his orchestra always teems with vibrancy thanks to the bravura playing of Episteme, an eight-piece jazz ensemble including saxophones, piano, bass and drums, that was embedded into the Met orchestra.

The energy in Verdi’s classic must come from the singing, but the cast of this revival fails to convey the work’s passion.

I must admit that the Met’s current revival of IL TROVATORE--with RIGOLETTO and TRAVIATA, considered the great creations of ...

the Met paid tribute to his "undeniable artistic achievements", including "shaping the Met Orchestra and Chorus into the finest in the world", but made clear that "his relationship with the ...

This current stretch of the Metropolitan Opera’s season is all meat and potatoes, dense with revivals of Puccini and Verdi— ...

"We all listen to music, many children sing before they speak. It's an important part of the human experience. So it's ...

The production was The Met’s season premiere and earned fantastic ... as well as some of the best acoustics in the house, where the orchestra and voices blend in perfect harmony.

The group is playing Monday and Tuesday at the Met Philly, performing a wide range ... to the tour that paired him with the Philadelphia Orchestra this year. “That’s one of the most renowned ...

NEW YORK — Right around the halfway mark of “Ainadamar” — Osvaldo Golijov’s 2003 “opera in three images” — the Spanish poet Federico García Lorca (sung as a trouser role by mezzo ...