Contemporary works will be front and center in the coming season, the Metropolitan Opera announced on Wednesday, with four company premieres among its six new productions.
It will be the fifth opera by Adams that the Met has presented, putting him in the same category as Tchaikovsky and Bellini.
The lineup is part of the house’s efforts to attract new audiences by embracing contemporary operas, which are outselling many of the classics.
The Met is still grappling with headwinds as it works to recover from the pandemic.
In January, the company said it had withdrawn nearly $40 million in additional emergency funds from its endowment to help cover operating expenses.
Persons:
Jeanine Tesori, George Brant, Moby, Dick, ”, Jake Heggie, Gene Scheer, “, Osvaldo Golijov, David Henry Hwang, “ Antony, Cleopatra, John Adams, Adams, Tchaikovsky, Bellini, Verdi’s, Aida ”, Strauss’s, Salome, Puccini’s, Simon McBurney
Organizations:
Metropolitan Opera, Met