135 stories by "James Jorden"
This year may go down as one filled with surprises at the Met, kicking off with an unexpected role for a familiar tenor and a dazzling debut for a budding superstar.
The tenor is Roberto …
This year may go down as one filled with surprises at the Met, kicking off with an unexpected role for a familiar tenor and a dazzling debut for a budding superstar.
The tenor is Roberto Al…
Unveiling a new "La Traviata" Friday night to a starry audience including Natalie Portman and Vanessa Redgrave, the Met triumphed with the most moving and exciting Verdi production in years.…
The decades-overdue debut of Sir Simon Rattle at the Met Friday night demonstrated brilliantly just what we've been missing: His conducting of "Pelléas et Mélisande" is the musical pinnacl…
Next year's centennial of Tennessee Wil liams' birth got off to an early start Wednesday with a revival of Lee Hoiby's "Summer and Smoke." But while the Manhattan School of Music's productio…
A century after its world premiere, "La Fanciulla del West" ("The Girl of the Golden West") returned to the Met Monday night in a performance more dutiful than golden.
The 1910 debut of P…
A century after its world premiere, "La Fanciulla del West" ("The Girl of the Golden West") returned to the Met Monday night in a performance more dutiful than golden.
The 1910 debut of Puc…
A flawed Verdi masterpiece inspired a superb performance Monday night when the Met unveiled its new, richly cerebral production of "Don Carlo."
Spanish history inspired this saga of the 16t…
What do you call a sex comedy that's neither funny nor sexy? At the Met on Tuesday night, you'd have called it "Cosi Fan Tutte."
The theme of the opera is revealed in the title: "All wome…
Following up on its brassy season opener, Bernstein's "A Quiet Place," New York City Opera is charming audiences with "Intermezzo," a comedy inspired by a real-life episode in the life of th…
