الوسم: Metropolitan Opera
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Break on through: The Met to play Mazzoli at BAM.
Missy Mazzoli (Photograph: Marylene Mey) A little more than a decade ago, when I was at the Metropolitan Opera to see Leoš Janáček's From the House of the Dead, I spotted the composer Missy Mazzoli passing by in the outer lobby. We'd known each other for a few years by then, and waved to one…
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Always in motion is the future.
From November 2009: I've spotted Missy Mazzoli at the Met for House of the Dead. One day I'll be here to hear her. Bank on it. — Steve Smith (@nightafternight) November 25, 2009 From December 2009: From today's issue of The New York Times: You can read the happy news here, and the original leap of…
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Francesca da Rimini at the Metropolitan Opera House, March 4, 2013
Marcello Giordani, Eva-Maria Westbroek and Mark Delavan, by Ruby Washington/The New York Times Francesca da Rimini at the Metropolitan Opera House, March 4, 2013The New York Times, March 7, 2013 I don't often get much direct response to my Times reviews in the form of email; usually that's reserved for social-media channels and the occasional…
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La clemenza di Tito at the Metropolitan Opera House, November 16, 2012
Lucy Crowe and Kate Lindsey, by Sara Krulwich/The New York Times La clemenza di Tito at the Metropolitan Opera House, November 16, 2012The New York Times, Nov. 20, 2012 After a jam-packed run-up to an unusually relaxed and personally productive four-day weekend, time for a bit of catching up before the deluge commences anew. You've…
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Great leap forward.
The Juilliard Orchestra with John Adams at Carnegie HallThe New York Times, February 21, 2011 The night after this concert, I finally got to see the Metropolitan Opera's new production of John Adams's opera Nixon in China, presented in the original 1987 staging by Peter Sellars–more or less. Many reviews appeared after the premiere earlier…
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In the paint.
Look & Listen Festival at the Chelsea Art Museum and Lulu at the Metropolitan OperaThe New York Times, May 10, 2010