Strauss Sopranos Soar at Carnegie Hall and the Met Following the ASO's single-evening concert presentation of Daphne, The Metropolitan Opera opened its run of Der Rosenkavalier. Both beguiled. By Christopher Corwin
Review: ‘Elektra’ at the Met Opera With Nina Stemme and Lise Davidsen The title role of Elektra is among opera’s most demanding. She’s onstage for nearly all of the work’s 100-minute running time plotting revenge for the murder of Agamemnon by her adulterous mother Klytämnestra. By Christopher Corwin
Lise Davidsen Shines in ‘Ariadne auf Naxos’ at the Met Opera With Anna Netrebko off the roster perhaps forever, the Met needs a new reigning diva, and Davidsen is surely one of its prime candidates. By Christopher Corwin