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Here's a #tbt from the beginning of last season, our opening night production of #SamsonetDalila! With its large choral scenes, the #SaintSaens opera features us joined by our colleagues in the #MetOperaExtraChorus. We are seen here at the #curtaincall with our #ChorusMaster #DonaldPalumbo.
Here's a #tbt from the beginning of last season, our opening night production of #SamsonetDalila! With its large choral scenes, the #SaintSaens opera features us joined by our colleagues in the #MetOperaExtraChorus. We are seen here at the #curtaincall with our #ChorusMaster #DonaldPalumbo.
Listen to the future of opera -- today at 1pm on @wqxr_classical! @metorchestra @metopera #Maestro #CarloRizzi Posted @withrepost • @moncauditions 🎶 Tune-in to WQXR (wqxr.org) at 1pm EST today to hear the radio broadcast of our 2019 Grand Finals Concert, featuring never before heard interviews with our Finalists! 🎶 #MONClegacy #metopera
Listen to the future of opera -- today at 1pm on @wqxr_classical! @metorchestra @metopera #Maestro #CarloRizzi Posted @withrepost • @moncauditions 🎶 Tune-in to WQXR (wqxr.org) at 1pm EST today to hear the radio broadcast of our 2019 Grand Finals Concert, featuring never before heard interviews with our Finalists! 🎶 #MONClegacy #metopera
Here’s a #fbf to last Saturday, when we celebrated the retirement of Joseph Pariso, who completed his 29th year in the chorus this season! Affectionately known as a "character" at @metopera, here is Joe as he was featured in a @pbs promo back in 2000 — an opera fan who made a flip-book out of photos, by filmmaker Errol Morris. You can watch the promo by clicking the link in our bio! Congratulations and happy retirement, Joe!
Here’s a #fbf to last Saturday, when we celebrated the retirement of Joseph Pariso, who completed his 29th year in the chorus this season! Affectionately known as a "character" at @metopera, here is Joe as he was featured in a @pbs promo back in 2000 — an opera fan who made a flip-book out of photos, by filmmaker Errol Morris. You can watch the promo by clicking the link in our bio! Congratulations and happy retirement, Joe!
Check out @arcostanzo! #Akhnaten is coming... We're looking forward to digging into @philipglassmusic at @metopera... #1920season 🤹🏻‍♂️🤹🏼‍♀️ @clusterform @jnaibmezzo @arcostanzo @_zachary_james_ @karenkamensek @disellalar @tenorblake @willie1525 #RichardBernstein @gandinijuggling • • • Posted @withrepost • @arcostanzo AkheNOT handle it! Pick me up off the street because I just fainted. @metopera here we come!
Check out @arcostanzo! #Akhnaten is coming... We're looking forward to digging into @philipglassmusic at @metopera... #1920season 🤹🏻‍♂️🤹🏼‍♀️ @clusterform @jnaibmezzo @arcostanzo @_zachary_james_ @karenkamensek @disellalar @tenorblake @willie1525 #RichardBernstein @gandinijuggling • • • Posted @withrepost • @arcostanzo AkheNOT handle it! Pick me up off the street because I just fainted. @metopera here we come!
After the triumphant culmination of the @metopera 2018/19 season yesterday, we say farewell for now. We wish the entire company a restful break, and congratulate them all on a glorious run, reaching its peak yesterday with sold-out performances of #DialoguesdesCarmélites & #Götterdämmerung. And most of all, we are truly grateful for your love and support through the seasons — you are the reason we have devoted our lives to the art form of opera. Thank you! In this brand new photo by @rcallahanphoto, we are proud to be pictured with our #MusicDirector @nezetseguin and our #ChorusMaster Donald Palumbo! @metopera @metoperachorus @metorchestra @metoperasupers @metoperaballet @metoperastagehands @metoperascenicartists #MetSeasonFinale #MetOperaFamily
After the triumphant culmination of the @metopera 2018/19 season yesterday, we say farewell for now. We wish the entire company a restful break, and congratulate them all on a glorious run, reaching its peak yesterday with sold-out performances of #DialoguesdesCarmélites & #Götterdämmerung. And most of all, we are truly grateful for your love and support through the seasons — you are the reason we have devoted our lives to the art form of opera. Thank you! In this brand new photo by @rcallahanphoto, we are proud to be pictured with our #MusicDirector @nezetseguin and our #ChorusMaster Donald Palumbo! @metopera @metoperachorus @metorchestra @metoperasupers @metoperaballet @metoperastagehands @metoperascenicartists #MetSeasonFinale #MetOperaFamily
After the triumphant culmination of the @metopera 2018/19 season yesterday, we say farewell for now. We wish the entire company a restful break, and congratulate them all on a glorious run, reaching its peak yesterday with sold-out performances of #DialoguesdesCarmélites & #Götterdämmerung. And most of all, we are truly grateful for your love and support through the seasons — you are the reason we have devoted our lives to the art form of opera. Thank you! In this brand new photo by @rcallahanphoto, we are proud to be pictured with our #MusicDirector @nezetseguin and our #ChorusMaster Donald Palumbo! @metopera @metoperachorus @metorchestra @metoperasupers @metoperaballet @metoperastagehands @metoperascenicartists #MetSeasonFinale #MetOperaFamily
After the triumphant culmination of the @metopera 2018/19 season yesterday, we say farewell for now. We wish the entire company a restful break, and congratulate them all on a glorious run, reaching its peak yesterday with sold-out performances of #DialoguesdesCarmélites & #Götterdämmerung. And most of all, we are truly grateful for your love and support through the seasons — you are the reason we have devoted our lives to the art form of opera. Thank you! In this brand new photo by @rcallahanphoto, we are proud to be pictured with our #MusicDirector @nezetseguin and our #ChorusMaster Donald Palumbo! @metopera @metoperachorus @metorchestra @metoperasupers @metoperaballet @metoperastagehands @metoperascenicartists #MetSeasonFinale #MetOperaFamily
After the triumphant culmination of the @metopera 2018/19 season yesterday, we say farewell for now. We wish the entire company a restful break, and congratulate them all on a glorious run, reaching its peak yesterday with sold-out performances of #DialoguesdesCarmélites & #Götterdämmerung. And most of all, we are truly grateful for your love and support through the seasons — you are the reason we have devoted our lives to the art form of opera. Thank you! In this brand new photo by @rcallahanphoto, we are proud to be pictured with our #MusicDirector @nezetseguin and our #ChorusMaster Donald Palumbo! @metopera @metoperachorus @metorchestra @metoperasupers @metoperaballet @metoperastagehands @metoperascenicartists #MetSeasonFinale #MetOperaFamily
After the triumphant culmination of the @metopera 2018/19 season yesterday, we say farewell for now. We wish the entire company a restful break, and congratulate them all on a glorious run, reaching its peak yesterday with sold-out performances of #DialoguesdesCarmélites & #Götterdämmerung. And most of all, we are truly grateful for your love and support through the seasons — you are the reason we have devoted our lives to the art form of opera. Thank you! In this brand new photo by @rcallahanphoto, we are proud to be pictured with our #MusicDirector @nezetseguin and our #ChorusMaster Donald Palumbo! @metopera @metoperachorus @metorchestra @metoperasupers @metoperaballet @metoperastagehands @metoperascenicartists #MetSeasonFinale #MetOperaFamily
After the triumphant culmination of the @metopera 2018/19 season yesterday, we say farewell for now. We wish the entire company a restful break, and congratulate them all on a glorious run, reaching its peak yesterday with sold-out performances of #DialoguesdesCarmélites & #Götterdämmerung. And most of all, we are truly grateful for your love and support through the seasons — you are the reason we have devoted our lives to the art form of opera. Thank you! In this brand new photo by @rcallahanphoto, we are proud to be pictured with our #MusicDirector @nezetseguin and our #ChorusMaster Donald Palumbo! @metopera @metoperachorus @metorchestra @metoperasupers @metoperaballet @metoperastagehands @metoperascenicartists #MetSeasonFinale #MetOperaFamily
After the triumphant culmination of the @metopera 2018/19 season yesterday, we say farewell for now. We wish the entire company a restful break, and congratulate them all on a glorious run, reaching its peak yesterday with sold-out performances of #DialoguesdesCarmélites & #Götterdämmerung. And most of all, we are truly grateful for your love and support through the seasons — you are the reason we have devoted our lives to the art form of opera. Thank you! In this brand new photo by @rcallahanphoto, we are proud to be pictured with our #MusicDirector @nezetseguin and our #ChorusMaster Donald Palumbo! @metopera @metoperachorus @metorchestra @metoperasupers @metoperaballet @metoperastagehands @metoperascenicartists #MetSeasonFinale #MetOperaFamily
Here's a #tbt from the beginning of last season, our opening night production of #SamsonetDalila! With its large choral scenes, the #SaintSaens opera features us joined by our colleagues in the #MetOperaExtraChorus. We are seen here at the #curtaincall with our #ChorusMaster #DonaldPalumbo. Listen to the future of opera -- today at 1pm on @wqxr_classical! @metorchestra @metopera #Maestro #CarloRizzi Posted @withrepost • @moncauditions 🎶 Tune-in to WQXR (wqxr.org) at 1pm EST today to hear the radio broadcast of our 2019 Grand Finals Concert, featuring never before heard interviews with our Finalists! 🎶 #MONClegacy #metopera Here’s a #fbf to last Saturday, when we celebrated the retirement of Joseph Pariso, who completed his 29th year in the chorus this season! Affectionately known as a "character" at @metopera, here is Joe as he was featured in a @pbs promo back in 2000 — an opera fan who made a flip-book out of photos, by filmmaker Errol Morris. You can watch the promo by clicking the link in our bio! Congratulations and happy retirement, Joe! Check out @arcostanzo! #Akhnaten is coming... We're looking forward to digging into @philipglassmusic at @metopera... #1920season 🤹🏻‍♂️🤹🏼‍♀️ @clusterform @jnaibmezzo @arcostanzo @_zachary_james_ @karenkamensek @disellalar @tenorblake @willie1525 #RichardBernstein @gandinijuggling • • • Posted @withrepost • @arcostanzo AkheNOT handle it! Pick me up off the street because I just fainted. @metopera here we come! After the triumphant culmination of the @metopera 2018/19 season yesterday, we say farewell for now. We wish the entire company a restful break, and congratulate them all on a glorious run, reaching its peak yesterday with sold-out performances of #DialoguesdesCarmélites & #Götterdämmerung. And most of all, we are truly grateful for your love and support through the seasons — you are the reason we have devoted our lives to the art form of opera. Thank you! In this brand new photo by @rcallahanphoto, we are proud to be pictured with our #MusicDirector @nezetseguin and our #ChorusMaster Donald Palumbo! @metopera @metoperachorus @metorchestra @metoperasupers @metoperaballet @metoperastagehands @metoperascenicartists #MetSeasonFinale #MetOperaFamily After the triumphant culmination of the @metopera 2018/19 season yesterday, we say farewell for now. We wish the entire company a restful break, and congratulate them all on a glorious run, reaching its peak yesterday with sold-out performances of #DialoguesdesCarmélites & #Götterdämmerung. And most of all, we are truly grateful for your love and support through the seasons — you are the reason we have devoted our lives to the art form of opera. Thank you! In this brand new photo by @rcallahanphoto, we are proud to be pictured with our #MusicDirector @nezetseguin and our #ChorusMaster Donald Palumbo! @metopera @metoperachorus @metorchestra @metoperasupers @metoperaballet @metoperastagehands @metoperascenicartists #MetSeasonFinale #MetOperaFamily After the triumphant culmination of the @metopera 2018/19 season yesterday, we say farewell for now. We wish the entire company a restful break, and congratulate them all on a glorious run, reaching its peak yesterday with sold-out performances of #DialoguesdesCarmélites & #Götterdämmerung. And most of all, we are truly grateful for your love and support through the seasons — you are the reason we have devoted our lives to the art form of opera. Thank you! In this brand new photo by @rcallahanphoto, we are proud to be pictured with our #MusicDirector @nezetseguin and our #ChorusMaster Donald Palumbo! @metopera @metoperachorus @metorchestra @metoperasupers @metoperaballet @metoperastagehands @metoperascenicartists #MetSeasonFinale #MetOperaFamily After the triumphant culmination of the @metopera 2018/19 season yesterday, we say farewell for now. We wish the entire company a restful break, and congratulate them all on a glorious run, reaching its peak yesterday with sold-out performances of #DialoguesdesCarmélites & #Götterdämmerung. And most of all, we are truly grateful for your love and support through the seasons — you are the reason we have devoted our lives to the art form of opera. Thank you! In this brand new photo by @rcallahanphoto, we are proud to be pictured with our #MusicDirector @nezetseguin and our #ChorusMaster Donald Palumbo! @metopera @metoperachorus @metorchestra @metoperasupers @metoperaballet @metoperastagehands @metoperascenicartists #MetSeasonFinale #MetOperaFamily
““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