Sara Krulwich/The New York Times "Tosca":The opera stars George Gagnidze and Patricia Racette. The production, by Luc Bondy at the Metropolitan Opera House, is Mikko Franck's conducting debut there. This season’s revival of Puccini’s “Tosca” at the Metro

RONALD BLUM, Associated Press | NEW YORK Roberto Alagna should get some sort of iron-man award for singers. A night after stepping in on short notice for an indisposed colleague in the title role of Gounod's "Faust," the 48-year-old tenor sang Mario Cav

January 9, 2012, 5:15 pm By DANIEL J. WAKIN The tenor Roberto Alagna is stepping in for an ailing Joseph Calleja in the title role of “Faust,” by Gounod, at the Metropolitan Opera on Monday evening, the Met said this afternoon. The last-minute substituti

Joseph Calleja, the 33-year-old Maltese tenor who finished 2011 with a top-ranked solo album (The Maltese Tenor) and a Grammy nomination for his recording of La traviata with Renée Fleming, will ring in 2012 with a return to the Metropolitan Opera in the

Ah, the “themed” recital disc! Sometimes it’s a special treasure in a collector’s trove showing off the lesser known skills of a beloved performer; more often, an object of mirth and ridicule toward those who’ve been ill-advised or have already committe

Gounod’s “Faust” inaugurated the old Metropolitan Opera House, in 1883, but recent attempts in the current auditorium have been wanting—including, unfortunately, Des McAnuff’s new production, which posits a Faust who, for some reason, shuttles from a mod