Jane Bunnell

Verdi’s monumental score is fully the equal of Shakespeare’s famous tragedy—and both demand great actors. This is one performance where both playwright and composer are well served. Plácido Domingo’s Otello is one of the glories of the operatic world, beautifully sung and so commandingly acted that audiences are devastated by the end. Renée Fleming’s ravishingly beautiful Desdemona is deeply moving, and as Iago, James Morris is as beguiling as he is menacing. Under James Levine’s conducting the Met orchestra and chorus are vital characters in the drama.

Alors qu'une jeune femme s'apprête à épouser son amoureux, elle est découverte, par tout le village - sans parler de son fiancé -, endormie dans la chambre d'un inconnu. Il faut deux actes au jeune homme pour comprendre que le somnambulisme est à blâmer, et tout se termine bien. Natalie Dessay dans le rôle d'Amina et Juan Diego Flórez dans le rôle d'Elvino livrent la magie du bel canto et des feux d'artifice vocaux dans la production de Mary Zimmerman en 2009. Le réalisateur transfère le conte bucolique de Bellini dans une salle de répétition du New York contemporain, où une compagnie d’opéra répète La Sonnambula et où les chanteurs sont véritablement amoureux les uns des autres.

Parsifal est un « festival scénique sacré » (en allemand : Bühnenweihfestspiel, selon l'appellation de Wagner) en trois actes de Richard Wagner créé le 26 juillet 18821 lors du second festival de Bayreuth. Il se fonde sur l’épopée médiévale Parzival de Wolfram von Eschenbach et sur Perceval ou le Conte du Graal de Chrétien de Troyes.

Composer Nico Muhly unveils his second new opera for the Met with this gripping reimagining of Winston Graham’s novel, set in the 1950s, about a beautiful, mysterious young woman who assumes multiple identities. Director Michael Mayer and his creative team have devised a fast-moving, cinematic world for this exhilarating story of denial and deceit, which also inspired a film by Alfred Hitchcock. Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard sings the enigmatic Marnie, and baritone Christopher Maltman is the man who pursues her—with disastrous results. Robert Spano conducts.

La Traviata’s sumptuous melodies and timeless depiction of doomed love have made the work a favorite of generations of operagoers. In his approach to this classic drama, director Willy Decker sets the action on a nearly bare stage, focusing the audience’s full attention on the three main characters. As Violetta, the ailing courtesan desperate to escape her past, soprano Sonya Yoncheva offers a fearless and sympathetic performance from beginning to end. American tenor Michael Fabiano sings with ardent longing as her devoted lover Alfredo, delivering emotionally wrought phrases and ringing top notes. Thomas Hampson brings a burnished baritone to Germont, Alfredo’s protective father whose stern demands spell disaster for the young couple. On the podium, maestro Nicola Luisotti leads an electric performance of Verdi’s unforgettable score.

The world’s most famous love story comes to operatic life with superstars Anna Netrebko and Roberto Alagna playing the star-crossed young couple. The abandon and ardor of their performances brought audiences to their feet in both the opera house and in movie theaters. And the unique, up-close-and-personal camerawork takes the viewer onstage to witness some of the production’s most memorable images and sultriest moments as never before.