JEFFREY BROWN: Grand opera doesn't get any grander than at New York's Metropolitan Opera. It's still the place with the greatest singers and the biggest spectacles, like the small army that filled the stage for a recent performance of "Aida." Full Article at Newshour With Jim Lehrer

by squirrel at 1:06 pm on November 20, 2009 The results of the Repertory Poll are in! Squirrel asked which three Old Operas you would most like to see staged at the New New Met, and the people have spoken! Results after the jump. First, good news. Full Article at parterre box presents La Cieca

Just before the opening of Janacek’s “From the House of the Dead” at the Metropolitan Opera, I got a message from someone who had attended the dress rehearsal. The writer wanted to know whether this was what Peter Gelb thought we needed today. Full Article at Classical Beat: The Washington Post

Director Patrice Chéreau and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen take part in a free discussion, moderated by Met General Manager Peter Gelb, about the company's new production of Janá?ek's From the House of the Dead. Full Article at Broadway World

By Barbara Jepson On Wednesday night, 30-year-old Latvian Andris Nelsons, music director of England's City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, makes his debut at the Metropolitan Opera leading Puccini's "Turandot." Full Article at Wall Street Journal

By David Littlejohn Berkeley, Calif. New York's Metropolitan Opera has taken a major risk in hiring Robert Lepage to create its first new version in 23 years of Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen"—the most challenging work in the operatic repertoire. Full Article at Wall Street Journal