As the director stated in an interview that was part The opera a modern gloss with stylish contemporary costumes and a sleek set,īoth by John Macfarlane. Self-deluding leaders of 2000 years ago and today. Was easy to see parallels between the self-centered, incompetent and Its Met debut, has been traveling around world stages for over 20 years), it Tho it never directly referenced our President (the production, while making The libretto by Vincenzo Grimani, a Roman Cardinal, combines sly social satire with an underlying humanity so that the humor never becomes coarse, but reflects our timeless shortcomings.
If you love Baroque music, as I do, you will want to make every effort to see this tale from ancient Rome involving Claudius and his wife Agrippina who hopes to place her son Nero (of fiddling fame) on the throne. Peter Mattei in the title role of Mozart's "Don Giovanni." Photo: Paola Kudacki / Met OperaĪ scene from Simon McBurney's production of Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte.Agrippina was Handel’s first big operatic success. Piotr Beczała in the title role of Wagner's "Lohengrin." Photo: Paola Kudacki / Met OperaĪ scene from Verdi's "Falstaff" with Ambrogio Maestri in the title role.Ī scene from Act II of Strauss's "Der Rosenkavalier." Photo: Karen Almond / Met Opera Nathan Gunn as Papageno and Matthew Polenzani as Tamino in Mozart’s “The Magic Flute.” Photo: Ken Howard / Met Opera Kelli O'Hara as Laura Brown, Joyce DiDonato as Virginia Woolf, and Renée Fleming as Clarissa Vaughan in Kevin Puts's "The Hours." Photo: Paola Kudacki / Met OperaĪ set model by Charles Edwards for David McVicar's new production of Giordano's "Fedora." The prelude of Verdi's "La Traviata." Photo: Jonathan Tichler / Met Opera Sondra Radvanovsky in the title role of Cherubini's "Medea." Photo: Paola Kudacki / Met Opera Ryan Speedo Green as Young Emile Griffith in Terence Blanchard's "Champion." Photo Zenith Richards / Met Opera
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