Scott Piper: Don Jose

Good boy meets bad girl…things happen.  Bizet’s Carmen is one of the world’s top three most beloved operas of all time.  The sultry gypsy Carmen pulls in men like a magnet, but her beliefs about free love cast them off just as quickly.  When her attention turns to the famous bullfighter Escamillo, … read more

Joseph Mechavich

Good boy meets bad girl…things happen.  Bizet’s Carmen is one of the world’s top three most beloved operas of all time.  The sultry gypsy Carmen pulls in men like a magnet, but her beliefs about free love cast them off just as quickly.  When her attention turns to the famous bullfighter Escamillo, … read more

Michael Mayes: Escamillo

Good boy meets bad girl…things happen.  Bizet’s Carmen is one of the world’s top three most beloved operas of all time.  The sultry gypsy Carmen pulls in men like a magnet, but her beliefs about free love cast them off just as quickly.  When her attention turns to the famous bullfighter Escamillo, … read more

Seth Maese Carico – Sacristan

TOSCA is the story of an absorbing triangular relationship centring on a strong female character. Scarpia, Tosca and Cavaradossi, in their different ways, all insist on their personal freedom to act as they please – Scarpia as a condition of his claim to power, Cavaradossi in his rebellious urge to… read more

Tyler Simpson: Lord Rochefort (cover)

Anna Netrebko opens the Met season with her portrayal of the ill-fated queen driven insane by her unfaithful king. She sings one of opera’s greatest mad scenes in this Met premiere production by David McVicar. Ildar Abdrazakov co-stars as Henry VIII and Marco Armiliato conducts.  Tickets & Information.… read more

Marie Eve Munger – Nanetta

Join the mayhem as Shakespeare’s saucy womanizer gets his comeuppance at the hands of the “Merry Wives of Windsor.” Verdi’s voice finds its most brilliant expression in this comedy starring Queen Elizabeth’s favorite character, Falstaff.

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Scott Scully: Abdallo (cover)

Verdi’s rousing biblical drama stars Željko Lucic and Maria Guleghina in the leading roles, with the Met’s fine chorus delivering the famous “Va, pensiero.”  Tickets & Information.… read more

Tyler Simpson: Lord Rochefort (cover)

Anna Netrebko opens the Met season with her portrayal of the ill-fated queen driven insane by her unfaithful king. She sings one of opera’s greatest mad scenes in this Met premiere production by David McVicar. Ildar Abdrazakov co-stars as Henry VIII and Marco Armiliato conducts.  Tickets & Information.… read more

Leave me, loathsome light from Semele by G.F. Handel
live performance with piano