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Met Opera 2025-26 Review: Don Giovanni
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Met Opera 2025-26 Review: Don Giovanni

We hear early on in Mozart’s Don Giovanni that the title cad has seduced 1,800 women, but the people seduced by the opera since its premiere in 1787 is far too many to fit in Leporello’s little black book.

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Highlights of the Met’s 2025-26 Season
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Highlights of the Met’s 2025-26 Season

The Met’s opening night world premiere is one of only three new operas, marking a departure from the six new operas presented only two seasons ago, and bel canto explodes back onto the stage. I couldn’t choose only five operas to explore here, so we’re expanding to six for this year only.

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An Interview With Susanna Phillips
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An Interview With Susanna Phillips

Susanna Phillips, Mozartean soprano and the Met’s beloved Musetta, recently took the time to answer some questions about Musetta and Mimì in La Bohème, Kaija Saariaho and modern opera, and her love of chamber music.

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