New York Opera Fest: The Good, the Bad and the Rubato
If the first weeks’ presentations seem more remarkable for good intentions than for polished results, there’s still plenty to enjoy.
James Jorden
Scattered Staging Spells Confusion at the Met
If the Metropolitan Opera were one of the more advanced European theaters, last Friday night’s new production of Manon Lescaut might actually have made some kind of perverse sense.
A Spring of Second Chances at the Met
The tail end of the year at the Met is no exception: it’s mostly revivals of shows that ran earlier in the year or in previous seasons. Last week, though, two of those “leftovers” were upgrades to the originals.
