Get a first look at The Metropolitan Opera's revival of THE MAGIC FLUTE, with all new-clips of Julie Taymor’s production. The Met welcome soprano Rainelle Krause for her company debut as the Queen of ...

For some, it's the last real taste of innocence, and the first real taste of life.

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook Joana Mallwitz is in calm, stylish command making her debut with Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro,” running in repertory with “The ...

On The Magic Flute at the Metropolitan Opera, in Simon McBurney’s production. The Met’s Magic Flute production is the handiwork of Simon McBurney. I wrote about the production at some length when it ...

NEWBURYPORT — The Metropolitan Opera’s 2025-26 season of matinee broadcasts continues Saturday with a live broadcast of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute. This holiday version of Julie Taymor’s popular ...

I know that McBurney’s busy, tricksy take on the mystical pantomime of Mozart’s sublime farewell to the stage did not win blanket approval first time round (not least from my colleague David Nice).

For more than nine decades, the Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts have brought opera into millions of homes, playing a vital and unparalleled role in the development and appreciation of opera in ...

For more than nine decades, the Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts have brought opera into millions of homes, playing a vital and unparalleled role in the development and appreciation of opera in ...