![]() ![]() 26, 2023, a little more than a year after it bows at Moscow’s Bolshoi this Thursday. “Lohengrin” returns to the Met for the first time since 2006 in a François Girard staging that opens Feb. She previously withdrew from Stauss’ “Salome” and remains scheduled for the Michael Mayer staging of Verdi’s “Aida,” postponed from 2020-21. ![]() The Met said in October 2017 that Netrebko would star in three co-productions with Moscow’s Bolshoi Opera. “It’s sort of like three-dimensional chess.” ![]() “There were many challenges, the challenges of trying to reschedule casts, challenges of moving creative teams to different times,” Met general manager Peter Gelb said. She is scheduled to conduct both productions. Atlanta Symphony Orchestra music director Nathalie Stutzmann will make her Met debut. Two of five new productions slated for the canceled season have been shifted to 2022-23: Ivo van Hove’s staging of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” starting May 5 and Simon McBurney’s version of “Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)” opening May 19. The percentage of tickets sold dropped during that period, finishing the first half of the season at 64.2%. Positive tests in the company had been under five per week early in the season but spiked to 70-120 from Dec. While attendance was disrupted by the omicron variant, the Met has not missed a performance. The Met, which resumes its season Monday following a scheduled four-week break, lost the entire 2020-21 season because of the pandemic. Four are originating at the Met and three will move to New York after opening in Europe. Next season includes seven new-to-the Met productions, the most since 2012-13. ![]()
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