United States Adamo: Little Women, Soloists, The Mannes Opera, The Mannes Orchestra, Joseph Colaneri (conductor), Gerald W. Lynch Theater, New York, 6.05.2016 (RP)
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Pieczonka and Owens Star in Chéreau’s Landmark Met Elektra
United States Strauss, Elektra: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Broadcast live to the Empire Cinema, Basildon, Essex, from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, 30.4.2016. (JPr)
Broadway Goes For Baroque in MasterVoices’ Dido and Aeneas
United States LaChiusa & Purcell: MasterVoices, Doug Varone and Dancers, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Ted Sperling (conductor), New York City Center, 4.28.2016 (RP)
A Right Royal Performance from Sondra Radvanovsky in Roberto Devereux
United States Donizetti, Roberto Devereux: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera/Maurizio Benini (Conductor), Broadcast live to the Komedia Cinema, Brighton, from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, 16.4.2016. (RB)
(c) The Met/Ken Howard
R.I.P. IN MEMORIAM – STAN METZGER (1947 – 2016)
STAN METZGER – EDITOR IN CHIEF AND WEBMASTER OF SEEN AND HEARD HAS DIED AFTER A COURAGEOUS BATTLE AGAINST ILLNESS
Passion, Lyricism, Tension and Drama in Met’s Live in HD Madama Butterfly
United States Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Karel Mark Chichon (conductor). Broadcast live to the Empire Cinema, Basildon, Essex, from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, 2.4.2016. (JPr)
Photo: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera
When Schoenberg and Stravinsky Converge
United States Ravel, Debussy, Stravinsky, Schoenberg: Hila Baggio (soprano), Shirit Lee Weis (stage direction), Maya Meidar Moran (costume and design), Israeli Chamber Project, Gilder Lehrman Hall at The Morgan Library & Museum, New York City. 22.3.2016. (BH)
(Photo by Yoav Etiel, from the Israel performances)
The Met’s World War II Manon Lescaut Loses the Plot
United States Puccini, Manon Lescaut: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Fabio Luisi (conductor). Broadcast live to the Empire Cinema, Basildon, Essex, from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, 5.2.16. (JPr)
(c) Ken Howard