


Plus Roberto Alagna and Angela Gheorghiu are simply wonderful together in the Mascagni duet. However, I was very moved by Carlo Bergonzi, Cecilia Bartoli was charming, Renee Fleming's Depuis Le Jour was very expressive, Montserrat Caballe is every bit as impressive as she ever was, Jessye Norman is the most sincere and I too found her tear genuine and Alfredo Kraus is the most gracious and elegant. Least favourite would probably be Frederica von Stade, still good and characterful if a little shrill sometimes. All of them sang and acted wonderfully and stood out in their own way. I have little to fault the performers either. The Rienzi overture is just stunning in every regard, and the Chorus also deserve credit for singing so movingly. The music is superb, and performed with real finesse and feeling by the orchestra and you can tell that James Levine loves his job from looking at his superb and enthusiastic conducting here. The concert is always shot beautifully and the attire, settings and costumes are handsome and imposing. One or two performances, such as the one for the end of Der Rosenkavlier do feel a little truncated, but how quickly the transitions are from one performance to the next is to be credited. Not just the varied programme, ranging from Verdi, Giordano to Puccini and Wagner, but also for how well-edited it is. The James Levine 25th Anniversary Gala is just fantastic and one of the standout gala concerts I've seen recently. You can browse the various Metropolitan Opera seating charts/seat maps by scrolling up top and choosing one from the list.I have loved opera and classical music for a very long time. We also try to provide you as many seating charts/seat maps as we can, because each one can be a little different. We wish we had all 3,800 individual seat views for Metropolitan Opera but we don't, so the above seat views should be representative of the section you’re sitting in rather than the specific seat. Metropolitan Opera can hold up to 3,800 people but that's a lot of seats and therefore a lot of potential seat views. You can go to our Metropolitan Opera seat views page to see them. When possible, we’ll provide you with photos of actual seat views from different locations in a venue.

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