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— Justin Davidson, Vulture
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We love this! 🥰 #Repost @metoperasupers ・・・ On the closing night of #Aida we had the chance to make a long time #operafan’s dream come true of being on the @metopera stage. Here’s a little #TBT of his experience. *Check the link in our bio for the video of his #MetDebut and the complete article. 🤩 *How One Met Opera Fan Went from the Audience to the Stage BY MICHAEL SCOTTO The Right Rev. Clifton Daniel is a superfan of the Metropolitan Opera. "I love the sound, the music of it," he said. "But more than that, I love the complexity that's behind it." Since moving here two years ago to become dean of the Cathedral of @stjohndivinenyc, he has attended several performances at Lincoln Center during his spare time. But as he sat in the audience, Dean Daniel, as he is known, nursed a dream: he hoped that one day he could actually appear on stage, a pipe dream for someone who loves Verdi but doesn't have the pipes of Pavarotti. "Never in a million years did I ever think I'd be on the stage at the Met. Ever. For any reason," said Dean Daniel. "Except maybe to sweep up after a performance, but even that was a reach." It all came about after Dean Daniel met famed opera singer Gerald Finley at a dinner and told him of his dream. One thing led to another and soon Dean Daniel got a call from the Met offering him the opportunity to appear on stage. At the final performance ever of the Met's long-running production of Aida, there he was, stage left, during the famous Triumphal March that opens the Second Act. He did not sing, but it did not matter. When Dean Daniel stepped down from the stage, the 71-year-old was ecstatic. He had just checked off perhaps the biggest item on his bucket list. "To stand up there and to look down on the stage, to see all the action, to hear music and all that energy being pushed off that stage into the crowd, it was exhilarating," Dean Daniel said. @metoperasupers @geraldfinleyofficial @ny1 @mgscotto #metoperasupers #supermen #superladies #backstage #behindthescenes #superguards #verdi #giuseppeverdi #seeyourcity #denialisnotjustariverinegypt #crocodilerock 🐊 #triumphalscene #walklikeanegyptian ⚔️🏺 #airharp #itsgoodtobetheking #Super
We love this! 🥰 #Repost @metoperasupers ・・・ On the closing night of #Aida we had the chance to make a long time #operafan’s dream come true of being on the @metopera stage. Here’s a little #TBT of his experience. *Check the link in our bio for the video of his #MetDebut and the complete article. 🤩 *How One Met Opera Fan Went from the Audience to the Stage BY MICHAEL SCOTTO The Right Rev. Clifton Daniel is a superfan of the Metropolitan Opera. "I love the sound, the music of it," he said. "But more than that, I love the complexity that's behind it." Since moving here two years ago to become dean of the Cathedral of @stjohndivinenyc, he has attended several performances at Lincoln Center during his spare time. But as he sat in the audience, Dean Daniel, as he is known, nursed a dream: he hoped that one day he could actually appear on stage, a pipe dream for someone who loves Verdi but doesn't have the pipes of Pavarotti. "Never in a million years did I ever think I'd be on the stage at the Met. Ever. For any reason," said Dean Daniel. "Except maybe to sweep up after a performance, but even that was a reach." It all came about after Dean Daniel met famed opera singer Gerald Finley at a dinner and told him of his dream. One thing led to another and soon Dean Daniel got a call from the Met offering him the opportunity to appear on stage. At the final performance ever of the Met's long-running production of Aida, there he was, stage left, during the famous Triumphal March that opens the Second Act. He did not sing, but it did not matter. When Dean Daniel stepped down from the stage, the 71-year-old was ecstatic. He had just checked off perhaps the biggest item on his bucket list. "To stand up there and to look down on the stage, to see all the action, to hear music and all that energy being pushed off that stage into the crowd, it was exhilarating," Dean Daniel said. @metoperasupers @geraldfinleyofficial @ny1 @mgscotto #metoperasupers #supermen #superladies #backstage #behindthescenes #superguards #verdi #giuseppeverdi #seeyourcity #denialisnotjustariverinegypt #crocodilerock 🐊 #triumphalscene #walklikeanegyptian ⚔️🏺 #airharp #itsgoodtobetheking #Super
Mozart is always welcome, but we're especially happy to revisit #LaClemenzadiTito at @rehearsal with this fantastic cast! We're onstage today with @polenzanitenor @joycedidonato @elzasoprano @vanhorncvh @yingletsings #EmilyDAngelo @metoperasupers @metorchestra #LotharKoenigs #toitoitoi [photo by @jonathantichler / #MetOpera] . . . #Repost @metopera ・・・ @polenzanitenor is currently preparing to bring another classic Mozart role to the Met—the enlightened emperor Tito in La Clemenza di Tito. This tale of vengeance and forgiveness returns to the stage on Saturday, March 30, and also stars mezzo-soprano @joycedidonato as Sesto. Photos by Jonathan Tichler / Met Opera #MetOpera #Opera #Mozart #LaClemenzadiTito #BTS #Rehearsal
Mozart is always welcome, but we're especially happy to revisit #LaClemenzadiTito at @rehearsal with this fantastic cast! We're onstage today with @polenzanitenor @joycedidonato @elzasoprano @vanhorncvh @yingletsings #EmilyDAngelo @metoperasupers @metorchestra #LotharKoenigs #toitoitoi [photo by @jonathantichler / #MetOpera] . . . #Repost @metopera ・・・ @polenzanitenor is currently preparing to bring another classic Mozart role to the Met—the enlightened emperor Tito in La Clemenza di Tito. This tale of vengeance and forgiveness returns to the stage on Saturday, March 30, and also stars mezzo-soprano @joycedidonato as Sesto. Photos by Jonathan Tichler / Met Opera #MetOpera #Opera #Mozart #LaClemenzadiTito #BTS #Rehearsal
This little guy has taken over the @metopera! @frankiethepuggy007 is a true star...keep up with him on the @metopera stories, and be sure to follow his human too -- our #Dalila @anitarachvelishvili!🥰🐶 #Repost @metopera ・・・ Hello everyone! It’s @frankiethepuggy007 here 🐶 something unusual is happening today! It’s #petatmet takeover time and I hope you will be joining me in this pugadventure. 😍 • • #MetOpera #Opera #SamsonetDalila #puglife #takeover #BTS
This little guy has taken over the @metopera! @frankiethepuggy007 is a true star...keep up with him on the @metopera stories, and be sure to follow his human too -- our #Dalila @anitarachvelishvili!🥰🐶 #Repost @metopera ・・・ Hello everyone! It’s @frankiethepuggy007 here 🐶 something unusual is happening today! It’s #petatmet takeover time and I hope you will be joining me in this pugadventure. 😍 • • #MetOpera #Opera #SamsonetDalila #puglife #takeover #BTS
Look at these champions! Here is 5% of our chorus: the ones who ran the #nychalfmarathon. They may feel like they've just had the #RideoftheValkyries -- here they are on the #machine at @metopera. Bravi to all who participated, especially these crazy folks! #PatrickMiller #BrandonMayberry @thesunshinesprite & @teksusnate #metchorusartists
Look at these champions! Here is 5% of our chorus: the ones who ran the #nychalfmarathon. They may feel like they've just had the #RideoftheValkyries -- here they are on the #machine at @metopera. Bravi to all who participated, especially these crazy folks! #PatrickMiller #BrandonMayberry @thesunshinesprite & @teksusnate #metchorusartists
We're rooting for our colleagues today at the #nychalfmarathon! The @metopera family has four choristers running today...here are #BrandonMayberry @teksusnate & #PatrickMiller (who may have overdone it in Rigoletto the other night 🤪). We'll be back with more photos -- especially one of our fourth chorister, @thesunshinesprite!🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️
We're rooting for our colleagues today at the #nychalfmarathon! The @metopera family has four choristers running today...here are #BrandonMayberry @teksusnate & #PatrickMiller (who may have overdone it in Rigoletto the other night 🤪). We'll be back with more photos -- especially one of our fourth chorister, @thesunshinesprite!🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️
Let's have one more toast to the great #Falstaff at @metopera -- #inboccaallupo to our wonderful cast! #tuttigabbati [photo by #KarenAlmond / #MetOpera] . . . @ambrogiomaestri @ailynperezsoprano @juanjesusrodriguezjimenez #MarieNicoleLemieux @goldsoprano @jjcmezzo @demurofrancesco #TonyStevenson @jameson_keith #RichardBernstein @metoperasupers @metorchestra #Maestro #RichardFarnes
Let's have one more toast to the great #Falstaff at @metopera -- #inboccaallupo to our wonderful cast! #tuttigabbati [photo by #KarenAlmond / #MetOpera] . . . @ambrogiomaestri @ailynperezsoprano @juanjesusrodriguezjimenez #MarieNicoleLemieux @goldsoprano @jjcmezzo @demurofrancesco #TonyStevenson @jameson_keith #RichardBernstein @metoperasupers @metorchestra #Maestro #RichardFarnes
We've got him right where we want him! On the @metopera stage. Our #Falstaff is such a pleasure on stage and off -- an artist with a gorgeous voice who excels at his craft, and a warm, generous colleague who loves to have a good time! Bravo @ambrogiomaestri, and #inboccaallupo for tonight and the final performance on Saturday. . . . @ambrogiomaestri @ailynperezsoprano @juanjesusrodriguezjimenez #marienicolelemieux @goldsoprano @jjcmezzo @demurofrancesco #tonystevenson @jameson_keith #richardbernstein @metoperasupers @metorchestra #maestro #richardfarnes
We've got him right where we want him! On the @metopera stage. Our #Falstaff is such a pleasure on stage and off -- an artist with a gorgeous voice who excels at his craft, and a warm, generous colleague who loves to have a good time! Bravo @ambrogiomaestri, and #inboccaallupo for tonight and the final performance on Saturday. . . . @ambrogiomaestri @ailynperezsoprano @juanjesusrodriguezjimenez #marienicolelemieux @goldsoprano @jjcmezzo @demurofrancesco #tonystevenson @jameson_keith #richardbernstein @metoperasupers @metorchestra #maestro #richardfarnes
We've started the journey... Congratulations to the cast of #DasRheingold at @metopera on the opening of this season's #RingCycle and Bravi to our #MetOperaDebut artists Tomasz Konieczny (Alberich) & Norbert Ernst (Loge)! (Photo by #KenHoward @photoken7 / #MetOpera) . . . @grizdad_greer @jbartonmezzo @wendybrynharmer #NorbertErnst #GerhardSiegel @tomasz.konieczny @g.gboeck @dmitry.belosselskiy @aadiegel @mtsbaritone #KarenCargill @amandaliciouswoodbury @samantha.hankey @tamara.mumford @metoperasupers @metorchestra with #Maestro #PhilippeJordan
We've started the journey... Congratulations to the cast of #DasRheingold at @metopera on the opening of this season's #RingCycle and Bravi to our #MetOperaDebut artists Tomasz Konieczny (Alberich) & Norbert Ernst (Loge)! (Photo by #KenHoward @photoken7 / #MetOpera) . . . @grizdad_greer @jbartonmezzo @wendybrynharmer #NorbertErnst #GerhardSiegel @tomasz.konieczny @g.gboeck @dmitry.belosselskiy @aadiegel @mtsbaritone #KarenCargill @amandaliciouswoodbury @samantha.hankey @tamara.mumford @metoperasupers @metorchestra with #Maestro #PhilippeJordan
We love this! 🥰 #Repost @metoperasupers ・・・ On the closing night of #Aida we had the chance to make a long time #operafan’s dream come true of being on the @metopera stage. Here’s a little #TBT of his experience. *Check the link in our bio for the video of his #MetDebut and the complete article. 🤩 *How One Met Opera Fan Went from the Audience to the Stage BY MICHAEL SCOTTO The Right Rev. Clifton Daniel is a superfan of the Metropolitan Opera. "I love the sound, the music of it," he said. "But more than that, I love the complexity that's behind it." Since moving here two years ago to become dean of the Cathedral of @stjohndivinenyc, he has attended several performances at Lincoln Center during his spare time. But as he sat in the audience, Dean Daniel, as he is known, nursed a dream: he hoped that one day he could actually appear on stage, a pipe dream for someone who loves Verdi but doesn't have the pipes of Pavarotti. "Never in a million years did I ever think I'd be on the stage at the Met. Ever. For any reason," said Dean Daniel. "Except maybe to sweep up after a performance, but even that was a reach." It all came about after Dean Daniel met famed opera singer Gerald Finley at a dinner and told him of his dream. One thing led to another and soon Dean Daniel got a call from the Met offering him the opportunity to appear on stage. At the final performance ever of the Met's long-running production of Aida, there he was, stage left, during the famous Triumphal March that opens the Second Act. He did not sing, but it did not matter. When Dean Daniel stepped down from the stage, the 71-year-old was ecstatic. He had just checked off perhaps the biggest item on his bucket list. "To stand up there and to look down on the stage, to see all the action, to hear music and all that energy being pushed off that stage into the crowd, it was exhilarating," Dean Daniel said. @metoperasupers @geraldfinleyofficial @ny1 @mgscotto #metoperasupers #supermen #superladies #backstage #behindthescenes #superguards #verdi #giuseppeverdi #seeyourcity #denialisnotjustariverinegypt #crocodilerock 🐊 #triumphalscene #walklikeanegyptian ⚔️🏺 #airharp #itsgoodtobetheking #Super Mozart is always welcome, but we're especially happy to revisit #LaClemenzadiTito at @rehearsal with this fantastic cast! We're onstage today with @polenzanitenor @joycedidonato @elzasoprano @vanhorncvh @yingletsings #EmilyDAngelo @metoperasupers @metorchestra #LotharKoenigs #toitoitoi [photo by @jonathantichler / #MetOpera] . . . #Repost @metopera ・・・ @polenzanitenor is currently preparing to bring another classic Mozart role to the Met—the enlightened emperor Tito in La Clemenza di Tito. This tale of vengeance and forgiveness returns to the stage on Saturday, March 30, and also stars mezzo-soprano @joycedidonato as Sesto. Photos by Jonathan Tichler / Met Opera #MetOpera #Opera #Mozart #LaClemenzadiTito #BTS #Rehearsal This little guy has taken over the @metopera! @frankiethepuggy007 is a true star...keep up with him on the @metopera stories, and be sure to follow his human too -- our #Dalila @anitarachvelishvili!🥰🐶 #Repost @metopera ・・・ Hello everyone! It’s @frankiethepuggy007 here 🐶 something unusual is happening today! It’s #petatmet takeover time and I hope you will be joining me in this pugadventure. 😍 • • #MetOpera #Opera #SamsonetDalila #puglife #takeover #BTS Look at these champions! Here is 5% of our chorus: the ones who ran the #nychalfmarathon. They may feel like they've just had the #RideoftheValkyries -- here they are on the #machine at @metopera. Bravi to all who participated, especially these crazy folks! #PatrickMiller #BrandonMayberry @thesunshinesprite & @teksusnate #metchorusartists We're rooting for our colleagues today at the #nychalfmarathon! The @metopera family has four choristers running today...here are #BrandonMayberry @teksusnate & #PatrickMiller (who may have overdone it in Rigoletto the other night 🤪). We'll be back with more photos -- especially one of our fourth chorister, @thesunshinesprite!🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️ Let's have one more toast to the great #Falstaff at @metopera -- #inboccaallupo to our wonderful cast! #tuttigabbati [photo by #KarenAlmond / #MetOpera] . . . @ambrogiomaestri @ailynperezsoprano @juanjesusrodriguezjimenez #MarieNicoleLemieux @goldsoprano @jjcmezzo @demurofrancesco #TonyStevenson @jameson_keith #RichardBernstein @metoperasupers @metorchestra #Maestro #RichardFarnes We've got him right where we want him! On the @metopera stage. Our #Falstaff is such a pleasure on stage and off -- an artist with a gorgeous voice who excels at his craft, and a warm, generous colleague who loves to have a good time! Bravo @ambrogiomaestri, and #inboccaallupo for tonight and the final performance on Saturday. . . . @ambrogiomaestri @ailynperezsoprano @juanjesusrodriguezjimenez #marienicolelemieux @goldsoprano @jjcmezzo @demurofrancesco #tonystevenson @jameson_keith #richardbernstein @metoperasupers @metorchestra #maestro #richardfarnes We've started the journey... Congratulations to the cast of #DasRheingold at @metopera on the opening of this season's #RingCycle and Bravi to our #MetOperaDebut artists Tomasz Konieczny (Alberich) & Norbert Ernst (Loge)! (Photo by #KenHoward @photoken7 / #MetOpera) . . . @grizdad_greer @jbartonmezzo @wendybrynharmer #NorbertErnst #GerhardSiegel @tomasz.konieczny @g.gboeck @dmitry.belosselskiy @aadiegel @mtsbaritone #KarenCargill @amandaliciouswoodbury @samantha.hankey @tamara.mumford @metoperasupers @metorchestra with #Maestro #PhilippeJordan
““The stars of the night, however, were the larger ensembles. The Met chorus always seems to be in a world of its own. A good one, that is. From the opening passage, “Dieu! Dieu d’Israël,” the voices rippled as one through the theater with immersive effect. ”
— David Salazar, OperaWire