The Maestro Wore Blue: Bringing Pizazz to the Pit at the Met Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Metropolitan Opera’s music director, wears custom-made outfits tailored to each production, challenging conservative norms.
Review: ‘Champion,’ at the Met Opera, Spars With History Terence Blanchard’s jazz-inflected work tells the real-life story of the boxer Emile Griffith, haunted by guilt when an opponent died after a fight.