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Other American premieres included Boris Godunov, Der Rosenkavalier, Turandot, Simon Boccanegra, and Arabella. Among Wagner’s works, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Das Rheingold, Siegfried, Götterdämmerung, Tristan und Isolde, and Parsifal premiered at the Met.

premieres of some of the most important operas in the repertory. James Levine made his début here in 1971, and in the 2010–11 season celebrated his fortieth anniversary with the Met, where he has been musical director since 1976. There were two seasons with Toscanini and Gustav Mahler as conductors the following seasons saw Artur Bodanzky, Bruno Walter, George Szell, Fritz Reiner and Dimitri Mitropoulos as powerful musical directors. Many great conductors added a special touch to the Met, starting with Wagner disciple Anton Seidl in the 1880s and 1890s and Arturo Toscanini, who débuted here in 1908. The new Metropolitan Opera, which opened at Lincoln Center in September 1966, was equipped with the finest technical equipment. However, it was only when the Metropolitan Opera joined up with other New York institutions to create the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts that a new building could be planned. It was obvious from the start that the 39th Street building did not have adequate stage equipment. Today the Met continues to present the finest talents and discovers and trains young artists through several different programmes. In the 1920s, Lawrence Tibbett became the first in a line of top-flight American baritones who called the Met home. Enrico Caruso arrived in 1903, and when he died eighteen years later, he had sung more at the Met than at all the other opera companies of the world combined.Īmerican singers acquired greater fame with Geraldine Farrar and Rosa Ponselle, who became key members of the company. In the 1890s, Nellie Melba and Emma Calvé shared the limelight with the De Reszke Brothers, Jean and Edouard, and two American sopranos, Emma Eames and Lillian Nordica. In the German seasons that followed, Lilli Lehmann dominated the Wagnerian repertory and everything she chose to sing. Christine Nilsson and Marcella Sembrich shared the principal roles during the opening season. The Metropolitan Opera has always hired the finest artists. In the first few years, management changed strategies several times, initially giving all performances in Italian, even operas written in French or German, then everything in German including works written in Italian or other languages, until the time came when operas were presented in their original language. The first building was built at the corner of Broadway and 39th Street. His insightful interpretations of Guillaume Tell and Mosè in Egitto, presented by WNO in David Pountney’s new stagings, underlined his credentials as one of the world’s finest Rossinians.The Metropolitan Opera was founded in 1883 by a group of businessmen who wanted their own theatre. …The Italian maestro’s recent work in Cardiff and on tour with Welsh National Opera (WNO) attracted media superlatives and audience ovations.

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Rave reviews for Rossini, a series of compelling concert programmes and forthcoming dates with the world’s leading opera companies underline Carlo Rizzi’s star status. Along with Rizzi, Neil Ferris and James Bingham (chorus directors for the college chorus and children’s chorus, respectively) must also be congratulated for their fine leadership. Italian conductor Carlo Rizzi was sublime in creating this barren landscape of futile hope and sorrow by keeping any grand orchestral sweeping gestures within a tight rhythmical frame. Mellor’s performance was controlled throughout she demonstrated fine musicianship through her humility and emotive responsiveness to the orchestral backdrop. Mellor’s voice had an arresting transparency, as devoid of piercing shrillness, it floated serenely above the groundswell of the orchestra.

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It is in this inconsolably shattering terrain that Britten leaves his listeners stranded and alone, lamenting with soprano Alwyn Mellor on “this day full of tears” (Dies irae).

To mark the hundredth anniversary of World War One, Carlo Rizzi conducted the orchestra and chorus of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in a touching performance of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem, Op.

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