May 18 will mark the final performance of Sonja Frisell’s production of Aida before the opera house replaces it with a new production by Michael Mayer in the 2024-25 season.

The Queen of the Night’s second-act showstopper “Der Hölle Rache” is one of the most famous coloratura soprano showcases in the operatic canon.Īlso at the Met, performances continue of Aida, La Bohème, and Don Giovanni. Lewek, who has been a house favorite Queen of the Night since her Met debut in 2013, will reach her 50th Met performance of the role during the run of this production. Erin Morley plays Pamina, and Kathryn Lewek plays the Queen of the Night. Lawrence Brownlee stars as Tamino, singing the role at the Met for the first time. The production will be conducted by Nathalie Stutzmann, who just made her Met debut conducting Ivo van Hove’s new production of Don Giovanni. Directed by Tony nominee Simon McBurney, the production will raise the pit, to make the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra visible to the audience, and part of the action on stage. Here is just a sampling of some of the classic arts events happening this week:Ī new production of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte opens May 19 at the Metropolitan opera. From the 92nd Street Y to the South Street Seaport, the classic arts scene in New York is never quiet.

Mozart by Paul Johnson