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February 11, 2012

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Hero’s Welcome
31 Jan 2012
Jay Hunter Morris scored a major Met triumph last fall when he took over mere days before the premiere to sing the title role of Robert Lepage’s new production of Siegfried. Now he’s back for Götterdämmerung, which opened on January 27 and continues its run this month.

Vienna Teams Extend
26 Jan 2012
In a major endorsement of General Director Dominique Meyer's first two years as Intendant of the Vienna State Opera, Austria's Culture Minister announced that his contract has been extended until the end of August 2020.

20 (PLUS) QUESTIONS WITH: Sir Andrew Davis
06 Jan 2012 -- Sir Andrew Davis has been music director of the renowned Lyric Opera of Chicago since 2000. Between performances of The Magic Flute, Davis offers the latest installment of “20 (Plus) Questions.”

Full Circle
30 Dec 2011 -- With Robert Lepage’s production of Wagner’s Götterdämmerung, opening January 27 with Fabio Luisi conducting, the Met’s new Ring is made complete.

Director Arin Arbus Discusses Her Operatic Debut
16 Dec 2011 -- The young American theatre director Arin Arbus will direct an opera for the first time when she leads a new production of Benjamin Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia at Houston Grand Opera in February 2012.

Faust Refreshed: Des McAnuff in Conversation
14 Dec 2011 -- In his new production of Gounod’s Faust, starring Jonas Kaufmann, director Des McAnuff brings the mythical tale into a new era.

Some Enchanted Evening
05 Dec 2011 -- On New Year’s Eve, the Met ushered in 2012 with The Enchanted Island, a world premiere Baroque extravaganza. The creative team and members of the cast explained what it took to bring this captivating new work to the stage.

20 (PLUS) QUESTIONS WITH: Countertenor Iestyn Davies
11 Nov 2011 -- This is shaping up to a breakthrough season for the charming and abundantly talented British countertenor Iestyn Davies. On Nov. 14 he made his house and role debut at the Metropolitan Opera singing Unulfo in Handel’s Rodelinda.

Peter de Caluwe to Head Opera Europa
07 Nov 2011 -- Peter de Caluwe, director of the Brussels opera, La Monnaie (De Munt in Flemish), has been named President of the trade organization Opera Europa. He was elected during the October conference in Warsaw, Poland.

The Art of the Deal
31 Oct 2011 -- In the Met’s new production of Gounod’s Faust, Jonas Kaufmann stars as the hero whose quest for knowledge ends in tragedy. Des McAnuff reimagines the Faustian bargain with a dreamlike staging set in the first half of the 20th century.

20 (PLUS) QUESTIONS WITH: Opera Legend Marilyn Horne
20 Oct 2011 -- A special installment from Marilyn Horne, one of the great figures of American opera, beloved by the public and critics alike. On Oct. 31, the Metropolitan Opera Guild paid tribute to Horne with a gala luncheon at New York's Waldorf Astoria.

All Hail the Queen: Anna Netrebko Stars in the Met's Anna Bolena
17 Oct 2011 -- Star diva Anna Netrebko opens the season in the title role of Donizetti’s Anna Bolena. David McVicar’s historically detailed Met premiere production paints a vivid portrait of the downfall of Henry VIII ’s second wife.