He played a different role in the previous version of the show. Now he's stepping in as the lead.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:24PMDirector Mariusz Treliński brings Verdi's opera to the modern day.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:54PMBeginning March 12, the German baritone appears in his first Verdi opera with the Metropolitan Opera in Falstaff.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:24PMSimon Stone’s present-day staging moves the action to America’s Rust Belt and utilizes no cyclorama.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:54AMMcVicar and music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin discuss the belated premiere.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:33PMPerformances of Matthew Aucoin and Sarah Ruhl's Eurydice run through December 16 at the Metropolitan Opera.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:58PMThe celebrated director's production of Wagner's first masterpiece explores the mystical nature of the opera and the power of images to consume us.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:30AMThe singer is adding another chapter to his Met Opera legacy with his role debut as the title character of Berg’s Wozzeck, in a new production by South African artist William Kentridge.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:29PMThe Norwegian singer makes her Met Opera debut as Lisa in The Queen of Spades November 29–December 21.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:48PMHere’s how Chorus Master Donald Palumbo prepares the ensemble to sound its best.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:34PMThe maestro kicks off with Puccini's Turandot starring Christina Goerke and Nina Stemme, which begins October 3.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:22PMThe classic John Dexter production of Poulenc’s devastating story of faith and martyrdom opens May 3.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:23PMThese outstanding singers join the cast via the Met's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:36PMThe dramatic soprano reflects on the challenges of this epic role and how she plans to handle a Ring week, with three complete cycles running through May 11.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:54PMWagner’s four-installment epic returns to the Met for the first time since the 2012–13 season, with three complete cycles, beginning March 9.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:54PMRigoletto—the Met Opera's neon-bedecked production—returns this season from February 12.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:48PMFinley appears in Bartók’s dark opera through February 14.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:41PMThe singer stars as Enrico in the Metropolitan Opera's Lucia di Lammermoor from April 25.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:07AMWith Verdi's Luisa Miller, Piotr Beczała and Plácido Domingo collaborate for the first time.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:12AMWith Kelli O’Hara as Despina, Christopher Maltman as Don Alfonso, and Harry Bicket on the podium, the Met’s new production of Così fan tutte features sword swallowers, fire …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:53PMPerformances of the Richard Strauss masterpiece run March 1–23.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:49PMAnd the gory special effects feat in Parsifal everyone will be buzzing about.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:32PMThe acclaimed soprano will play the title role through January 27, then return to the Met's stage in La Bohème.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:42AMNadine Sierra makes her stunning role debut as Susanna, now through January 19.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Mozartean master talks to the Met's Jay Goodwin about performing such an intimate work in such a large space.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:43AMStar soprano Adrianne Pieczonka reveals her take on the refreshing role.
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