Podcast by Metropolitan Opera Guild
Based on the legends of Don Juan, Mozart and Da Ponte’s DON GIOVANNI premiered in Prague in 1787, an
Based on the symbolist play by Maurice Maeterlinck, Debussy's PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE was the only oper
This past New Year’s Eve, the Met presented a glorious new production of Francesco Cilea's Adriana L
Puccini composed the three distinct operas of IL TRITTICO with the intention that they always be per
Frequent Verdi librettist Arrigo Boito wrote only one complete opera in his lifetime, a take on "Fau
Winston Graham’s MARNIE is the fast-paced thriller now taking the stage at the Met, composed by Nico
In just a few days, Puccini's LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST will be broadcast Live in HD from The Metropolit
Saint-Saëns’s tale of passionate heroism, unrequited love, and shattering betrayal endures as the on
Verdi’s Aida is full of memorable moments – and a whole orchestra of instruments brings this masterp
From Lully to Rameau, Bizet to Berlioz, Massenet to Messiaen, French composers have given us some of
This year, opening night at the Metropolitan Opera features Camille Saint-Saëns' masterpiece SAMSON
In our last episode, we learned all about cadenza, appoggiaturas, and variations in the interpretati
In the bel canto repertoire, ornamentation, improvisation, and virtuosity are a singer’s calling car
Onstage magic is often paired with offstage mayhem, and the history of diva worship across centuries
On this episode, we welcome musicologist and lecturer Matthew Timmermans to the microphone, in a spe
With a history as storied as The Metropolitan Opera, there have been plenty of “firsts” that have oc
From Charles Anthony’s record of the most performances in Met Opera history to Audrey Luna hitting a
In the final installment of Ira Siff's "Opera Duos", we begin by stepping back in time, and listenin
Flagstad and Melchior. Zeani and Rossi-Lemeni. Rysanek and Vickers. Price and Berganozi. Sutherland
Dynamic duos are what operatic legends are made of, leaving audiences breathless, in tears, and entr
