Equal parts stylish, thought-provoking and laugh-out-loud funny, Robert Carsen’s revival of Falstaff is proof positive that slapstick becomes high art in the right hands.
At the Met Opera, debuting tenor Stefan Vinke not only sang every note of his enormous role, he realized the impossible dream of making Wagner's hero lovable.
Anna Netrebko made her role debut as Tosca at the Met—her first performance of the part ever—and proved that the long tradition of the show-stopping opera diva is far from dead.