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The Met’s New ‘Therapeutic’ Forza Is a Disaster

David P. Goldman in Tablet · 8 Mar

The Metropolitan Opera's recent adaptation of Giuseppe Verdi's "The Force of Destiny" by Mariusz Trelnsky was criticized for its misguided portrayal, focusing on Freudian themes rather than the opera's historical and dramatic context.

0 Music History

Verdi’s Jewish Opera Grandly Staged at the Metropolitan

David P. Goldman in Tablet · 30 Oct 2023

Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Nabucco" is a work with deep Jewish sensibility despite the composer's lack of religious affiliation.

0 History Music

Writing ‘Akhnaten’

Shalom Goldman in Tablet · 6 Nov 2019

Philip Glass's Egyptian opera "Akhnaten" is set to be staged at the Metropolitan Opera, marking its American production story, which has been more modest than its numerous European stagings.

0 Music Ethics

Paul Berman in Tablet · 5 Nov 2019

The Metropolitan Opera in New York is featuring George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" with an all-black cast, a choice stemming from Gershwin's desire to avoid racial insensitivity in performances.

0 Music Antisemitism

A Sea of Blood at the Met

David P. Goldman in Tablet · 8 Feb 2018

The Metropolitan Opera presents Wagner's "Parsifal" in a controversial production featuring a sea of blood on stage during the second act.

0 Art Culture

‘The Exterminating Angel’ at the Met

David P. Goldman in Tablet · 3 Nov 2017

Luis Buñuel's 1962 film "The Exterminating Angel," recently adapted into an opera by composer Thomas Adès, explores a group of aristocratic guests trapped in a Mexican mansion where they descend into madness and violence, reflecting themes of divine vengeance and cultural stagnation in Spain.

0 Art Culture

‘El Ángel Exterminador’ en el Met

David P. Goldman in Tablet · 3 Nov 2017

El artículo discute la obra cinematográfica "El Ángel Exterminador" de Luis Buñuel, que se caracteriza por su enfoque surrealista y nihilista.

0 Music Art

A Golden ‘Girl of the West’

David P. Goldman in Tablet · 12 Sep 2017

The New York City Opera's season premiere of Puccini's "La Fanciulla del West" at Lincoln Center's Rose Theater showcased a return to form for the company under new leadership, emphasizing intimate, top-quality performances in a setting more akin to the composer's intentions.

0 Music Antisemitism

Going Under with Klinghoffer

Mitchell Cohen in Jewish Review of Books · 9 Sep 2015

The Death of Klinghoffer, an opera inspired by the 1985 Achille Lauro hijacking, has faced controversy for its depiction of the events and the character of Leon Klinghoffer, an elderly Jewish man killed during the hijacking.

0 Antisemitism Music

Was the ‘Klinghoffer’ Premiere an ‘Operatic Kristallnacht’?

Judith Miller in Tablet · 23 Oct 2014

The article discusses the controversy surrounding the Metropolitan Opera's staging of "The Death of Klinghoffer," focusing on the reactions to the opera about the 1985 hijacking of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro by Palestinians and the murder of passenger Leon Klinghoffer.