“The Met chorus sounded more splendid than ever...”
— James Jorden, Observer
“The company’s chorus alone could power an aircraft carrier for a week at sea...”
— Justin Davidson, Vulture
“Apart from the three leads, this opera is showpiece for chorus and orchestra, and both sounded in fine form under Mark Elder...”
— Anne Midgette, Washington Post
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Who says you can't build #Rome in a day? Our @metoperastagehands do it in hours! You can listen to our final performance of #LaClemenzadiTito on the radio if you're not joining us in the @metopera house. Congratulations to all on a great run! . . . @polenzanitenor @joycedidonato @elzasoprano @vanhorncvh @yingletsings #EmilyDAngelo @metoperasupers @metorchestra @metoperastagehands #Maestro #LotharKoenigs
Who says you can't build #Rome in a day? Our @metoperastagehands do it in hours! You can listen to our final performance of #LaClemenzadiTito on the radio if you're not joining us in the @metopera house. Congratulations to all on a great run! . . . @polenzanitenor @joycedidonato @elzasoprano @vanhorncvh @yingletsings #EmilyDAngelo @metoperasupers @metorchestra @metoperastagehands #Maestro #LotharKoenigs
Here's a #tbt from when the @metoperastudent department brought students to last week's #Götterdämmerung rehearsal from the Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music with their teacher #JackieBerglund. We're always happy to share a #backstage perspective to #musicstudents -- thanks for coming #celiacruzbronxhighschoolofmusic! And we've just heard that some of these students will be attending the #finaldressrehearsal of Götterdämmerung next week. They'll get to see the entire process from the perspective of a chorister, "from page to stage". . . . @heldenmommy #EdithHaller #MichaelaSchuster #AndreasSchager #EvgenyNikitin @tomasz.konieczny @ericowensopera @metoperasupers @metoperastagehands #Maestro #PhilippeJordan
Here's a #tbt from when the @metoperastudent department brought students to last week's #Götterdämmerung rehearsal from the Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music with their teacher #JackieBerglund. We're always happy to share a #backstage perspective to #musicstudents -- thanks for coming #celiacruzbronxhighschoolofmusic! And we've just heard that some of these students will be attending the #finaldressrehearsal of Götterdämmerung next week. They'll get to see the entire process from the perspective of a chorister, "from page to stage". . . . @heldenmommy #EdithHaller #MichaelaSchuster #AndreasSchager #EvgenyNikitin @tomasz.konieczny @ericowensopera @metoperasupers @metoperastagehands #Maestro #PhilippeJordan
Bravo to @teksusnate and to our new friend Janelle! Through @cultureforone, Janelle had her first #voicelesson and is going to her #firstopera tonight at @metopera: #LaClemenzadiTito. Nathan showed her his Roman senator wig and costume, and she's enjoying some #Mozart tonight in the fourth row! Brava Janelle! . . . @polenzanitenor @joycedidonato @elzasoprano @vanhorncvh @yingletsings #EmilyDAngelo @metoperasupers @metorchestra @metoperastagehands #Maestro #LotharKoenigs
Bravo to @teksusnate and to our new friend Janelle! Through @cultureforone, Janelle had her first #voicelesson and is going to her #firstopera tonight at @metopera: #LaClemenzadiTito. Nathan showed her his Roman senator wig and costume, and she's enjoying some #Mozart tonight in the fourth row! Brava Janelle! . . . @polenzanitenor @joycedidonato @elzasoprano @vanhorncvh @yingletsings #EmilyDAngelo @metoperasupers @metorchestra @metoperastagehands #Maestro #LotharKoenigs
We can't wait to hear the @metorchestra play this scene...that's when #Wagner really takes shape. Toi toi toi all for Thursday's rehearsal! Thank you @wendybrynharmer for the photo (and the compliments...☺️). P.S. That's a bit of #LaClemenzadiTito peeking out from behind #TheMachine. . . . @heldenmommy #EdithHaller #MichaelaSchuster #AndreasSchager #EvgenyNikitin @tomasz.konieczny @ericowensopera @metoperasupers @metoperastagehands #Maestro #PhilippeJordan #Repost @wendybrynharmer ・・・ Another day, another rehearsal where the men of @metoperachorus totally slay Act II. Glorious singing, gentlemen. What a treat to not be onstage at this moment so I can hear you from the hall. Great tone, great rhythmic purity, just fantastic. Bravi tutti! #metofthemetchorus #wagner #beautiful
We can't wait to hear the @metorchestra play this scene...that's when #Wagner really takes shape. Toi toi toi all for Thursday's rehearsal! Thank you @wendybrynharmer for the photo (and the compliments...☺️). P.S. That's a bit of #LaClemenzadiTito peeking out from behind #TheMachine. . . . @heldenmommy #EdithHaller #MichaelaSchuster #AndreasSchager #EvgenyNikitin @tomasz.konieczny @ericowensopera @metoperasupers @metoperastagehands #Maestro #PhilippeJordan #Repost @wendybrynharmer ・・・ Another day, another rehearsal where the men of @metoperachorus totally slay Act II. Glorious singing, gentlemen. What a treat to not be onstage at this moment so I can hear you from the hall. Great tone, great rhythmic purity, just fantastic. Bravi tutti! #metofthemetchorus #wagner #beautiful
Wait, is it #GameOfThrones or #DerRingDesNibelungen? With the fight for the throne, swords, squabbling brother/monsters, dragons, family arguments, leitmotifs, incest, and powerful women surrounded by fire...you'll understand if we're a little confused. 😉 We're looking forward to tonight's Game of Thrones and in a few weeks the completion of our first #RingCycle of the season! . . . Thanks to #KenHoward #RichardTermine & @metopera for all the Ring photos (#DasRheingold #DieWalküre & #Siegfried) and to @hbo for all the #got images...and a special nod to @deccaclassics for the #Wagner #leitmotifs & to NoamLevy.net for the @ramindjawadi_official ones!
Wait, is it #GameOfThrones or #DerRingDesNibelungen? With the fight for the throne, swords, squabbling brother/monsters, dragons, family arguments, leitmotifs, incest, and powerful women surrounded by fire...you'll understand if we're a little confused. 😉 We're looking forward to tonight's Game of Thrones and in a few weeks the completion of our first #RingCycle of the season! . . . Thanks to #KenHoward #RichardTermine & @metopera for all the Ring photos (#DasRheingold #DieWalküre & #Siegfried) and to @hbo for all the #got images...and a special nod to @deccaclassics for the #Wagner #leitmotifs & to NoamLevy.net for the @ramindjawadi_official ones!
Well, look what we have here: our friends in the @iatse #stagecrew have their own page! Be sure to follow them -- they're sure to have a cool perspective on #opera at @metopera. Welcome to @instagram to our #brothers and #sisters! #MetOperaFamily #Repost @metoperastagehands ・・・ If you look past the lighting consoles you can see Traviata in the distance.
Well, look what we have here: our friends in the @iatse #stagecrew have their own page! Be sure to follow them -- they're sure to have a cool perspective on #opera at @metopera. Welcome to @instagram to our #brothers and #sisters! #MetOperaFamily #Repost @metoperastagehands ・・・ If you look past the lighting consoles you can see Traviata in the distance.
We're happy to welcome back @placido_domingo for more performances in his #50thAnniversary season at @metopera! Tonight he sings #Germont in #LaTraviata -- how many of his iconic roles can you identify? This photo is of the display on the concourse level of the #MetOpera. #Archives #Legend #MetOperaFamily . , , @anitahartigsoprano @scostello929 @placido_domingo #KirstinChávez @jc_cha0430 #DwayneCroft @kshort111 @scottscully #JaneBunnell @selinsahbazoglu @garenscribner @nichols14 @metoperaballet @metorchestra #NicolaLuisotti
We're happy to welcome back @placido_domingo for more performances in his #50thAnniversary season at @metopera! Tonight he sings #Germont in #LaTraviata -- how many of his iconic roles can you identify? This photo is of the display on the concourse level of the #MetOpera. #Archives #Legend #MetOperaFamily . , , @anitahartigsoprano @scostello929 @placido_domingo #KirstinChávez @jc_cha0430 #DwayneCroft @kshort111 @scottscully #JaneBunnell @selinsahbazoglu @garenscribner @nichols14 @metoperaballet @metorchestra #NicolaLuisotti
Wishing all of our #Siegfried colleagues a wonderful opening! And to Stefan Vinke -- congratulations on your #MetOperaDebut! 🐲💍🔥🐦🗡[Photo by #KenHoward / #MetOpera] . . . @heldenmommy @morleysoprano #KarenCargill #StefanVinke #GerhardSiegel @michaelvolleofficial @tomasz.konieczny @dmitry.belosselskiy #ErikRalske @metoperasupers @metorchestra #Maestro #PhilippeJordan
Wishing all of our #Siegfried colleagues a wonderful opening! And to Stefan Vinke -- congratulations on your #MetOperaDebut! 🐲💍🔥🐦🗡[Photo by #KenHoward / #MetOpera] . . . @heldenmommy @morleysoprano #KarenCargill #StefanVinke #GerhardSiegel @michaelvolleofficial @tomasz.konieczny @dmitry.belosselskiy #ErikRalske @metoperasupers @metorchestra #Maestro #PhilippeJordan
Who says you can't build #Rome in a day? Our @metoperastagehands do it in hours! You can listen to our final performance of #LaClemenzadiTito on the radio if you're not joining us in the @metopera house. Congratulations to all on a great run! . . . @polenzanitenor @joycedidonato @elzasoprano @vanhorncvh @yingletsings #EmilyDAngelo @metoperasupers @metorchestra @metoperastagehands #Maestro #LotharKoenigs Here's a #tbt from when the @metoperastudent department brought students to last week's #Götterdämmerung rehearsal from the Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music with their teacher #JackieBerglund. We're always happy to share a #backstage perspective to #musicstudents -- thanks for coming #celiacruzbronxhighschoolofmusic! And we've just heard that some of these students will be attending the #finaldressrehearsal of Götterdämmerung next week. They'll get to see the entire process from the perspective of a chorister, "from page to stage". . . . @heldenmommy #EdithHaller #MichaelaSchuster #AndreasSchager #EvgenyNikitin @tomasz.konieczny @ericowensopera @metoperasupers @metoperastagehands #Maestro #PhilippeJordan Bravo to @teksusnate and to our new friend Janelle! Through @cultureforone, Janelle had her first #voicelesson and is going to her #firstopera tonight at @metopera: #LaClemenzadiTito. Nathan showed her his Roman senator wig and costume, and she's enjoying some #Mozart tonight in the fourth row! Brava Janelle! . . . @polenzanitenor @joycedidonato @elzasoprano @vanhorncvh @yingletsings #EmilyDAngelo @metoperasupers @metorchestra @metoperastagehands #Maestro #LotharKoenigs We can't wait to hear the @metorchestra play this scene...that's when #Wagner really takes shape. Toi toi toi all for Thursday's rehearsal! Thank you @wendybrynharmer for the photo (and the compliments...☺️). P.S. That's a bit of #LaClemenzadiTito peeking out from behind #TheMachine. . . . @heldenmommy #EdithHaller #MichaelaSchuster #AndreasSchager #EvgenyNikitin @tomasz.konieczny @ericowensopera @metoperasupers @metoperastagehands #Maestro #PhilippeJordan #Repost @wendybrynharmer ・・・ Another day, another rehearsal where the men of @metoperachorus totally slay Act II. Glorious singing, gentlemen. What a treat to not be onstage at this moment so I can hear you from the hall. Great tone, great rhythmic purity, just fantastic. Bravi tutti! #metofthemetchorus #wagner #beautiful Wait, is it #GameOfThrones or #DerRingDesNibelungen? With the fight for the throne, swords, squabbling brother/monsters, dragons, family arguments, leitmotifs, incest, and powerful women surrounded by fire...you'll understand if we're a little confused. 😉 We're looking forward to tonight's Game of Thrones and in a few weeks the completion of our first #RingCycle of the season! . . . Thanks to #KenHoward #RichardTermine & @metopera for all the Ring photos (#DasRheingold #DieWalküre & #Siegfried) and to @hbo for all the #got images...and a special nod to @deccaclassics for the #Wagner #leitmotifs & to NoamLevy.net for the @ramindjawadi_official ones! Well, look what we have here: our friends in the @iatse #stagecrew have their own page! Be sure to follow them -- they're sure to have a cool perspective on #opera at @metopera. Welcome to @instagram to our #brothers and #sisters! #MetOperaFamily #Repost @metoperastagehands ・・・ If you look past the lighting consoles you can see Traviata in the distance. We're happy to welcome back @placido_domingo for more performances in his #50thAnniversary season at @metopera! Tonight he sings #Germont in #LaTraviata -- how many of his iconic roles can you identify? This photo is of the display on the concourse level of the #MetOpera. #Archives #Legend #MetOperaFamily . , , @anitahartigsoprano @scostello929 @placido_domingo #KirstinChávez @jc_cha0430 #DwayneCroft @kshort111 @scottscully #JaneBunnell @selinsahbazoglu @garenscribner @nichols14 @metoperaballet @metorchestra #NicolaLuisotti Wishing all of our #Siegfried colleagues a wonderful opening! And to Stefan Vinke -- congratulations on your #MetOperaDebut! 🐲💍🔥🐦🗡[Photo by #KenHoward / #MetOpera] . . . @heldenmommy @morleysoprano #KarenCargill #StefanVinke #GerhardSiegel @michaelvolleofficial @tomasz.konieczny @dmitry.belosselskiy #ErikRalske @metoperasupers @metorchestra #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