“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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This is the perfect image of today at @metopera -- a double header of #samsonetdalila & #lafanciulladelwest gives us a #bacchanale / #wellsfargowagon mash-up! Bravi @metoperaballet for today's brilliant dancing and Toi³ to the Fanciulla cast tonight! #Repost @metoperaballet ・・・ Our gorgeous dancers backstage... moments before Samson et Dalila’s bacchanal. . #metoperaballet . #operalovers #metopera #samsonanddelilah #liveinhd
This is the perfect image of today at @metopera -- a double header of #samsonetdalila & #lafanciulladelwest gives us a #bacchanale / #wellsfargowagon mash-up! Bravi @metoperaballet for today's brilliant dancing and Toi³ to the Fanciulla cast tonight! #Repost @metoperaballet ・・・ Our gorgeous dancers backstage... moments before Samson et Dalila’s bacchanal. . #metoperaballet . #operalovers #metopera #samsonanddelilah #liveinhd
It's the day of the #LiveinHD of #samsonetdalila at @metopera... We're thrilled audiences all over the world will get to see and hear this #grandopera with some of the best singers in the world @robertoalagna.tenor & @elina.garanca in the title roles. While you watch, try to pick out these #chorus faces. Enjoy! . . . . . @elina.garanca @robertoalagna.tenor #laurentnaouri @elchinazizov @dmitry.belosselskiy @metoperaballet @metorchestra #maestro #markelder
It's the day of the #LiveinHD of #samsonetdalila at @metopera... We're thrilled audiences all over the world will get to see and hear this #grandopera with some of the best singers in the world @robertoalagna.tenor & @elina.garanca in the title roles. While you watch, try to pick out these #chorus faces. Enjoy! . . . . . @elina.garanca @robertoalagna.tenor #laurentnaouri @elchinazizov @dmitry.belosselskiy @metoperaballet @metorchestra #maestro #markelder
Morphing through the many faces of #marnie at @metopera tonight... @isabelleonardny, let's do this! . . . . @isabelleonardny @christopher_maltman #janiskelly #denycegraves #iestyndavies @deanna.breiwick @disellalar #peabodysouthwell @brrrring @willie1525 @iankoziara @anthonygriffey @ashemersonsop @manhattanbird #janebunnell #staceytappan #gabrielgurevich #jamescourtney #maestro #robertspano @metorchestra @metoperaballet @nicomuhly #nicholaswright @michaelmayerdir @juliancrouch @59_productions @ariannephillips @ambermylar @lynnepagedance
The #belleoftheball has almost arrived! #marnie opens tonight at @metopera and we are thrilled to part of the #uspremiere of @nicomuhly's psychological drama! We play characters in Marnie's various lives (and offices), but we also get into her head with a few of our choruses... #theguiltyhearmalevolentvoices #thefurtivegosspings #whenwilldiscoverycome [photos by @photoken7 / #MetOpera] . . . . @isabelleonardny @christopher_maltman #janiskelly #denycegraves #iestyndavies @deanna.breiwick @disellalar #peabodysouthwell @brrrring @willie1525 @iankoziara @anthonygriffey @ashemersonsop @manhattanbird #janebunnell #staceytappan #gabrielgurevich #hamescourtney #maestro #robertspano @metorchestra @metoperaballet . @nicomuhly #nicholaswright @michaelmayerdir @juliancrouch @59_productions @ariannephillips @ambermylar @lynnepagedance
The #belleoftheball has almost arrived! #marnie opens tonight at @metopera and we are thrilled to part of the #uspremiere of @nicomuhly's psychological drama! We play characters in Marnie's various lives (and offices), but we also get into her head with a few of our choruses... #theguiltyhearmalevolentvoices #thefurtivegosspings #whenwilldiscoverycome [photos by @photoken7 / #MetOpera] . . . . @isabelleonardny @christopher_maltman #janiskelly #denycegraves #iestyndavies @deanna.breiwick @disellalar #peabodysouthwell @brrrring @willie1525 @iankoziara @anthonygriffey @ashemersonsop @manhattanbird #janebunnell #staceytappan #gabrielgurevich #hamescourtney #maestro #robertspano @metorchestra @metoperaballet . @nicomuhly #nicholaswright @michaelmayerdir @juliancrouch @59_productions @ariannephillips @ambermylar @lynnepagedance
It finally feels like #fall in #nyc! @lincolncenter is aglow with performing potential... Tonight is our last #aida at @metopera for a while (it returns in January), and as always, we wish our colleagues a wonderful show! Toi³ to @tamara_wilson_soprano @anitarachvelishvili #yonghoonlee @therealquinnkelsey @dmitry.belosselskiy @speedogreen @arseny__yakovlev @jencadd @bradshelver @metoperaballet @metoperasupers
It finally feels like #fall in #nyc! @lincolncenter is aglow with performing potential... Tonight is our last #aida at @metopera for a while (it returns in January), and as always, we wish our colleagues a wonderful show! Toi³ to @tamara_wilson_soprano @anitarachvelishvili #yonghoonlee @therealquinnkelsey @dmitry.belosselskiy @speedogreen @arseny__yakovlev @jencadd @bradshelver @metoperaballet @metoperasupers
Sending love to @flosha1 and the kids today as we remember #dima @hvorostovsky on his birthday...❤️ . . . Photo of #iltrovatore taken by @photoken7 @metopera
Sending love to @flosha1 and the kids today as we remember #dima @hvorostovsky on his birthday...❤️ . . . Photo of #iltrovatore taken by @photoken7 @metopera
It's a #crispymorning for a #finaldress rehearsal of #marnie at @metopera! Toi³ to all our cast mates, the orchestra & our stage crew brothers and sisters while we prepare for #openingnight on Friday Oct 19th. Thank you to @paridukovic who shot this gorgeous photo for @newyorkermag of @isabelleonardny and the #shadows AKA #themarnettes @deanna.breiwick @disellalar #peabodysouthwell @brrrring (#costumedesign by @ariannephillips) . . . . @christopher_maltman #janiskelly #denycegraves #iestyndavies @deanna.breiwick @disellalar #peabodysouthwell @brrrring @willie1525 @iankoziara @anthonygriffey @ashemersonsop @michaelmayerdir @nicomuhly #maestro #robertspano @metorchestra @metoperaballet
It's a #crispymorning for a #finaldress rehearsal of #marnie at @metopera! Toi³ to all our cast mates, the orchestra & our stage crew brothers and sisters while we prepare for #openingnight on Friday Oct 19th. Thank you to @paridukovic who shot this gorgeous photo for @newyorkermag of @isabelleonardny and the #shadows AKA #themarnettes @deanna.breiwick @disellalar #peabodysouthwell @brrrring (#costumedesign by @ariannephillips) . . . . @christopher_maltman #janiskelly #denycegraves #iestyndavies @deanna.breiwick @disellalar #peabodysouthwell @brrrring @willie1525 @iankoziara @anthonygriffey @ashemersonsop @michaelmayerdir @nicomuhly #maestro #robertspano @metorchestra @metoperaballet
And that's how you finish a run of #parpignol! This may be the beginning of a hiatus for #labohème (until Nov 29), but we will definitely see @metkids for #tosca #carmen & #mefistofele for the next few weeks! #highfives with @iusedtobeafarmer #metoperachorus. Audio from #JeremyLittle as Parpignol: "Great job, guys!" #francozeffirelli #bravitutti #behindthescenes
This is the perfect image of today at @metopera -- a double header of #samsonetdalila & #lafanciulladelwest gives us a #bacchanale / #wellsfargowagon mash-up! Bravi @metoperaballet for today's brilliant dancing and Toi³ to the Fanciulla cast tonight! #Repost @metoperaballet ・・・ Our gorgeous dancers backstage... moments before Samson et Dalila’s bacchanal. . #metoperaballet . #operalovers #metopera #samsonanddelilah #liveinhd It's the day of the #LiveinHD of #samsonetdalila at @metopera... We're thrilled audiences all over the world will get to see and hear this #grandopera with some of the best singers in the world @robertoalagna.tenor & @elina.garanca in the title roles. While you watch, try to pick out these #chorus faces. Enjoy! . . . . . @elina.garanca @robertoalagna.tenor #laurentnaouri @elchinazizov @dmitry.belosselskiy @metoperaballet @metorchestra #maestro #markelder
Morphing through the many faces of #marnie at @metopera tonight... @isabelleonardny, let's do this! . . . . @isabelleonardny @christopher_maltman #janiskelly #denycegraves #iestyndavies @deanna.breiwick @disellalar #peabodysouthwell @brrrring @willie1525 @iankoziara @anthonygriffey @ashemersonsop @manhattanbird #janebunnell #staceytappan #gabrielgurevich #jamescourtney #maestro #robertspano @metorchestra @metoperaballet @nicomuhly #nicholaswright @michaelmayerdir @juliancrouch @59_productions @ariannephillips @ambermylar @lynnepagedance
The #belleoftheball has almost arrived! #marnie opens tonight at @metopera and we are thrilled to part of the #uspremiere of @nicomuhly's psychological drama! We play characters in Marnie's various lives (and offices), but we also get into her head with a few of our choruses... #theguiltyhearmalevolentvoices #thefurtivegosspings #whenwilldiscoverycome [photos by @photoken7 / #MetOpera] . . . . @isabelleonardny @christopher_maltman #janiskelly #denycegraves #iestyndavies @deanna.breiwick @disellalar #peabodysouthwell @brrrring @willie1525 @iankoziara @anthonygriffey @ashemersonsop @manhattanbird #janebunnell #staceytappan #gabrielgurevich #hamescourtney #maestro #robertspano @metorchestra @metoperaballet . @nicomuhly #nicholaswright @michaelmayerdir @juliancrouch @59_productions @ariannephillips @ambermylar @lynnepagedance It finally feels like #fall in #nyc! @lincolncenter is aglow with performing potential... Tonight is our last #aida at @metopera for a while (it returns in January), and as always, we wish our colleagues a wonderful show! Toi³ to @tamara_wilson_soprano @anitarachvelishvili #yonghoonlee @therealquinnkelsey @dmitry.belosselskiy @speedogreen @arseny__yakovlev @jencadd @bradshelver @metoperaballet @metoperasupers Sending love to @flosha1 and the kids today as we remember #dima @hvorostovsky on his birthday...❤️ . . . Photo of #iltrovatore taken by @photoken7 @metopera It's a #crispymorning for a #finaldress rehearsal of #marnie at @metopera! Toi³ to all our cast mates, the orchestra & our stage crew brothers and sisters while we prepare for #openingnight on Friday Oct 19th. Thank you to @paridukovic who shot this gorgeous photo for @newyorkermag of @isabelleonardny and the #shadows AKA #themarnettes @deanna.breiwick @disellalar #peabodysouthwell @brrrring (#costumedesign by @ariannephillips) . . . . @christopher_maltman #janiskelly #denycegraves #iestyndavies @deanna.breiwick @disellalar #peabodysouthwell @brrrring @willie1525 @iankoziara @anthonygriffey @ashemersonsop @michaelmayerdir @nicomuhly #maestro #robertspano @metorchestra @metoperaballet
And that's how you finish a run of #parpignol! This may be the beginning of a hiatus for #labohème (until Nov 29), but we will definitely see @metkids for #tosca #carmen & #mefistofele for the next few weeks! #highfives with @iusedtobeafarmer #metoperachorus. Audio from #JeremyLittle as Parpignol: "Great job, guys!" #francozeffirelli #bravitutti #behindthescenes
““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