Lise Davidsen and Michael Spyres in Tristan und Isolde at the Metropolitan Opera (Karen Almond / Met Opera) The second half of the 2025–26 season opens with a Wagner event for the ages, as blazing ...
Voice! Voice! And more voice! That’s what we got from the Met’s new production of Wagner’s TRISTAN UND ISOLDE last night, especially from the glorious soprano of Lise Davidsen as the Irish princess ...
Richard Wagner was a difficult person, to put it lightly—an infamous anti-Semite and world-historical egoist known for displaying ingratitude and duplicity toward lovers, friends, and benefactors ...
Paul Curran makes his Company debut directing his production from Venice's Teatro La Fenice which features renowned Wagnerian interpreters Simon O'Neill and Anja Kampe in the title roles. In ...
In his 2024 book, “A New Philosophy of Opera,” the American director Yuval Sharon offered a radical vision for an art form that is often mired in convention and conformity. He posited that opera’s ...
It was a night of many firsts. On Monday, March 9, the Metropolitan Opera celebrated the premiere of its new production of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, which marked the company role debut of soprano ...
On the topic of “Tristan und Isolde,” Richard Wagner once said, “Only mediocre performances can save me! Thoroughly good ones would drive people insane.” Fortunately for the body politic, perfect ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook Audiences are packing the theater for a new “Tristan und Isolde.” Everyone can see the same spectacle, but they probably don’t hear ...
Director Yuval Sharon’s company debut is an imaginative, expansive production headed by two top-flight singers, Lise Davidsen and Michael Spyres. Heidi Waleson ...
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