempi were often rather slow. All of the singing was solid, though not terribly exciting. As Wotan, Albert Dohmen did well, though his voice was a bit thin at…
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This account of the Met simulcast of Madama Butterfly comes from Upstairs Tenor, who is an usher and supernumerary at San Francicsco Opera. * Notes * Anthony Minghella left us too soon, but his production of Madama Butterfly is, at least, a testament to his memory. Stark and beautifully designed, with incredibly specific and insightful…
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October 10 2009: Tosca October 24 2009: Aida November 7 2009: Turandot December 19 2009: Les Contes d'Hoffmann January 9 2010: Der Rosenkavalier January 16 2010: Carmen February 6 2010: Simon Boccanegra March 27 2010: Hamlet May 1 2010: Armida Next season the Met presents 9 simulcasts, down from 11 this season. Press Release | Official Site
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September 21 2009- May 13 2010: Tosca September 22- December 12 2009: Le Nozze di Figaro September 23 2009- April 15 2010: Die Zauberflöte October 2 2009- April 3 2010: Aida October 3 2009- March 4 2010: Il Barbiere di Siviglia October 13 2009- January 15 2010: Der Rosenkavalier October 21- November 17 2009: La Damnation de Faust October…
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* Notes * Director Robert Lepage's production La Damnation de Faust was shown as a simulcast over the weekend. His Met debut certainly had the marks of a production from that company. Carl Fillion's set was not entirely unlike the one for Doctor Atomic from a few weeks ago, both being vertical and grid-like.…
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The Met has canceled The Ghosts of Versailles next season and will have La Traviata instead. AP Article | Official Site
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* Notes * Penny Woolcock's new production of Doctor Atomic was shown as a simulcast over the weekend. The set design, by Julian Crouch, was somewhat busy, and involved a wall of cubbyholes meant to be offices. Andrew Dawson's choreography was likewise overwrought at times, as when dancers held contortions within the small office spaces. Video…
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The Met's simulcast of Salomé this Saturday will not show Karita Mattila nude in the Dance of the Seven Veils. LA Times Article | Met Live in HD
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Agnes Varis and Karl Leichtman bought $500,000 worth of prime orchestra seat tickets for Doctor Atomic at the Met. These tickets will be resold for $30 apiece. The opera opens on Monday. Press Release | Official Site
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The Met’s sputnik chandeliers are being dismantled and repaired this summer. Lobmeyr director Hans Harald Rath designed these chandeliers for the opening of the Met at Lincoln Center in 1966. Article in the New York Times | Slide Show | The History of Lobmeyr | Lobmeyr’s Official Site | The Metropolitan Opera’s Official Site
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