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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 2024-25 Season

On February 23, the Met Opera announced their 2024-25 season. Notably for nitpicky me, I’m excited for almost everything. It was difficult to choose, but here are the five shows I’m most looking forward to.

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My Favorites from the Met’s 2022-23 Season

I found the Met’s 2022-23 season beautiful and enriching beyond measure, having attended seven operas (and listened to nearly everything over the radio). Here are eight of my favorite performances and moments. What are yours?

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Met Opera 2022-23 Review: Falstaff

The Met’s second revival of Robert Carsen’s production of the delicious comedy Falstaff was mild and completely delightful, one of the finest comedies I’ve seen. Who better than Verdi to make a tour de force out of Shakespeare’s immortal Sir John Falstaff?

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