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Met Opera Radio Review: Die Zauberflöte
The Met’s stupendous 2022-23 season draws to a close with Simon McBurney’s imaginative new production of Mozart’s delightful Die Zauberflöte. The voices are gorgeous, but it’s hard for me to stay positive about birthday-suit suits.
An Interview With Christine Goerke
I so enjoyed getting to interview Christine Goerke, dramatic soprano and Brünnhilde extraordinaire! On top of that, she's the polar opposite of a "diva," down-to-earth and easily one of the funniest people in opera.
An Interview With Matthew Polenzani
Recently, I had the pleasure of speaking over Zoom with the splendid tenor Matthew Polenzani about operatic characters, his happiest memories as a performer, the Chicago Cubs, fatherhood, and more!
Met Opera 2022-23 Review: Lohengrin
Wagner’s nearly 5-hour medieval romance Lohengrin was next in my weekend marathon. Piotr Beczała, Christine Goerke, and Elena Stikhina made the time fly by.
An Interview With Željko Lučić
“To maintain our spectators we have to offer quality, and only so we could hope that the young people will come to listen to us.”
Quality — that’s Željko, night after night.
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?
