The Soprano Ailyn Pérez Doesn’t Feel Like a Beginner Anymore Long a rising star, she is getting a new Metropolitan Opera production built around her, and it’s the house’s first Spanish-language show.
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.
Review: Yuja Wang Sweeps Through a Rachmaninoff Marathon It was a momentous occasion as Wang played all five of Rachmaninoff’s works for piano and orchestra at Carnegie Hall for one show only.