In the Met’s first-ever performances of Agrippina, Handel’s satire of sex and power politics, Sir David McVicar reconceives a production he originally created for the Monnaie in Brussels in 2000, evoking a scandalous world in which the Roman Empire never fell but simply kept going right up to the present.
Read MoreAmerica’s “folk opera,” as the 1935 creators described it, tells the story of disabled beggar Porgy, sung by Eric Owens, and his love for the drug-addicted Bess, portrayed by Angel Blue.
Read MoreYannick Nézet-Séguin conducts William Kentridge’s new production of Alban Berg’s expressionistic masterpiece Wozzeck, regarded for its intense emotional power and brilliant score as one of the most significant operas of the 20th century.
Read MoreAnthony Roth Costanzo sings the title role of the Egyptian pharaoh who attempted to inspire his people to adopt a new religion, abandoning the worship of the old gods for that of a single deity.
Read MoreHui He stars as Cio-Cio-San, the devoted geisha who gives everything for the American naval officer Pinkerton, sung by Bruce Sledge.
Read MoreManon’s story—from innocent country girl to celebrated courtesan to destitute prisoner—is one of the great tragic tales in literature and music.
Read MoreFranco Zeffirelli’s celebrated production of Turandot stars Christine Goerke in the title role of the icy Chinese princess who has renounced all men.
Read More“Magic is in the air” (Broadway World) in the Stratford Festival’s latest production of Shakespeare’s final masterpiece, The Tempest, “an elaborate production with eye-popping costumes” (The New York Times).
Read MoreStaged at the Stratford Festival, the “riveting” and “exhilarating” (The New York Times) production of Shakespeare’s "Coriolanus," has been called “the show of the decade… a landmark production for the Stratford Festival."
Read MoreTurn of the century Vienna provides the backdrop for works of extraordinary visual power by two friends, a mentor Gustav Klimt and his protégé Egon Schiele.
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