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Parsifal

Assur (Ildar Abdrazakov) and Semiramide (Angela Meade) scheme amid styrofoam at the Met.

Met’s New ‘Semiramide’ Is a Tacky Tragedy

Maurizio Benini's flaccid conducting and John Copley's gaudy low-camp production make the Met's new 'Semiramide' fizzle.
By James Jorden
Parsifal (Klaus Florian Vogt) returns to the Grail Kingdom to cure the ailing Amfortas (Pater Mattei).

Wagner’s ‘Parsifal’ Returns to Save the World—Maybe Even the Met

A new production of 'Parsifal' gives hope that the Metropolitan Opera will indeed survive, with Yannick Nézet-Séguin as its savior.
By James Jorden

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