Scott Scully: Gastone

Natalie Dessay will put on the red dress in Willy Decker’s stunning production, in her first Violetta at the Met. Matthew Polenzani sings Alfredo, Dmitri Hvorostovsky is Germont, and Principal Guest Conductor Fabio Luisi is on the podium.  Tickets & Information.read more

Joseph Mechavich

ording to his (not-so-little) black book, Don Giovanni has seduced 1,003 women in Spain alone. Over the course of a scandalously sinful day, his misadventures come back to literally haunt him, as Mozart’s brilliant score whirls people in and out of the Don’s midst. One of the greatest operas ever … read more

Alison Trainer: Soprano

The Fairy Queen is a semi-opera (or dramatic opera), an early form of opera from the English Baroque that combines spoken plays with intermittent singing and dancing. Considered Purcell’s greatest work in this form, The Fairy Queen was thought to be lost following his death but rediscovered at the turn … read more

Lauren McNeese: Zweite Dame

Is it a) Ancient Egypt, b) Europe in the Age of Enlightenment, or c) a land beyond our imagination? The answer is: d) all of the above. Mozart’s delightful, adventurous, and slightly daffy opera that tests the limits of loyalty and love leaps off the Winspear stage in this mesmerizing … read more

Lauren McNeese: Zweite Dame

Is it a) Ancient Egypt, b) Europe in the Age of Enlightenment, or c) a land beyond our imagination? The answer is: d) all of the above. Mozart’s delightful, adventurous, and slightly daffy opera that tests the limits of loyalty and love leaps off the Winspear stage in this mesmerizing … read more

Rebecca Ringle: Rossweisse (cover)

For the first time in more than 20 years, the Met unveils a new Ring cycle. Robert Lepage’s groundbreaking production – the most ambitious production the Met has ever attempted – will be seen in its entirety, with a cast of the world’s greatest Wagnerian singers and Maestro James Levine … read more

Amanda Crider: Flora

The most irresistible courtesan in opera – onstage at the Winspear for the very first time-in this lavish and lovely production from Florida Grand Opera! Set in 19th century Paris, where the young heir to a distinguished family name falls passionately in love with a woman of uncertain virtue. Will … read more

Cindy Sadler: Gertrude

Of the many operatic treatments of Shakespeare’s play, Gounod’s has been the most enduring, with its perfect depiction of the unrestrained passion of youth, and the bitter tragedy visited on the rival Capulet and Montague families. Soprano Sarah Coburn returns to FGO as Juliette and is joined by French tenor … read more

Dorothy Byrne: Malacorpa

The Inspector, John Musto’s witty Italian farce, closes the 2011/2012 Season. This comic gem boasts a melodic score and features a large and talented cast of established and versatile American dramatic singers. Basing the work loosely on Gogol’s 19th-century farce, The Government Inspector, Musto once again teams up … read more

Craig Irvin: The Tales of Hoffmann

A drunken poet sits at a bar, recalling his lost loves to his fellow drinkers. But this is no ordinary barfly: Hoffmann is a writer of fantastical fables. As he spins his dark reminiscences, they come to life before us and resonate with a universal truth. Hoffmann embodies the archetype … read more